Chapter Summaries

Zhao Yang rejected Xu Tianran’s claim to imperial authority and told him the Sun Moon Empire would be abolished. He revealed that Xu He, also known as He Caitou, had come to confront Xu Tianran over his family’s murder and the usurpation of the throne.

• Zhao Yang told Xu Tianran that the Sun Moon Empire would end and rejected his justification for sacrificing the people.
• Xu Tianran insisted that his noble birth entitled him to rule and that commoners owed his family everything.
• Zhao Yang said Xu Tianran’s brother wanted to kill him and warned him to repeat his claims to that brother.
• He Caitou appeared at the palace gates, and Xu Tianran recognized him as Xu He.
• Xu Tianran recalled that his father had murdered Xu He’s family to seize the throne, and he understood why He Caitou had come for him.
• Xu Tianran realized that Huo Yuhao’s decision to abolish the empire had dismissed his imperial ambitions and hidden plans as worthless.

After Xu Tianran’s execution, He Caitou declined the Sun Moon Empire’s throne and established the Douluo Federation Sun Moon District under Soul Hall’s administration. Soul Hall reorganized Soul Master factions and supported postwar reconstruction, while Princess Vina helped stop nobles from seizing Heaven Dou cities; the Sun Moon Empire’s economy began to recover.

• Zhao Yang recorded Xu Tianran’s final words before he was executed for starting the war.
• He Caitou refused to become emperor, and Soul Hall ordered the Sun Moon Empire’s sects and mercenary groups to register in Ming Capital.
• Soul Hall confined Soul Master factions to five cities and offered work to those unable to support themselves there.
• After a month, the Sun Moon Empire’s economy improved, and its engineering teams began rebuilding the war-damaged Heaven Dou Empire.
• Heaven Dou nobles occupied several cities and claimed authority through royal blood, but Princess Vina’s presence invalidated their claim and they were arrested.

Three months after the Heaven Dou Empire joined the Federation, Huo Yuhao traveled with Wang Dong'er before bringing Long Xiaoyao to meet Mu En. The chapter ended as Long Xiaoyao recognized the ancient presence speaking through Bei Bei in the Sea God Pavilion.

• Vina took charge of the Heavenly Soul Great Region, and Xu Sanshi became the person in charge of the Dou Ling District, leaving the Star Luo Empire as the only remaining empire.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er toured the continent, witnessing both beautiful scenery and wartime devastation, before Wang Dong'er returned to seclusion to cultivate.
• Huo Yuhao planned punishments for Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui, intending to send Long Xiaoyao to guard Slaughter City and make Ye Xishui atone for the wraiths she had created.
• Huo Yuhao asked Long Xiaoyao about his punishment, and Long Xiaoyao accepted that he and Ye Xishui deserved to pay for their crimes.
• Huo Yuhao transported Long Xiaoyao to the Sea God Pavilion, where a voice greeted him as Xiaoyao and Long Xiaoyao recognized that it came from someone speaking through Bei Bei.

Huo Yuhao revived Mu En and reunited him with Long Xiaoyao before unsealing Ye Xishui in Sea God Pavilion. Ye Xishui tried to escape, but Huo Yuhao restrained her, and Mu En told her that the Holy Spirit Cult had been defeated and she would face judgment.

• Long Xiaoyao recognized Mu En in Bei Bei's body, and the old friends sat together and spoke about the past.
• Mu En admitted that he had known about Shao Zhe's parentage and had chosen not to interfere in Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui's affairs.
• At Mu En's request, Huo Yuhao unsealed Ye Xishui and restored her soul to her weakened body.
• Ye Xishui awakened as a Light Phoenix and tried to flee, but Huo Yuhao sealed her in place.
• Ye Xishui recognized Mu En and reacted with terror when he revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult had been defeated and its members would face judgment.

Ye Xishui confessed that she had deceived Long Xiaoyao and Elder Mu about her past, claiming she had loved Long Xiaoyao from the beginning. Long Xiaoyao was shaken by her words, while Huo Yuhao and Elder Mu watched warily as she continued her confession.

