Chapter Summaries

Xuan Zi and Du Busi fought Long Xiaoyao to reach Jiang Ming, while Ming Jiang abandoned the tournament and flew toward the battlefield with Ye Guyi. Evil Monarch paused its attack to offer Jiang Ming his life in exchange for becoming its slave.

• Xuan Zi and Du Busi demanded that Long Xiaoyao let them pass, but he warned them that Jiang Ming could not be saved and urged them to leave.
• After sensing the terrifying force gathered against Jiang Ming, Xuan Zi and Du Busi chose to risk their lives and attacked Long Xiaoyao again.
• Ming Jiang took the exhausted Ye Guyi from the tournament venue and flew toward Jiang Ming, prompting Ye Yulin to suspend the match and pursue them.
• Evil Monarch examined Jiang Ming's nine powers and dismissed Ye Xishui's concerns while Jiang Ming struggled to contain his injuries and Soul Power.
• Evil Monarch offered to spare Jiang Ming if he opened his Sea of Consciousness and accepted a Spiritual Imprint that would make him its slave.

Jiang Ming provoked Evil Lord into entering his Sea of Consciousness, where his allies and divine powers gathered to confront it. As Jiang Ming pretended to suffer, Evil Lord found itself surrounded by forces far stronger than its own.

• Jiang Ming endured Evil Lord's spiritual attack while his companions helped suppress it, then insulted Evil Lord to provoke a stronger assault.
• Jiang Ming told Snow Empress to direct any attack she could not contain toward his Deity Inheritance Mark, while Rongrong went to notify Huo Yuhao.
• Evil Lord entered the Void Sealing Soul Devouring Box and broke through Jiang Ming's defenses to reach his Sea of Consciousness.
• Snow Empress confronted Evil Lord, and Tian Meng and Ice Empress soon joined her there.
• Electrolux, the Sun God, the War God, the nine sprites, and other powerful spirits filled Jiang Ming's Sea of Consciousness with their Spiritual Power.
• Jiang Ming acted as if he were suffering, while Evil Lord froze in shock at the overwhelming forces surrounding it.

Jiang Ming’s allies trapped the Evil Lord’s spiritual body in his Sea of Consciousness while Ming Jiang infiltrated the battlefield and detonated three Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannonballs. The blast left the Sun Moon Empire’s forces badly damaged, and Jiang Ming faced the Rank 9 Soul Masters who had taken shelter inside the Void Sealing Soul Devouring Box.

• Electrolux severed the Evil Lord’s connection to its true body, and Jiang Ming’s spiritual companions suppressed its spiritual body after it tried to possess him.
• Ye Xishui watched Jiang Ming’s apparent struggle while Ming Jiang arrived, attacked Jiang Ming with a Rank 8 Spiritual Shock, and edged toward the Void Sealing Soul Devouring Box’s western side.
• Ye Yulin warned Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming that Ming Jiang was with Shrek Academy, and Ming Jiang revealed his betrayal by activating three Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannonballs.
• Kong Deming ordered the nearby Rank 9 Soul Masters into the Void Sealing Soul Devouring Box as the explosions devastated the surrounding area and injured Jing Hongchen, Kong Deming, and others.
• Xuan Zi met Du Busi near West Mountain after helping Ming Jiang escape with Ye Guyi, while Jiang Ming faced the Rank 9 Soul Masters inside the box and declared that it was his turn.

Jiang Ming survived the explosion, broke free of the Void Sealing Soul Devouring Box, and trapped the Sun Moon Empire’s Rank 9 Soul Masters while his avatar’s return pushed him toward a breakthrough. As enemies attacked and his defenses began to fail, he called allies from his Small World to help hold the battlefield.

• Jiang Ming unleashed his domains and Martial Soul Avatar, stored the damaged Soul Tools, and used Golden Pull to restrain the fleeing Rank 9 Soul Masters.
• Kong Deming, Jing Hongchen, and Ye Yulin attacked Jiang Ming, but he raised the Nine Element Shield while Ming Jiang’s avatar returned to his body and increased his cultivation to level ninety-four.
• Long Xiaoyao returned and attacked Jiang Ming, but Snow Empress intercepted him, while Zhongli Wu led the surviving Evil Soul Masters and Soul Engineers in a barrage against Jiang Ming.
• Jiang Ming withdrew his cracked shields and accelerated his effort to break through to Super Douluo, prompting Mu En, Zhang Lexuan, Little Prison, Meng Bing, and Little Jade to offer help.
• Jiang Ming summoned his allies from the Small World; Little Jade ensnared Rank 9 Soul Masters with vines and poison, the Ice Dragon and Wind-Thunder Prison Beast attacked, and Zhang Lexuan appeared in her transformed full-moon Martial Soul Avatar.

