Chapter Summaries

Xiao Wu asked Tang San about Tang Wutong and Jiang Ming, while Tang San concealed that he had sealed their daughter’s memories again. Dai Mubai and the Sun God debated whether Jiang Ming’s Ninth Trial should offer a dangerous chance to restore the divine positions’ former rank, and Xiao Wu ended the chapter confronting Dai Mubai over a book about Tang San and Hu Liena.

• Xiao Wu asked Tang San about Tang Wutong’s progress and her relationship with Huo Yuhao, and Tang San claimed they were doing well while hiding that he had sealed her memories.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu that Jiang Ming had reached Level Ninety-Nine and expressed concern about the power and history behind the Sun God and War God divine positions.
• Xiao Wu visited Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing as Dai Mubai and the Sun God debated whether Jiang Ming’s Ninth Trial should include a much harder path that could draw the God Realm Committee’s attention.
• Xiao Wu spotted Zhu Zhuqing hiding a book, used a charm skill to take it, and discovered it was titled Douluo Continent: The Legend of Shrek’s Seven Devils.
• Zhu Zhuqing admitted she had found the book on Dai Mubai, so Xiao Wu teleported to him and demanded an explanation.

Xiao Wu learned that Tang San had sealed Tang Wutong’s memories again, while Dai Mubai and the Sun God debated whether Jiang Ming should face a risky, far more difficult Ninth Trial. Xiao Wu then found Zhu Zhuqing reading a book about Tang San and confronted Dai Mubai about it.

• Xiao Wu asked Tang San about Tang Wutong and Huo Yuhao, and Tang San concealed that he had sealed his daughter’s memories.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu that Jiang Ming had reached Level Ninety-Nine and that he worried about the power and history behind Jiang Ming’s two divine inheritances.
• Dai Mubai and the Sun God discussed whether to offer Jiang Ming an optional, dangerous Ninth Trial that could restore the Sun God and War God positions to their former rank.
• Xiao Wu arrived at Dai Mubai’s palace and caught Zhu Zhuqing hiding a book titled Douluo Continent (Legend of Shrek’s Seven Devils).
• Xiao Wu read a passage about Tang San and Hu Liena in the City of Slaughter, learned Zhu Zhuqing had found the book on Dai Mubai, and demanded an explanation from him.

Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong questioned Jiang Ming about the scandalous claims in his book, while Jiang Ming and his companions traveled back toward Shrek Academy. The chapter left Jiang Ming explaining that he had compiled stories about the Seven Devils from accounts and rumors, though he was actually making up an excuse.

• Xiao Wu discovered Dai Mubai’s copy of Jiang Ming’s book and demanded to know who had written it.
• Dai Mubai revealed that Jiang Ming was the author, and Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong insisted on confronting him about its claims concerning Tang San.
• Jiang Ming, Huo Yuhao, and Tang Wutong flew toward Shrek Academy, while Huo Yuhao decided to try winning Tang Wutong back without pressuring her.
• Dai Mubai contacted Jiang Ming through his inheritance mark, and Xiao Wu asked Jiang Ming to explain the stories about Tang San, Hu Liena, and Qian Renxue.
• Jiang Ming told the women that he had collected accounts and folk rumors about the Seven Devils to compile their stories for the public.

Jiang Ming told Xiao Wu that Tang Wutong had awakened without her memories of Wang Dong'er, prompting Xiao Wu to suspect Tang San had sealed them. Xiao Wu returned to Tang San and attacked him with her Explosive Kill Eight-Section Fall, leaving him bewildered.

• Jiang Ming offered to revise or recall his unofficial-history book, and Xiao Wu and the others chose to review it and suggest changes.
• Jiang Ming told Xiao Wu that Tang Wutong had lost her memories of Wang Dong'er after Tang San intervened while Jiang Ming examined her unconscious state.
• Xiao Wu grew furious at the possibility that Tang San had sealed their daughter's memories, while Dai Mubai tried to defend Tang San and then ended the call.
• Jiang Ming flew back toward Shrek Academy as Xiao Wu returned to her home with Tang San.
• Xiao Wu surprised Tang San with her charm skill and used Explosive Kill Eight-Section Fall to beat him, leaving him confused.

