Chapter Summaries

Xu Guozhong and his subordinates fought through the warehouse’s defenses and discovered that intruders had looted enormous quantities of rare metals from the second level. They found the third-level door reduced to ashes, leaving Xu Guozhong fearing an even greater loss.

• Xu Guozhong ordered his men to destroy the warehouse’s defensive Spirit Tools and blast open the first door, while the traps made their progress dangerous and slow.
• A Rank 8 Spirit Tool Master reported that nothing had been stolen from the first level, but the door to the second level had been destroyed without triggering the traps.
• Xu Guozhong examined the door fragments and concluded that his missing trusted subordinate Li Chong was the traitor who had helped the intruders.
• Xu Guozhong entered the second level and discovered that thieves had taken vast quantities of rare metals, including the warehouse’s Diamond Refined Gold.
• A subordinate reported that the third-level door had also been opened, and Xu Guozhong hurried there to find it reduced to ashes.

Xu Guozhong discovered that thieves had stolen valuable Spirit Tools and triggered a Timed High-Explosive Spirit Tool in the underground warehouse. Meanwhile, Liu Xing's ominous premonition lingered as Gu Yuena comforted him, until Firefly caught them in an intimate moment and froze in shock.

• Xu Guozhong learned that Grade 5 and higher Milk Bottles and Spirit Shells had been stolen, then recognized a Timed High-Explosive Spirit Tool activating beneath the stash.
• Liu Xing told Gu Yuena that he sensed something bad was about to happen but could not identify the cause.
• Gu Yuena reassured Liu Xing and gently touched his forehead, revealing a brief trace of shyness.
• Firefly returned in her new outfit and found Gu Yuena touching Liu Xing's forehead, while Meng Hongchen watched awkwardly.

Liu Xing and the others witnessed a catastrophic explosion devastate more than a third of Mingdu, with its origin near Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Master Academy and Mingde Hall. Huo Yuhao confessed to Xuan Zi that his attempt to destroy a military warehouse had triggered the disaster, while the survivors faced the destruction and its consequences.

• Firefly confronted Gu Yuena over her closeness to Liu Xing, but a sudden tremor interrupted their dispute.
• Liu Xing, Firefly, Gu Yuena, and Meng Hongchen flew above Mingdu and saw a massive explosion and shockwave devastate the city.
• Liu Xing recognized that the destruction was man-made, while Meng Hongchen realized its epicenter lay near the academy and Mingde Hall.
• Xuan Zi rescued Huo Yuhao and He Caitou from the blast zone, and Huo Yuhao admitted that their Spirit Tool Bombs had caused the explosion.
• Xuan Zi told Huo Yuhao to keep the truth secret as Huo Yuhao mourned the civilian deaths and feared the consequences for himself and Shrek Academy.
• Zhang Lexuan suspected the disaster was connected to Huo Yuhao's operation, while experts from the Star Luo Empire and Heaven Dou Empire watched the destruction in shock.

A devastating explosion reduced a third of Mingdu to ruins, leaving Xu Tianran and the Sun Moon Empire badly shaken. As the Demon Empress and Zhongli Wu’s Evil Spirit Masters devoured the dead civilians’ souls, Liu Xing restrained Ye Guyi and prioritized rescuing survivors and investigating the disaster.

• Xu Jiujiu, Vina, and Du Busi saw the destruction of Mingdu and suspected Shrek Academy, while Du Busi recognized the blast had crippled the Sun Moon Empire more severely than their assassination plan could have.
• Ju Zi carried the gravely injured Xu Tianran out of the Imperial Palace’s rubble, and they stared in shock at the ruined city and rising mushroom cloud.
• Zhongli Wu led Evil Spirit Masters toward the explosion’s center to harvest the dead civilians’ souls, hoping to grow stronger.
• The Demon Empress absorbed the resentful souls through a purple-black vortex, and her aura grew powerful enough to show signs of triggering a God Tribulation.
• Ye Guyi tried to attack the soul-devouring Evil Spirit Masters, but Liu Xing stopped her and urged the group to rescue the wounded and investigate who caused the explosion.

