Chapter Summaries

Jade, an Evil Spirit Master, massacred the occupants of a border inn while seeking information about the Death God Envoy. After learning nothing from the innkeeper, he killed him and vanished before soldiers arrived to report the massacre to the City Lord.

• Jade entered a crowded inn and killed three men at a table, introducing himself as an Evil Spirit Master.
• Jade erased a Soul Emperor who attacked him, then killed a fleeing guest and caused the rest of the inn's occupants to swell and explode.
• Jade questioned the innkeeper about the Death God Envoy, but the innkeeper said he knew nothing and revealed he led a band of robbers.
• Jade killed the innkeeper, took his storage ring, and sensed that someone had alerted others before disappearing from the inn.
• Soldiers discovered the massacre, and their captain ordered them to notify the City Lord.

Jade confronted City Lord Bai Li about his ties to the White Tiger Duke and the Death God Envoy, then killed him after learning what he thought of life. Jade left the city still unable to like the world.

• Bai Li returned to his study and found Jade waiting inside, despite having evaded the Soul Emperor's senses.
• Jade revealed that he knew Bai Li had stirred up trouble under the White Tiger Duke's orders and had seen the Duke's secret letter.
• Bai Li offered the city's people to Jade and told him where to find the Death God Envoy.
• Jade asked what Bai Li regarded life as, and Bai Li answered that the strong had the right to trample others' fates.
• Jade thanked Bai Li and left; moments later, Bai Li's chest exploded, killing him.
• Jade put on a gentleman's top hat and departed, reflecting that he still could not bring himself to like the world.

At Shrek Academy, Wang Dong reluctantly prepared to take Tang San to the Clear Sky Sect and slapped him when he tried to approach her. After their friends departed, Black and Bai Yu left to find the Death God Envoy, while Black noted that their plan to make Wang Dong confront Tang San would have to wait until the Body Sect's plan was complete.

• Wang Dong told Black, Bai Yu, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yutong that the Clear Sky Sect had ordered her to bring Tang San home, while Huo Yutong said she would stay and seek Mo Yan's help obtaining a soul ring.
• Black sensed Tang San approaching, and Wang Dong reluctantly went to meet him as her friends watched.
• Wang Dong slapped Tang San, rejected his attempts to explain, and warned him to keep his distance.
• Wang Dong led Tang San away from Shrek Academy, while Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao said goodbye to Black and Bai Yu.
• Black told Bai Yu that Wang Dong was not yet ready to truly challenge Tang San, and the siblings decided to use the break to find the Death God Envoy.

Mo Yan considered using a Dragon Soul pill to win over Ma Xiaotao as an extremist threatened the future. Jade found the Death God Envoy slaughtering villagers, overwhelmed him with his power, and turned him into a slave.

• Mo Yan asked Dugu Luo whether she should give Ma Xiaotao the fiery red pill, explaining that it could make its recipient obedient.
• The Death God Envoy searched a border village for people suitable for refinement after killing its inhabitants.
• Jade approached the Death God Envoy while playing a flute and immobilized him, leaving him unable to use his Soul Power.
• Jade revealed his eight soul rings and used the abyss behind him to subject the Death God Envoy to the suffering of his victims.
• The Death God Envoy emerged from the abyss and addressed Jade as his lord, confirming Jade's experiment had succeeded.

Mo Yan summoned Ma Xiaotao and offered to help her eliminate the flaws in her Phoenix Evil Fire and evolve it into Extreme Fire as an investment in her potential. The conversation ended with Ma Xiaotao misunderstanding the word “investment” and blurting out that two girls could not have children.

• Dugu Luo brought Ma Xiaotao to meet Mo Yan, while Mu En stopped Yan Shao Zhe from intervening.
• Mo Yan teased the nervous Ma Xiaotao by offering her a seat on her lap, and Dugu Luo reacted with jealousy before Mo Yan told Ma Xiaotao to sit elsewhere.
• Mo Yan asked whether Ma Xiaotao wanted to remove the flaws in her Phoenix Evil Fire and evolve it into Extreme Fire.
• Mo Yan explained that she was investing in Ma Xiaotao because she believed Ma Xiaotao’s future success could benefit her.
• Ma Xiaotao misunderstood the explanation and said that she and Mo Yan could not have children, leaving Mo Yan, Dugu Luo, Mu En, and Yan Shao Zhe speechless.

