Chapter Summaries

The narrator took the day off to wander outside because his buddy had just returned from Beijing and was leaving for Beijing again the next day.

• The narrator's buddy returned from Beijing.
• The narrator's buddy planned to head back to Beijing the next day.
• The narrator took the day off to wander outside.

Huo Yuhao marked Zhang Lexuan’s Spiritual Sea with the Power of the Sun, and she unexpectedly began breaking through to Titled Douluo. The next morning, Shrek learned that the Sun Moon Empire’s old emperor was in a coma under an Evil Soul Master mark, and Ye Guyi suggested that Medicine Immortal Douluo might be able to help.

• Sea Soul Douluo warned the Sea God Family that Yu Mengdi possessed the formidable Judgment Angel Martial Soul and that the Angel Family might have survived in secret.
• After Shrek Academy drew Divine Arrow Gate, Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao led a meeting to plan for the upcoming match.
• Huo Yuhao embraced and kissed Zhang Lexuan, then placed a Sun Imprint in her Spiritual Sea so she could borrow the Power of the Sun from afar.
• Zhang Lexuan suddenly began breaking through to Titled Douluo, and Elder Song took her to the Cultivation Room to oversee her retreat.
• Golden Body Douluo told Yan Shaozhe that Xu Tianming wanted help removing Zhongli Wu’s mark from the Sun Moon emperor, but Yan Shaozhe said removing it would kill him.
• Ye Guyi suggested that Medicine Immortal Douluo might be able to heal the old emperor and counter the evil mark.

Huo Yuhao secured Medicine Immortal Douluo’s agreement to treat Xu Tianming and learned that Shrek’s elders could help him fulfill his mission against the Sea God Family. A sky-wide phenomenon then revealed three descending God Positions before the light flew toward the Sun Moon Mountain Range, setting Mingdu’s powers in motion.

• Huo Yuhao asked Xu Jiujiu to let Medicine Immortal Douluo treat Xu Tianming, and Medicine Immortal Douluo agreed after several days of preparation.
• Medicine Immortal Douluo warned Huo Yuhao that the Sea God Family might target Ye Guyi and Meng Di, and reminded him that Shrek’s elders could help kill two of its Titled Douluo.
• A phenomenon shook Mingdu as a pink heart, a purple-blue butterfly, and a crack filled with fire meteors appeared across the sky; the meteors vanished before striking the city.
• The Clear Sky Sect’s Tenth Elder identified the three signs as the God of Love, Butterfly God, and God of Calamity positions, and said they would take half a month to a month to descend.
• The three-colored radiance flew west toward the Sun Moon Mountain Range, prompting Xu Tianran, the Holy Spirit Cult, the Sea God Family, and other forces to investigate while Mingdu’s unrest subsided.

Huo Yuhao prepared to confront the Sea God Family while protecting the plan to assassinate Xu Tianran, then reassured Wang Dong'er after the God Positions appeared. The tournament resumed with Dai Luoli entering the first match against the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy.

• Huo Yuhao asked Yan Shaozhe to alert Xuan Zi that the God Positions had appeared in the Sun Moon Mountain Range, then had Ma Xiaotao tell the Body Sect that the Star Luo Empire's Medicine Immortal Douluo could help.
• Huo Yuhao told the Snow Empress and Ye Guyi that he planned to kill the Sea God Family's main force if they met in the tournament, while warning that exposing Shrek's experts could endanger the assassination plan against Xu Tianran.
• Wang Dong'er said she felt no strange effects from the Butterfly God Position, and Huo Yuhao playfully spanked her after she joked that such effects might give them an advantage.
• Rongrong and Xiao Ao promised to guard the Valley of Asking for Love as the God Positions' arrangements neared completion, while the search in the Sun Moon Mountain Range led humans to hunt its Soul Beasts.
• The round of thirty-two to sixteen began with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy facing the Star Luo Royal Soul Master Academy in an Individual Battle, and Xu Jiujiu selected Dai Luoli to fight first.
• Huo Yuhao sent Dai Luoli words of encouragement as the two brothers met each other's eyes before Dai Luoli stepped onto the Competition Stage.

