Chapter Summaries

After recovering from her fifth trial, Bibi Dong confronted Qian Daoliu over Yue Guan and Gui Mei defecting to the Worship Hall. Qian Daoliu stripped her of authority over Spirit Hall’s resources, leaving her isolated as news of Spirit City’s events reached Shrek Academy.

• Bibi Dong stabilized her cultivation at Rank 96, then learned that Yue Guan and Gui Mei had joined the Worship Hall.
• Bibi Dong attacked the Worship Hall’s barrier with the Rakshasa Devil Scythe and demanded that Qian Daoliu hand over Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
• Qian Daoliu blamed Bibi Dong for provoking Zhu Zhuqing by attacking Dugu Bo and reminded her of her misuse of Spirit Hall’s resources.
• Qian Daoliu stripped Bibi Dong of authority to allocate Spirit Hall’s resources, and Bibi Dong surrendered the Storage Ring that represented the Pope’s authority.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei abandoned Bibi Dong after learning what she had done, while news of the events in Spirit City reached Shrek Academy.

Dai Mubai celebrated Zhu Zhuqing's rise to power, but his loss of royal support left him broke and beaten. Meanwhile, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang plotted to exploit the conflict between Zhu Zhuqing and Spirit Hall, and the chapter ended with Dugu Bo waking in the Star Luo Empire.

• Dai Mubai learned that Zhu Zhuqing had taken the throne and went to celebrate at the Drunken Immortal Inn.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang about the rumors, and they agreed to lie low while seeking a way to make Zhu Zhuqing and Spirit Hall fight.
• Dai Mubai maxed out his card at the inn and was beaten and thrown out after he could not pay.
• Yu Xiaogang and the others visited Dai Mubai but left without helping him, as the inn's owner and forces were too powerful to challenge.
• Dai Mubai blamed Zhu Zhuqing for his sudden poverty, while five days later Dugu Bo woke in the Star Luo Empire.

Zhu Zhuqing stabilized the Star Luo Empire, assigned Dugu Bo and Duke Nether to lead its forces, and left the capital to pursue Level 70 cultivation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. As she flew there with the Floating Island, someone blocked her path.

• Dugu Bo recovered from his injuries, and Zhu Zhuqing sent him to work for the Black Shadow Commander.
• After Duke Nether located the Dark Night Cat Demon King, Zhu Zhuqing sent him and a Shadow General to hunt it in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Over the next month, Zhu Zhuqing reached Level 65, while Duke Nether returned with the ninety-thousand-year soul beast, became a Titled Douluo, and was appointed king to command the underground forces.
• Zhu Zhuqing appointed Dugu Bo king and placed him in command of the armies, then left Star Luo City once the empire was stable.
• Zhu Zhuqing subdued the Defense Clan, directed them to report to Dugu Bo, and took the Floating Island toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate.
• Someone blocked Zhu Zhuqing as she flew through the sky with the Floating Island.

Zhu Zhuqing encountered Di Tian while traveling toward Sunset Forest, and her True Sight exposed the Black Dragon as he searched for the missing Three-Eyed Golden Lion. Qian Daoliu arrived and inadvertently helped drive Di Tian away, then regretted failing to secure any lasting gratitude from Zhu Zhuqing as she departed.

• Di Tian searched the human world for the Three-Eyed Golden Lion but could not locate her because Zhu Zhuqing had erased her traces.
• Zhu Zhuqing spotted Di Tian through her True Sight and confronted him, while Di Tian was surprised she could see through his concealment.
• Di Tian and Zhu Zhuqing traded threats, and Qian Daoliu sensed their auras and rushed from Spirit City toward them.
• Di Tian recognized Qian Daoliu's angelic aura, threatened Zhu Zhuqing, and vanished to continue searching for the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Qian Daoliu arrived and asked Zhu Zhuqing about the Black Dragon; she explained that his intervention had helped her and told him not to interfere if he sensed Di Tian again.
• Zhu Zhuqing left for Sunset Forest, while Qian Daoliu regretted not making more of the favor he had done her.

Zhu Zhuqing cultivated in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for seven months, reaching the late stage of level 69 before leaving to attend the Star Luo Empire preliminaries. She announced Soul Bone rewards for the tournament, and the chapter ended as spectators awaited her arrival at the opening ceremony.

