Chapter Summaries

After the Sea Soul Beast attack, the survivors counted the dead and wounded, with Shrek Academy and the Ye Clan suffering devastating losses. Chen Xinjie tried to shift some blame from Shrek Academy onto Xia Yi, but Leng Yaozhu fiercely defended her husband.

• The survivors tallied 362 deaths and 1,455 injuries, including thirteen Shrek Academy geniuses; Ye Xinglan's aunt and cousins also died, leaving Ye Xinglan to grieve alone.
• Leng Yaozhu arrived, embraced Xia Yi, and learned that Gu Yue had gone into seclusion.
• Chen Xinjie, En Ci, and Leng Yaozhu saw the casualties and demanded an explanation, while Leng Yaozhu sensed that Chen Xinjie had reached peak quasi-god strength.
• Chen Xinjie accused Xia Yi of failing to use the Phoenix Heart-Linked Jade to save the ships' passengers.
• Leng Yaozhu warned Chen Xinjie not to blame Xia Yi, while Chen Xinjie privately intended to redirect some of the survivors' anger away from Shrek Academy.

After Chen Xinjie blamed Xia Yi for Tang Yinmeng’s death, Xia Yi revealed that he had recorded Shrek Academy plotting against him and planned to expose it. Long Yeyue learned that thirteen Shrek students and Cai Yue'er had died, then openly vowed to ruin Xia Yi’s reputation.

• Chen Xinjie publicly blamed Xia Yi for refusing to save Tang Yinmeng, and Xia Yi argued that Shrek Academy was responsible for the deaths and left with Leng Yaozhu.
• Xia Yi showed Leng Yaozhu a recording of Lan Muzi discussing a scheme to eliminate Xia Yi and use Tang Wulin’s standing as a Divine Craftsman to pressure the Federation.
• Yun Ming and Long Yeyue arrived, and Lan Muzi told them Tang Yinmeng and twelve other Shrek geniuses had died after the Sea Soul Beast attack.
• Yun Ming returned with Cai Yue'er dead and accused Long Yeyue of arranging the plague that kept Ya Li away; Long Yeyue admitted she had plotted against Xia Yi and vowed to ruin his reputation.

After the sea-beast attack, Chen Xinjie and Long Yeyue managed the survivors’ outrage by admitting Shrek Academy’s responsibility and promising compensation, while steering blame toward the Body Sect and Xia Yi. The victims’ families accepted the proposed settlement, and Xia Yi was left facing their anger despite Long Yeyue’s public defense of him.

• Yun Ming checked Na’er’s injuries, carried her away to find Ya Li, and left Long Yeyue to confer with Chen Xinjie and Lan Muzi.
• Chen Xinjie told the gathered families that Mu Ye had lured the Demon Soul Great White Sharks and that Tang Wulin’s actions had triggered the attack, while Long Yeyue promised compensation for Shrek Academy’s part in the disaster.
• Ye Tianluo demanded an explanation for Lan Muzi killing Ye Wuque, and Long Yeyue offered Tang Yinmeng’s four soul bones and Silver Moon Douluo’s hundred-thousand-year spirit soul as compensation; Ye Tianluo accepted.
• Chen Xinjie accused Xia Yi of failing to use the Phoenix Heart-Linked Jade against the Beast Octopus, but Long Yeyue defended him and claimed the jade was a token of love.
• The narrator revealed that Chen Xinjie, Long Yeyue, and Lan Muzi had modeled their plan on Xia Yi’s earlier scheme, which had exposed the flaws in their attempt to shift blame onto him.

Xia Yi exposed Long Yeyue and Lan Muzi’s role in plotting against him and spreading a plague, forcing Long Yeyue to flee. He left the victims’ families with an unapologetic explanation for keeping the Phoenix Heart-Linked Jade for his own protection.

• Le Zhengyuan and the victims’ families condemned Xia Yi for not using the Phoenix Heart-Linked Jade to save people, while Long Yeyue blamed Shrek Academy and defended it as responsible for compensation.
• Xia Yi accused Long Yeyue, Chen Xinjie, and Lan Muzi of staging the confrontation to repair Shrek Academy’s reputation and recruit talented students, including keeping Ye Xinglan.
• Xia Yi played a recording implicating Lan Muzi and showed Thought Visualization of Lan Muzi and Tang Yinmeng saying the same words, leaving the crowd convinced of Shrek Academy’s scheme.
• Long Yeyue seized Lan Muzi and fled to return to Shrek Academy and consult Yun Ming and Ya Li, while Chen Xinjie left to pursue the culprit behind the plague.
• Xia Yi told the victims’ families that he would keep Zhu’er’s Phoenix Heart-Linked Jade for self-protection because a Shrek Academy Limit Douluo had targeted him, then turned and left.

Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai discussed the turmoil across the continent and Leng Yulai’s stalled God of Evil inheritance before Xia Yi visited Gu Yue. Gu Yue asked to enter the space in Xia Yi’s Spiritual World to study the River Map and Luo Scroll, and Xia Yi decided to consult the memories of his previous life for another way.

• Leng Yaozhu worried over the Spirit Pagoda, Shrek Academy, and the Holy Spirit Cult, while Leng Yulai urged her to focus on the present.
• Leng Yulai explained that her God of Evil inheritance was on hold and refused Four-Word Battle Armor because asking Zhen Hua might expose her identity and implicate Xia Yi.
• Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai embraced and watched the sea while Xia Yi waited outside, then Xia Yi went to Gu Yue’s room.
• Gu Yue asked Xia Yi to let her enter the space in his Spiritual World, but Xia Yi refused to take her Martial Soul Origin.
• Gu Yue explained that she wanted to study the original River Map and Luo Scroll to forge a Cauldron of Luck, so Xia Yi decided to ask the memories of his previous life for another method.

Xia Yi learned more about the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon and received a cultivation method for Gu Yue from his previous-life memory body. Meanwhile, Long Yeyue told Yun Ming and Ya Li how her actions had exposed Shrek Academy's plague scheme, then begged Ya Li to save the academy.

• Xia Yi met his previous-life memory body, learned that the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon was circulating within him, and received its second part, which would let him open the memory space at will.
• The youth explained that only humans could cultivate the Inner Canon's second and third parts, while Gu Yue could learn a separate method in the memory space if she sealed her cultivation upon returning to the Douluo Continent.
• Xia Yi told Gu Yue what he had learned, and she reassured him that his heart and allegiance mattered more than his human bloodline.
• Xia Yi gave the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon to Leng Yulai, who left to share a copy with Leng Yaozhu.
• Long Yeyue told Yun Ming and Ya Li that her plague scheme had been exposed, and Yun Ming fainted in despair over Shrek Academy's fate.
• Long Yeyue knelt before Ya Li and begged her to persuade Xia Yi to call the Thought Visualization fake, but Ya Li questioned whether he would forgive Shrek Academy.

Ya Li expelled Long Yeyue and Lan Muzi from Shrek Academy and publicly accepted responsibility for Long Yeyue’s crimes to protect the Academy. Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect disavowed them, while federal investigators found nothing as the hunt for Long Yeyue began.

• Ya Li told Long Yeyue that Shrek Academy could survive only by separating itself from her and Lan Muzi.
• Long Yeyue realized Yun Ming had pretended to be unconscious so Ya Li would have to expel her, then left with Lan Muzi.
• Ya Li publicly detailed Long Yeyue’s schemes against Xia Yi and the plague she spread, expelled Long Yeyue and Lan Muzi, and stripped Lan Muzi of his successor status.
• Ya Li ordered Yun Ming to lead Shrek Academy’s teachers and Inner Court students in hunting Long Yeyue and Lan Muzi.
• The Tang Sect disavowed Long Yeyue and Lan Muzi, condemned their actions, and sent Soul Fighting Hall experts to pursue them.
• The Federal Government sent investigators to Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, but they found nothing.

Ya Li tried to divert attention from the Federation investigation by announcing Lin Pingzhi as a candidate for Sea God Pavilion Master, but the news sparked gossip about Yun Ming and Ya Li. The chapter ended with Ya Li confronting Yun Ming after realizing he had posed as the anonymous netizen who attacked him online.

• Ya Li sent Shrek Academy's powerhouses away so Federation investigators could inspect the academy without provoking a clash.
• Ya Li announced Lin Pingzhi as a candidate for the next Sea God Pavilion Master and opened an online vote to assess his support.
• Netizens used the announcement to spread crude rumors about Yun Ming, Ya Li, Long Yeyue, and Xia Yi.
• An anonymous netizen argued that Ya Li should pursue happiness with Xia Yi, prompting others to tag Ya Li, Yun Ming, and Xia Yi.
• Ya Li recognized the anonymous netizen as Yun Ming and angrily demanded an explanation, while Yun Ming said he had been helping divert attention.

