Chapter Summaries

Zhu Ziyang brought Huo Yuhao to the Clear Sky Sect to confront the people who had injured Shrek Academy’s Vice Pavilion Master. After the Clear Sky Sect elder admitted to the attack and struck first, Zhu Ziyang froze him, disarmed him, and forced him to his knees.

• The Eternal Spirit Pagoda’s Soul Spirit System established its basic framework, and nearly a hundred Shrek Academy students completed Soul Spirit Contracts.
• Di Tian expanded his control over Soul Beast gathering places and sent Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts to block entrances to the Star Dou Great Forest, increasing the Pagoda’s workload.
• Zhu Ziyang summoned Huo Yuhao, whose Soul Power had risen to Rank 75, and proposed visiting the Clear Sky Sect.
• Zhu Ziyang carried Huo Yuhao past the mountain’s flight restriction and confronted the Titan Giant Ape and a Clear Sky Sect elder over the injury to Shrek Academy’s Vice Pavilion Master.
• The elder admitted injuring the Vice Pavilion Master and attacked Zhu Ziyang, who froze him, removed his Martial Soul, forced him to his knees, and slapped him twice.

Zhu Ziyang learned that Xiao Xiao had awakened and left Clear Sky Fortress, but he suspected the Sea God might have manipulated her and Wang Dong'er. After returning to Shrek Academy, he arranged for the academy and his companions to be cared for, then prepared to inherit the God of Death Divine Position.

• Zhu Ziyang slapped Elder Tang unconscious and forced the Titan Giant Ape to admit that Xiao Xiao had left Clear Sky Fortress after waking, while saying Wang Dong'er was with her.
• Zhu Ziyang warned the Titan Giant Ape against causing trouble again, then told Huo Yuhao that Xiao Xiao might have lost her memories or been controlled by the Sea God.
• Zhu Ziyang returned to Shrek Academy, gave medicinal liquid to Fifth Huan'er, Ma Xiaotao, and Huo Yuhao, and entrusted the academy to Xian Liner, Cai Meier, and Elder Lin before entering seclusion.
• Zhu Ziyang helped Qian Lingyi obtain a hundred-thousand-year Sun Worm Emperor as her Soul Spirit, raising her cultivation to Rank 94, then left her medicinal liquid as she continued traveling to eliminate Evil Soul Masters.
• Zhu Ziyang spent time in Mingdu, returned to Heavenly Origin Pavilion, and vanished as he began his final preparations to inherit the God of Death Divine Position.

Zhu Ziyang learned from the God of Death about Douluo Star’s place in the universe, the origins of the Douluo God Realm, and the divine history that preceded the God Realm Cataclysm. The chapter ended with the God of Death lamenting how the cataclysm had reduced the God Realm and transformed Douluo Star.

• The God of Death explained that Douluo Star had once been the divine center of the Dragon God Domain and that its continents had formed from the Continent of Gods after the God Realm Cataclysm.
• The God of Death warned Zhu Ziyang that divine positions could limit a god’s growth and urged him not to rely on his inherited power before reaching God King-level life cultivation.
• The God of Death recounted how the Dragon God partnered with Douluo Star, taught its native gods, and witnessed the rise of the Eight God Kings and the Douluo God Realm.
• The God of Death described how the Dragon God fathered descendants across the starry sky, including the Dragon God’s Sons, and criticized his behavior.
• The God of Death recounted how the God Realm Cataclysm killed gods, destroyed the Douluo Dragon Clan, and forced Douluo Star to sever itself from the God Realm.
• The God of Death connected the cataclysm to the appearance of martial souls on Douluo Star and ended by lamenting what had been lost.

Zhu Ziyang inherited the God of Death position after Xiaobai departed, then examined his new divine powers and the growth of his soul spirits. He brought the inheritance land into his demigod plane and prepared to find his teacher, while the God Realm sensed the birth of a new God of Death.