• Qian Daoliu concluded that Zhu Zhuqing had begun a divine inheritance and believed the Qian Family would be safe if they did not oppose her.
• Zhu Zhuqing swallowed the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid and cultivated in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, gradually absorbing its energy and strengthening her Ultimate Ice and Fire Attribute.
• Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Power rose from level 66 to the late stage of level 69 over seven months.
• Zhu Zhuqing ordered the Black Shadow Commander to announce Soul Bone rewards for the preliminaries and removed the Star Luo Royal Team from its exclusive place so it would compete for them.
• One hundred and thirty-two advanced academies gathered in Star Luo City for the preliminaries, while Dugu Bo and Zhu Wushi took their seats and spectators watched the first tier seats for the Empress.

Zhu Zhuqing made a grand entrance as Empress and opened the tournament, which continued through a month of intense matches. Star Luo Royal Academy won first place with its three Soul Kings, while the other top teams advanced by narrow margins.

• Zhu Zhuqing appeared before the gathered crowd with her White Tiger and Spirit Cat martial souls and took her throne as Empress.
• Zhu Zhuqing welcomed the competitors, encouraged them to take the tournament seriously, and ordered the matches to begin.
• Ye Lingling joined the Star Luo Royal Team as a reserve, while her mother served as the tournament’s chief medical doctor.
• The tournament’s elimination and advancement rounds continued for more than a month, with Shadow Generals rescuing injured competitors for treatment by the Ye Family head.
• Star Luo Royal Academy won first place with three Soul Kings, while the second- and third-place teams advanced narrowly.

Dai Mubai and the Shrek Seven learned that Zhu Zhuqing had offered six Soul Bones as competition rewards, while Zhu Zhuqing presided over court and approved cutting Spirit Hall’s funding. She left the ministers warned against meddling in her private affairs.

• Dai Mubai grew bitter after hearing Zhu Zhuqing had offered six Soul Bones as rewards, and Tang San suspected they had come from the Clear Sky Sect.
• Zhu Zhuqing awarded prizes to the top three teams in the Star Luo Empire competition, and sixteen teams were selected for the finals.
• The Finance Minister urged Zhu Zhuqing to reduce Spirit Hall’s funding by forty percent, and she approved the cut while warning Bibi Dong not to get greedy.
• The Chief Personnel Officer began urging Zhu Zhuqing to take a consort, and Zhu Zhuqing struck him down before warning the ministers to focus on state affairs.

Zhu Zhuqing prepared to break through to Level 70 and hunt Di Tian for his soul ring and bone. After the Star Luo teams departed for Spirit City, she reached Level 70 and flew off to lure Di Tian.

• Zhu Zhuqing suppressed the Chief Personnel Officer for urging her to take a concubine.
• Zhu Zhuyun thanked Zhu Zhuqing for the Soul Bones and promised to win the tournament championship.
• Zhu Zhuqing offered Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi a Ninth Grade Treasure Ganoderma each if they won, and said she would watch their matches in Spirit City.
• Zhu Zhuqing assigned Dugu Bo to escort Zhu Zhuyun's team while she prepared to hunt a soul beast after her breakthrough.
• Five days after the sixteen teams departed, Zhu Zhuqing broke through to Level 70 and flew out to lure Di Tian.

Zhu Zhuqing lured Di Tian to the Dark Abyss by threatening the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, intending to face the Beast God somewhere isolated. She drew him out and met his attack head-on, beginning their decisive battle.

• Zhu Zhuqing flew to the Dark Abyss, choosing it as an isolated battleground where its Evil God King aura would help protect her after killing Di Tian.
• Zhu Zhuqing released the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and threatened her with the Blade Edge, while deciding to keep her alive for a future Soul Ring.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion called for Di Tian and unleashed the Power of Destiny to summon him.
• Di Tian tore open a Space Rift and reached for the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, then saw Zhu Zhuqing return her to a Soul Tool.
• Zhu Zhuqing gathered her Soul Power and punched Di Tian's dragon claw as he struck back, and their collision created a massive mushroom cloud above the Dark Abyss.

Zhu Zhuqing trapped Di Tian in the Dark Abyss, where her domain let her suppress his control over darkness and attack him with her twin blades. Di Tian countered with light and unleashed the Dragon God Claw at her, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Di Tian exchanged punches, and Di Tian entered the Dark Abyss demanding that she hand over the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed her Level 99 power and spread a domain that let her draw on the Dark Abyss's energy while blocking Di Tian from it.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked Di Tian with her twin blades and clones, wounding him before he transformed into a massive Black Dragon.
• Zhu Zhuqing's darkness blinded Di Tian and overwhelmed his control of the Dark Element, but he used his Light Element to locate her.
• Di Tian invoked the Dragon God Claw and swung his strongest attack at Zhu Zhuqing.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Di Tian after tearing off his Dragon God Claw and revealing her fused White Tiger form, then killed him and claimed his Soul Ring. She ended the chapter preparing to absorb the blood-red ring after recovering her strength.