Jiang Ming set his plans in motion to weaken the Sun Moon Empire, summoning Princess Jiujiu and Princess Vina to discuss a campaign against Xu Tianran. The chapter ended with the Star Luo Empire's branch president delivering his invitation to Xu Jiu Jiu.

• Jiang Ming returned Tang Wutong and Huo Yuhao to Shrek City, then left them to continue toward the Tang Sect while he went back to Sea God Island.
• Jiang Ming outlined his priorities: prepare for his later Deity Trials, complete a defensive Soul Tool array for Shrek Academy and Clear Water City, and settle his grudges with the Holy Spirit Cult and Sun Moon Empire.
• Jiang Ming contacted the Ming Yue Chamber of Commerce and ordered it to invite Princess Jiujiu and Princess Vina to Sea God Island so he could plan how to weaken the Sun Moon Empire with their empires' help.
• The Ming Yue Chamber of Commerce relayed Jiang Ming's invitation through its branches, and its Star Luo City president delivered the message to Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiu Jiu.
• Xu Jiawei asked Xu Jiu Jiu whether she had someone she loved, and she remained silent before the branch president told her that Jiang Ming wanted to meet on Sea God Island.

Jiang Ming invited Xu Jiu Jiu and Princess Vina to Sea God Island, prompting Xu Jiu Jiu to decide to confess her feelings to him while Heaven Dou’s princes competed for a chance to accompany Vina. The chapter ended as a dignified elder offered to go with Vina.

• The Star Luo branch president told Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiu Jiu that Jiang Ming had invited Xu Jiu Jiu to Sea God Island and had also invited Princess Vina.
• Xu Jiu Jiu admitted to Xu Jiawei that she loved Jiang Ming, and he encouraged her to tell him directly.
• Xu Jiu Jiu decided to try confessing to Jiang Ming and said she would dedicate herself to the Star Luo Empire if he rejected her.
• The Heaven Dou branch president delivered Jiang Ming’s invitation to Vina, drawing her ambitious imperial brothers to her palace.
• Vina’s imperial brothers argued over who should accompany her to Sea God Island until a dignified voice declared that he would go with her.

Vina and Xu Jiu Jiu traveled to Shrek Academy after Jiang Ming summoned them, accompanied by Du Busi, Long Aotian, and Dark Thunder Douluo. Jiang Ming welcomed the group with lifelike golden lotus platforms that carried them across Sea God Lake, where a much larger presence began rising from the depths.

• Du Busi warned the princes not to recruit or provoke Jiang Ming, then left the palace with Vina and Long Aotian.
• Xu Jiu Jiu set out for Shrek Academy with Dark Thunder Douluo, and both groups arrived at about the same time.
• Vina and Xu Jiu Jiu greeted each other and discussed why Jiang Ming had summoned them.
• Jiang Ming formed golden lotus platforms from Soul Power and used them to ferry the visitors across Sea God Lake.
• Hundred-year Soul Beasts followed the platforms, while Du Busi and Dark Thunder Douluo sensed a massive shadow rising from the lake.

Jiang Ming gathered representatives of the Star Luo Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire at Sea God Island to discuss his plan to kill Xu Tianran and suppress the Sun Moon Empire. He revealed he could kill Xu Tianran easily, but wanted the two empires involved and did not intend to let the emperor die without consequences.

• Meng Bing emerged from Sea God Lake and startled the guests before Jiang Ming told her to stop playing around and she sank back underwater.
• Jiang Ming welcomed Du Busi, Long Aotian, Vina, Xu Jiu Jiu, Dark Thunder Douluo, and four Sea God Pavilion Elders to a round table on Sea God Island.
• Jiang Ming explained that he had invited Xu Jiu Jiu and Vina to discuss the Sun Moon Empire, while the Dou Ling Empire had not been included in his plans.
• Jiang Ming announced that he wanted to kill Xu Tianran and suppress the Sun Moon Empire, prompting Xu Jiu Jiu to ask how confident he was.
• Jiang Ming said he could already have Xu Tianran's head, but he wanted the Star Luo and Heaven Dou Empires involved and did not want Xu Tianran to die easily.