Dai Luoli defeated Miga with a spiritual attack, but Meng Hongchen countered his abilities and won their match, leaving him poisoned and unable to continue. Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy went on to defeat Star Luo Royal Soul Master Academy and became the first team to enter the Top 16, while Shrek Academy’s upcoming match against Divine Arrow Gate drew the audience’s attention.

• Dai Luoli used a spiritual attack and his Fourth Soul Skill to defeat Miga, prompting Huo Yuhao to applaud because Miga’s mother had helped him when he was young.
• Meng Hongchen countered Dai Luoli’s spiritual attacks with a specially designed shield, then used her reflection ability and poisonous cold mist to defeat him; his final Soul Bone attack destroyed her shield but missed her.
• Meng Hongchen detoxified Dai Luoli on the condition that he could not compete in the remaining matches, and Xu Jiujiu agreed.
• Meng Hongchen defeated six more Star Luo Royal Soul Master Academy fighters before conceding to Xu Jiujiu, and Xiao Hongchen then defeated Xu Jiujiu.
• With the remaining Star Luo fighters unable to compete, Xu Jiujiu surrendered, sending Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy into the Top 16.
• Dai Huabin discussed crippling Dai Yueheng and installing his own son as the new White Tiger Duke, while the audience anticipated the coming match between Shrek Academy and Divine Arrow Gate.

Xu Sanshi and He Caitou defeated Divine Arrow Gate’s Yin Ziqian and Wei Junzi in the first Two-Two-Three match after outmaneuvering their coordinated attacks. Shrek Academy then sent Xiao Xiao and Wu Feng into the second match, where their priority was staying safe.

• Huo Yuhao and Luo Yunwei chose the Two-Two-Three match format, and Shrek Academy sent Xu Sanshi and He Caitou to fight first.
• Yin Ziqian and Wei Junzi attacked with arrows and a rapid sword strike, but Xu Sanshi used Black Tortoise Displacement to protect He Caitou and counter Wei Junzi.
• He Caitou survived Yin Ziqian’s combined attacks with his Soul Tool armor and golden cigar shield, while Xu Sanshi knocked Wei Junzi out of the match.
• Yin Ziqian built up power for his Eight Extremes Armor Break attack, but Xu Sanshi summoned him into the path of his own arrow as He Caitou used a Space Tear Ray to divert it.
• Yin Ziqian admitted defeat, and Unbreakable Douluo declared Xu Sanshi and He Caitou the winners.
• Shrek Academy chose Xiao Xiao and Wu Feng for the second match, and Ma Xiaotao reminded them to put their safety first.

Huo Yuhao, Zhu Lu, and Ning Tian faced the Divine Arrow Gate in the final 2v2v3 match, where Zhu Lu defeated Dugu Jue and Zhu Hao with Huo Yuhao’s support. Huo Yuhao then overwhelmed Luo Yunwei, securing Shrek Academy’s advance to the round of sixteen.

• Xiao Xiao and Wu Feng narrowly lost to the Divine Arrow Gate’s Soul Emperors, and Luo Yunwei led her team onto the stage after urging them to learn from the setback.
• Luo Yunwei announced that the Divine Arrow Gate would surrender its remaining matches if it lost the three-versus-three contest, then the teams introduced themselves.
• Huo Yuhao disrupted the Divine Arrow Gate’s attacks while Zhu Lu evaded their strikes, disabled Dugu Jue’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent, and forced him to surrender after nearly eliminating Zhu Hao.
• Huo Yuhao walked through Luo Yunwei’s fiery attack unharmed, froze her before she could use her next soul skill, and won the match.
• The Divine Arrow Gate forfeited its remaining matches, and Unbreakable Douluo announced that Shrek Academy had advanced to the round of sixteen.