Zhang Lexuan used her newly awakened Ultimate Light to attack the Evil Soul Masters, but Ye Xishui countered her until Elder Mu returned as a Radiant Holy Dragon and helped turn the battle. After Mu En revealed himself and killed a Titled Douluo-level Evil Soul Master, Kong Deming urged the shaken fighters to kill Jiang Ming before his breakthrough ended.

• Zhang Lexuan unleashed her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Skill, Bright Moon's Radiance, against the Evil Soul Masters, and Ye Xishui met it with a sea of blood.
• Snow Empress wounded Long Xiaoyao with her Ninefold Snow Prison Soul Tools as a dragon roar announced the return of the Radiant Holy Dragon.
• Elder Mu joined Zhang Lexuan, used the Radiant Holy Dragon's power to suppress the Evil Soul Masters, and killed a Titled Douluo-level opponent with Holy Light Heavenly Punishment.
• Ye Xishui recognized the Radiant Holy Dragon as Mu En, who revealed his youthful appearance and left her, Long Xiaoyao, Zhongli Wu, and Jing Hongchen stunned.
• Kong Deming roused the shaken fighters and warned them to kill Jiang Ming while he was still breaking through.

Jiang Ming stopped Ye Xishui’s attack by revealing enough Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannonballs to threaten everyone on the battlefield, forcing both sides to cease fighting. He demanded negotiations and warned that more bombs were timed to detonate near Radiant City’s imperial palace, leaving the Sun Moon Empire’s leaders facing a choice between retreat and national ruin.

• Ye Xishui led the Evil Soul Masters and Soul Engineers in an assault on Jiang Ming while Zhongli Wu, Jing Hongchen, and Ye Yulin engaged his allies and the three Soul Beasts.
• Jiang Ming’s nine elemental spirits intercepted the attacks, but Ye Xishui overwhelmed four spirits and prepared to strike him during his breakthrough.
• Jiang Ming revealed more than a dozen Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannonballs and threatened to detonate them, making Ye Xishui withdraw and forcing everyone to stop fighting.
• Jiang Ming gathered both sides and proposed that his enemies leave in exchange for his not detonating the bombs around him.
• Jiang Ming revealed that he had also placed timed Rank 9 and Rank 8 Fixed Soul Cannonballs near Radiant City’s imperial palace, alarming Jing Hongchen and the others with the threat of the city’s destruction.

Jiang Ming escaped Radiant City with his allies after bluffing that he had planted Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannonballs throughout the city, only to be pursued by Evil Lord's true body. He reached the Valley of Qiankun's Love Inquiry as Wang Qiuer hesitated to summon Di Tian and reveal her identity.

• Kong Deming, Jing Hongchen, and Ye Yulin ordered the Rank 9 Soul Masters back to Radiant City to search for the threatened Fixed Soul Cannonballs, while Zhongli Wu and the Holy Spirit Cult withdrew.
• Mu En told Long Xiaoyao that they were enemies now, and Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao departed after facing Mu En and Jiang Ming.
• Jiang Ming admitted that he had lied about planting more cannonballs in Radiant City, then gathered his allies into the Small World and headed west toward the Valley of Qiankun's Love Inquiry.
• Evil Lord's true body appeared, attacked Jiang Ming's Sea of Consciousness, and pursued him through space as Jiang Ming fused with the Spirits and fled.
• Wang Qiuer considered leaving the Small World to summon Di Tian but held back when Jiang Ming said he could shake Evil Lord off.
• Jiang Ming collected Xuan Zi, Du Busi, and Ye Guyi while fleeing, then plunged into the Valley of Qiankun's Love Inquiry as Evil Lord's tentacles closed in.

Jiang Ming brought the Shrek and Tang Sect groups into the Valley of Qiankun's Love Inquiry, where he explained its rules and sent them into the trials. He and Zhang Lexuan began pursuing their deity inheritances while Jiang Ming planned his breakthrough and resolved to stop Xu Tianran and destroy the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Jiang Ming entered the Valley of Qiankun's Love Inquiry using his God of War Deity Inheritance Mark, while the evil eye chose to remain outside and wait for him.
• Jiang Ming explained the valley's rules to the group and urged them not to lie, reminding them that deities were watching.
• Mu En said he was untroubled by the inquiry, while Xuan Zi and Du Busi admitted they had never had partners.
• The group and the human-form Soul Beasts entered the trials, while Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan prepared to pursue their own goals.
• Zhang Lexuan activated Yue Shen's Deity Inheritance Mark and vanished into moonlight to begin her trials.
• Jiang Ming decided he needed to kill Xu Tianran, curb the Sun Moon Empire, and destroy the Holy Spirit Cult before entering his Small World to complete his breakthrough.

