Chapter Summaries

Su Ming rallied the Blood God Legion to investigate the Federation and secure the final God-Slaying Missile, then heard Ya Li’s account of the attacks on Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect. Ya Li privately asked him to revive Yun Ming, but Su Ming demanded to know why he should do so and what she would offer in return.

• Su Ming declared that the Federation owed an explanation, ordered an investigation into the Heaven Dou Empire branch of the Spirit Pagoda, and planned to use the crisis to obtain Eternal Heaven.
• Cao De Zhi condemned the Federation as the Blood God Legion’s leaders considered the threat to their forces and the Abyss’s imminent arrival.
• Ya Li arrived at the Blood God Legion with the Qing Tian Divine Spear and asked it to deliver justice for Shrek Academy and Yun Ming.
• Cao De Zhi questioned Ya Li about the attacks, and Ya Li said she had not sensed Zang Xin at the Tang Sect Headquarters.
• Su Ming told Ya Li that Shrek could seek answers within the Federation, then brought her into an isolated space for a private conversation.
• Ya Li asked Su Ming to revive Yun Ming, and Su Ming asked why he should do so and what she wanted to offer.

Su Ming demanded that Ya Li help brand Tang Wulin a thief and publicly recognize Su Ming as the rightful heir to the plane’s Life Core. He then used Life, Abyss, and Nirvana Fire powers to place Yun Ming into nirvana, leaving Ya Li to wait for his recovery.

• Su Ming demanded that Ya Li and the Federation denounce Tang Wulin as an accomplice in stealing the Golden Ancient Tree’s power and recognize Su Ming as the rightful heir.
• Ya Li agreed, believing Yun Ming would approve, and realized Su Ming was also claiming to be the Sea God’s rightful successor.
• Su Ming examined the Qing Tian Divine Spear and concluded that Yun Ming’s Origin had survived within it, preserved by the intertwined powers of Life and Destruction.
• Su Ming combined power from the Tree of Life and the Abyss, then ignited Nirvana Fire to begin Yun Ming’s recovery.
• Su Ming told Ya Li that Yun Ming had entered nirvana and that his awakening could not be predicted, so she resolved to speak to him often.

Ya Li publicly accused Tang Wulin, Tang San, and Ah Yin of stealing the Plane Life Core, turning public outrage away from the Federation and provoking a rift within Shrek Academy. Tang Wulin learned that Shrek had condemned him and regarded its statements as betrayal.

• Su Ming chose not to interfere with Yun Ming’s nirvana, and Ya Li left with the Qing Tian Divine Spear, satisfied that Yun Ming had a chance to resurrect.
• Zhuo Shi, Feng Wu Yu, and other Shrek elders rallied graduates, drawing public attention to how the Holy Spirit Cult had obtained God-Slaying Missiles.
• Ya Li announced that Shrek Academy wanted Tang Wulin and accused him, Tang San, and Ah Yin of stealing the Plane Life Core and its power.
• Public opinion turned against Tang Wulin, while Shrek elders including Long Yeyue tried to stop Ya Li from redirecting the academy’s campaign.
• Ya Li defended Su Ming as the rightful successor of the Plane Will and repeated her accusations, further angering Long Yeyue.
• At Clear Sky Sect, Tang Wulin learned of the public backlash, and Old Tang and Ah Yin agreed that Shrek had betrayed him.

Tang Wulin learned that Su Ming possessed several powerful identities and agreed to break his seals to catch up in strength. As he began fusing with the ninth seal, Ya Li ordered Shrek’s elders to stop helping him, while Ah Yin worried over Tang Hao’s long silence.

• Ah Yin explained that Su Ming may have targeted Tang Wulin after learning about his higher Rank, and insisted Tang Wulin openly prove his rightful status.
• Old Tang and Ah Yin urged Tang Wulin to use the Golden Ancient Tree Origin to strengthen himself, warning that Su Ming might usurp more Ranks.
• Tang Wulin asked Old Tang to undo his ninth seal and asked Ah Yin to help him absorb the Golden Ancient Tree Origin before fusing with the tenth seal.
• Old Tang explained that mastering the seals could bring Tang Wulin to Titled Douluo strength, though he lacked Battle Armor suited to his Golden Dragon King bloodline.
• Tang Wulin began fusing with the ninth seal as Ah Yin felt uneasy and thought of the long-unresponsive Tang Hao.
• Ya Li told Sister Yue and the other Shrek elders to stop helping Tang Wulin, but Zhuo Shi protested that Wulin was his disciple’s grandson.

