Chapter Summaries

Liu Xiaoxiao advanced plans for the Ten Sages Soul Master Forum, accepted a request to consider two Divine Spirit Sect prodigies as disciples, and began developing a framework for studying Martial Soul Fusion Skills. He left the chapter facing a vast research task as Shrek Academy’s reforms and preparations for future godhood tribulations continued.

• The group assigned the Phoenix God's inheritance to Bai Chenxiang, the Unicorn King's inheritance to Qi Xiaomin, and the Mountain Dragon King's divine position to Chen Fang.
• Liu Xiaoxiao coordinated with Tianyin Group to prepare for the Mingdu International Music Festival and checked Tianyin Valley for signs of a Hermes infiltration.
• Liu Xiaoxiao discussed the Ten Sages Soul Master Forum's venues and events, then met Yu Motong, who asked him to take two Divine Spirit Sect prodigies as disciples.
• Liu Xiaoxiao sensed that the Candle Dragon and Kunpeng Martial Soul heirs had the potential to become gods and told Yu Motong to bring them to Shrek Academy for next year's admissions assessment.
• Liu Xiaoxiao, Da Bao, and Li Hong outlined categories and measurements for Martial Soul Fusion Skills, while Shrek's elders prepared for a group tribulation ceremony the following spring.

During the Federal Competition, Liu Xiaoxiao accepted requests from Lachia and Feng Xiu to form contracts, then helped Lin Bo plan his Forbidden School and discussed improving cultivation methods. The chapter ended with Liu Xiaoxiao leaving to prepare new departments for the school.

• Liu Xiaoxiao watched Tang Wulin fight a seeded contestant from Golden Dawn and sensed that the competition’s eventual winner was becoming clear.
• Lachia asked Liu Xiaoxiao to mentor a gifted Elf who had mastered all six elements, and he agreed to arrange a separate assessment at Shrek City the following spring.
• Lachia and Feng Xiu each asked Liu Xiaoxiao to form a contract with them, and he agreed after consulting the threads of Destiny.
• Lin Bo told Liu Xiaoxiao that he had reached peak Super God-Tier and planned to establish an evil department for his Forbidden School.
• Liu Xiaoxiao and Lin Bo discussed sixteen Grade-A cultivation methods, their lack of ultimate arts, and the possibility of giving Soul Power to everyone.
• Liu Xiaoxiao left to prepare new departments for Lin Bo’s Forbidden School.

Bai Ming reviewed Silver Rose’s growing influence before boarding the new maglev train, where she unexpectedly encountered Qi Hongxuan, Shen Cangliu, and Liu Xiaoxiao. As the train set off, Liu Xiaoxiao revealed that he had arranged a meeting between four factions to discuss peace and the future.

• Bai Ming read reports on Silver Rose’s expanded membership and its new core members, Fei Xing Tian and Yu Tianming.
• Bai Ming booked a business-class seat for the Mingdu–Shrek City maglev train’s trial run and boarded alone the next day.
• Bai Ming found Qi Hongxuan seated beside her and rejected his suggestion that their factions could reconcile because Zu Yuan had returned to normal.
• Shen Cangliu joined them, while Liu Xiaoxiao and Zhong Limeng boarded with a cat that Zhong Limeng tried unsuccessfully to catch.
• Liu Xiaoxiao used Destiny to arrange their seats into a circle and announced a four-party meeting between the Tang Sect, Golden Dawn, Silver Rose, and the Bronze Divine Hall about peace and the future.

Liu Xiaoxiao brought the factions together to negotiate cooperation and advance humanity, revealing a cheap potion that could let nearly anyone become a Soul Master. He left Bai Ming facing the decline of Silver Rose’s elite status and ordered work on the Star Dou Battle Net to be completed before next spring.