• Xiaobai congratulated Zhu Ziyang, returned the Rakshasa God Divine Position, and warned him not to wield two origin laws beneath the Douluo Starry Sky.
• Xiaobai departed for the Land of Finality, leaving his soul to return to the laws of the starry sky, and Zhu Ziyang silently bid him farewell.
• Zhu Ziyang tested his God King Robe, God of Death Set, World-Pacifying Death Scythe, and Heavenly Frost White Dragon King armor as he assessed his new godhood.
• Zhu Ziyang summoned his five soul spirits and learned that Snow Empress, Di'er Shuang, and Quan'er had reached god level, while Ice Empress and Luer were close behind.
• Zhu Ziyang brought the inheritance land into the Holy Law Demigod Plane and said he would find his teacher.
• The God Realm Core informed a male god and a female god that a new God of Death had been born.

After successfully inheriting his godhood, Zhu Ziyang returned to Shrek Academy and learned that the Sun Moon Empire had conquered the Heaven Dou Empire. He summoned the academy’s Elders to discuss the continent’s upheaval, while Princess Vina waited at the academy hoping they would rescue her captured father.

• Zhu Ziyang returned to the Holy Law Demigod Plane, confirmed his success to Electrolux, and discussed godhood with his teacher.
• Zhu Ziyang returned to the Heavenly Origin Pavilion, where Mu En congratulated him but declined his offer of revival.
• Zhu Ziyang sensed Vina at Shrek Academy and called the Elders together to learn what had happened during his year in seclusion.
• Xian Liner explained that the Sun Moon Empire had conquered the Heaven Dou Empire in five months, captured its emperor, and killed Du Busi and the Body Sect’s fourteen Titled Douluo.
• Shrek Academy had declared neutrality in the war, prompting nearly seventy percent of its Outer Court students to leave, while the Star Luo and Dou Ling Empires prepared nervously for possible attacks.
• The Sun Moon Empire paused after its conquest to consolidate control of the Heaven Dou Empire, leaving the other empires uncertain about what would come next.

Zhu Ziyang returned from seclusion to find Shrek Academy addressing the aftermath of the Heaven Dou Empire’s fall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s request for protection. He checked on Ma Xiaotao’s progress toward becoming a god, then arrived at Shrek Plaza to speak to the gathered students and disciples.

• Zhu Ziyang agreed to accept the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Ning Family as an affiliated family, on the condition that its descendants join the Shrek Academy Inspection Group.
• Zhu Ziyang reunited with Fifth Huan'er beneath the Golden Ancient Tree and learned that Ma Xiaotao had resumed seclusion to become a god.
• Zhu Ziyang sensed Ma Xiaotao converting her Soul Power into Divine Power and estimated she would emerge within half a year, ready to inherit the God of Fire position.
• Zhu Ziyang and the Heavenly Origin Pavilion elders arrived at Shrek Plaza, where Outer Court students and Inner Court disciples had gathered for his speech.

Zhu Ziyang explained Shrek Academy’s plans to guide Soul Masters toward paths suited to their Martial Souls and confirmed that it would not intervene to save the former kingdoms. He then told Huo Yuhao that Tang Wutong carried parts of Xiao Xiao’s and Wang Dong’er’s souls, and urged him to return after inheriting the God of Emotion’s Divine Position.

• Zhu Ziyang described Shrek Academy’s goal of promoting research and encouraging Soul Masters to choose roles suited to their Martial Souls.
• After Zhu Ziyang’s speech spread, Vina questioned him about Shrek Academy’s inaction, and he said unification was inevitable; Han Ruoruo offered her refuge or help rejoining her companions.
• Huo Yuhao told Zhu Ziyang that Tang Wutong’s presence caused him grief, and Zhu Ziyang confirmed that her soul combined traits from Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong’er.
• Zhu Ziyang told Huo Yuhao that he could recover Xiao Xiao by separating her soul from Tang Wutong after becoming a god.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that the God of Emotion had chosen him for a Divine Position Assessment, and Zhu Ziyang told him to return as soon as he inherited it.

