Chapter Summaries

Xu Jiawei and his officials planned to keep Zhu Zhuqing loyal to the Star Luo Empire by building her a cultivation environment to rival Shrek Academy’s Golden Ancient Tree. Their plans were interrupted when a disheveled figure arrived demanding that Zhu Lu be handed over to Shrek Academy.

• Tian Sha presented the Shadow Guards’ assessment that Zhu Zhuqing was unlikely to leave the Star Luo Empire once she had made up her mind.
• Tian Sha warned that Shrek Academy’s Golden Ancient Tree might attract Zhu Zhuqing, so the Star Luo Empire needed to provide comparable cultivation resources.
• Xu Jiawei’s ministers pledged their families’ resources to fund a comprehensive Super Training Ground at Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Xu Jiawei promised the ministers annual opportunities to compete for places at the Training Ground, and they accepted the arrangement.
• A disheveled figure kicked open the doors and demanded that the Emperor of Star Luo hand over Zhu Lu so they could take her back to Shrek Academy.

Xuan Zi demanded that Star Luo hand Zhu Lu over to Shrek Academy, but Xu Tianyang refused and confronted him. Their battle devastated parts of Star Luo City, and Xu Tianyang prepared to fight Xuan Zi again.

• Xuan Zi demanded that Xu Jiawei hand Zhu Lu over for training at Shrek Academy, but Xu Jiawei refused because she had been named Star Luo's Saintess.
• The Star Luo Dean challenged Xuan Zi's claims about Shrek Academy, and Xuan Zi overwhelmed him with his Rank 98 aura.
• Xu Tianyang appeared above Star Luo City and refused to let Xuan Zi take Zhu Lu, dismissing Shrek's claim to Ancestor Zhuqing's legacy.
• Xuan Zi attacked Xu Tianyang, and their clash collapsed palace halls and injured citizens throughout Star Luo City.
• Xu Tianyang said he would rather leave Xuan Zi in Star Luo forever, as the Star Crown above him blazed and the setting sun flickered.

Xu Tianyang fought Xuan Zi after the Taotie Douluo challenged the Star Luo Empire, while Zhu Zhuqing confirmed she would stay in her homeland rather than go to Shrek. Xu Tianyang survived his own sun-powered attack and found Xuan Zi badly burned but alive.

• Xu Tianyang and Xuan Zi began fighting inside Xu Tianyang's Star Domain after Xu Tianyang vowed to defend Star Luo City.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Wang Xian'er she had no interest in going to Shrek because the Star Luo Empire was her home.
• Xuan Zi used his Taotie Hegemony Body and Martial Soul true form to withstand Xu Tianyang's falling stars.
• Xu Tianyang called down a beam from the sun, shocking Xu Jiawei and the others when he explained that the sun was also a star.
• Xu Tianyang returned to the Star Domain and found Xuan Zi charred and gravely injured but still alive.

Xu Tianyang defeated Xuan Zi with a single strike and imprisoned him inside an absolute barrier, while Du Busi agreed to guard the Star Luo Empire as Xu Tianyang prepared to enter seclusion. Xu Tianyang left Xu Jiawei responsible for carrying out Zhu Zhuqing’s requests without delay.

• Zhu Zhuqing watched Xu Tianyang defeat Xuan Zi and recognized that her decision to join the Star Luo Empire had helped awaken Xu Tianyang’s insight into the Star Crown Martial Soul.
• Xu Tianyang sealed Xuan Zi inside an Absolute Domain barrier and decided to leave him without food or water for up to half a month.
• Du Busi arrived, praised Xu Tianyang’s progress toward Level 99, and agreed to guard the Star Luo Empire while Xu Tianyang entered seclusion.
• Xu Tianyang told Xu Jiawei to fulfill Zhu Zhuqing’s requests as quickly as possible and not delay her important matters.

Zhu Zhuqing trained to develop new techniques using her Nether State but exhausted herself before mastering them. After Xu Jiujiu requested an audience, Zhu Zhuqing agreed to meet her, leaving her next plans open.

• Wang Xian'er watched Zhu Zhuqing test her speed and new Body Flicker technique on the Training Ground.
• Zhu Zhuqing tried to combine Double Body Flicker with Rasengan, but her attempt failed and left her drained.
• Wang Xian'er gave Zhu Zhuqing Life Force and urged her to wait until she broke through before developing techniques.
• Wang Xian'er said Cheng Gang had not yet found a suitable Netherworld Mantis for Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Ring, and Zhu Zhuqing said she could wait.
• A maid announced that Princess Xu Jiujiu had come to pay her respects, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to meet her.

Xu Jiujiu visited Zhu Zhuqing with cultivation resources and discussed how the Star Luo Empire could support her training. Zhu Zhuqing declined formal schooling and asked Xu Jiujiu to obtain the Soul Devouring Engraving Knife for Wang Xian'er, while the search for her Soul Ring was expected to conclude within three days.

