Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao outsmarted and defeated Sea Demon Douluo by luring her into absorbing a simulated soul planted with an explosive attack, then revealed a weapon that threatened her soul. Sea Demon Douluo fled toward Sea Shark Douluo as Huo Yuhao activated his Spiritual Interference domain and prepared to strike.

• Huo Yuhao assigned Feng Ling, Crow Douluo, and Scorpion Tiger Douluo to fight three Offering Douluos while he faced Sea Demon Douluo alone.
• Huo Yuhao pretended to succumb to Sea Demon Douluo's sleep domain and let her bind him with Soul Locking Water Chains and strike him with her water whip.
• Sea Demon Douluo believed she had killed Huo Yuhao, but the soul she absorbed triggered Dark Gold Ice Explosion and destroyed her body.
• Sea Princess explained that Sea Demon Douluo could abandon her body and preserve her soul, while Huo Yuhao reappeared unharmed and revealed how he had planted the explosive simulated soul.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Whip of the Undead, frightening Sea Demon Douluo into fleeing toward Sea Shark Douluo, then activated Spiritual Interference.

Huo Yuhao defeated the Sea Demon Douluo and drove the Sea God Family Offerings away from Merfolk City. He then met the dying Li Ya and proposed merging her soul with his while transferring her Golden Bloodline to Li Jing, a plan the Sea Princess accepted.

• Huo Yuhao trapped the bodyless Sea Demon Douluo in a distorted space and weakened her soul with the Whip of the Undead and its tentacles.
• The Sea Shark Douluo used the Sea God Pearl to rescue the Offerings, but Huo Yuhao struck the Sea Demon Douluo with his spear before they vanished.
• Huo Yuhao and the Snow Empress went with Li Jing to the palace while the Sea Princess ordered preparations for a possible return by the Sea God Family.
• Huo Yuhao recovered and learned that the soul origin he had taken from the Sea Demon Douluo could form a powerful mental clone.
• Huo Yuhao examined Li Ya and suggested merging her soul into his Spiritual Sea and transferring her Golden Bloodline to another merfolk.
• The Sea Princess agreed to Huo Yuhao's plan, and he prepared to begin immediately.

Huo Yuhao rescued Li Ya by housing her soul in his Spiritual Sea and transferring her Golden Bloodline to Li Jing, while his power advanced to the Half-Step God Essence Realm. After the Sea Princess calmed the gathered Sea Soul Beasts and agreed to restore the Sea God Statue, Huo Yuhao and the Snow Empress returned to the Extreme North, where he obtained the Titan Snow Demon King's body and considered raising the Dragon Tomb's remains as undead.

• The Sea Princess used her bond with the unconscious Li Ya to secure her consent, and Huo Yuhao drew Li Ya's soul into his Spiritual Sea before absorbing her Soul Power and Spiritual Power origins.
• Huo Yuhao's Soul Power rose to level eighty-five, his Spiritual Power reached the Half-Step God Essence Realm, and he transferred Li Ya's Golden Bloodline to Li Jing.
• Huo Yuhao promised to bring Li Ya back to visit after she awakened, while the Sea Princess left to meet more than twenty thousand Sea Soul Beasts approaching Merfolk City.
• The Sea Princess explained how the Sea God had neglected the Extreme North Ice Sea, and the gathered Soul Beasts departed after agreeing to restore the Sea God Statue despite their weakened faith.
• Huo Yuhao and the Snow Empress returned to the Extreme North, where the Titan Snow Demon Clan allowed him to take their former Clan Leader's body for Electrolux to transform.
• Huo Yuhao considered awakening White Dragon and turning the Dragon Tomb's remains into undead.

Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy with Snow Empress and learned that the Four Great Empires and Di Tian were gathering there as the Abyss threat grew. Ye Xishui opened a breach at a Spatial Node, and the Abyssal Sage King ordered an invasion in six months while naming Huo Yuhao as his target.