• Liu Xiaoxiao, Qi Hongxuan, and Shen Cangliu discussed the factions’ negotiations, Yi Tianzhi’s willingness to share Golden Dawn’s technology, and the mysteries surrounding Qin Lingxue, Hermes, and the Joker.
• Liu Xiaoxiao proposed setting aside factional conflict to develop Douluo Star and introduced a low-cost potion that raised Innate Soul Power to one level.
• Bai Ming recognized that universal access to Soul Power threatened Silver Rose’s hierarchy, while Liu Xiaoxiao argued that humanity’s progress could not be resisted.
• Liu Xiaoxiao revealed that he had infiltrated most of the Tea Party, controlled the Floating Pyramid, and guided young geniuses through hidden spirit fragments.
• Liu Xiaoxiao told Qi Hongxuan to have Yi Tianzhi’s team help improve and expand the Star Dou Battle Net before next spring’s Ten Sages Soul Master Forum, while Shen Cangliu resolved to grow Bronze Divine Hall’s influence.

As the threat from the Witch, Hermes, and other enemies remained unresolved, Liu Xiaoxiao and his allies prepared for the Ten Sages Grand Competition and continued strengthening Shrek City. Over the new year, leaders of several clans sought Liu Xiaoxiao’s help with their people’s afflictions and offered disciples for him to teach, leaving him with many problems to study.

• Liu Xiaoxiao told He Qiang, Chen Long, Yili, and Li Hong about his progress subduing the Heavenly God's Eye and his lack of progress on the Nine-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Shrek City’s return and expansion were completed, and preparations continued for hosting the Ten Sages Soul Master Forum and Grand Competition.
• Duke Night Bat asked Liu Xiaoxiao to help a young vampire whose Moon Spirit caused her Bloodline Virus to disappear, and Liu Xiaoxiao arranged for her to attend Shrek admissions.
• The chief of the Merfolk Clan asked Liu Xiaoxiao to help her people remain on land and offered a disciple for him to teach.
• The chief of the Dragon Girl Clan asked Liu Xiaoxiao to address her clan’s curse and recommended a disciple.
• The chief of the Fire Host Clan asked Liu Xiaoxiao to help his people travel freely and offered his youngest son as a disciple.

Shrek Academy began its reformed admissions, sorting students into specialized departments and welcoming candidates from diverse races. Liu Xiaoxiao then opened the new Star Dou Battle Net semester with a lecture on the universe, God Realms, divine artifacts, and the heights students might someday reach.

• Liu Xiaoxiao and the other leaders oversaw Shrek’s new department-based admissions and discussed the online teaching system, artificial spirit souls, and preparations for the Ten Sages Soul Master Forum.
• Liu Xiaoxiao identified promising candidates including Dai Xiao Bai, Tong Xin, Yu Mingsheng, Yu Xuanqing, Lachinoa, Jiang Mingyue, Haixin Ling, Long Yulin, and Huo Haoyan, and considered how their different races and abilities would affect their teaching.
• Shrek admitted 232 students, completed inner court admissions, and Liu Xiaoxiao formally took on additional disciples.
• The next morning, teachers guided inner and outer court students into Star Dou Pods to experience the expanded Star Dou Battle Net and gather in Star Dou City’s largest lecture hall.
• Liu Xiaoxiao welcomed the students and lectured on dimensional life, God Realms, divine artifacts, and the potential evolution of battle armor, urging them to pursue a future among the stars.

At the Ten Sages Soul Master Forum’s opening ceremony, Liu Xiaoxiao welcomed the worldwide audience and began recounting the history of the Universe, Douluo Star, and spirit master civilization. His account reached the rise of Spirit Hall and the formation of a standoff between it and the Two Great Empires.