• Xu Jiujiu and Man Yi entered Zhu Zhuqing's residence after she agreed to receive them.
• Xu Jiujiu presented cultivation treasures and asked whether Zhu Zhuqing wanted to attend an academy or receive private instruction.
• Zhu Zhuqing chose to cultivate on her own and asked Xu Jiujiu to arrange only a nutritionist, leaving Wang Xian'er to teach her the rest.
• Xu Jiujiu reported that Julu had found clues about a Netherworld Mantis and would bring back a suitable Soul Beast within three days.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Xu Jiujiu to bring her the Soul Devouring Engraving Knife from the Star Luo Auction House so she could purify it for Wang Xian'er.

Du Busi taunted the starving Xuan Zi inside an Absolute Barrier while accusing Shrek of hypocrisy. As Tang San prepared to intervene, the Destruction God King sealed the God Realm Core and confronted him.

• Du Busi ate chicken legs in front of Xuan Zi, who begged for food and failed to break the barrier.
• Du Busi mocked Xuan Zi and challenged Shrek's claims of justice by comparing him to the Scorpion Tiger.
• Tang San worried that Xuan Zi would starve himself to death and prepared to intervene from the God Realm.
• The Destruction God King sealed the God Realm Core and warned Tang San to stop interfering in mortal affairs.

Tang San and Destruction God King clashed over Tang San’s schemes to gather faith, while Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu discussed Zhu Zhuqing’s request for the dangerous Soul Devouring Engraving Knife. The chapter ended with a hidden figure declaring that they had found another Supreme Elder in the crazed Xuan Zi.

• Destruction God King warned Tang San not to violate the God Realm’s rules, then left the God Realm Core, and Tang San angrily struck the control console.
• Xu Jiawei visited Du Busi and saw Xuan Zi in a starving, crazed state as Du Busi teased him with a chicken drumstick.
• Xu Jiujiu told Xu Jiawei that Zhu Zhuqing had agreed to some matters but requested the Soul Devouring Engraving Knife from the auction house.
• Xu Jiawei decided to return with Xu Jiujiu to speak with Zhu Zhuqing about the knife, and Du Busi joined them.
• After they left, a figure emerged from the shadows, looked at Xuan Zi, and announced that they had found another Supreme Elder.

Zhu Zhuqing requested the dangerous Soul Devouring Engraving Knife, reassuring Xu Jiawei and the others that she could handle it and planned to use it to strengthen Wang Xian'er. After receiving the knife, Zhu Zhuqing intended to use its curse as nourishment for her growing Hell Netherworld Domain.

• Xu Jiujiu hurried to consult Xu Jiawei before agreeing to Zhu Zhuqing's request for the Soul Devouring Engraving Knife.
• Xu Jiawei and Du Busi came to question Zhu Zhuqing, who said she wanted the knife to help Wang Xian'er grow stronger.
• Xu Jiawei agreed to the request and sent Man Yi to retrieve the Soul Devouring Engraving Knife.
• Xu Jiawei introduced Du Busi to Zhu Zhuqing, and Du Busi eagerly praised her and offered to guide her.
• Man Yi returned with the knife, and Zhu Zhuqing opened the box despite Wang Xian'er's concerns.
• Zhu Zhuqing planned to use the knife's curse to nourish her Hell Netherworld Domain while also giving Wang Xian'er a chance to break through.

Zhu Zhuqing used her divine power to remove the Soul Devouring Engraving Knife’s curse and brought out the Blade of Life. Wang Xian’er absorbed the Blade of Life and broke through to Level 98, leaving Du Busi stunned by Zhu Zhuqing’s power.

• Zhu Zhuqing pressed the Soul Devouring Engraving Knife to her brow and used her power to subdue the Remnant Soul within it.
• Zhu Zhuqing released the Blade of Life, filling the Saintess Hall with powerful Life Force.
• Wang Xian’er reached for the Blade of Life, which cut her hand and entered her body through the wound.
• Wang Xian’er discovered that she had advanced from Level 96 to Level 98.
• Du Busi wondered whether Zhu Zhuqing could help someone reach Level 99 with even a little more of her power.

Wang Xian'er absorbed the Blade of Life and pledged herself to Zhu Zhuqing, who then strengthened her ominous Netherworld Domain with the Soul Devouring Engraving Knife’s curse. Meanwhile, a second Star Luo Empire envoy reached Shrek Academy, prompting an emergency Sea God Meeting over a threat to the academy’s survival.