After a chain reaction of buried munitions devastated part of Mingdu, Huo Yuhao confessed that he had planned the blast to destroy the Sun Moon Empire’s underground warehouse. Xuan Zi chose not to punish him or the others, leaving Zhang Lexuan troubled by the decision.

• Xuan Zi led the shaken Shrek Academy group into a remote mountain to escape the disaster site.
• Huo Yuhao told Xuan Zi that he had intended to destroy the underground warehouse and had never expected the explosion to cause such devastation.
• Zhang Lexuan condemned the consequences, while Huo Yuhao accepted full responsibility and Wang Dong'er defended him.
• Tang San argued that the blast had weakened the Sun Moon Empire and might prevent even greater casualties in a future war.
• Xuan Zi dismissed the matter without punishing anyone, and Zhang Lexuan left in conflicted silence.

After the explosion devastated Mingdu, Bei Bei ordered his companions to keep the matter separate from Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, while Liu Xing and the Sun Moon Empire struggled with the destruction and casualties. Xu Tianran learned that the emperor had died, giving him an unexpected opportunity to claim the throne.

• Bei Bei told the others to end discussion of the disaster and not implicate the Tang Sect or Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Hongchen mourned the destruction of the Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Master Academy as Liu Xing, You Xiang, Luocha, and Firefly confirmed that no life remained near the explosion's center.
• The Sun Moon Empire mobilized rescue efforts, and investigators determined that an attack on a military warehouse had triggered the explosion of the shells beneath Mingde Hall.
• The explosion devastated Mingdu, destroyed the Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Master Academy and Mingde Hall, and caused Jing Hongchen to collapse after learning of the losses.
• A servant told Xu Tianran that His Majesty had died, and Xu Tianran realized he could now ascend the throne.

After the Mingdu explosion, Liu Xing blamed Shrek Academy and began planning a retaliatory strike with Rank 9 Fixed-Array Soul Cannon Shells. Gu Yuena saw the attack as a chance to investigate the unknown Divine Sense in the western valley, where a sacrificial ritual was already underway.

• Xu Tianran realized the explosion could ruin Xu Guozhong's faction and gave a public display of grief over his father's death.
• Guinaifen and Chong Yun told Liu Xing that the Body Sect, Star Luo Empire, and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had not caused the explosion, while Liu Xing suspected Shrek Academy.
• Liu Xing identified a western valley as Shrek Academy's likely hiding place and decided to attack it with the Light of the Scorching Sun.
• Meng Hongchen went to ask Jing Hongchen for Rank 9 Fixed-Array Soul Cannon Shells, while Gu Yuena planned to obtain more from Di Tian and the others.
• A sacrificial ritual began in a deep valley on the Sun Moon Empire's western border.

Two Evil Spirit Masters captured a newly married couple and forced them to choose which spouse would be sacrificed for their ritual. After the couple turned on each other, the men killed them and prepared to drain their blood to activate the strange valley, which would begin in one shichen and trap anyone inside.

• Two Evil Spirit Masters carried a young husband and wife over the lake and demanded one of them volunteer as a living sacrifice.
• The husband begged for his wife to be sacrificed, and she condemned him for breaking his promise to protect her.
• The husband accused his wife of wanting him to die, while she insisted she had only wanted them both to survive and urged the men to kill him.
• The Evil Spirit Masters struck the couple with icy flashes, leaving them mortally wounded as their blood fell into the lake.
• One Evil Spirit Master said the valley could only be activated by the blood and lives of men and women who betrayed love.
• The other Evil Spirit Master ordered him to drain the couple's blood and warned that the place would activate after one shichen and make escape difficult even for a Titled Douluo.

After the Mingdu Great Explosion, Liu Xing gathered six Rank 9 Fixed-Array Soul Cannon Shells and led a small group west to strike Shrek Academy. Meanwhile, Shrek’s party became trapped in a strange maze in West Mountain, while Xu Tianran prepared the empire for mourning and war; the fog thickened around the stranded group as Zhongli Wu entered the palace.