• Liu Xiaoxiao completed preparations for the forum’s opening ceremony as guests arrived in Shrek City and the event was connected to Star Dou City and broadcast across Douluo Star.
• Liu Xiaoxiao appeared at the podium and welcomed the audience on behalf of the Ten Sages, the Tang Sect, and Shrek Academy.
• Liu Xiaoxiao described the Universe’s creation, the Dragon God’s fall, and the origins of life and humanity on Douluo Star.
• Liu Xiaoxiao recounted how the first spirit masters emerged, were persecuted, and eventually gave rise to the Sea God and land spirit master civilization.
• Liu Xiaoxiao explained how the Church, Angel God, and Douluo Hall rose before the Church faded and Spirit Hall replaced it.
• Liu Xiaoxiao ended his account with the formation of the Two Great Empires and Spirit Hall as rival powers.

The Ten Sages’ speech laid out a future of universal Spirit Master advancement, a new God Realm, and humanity’s expansion into the universe. Silver Rose’s leaders debated how to protect their power if Spirit Masters became widespread, until Qin Lingxue appeared and offered to discuss their plans.

• The Ten Sages described Douluo Star’s history and called for humanity to build alliances across the universe while advancing its civilization.
• The speech promised that Spirit Master cultivation would become universal and outlined future advances over the next ten, hundred, thousand, and ten thousand years.
• Silver Rose’s core members debated whether to resist the spread of Spirit Masters or use it to preserve and strengthen their authority.
• Bai Ming sensed a familiar fluctuation of the Hidden Law when Qin Lingxue appeared unnoticed beside the gathering.
• Qin Lingxue told the Silver Rose members she had heard their discussion and asked to talk about it.

At the Shrek Grand Auction House, Liu Xiaoxiao watched the spiritual-item auction as Golden Dawn bought several powerful lots at enormous prices. Zu Yuan spent heavily on items that could help him break through to Super God-Tier, leaving Golden Dawn nearly out of liquid funds.

• Liu Xiaoxiao browsed the auction lots and recognized Golden Dawn’s healing and Soul Power recovery potions, which later sold for hundreds of millions of Federal Currency.
• Golden Dawn’s Qiankun Creation Pill sold for more than five billion Federal Currency, while its Hundred Thousand Year Aromatic Silk Beauty sold for less than expected after Silver Rose’s strategy helped suppress the price.
• Han Ming and Yi Tianzhi discussed whether Glazed Biology had discovered a way to reproduce the Aromatic Silk Beauty’s effects, and Zu Yuan ordered Golden Dawn to adjust its auction strategy.
• Golden Dawn bought the Life Fruit for seven billion Federal Currency, and Zu Yuan said he needed to reach Super God-Tier and complete the Eighth Trial to escape his master’s threat.
• Golden Dawn bought the Chaos Water for twelve billion Federal Currency and outbid the Black Dragon Society for the Tree of Eternity’s Life Essence at thirty-five billion, nearly exhausting its liquid funds.

Liu Xiaoxiao practiced creating God-Tier Undead before sending Shrek's freshmen back to the academy to watch the Ten Sages Grand Competition. The opening God-Tier match ended with Chen Xinjie defeating Long Yuanliang, while the competition continued.

• Liu Xiaoxiao and Chen Long worked to create Undead creatures as Shrek's freshmen repeatedly fought them and were healed after each defeat.
• Liu Xiaoxiao sent the freshmen back to Shrek Academy and told them to log in to watch the Ten Sages Grand Competition.
• Chen Xinjie and Long Yuanliang began the opening God-Tier match in the Star Dou Battle Net, wielding divine artifacts and unleashing their powers.
• Long Yuanliang used light elements to conceal his movements and attack Chen Xinjie, while Liu Xiaoxiao recognized how his body, projection, and soul spirit worked together.
• Chen Xinjie used his spiritual power to overwhelm Long Yuanliang, and both combatants fell before Long Yuanliang dispersed from the simulation.
• Chen Xinjie exited the Star Dou Battle Net as the winner of the first God-Tier match.