• Huo Yuhao and Snow Empress returned to Shrek Academy, where they met Beibei, Tang Ya, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan amid preparations for a meeting of the Four Great Empires and Di Tian.
• Cai Meier told Huo Yuhao that Xu Tianming had become emperor of the Sun Moon Empire and that rebellions had broken out while Ju Zi suppressed them.
• Ye Xishui and six evil Soul Douluos used a device to damage a Spatial Node near the Star Dou Great Forest and create a temporary breach.
• The Spirit Emperor reported the breach to the Abyssal Emperors, and the Abyssal Sage King approved a six-month plan to open the tunnel for an invasion of the Douluo Plane.
• The Abyssal Sage King displayed Huo Yuhao's portrait and promised the captor resources and the chance to rise five layers in the Abyss.

Shrek Academy hosted the Four Emperors, Di Tian, and Bi Ji to establish cooperation on Artificial Soul Rings and rules for humans entering Soul Beast territory. After the conference, Di Tian asked Huo Yuhao if he wanted the Evil Emperor as his Ninth Soul Ring, leaving Huo Yuhao stunned.

• The Four Emperors arrived at Shrek Academy, where Mu En introduced Huo Yuhao as a Sea God Pavilion member and the Sun God Cult's envoy.
• Mu En and Huo Yuhao negotiated with the Four Emperors, who agreed to promote the Sun God Cult and Artificial Soul Rings and send personnel to study their production.
• Di Tian proposed restrictions on entering Star Dou Great Forest, and Bi Ji offered to cultivate spiritual items; Huo Yuhao proposed a Special Squad to hunt down those who secretly hunted high-year Soul Beasts.
• The Four Great Empires agreed to the conference's arrangements, including cooperation on Soul Beast protections, and Mu En raised the matter of the Abyss.
• Di Tian privately asked Huo Yuhao whether he wanted the Evil Emperor as his Ninth Soul Ring, and Mu En offered to help him when necessary.

Huo Yuhao’s friends surprised him with a birthday celebration, and he shared the occasion with the Snow Empress after learning it was her birthday too. Later, Zhang Lexuan lured Huo Yuhao to her mother’s house and confessed her love, and they spent the night together.

• Beibei, Xu Sanshi, He Caitou, and Huo Yuhao discussed their upcoming Garrison Duty, and Huo Yuhao encouraged He Caitou to propose to Guo Yuwei.
• Huo Yuhao’s friends surprised him with a birthday party, where Zhang Lexuan brought out a cake made by Wang Dong'er, Zhu Lu, and Ning Tian.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that the Snow Empress shared his birthday, so everyone celebrated them both.
• After the guests left, Zhang Lexuan led Huo Yuhao to her mother’s house under the false pretense that something had happened with Artificial Soul Rings.
• Zhang Lexuan confessed her love and invited Huo Yuhao to be with her, and they spent the night together.

Over the six months after the Peace Conference, the Sun God Cult and Artificial Soul Rings spread across the Four Great Empires as the nations prepared for the Abyss, which still had not attacked. Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan discussed having a child once the continent was safe, and Huo Yuhao left for Heaven Dou City to attend Ning Tian’s coming-of-age ceremony.

• The Four Great Empires restricted unauthorized Soul Beast hunting in the Star Dou Great Forest, suppressed factions that opposed the law, and sent Shrek Academy instructors, students, and Sun God Cult Believers to establish outposts and distribute Artificial Soul Rings.
• Ordinary people across the continent became Soul Masters in growing numbers, while the Sun God Cult punished serious offenders by stripping them of their ability to cultivate.
• Huo Yuhao’s Third Star Ring surpassed its one-million-Believer requirement without granting him a skill, and he reached Level 88 after hunting the Fish Dragon King with Di Tian, giving its Soul Bone to Snow Empress.
• The Four Great Empires expanded Soul Tool production and civilian technology, while Shrek Academy shared civilian Soul Tool technology and Huo Yuhao shared Mecha and Battle Armor theories as officials grew doubtful about the Abyss’s absence.
• Zhang Lexuan told Huo Yuhao she wanted to become a mother, and he agreed they could try after the Abyss was resolved and the continent stabilized.
• Huo Yuhao used the Gate of Undead to travel to Heaven Dou City with Zhang Lexuan’s blessing so he could attend Ning Tian’s eighteenth birthday ceremony.