Ya Li argued that Ah Yin had taken the Golden Ancient Tree’s power, while Shrek’s elders wrestled with whether to believe her and betray Sea God Tang San. Su Ming watched the public dispute grow and entered the Will Space, where he chose a new life core as he looked upon the Golden Ancient Tree and Ah Yin.

• Cai Yue Er and Cai Mei'er defended Tang Wulin and accused Su Ming of supporting the Holy Spirit Cult, but Ya Li said Yun Ming had told her to trust Su Ming rather than Tang Wulin.
• Ya Li argued that Ah Yin had hollowed out the Golden Ancient Tree and that the Clear Sky Sect’s protection of Tang Wulin supported her claim, leaving Long Yeyue uncertain.
• Su Ming decided to let the Federation’s public argument attract attention before revealing the truth.
• Su Ming entered the Will Space and realized he could designate a life core while the competing powers fought.
• Su Ming chose the location corresponding to the Golden Ancient Tree and saw Ah Yin parasitizing it alongside the power of past Sea God Pavilion Masters.

Su Ming manipulated the Life Core’s response while Tang San planned to exploit Shrek’s rising fortune and Xu Tianran’s ambitions. Meanwhile, public controversy over Ya Li and Tang Wulin continued as the Federation purged its ranks, arrested Qian Gu Dongfeng, and began dismantling his faction.

• Su Ming nudged the Life Core closer to the Golden Ancient Tree, and Tang San sensed its response and decided to wait for Shrek’s fortune to peak before having it join the Sun Moon Empire.
• Su Ming observed that Ya Li had gained Shrek’s acceptance, though public debate over Tang Wulin and Tang San continued outside the academy.
• Su Ming and the legions carried out a forced purge that removed two-thirds of the Federal Parliament, with Dong Zi An joining after Su Ming promised him Four-word Battle Armor.
• Dong Zi An reviewed his past dealings with Qian Gu Dongfeng and revealed information that helped expose Qian Gu Dongfeng’s ties to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Su Ming questioned Qian Gu Die Ting, who accepted an investigation, while Yu Guan Zhi, Guan Yue, and the War Gods sealed off the Spirit Pagoda.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng was arrested and slated for execution before the Federation, and the Spirit Pagoda purged members of his faction.

Yu Guan Zhi and Guan Yue cornered Qian Gu Dongfeng at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters over his collusion with the Holy Spirit Cult and the theft of the God-Slaying Missiles. After Guan Yue revealed his Quasi-God strength, Qian Gu Dongfeng began naming those involved and was pressed to disclose the full extent of the conspiracy.

• Yu Guan Zhi’s forces and Mechas surrounded Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, leaving Qian Gu Dongfeng trapped in his office.
• Guan Yue and Yu Guan Zhi confronted Qian Gu Dongfeng and demanded that he confess to his crimes.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng admitted that he had colluded with the Evil Soul Masters, but Yu Guan Zhi rejected his claim that he had acted alone.
• Guan Yue revealed his overwhelming power and told Qian Gu Dongfeng that everyone involved in the God-Slaying Missile plot would face consequences.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng named several people who knew the missiles would be handed over to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Guan Yue pressed Qian Gu Dongfeng to reveal everything he had done for the Holy Spirit Cult before Guan Yue entered the prison to pursue greater strength.

Guan Yue and Yu Guan Zhi interrogated Qian Gu Dongfeng about his collaboration with the Holy Spirit Cult, then restrained him with sealing equipment forged from Heavenly Forged Metal. As Guan Yue continued inspecting the Spirit Pagoda, he worried that the investigation had exposed every secret Su Ming might inherit as its next Tower Master.

• Guan Yue questioned Qian Gu Dongfeng about a Heaven Dou Continent research institute, and Qian Gu Dongfeng said it had developed tranquilizers for the Holy Spirit Cult without causing deaths or releasing drugs into society.
• Yu Guan Zhi suggested the tranquilizers could have been used to suppress Evil Soul Masters’ emotions, and Qian Gu Dongfeng agreed they were likely for Evil Soul Masters who had consumed too many Vengeful Spirits.
• Guan Yue asked Qian Gu Dongfeng about past Evil Soul Master attacks, but Qian Gu Dongfeng denied involvement, prompting Yu Guan Zhi to say that Ghost Emperor had treated him like a subordinate.
• Yu Guan Zhi threatened to investigate the Qian Gu Family and revealed that Su Ming had announced a crackdown on Evil Soul Masters and developed an Evil-Illuminating Mirror that detected Abyss Energy, causing Qian Gu Dongfeng to stop resisting.
• Yu Guan Zhi sealed Qian Gu Dongfeng’s Spiritual Power and Soul Power with special equipment, then took him away for further interrogation.
• Guan Yue continued inspecting the Spirit Pagoda and worried that its secrets, including its platform technologies, would be exposed before Su Ming potentially became its next Tower Master.