• Ye Xishui admitted that the incident Long Xiaoyao blamed himself for had never happened and that she had arranged it herself.
• Ye Xishui told Long Xiaoyao that she had originally been waiting for him, not Elder Mu, and had been willing to carry out her scheme.
• Long Xiaoyao froze at Ye Xishui's revelation, and Huo Yuhao and Elder Mu feared she had drawn him back into her influence.
• Ye Xishui explained that she had joined the Continent Battle Soul Tournament as a member of the Holy Spirit Cult to find talented young people and approach Long Xiaoyao and Elder Mu.
• Ye Xishui claimed she had loved Long Xiaoyao from the start and had never loved Elder Mu.

Ye Xishui explained that she had deliberately driven Long Xiaoyao and Mu En apart to protect them from the Holy Spirit Cult, while Mu En calmly said he did not hate her. Huo Yuhao and the others questioned her story, then learned Zhongli Old Ghost had still been trapped in Qiankun Asking Love Valley during the events she described.

• Ye Xishui revealed that she had been a Holy Spirit Cult member when she met Long Xiaoyao and Mu En, and had schemed to turn them against each other.
• Ye Xishui told Long Xiaoyao and Mu En that she had acted to keep them safe from Zhongli Old Ghost and the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Mu En said he had come to terms with the past and did not hate Ye Xishui, leaving her frustrated by his calm response.
• Huo Yuhao, Mu En, Bei Bei, Di Tian, and the others silently doubted Ye Xishui's claim that Zhongli Old Ghost would have killed the two men.
• Huo Yuhao questioned Zhongli Wu through their mental link and learned Zhongli Old Ghost had been trapped in Qiankun Asking Love Valley during the period Ye Xishui described.

Huo Yuhao doubted Ye Xishui’s account of Zhongli Old Ghost’s orders and watched her explain why she had stayed apart from Long Xiaoyao and Mu En. Long Xiaoyao accepted her confession, while Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei privately questioned why she had not simply destroyed the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Huo Yuhao reasoned that Zhongli Old Ghost had been trapped in Qiankun Asking Love Valley when Ye Xishui joined the Holy Spirit Cult, and suspected she was blaming her choices on a dead man.
• Ye Xishui said Zhongli Old Ghost had forced her to bear him a son before passing her the Cult Leader position and helping her reach Limit Douluo.
• Ye Xishui told Long Xiaoyao she had loved him but stayed away to protect his reputation as the Dark Saint Dragon and Dragon Emperor Douluo.
• Long Xiaoyao clasped Ye Xishui’s hands and asked her to stop talking, while Mu En and Huo Yuhao reacted with dismay.
• Bei Bei privately wondered why Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao had not wiped out the Holy Spirit Cult and used the Light Phoenix’s power to give her a new start.

Huo Yuhao, Mu En, and Long Xiaoyao exposed the lies behind Ye Xishui’s account and concluded she had always been an evil soul master who enjoyed deception and cruelty. Ye Xishui then claimed she had secretly borne Long Xiaoyao a son, but their disappointment and lack of surprise left her frightened and confused.

• Mu En and the others concluded Ye Xishui had never intended to abandon the Holy Spirit Cult and had used Zhongli Old Ghost as an excuse.
• Mu En told Huo Yuhao to inform Long Xiaoyao when Zhongli Old Ghost had fallen into Qiankun Asking Love Valley.
• Long Xiaoyao heard Huo Yuhao’s revelation and confronted Ye Xishui, asking whether her story was true.
• Ye Xishui claimed she had borne Long Xiaoyao a son named Yan and said their descendant, Yan Shaozhe, had become Mu En’s disciple and the dean of the Martial Soul Department.
• Ye Xishui tried to use the family revelation to win sympathy, but Mu En and Long Xiaoyao remained disappointed, and she grew frightened when they did not believe her.

Mu En challenged Ye Xishui over why she had remained with the Holy Spirit Cult, explaining how his and Huo Yuhao’s differing principles shaped their treatment of Evil Soul Masters. Ye Xishui admitted she believed she could no longer turn back, and Mu En asked her to release Long Xiaoyao.