Leng Yaozhu explained why Ya Li’s decision to expel Long Yeyue had alienated Yun Ming and the Sea God Pavilion elders, despite protecting Shrek Academy. Ya Li then asked Leng Yaozhu to forgive her over Light and Dark Douluo, but Leng Yaozhu refused to treat the matter as settled and asked what Ya Li wanted.

• Leng Yaozhu stopped Ya Li from confronting Yun Ming and explained that Shrek Academy’s elders saw Ya Li’s actions as a humiliating compromise that sacrificed the academy’s glory.
• Leng Yaozhu told Ya Li that Yun Ming was likely venting his hurt and advised her to give him time to calm down.
• Ya Li realized she had focused on protecting Shrek Academy’s reputation without considering whether Yun Ming and the other elders could accept her approach.
• Ya Li apologized to Leng Yaozhu over Light and Dark Douluo and asked to put the matter behind them.
• Leng Yaozhu said that expelling Long Yeyue did not settle her grievance and told Ya Li that Shrek Academy’s costs were its own responsibility.

Leng Yaozhu refused Ya Li’s offer to negotiate over Long Yeyue, while Ya Li told Yun Ming to make Chen Xinjie handle the matter himself. Yun Ming accepted that Shrek Academy had to rely on Chen Xinjie to protect Long Yeyue, but feared Chen Xinjie might blame the academy for their child’s death.

• Leng Yaozhu rejected Ya Li’s plea to spare Long Yeyue and said they would each rely on their own abilities.
• Ya Li returned to Shrek Academy and told Yun Ming to inform Chen Xinjie that Leng Yaozhu knew what he had done.
• Yun Ming reflected on his own responsibility for the crisis and resolved to support Ya Li while seeking a way to welcome Long Yeyue back.
• Long Hai objected to Ya Li allowing Federation investigators into Shrek Academy, but Yun Ming defended her decision and told him to inform Chen Xinjie about his child with Long Yeyue.
• Yun Ming hoped Chen Xinjie would protect Long Yeyue, but worried he might suspect Heavenly Favored Douluo had caused their child’s death.

Chen Xinjie learned that Long Yeyue had once borne his child, then suspected Shrek Academy might have caused the child’s death. After Long Yeyue rebuked him for doubting Shrek Academy, the two decided to leave Ming City and seek out the Demon Soul Great White Shark King.

• Long Hai told Chen Xinjie that Long Yeyue had been pregnant with his child, who died young, and warned that Leng Yaozhu knew where she was.
• Chen Xinjie accused Long Hai of manipulating him, while Long Hai condemned him for sheltering the Federation’s wanted criminal; Chen then ordered him to leave and warned that he suspected Shrek Academy had caused the child’s death.
• Chen Xinjie resolved to protect Long Yeyue from Leng Yaozhu, then returned to her and was slapped for suspecting Shrek Academy and her former husband.
• Long Yeyue asked Chen Xinjie to find a place where she and Lan Muzi could hide, and Chen proposed they go to sea to find the Demon Soul Great White Shark King.
• Long Yeyue agreed to seek an explanation and avenge the Shrek Academy students who had died, rejecting Chen Xinjie’s suggestion that their deaths might have been a misunderstanding.

Xia Hong defied Xu Cangyu and led a small police force to arrest Long Yeyue, who struck back rather than flee. A masked young man intervened, but Xia Hong revealed unexpected power and defeated Long Yeyue with a wooden stick that turned out to be disposable chopsticks.

• Leng Yaozhu decided to expose Chen Xinjie's sheltering of Long Yeyue, prompting Chen Xinjie to prepare to leave Ming City with her.
• Xu Cangyu tried to stop Xia Hong from arresting Long Yeyue, but Xia Hong assembled nine police cars and set out for Chen Xinjie's estate.
• Chen Xinjie left with Lan Muzi while Long Yeyue stayed behind and dragged Xia Hong's approaching police cars into darkness.
• A masked young man trapped Xu Cangyu in a spiritual domain as Long Yeyue attacked the police convoy.
• Xia Hong broke through Long Yeyue's darkness with a wooden staff, knocked her down, and revealed the staff had been disposable chopsticks.