After the continent’s purge and reconstruction, Su Ming became the Spirit Pagoda’s new Tower Master and redirected its resources toward the Abyss war. He proposed combining the Myriad Beast Platform with Abyss technology, leaving Gu Yue Na tempted by the prospect of restoring Soul Beasts even as she remembered her desire for revenge.

• Guan Yue continued the continent-wide purge, and over the following month Shrek Academy and Tang Sect Headquarters were rebuilt while the Federation and major powers investigated and removed corrupt influences.
• Su Ming left the Blood God Legion for Shrek City, saw the rebuilt academy and the crater left by the God-Slaying Missile, and attended his promotion ceremony as Spirit Pagoda Tower Master.
• Su Ming told Spirit Pagoda leaders to share Spirit Ascension technology, establish a joint institution to manage the platforms, and move researchers toward Artificial Spirit development and Abyss research.
• After the meeting, Su Ming asked Gu Yue Na to continue the Myriad Beast Platform project by studying the Abyss, whose cycles of death and resurrection might help restore Soul Beasts.
• Gu Yue Na was tempted by the idea that the platform could revive Soul Beasts, then reminded herself that her clan’s return was meant to bring revenge.

Su Ming warned Gu Yuena to prioritize the Abyss crisis and then used the Tree of Life to absorb the destructive power beneath Shrek Academy. He secured Shrek’s faith-based successor rank by presenting himself as a follower of the First-generation Sea God, then entered the Will Space to look toward Ah Yin’s Golden Ancient Tree.

• Su Ming told Gu Yuena that he would tolerate the Soul Beast Clan’s revival only if it did not harm the soul master world, and sent her to the Abyss Battlefield.
• Gu Yuena left after considering whether to fight Su Ming, deciding to resolve the plane’s crisis first.
• Su Ming went to Shrek Academy and used the Tree of Life to devour the God-Slaying Missiles’ lingering destructive power beneath the former Sea God Lake.
• Su Ming insisted that Shrek keep the name Sea God Pavilion and declared his reverence for the First-generation Sea God’s pioneering spirit, prompting the pavilion elders to question their assumptions.
• Su Ming entered the Will Space and used his life-core rank to look toward the Golden Ancient Tree inhabited by Ah Yin.

Su Ming used his authority over faith and fortune to redirect Shrek Academy’s future toward accepting Sun Moon’s rule and forming a federation. As Sun Moon’s advance overwhelmed the Douluo Three Kingdoms, Mu En’s lingering presence urged Shrek’s leaders to ease resistance and negotiate.

• Su Ming rewrote Shrek Academy’s fortune to favor the Golden Ancient Tree, altered its Sea God faith, and set its future toward integrating with the Sun Moon Empire and establishing a federation.
• Su Ming reflected on how Trinity had let him gain ranks and faith and use divine authority despite remaining a Soul Master.
• At the Sea God Pavilion, Yan Shaozhe and the elders discussed Sun Moon’s unstoppable Soul Tool forces and the Star Luo and Dou Ling empires’ request for Shrek to train their Soul Masters.
• Mu En’s lingering power urged Shrek’s leaders to abandon resistance and sound out the Sun Moon Royal Family.
• Yan Shaozhe asked whether Mu En could still stop the war, and Mu En explained that only a remnant of his exhausted power and consciousness remained.

Mu En urged Shrek Academy to seek a path into the Sun Moon Empire, while Huo Yuhao received the God of Emotion's first trial to find a way forward for the academy. Tang San believed he had arranged Shrek's transition, but Su Ming had already altered Shrek's underlying code and turned his attention to Dou San.

• Mu En proposed that Shrek Academy align with the Sun Moon Empire, but Huo Yuhao questioned whether they could abandon their sacrifices and struggles.
• Huo Yuhao's Engraving Knife activated the God of Emotion Divine Examination, and Rong Nianbing brought his consciousness to the Divine Realm.
• Tang San decided to steer Shrek toward the Sun Moon Empire and make Huo Yuhao's future child its crown prince, while he watched Xu Tianran's ministers press him to appoint an heir.
• Huo Yuhao returned from the Divine Realm and read his first trial: venture deep into the Sun Moon Empire and seek a way forward for Shrek Academy.
• Tang San secretly viewed Huo Yuhao's trial and believed he had preserved Shrek's chance to join the Sun Moon Empire.
• Su Ming finished modifying Shrek Academy's underlying code and turned his attention to Dou San to check the results.