• Du Busi marveled that Wang Xian'er had reached rank 98, and Wang Xian'er apologized to Zhu Zhuqing for destroying the divine object.
• Wang Xian'er said she could reach level 99 in half a year, then knelt before Zhu Zhuqing and pledged her loyalty.
• Zhu Zhuqing dismissed Xu Jiawei and the others, advised Wang Xian'er to study the Blade of Life, and sent her away.
• Zhu Zhuqing cultivated and expanded her Netherworld Domain, gaining curse patterns and a regenerating Soul Saint remnant that she could use against enemies.
• A second envoy from the Star Luo Empire arrived at Shrek, and Mu En convened an emergency Sea God Meeting attended by nearly thirty Titled Douluo.

Mu En learned that Xuan Zi had been gravely injured and trapped in the Star Luo Imperial Palace, so he led Shrek’s Titled Douluo to rescue him while Yan Shaozhe was told to guard the academy. Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuqing received the Netherworld Mantis Cheng Gang had found for her.

• Mu En told Shrek’s leaders that Xu Tianyang had defeated Xuan Zi and trapped him in the Star Luo Imperial Palace, while the Star Luo Empire had named a God Position Inheritor its Saintess.
• Yan Shaozhe asked whether the God Position Inheritor would join Shrek, and Qian Duoduo rebuked him for focusing on recruitment instead of rescuing Xuan Zi.
• Mu En ordered Yan Shaozhe to guard Shrek and led more than twenty Titled Douluo toward the Star Luo Empire to bring Xuan Zi back.
• Wang Xian'er summoned Zhu Zhuqing, and Xu Jiawei and Star Luo’s Titled Douluo arrived with Cheng Gang, who presented her with a Netherworld Mantis.

Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Netherworld Mantis’s Thousand-Year Soul Ring as her first ring and gained two External Soul Bones. She emerged from the ordeal safely, but the sharp gleam from her eyes wounded Xu Jiawei, revealing her newfound power.

• Zhu Zhuqing killed the Netherworld Mantis with Wang Xian'er’s Soul Tool cannon, and its purple Soul Ring appeared.
• Zhu Zhuqing began absorbing the Soul Ring while Xu Jiawei and the others watched over her.
• The Netherworld Mantis’s scythes transformed into two External Soul Bones and attached themselves to Zhu Zhuqing’s hands, intensifying the strain.
• Zhu Zhuqing endured the Soul Power until sunrise and successfully completed the absorption.
• Zhu Zhuqing opened her eyes, and a gleam from her gaze cut Xu Jiawei’s palm before she displayed her Thousand-Year Soul Ring and two blades.

Zhu Zhuqing completed the first God of Speed trial, gaining a level, a thousand years of Soul Ring age, and two External Soul Bones. She began her second trial, which required her to perfect Body Flicker and develop it into Eight-Position Body Flicker, while Xu Jiawei arranged resources to support her growth.

• Zhu Zhuqing recovered after absorbing a thousand-year first Soul Ring and obtaining two External Soul Bones, then revealed that her God Test rewards had raised her to Level 17.
• Zhu Zhuqing announced that her second trial required her to perfect Body Flicker and deduce it to the level of Eight-Position Body Flicker.
• Zhu Zhuqing demonstrated Body Flicker by appearing behind Cheng Gang, then showed how rapid projections could create multiple attacking figures, though she could maintain only two.
• Xu Jiawei offered Zhu Zhuqing the Xu Family's Hundred Thousand Year Holy Radiance Unicorn Head Soul Bone, but she declined because its light attribute did not suit her.
• Xu Jiawei agreed to order a nationwide search for treasures that could enhance Zhu Zhuqing's Spiritual Power, and she approved.

Mu En led Shrek’s Titled Douluo to the Star Luo Imperial Palace, where they found Xuan Zi imprisoned behind a Starlight Barrier and reduced to a starving, irrational state. As Shrek and the Star Luo Empire prepared to clash, Mu En stood up from his wheelchair and confronted Du Busi.

• Mu En and his group reached Star Luo City and flew to the imperial palace to find Xuan Zi.
• Du Busi and Xu Jiawei gathered the Body Sect’s and Star Luo Empire’s Titled Douluo to meet Shrek’s arriving forces.
• Mu En and the Sea God Pavilion Elders found Xuan Zi trapped behind the Starlight Barrier, starving and unable to recognize those around him.
• Song Yunzhi and Lin Huiqun attacked the Star Luo side with their auras, but Du Busi and Wang Xian'er answered with their level 98 power and the confrontation escalated.
• Mu En stopped the clash with his voice, and Du Busi taunted him and called Xuan Zi an Evil Soul Master.
• After Du Busi used Xuan Zi’s hunger to humiliate him, Mu En rose from his wheelchair and shouted, “Enough!”