Snow Demon Sect and Clear Sky Sect chose three Individual Battles to decide who would advance, and Wang Yanzhang defeated Tang Zhen by using a second martial-soul awakening and an Invincible Shield. Wang Yanzhang and Tang Zhen were both replaced for the next match.

• Huo Yuhao predicted that Clear Sky Sect would win because Long Aotian's War God power conflicted with his Heaven-Man Unity state, and the captains agreed to fight three Individual Battles.
• Wang Yanzhang and Tang Zhen exchanged powerful attacks, with Tang Zhen gaining the upper hand after activating his Clear Sky Hammer skills.
• Wang Yanzhang awakened his Body Martial Soul a second time and pressured Tang Zhen, who endured the attacks while building up his strength for a counterattack.
• Wang Yanzhang survived Tang Zhen's strongest strike with a Class 6-level Invincible Shield and won the match, while Tang Zhen collapsed from his injuries.
• Tang Zhen accused Wang Yanzhang of fighting unfairly, and Wang Yanzhang said the Body Sect had been urged to keep up with the times; both teams then selected fresh competitors for the second match.

Long Aotian of the Body Sect and Tang Wei of the Clear Sky Sect fought a match of artistic conceptions that ended with Tang Wei winning by a narrow margin, advancing the Clear Sky Sect to the Top 16. The Body Sect accepted its elimination, while Xu Tianran warned Jing Hongchen against confronting the sect before promising to destroy it in a future war.

• Long Aotian and Tang Wei advanced toward each other, clashing their artistic conceptions as the pressure warped space and damaged the Competition Stage.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that both fighters had fused their artistic conceptions with Soul Power and Spiritual Power, and Long Aotian and Tang Wei released matching seven-ring configurations with Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• The two fighters formed jade-colored and ink-black fists that collided; Huo Yuhao judged Tang Wei the winner, though the audience could not see the deciding moment.
• Long Aotian conceded the match, and Unbreakable Douluo declared the Clear Sky Sect the winner and advanced it to the Top 16.
• Vina asked Long Aotian about his progress in fusing Heaven-Man Unity with the War God's slaughter path, and he said he might need a battlefield to temper it.
• Xu Tianran stopped Jing Hongchen from moving against the Body Sect, then promised that the Sun Moon Empire would kill its members in a future war.

Zhongli Wu and Feng Ling investigated the valley where the three-colored light had landed and discovered its fog had weakened, while three Evil Soul Masters trapped inside were transported to the Valley of Asking for Love. The three survived and returned to the Holy Spirit Church Main Altar, revealing that people could escape the valley’s deadly domain.

• Zhongli Wu and Feng Ling arrived at the valley and learned that the three-colored stream of light had landed there, possibly carrying three God Positions.
• Fog engulfed the valley entrance and erased several Evil Soul Masters, but Zhongli Wu and Feng Ling sensed that its density had decreased by at least twenty percent.
• Three trapped Evil Soul Masters entered the valley, lost their Soul Power, and were drawn into a golden-and-silver realm containing a lake and an invisible Protective Barrier.
• A female and a male voice identified the place as the Valley of Asking for Love and discussed how they might secretly influence the Divine Position Inheritance.
• Golden-silver light returned the three Evil Soul Masters to the woods, and the group waiting outside took them back to the Holy Spirit Church Main Altar.

Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen revealed the Crown Prince’s plan to manipulate the tournament bracket, while Xu Tianming prepared to revive the old emperor and move against Xu Tianran. At the Holy Spirit Church, the Rakshasa God Inheritance appeared, and Black Water resolved to report it to his lord.