• Mu En asked Ye Xishui why she had not sought refuge in Shrek after Zhongli Old Ghost died, and she said her corrupted Martial Soul left her with nowhere else to go.
• Mu En explained that Shrek had once protected people like Long Xiaoyao, while Huo Yuhao’s Soul Hall now held the authority to define Evil Soul Masters.
• Mu En admitted that he had judged Evil Soul Masters by inconsistent standards, while Huo Yuhao treated them equally and wielded Ultimate Skill - Under Heaven.
• Long Xiaoyao marveled at Huo Yuhao’s power and audacity, recognizing that even the three level-99 Ultimate Douluo could not defeat him together.
• Mu En told Ye Xishui that he would have helped her if she had asked, questioned whether she had ever wanted to turn back, and begged her to let Long Xiaoyao go.

Mu En confronted Ye Xishui over her attempt to drive a wedge between him and Long Xiaoyao, using the truth about Zhongli Old Ghost and Qiankun Asking Love Valley to expose the flaws in her claims. Long Xiaoyao recognized how deeply he had betrayed Mu En, while Ye Xishui was left with no answer.

• Mu En challenged Ye Xishui to explain how she had deceived Long Xiaoyao and accused her of trying to disturb Huo Yuhao’s peace of mind.
• Mu En argued that Zhongli Old Ghost could not have remotely manipulated the Holy Spirit Cult from Qiankun Asking Love Valley, and Huo Yuhao confirmed that sending messages out would require powers incompatible with being trapped there.
• Ye Xishui demanded proof that Zhongli Old Ghost had been trapped for a hundred years, but Mu En dismissed her objection and argued that Zhongli Old Ghost would have no reason to target him or Shrek.
• Mu En apologized to Long Xiaoyao for hiding Yan Shaozhe’s matter, explaining that he feared Long Xiaoyao would join the Holy Spirit Cult and endanger Shaozhe.
• Long Xiaoyao recalled Huo Yuhao confronting him about his behavior and realized how repeatedly he had damaged the reputation of the Black and White Holy Dragon and betrayed Mu En.

Ye Xishui admitted that she had manipulated Long Xiaoyao and Elder Mu for her own amusement, leaving Long Xiaoyao devastated. As Mu En departed and Bei Bei confronted Ye Xishui, she panicked at the prospect of Huo Yuhao handling her.

• Ye Xishui confessed that she was the Holy Spirit Cult leader and had deliberately deceived Long Xiaoyao and driven a wedge between him and Mu En.
• Ye Xishui mocked Long Xiaoyao and threatened to make him kill alongside her, while Long Xiaoyao collapsed in despair.
• Long Xiaoyao left without looking back, and Huo Yuhao and Mu En did not stop him.
• Mu En entrusted Ye Xishui to Huo Yuhao and prepared to leave, prompting Ye Xishui to protest and accuse him of wrongdoing.
• Bei Bei regained control of his body, summoned his nine soul rings, and threatened Ye Xishui for insulting Mu En.

Huo Yuhao harvested the essence of the Sea God Eight Wings with the Golden Dragon Lance and began planning a new weapon, while Ye Xishui remained imprisoned and tortured for soul crystals. In the God Realm, the God Kings discovered faith gathering around Shrek Academy as Douluo Star appeared to be producing a new First Class God, alarming Tang San.

• Huo Yuhao left Ye Xishui in the Lich’s custody to produce soul crystals for his Abomination Giant Spirit.
• Huo Yuhao used Wang Qiu’er’s Golden Dragon Lance to drain the essence from one leg of the Eight Spider Lances, strengthening both himself and the lance.
• Huo Yuhao recognized the remaining Eight Spider Lances as valuable forging material and considered combining them with divine weapon fragments and Melee Soul Tool ideas.
• Tang San sat anxiously at the God Realm Committee meeting, worried about his losses and the rapidly growing Child of Destiny.
• The God of Destruction announced that Douluo Star seemed to be nurturing a new First Class God as faith gathered at Shrek Academy, and urged the God Kings to expand the God Realm.