Xu Tianran confronted the Sun Moon Empire’s Rank 9 Soul Masters after their attempt to kill Jiang Ming failed, and learned that Ming Jiang had helped him escape with stolen Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannonballs. Xu Tianran spared Jing Hongchen but exiled his family, while the empire prepared to replace the stolen weapons and guard against further attacks.

• Xu Tianran angrily demanded to know why the Rank 9 Soul Masters had let Jiang Ming escape, and they explained that they had not dared risk testing his threat of using Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannonballs.
• A Rank 9 Soul Master blamed Ming Jiang for destroying the Void Sealing Soul Devouring Box with three cannonballs, and Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming admitted their responsibility for trusting and training him.
• Jing Hongchen recalled how he had spent years cultivating Ming Jiang and preparing him to join the Hongchen Family, only to discover he had been a Shrek Academy infiltrator who stole sixteen Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannonballs.
• Ye Yulin and the other Soul Masters urged Xu Tianran to spare Jing Hongchen, and Xu Tianran waived the death penalty but removed him as master of Bright Virtue Hall and exiled his family to the empire’s border.
• Xu Tianran gave Kong Deming only a symbolic punishment and ordered the empire to replace the stolen cannonballs and take precautions against more explosions in Radiant City.

Zhang Lexuan began Yue Shen's Nine Trials, quickly realizing that the first trial asked her to examine her heart rather than simply summon her Moon Martial Soul. Meanwhile, Yue Shen watched her deliberate, and Dai Mubai went to find Ma Hongjun after learning he had skipped the gathering in the God Realm.

• Yue Shen sent Zhang Lexuan to a moonless palace and set the first trial: create a bright moon using her own understanding and power within one month.
• Zhang Lexuan summoned her Moon Martial Soul, then realized that the trial's answer depended on her heart and closed her eyes to reflect.
• Yue Shen explained that the early trials were meant to be easy and that the Sun God had encouraged her to establish all nine trials to strengthen and assess Zhang Lexuan.
• Tang San watched Huo Yuhao's progress through the Valley of Qiankun's Love Inquiry and considered testing him again, while Dai Mubai noticed Ma Hongjun was absent from the gathering.
• Dai Mubai went to Ma Hongjun's palace and asked why he had been too busy to join the gathering.

Ma Hongjun watched his descendant Ma Xiaotao begin the Phoenix God inheritance and learned that her lover, Jiang Ming, was inheriting Dai Mubai’s War God position. Jiang Ming advanced to level ninety-five and received a seventh trial to kill the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign, while Wang Qiuer was selected for the Valley of Qiankun's Love Inquiry and named Jiang Ming as her lover.

• Ma Hongjun showed Dai Mubai Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix God inheritance trial and worried that she might lose a mortal lover as he had lost Bai Chenxiang.
• Dai Mubai recognized Ma Xiaotao as Jiang Ming’s lover, reassured Ma Hongjun, and brought him to join the others watching the trials.
• Jiang Ming broke through to level ninety-five and received the War God and Sun God seventh trial: cultivate all his Martial Souls to nine rings and kill the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign within three years.
• Jiang Ming considered the difficulty and rewards of the trial, including the soul ring’s cultivation rising to 999,999 years, and recalled the War God Deity’s diminished status.
• The Shrek Academy group entered the Valley of Qiankun's Love Inquiry, where Wang Qiuer was selected and admitted that Jiang Ming was her lover.

Wang Qiu'er named Jiang Ming as her lover during the Valley of Qiankun's Love Inquiry, but Jiang Ming said he did not love her, shattering her last hope. Watching from the God Realm, Tang San realized his plans for Wang Qiu'er and Huo Yuhao had gone astray, so he reclaimed his daughter's Divine Sense from Wang Qiu'er and chose to let fate take its course.