Mo Yan tested Ma Xiaotao’s loyalty by asking whether she would support her over her teacher, Yan Shao Zhe, in a hypothetical conflict. Ma Xiaotao vowed to protect Shrek Academy and put Yan Shao Zhe aside if he threatened it, leaving him unconscious and Mu En impressed.

• Mu En scolded Yan Shao Zhe for Ma Xiaotao’s poor understanding and ordered him to return to Sea God Pavilion for a lesson.
• Mo Yan clarified that she wanted Ma Xiaotao’s help in the future, and Ma Xiaotao realized she had misunderstood her earlier offer.
• Mo Yan asked whether Ma Xiaotao would side with her if she and Yan Shao Zhe became enemies.
• Ma Xiaotao declared she would tie up Yan Shao Zhe and hand him over if he opposed Mo Yan, Shrek’s future Sea God Pavilion Master.
• Ma Xiaotao explained that she would act against Yan Shao Zhe only to protect Shrek Academy, and Yan Shao Zhe fainted from anger.

Mo Yan helped Ma Xiaotao begin absorbing a pill that could break the Phoenix Evil Fire curse, while Black and Bai Yu entered a locked-down city and investigated the death of City Lord Bai Li. White Tiger Duke Dai Hao decided to use the siblings as scapegoats, and they suspected the incident was caused by their mysterious new colleague.

• Mo Yan gave Ma Xiaotao a pill to break her curse, and Ma Xiaotao began refining it under Mo Yan's protection.
• Black and Bai Yu entered a border city of the Star Luo Empire, where White Tiger Duke Dai Hao learned they had defeated his soldiers and decided to blame them for the city's troubles.
• At an inn, Black and Bai Yu paid the landlady for information about the recent incident and Bai Li's death.
• Bai Yu sensed a power more evil than her own at the inn connected to the incident and suspected their new colleague Jin Tianming had caused it.
• Black noticed a Hachimi approaching the inn, while Bai Yu remained focused on whether their new colleague was responsible.

Bai Yu and Black met White Tiger Duke Dai Hao at an inn, where Bai Yu hinted that he should look into his sons' well-being. Dai Hao then asked the two new Shrek students to help deal with Evil Spirit Masters, but Black challenged him for trying to pass his responsibility to them.

• The proprietress warned Bai Yu and Black that the city was under lockdown and Dai Hao had come to arrest them, but they stayed at the inn.
• Dai Hao approached the siblings, and Black confirmed they were Shrek students while Bai Yu called Dai Hao's sons sickly cats.
• Bai Yu urged Dai Hao to visit the academy and pay more attention to his sons, especially Dai Huabin, and he agreed to do so.
• Dai Hao asked the siblings to help him deal with Evil Spirit Masters, but Black pointed out that they were new students and that the matter was Dai Hao's responsibility.
• Black rejected Dai Hao's appeal to Shrek students' duty as icy gazes seemed to lock onto the duke.

Dai Hao fled after Black intimidated him, while Black and Bai Yu tracked the Death God Envoy to a mountain cave. Black effortlessly subdued the Envoy, but the power’s owner arrived and spoke through him.

• Dai Hao escaped the inn and realized Black and Bai Yu might be members of Wen Yu’s family, so he planned to befriend them.
• Black and Bai Yu found a mountain cave by following the stench of corpses.
• The Death God Envoy sensed Black and Bai Yu approaching and prepared to test Jade’s Annihilation Power on them.
• The Death God Envoy attacked Black, but Black caught him and purified the Evil Spirit Power surrounding him.
• Black questioned the Envoy about the power inside him, then hurled him deeper into the cave after sensing its owner’s arrival.
• Jade spoke through the Death God Envoy and greeted Black and Bai Yu as seniors.

Black and Bai Yu confronted Jade, who had taken control of the Death God Envoy and offered to trade him for Bai Yu. Black proposed a wager for the Death God Envoy’s ownership, and Jade agreed to let Black guess which personality he had inherited from the original; Black began considering his answer.

• Jade used the Death God Envoy’s remaining Annihilation Power to sweep Black and Bai Yu into darkness, then separated them.
• Black used his Light Element to restore his senses, and Jade asked him to give up Bai Yu in exchange for the Death God Envoy.
• Black refused to surrender Bai Yu, and Jade said she was already waiting for him on the way home.
• Black proposed deciding ownership of the Death God Envoy through a wager, offering Bai Yu’s authority and his own life if he lost.
• Jade revealed his true appearance and proposed that Black guess the personality he had inherited from the original.
• Black accepted the wager and began trying to discern Jade’s hidden personality.