Mu En rose to confront the Star Luo side and tried to negotiate Xuan Zi’s release, but Wang Xian'er refused, saying only the absent Xu Tianyang could open the Starlight Barrier. Du Busi and Xu Jiawei stood by the Star Luo Empire as Mu En prepared to fight, while Xuan Zi struggled with his hunger inside the barrier.

• Mu En stood from his wheelchair, unleashed his Peerless Douluo aura, and asked Wang Xian'er to release Xuan Zi, but she refused because only Xu Tianyang could open the barrier.
• Mu En searched for Xu Tianyang, and Wang Xian'er said the hall master was in seclusion and could not be summoned.
• Xuan Zi struggled inside the Starlight Barrier as hunger tempted him to turn on himself.
• Mu En said his injuries came from Du Busi's elder brother and urged Du Busi not to make an enemy of Shrek, but Du Busi rejected his appeal and challenged him to fight.
• Xu Jiawei defended the confinement as reasonable punishment and suggested waiting, saying it might help Xuan Zi overcome the Taotie Defect.

The Shrek group fought the Star Luo Empire to force Xu Jiawei to release Xuan Zi, while Wang Xian'er’s healing kept the Star Luo fighters in the battle. As the fighting intensified, Mu En ordered Song Yunzhi to target Wang Xian'er, and Song Yunzhi trapped her in a tornado of Wind Blades.

• Xu Jiawei insisted that the Star Luo Ancestor was unreachable, so Mu En revealed his Soul Rings and prepared to take Xuan Zi by force.
• Wang Xian'er linked the Star Luo fighters with green ribbons and supplied them with Life Force as Du Busi fought Mu En.
• The Shrek and Star Luo forces clashed above Star Luo City, with Wang Xian'er healing the Star Luo fighters and Zhuang Yusen supporting Mu En.
• Mu En called on Song Yunzhi to attack Wang Xian'er, and Song Yunzhi broke through Xu Jiawei’s Starlight Bastion.
• Song Yunzhi used her Eighth Soul Skill, Extreme Shadow Wind Lock Array, to envelop Wang Xian'er in a tornado of Wind Blades.

Wang Xian'er revealed that the Blade of Life had evolved into a weapon capable of severing vitality and used it to fight Song Yunzhi. After activating her Martial Soul Avatar, she overwhelmed Song Yunzhi and strengthened her allies, leaving Du Busi confident that their side could turn the battle around.

• Du Busi warned Song Yunzhi that Wang Xian'er was protected by a god, but Mu En did not stop Song Yunzhi from attacking her.
• Wang Xian'er drew the Blade of Life Destruction from her chest and cut apart Song Yunzhi's tornado.
• Wang Xian'er told the Divine Leg Douluo to help the others and began fighting Song Yunzhi in the sky.
• Wang Xian'er activated her Martial Soul Avatar, doubled her power and healing, and drove Song Yunzhi into retreat.
• Du Busi and the Star Luo fighters welcomed Wang Xian'er's support as Du Busi felt his breakthrough approaching while Mu En attacked him and Wang Xian'er healed him.

Tang San hesitated to intervene as the Star Luo Empire fought Shrek, while Mu En’s attack forced Xu Tianyang to emerge from seclusion. Xu Tianyang appeared rejuvenated and powerful, and Mu En began negotiating for Xuan Zi’s release.

• Tang San considered intervening in the battle but feared the Destruction God King’s response and worried that Shrek’s elders would be badly hurt.
• The God of Speed sensed Tang San’s predicament and dismissed his ability to interfere in the Lower Realm.
• Mu En unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar, suppressed those below Level 97, and demanded that Xu Tianyang appear or face the destruction of the Star Luo Empire.
• Xu Tianyang emerged from seclusion amid gathering starlight, appearing decades younger after breaking through with help from Wang Xian'er.
• Xu Tianyang thanked Wang Xian'er and teased Mu En about Shrek turning her away, then Mu En asked what it would take to release Xuan Zi.

Mu En negotiated with Xu Tianyang for Xuan Zi’s release, agreeing to give the Star Luo Empire six Hundred Thousand Year Dark Soul Bones. Xu Tianyang accepted after Mu En swore on his clan’s bloodline, and Mu En asked him to release Xuan Zi.

• Mu En threatened to destroy Star Luo Imperial City if Xu Tianyang killed Xuan Zi, forcing Xu Tianyang to name his price.
• Xu Tianyang demanded six Hundred Thousand Year Dark Soul Bones with the Dark Attribute, intending to use them to support Zhu Zhuqing.
• Mu En offered four limb Soul Bones and proposed exchanging Soul Bones of other attributes, but Xu Tianyang insisted Shrek also hand over head and torso bones.
• Mu En agreed to deliver the Soul Bones after returning and swore on his clan’s bloodline to convince Xu Tianyang.
• Xu Tianyang accepted Mu En’s promise, and Mu En asked him to release Xuan Zi.