Huo Yuhao visited Ning Tian in Heaven Dou City and prepared to meet her parents, while the God Realm’s Cooking Competition brought the gods together. Xiao Wu and the others devised a plan to help Fatty through a descendant, but the chapter ended as a fiery phoenix flew toward them.

• Huo Yuhao entered Heaven Dou City, gave a young believer a cultivation badge, and reminded her to follow the Sun God's Divine Oracle.
• Huo Yuhao reunited with Ning Tian, presented gifts for her parents, and left with her for the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Rong Nianbing and Oscar agreed to prepare food before the Cooking Competition as the gods gathered and their factions showed signs of conflict.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing about a Fire Phoenix Soul Master surnamed Ma who might be Fatty's descendant.
• Xiao Wu proposed that Ning Rongrong arrange for an heir to inherit the God of Love Position and accompany Fatty's descendant to the God Realm.
• Tang San and the others spotted a huge fiery-red phoenix flying toward them.

Ma Hongjun relinquished his Phoenix God position so its inheritance could descend to Douluo Continent, while Tang San secretly arranged to pass down another divine position and plotted against the God of Destruction. On the continent, Ning Tian prepared for her coming-of-age banquet as Huo Yuhao faced a challenge from a junior.

• Ma Hongjun asked the three God Kings to approve his decision to relinquish his divine position and pass its inheritance to a successor in the Lower Realm, and they approved.
• Ma Hongjun and the Fire God sent the Phoenix God inheritance toward Douluo Continent, while Oscar promised to keep Ma Hongjun company during his remaining years in the Divine Realm.
• Tang San took his companions aside as Ning Rongrong secretly prepared to pass down the God of Love position, and Tang San planned to use the Abyss war to secure divine positions for his parents and oppose the God of Destruction.
• Ning Tian prepared for her coming-of-age banquet while Nan Qiushui noticed ominous dark clouds gathering over Heaven Dou City.
• A maid reported that a junior had challenged Huo Yuhao to a spar, and Ning Tian dismissed the challenger as no threat to him.

At Ning Tian’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Huo Yuhao stunned the gathered factions by revealing his Soul Douluo cultivation and overwhelming their would-be challengers. After the banquet, Ning Tian led him to a hot spring, where they celebrated her eighteenth birthday together as midnight arrived.

• Wu Liancheng, Luo Yueming, and Yi Yu challenged Huo Yuhao to spar, and Huo Yuhao accepted.
• Huo Yuhao used his Spiritual Power to control Yi Yu briefly, then revealed eight Soul Rings, including four red ones, and silenced the assembled factions.
• The gathered faction leaders praised Huo Yuhao and sought his favor, while Vina told him Long Aotian had reached Level seventy-eight.
• Ning Tian appeared in a formal gown and completed her eighteenth Coming-of-Age Ceremony amid congratulations from the guests.
• After the guests departed, Ning Tian invited Huo Yuhao to join her in the hot spring and took the lead in celebrating her birthday.
• At midnight, Huo Yuhao wished Ning Tian a happy birthday as she rested in his arms.

The God of Love Tree awakened, allowing Ning Rongrong to manifest and offer Ning Tian the God of Love inheritance on the condition that she kill Huo Yuhao. Ning Tian accepted the inheritance but stayed loyal to Huo Yuhao, who dismissed the task as a scheme by Tang San; the chapter ended with Ning Rongrong reporting to Tang San that the inheritance had been arranged.