• Jing Hongchen told Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen that the Crown Prince had ordered Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy to forfeit so the Sea God Family could advance and face Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen told Huo Yuhao and the Shrek students about the planned bracket, prompting Shrek to prepare to quickly defeat the Holy Spirit Sect if they met.
• Shrek Academy defeated the Berserk Beast Sect, while Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy withdrew and Jing Hongchen increased its enrollment quota to calm public protests.
• Xu Jiujiu’s medicine reached Xu Tianming, who agreed with the Body Sect’s Golden Body Douluo to revive the old emperor during the next day’s matches and use him against Xu Tianran.
• Black Water accompanied the Eighth Elder to the Council Hall area, where the Holy Spirit Church’s Holy Emperor Statue glowed and opened a purple vortex announcing the Rakshasa God Inheritance.
• After Ye Xishui and the Holy Spirit Church leaders gathered at the vortex, Black Water decided to inform his lord about the inheritance.

Black Water and Ye Xishui failed the Rakshasa inheritance trial, but Zhongli Wu qualified and received one-third of the Rakshasa Divine Position. After he returned, the Holy Spirit Cult prepared to target Huo Yuhao and Shrek Academy in the next day's match.

• Ye Xishui forced Black Water to enter the purple vortex, where he failed its aptitude test but confirmed that the inheritance space was safe.
• Ye Xishui also failed the test, and Long Xiaoyao suggested that age might affect eligibility.
• Zhongli Wu entered the inheritance space, met its requirements, and agreed to receive one-third of the Rakshasa Divine Position; an unseen young man secretly added blue-gold light to the Divine Position Seed.
• Zhongli Wu returned successfully, and Ye Xishui left after reminding him that they still needed to obtain the other divine positions in the valley.
• Zhongli Wu rewarded Black Water and ordered the Holy Spirit Cult's forces to pursue a Team Battle against Shrek Academy the next day and eliminate its competitors, including Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao, Ye Guyi, and Xu Sanshi faced the Holy Spirit Sect in the Soul Fighting Competition’s quarterfinals, where Shrek Academy fielded only three fighters. After Ye Guyi and Xu Sanshi killed two opponents, Huo Yuhao exposed the sect as Evil Soul Masters, and the match escalated into a deadly confrontation.

• Xu Tianran and Jing Hongchen prepared safeguards for the quarterfinal match between Shrek Academy and the Holy Spirit Sect.
• Huo Yuhao and Yan Feng both chose a Team Battle, and Shrek Academy surprised the crowd by sending only Huo Yuhao, Ye Guyi, and Xu Sanshi.
• Xu Sanshi used Black Tortoise Summon to pull Jili and Gu Yu into range, and Ye Guyi and Xu Sanshi killed them by decapitation.
• Huo Yuhao burned Jili’s evil soul and declared that the Holy Spirit Sect members were Evil Soul Masters, turning the crowd against them.
• Yan Feng and the remaining Holy Spirit Sect members charged Huo Yuhao, but Ye Guyi transformed with her Sacred Angel Martial Soul while Huo Yuhao prepared to fight.

Huo Yuhao and Ye Guyi fought the Holy Spirit Sect’s Evil Soul Masters, with Huo Yuhao killing Lu Genggeng and leaving Dai Huabin’s Spiritual Sea shattered after he tried to surrender. As Ye Guyi continued battling Yan Feng and Tang Dai, Yan Feng transformed into a Bone Dragon and Tang Dai attacked with bone axes.

• Yan Feng assigned the Holy Spirit Sect fighters to face Huo Yuhao, Ye Guyi, and Xu Sanshi, while Lu Genggeng transformed into a monstrous flesh-covered creature and Tang Dai revealed his skeletal form.
• Huo Yuhao weakened the Evil Soul Masters with a group Soul Skill, then blasted Lu Genggeng with Ice Emperor’s Wrath and shattered his frozen body.
• Huo Yuhao wounded Dai Huabin with his Dark Gold Terror Claws and approached him, but Dai Huabin tried to flee to Unbreakable Douluo and surrender.
• Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Shock broke through Dai Huabin’s Spiritual Power defense Soul Tools and shattered his Spiritual Sea, and Unbreakable Douluo threw him off the stage.
• Ye Guyi used the Holy Light Spirit Array to weaken Yan Feng and Tang Dai, after which Yan Feng transformed into a Bone Dragon and Tang Dai attacked her with bone axes.