Jiang Ming explained that he would make Xu Tianran forsaken by all by turning his supporters against him before killing him, and sought the Star Luo and Heaven Dou Empires’ help. He chose Jing Hongchen as the first target, citing the damage to his standing after the Body Sect’s raid on Bright Virtue Hall and Xu Tianran’s existing doubts about him.

• Jiang Ming explained that killing Xu Tianran outright would frighten the other empires, and Xu Jiu Jiu and Vina thanked him for considering their imperial families.
• Jiang Ming said he would dismantle Xu Tianran’s circle of supporters and asked the two princesses to use their covert agents to gather and spread information across the Sun Moon Empire.
• Jiang Ming identified Jing Hongchen as the first target, arguing that the Body Sect’s raid had weakened his position and Xu Tianran already distrusted him.
• Du Busi and the Snow Empress briefly clashed over his past attempt to seize the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo, and Jiang Ming stopped their pressure with a quiet command.

Jiang Ming proposed targeting Mirror Hongchen to weaken Xu Tianran’s inner circle, while Mirror Hongchen struggled under Xu Tianran’s suspicion and demands. After Mirror Hongchen returned home from reporting on weapons production, an unexpected voice addressed him.

• Jiang Ming explained that Xu Tianran distrusted Mirror Hongchen because of Ming Jiang and said he needed to make Mirror Hongchen step down as master of Bright Virtue Hall.
• Xu Jiu Jiu questioned Jiang Ming about Ming Jiang, but Jiang Ming refused to discuss him.
• Mirror Hongchen felt increasingly constrained as Xu Tianran’s allies drifted away and palace observers monitored him.
• Mirror Hongchen inspected Bright Virtue Hall and reported its production of Rank 9 and Rank 8 Fixed Soul Cannonballs to Xu Tianran.
• Xu Tianran demanded that Mirror Hongchen accelerate production by abnormal means, and Mirror Hongchen left the palace shaken.
• At home, Mirror Hongchen heard an unexpected voice greet him.

Ming Jiang visited Jing Hongchen in Radiant City and revealed that he was a clone while Jiang Ming remained at Shrek Academy. He asked Jing Hongchen to leave Xu Tianran with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen arrived as he made the request.

• Jing Hongchen recognized Ming Jiang’s voice and entered his villa to confront him.
• Ming Jiang claimed he was not Jiang Ming, explaining that Jiang Ming had left Radiant City before the tournament and that the Ming Jiang at Bright Virtue Hall had been his clone.
• Jing Hongchen challenged the claim, but Ming Jiang said the clone had a physical body and that the original Jiang Ming was still at Shrek Academy.
• Ming Jiang revealed that he had come to ask Jing Hongchen to leave Xu Tianran and Radiant City with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.
• Meng Hongchen entered the villa as Ming Jiang made his request.

Ming Jiang warned Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming that Jiang Ming would kill Xu Tianran in Radiant City within a year and urged them to evacuate their families. Jing Hongchen chose to stay, hoping Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen could leave, and he and Kong Deming prepared to go to the palace together.

• Meng Hongchen returned home and found Ming Jiang speaking with Jing Hongchen.
• Ming Jiang revealed that Jiang Ming intended to kill Xu Tianran within the next year and urged Jing Hongchen to take Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen away from Radiant City.
• After Ming Jiang vanished, Xiao Hongchen returned, and the three Hongchens discussed the danger and their inability to leave Radiant City safely.
• Jing Hongchen visited Kong Deming, who said Ming Jiang had also urged him to leave Radiant City.
• Jing Hongchen refused to leave, saying he would stay and accept responsibility for helping train Jiang Ming, but hoped Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen could return to their hometown.
• Kong Deming agreed to go with Jing Hongchen to the palace.