• The God of Love Tree erupted in pink light, and petals entered the bodies of descendants with the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda bloodline.
• Ning Rongrong appeared through the tree, recognized Ning Tian's Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul, and offered her the God of Love position if she killed Huo Yuhao.
• Ning Tian accepted the inheritance and received a heart-shaped mark, while Huo Yuhao concealed his role in selling her the Immortal Herb from the sect's elders.
• Ning Tian learned that the God of Love Codex strengthened love-based cultivation but warned of backlash from betrayal; she told Huo Yuhao that their relationship did not violate its conditions.
• Huo Yuhao told Ning Tian that Ning Rongrong's demand to kill him was a sham, and Ning Tian urged him to visit Ma Xiaotao as her cultivation retreat ended.
• Ning Rongrong told Tang San that the inheritance arrangement was complete, and Tang San cautioned her to be careful near the God of Destruction.

As dark clouds and strange distortions gathered around Lingdou City, Ma Xiaotao completed her cultivation and gained the Realm of No Fire domain. Just as Huo Yuhao began preparing her fusion with Jiaojiao, a Divine Position Inheritance struck Ma Xiaotao, and she identified it as the Phoenix God’s inheritance.

• Huo Yuhao visited the Ice and Fire Two Instruments Eye and learned Ma Xiaotao was nearing the end of her cultivation retreat.
• Ye Xishui revealed to Gui Wujing that she planned to use the Abyssal Sage King's array to claim the God of Calamity position, then oppose the Abyssal Creatures.
• Mu En ordered Shrek City’s patrols strengthened after sensing danger in the dark clouds, then heard unusual sounds from the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Xu Jiawei and the citizens of Star Luo City celebrated the unveiling of a statue honoring Di Tian.
• Wang Qiu'er, Jiang Nannan, Zhu Lu, and Xu Sanshi approached Lingdou City as lightning revealed warped forests and mysterious humanoid figures gathering around it.
• Ma Xiaotao awakened with the Realm of No Fire domain, but a golden-red light entered her body before she could fuse with Jiaojiao; she recognized it as the Phoenix God’s Divine Position Inheritance.

Ma Xiaotao inherited Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix God Divine Position, fused with Infernal Delicate Apricot, and gained a major cultivation boost. As the Abyss invasion began, Huo Yuhao learned that five major cities were threatened at once, while Abyssal Creatures had already attacked Mingdu in overwhelming numbers.

• Ma Hongjun revealed through the inheritance that he had given Ma Xiaotao the Phoenix God Divine Position, waived her God’s Examination Tasks, and left her the First Generation Phoenix God’s Origin Divine Blood.
• Huo Yuhao helped Ma Xiaotao fuse with Infernal Delicate Apricot, raising her cultivation from Rank 91 to Rank 94, and agreed to bring the Immortal Herbs potential partners for fusion.
• Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao returned to Shrek Academy, where dark clouds gathered as the Abyssal Creatures began advancing toward Douluo Continent.
• Mu En and Huo Yuhao organized Shrek City’s defenses after a tunnel to the Abyss Plane appeared, and Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo led the Sun God Soul Tool Legion to the southeastern wall.
• Huo Yuhao reported that voids had appeared near Shrek City, Mingdu, Lingdou City, Star Luo City, and Heaven Dou City, and Mu En summoned the empires’ leaders to the Undead World to coordinate defenses.
• Nana informed Huo Yuhao that Abyssal Creatures had already appeared in Mingdu and were attacking in numbers too vast to count.

The Abyssal Army invaded the capitals of the empires and Shrek City, and Ju Zi’s forces fought to hold the line at Mingdu. As Shrek prepared for battle, Huo Yuhao sensed that the Third Star Ring of the Sun God Pillar had awakened in response to the Abyssal Army and flew toward the enemy to investigate.