Zhu Ziyang returned to Mingdu and reunited with Zhang Lexuan, who had consolidated her rule over the Sun Moon Empire and prepared its next campaign. They spent the night together and discussed their children, the planned takeover of the Dou Ling Empire, and Nannan’s pursuit of godhood.

• Zhang Lexuan eradicated the Xishui Alliance and purged most Evil Soul Masters from the Sun Moon Empire while absorbing Mingdu’s other underground factions.
• Zhu Ziyang flew into the imperial palace and reunited with Zhang Lexuan, urging her to stop working and rest.
• Zhu Ziyang and Zhang Lexuan spent the night together and talked about their two-year-old children, Huanghuang and Jingjing.
• Zhang Lexuan told Zhu Ziyang that the Sun Moon Empire planned to target the Dou Ling Imperial Family and the Five Great Noble Clans in about half a year.
• Zhang Lexuan told Zhu Ziyang that Nannan had gone to the Moon South Archipelago to inherit a godhood, and he welcomed the news.

Zhu Ziyang attended Shrek Academy’s first freshman opening ceremony, where Cai Meier announced reforms supported by the Heavenly Origin Plan. After reviewing the incoming students, he singled out several promising freshmen and decided to intensify Zhu Ziguang’s training.

• Cai Meier announced annual student subsidies, achievement rankings, the abolition of bottom-rank expulsions, and new Soul Power requirements for advancing years.
• Zhu Ziyang reviewed the records of the 425 freshmen and noted that most had graduated from Heavenly Origin Academies.
• Zhu Ziyang compared Zhu Ziguang with Lei Ting and Yi Yi, deciding Yi Yi’s support-type talent deserved closer attention and cultivation.
• Zhu Ziyang concluded that Zhu Ziguang was falling behind his peers and resolved to make his younger brother train harder.
• The freshmen left Shrek Plaza with their homeroom teachers, and Zhu Ziyang watched the promising students with anticipation.

Ma Xiaotao emerged from seclusion as the new God of Fire, while Zhu Ziyang learned that the Sun Moon Empire had seized the Dou Ling Empire and that Xu Sanshi’s mother wanted Shrek Academy to support her son’s claim to the throne. The continent’s unification drew closer as Shrek considered how to handle her request.

• Zhu Ziyang advised Qian Lingyi to delay attacking the Holy Spirit Cult until she reached Rank 99 and eliminated the Evil Soul Masters operating elsewhere, and she set out to continue her mission.
• Ma Xiaotao emerged from seclusion and told Zhu Ziyang that she had become the new God of Fire.
• Xian Liner and Cai Meier reported that the Sun Moon Empire had captured the Dou Ling Emperor and Imperial Family, wiped out the Five Great Noble Clans, and begun occupying the empire.
• Xian Liner revealed that Xue Lingxun had come to ask Shrek Academy to support her son’s ascension as emperor, and Zhu Ziyang realized she was Xu Sanshi’s mother.
• Xian Liner said Xu Sanshi had vanished after meeting Xue Lingxun, and Zhu Ziyang advised the deans to explain Shrek Academy’s position to her.

Zhu Ziyang reunited with his family in Mingdu and discussed the Sun Moon Empire’s plans to unify the continent. Meanwhile, Qian Lingyi destroyed the Holy Spirit Cult and killed Ye Xishui, while Ditian subdued the Evil Eye Tyrant clan and Huo Yuhao obtained the Evil Emperor as his Soul Spirit.

• Zhu Ziyang met his children and parents in the imperial garden, then learned that Anyang City had peacefully accepted Sun Moon Empire rule.
• Zhu Ziyang, Zhang Lexuan, Jiang Nannan, and Ma Xiaotao discussed an offensive against the Star Luo Empire planned for the following year.
• Qian Lingyi destroyed the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters and defeated Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui, who agreed to face judgment to spare Long Xiaoyao.
• Qian Lingyi killed Ye Xishui and departed as she reached the final step toward becoming the God of Angels.
• Ditian subdued the Evil Demon Forest and the surviving Evil Eye Tyrant clan, while Huo Yuhao gained the Evil Emperor as his Soul Spirit.