The God of Destruction confronted Tang San over his opposition to expanding the God Realm and showed the God Kings memories of the Dragon God War. After learning the Dragon God’s true power and the Cosmic Will’s role in the war, Tang San decided to pursue the Dragon God bloodline for himself.

• Tang San dismissed the need to expand the God Realm, while the God of Destruction demanded an explanation for his opposition and the missing catastrophe.
• The God of Destruction shared memories showing the God Realm’s devastation during the Dragon God War, and comforted the frightened Goddess of Life.
• The Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction explained that the Cosmic Will caused the war and that the Dragon God had been a Supreme God King who willingly allowed the Previous Shura God to kill him.
• Tang San, Lie Yan, and Ji Dong reacted with shock as the God of Destruction revealed the Dragon God’s immense power and the truth behind the war.
• Tang San became excited by the Dragon God’s power and decided that he should obtain the Dragon God bloodline himself rather than let Tang Wutong have it.

The God of Destruction explained the Dragon God War and the Cosmic Will, while Tang San secretly coveted the Dragon God's power and planned to seize control of the God Realm. Tang San grew more desperate to act against Huo Yuhao, but Tang Wutong remained missing and time in the mortal world was passing quickly.

• Ji Dong noticed Tang San's fleeting excitement at the Dragon God's power and decided to watch him secretly after the meeting.
• The God of Destruction described the Dragon God War and the Cosmic Will to Ji Dong, Tang San, and the others.
• Tang San reasoned that he could avoid the Cosmic Will by keeping the God Realm from advancing, and he planned to take the Dragon God's power for himself.
• Tang San assessed his weakened divine powers and hoped Tang Wutong would return with the Emperor Auspicious Beast's power and the Star Dou Forest's fortune.
• Tang San blamed Huo Yuhao, the Mother of All Souls, and the God of Destruction for his setbacks, then worried that time passing in the God Realm gave Huo Yuhao more time to grow.

Tang San planned to trap Huo Yuhao by forcing him to ascend before he could grow strong, then restrict how long new Gods could remain in the lower realms. The God Kings voted to investigate a new Godhood attempt on Douluo Continent, leaving Tang San concerned that they might uncover the truth about the continent’s potential.

• Tang San planned to lure Huo Yuhao into ascending with an empty God Position and use a proposed ten-year limit on Gods in the lower realms to corner him.
• The God of Destruction proposed sending Patrollers or God Officials to investigate the new Godhood attempt on Douluo Continent, and Tang San agreed so he could identify the candidate and their God Position.
• Ji Dong and Lie Yan supported investigating the candidate, with Lie Yan praising Douluo Continent’s history of producing people qualified for Godhood.
• Tang San realized Douluo Continent could have produced minor Gods if he had not used Ah Yin and Tang Hao to torment the Mother of All Souls.

Tang San took charge of investigating a new candidate for godhood on Douluo Continent and tried to use Ji Dong to push through a rule limiting newly ascended gods to ten years in the lower realms. God of Destruction and his allies grew more suspicious of Tang San as Ji Dong reported his behavior and noticed his reaction to the Dragon God’s power.

• Tang San volunteered to investigate Douluo Continent’s new godhood candidate, then adjourned the Committee meeting and kept Ji Dong behind.
• Ji Dong told God of Destruction and Goddess of Life that Tang San wanted him to propose reducing the lower-realm stay for new gods from a thousand years to ten, while Tang San publicly supported the change.
• God of Destruction suspected Tang San’s proposal was aimed at Douluo Continent’s New Star, and he mentioned Rong Nianbing as a possible clue.
• Ji Dong reported that Tang San had seemed briefly pleased to hear the Dragon God had been a Supreme God King, prompting questions about Tang San and Shura God’s connection to the Dragon God.
• God of Destruction asked Ji Dong to watch Tang San while he prepared the Original Sin Gods for the God Realm’s expansion, and Goddess of Life offered to handle Committee matters.

Tang San weighed how to deal with Huo Yuhao while fearing that his own power and schemes were unraveling. He abandoned his plan to send an envoy immediately and headed for the God Realm’s Forbidden Land to scheme for the Gold Dragon King’s power.