• Xu Tianming learned that Abyssal Invasions had struck the other empires and Shrek City, then mobilized Mingdu’s defenses.
• Ju Zi ordered the Mingdu defense line to attack the Abyssal Mammoths and their army; the Abyssal Creatures revived in the Abyss, where the Sage Emperor ordered stronger forces to wait until the defenders were weakened.
• Starry Sky Douluo and the Soul Engineers used Sun Moon Divine Needles and artillery to destroy the first wave, but Ju Zi knew the Abyssal Creatures would revive and watched as another wave emerged.
• Huo Yuhao and Mu En returned to Shrek City, where ten Abyssal Mammoths led an enormous army toward the defenders.
• Huo Yuhao sensed the Third Star Ring activate after the Abyssal Army appeared, discussed his plan with Mu En, and flew alone toward the enemy.

Huo Yuhao helped Shrek and the other cities repel the Abyssal Army, absorbing Abyssal Energy and learning that he could use it to strengthen himself. While fusing with the Sun Domain, he heard the Cosmic Will explain the limits and potential of his Sun God Position, then entered a process that would keep him unconscious for several days.

• Huo Yuhao destroyed thousands of flying Abyssal Creatures with the Eight-Directional Myriad Thorn Soul Skill and absorbed their Abyssal Energy.
• Huo Yuhao and the Sea God Pavilion Elders killed the ten Abyssal Mammoths by targeting their weak points, and Huo Yuhao collected their energy.
• Shrek's bombardment drove back the Abyssal Army, while Mu En warned that stronger Abyssal forces might come and arranged for controlled Holy Spirit Cult members to reinforce the three imperial capitals.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Inner Court, where Ma Xiaotao, Zhang Lexuan, and Wang Dong'er scolded him before he began refining the Abyssal Energy.
• Huo Yuhao learned from the Cosmic Will that his Third Star Ring granted the Sun Domain and could let him rise as high as the Sole God of the Universe, but he had to fuse with it for three to fifteen days.
• Huo Yuhao entered the Sun Domain's fusion, his forehead changed into a Sun Divine Mark, and the light surrounding him began linking the four women to him.

Spirit Emperor discovered that Huo Yuhao could permanently Counter-devour Abyssal Energy and ordered six powerful Abyss Emperors to reinforce the attack on Shrek City. As the human cities prepared for prolonged fighting, Ye Xishui secretly trapped Mingdu’s residents in a vast array and prepared to begin the Blood River God Slaying Array at dawn.

• Spirit Emperor reviewed the battlefield memories, learned that Huo Yuhao had permanently consumed Abyssal Energy at Shrek City, and ordered six Abyss Emperors to join the attack there.
• Human defenders repelled repeated Abyssal assaults, while Zhu Lu chose to remain in Lingdou City and Soul Masters in Heaven Dou City prepared to fight in close combat to conserve supplies.
• Mu En determined that Huo Yuhao had entered a Cultivation Retreat and told Shrek City’s defenders to prepare for powerful Abyssal probes while he recovered.
• Ju Zi organized rest shifts and repairs after the assault on Mingdu paused, while Xu Tianming and Jing Hongchen established defensive lines and moved civilians through the city.
• Ye Xishui agreed to prepare the Blood River God Slaying Array for a dawn attack, then spread an invisible array across Mingdu that trapped its relocating crowds.

Mu En and Shrek City’s defenders faced a new Abyssal assault led by powerful high-level creatures and three Black Empresses. Ma Xiaotao destroyed tens of thousands of attackers with her Ultimate Fire, but a Black Empress projection challenged Mu En to a three-day contest between their forces, leaving him to prepare for the coming battle.

• New types of high-level Abyssal Creatures attacked the four cities, and Shi Xing ordered Shrek City's Soul Engineers to bombard them as Mu En readied the Soul Masters.
• Three Black Empresses intercepted ten Level 7 Fixed Soul Tool Cannon Shells, while Ma Xiaotao flew out and burned away the flying Abyssal Creatures and tens of thousands of ground forces with her Phoenix Meteor Shower.
• The Black Empresses tried to devour Ma Xiaotao's sea of flames, but the Ultimate Fire ignited inside them and threw the Abyssal Army into chaos.
• A Black Empress projection attacked Ma Xiaotao, but Mu En blocked her sword strike and destroyed many Abyssal Creatures with a counterattack.
• The Black Empress proposed that neither she nor Mu En intervene while their armies fought for three days; Mu En accepted, aware that six Abyss Emperors could descend once the Empty Hole and Space Tunnel were reinforced.