Jiang Ming and the princesses planned to undermine Xu Tianran by turning Jing Hongchen against him, while Deathly Poison prepared to test his new Limit Douluo strength. In Radiant City, Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen reported Ming Jiang’s warning to Xu Tianran, who reacted with fury and fear.

• Ming Jiang watched Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen head to the palace and informed Jiang Ming that they had chosen to stay in Radiant City.
• Jiang Ming, Xu Jiu Jiu, and Vina outlined a plan to weaken Xu Tianran’s faction by starting with Jing Hongchen, and the princesses agreed to remain at Shrek.
• Deathly Poison challenged Xuan Zi and Mu En to demonstrate his new Limit Douluo strength, while Xu Jiu Jiu asked Jiang Ming to walk with her by Sea God Lake.
• Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen told Xu Tianran that they had important news, and Kong Deming began explaining their meeting with Ming Jiang.
• Xu Tianran smashed his throne’s armrest and shouted in anger and fear at what Kong Deming reported.

Xu Tianran confronted Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen after Ming Jiang threatened to kill him within a year, then learned that even a Rank 10 Soul Master might not stop Jiang Ming. After dismissing his advisers and Ju Zi, Xu Tianran went to a secret chamber, believing he still had a way to deal with Jiang Ming: a god.

• Xu Tianran accused Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen of colluding with Ming Jiang because they had let him leave without attacking.
• Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen explained that fighting Ming Jiang risked destruction in Radiant City, especially if he used Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannonballs, and Ju Zi helped calm Xu Tianran.
• Jing Hongchen warned that Jiang Ming had become so powerful that no one on the continent could likely stop him from killing Xu Tianran.
• Kong Deming said he might soon become a Rank 10 Soul Master and try to stop Jiang Ming, though he could not guarantee success.
• Xu Tianran dismissed Kong Deming, Jing Hongchen, and Ju Zi, then went alone to a secret chamber in the imperial palace, thinking a god might be able to defeat Jiang Ming.

Xu Jiu Jiu confessed her feelings to Jiang Ming, who gently rejected her because he loved his wives. After escorting her to Shrek City, he declined her request to advise the Star Luo Empire, and she wrote to her imperial brother about their plans against the Sun Moon Empire.

• By Sea God Lake, Xu Jiu Jiu confessed that she had liked Jiang Ming for a long time, and he tactfully rejected her, saying he already had several wives.
• Jiang Ming took Xu Jiu Jiu across the lake on Meng Bing and explained that Zhang Lexuan and the others had entered seclusion, prompting Xu Jiu Jiu to realize Shrek Academy might soon gain more powerful Soul Masters.
• Xu Jiu Jiu praised Jiang Ming for helping Shrek Academy's Soul Tool Department develop, then asked him to help the Star Luo Empire; Jiang Ming declined.
• After Jiang Ming escorted Xu Jiu Jiu to Shrek City, she watched him leave and wrote to her imperial brother about their discussion and the need to move quickly against the Sun Moon Empire.

Xu Jiawei agreed to help Jiang Ming isolate Xu Tianran before his death, while Xu Tianran recognized that Jiang Ming had deliberately announced his intention to kill him within a year. Ju Zi realized Jiang Ming’s open stratagem was to make Xu Tianran live in fear.

• Xu Jiawei ordered Shadow to discreetly help make Xu Tianran abandoned and alone before Jiang Ming killed him.
• Xu Tianran emerged from the secret chamber appearing calm and dismissed Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen, leaving them puzzled.
• Xu Tianran admitted to Ju Zi that Jiang Ming could defeat even the Sun Moon Empire’s strongest forces, but claimed he still had a way to deal with him.
• Xu Tianran asked Ju Zi to remain by his side, then broke down in anger over his paralysis and his envy of Jiang Ming.
• Ju Zi realized Jiang Ming had deliberately revealed his plan to kill Xu Tianran within a year so Xu Tianran would live in constant fear.

Ju Zi recognized that Jiang Ming’s scheme was driving Xu Tianran toward a breakdown, while Ming Jiang continued to deepen the rift between Xu Tianran, Kong Deming, and Jing Hongchen. Xu Tianran’s nightmares worsened until he mistook a palace maid for an assassin and killed her, then pleaded with Ju Zi that he could no longer tell dreams from reality.