• Two black-clad Evil Spirit Masters killed a couple by the lake and fled as strange golden and silver lights emerged from its depths.
• Meng Hongchen brought three Rank 9 Fixed-Array Soul Cannon Shells, and Liu Xing assembled six with the weapons held by Gu Yuena and Firefly before leading his companions west.
• Liu Xing’s group passed through Mingdu’s devastated streets, where survivors searched the ruins for missing relatives and grief strengthened public support for revenge.
• Huo Yuhao and the Shrek and Tang Sect group realized they had circled back through West Mountain, stopped to camp, and failed to notice dense fog spreading through the peaks.
• Xu Tianran ordered troops to maintain order, declared a national day of mourning, concealed the emperor’s death, and blamed the Mingdu Great Explosion on the Star Luo and Heaven Dou Empires.
• Zhongli Wu entered Xu Tianran’s room without announcement.

Xu Tianran and Zhongli Wu discussed the aftermath of the Mingdu disaster, delayed war preparations, and Shrek Academy’s predicament inside West Mountain. Meanwhile, Liu Xing’s group prepared to fire six Rank 9 Fixed-Array Soul Cannon Shells at the mountain, leaving Luan Yu to install the launcher.

• Zhongli Wu reported that the Heaven Dou Empire, Star Luo Empire, and Body Sect had escaped Mingdu through tunneling soul tools, while Xu Tianran vowed to strengthen defenses and hunt down internal traitors.
• Xu Tianran and Zhongli Wu agreed to delay war, build up their forces, and use the disaster to stir public hatred toward the two empires.
• Zhongli Wu told Xu Tianran that Shrek Academy was trapped inside West Mountain and that Xiao Feng and the Four Great Elders guarded its western exit.
• Liu Xing and Guinaifen spotted dense fog covering West Mountain, which Guinaifen said had not been there during her earlier investigation.
• Liu Xing handed Luan Yu six Rank 9 Fixed-Array Soul Cannon Shells and asked her to install a Rank 9 Fixed Spirit Tool Launcher while Guinaifen confirmed Shrek Academy was inside.

Luan Yu began installing the Rank 9 Fixed Spirit Tool Launcher while Guinaifen and Chong Yun guarded the area, and Gu Yuena sensed Tang San’s Divine Sense in Qiankun Asking Love Valley. Within the valley, Ning Rongrong’s awakened Divine Sense learned from Tang San that the Douluo Continent had fused with a parallel plane, leaving them cut off from the Divine Realm as Tang San worried over his plans and the other Tang San.

• Luan Yu started installing the Rank 9 Fixed Spirit Tool Launcher as Guinaifen and Chong Yun stood guard.
• Gu Yuena detected a Divine Sense in the mist that resembled the one within Wang Dong'er and suspected it belonged to Sea God Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong’s Divine Sense asked Tang San why she had lost contact with the Divine Realm and why another Tang San and Xiao Qi were present.
• Tang San explained that the Douluo Continent had fused with a parallel plane, and the resulting Space-Time Turbulence had disrupted contact with the Divine Realm.
• Tang San reassured Ning Rongrong that the turbulence was small-scale, while privately worrying about the Realm Fusion, the other Tang San, and his plans involving Xiao Qi.

Tang San explained that he had sealed Tang Wutong’s memories and agreed with Ning Rongrong to use Qiankun Asking Love Valley’s trials to test Huo Yuhao, while planning to remove the otherworldly Divine Sense influencing him. As Tang San reflected on his control of Douluo Continent and his conflict with the God of Destruction, a gold-and-silver force seized Huo Yuhao’s group and dragged them into black fog.

• Tang San told Ning Rongrong that he had sealed Xiao Qi’s memories, and agreed to let Qiankun Asking Love Valley test Huo Yuhao and the others.
• Tang San resolved to tame Huo Yuhao, eliminate the otherworldly Divine Sense within him, and cultivate him as an ally against the God of Destruction.
• Tang San considered Douluo Continent’s history, his restrictions on divine ascension, and the God of Destruction’s dissatisfaction with his rule.
• Huo Yuhao and the others spotted a gold-and-silver halo, but Xuan Zi’s barrier and Xian Liner’s attack failed to stop its powerful pull.
• Xuan Zi gathered the group inside a protective sphere, but the force lifted them into the air and dragged them into dense black fog.