Long Haoyue and Leng Chunlei prepared for their upcoming tribulations after watching Long Yuanliang’s battle, while the Shrek Seven Devils faced Golden Dawn on the dangerous Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well map. The match began with the teams scattered across the misty, poisonous terrain, and Gu Yue Na secured a spiritual item as the contestants encountered one another.

• Long Haoyue told Leng Chunlei he would log off to prepare for his tribulation, and she agreed to prepare as well.
• Rong Luoyun explained the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well map’s hazards and victory conditions before the Shrek Seven Devils and Golden Dawn entered the match.
• Tang Wulin spotted Qi Xuefeng, Yan Feng, and Han Chutian nearby, and Han Chutian immediately attacked him with Spirit Impact.
• Tian Shanshan’s spirit insects failed to detect her attacker, who cut through her battle armor’s connection point before she drove the insects into a poisonous counterattack.
• Natalia used her knowledge of the map to fly upward in her God-Tier Mecha, planning to find an Aromatic Silk Beauty and attack from the air.
• Gu Yue Na defeated and harvested an Infernal Delicate Apricot, then sensed movement in the distance and quietly approached.

Tang Wulin and Gu Yue Na survived a clash with Qi Xuefeng, Yan Feng, and Han Chutian, forcing both teams to retreat and regroup. Elsewhere, Natalia killed Takihana and attacked Xu Xiaoyan and Ye Xinglan, who vanished from her thermal display after defending against her bombardment.

• Qi Xuefeng, Yan Feng, and Han Chutian attacked Tang Wulin, while Gu Yue Na rushed to help him.
• Yan Feng’s Sacred Light Illumination severely wounded Tang Wulin and Gu Yue Na, but Tang Wulin broke free and nearly struck Qi Xuefeng before Yan Feng’s barrier let her escape.
• Tang Wulin and Gu Yue Na reunited and healed one another, prompting the three opponents to withdraw into the fog while the couple stayed behind to recover.
• Tian Shanshan saw Natalia kill Takihana through her spirit insects and realized the enemy had followed them to hunt isolated teammates.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Ye Xinglan defeated a Star Luo Spirit Pearl, then defended themselves against Natalia’s missile barrage and Heavy Ion Ray before vanishing from her thermal display.

Tang Wulin and Gu Yue Na battled Natalia’s overwhelming barrage of Fixed Soul Cannon Shells near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Yue Zhengyu unleashed his Sacred Fusion Technique against Yu Heng. Yan Feng, Qi Xuefeng, and Han Chutian pursued Tang Wulin’s group as Natalia concealed herself and continued attacking.

• Tang Wulin and Gu Yue Na destroyed two ferocious beasts before Natalia launched a barrage of Fixed Soul Cannon Shells at them.
• Tang Wulin activated his Dragon Emperor True Body and absorbed the surrounding energy, while Gu Yue Na used silver gates to divert many of the shells.
• Natalia’s God-Tier Mecha shield endured Gu Yue Na’s seven-element attack, but Natalia detected a golden spear and a seven-colored spear approaching.
• Yue Zhengyu fused nine soul skills with his Sacred Fusion Technique and clashed with Yu Heng, who had transformed into a meteorite.
• Yan Feng, Qi Xuefeng, and Han Chutian learned that Tian Shanshan had been eliminated and hurried toward Tang Wulin’s blood essence fluctuations.
• Natalia escaped the spears by dismantling her mecha, concealed herself with Soul Tools, and fired at Gu Yue Na while additional opponents appeared on her radar.

The Shrek Seven Devils defeated their opponents in the Ten Sages Grand Competition team battle after Gu Yue Na survived being knocked into the Scorching Yang Spring and Xie Xie repeatedly struck from concealment. After the match, Liu Xiaoxiao recognized the potential of cosmic energy cultivation and considered discussing it with Yi Tianzhi.