• Di Tian launched a sneak attack, but Zhu Zhuqing's clone took the blow while her real body tore off his right claw and sent it into the Shadow Kingdom.
• Zhu Zhuqing evaded Di Tian's attacks until she revealed her Twin Martial Souls and transformed into a colossal White Tiger.
• Zhu Zhuqing overpowered Di Tian, rejected his offer to sacrifice himself in exchange for sparing the Auspicious Beast, and killed him.
• A blood-red Soul Ring emerged from Di Tian's corpse, and Zhu Zhuqing recovered to her peak before approaching it.

After killing Di Tian, Zhu Zhuqing absorbed his Soul Ring and defeated his Spirit Body in her Spirit World. She completed the absorption five days later, raising her Seventh Soul Ring to eight hundred thousand years.

• When Di Tian died, the Silver Dragon woke briefly, and the beasts beneath the Lake of Life roared in grief and fury.
• Zhu Zhuqing prepared to absorb Di Tian’s Soul Ring and entered her Spirit World, where Di Tian recognized the strength of her Spiritual Power Soul Core.
• Di Tian begged Zhu Zhuqing to spare the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, but Zhu Zhuqing refused to release him because she feared future retaliation against humanity.
• Zhu Zhuqing trapped Di Tian between two Yin Yang Diagrams and ground away his Spirit Body, absorbing the spiritual energy and Soul Power.
• Five days later, Zhu Zhuqing finished refining the Soul Ring, and its eighth golden stripe completed as her Seventh Soul Ring reached eight hundred thousand years.

After absorbing Di Tian's Soul Ring, Zhu Zhuqing reached Level 99 Combat Strength and examined the three Soul Bones he left behind. She tested her Martial Soul Avatar and discovered it refreshed her Fifth Soul Ring's cooldown, though she found its other benefits unimpressive.

• Di Tian's Soul Ring raised Zhu Zhuqing's Combat Strength to Level 99 and her Soul Power Level to 76, where her Soul Power cultivation reached its limit.
• Zhu Zhuqing examined Di Tian's two leg Soul Bones and the Dragon God Claw right arm Soul Bone, then put all three away without absorbing them.
• Zhu Zhuqing chose to delay absorbing the Soul Bones until she had tested her strength and decided on her Eighth Soul Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing activated her Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar, and formed armor around her human body.
• Zhu Zhuqing found that Martial Soul Avatar increased her attributes and reduced little additional Soul Power, but its key effect was refreshing her Fifth Soul Ring's cooldown.

Zhu Zhuqing tested her new soul ring skills, recovered Di Tian’s corpse, and flew toward Spirit City. In the God Realm, the Goddess of Kindness secretly aided the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, while the Evil God King caught her interfering in the Lower Realm.

• Zhu Zhuqing used her Martial Soul Avatar to halve the Fifth Soul Ring’s remaining cooldown, then tested True Dragon’s Wrath and cut a distant mountain in two with its condensed laser blade.
• Zhu Zhuqing withdrew her domain, had the Shadow Soldier Legion carry Di Tian’s corpse into the Shadow Kingdom, and flew toward Spirit City.
• The Goddess of Kindness and the Evil God King discussed Zhu Zhuqing’s talent, ambition, and prospects for ascending as a god.
• The Goddess of Kindness sent a wisp of aura into Zhu Zhuqing’s Storage Soul Tool to aid the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• The Evil God King accused the Goddess of Kindness of privately interfering with the Lower Realm, pinned her down, and carried her toward the palace.

Zhu Zhuqing confronted Bibi Dong in Spirit Hall and discovered her letter from Yu Xiaogang, then challenged Bibi Dong’s defense of him. The confrontation ended with Zhu Zhuqing demanding proof that Yu Xiaogang’s published theories were not plagiarized from Spirit Hall’s archives.

• Zhu Zhuyun worried about Zhu Zhuqing as the Star Luo Empire’s group neared Spirit City, while Dai Weisi reassured her that Zhu Zhuqing was protected.
• Zhu Zhuqing sat in Bibi Dong’s chair and warned Bibi Dong that she would have died if she had tried anything.
• Zhu Zhuqing noticed a letter on Bibi Dong’s desk, but stopped reaching for it when Bibi Dong insisted she not read it.
• Zhu Zhuqing identified the letter as one from Yu Xiaogang and mocked Bibi Dong for treating it like a treasure.
• Bibi Dong defended Yu Xiaogang, and Zhu Zhuqing accused him of stealing theories from Spirit Hall’s archives and demanded that Bibi Dong name one that was not plagiarized.