Huo Yuhao defeated the Holy Spirit Cult’s fighters after countering Qiutang’s illusions and destroying a Titled Douluo-level vengeful spirit with Purification Flame. As the Holy Spirit Cult withdrew from the tournament grounds, Xu Tianran rushed to deal with a crisis at the Imperial Palace after learning that his father had awakened.

• Huo Yuhao froze Qiutang, turned her emotion-draining soul skill against her, and freed Xu Sanshi from her influence.
• Ye Guyi’s Holy Light Slash overwhelmed Yan Feng and Tang Dai, but their summoned vengeful spirit struck back with Titled Douluo-level power.
• Huo Yuhao burned away the vengeful spirit’s black mist, freed more than a thousand souls, and sent them to kill Yan Feng and Tang Dai.
• Zhongli Wu and the Shrek Academy elders faced off above the tournament grounds until Xu Tianran warned Zhongli Wu that the Sun Moon Emperor had awakened, prompting the Holy Spirit Cult to retreat.
• Xu Tianran ordered Ju Zi to return to the Imperial Palace and kill anyone obstructing her, then disappeared from the main platform.

After Shrek Academy defeated the Holy Spirit Sect, Xu Tianran confronted his awakened father at the imperial palace and demanded the throne with Zhongli Wu’s support. The emperor revealed he had intended Xu Tianran to become a war-making ruler, while Kong Deming’s hidden plan and the Great Enshrined’s ambitions remained in motion.

• Shrek Academy’s victory drew cheers, while Yan Shaozhe, Elder Song, and Xuan Zi wondered whether events at the imperial palace had gone according to plan.
• Xu Tianran sealed the imperial palace, entered the Purple Radiance Palace alone, and demanded that the awakened Sun Moon Emperor abdicate.
• The Sun Moon Emperor accused Xu Tianran of poisoning him, and Xu Tianran defended his rebellion by citing his father’s past crimes and the empire’s need for forceful rule.
• Shadow Douluo Xue Chen failed to assassinate the emperor, and Zhongli Wu appeared to help Xu Tianran while Holy Spirit Cult forces engaged the Enshrined Douluo.
• The Sun Moon Emperor sent Xu Tianming away and revealed that he had intended Xu Tianran to wage war and centralize power, but Xu Tianran again demanded abdication.
• Ye Yulin reported to the Great Enshrined that Xu Tianran had not killed his father, and the Great Enshrined chose to wait for the empire’s war.

Huo Yuhao learned that Zhongli Wu had inherited the Rakshasa Divine Position and that Star Luo captives were imprisoned at the Holy Spirit Church Main Altar, so he prepared a secret rescue and attack using the Gate of Undead. As the semifinal against the Clear Sky Sect approached, Huo Yuhao saw faith gathering on the Sun God Pillar and the Third Star Ring nearing its opening.

• Black Water told Huo Yuhao that Zhongli Wu had gained the Rakshasa Divine Position, three Divine Positions had appeared in the Valley of Asking for Love, and captured Star Luo sect members were being held at the Holy Spirit Church Main Altar.
• Golden Body Douluo explained that Xu Tianming had escaped the Imperial Palace after the Holy Spirit Church attacked, and the gathered factions agreed to assassinate Xu Tianran after their rescue plan failed.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Xu Jiujiu's missing sect members were alive, while the Imperial Palace remained quiet and Shrek Academy drew the Clear Sky Sect as its semifinal opponent.
• Huo Yuhao and Electrolux transmitted the Gate of Undead's magical particles to Black Water so he could rescue the captives and plant Level 9 Fixed Soul Tool Shells at the Holy Spirit Church Main Altar.
• Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm advised Huo Yuhao on adding Soul Rings to his second Martial Soul, and Huo Yuhao considered seeking the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass at the Ice and Fire Two Instruments Eye.
• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao that faith was surging on the Sun God Pillar, with 914,320 Faith Light Patterns appearing between its Second and Third Star Rings.