• Natalia's attacks disoriented Gu Yue Na, and a Propulsion Ray knocked her into the Scorching Yang Spring while Tang Wulin endured a barrage of weapons and a forbidden spell.
• Yuanen Yehui and Xie Xie joined Tang Wulin in battle; Xie Xie killed Natalia and Yan Feng, while Yuanen Yehui destroyed Yan Feng's Light Attribute dragon partner.
• Qi Xuefeng's lightning struck Xie Xie and trapped Yuanen Yehui, as Han Chutian took control of Natalia's remaining cannon array and bombarded Tang Wulin.
• Xie Xie revealed that he had survived by feigning death, incapacitated Han Chutian, and took an Ink Jade Divine Bamboo before Gu Yue Na emerged from the spring and burned Qi Xuefeng with its water.
• The electronic announcement declared the Shrek Seven Devils the winners; Yue Zhengyu returned after collecting the Dragon Blood Purple Sun Grass, and Liu Xiaoxiao considered discussing cosmic energy cultivation with Yi Tianzhi.

He Qiang underwent a Nine-Colored Heaven-Earth Universe-Destroying Tribulation, became a True God with a half-Silver Dragon Martial Soul, and spread the benefits of his newly comprehended laws across Shrek City. Many other Soul Masters and the Ten Sages then completed tribulations, while over a hundred newly advanced God-Tier Experts signed up for the Ten Sages Grand Competition.

• Shrek Academy held another tribulation ceremony, and Liu Xiaoxiao screened candidates while Li Hong prepared to regulate the lightning.
• He Qiang used the Bridge Between Heaven and Earth to withstand the nine-colored tribulation and balance his light and darkness elements through Chaos.
• He Qiang became a True God with a half-Silver Dragon Martial Soul, and his power of laws nourished Soul Masters and ordinary people in Shrek City.
• Cai Yue'er, Li Changqing, Fei Mingmo, Ling Lixuan, Gao Zhen, and many other Soul Masters underwent tribulation, with Ling Lixuan and Gao Zhen surviving nine-colored tribulations.
• The Ten Sages and most of the women's group advanced through tribulation, while Yili and Xu Mi'er also completed theirs.
• More than a hundred newly advanced God-Tier Experts registered for the Ten Sages Grand Competition.

Liu Xiaoxiao and the others failed to locate Hermes, the Rakshasa God's avatar, or the Eight-armed Demon God, while the Ten Sages Forum's academic presentations unveiled major technological advances. Ling Lixuan's visit to Bai Ming's divination house renewed suspicions that someone had altered his memories, and Liu Xiaoxiao and He Qiang left without identifying who was responsible.

• Yili's Magic Mirror showed a fiery, dark world and then the Underworld, but Liu Xiaoxiao, He Qiang, Chen Long, Lin Bo, and Yili could not pinpoint Hermes or their other elusive enemies.
• Liu Xiaoxiao reviewed the next day's crowded schedule, and He Qiang teleported away to rest before his academic presentation.
• He Qiang and researchers from the Spirit Pagoda, Tang Sect, the Federation, Heaven Dou, Star Luo, and Golden Dawn presented new technologies and research at the Shrek Grand Lecture Hall.
• Ling Lixuan entered Bai Ming's Silver Divination House and paid for a crystal ball reading that revealed only an indistinct face.
• Liu Xiaoxiao and He Qiang reconstructed Ling Lixuan's earlier encounter but could not identify who had tampered with his memories, so they considered the possibility of a soul expert and departed.

Liu Xiaoxiao defeated Su Yunsheng in Soul Fighting Chess with a concealed strategy built around Dai Yuhao and carefully placed Fixed Soul Cannon Shells, then prepared to compete in Soul Fighting Tablet as well. Silver Rose and the other major groups assembled their God-Tier teams, leaving their lineups ready for the coming team battle.