Mu En negotiated a three-day pause in the Abyss Emperor’s attacks on Shrek City while Shrek prepared for the coming siege. As Lingdou City’s defenders struggled against the Abyssal Army, Zhu Lu destroyed a force threatening the southern gate, but an Elephant Emperor Projection nearly struck the gate before Di Tian intervened.

• Mu En told Shrek’s defenders that he and the Abyss Emperor had agreed not to fight for three days, giving Shrek time for Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe to emerge from seclusion.
• The Abyssal Army split its attack against Shrek City, and Mu En assigned Soul Tool Legions and Soul Masters to defend its gates.
• At Lingdou City, Wang Qiu'er and the other defenders fought the Abyssal Army while Zhu Lu killed high-ranking enemies and rescued Soul Ancestors under attack.
• Zhu Lu used timed Netherworld Beads to detonate the Banelings and destroy the Ba An and Ironclad Giant Rats advancing on Lingdou City’s southern gate.
• An Elephant Emperor Projection attacked Lingdou City’s southern gate, but Di Tian burned away its descending leg with Black Flame and prepared to fight it.

Di Tian defeated the Elephant Emperor, Lamp Demon, and Lord of Corrosion projections at Lingdou City while the Golden Dragon Spear absorbed their Abyssal Energy. After agreeing to the Black Empress’s truce, Di Tian warned Wang Qiu'er to grow stronger and said he would take her to the Dragon Graveyard when it appeared; the Abyssal Sage King ordered the Abyss to reinforce its routes to the four cities for a future full-scale invasion.

• Di Tian seized the Elephant Emperor Projection, impaled it with dark spears, and crushed it despite the Lamp Demon's attempt to petrify his claw.
• Wang Qiu'er's Golden Dragon Spear absorbed much of the Elephant Emperor's shattered Abyssal Energy, then Di Tian tore apart the Lamp Demon and Lord of Corrosion projections and let the spear feed on their energy.
• The Black Empress proposed that the Abyss stop sending troops to Lingdou City and leave Wang Qiu'er alone in exchange for Di Tian's restraint, and Di Tian accepted.
• Di Tian told Wang Qiu'er to absorb the Abyssal Energy and grow stronger because the Dragon Graveyard might be appearing, then said he would take her there.
• The Abyssal Sage King ordered the Empty Holes and Space Tunnels leading to all four cities strengthened, directing the Abyss Emperors to hold back Douluo Star's strongest fighters until the full-scale invasion.

As the Abyssal Army invaded Mingdu, Ju Zi ordered the exhausted outer defenses to retreat into the city, while the Sage Emperor revealed that the attack was meant to fuel the Blood River God Slaying Array. Nana organized Old City District residents to defend their homes, and the chapter ended as Abyssal Creatures charged her crude fortifications and the first buried bombs exploded.

• Ju Zi ordered three Level 8 Fixed Soul Tool Cannon Shells fired at the Empty Hole, then withdrew the outer defensive lines into Mingdu’s districts.
• The Sage Emperor told the Abyss Emperors to attack after three hours, preserve the dead for Holy Monarch, and feed the Blood River God Slaying Array with fear and resentment.
• Nana enlisted to defend the Old City District, recruited thousands of volunteers, and prepared her area with weapons and Trigger Soul Tool Bombs.
• The Abyssal Army advanced into Mingdu, dividing its forces between the Old and New City Districts while powerful creatures targeted the Royal Family.
• Mingguang Douluo and the Old City District defenders opened fire as Abyssal Creatures reached their fortifications.
• Nana rallied her defenders as Zerglings charged down her road, triggering a chain of explosions that began the battle.