Huo Yuhao and the Shrek Academy group were drawn through the mist into Qiankun Asking Love Valley, while Liu Xing identified the place and prepared to intervene. After learning that the valley held only residual divine power, Liu Xing concluded his six Rank 9 Fixed-Array Soul Cannon Shells could still affect it.

• Xuan Zi and the other Titled Douluo guarded Huo Yuhao and the others as the Gold-Silver Light pulled them through a suppressive fog.
• Huo Yuhao and the group emerged before Qiankun Asking Love Valley, a vast lake glowing gold and silver, and continued to be drawn toward its center.
• Evil Spirit Masters outside West Mountain fled as the Gold-Silver Mist spread, while Liu Xing observed the disturbance through a surveillance spirit tool.
• Liu Xing consulted Tang San's inheritance manual and identified the valley as the first of the Three Treasure Basins and the place where the God of Love fell.
• Firefly and Gu Yuena sensed divine power in the valley, and Liu Xing reasoned that its remaining power would not stop his six Rank 9 Fixed-Array Soul Cannon Shells.

Liu Xing ordered Luan Yu to fire six Rank 9 Fixed-Array Soul Cannon Shells at Qiankun Asking Love Valley rather than risk entering it for uncertain treasures. As the shells struck toward the valley, Shrek Academy’s group remained trapped in its trial, unaware of the approaching attack, while Huo Yuhao and Electrolux neared collapse.

• Liu Xing decided to bombard Qiankun Asking Love Valley, accepting that the shells might destroy any treasures inside.
• Luan Yu loaded and aimed six Rank 9 Fixed-Array Soul Cannon Shells while Meng Hongchen eagerly anticipated revenge on Shrek Academy.
• Luan Yu poured her Soul Power into the launchers, awakening them despite the risk of exhausting herself.
• The six shells launched toward Qiankun Asking Love Valley as the Shrek group struggled through the trial and failed to notice the danger.
• Huo Yuhao endured relentless torment from the Blue Light Figure while Electrolux defended him and neared the limit of his Divine Sense.

Six Rank 9 Fixed-Array Soul Cannon Shells devastated West Mountain, killing many Evil Spirit Masters and leaving Evil Phoenix Douluo Feng Ling and the Four Great Elders badly injured. The blast shattered Qiankun Asking Love Valley’s defenses, forcing Tang San’s divine sense to intervene to protect Wang Dong’er, Huo Yuhao, and the others.

• Ning Rongrong strengthened Qiankun Asking Love Valley’s gold-and-silver barrier after detecting danger outside.
• Feng Ling and the Four Great Elders sensed a threat, spotted six approaching Rank 9 Fixed-Array Soul Cannon Shells, and fled with the Evil Spirit Masters.
• The six shells exploded at West Mountain, destroying the area and killing the Evil Spirit Masters who could not escape.
• The blast’s aftershock struck Feng Ling and the Four Great Elders, leaving them severely injured.
• The explosion overwhelmed and shattered Qiankun Asking Love Valley’s defensive barrier.
• Tang San’s divine sense manifested with the Sea God Trident and poured out divine power to shield the Shrek Academy and Tang Sect members.

Ning Rongrong sacrificed her fading Divine Sense to protect Otherworldly Tang San after Sea God Tang San deliberately left him outside the divine barrier. Tang San survived the blast and vowed revenge as Qiankun Asking Love Valley and West Mountain were obliterated.

• Xuan Zi realized Sea God Tang San had excluded Otherworldly Tang San from the barrier, apparently intending to let the explosion kill him.
• Ning Rongrong used her last divine power to shield Tang San with Nine-Colored Divine Light, then dissipated.
• Sea God Tang San was startled that Ning Rongrong had thwarted his plan but dismissed Tang San as too weak to threaten him.
• Tang San survived, recognized that the Sea God had tried to kill him, and silently swore revenge.
• The explosion destroyed Qiankun Asking Love Valley and West Mountain, leaving a vast, barren wasteland.