Xia Hong arrested Long Yeyue and brought Yun Ming to the police station, where Federation officials took custody of Long Yeyue. Yun Ming proposed provoking an Abyssal attack to sway public opinion and save her from execution, and Chen Xinjie agreed despite the danger.

• Xia Hong used upgraded restraints to seal Long Yeyue’s powers and ordered the police to take her to the station under Federation law.
• Xia Hong brought Yun Ming in for investigation, and he cooperated before being released after a fine and an ideological warning.
• Lang Tian arrived with officials and took Long Yeyue away, while Yun Ming went to tell Chen Xinjie what had happened.
• Chen Xinjie wanted to act against those who had taken Long Yeyue, but Yun Ming said he had a way to save her.
• Yun Ming revealed that he had asked the Tang Sect and Heartless Douluo to lure Abyssal Creatures toward the Endless Mountains so frightening footage could turn public opinion in Long Yeyue’s favor.
• Chen Xinjie warned Yun Ming of the consequences of endangering the Abyssal Passage, then agreed to help save Long Yeyue.

Ya Li confronted Yun Ming after learning that he had lured Abyssal Creatures to Douluo Continent to save Long Yeyue, then withdrew from Shrek Academy and Sea God Pavilion. Meanwhile, Leng Yulai told Xia Yi that Leng Yaozhu had joined the Blood God Legion and was preparing to break through to quasi-god, while Leng Yulai herself expected to reach Limit within three years.

• Ya Li slapped Yun Ming and accused him of sacrificing Blood God Legion soldiers to save Long Yeyue; Yun Ming admitted he could not watch her die.
• Ya Li denounced Shrek Academy, declared she would no longer involve herself in its affairs, and left after Na'er blamed Xia Yi for the crisis.
• Ya Li decided Na'er could not remain at Shrek Academy after seeing her defend Yun Ming's actions and blame Xia Yi.
• Leng Yulai told Xia Yi that Leng Yaozhu had joined the Blood God Legion because the Federation required major organizations to send Limit Douluo to the Abyssal Battlefield.
• Leng Yulai explained that Leng Yaozhu planned to use the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon to reach quasi-god, while her own injuries could be repaired and she expected to reach Limit within three years.

Ya Li brought the recovered Na'er aboard the Star Luo but hesitated to confront Xia Yi over Tang Yinmeng’s death. As the exchange ships neared the Star Luo Empire, Chen Xinjie killed the Demon Octopus King and presented its corpse to the cheering survivors.

• Ya Li returned to her room without speaking to Xia Yi, still conflicted about his refusal to save Tang Yinmeng.
• The Sea God Warship and the White Tiger escorted the two ocean liners toward the Star Luo Empire, while Dai Tianshu secretly recorded the Federation warship.
• After several dozen days, the ships reached the Star Luo coastline, where a surge of Soul Power signaled another sea beast attack.
• Dai Tianshu sent out the White Tiger’s Mechas and fighter jets, and the Demon Octopus King appeared as a corpse rising from the sea.
• Chen Xinjie appeared above the water with the Demon Octopus King’s body and declared that he had slain the beast.
• The passengers and people on the docks cheered Chen Xinjie for avenging the fallen.

Chen Xinjie announced that he had killed the Demon Octopus King, while the Demon Empress used her merchant cover to arrange sales for ancient relics in Star Luo. She considered Lan Fozi’s future and focused on provoking war between the Star Luo Empire and the Sun Moon Federation.

• Chen Xinjie revealed that he had killed the Demon Octopus King, whom Xiao Bai had helped him locate, and the Sea Soul Beasts fell silent.
• The Demon Empress watched from the Star Luo and welcomed the death of the Demon Octopus King, a devoted believer in the Sea God.
• The Demon Empress gave Jiang Yuan a Storage Soul Tool of ancient relics, including a skull and a tombstone naming Dai Mubai, and agreed to contact him about selling them.
• The Demon Empress reflected that Lan Fozi might be safer with the Star Dou Forest than the Holy Spirit Cult, but worried that Lan Fozi hated Xia Yi.
• The Demon Empress set aside thoughts of persuading Lan Fozi and prioritized provoking a war between the Star Luo Empire and the Sun Moon Federation.