Zhu Zhuqing overpowered Bibi Dong, forced her to restore the Spirit Hall tournament rewards, and left Bibi Dong humiliated and determined to prepare Hu Liena’s team. The Star Luo Empire Academy team and Xue Qinghe’s convoy arrived at Spirit City before nightfall.

• Zhu Zhuqing taunted Bibi Dong about Yu Xiaogang and reminded her that she was now far stronger, while Bibi Dong gave up resisting.
• Zhu Zhuqing struck Bibi Dong into a wall after realizing she had blocked out her senses, then demanded that she restore the tournament rewards.
• Bibi Dong reluctantly agreed to change the rewards back, and Zhu Zhuqing vanished from the hall.
• After Zhu Zhuqing left, Bibi Dong smashed a pillar and went to give Hu Liena and the Spirit Team special training.
• The Star Luo Empire Academy team arrived at Spirit City after ten days of travel, and Xue Qinghe’s convoy reached the city’s east gate as well.

The Star Luo Empire delegation arrived in Spirit City, where Zhu Zhuqing learned Tang San had come to compete and ordered Dugu Bo to capture Xiao Wu after the tournament. Tang San and Yu Xiaogang discussed how to turn Spirit Hall against Zhu Zhuqing, but Yu Xiaogang's scheme had stalled, so Tang San decided to act on his own.

• The Star Luo delegation entered Spirit City, and its members drew confidence from the city's fear and reverence for their Empress.
• Zhu Zhuqing met Dugu Bo, learned Tang San was competing at Level 42, and told him to capture Xiao Wu after the tournament while she dealt with Tang San herself.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang how to stir up conflict between Spirit Hall and Zhu Zhuqing, and Yu Xiaogang said he was still pursuing his plan.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to rest and aim for a good tournament ranking, while Tang San resolved to make his own move after the matches.
• Tang San relied on his Thorned Poison Vine soul skill and Hidden Weapons techniques after choosing the vine against Yu Xiaogang's advice, strengthening Shrek Academy's chances in the Heaven Dou Region.

Bibi Dong refused to add tournament rewards for second and third place, while Zhu Zhuqing promised her team additional soul bones if they won the championship. As the Star Luo Royal Team prepared for the tournament, a Black Shadow Soldier delivered a captured Tang San before Zhu Zhuqing.

• Bibi Dong rejected Ling Yuan's suggestion to reward second and third place, insisting that only the strongest deserved soul bones.
• Zhu Zhuqing visited the Star Luo Royal Team and promised its main members and substitutes extra soul bones if they won first place.
• The Star Luo team members pledged themselves to Zhu Zhuqing and vowed not to fail her expectations.
• A Black Shadow Soldier flew into the meeting room and dropped its captive onto the floor.
• Tang San got up, saw Zhu Zhuqing, and trembled in fear.

Zhu Zhuqing trapped Tang Hao in a black Soul Ring and waited for Tang San, who was surrounded by Star Luo Academy’s fighters. Tang San tried to seize Dugu Yan as a hostage, but she overpowered him and pinned him down, leaving the group to look to Zhu Zhuqing as he invoked the tournament agreement.

• Zhu Zhuqing showed Tang San the black Soul Ring where Tang Hao endured endless torment, then had Star Luo Academy’s fighters surround him.
• Tang San hid a packet in his sleeve and claimed he had come for revenge after learning that Dugu Yan had taken his External Soul Bone.
• Dugu Yan attacked Tang San, who tried to grab her as a hostage, but her Dragon Scales let her knock him away and send him flying into a Soul Ancestor.
• Dugu Yan revealed that she was a Soul King and pinned Tang San beneath her foot while her Mixed Poison weakened him.
• Tang San appealed to the agreement between Spirit Hall and the Two Great Empires, and everyone looked to Zhu Zhuqing for her response.

Zhu Zhuqing exposed Tang San’s plan to poison the Star Luo Team and revealed that he was Tang Hao’s son with Twin Martial Souls. She spared him until the tournament ended but bound a Shadow General to his shadow to kill him if he left Spirit City.

• Zhu Zhuqing rejected Tang San’s appeal to their agreement and exposed the two powders he had prepared as ingredients for a concealed Mixed Poison.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and had Twin Martial Souls, leaving Tang San unable to deny his identity.
• Tang San vowed to avenge his father and the Clear Sky Sect, but Zhu Zhuqing dismissed his threat and said he could never match her strength.
• Zhu Zhuqing merged a Shadow General into Tang San’s shadow and warned that it would kill him if he left Spirit City before the tournament ended.
• The Star Luo Team threw Tang San outside the hotel, and Dugu Yan removed the poison from his body.
• Tang San saw scarlet eyes open in his shadow and ran toward the Heaven Dou Resting Area in terror.