Su Ming realized that changes he made in the past could still influence the True Future through the Time River, and resolved to gather all Fate into himself rather than trying to reconnect the future to the river. He claimed leadership of Shrek Academy and then approached Guan Yue about eliminating the Holy Spirit Cult, surprising him with a plan that named only Ha Luosa and the Four Heavenly Kings as targets.

• Su Ming altered Shrek Academy's faith through the Rank he gained in Dou Er, changing the Pavilion Elders' recognition and causing Shrek Academy to reappear in Parallel Worlds.
• Su Ming traced the True Future's foundations through the Time River and concluded that changing past causes could affect the future, forming a closed loop of Alter Cause, Change Effect.
• Su Ming decided to control all Fate and gather the future into himself, then Ya Li and the others sensed his mysterious power.
• Su Ming declared himself Shrek Academy's rightful successor and announced that he would rebuild the Sea God Pavilion as its Master; Ya Li and the others agreed.
• Su Ming asked Guan Yue when he would go to the Blood God Legion and proposed that he and Dong Zi An help eliminate Ha Luosa and the Four Heavenly Kings.
• Guan Yue objected that the Holy Spirit Cult still had a Demon Empress, its true ruler, who outranked both Ghost Emperor and Ha Luosa.

Su Ming pushed Guan Yue toward the Abyss Battlefield, then returned to Heaven Dou City to claim leadership of the Body Sect and Blacksmith Association. He performed seven successful Heavenly Forgings during a Federation-wide livestream, and Zhen Hua announced him as the new Divine Blacksmith and president.

• Su Ming told Guan Yue that the Demon Empress would appear during the battle against the Abyss and urged him to deal with Ha Luosa and the Four Heavenly Kings before heading to the Abyss Battlefield.
• Su Ming arrived at the Blacksmith Association Headquarters, where Mu Ye and the Body Sect disciples welcomed him as their new Sect Master.
• Su Ming asked Zhen Hua to arrange a Federation-wide livestream of his Heavenly Forging, and Zhen Hua agreed.
• Su Ming completed seven Heavenly Forgings without failure, calmly handling each Nine-Colored Lightning Tribulation as viewers across the Federation watched.
• Zhen Hua announced that Su Ming had become a Divine Blacksmith and would replace him as president of the Blacksmith Association, leading the forging world into a new era.

Su Ming restored Zhen Hua’s ability to cultivate by giving him the Origin of his Parallel World counterpart, then explained Divine Forging as one path beyond Heavenly Forging. He left Zhen Hua eager to hear about a second path that Su Ming favored even more.

• Zhen Hua told Su Ming that his Spiritual Power and cultivation had reached their limits after he forcibly condensed a Spiritual Domain to perform Heavenly Forging.
• Su Ming found a Parallel World Zhen Hua who had advanced beyond Level 94, took his Origin, and gave it to Zhen Hua in the True Future.
• After absorbing the Origin, Zhen Hua found that his Soul Power, Spiritual Power, and forging comprehension could continue to improve.
• Su Ming observed that removing Zhen Hua from the Parallel World had drastically weakened the forging world, while taking Mu Ye’s Origin had caused only minor changes.
• Su Ming urged Zhen Hua to reach Level 99 and the true Spirit Domain Realm, then described Divine Forging as a method of forging Heavenly Forged Metal into a completed divine artifact.
• Su Ming said he favored a second direction more, leaving Zhen Hua waiting to hear what it was.

Su Ming explained to Zhen Hua that the path beyond Heavenly Forging involved imprinting metal with the laws of multiple planes and then surviving a tribulation from the Cosmic Will. He revealed a plan to create the conditions for this advancement at the Abyss Battlefield, leaving Zhen Hua uneasy but agreeing to let him proceed.

• Su Ming described his second path beyond Divine Forging: transforming Heavenly Forged Metal by imprinting it with laws from multiple planes.
• Su Ming explained that advancing further required imprints from at least three planes, followed by a Cosmic Will tribulation and recognition from cosmic laws.
• Zhen Hua doubted such a forging environment could be created, but Su Ming said he already had a plan to make one.
• Su Ming told Zhen Hua he would act only after all the Quasi-Gods on Douluo Star had gathered at the Abyss Battlefield, and Zhen Hua agreed.
• Su Ming decided he would take over the Federation's organizations except the Tang Sect and would help establish the War God Temple alongside the Spirit Pagoda.