Chen Xinjie announced that the Demon Octopus King's Soul Spirit and Spirit Bone would go to the youth two-person champions of the upcoming tournament, triggering a scramble across the continents. As the Douluo Continent delegation approached Star Luo City, the Green Skull Organization, the Tang Sect branch, and the Star Luo Empire prepared for the coming chaos.

• Chen Xinjie declared that the Demon Octopus King's Soul Spirit and Spirit Bone would be awarded to the tournament's youth two-person champions, stirring ambition among both delegations.
• Xia Yi and Gu Yue contacted Leng Yaozhu, who warned them about threats on both continents and suggested bringing Leng Yulai out of hiding if necessary.
• Xia Yi considered revealing Leng Yulai's past to the Demon Empress and believed he could deal with both her and Qiangu Dongfeng.
• The Green Skull Organization ordered Tiankui Douluo, Liuyue Douluo, and Guimu Douluo to pursue the prize and eliminate potential rivals, while Hu Jie vowed that the Tang Sect branch would defeat Xia Yi.
• Dai Tianling ordered Star Luo City's defenses strengthened and competitors investigated as the delegation neared the heavily fortified capital.

After Ya Li confronted Xia Yi about Leng Yulai staying in his room, Xia Yi explained that Leng Yaozhu had sent her to protect him and Yue'er. The Demon Empress agreed to cover Leng Yulai's past ties to the Holy Spirit Cult in exchange for Xia Yi forging armor and a mecha for her and her daughter, while Xia Yi planned to study the equipment for Little Ice.

• Leng Yulai emerged from Xia Yi's room, and Ya Li angrily demanded to know why she had spent the night there.
• Xia Yi told Ya Li that Leng Yaozhu had sent Leng Yulai to protect him and Yue'er from threats, but Ya Li left after warning him that Leng Yulai might have ulterior motives.
• The Demon Empress appeared and agreed to claim Leng Yulai had been her undercover agent, preventing the Holy Spirit Cult from targeting her or fearing she might expose its secrets.
• The Demon Empress gave Xia Yi Mu Ye's Four-Word Battle Armor and Red Mecha in exchange for his promise to forge equipment for her and her daughter after becoming a Divine Craftsman.
• Xia Yi accepted the equipment so he could study it, while the Ice God's Heart intended to use the Red Mecha to upgrade Little Ice into a form resembling the Heavenly Snow Woman.

Xia Yi secured Demon Empress’s agreement regarding Leng Yulai, then took Yuanen Yehui out to find a way for her to earn money and repay her forging debt. He brought her into a clothing company, leaving her flustered by thoughts that he might be buying her a gift.

• Demon Empress agreed to Xia Yi’s arrangement concerning Leng Yulai, and Xia Yi left satisfied.
• Yuanen Yehui asked Xia Yi for a few more days to repay her debt, and he told her to change back into her female appearance before taking her out.
• Xia Yi walked through Star Luo City with Yuanen Yehui and eventually stopped at Star Luo Caiyun Limited Company.
• Yuanen Yehui assumed Xia Yi might be buying her clothes and wondered whether accepting a gift could affect the debt she owed.
• A receptionist greeted Xia Yi and Yuanen Yehui, jolting Yuanen Yehui out of her thoughts and making her blush with embarrassment.

Xia Yi helped Yuanen Yehui secure a clothing sponsorship from Star Luo Caiyun Limited Company so she could earn money to repay her forging debt. After Yuanen Yehui left, Xia Yi revealed that Gu Yue had assigned him to make her depend on him and follow him until she became a Title Douluo.

• Xia Yi and Yuanen Yehui met with Ma Yi, the general manager of Star Luo Caiyun Limited Company, and Xia Yi proposed using Yuanen Yehui to promote the company’s clothes during the tournament.
• Xia Yi negotiated a sponsorship deal worth different amounts per singles, doubles, and team match, while Ma Yi requested to design Yuanen Yehui’s outfits and learn her physical and combat details.
• Ma Yi, Yuanen Yehui, and Xia Yi left the meeting pleased, as the deal would help Yuanen Yehui repay her One-Word Battle Armor forging fee and provide her with free outfits.
• Yuanen Yehui thanked Xia Yi for solving her money problem, and Xia Yi told her she would have to earn the Two-Word Battle Armor forging fee herself.
• After Yuanen Yehui departed, Xia Yi revealed that Gu Yue had sent him to make her depend on him and follow him until she reached Title Douluo, and he worried she might become like Mu Xi.