• Tang San debated sending someone to investigate Huo Yuhao, balancing the risks of violating the lower-realm rules against his desire to kill the Child of Destiny.
• Tang San reflected on how he had plundered Douluo Continent’s ocean Origin Power to advance his God Positions, and how Mother of All Souls had reclaimed it after judging Tang Hao.
• Tang San decided to delay sending an envoy and instead have Da Ming and Er Ming investigate Huo Yuhao.
• Tang San concluded that his recent setbacks proved he needed greater strength, rather than that he should stop meddling.
• Tang San changed his plans, vanished from the committee hall, and headed to the Forbidden Land to scheme for the Gold Dragon King’s power.

In Laboratory One of Illustrious Virtue Hall, Jing Hongchen reassured Meng Hongchen that forging Huo Yuhao’s Divine Weapon would not require anyone’s life, while Qian Duoduo collapsed from exhaustion. Kong Deming examined the extraordinarily valuable materials assembled for the weapon, with Jing Hongchen’s Sword of Judgment serving as the reference sample.

• Meng Hongchen brought Jing Hongchen tea and tearfully worried that the Divine Weapon project might cost him his life.
• Jing Hongchen told Meng Hongchen that modern forging techniques and furnace heat made Lou Gao’s sacrifice unnecessary, and joked that Evil Soul Masters could be used if consecration were required.
• Qian Duoduo arrived exhausted, argued with Jing Hongchen about their academies’ soul tool technology, and fell asleep on the laboratory floor.
• Meng Hongchen helped Jing Hongchen calm down after Qian Duoduo’s taunts about Shrek’s advances in soul tool development.
• Kong Deming inspected the rare divine materials on the table, including fragments of divine weapons, Eight Spider Lances legs, the Dark Gold Life Engraving Knife, and a ton of Deep Sea Sinking Silver’s Silver Mother.
• Kong Deming recognized Jing Hongchen’s eighth-level Sword of Judgment as the reference sample for the project.

Da Ming and Er Ming searched for Huo Yuhao under the pretext of investigating his plans for godhood, while Huo Yuhao entered the ruined Clear Sky Sect to seek Immortal Spirit Qi. Unable to absorb faith power or form a third Soul Core at rank 99, he hoped the qi could help him create a Divine Core and reach rank 100 without ascending.

• Da Ming and Er Ming wandered through a small city, gathering supplies for the Clear Sky Sect and looking for information about Huo Yuhao on Tang San's orders.
• Huo Yuhao burrowed beneath the ruined Clear Sky Sect to reach the Immortal Spirit Qi sealed above the Sea God Inheritance Pillar.
• Huo Yuhao discovered that his two Soul Spirits had raised him to rank 99, but he could not absorb the Power of Faith before reaching rank 100.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Tang San planned to restrict how long gods who ascended from the lower realm could remain there, making premature ascension dangerous.
• Huo Yuhao concluded that his Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Core left no way to form a third Soul Core and considered creating a Divine Core from the Immortal Spirit Qi.

Inspired by a Soul Core pioneer, Huo Yuhao tried to use the Sea God Pillar’s Immortal Spirit Qi to create a Divine Core and gain an advantage over Tang San. The attempt shattered the balance of his dual Soul Cores, and he learned that Divine Cores had existed in the God Realm all along.

• Huo Yuhao recalled how a Soul Douluo had condensed a Soul Core and used his advantage to defeat several Super Douluo before revealing the theory.
• Huo Yuhao reasoned that a Divine Core could give him the endurance and strength to challenge Tang San.
• Huo Yuhao found the Clear Sky Sect’s hidden chamber and studied the Sea God Pillar’s Runes and the cycle binding its Immortal Spirit Qi.
• Huo Yuhao drew Immortal Spirit Qi into his two Soul Cores, triggering a violent eruption that hurled him across the chamber and cracked the ground.
• Huo Yuhao realized his Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Core had lost its balance and learned that Soul Cores derived from the Divine Cores of Beasts, including the Dragon God Core.