The Sea God Family prepared its younger generation to eliminate Shrek Academy’s disciples at the upcoming competition while its elders discussed strange Elemental Storms across the sea. On a distant island, a powerful abyssal woman killed four Sea Patrol Guard members and unleashed grotesque creatures across islands, leaving their leaders questioning why their invasion had emerged in the ocean.

• Sea Soul Douluo reported that several Shrek Academy Super Douluo had arrived in Mingdu, and Sea Dragon Douluo urged Posei Yuan and Chen Wan Yun to lead the younger disciples in killing Shrek’s younger generation.
• Sea Dragon Douluo promised the disciples Substitute Enshrined treatment if they completed their mission, and the excited team left to rest before the competition.
• Sea Shark Douluo told the gathered elders that frequent Elemental Storms were troubling the seas, though the family had not discovered their cause.
• A mysterious woman appeared on an island, seduced four Sea Patrol Guard members, killed them, and absorbed their bodies and souls.
• The woman crushed a pulsing mass of flesh and spread dark-green light across the island, summoning grotesque creatures as similar invasions struck islands throughout the surrounding sea.
• Powerful creatures on the affected islands surveyed the ocean and wondered why their Spatial Node had opened in the sea.

The Clear Sky Sect and the Proud Sword Sect forfeited their semifinal matches, sending Shrek Academy and the Sea God Family to the finals without a fight. As Huo Yuhao chose Shrek’s final lineup, Tang Wei challenged the Clear Sky Sect’s hostility toward Soul Tools, while Xu Tianran learned that the struggle over the God Positions was drawing more forces to the Sun Moon Mountain Range.

• The Clear Sky Sect forfeited because its captain Tang Wei was supposedly in seclusion, and Shrek Academy advanced to the finals without fighting.
• The Proud Sword Sect also forfeited against the Sea God Family, prompting angry spectators to demand refunds until the tournament committee promised to return most ticket prices.
• Back at the hotel, Huo Yuhao proposed a seven-person lineup for the final against the Sea God Family, while Wang Qiu'er regretted missing the chance to fight the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Wei argued that the Clear Sky Sect should accept Soul Tools, but the Third Elder rejected his view and ordered him to train in Wind Blade Valley after the struggle for the God Position.
• The Third Elder told the Tenth Elder that the Butterfly God and God of Calamity inheritances required a special trial and that the Clear Sky Sect would split up to contact the Young Sect Master.
• Xu Tianran learned that the Body Sect had taken Xu Tianming and that more forces were gathering at the Sun Moon Mountain Range, where he hoped to find something that could restore his manhood.

Huo Yuhao’s Shrek team faced the Sea God Family in the tournament final, where his Domain of Eternal Freeze stopped their opening attack and enabled the instant deaths of four opponents. The remaining Sea God Family fighters were left stunned as the battle continued.

• The finals began on an enlarged Competition Stage, and Huo Yuhao and Posei Yuan chose a Team Battle.
• Ning Tian boosted Shrek’s fighters while Huo Yuhao used Black Tortoise Summon, but a treasure protected the targeted Sea God Family member from Spiritual Power.
• Posei Yuan and the Sea God Family attacked across several separate battlefields, while Huo Yuhao confronted Posei Yuan.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed the Domain of Eternal Freeze, freezing Bai Tao, Wang Chong, and two Sea God Family disciples.
• Snow Empress shattered Bai Tao and Wang Chong, while He Caitou’s Eye of Fear killed the other two, leaving Posei Yuan, Chen Wan Yun, and the Spirit System Soul Master stunned.