• Wang Qiu'er named Jiang Ming as her lover, prompting Ning Rongrong to bring him into the love inquiry again.
• Jiang Ming admitted that Zhang Lexuan was his lover and said he could not let Wang Qiu'er die, but he did not claim to love her.
• Wang Qiu'er affirmed that she loved Jiang Ming and would give her life for him, passing the first trial of sincerity.
• Jiang Ming was questioned repeatedly after several girls named him as the person they liked.
• Tang San found that his plans for Wang Qiu'er and Huo Yuhao had gone off course, then transferred his daughter's Divine Sense from Wang Qiu'er to Wang Dong'er.
• Wang Qiu'er sensed that something weighing on her had disappeared, but remained determined to keep loving Jiang Ming.

Jiang Ming was forced into a trial battle against Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and several other women, with his cultivation and abilities restricted. The chapter ended as the opposing group finished planning their strategy and the battle began.

• The Adventure round began, and Wang Qiuer drew a challenge requiring selected participants to defeat an opponent together.
• Jiang Ming was transported into a trial space alongside Wang Qiuer, Ning Tian, Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo, Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen.
• The deities ordered the women to defeat Jiang Ming and required both sides to fight seriously or face increased trial difficulty.
• Jiang Ming learned that Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen were undergoing deity trials, while the Ice Snow Goddess explained how she had chosen Ling Luochen as her successor.
• Zhang Lexuan planned the group's approach during the preparation period, and Jiang Ming prepared to fight as the battle began.

Jiang Ming fought Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, Wang Qiuer, and the others while his Soul Power and Martial Soul remained restricted, forcing him to rely on his bloodline and spiritual power. As Ling Luochen and Zhang Lexuan unleashed powerful attacks, Jiang Ming stopped holding back and charged at Ling Luochen, only to be surrounded by three dangerous Soul Skills.

• Jiang Ming used Golden Resonance and Golden Pull to weaken the opposing Soul Masters, leaving Ning Tian, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo in pain.
• Ling Luochen froze Jiang Ming with Gaze of the Ice Snow Goddess, but he broke free before Zhang Lexuan's Moonlight came crashing down on him.
• Jiang Ming used Ruler of the World to disrupt Zhang Lexuan's attack, then targeted Ling Luochen as the Control System Soul Master.
• Ling Luochen unleashed her Ninth Soul Skill, Dance of the Ice Snow Goddess, while Jiang Ming complained that his restrictions made the fight unfair and his request to have them lifted was denied.
• Jiang Ming drew the Sky Piercer Spear and charged at Ling Luochen with Unstoppable Advance and Soaring Dragon, Raging Dragon Pierces Heart.
• Zhang Lexuan attacked with Bright Moon's Radiance, Ma Xiaotao used Phoenix Dance of Nine Heavens, and Ling Luochen added Whispers of the Ice Snow Goddess, surrounding Jiang Ming with three powerful attacks.

Jiang Ming fought Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen in the Valley of Qiankun's Love Inquiry, but the women used their affection for him to make him surrender. They wanted to prevent his already advanced dual Deity Trials from becoming more difficult, and the chapter ended with the battle over and Zhang Lexuan promising to make it up to him.

• Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Zhang Lexuan unleashed three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Skills, but Jiang Ming used four crystals from the Void Sealing Soul Devouring Box to withstand them.
• Jiang Ming charged Ling Luochen while her Soul Power was depleted, but she embraced him and froze him with her Extreme Ice power.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked from behind, trapping Jiang Ming between Extreme Ice and Extreme Fire as Zhang Lexuan and the others urged him to surrender.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that they wanted to keep Jiang Ming's Deity Trial difficulty from increasing, and Wang Qiuer, Ning Tian, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo supported their plea.
• Jiang Ming surrendered, and Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen released him after the battle ended.

Jiang Ming asked the Deities to let him help the women in their Deity Trials and Deep Adventure, then entered the Demon Forest to aid Wang Qiuer, Ning Tian, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo. After the group encountered a powerful Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, Jiang Ming used the scent of his Soul Bone to lure the forest’s Soul Beasts toward himself so the others could escape.

• Jiang Ming received a five-year limit to kill Evil Lord after his trial difficulty decreased, then asked the Deities whether he could help the women with their trials and Deep Adventure.
• The Deities agreed, and Jiang Ming chose to help Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo first because they were the weakest.
• Jiang Ming arrived in Demon Forest, where his cultivation and powers were suppressed, and led Wang Qiuer, Ning Tian, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo toward the route Wang Qiuer’s intuition indicated.
• Jiang Ming sent Wang Qiuer and Ning Tian ahead with the sisters while he drew the approaching Soul Beasts’ attention; the group encountered a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with more than Sixty Thousand Years of cultivation.
• Jiang Ming released the enticing fragrance of his Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum Soul Bone, drawing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and the hidden Evil Eye Tyrant toward him.