After a Rank 9 Fixed-Array Soul Cannon Shell nearly destroyed Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, Sea God Tang San saved the survivors but prepared to kill Otherworldly Tang San. Before he could act, a mysterious woman wielding the Rakshasa Demon Scythe ambushed him and revealed herself as a Deep Sea Demon Whale.

• A Rank 9 Fixed-Array Soul Cannon Shell devastated the surrounding land, but Sea God Tang San protected the people of Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect.
• Xuan Zi and the others thanked Sea God Tang San, while Otherworldly Tang San resented his earlier trials and sensed his killing intent.
• Sea God Tang San resolved to eliminate Otherworldly Tang San, but Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong stepped forward to protect him.
• A woman emerged from the void and stabbed Sea God Tang San with the Rakshasa Demon Scythe, forcing him to spend more divine power to recover.
• Sea God Tang San recognized his attacker as a Deep Sea Demon Whale wielding Bibi Dong's Rakshasa Demon Scythe.

Demon Empress confronted Sea God Tang San over his killing of her husband, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and their battle escalated into a clash between colossal forms. The fight continued as Liu Xing and the others watched it through a long-range surveillance Soul Tool.

• Demon Empress revealed that she blamed Sea God Tang San for killing her husband, while Tang San defended the killing as justice for the sea.
• Demon Empress attacked with lightning and the Rakshasa Demon Scythe, and Sea God Tang San countered with a water dragon.
• Xuan Zi and the others led Huo Yuhao's group away from the deadly lightning as Demon Empress renewed her storm.
• Sea God Tang San summoned the Boundless Sea Giant and swung the Sea God Trident, while Demon Empress transformed into a giant Deep Sea Demon Whale.
• Liu Xing released another long-range surveillance Soul Tool and watched the battle with Gu Yuena, Firefly, and Meng Hongchen.

Liu Xing and the others watched Sea God Tang San's Divine Sense avatar battle the Demon Empress, while Ye Xishui struck Tang San with the Death God Tower. Tang San retaliated, and Ye Xishui escaped; the chapter ended with Long Xiaoyao questioning whether they should help the Demon Empress.

• Luan Yu and Liu Xing watched the giant battle and concluded that Shrek Academy's group had likely escaped.
• Gu Yuena explained that Tang San had descended as a Divine Sense avatar, and Liu Xing reflected on her mysterious background.
• Tang San trapped the Demon Empress with the Golden Thirteen Halberd, but she escaped his follow-up and ensnared his Divine Sense with Eternal Night Praise.
• The Demon Empress called for an attack, and Ye Xishui fired the Death God Tower at Tang San, piercing the Boundless Sea Giant's defenses.
• Tang San struck back with a blue ray that destroyed Ye Xishui's position, but she escaped and assessed the Death God Tower's effect with Long Xiaoyao.

Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao attacked Sea God Tang San’s Divine Sense avatar, while the Demon Empress challenged his control of the sea and unleashed evil spirits. Tang San summoned his Sea God Domain and overwhelmed her attempt to take control, as Luan Yu and the others fled from the battle’s terrifying scale.

• Ye Xishui urged the group to attack Tang San, and Long Xiaoyao joined her by unleashing a powerful Black Dragon beam.
• Ye Xishui fired the Death God’s Light at Tang San as Long Xiaoyao’s attack struck from the other side.
• Tang San invoked the Sea God Domain, tore open space, and flooded the battlefield with seawater.
• The Demon Empress tried to seize control of the ocean, but Tang San’s Sea God’s Light dispelled her power.
• The Demon Empress opened a spatial rift with the Rakshasa Demon Scythe and sent a tide of purple-black evil spirits toward Tang San.
• Luan Yu and the others fled farther from the battlefield as the clash between Tang San and his opponents shook the area.