• Liu Xiaoxiao concealed his forces for more than ten turns while Su Yunsheng searched for them, then defeated him with coordinated Fixed Soul Cannon Shell detonations.
• Su Yunsheng discovered that Liu Xiaoxiao had spent half his strength value on Dai Yuhao and the rest on varied cannon shells, and recognized the strategy’s use of Spiritual Sense.
• Liu Xiaoxiao left to prepare for the Soul Fighting Tablet competition, while Su Yunsheng returned to Silver Rose’s temporary stronghold to discuss God-Tier Team Battle candidates.
• Zu Yuan reviewed Golden Dawn’s lineup of seven newly ascended gods, including true gods Zu Yuan and Qi Hongxuan.
• Yun Ming’s six God-Tier experts prepared to represent Shrek Academy and Tang Sect, while Rainbow Dawn assembled seven experts under Zhu Yue and Zi Yun.
• Shen Cangliu gathered Bronze Divine Hall’s team by recruiting God-Tier Experts before their tribulations and securing other members with rare items.

Liu Xiaoxiao’s side bought rare materials and energy gemstones at the auction, then prepared to face the Dragon Family in the first god-tier team battle. The match began on the Polluted Tree of Eternity, where both teams had to fight demonized Life Elves and either outscore their opponents or wipe them out.

• Liu Xiaoxiao’s group bought Adamantine, Mithril, and a huge Starlight Sapphire at the auction.
• Golden Dawn purchased Heavenly Fire Iron for Zu Yuan and a Cosmic Stone, while the Federation Academy of Sciences bought the Single Positive Circulation Source Core.
• Liu Xiaoxiao returned to his clone and assembled his disciples for the match against the Dragon Family’s team led by Tang Ming and Long Xinhuang.
• The teams drew the Polluted Tree of Eternity map, where they had two hours to defeat demonized Life Elves and purify the tree, with victory going to the side with more kills or the side that eliminated the other.

Liu Xiaoxiao swept the polluted Tree of Eternity, gained a God-Tier enhancement, and confronted Tang Ming with his nine clones. He overwhelmed Tang Ming with layered domains and time-space techniques, then killed him with Never-Extinguishing Divine Fire.

• Liu Xiaoxiao sent his clones and soul fragments across the Tree of Eternity to search for allies, opponents, and Fallen Life Elves.
• One of Liu Xiaoxiao’s clones destroyed a Fallen Life Elf with the Heavenly Burning Divine Pestle, and the resulting enhancement raised Liu Xiaoxiao to the God-Tier.
• Tang Ming found Liu Xiaoxiao’s clone, and Liu Xiaoxiao used the Yin-Yang Divine Tablet and its projections to suppress Tang Ming’s divine power.
• Liu Xiaoxiao’s nine clones trapped Tang Ming with overlapping domains and repeated time-based controls, while Tang Ming’s soul spirits disrupted their assault.
• Tang Ming escaped by transforming into light, but Liu Xiaoxiao tracked him down and trapped him with a Time-Space Seal.
• Liu Xiaoxiao struck Tang Ming with Never-Extinguishing Divine Fire, and the system removed Tang Ming from the competition after judging him unable to revive.

Liu Xiaoxiao watched Tang Sect Second Team challenge Li Hong’s Fei Family team on the Angel God map, where Li Hong won by holding the statue for one minute. As the match ended, Wang Haochen suddenly vanished from Liu Xiaoxiao’s side.

• Liu Xiaoxiao reflected on his easy tournament victory and watched the matches while discussing the next day’s research presentations with Wang Haochen.
• Rong Luoyun introduced Li Hong’s Fei Family team and Tang Sect Second Team, then the teams entered the Angel God map.
• Li Hong eliminated Cain, reached the Angel God statue, and gained control while the teams battled at their teleportation points.
• Tang Sect Second Team gathered near the statue and combined their powers to strengthen Ji Juechen’s attack against Li Hong.
• Li Hong blocked Ji Juechen’s strike with his Energy Immunity Silver Dragon Shield, held the statue until the minute ended, and won the match.
• Wang Haochen suddenly vanished from Liu Xiaoxiao’s side as the match ended.