• Ju Zi realized she could not warn Xu Tianran without worsening his fear, and worried that his death would cost her the Fire Phoenix Soul Master Corps and her chance to unite the continent.
• Ming Jiang watched Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen leave the palace and planned to use the consequences of their report to estrange them from Xu Tianran.
• Xu Tianran woke from a nightmare about Jiang Ming attacking the palace, and Ju Zi comforted him as he admitted his fear.
• Over the following days, Xu Tianran’s nightmares and confusion intensified despite treatment, while Ju Zi saw that his condition was worsening.
• Xu Tianran dreamed that Jiang Ming killed him and seized Ju Zi, then woke and mistook a palace maid for an assassin, killing her before Ju Zi stopped him.
• Xu Tianran recognized the corpse and told Ju Zi he could not tell whether he was dreaming or awake.

Ju Zi managed Xu Tianran through a violent episode in which he killed a palace maid, while Jing Hongchen suspected Jiang Ming’s warning had unsettled the emperor. At Shrek Academy, Jiang Ming taught advanced Soul Engineers before learning that Xu Tianran had dismissed Jing Hongchen.

• Ju Zi calmed Xu Tianran after he killed a palace maid, then stayed beside him as he fell asleep and secretly considered how to protect herself if the imperial family fell into turmoil.
• Jing Hongchen saw the guards remove the palace maid’s corpse and suspected Xu Tianran’s worsening mania was connected to Jiang Ming’s threat to kill him within a year.
• Jiang Ming completed a Rank 9 Core Formation and spent several hours teaching the Soul Tool Department’s high-level Soul Engineers.
• Fan Yu left the lesson to return to Zhou Yi and their daughter, then discussed Shrek Academy’s slow progress on Jiang Ming’s Super Defensive Soul Tool Array Project.
• Jiang Ming received a report from his clone that Xu Tianran had dismissed Jing Hongchen from office.

After Jing Hongchen was dismissed, he recalled how Xu Tianran had recognized Jiang Ming’s scheme but still succumbed to fear and used Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to control him. Jing Hongchen returned to Bright Virtue Hall’s secret laboratory, where Xu Tianran’s drive to rebuild the empire’s military reserves showed that his ambition remained intact.

• Jiang Ming learned that Xu Tianran had dismissed Jing Hongchen and told Princess Jiujiu and Princess Vina that the plan could proceed.
• Jing Hongchen left his office as master of Bright Virtue Hall and went to its Top Secret Laboratory.
• Jing Hongchen recalled confessing to Xu Tianran that Jiang Ming had used his warning to intensify the emperor’s fear, while Xu Tianran admitted he had recognized the scheme but could not ignore the threat.
• Xu Tianran confronted Jing Hongchen over secretly sending Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen away, then revealed that an imperial offering had taken them into confinement under the pretext of training.
• Xu Tianran ordered Jing Hongchen to step down and remain at Bright Virtue Hall, where Jing found his fellow Rank 9 Soul Masters manufacturing Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannonballs to replenish the empire’s reserves.

Jiang Ming warned Xu Jiu Jiu and Vina that the Sun Moon Empire could begin a war within six months as Xu Tianran replenished its strategic weapons. Xu Tianran prepared for war while secretly ordering an invasion of the Dou Ling Empire, leaving its capital under threat.

• Jiang Ming told Xu Jiu Jiu and Vina that Jing Hongchen had lost his position and was likely making Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannonballs for Xu Tianran.
• Jiang Ming predicted that the Sun Moon Empire would go to war within six months, prompting Xu Jiu Jiu and Vina to warn their emperors.
• Xu Tianran rejected ministers' objections and ordered taxes raised, northern Rare Metal mining to continue through the blizzard, and Rank 9 Soul Masters to remain away for a year.
• Xu Tianran ordered a secret force to set out in one month and capture the Dou Ling Empire's capital within three months, with the empire destroyed within half a year.