Jade revealed that he carried the authority of Loyalty as an anchor despite being born from Annihilation, and he approached Black and Bai Yu to arrange cooperation. He warned Black to target Mo Yan first if a civil war among the clones began, then vanished, leaving Black and Bai Yu to reflect on Jade’s unlikely birth.

• Tian Mucheng sensed Jade’s loyalty and joked with Long Yaoqing about Gu Yuena’s laziness.
• Black deduced that Jade used Loyalty as an anchor to avoid self-annihilation, while Bai Yu explained that she and Black could not truly be separated.
• Jade praised Black’s reasoning, then said Black’s power was limited compared with the other clones.
• Black refused to learn about the Shengyangyue Plan, and Jade advised him to deal with Mo Yan first if the clones entered civil war.
• Jade gave Black and Bai Yu the Death God Envoy and disappeared, and Black and Bai Yu discussed how Jade had managed to be born.

Black and Bai Yu directed the Death God Envoy to refine Corpse Puppets from bandits and prepare to kill or severely wound Xuan Zi in the future. Afterward, they decided to keep Jade’s information from the other clones and prioritize obtaining the Dragon Pill for their master.

• Bai Yu teased the Death God Envoy by ordering him to kill Xuan Zi, but Black stopped her.
• Black ordered the Death God Envoy to refine more Corpse Puppets using bandits’ corpses and prepare to kill or severely wound Xuan Zi.
• Black promised to help the Death God Envoy break through to Titled Douluo if he succeeded, and the Death God Envoy accepted the task with growing confidence.
• Bai Yu asked whether they should share Jade’s information with the other clones, and Black decided that only Jin Tianming should know it.
• Black told Bai Yu that obtaining the Dragon Pill mattered most and reminded her that their actions would be offered to the great Master.

Jade tested whether he could divide and reclaim his Authority of Annihilation, then went looking for the Holy Spirit Cult at the Sun Moon Empire's border. He found Feng Ling outside their hideout and attacked her, wondering if he could keep her Evil Phoenix as a pet.

• Jade withdrew the Authority of Annihilation he had lent the Death God Envoy, satisfied that he could bestow and reclaim it.
• At their cave hideout, Wu Yun questioned Cult Master Zhong Wuwu as the Holy Spirit Cult's elders waited under threat from the Sun Moon Empire.
• Feng Ling rejected Zhong Wuwu and left the cave, still unable to let go of Yan Shao Zhe and the Bright Phoenix.
• Feng Ling killed a ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast, then attacked Jade when she sensed him watching her.
• Jade effortlessly neutralized Feng Ling's attack and appeared beside her; Feng Ling activated her Evil Phoenix True Body as Jade considered keeping her as a pet.

Jade defeated Feng Ling, the Holy Spirit Cult’s vice leader, and began transforming her with the Authority of Annihilation inside an isolated space. While Zhong Wuwu waited in the cave, he sent Zhang Peng to search for her.

• Feng Ling attacked Jade in her Evil Phoenix form, but Jade transformed into a dragon and pinned her down with one claw.
• Jade told Feng Ling that his independent space concealed them from outsiders and warned her not to threaten him.
• Jade used the Authority of Annihilation to steal Feng Ling’s Soul Power and forcibly transform her body.
• Zhong Wuwu struck an elder for suggesting Feng Ling had fled, then ordered Zhang Peng to look for her.

Jade used his Authority of Annihilation to transform Feng Ling, who broke through to Limit Douluo and pledged herself to him. When Zhang Peng arrived and saw her new strength, he offered to serve Jade too, leaving Jade to consider another recruit.

• Jade completed Feng Ling's transformation with the Authority of Annihilation, and she broke through to Level 99 with a mutated phoenix Martial Soul.
• Feng Ling called Jade her Master and said she could now kill Zhong Wuwu more than a dozen times; Jade jokingly asked her to bark like a dog, and she obeyed.
• Zhang Peng arrived, mistook the scene for evidence that Zhong Wuwu had been cuckolded, and Jade ordered Feng Ling to restrain him.
• After Feng Ling revealed that Jade's Annihilation Gift had made her a Limit Douluo, Zhang Peng offered to serve Jade and volunteered to bark or howl.

Jade empowered Zhang Peng, raising him from Level 96 to Level 98, then sent him to Shrek Academy to seek another chance to break through. Zhang Peng left eager to attack the academy, while Jade asked Feng Ling to lead him to meet the Holy Spirit Cult’s other members.