Su Ming led a Federation strike force to find and attack Ha Luosa and the Four Heavenly Kings, while arranging for newly advanced Limit Douluo to serve at the Abyss Battlefield. Ha Luosa fled when Su Ming’s Purifying Fire broke through his domain, but Guan Yue pursued him with the Sky-Crossing Spear.

• Su Ming sent five Limit Douluo, including himself and Guan Yue, to confront Ha Luosa and the Four Heavenly Kings, and offered two newly advanced Limits Four-word Battle Armor in exchange for joining the Abyss Battlefield.
• Su Ming assigned Dong Zi An and two other Limit Douluo to fight the Four Heavenly Kings while he and Guan Yue took on Ha Luosa.
• Dong Zi An used his Four-word Battle Armor and God Level Mecha to attack two Heavenly Kings, while the other two Limit Douluo engaged the remaining pair.
• Ha Luosa unleashed his Underworld Rebirth Domain, but Su Ming’s Purifying Fire burned through it and grew stronger by absorbing its power.
• Ha Luosa fled, and Guan Yue’s spear technique drew him toward the Sky-Crossing Spear despite his attempt to escape.

Su Ming and Guan Yue defeated the Holy Spirit Cult’s upper-ranking fighters, eliminating the continent’s remaining ultimate-level threat. Su Ming then pressed Guan Yue to take him to the War God Temple so he could claim its Temple Master position, but learned Guan Yue did not hold it.

• Guan Yue trapped the Underworld Emperor with Heaven-Piercing Earth-Severing, while Su Ming empowered the technique with the plane’s authority.
• The Underworld Emperor burned his domain and charged Guan Yue, but Su Ming’s combined Purifying Fire and Light of Fire consumed him as Guan Yue’s spear strikes finished Ha Luosa.
• Dong Zi An and the two other Limit Douluos killed the remaining Holy Spirit Cult fighters, leaving every upper-ranking member dead.
• Su Ming told Guan Yue and the others that the mission was complete and that they could head to the Abyss Battlefield; he wanted Dong Zi An to remain outside to guard against the Demon Empress.
• Su Ming followed Guan Yue back to the Federation and demanded that Guan Yue take him to the War God Temple to claim the Temple Master position, but Guan Yue said he was not the Temple Master.
• Guan Yue accused Su Ming of craving empty fame, and Su Ming admitted to himself that he did enjoy pursuing fame, though he had once done so to gather Faith and now sought Rank.

Su Ming consolidated control of the Federation, gathered more Limit Douluos for the Abyss Battlefield, and sent Eternal Kingdom to the front lines. He then met Yuanen Yehui at the barren Sea God Island.

• Su Ming urged Guan Yue to go to the Abyss Battlefield, where resisting Abyss Energy could temper his Martial Soul, and said he would deploy Eternal Kingdom there.
• Su Ming toured Federation forces, recruited Limit Douluos, and exposed the Clear Sky Sect's refusal to contribute; he sent its Limit Douluo back and publicly reported its lack of support.
• After a month of recruiting, Su Ming added seven Limit Douluos to the front lines, bringing their number to twenty, or potentially more than thirty with other forces.
• Su Ming became hall master of the War God Temple, transferred Eternal Kingdom to the Blood God Legion, and recruited blacksmiths for the front lines.
• Su Ming met Yuanen Yehui above the barren Sea God Island, and she was dazed by how much power he had gained.

Su Ming recruited Yuanen Zhentian and the Yuanen Family to help guard a Demon Gate he planned to open at the Abyss Battlefield, while promising to resolve Yuanen Yehui’s problem. After returning to the battlefield, he found the Blood God Legion under heavy pressure and gathered the Blood Gods to discuss an idea.

• Yuanen Yehui asked Su Ming why he had kept her from going to the Abyss Battlefield, and he asked her to take him to the Yuanen Family.
• Su Ming told Yuanen Yehui that he would handle the Demon Plane’s invasion and explained that he intended to bind its passage to the Abyss conflict.
• Su Ming asked Yuanen Zhentian to join the Abyss battle and guard a Demon Gate there, and Yuanen Zhentian agreed after Su Ming said the family would only need to cooperate.
• Yuanen Zhentian took Yuanen Yehui back to the family, and the next day the entire Yuanen Family set out for the Abyss Battlefield.
• Su Ming returned to find the Blood God Legion strained by repeated Abyss Tides and summoned the Blood Gods to discuss an idea.