Jiang Ming fought the Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant and Dark Demon Evil God Tiger despite his cultivation being suppressed, overwhelming them with his weapons, abilities, and combat prowess. The beasts agreed to work together, but the Evil Eye Tyrant’s Spiritual Shock failed to interrupt him, leaving the tiger’s attack unanswered.

• Jiang Ming activated his Golden Battle Body and Soul Skills, then shredded the Evil Eye Tyrant’s tentacles with the Sky Piercer Spear and stored them in his Storage Soul Tool.
• Jiang Ming attacked the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Tang San, and Xiao Wu watched from the God Realm and discussed Jiang Ming’s strength and Xiao Wu’s worsening condition.
• Jiang Ming fought the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger head-on with wind and thunder powers and drove it into a deep pit with the Sky Piercer Spear.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger proposed joining forces with the Evil Eye Tyrant, which agreed while secretly planning to claim both Jiang Ming and the tiger for itself.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant sent a Spiritual Shock at Jiang Ming, but it had no apparent effect as Jiang Ming’s spear continued toward the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

Jiang Ming kept the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts occupied while Wang Qiu'er, Ning Tian, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo escaped the Demon Forest and completed their Deep Adventure. After they returned, Jiang Ming learned that Zhang Lexuan, Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen were undergoing Deity Trials and was offered a choice about how to help them.

• Jiang Ming fought off the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and Evil Eye Tyrant as they summoned more Soul Beasts to attack him.
• Wang Qiu'er flew Ning Tian, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo out of the Demon Forest, then collapsed from exhaustion and was caught by Ning Tian and the Lan sisters.
• Jiang Ming created a clone to confuse the pursuing Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and send them into chaos.
• Wang Qiu'er and the others traveled to the Valley of Qiankun's Love Inquiry and completed their Deep Adventure, returning to Jiang Ming on the round platform.
• A calm voice told Jiang Ming that the four girls still had one trial stage remaining and offered him a choice about helping Zhang Lexuan, Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen with their Deity Trials.

Jiang Ming chose to save his chance to help Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen for a later stage of their Deity Trials, then recovered from his injuries and began the Sun God’s Seventh Trial. He launched a fierce attack on Evil Lord, who retaliated with spiritual techniques, and Jiang Ming struck at the illusion surrounding him.

• Jiang Ming chose to reserve his opportunity to assist the three women for a crucial later trial, and Ning Rongrong gave each woman one chance to call on him for help.
• After Jiang Ming’s seal was lifted, Little Spirit and Rongrong healed his severe injuries, and his spirits restored his appearance.
• Jiang Ming began the Seventh Trial, then left the Valley of Qiankun's Love Inquiry to confront Evil Lord.
• Jiang Ming transformed and used the Sky Piercer Spear to tear through Evil Lord’s tentacles, forcing Evil Lord to retreat and regrow them.
• Evil Lord evaded Jiang Ming’s teleporting spear strike and attacked his mind with a spiritual field, illusion, and shockwave.
• Jiang Ming recognized the people surrounding him as an illusion and thrust his spear into the space behind him.

Jiang Ming drove Evil Lord away with a clash of spiritual power and Ultimate Light, while Xu Tianran struggled with the losses and dangers caused by Jiang Ming’s actions. After the battle, Jiang Ming asked Dai Mubai for help restoring Tang Ya’s contaminated Martial Soul, leaving her fate unresolved.

• Jiang Ming broke Evil Lord’s illusions and resisted his Evil Eye Gaze, but Evil Lord fled rather than risk further injury before his heavenly tribulation.
• Jiang Ming pursued Evil Lord and unleashed Bright Sun’s Light, illuminating Radiant City before Evil Lord escaped into the Demon Forest.
• Xu Tianran sent people to investigate West Mountain and asked Ju Zi about Ye Yulin’s search for Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannonballs across Radiant City.
• Xu Tianran lamented his failed plans and lost weapons, then asked Ju Zi whether he could still unify the continent.
• Jiang Ming chose not to chase Evil Lord into the Demon Forest because he needed to guard the people undergoing trials.
• Jiang Ming released Tang Ya and asked Dai Mubai to help find the Blue Silver Emperor or contact Tang San to restore her contaminated Martial Soul.