• Zhang Peng agreed to accept Jade’s power, and Jade warned that he would need to serve as cannon fodder in a future battle.
• Jade’s gift raised Zhang Peng from Level 96 to Level 98, but Zhang Peng resisted fully embracing annihilation.
• Jade ordered Zhang Peng to go to Shrek Academy, where he could find an opportunity to become a Limit Douluo.
• Zhang Peng accepted the order and left, driven by his resentment toward Shrek Academy and its judgment of him as an Evil Spirit Master.
• Feng Ling questioned whether Jade was sending Zhang Peng to his death, and Jade told her to lead him to the Holy Spirit Cult’s other members.

Feng Ling returned to the Holy Spirit Cult with Jade and revealed that Jade had raised her cultivation to Limit Douluo, offering the same power to anyone who pledged loyalty. Zhong Wuwu learned Zhang Peng had gone to attack Shrek Academy, then knelt before Jade and begged to become his foster son.

• As Zhong Wuwu prepared to search for Feng Ling and Zhang Peng, the elders urged him to stay and protect the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Feng Ling returned with Jade and displayed her Limit Douluo pressure, saying Jade had bestowed her power and would do the same for those who offered loyalty.
• After Jade gave permission, Feng Ling told Zhong Wuwu that Zhang Peng had received Jade's blessing and gone alone to attack Shrek Academy.
• Feng Ling revealed her nine soul rings, including a red ring, and the gathered Evil Spirit Masters looked to Zhong Wuwu to decide whether to pledge loyalty.
• Zhong Wuwu knelt before Jade, recounted how his foster mother had abandoned him, and asked Jade to accept him as a foster son.

Jade persuaded Zhong Wuwu and the Holy Spirit Cult to join his plan to attack Sea God Island and challenge the gods. He granted them the Authority of Annihilation, which dramatically increased their strength, while a remnant of divine power stirred at an abandoned Holy Spirit Cult site.

• Zhong Wuwu asked Jade to become his godfather, and Jade agreed on the condition that he serve him and face the gods without hesitation.
• Jade announced his goal of attacking Sea God Island and challenged the Holy Spirit Cult to stop living like hunted rats and instead become madmen who dared challenge the gods.
• Wu Yun and Nangong Wan pledged loyalty to Jade, and the other Holy Spirit Cult elders and consecrated ones followed.
• Jade granted the group the Authority of Annihilation, raising Zhong Wuwu to Limit Douluo, Wu Yun from level 95 to level 97, and the others to level 95 while turning all their Spirit Rings into Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings.
• A remnant of divine power stirred at an abandoned former Holy Spirit Cult site.

Mu En pulled Xuan Zi from Sea God Lake and sent him to capture Zhang Peng, an Evil Spirit Master attacking Shrek City. Xuan Zi fought Zhang Peng but was soon blasted into Sea God Lake in front of Shrek's Inner Court students.

• Mu En found Xuan Zi asleep in Sea God Lake, woke him, and ordered him to capture the Evil Spirit Master in Shrek City.
• Long Xiaoyao told Mu En that he had left the Holy Spirit Cult and suggested they watch the fight together before becoming the teacher of Mu En's great-grandson.
• Zhang Peng confronted the captured Shrek City Lord and accused Shrek Academy of hypocrisy over its secret soul bone technique.
• Xuan Zi arrived and challenged Zhang Peng, whose Soul Power had reached Rank 98 and whose nine soul rings were all Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings.
• Xuan Zi and Zhang Peng fought in their Martial Soul Avatars, and Zhang Peng blasted Xuan Zi into Sea God Lake before the Inner Court students.

Jade waited to learn whether Zhang Peng would return from Shrek Academy while the Holy Spirit Cult prepared to strike the Sun Moon Empire. At Shrek, Zhang Peng faced Mu En, and as he resisted capture with the Annihilation Power, Jade decided to help him.

• Jade told Zhong Wuwu that Zhang Peng might return in a few days or never, then gave the elders an envelope to deliver to Jin Tianming before they prepared an assault on the Sun Moon Empire.
• At Shrek Academy, Zhang Peng struck Xuan Zi into Sea God Lake, alarming the students and drawing Mu En out of hiding.
• Zhang Peng challenged Mu En, who summoned the Radiant Holy Dragon and seized him with its claw.
• Zhang Peng used his Annihilation Power to resist Mu En, but realized he could not win and vowed to die fighting for Jade.
• Jade sensed Zhang Peng's resolve from the Sun Moon Empire's border and decided to give him another hand.