As the Sun Moon Empire prepared to capture Star Luo City, Sea God Tang San appeared and ordered its forces to withdraw, threatening to replace its people if they refused. Zhu Ziyang revealed his godhood and challenged Tang San to answer for interfering in the lower realm.

• The Sun Moon Empire surrounded Star Luo City after conquering nearly all of the Star Luo Empire, and Xu Qianxuan prepared his troops for the final battle.
• Zhu Ziyang waited for Sea God Tang San to intervene, while Huo Yuhao and the Sun Moon military gathered outside the city.
• Tang San descended in divine light and commanded the Sun Moon Empire to surrender its conquests and rename itself the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Tang San threatened to replace the Sun Moon Empire's people when Xu Qianxuan refused to withdraw.
• Zhu Ziyang appeared, accused Tang San of violating the God Realm's ban on interfering in the lower realm, and revealed his God of Death power before challenging him.

Zhu Ziyang helped unify Douluo Continent, prepared Huo Yuhao to oppose Tang San in the God Realm, and shaped the Great Ming Empire while raising his children. After ninety-one years, he left the mortal world with five companions, casting away the bracelet that housed the library before ascending.

• Zhu Ziyang stopped Tang San from taking Tang Wutong, and Tang San fled when Jiang Nannan, Ma Xiaotao, and Qian Lingyi arrived; Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei later surrendered, unifying Douluo Continent under the Great Ming Empire.
• Zhu Ziyang gave Huo Yuhao the Rakshasa God Divine Position, and Huo Yuhao used his Emotional Origin to restore it to the God King level before leaving for the God Realm with Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er.
• Zhang Lexuan named Zhu Yuhuang Crown Prince and Zhu Yuyue Moon Goddess Princess, while the Great Ming Empire reorganized soul master affairs, education, and the Soul Spirit system.
• A blue shooting star fell into the Douluo Sea, and Zhu Ziyang recognized it as a sign that Huo Yuhao and his allies had gained the upper hand against Sea God Tang San.
• In the empire's ninety-first year, Zhu Ziyang left Douluo Continent with Jiang Nannan, Ma Xiaotao, Qian Lingyi, Zhang Lexuan, and Fifth Huan'er, throwing his Emerald Jade Bracelet into space before ascending to the God Realm.

Huo Yuhao arrived in the God Realm as the new Rakshasa God and confronted Tang San over his treatment of Wang Dong'er. After Huo Yuhao defeated him, Tang San sacrificed the Sea God Divine Position, lost their final battle, and died when Wang Dong'er revealed that he had cut her soul in half and declared their family ties severed.

• Rong Nianbing escorted Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong'er to the God Realm Committee, where the gods welcomed Huo Yuhao as a God King.
• Wang Dong'er rejected Xiao Wu and Tang San, and Huo Yuhao challenged Tang San after Tang San dismissed her suffering as a mistake made for her own good.
• Huo Yuhao overwhelmed Tang San in battle, and Tang San tried to transform into the Asura God but found the Divine Position rejecting him.
• Tang San crippled his Sea God Divine Position and fought Huo Yuhao for three days and nights before losing when his power ran dry.
• Wang Dong'er revealed that Tang San had cut her soul in half for his plans, renounced him as her father, and Tang San died after collapsing in despair.

In Imperial Calendar Year 10, Zhang Lexuan issued the Decree of the Soul Master Overlord, bringing Martial Soul awakenings, Soul Master registration, and welfare under imperial control. After the reforms unified the Soul Master World, Zhu Yuhuang succeeded Her Majesty the Empress and reorganized the Empire’s Soul Master institutions under Douluo Hall.

• The decree reclaimed independent Martial Soul awakening authority from sects and clans and established the Martial Soul Department to oversee awakenings and register Soul Masters.
• The Empire introduced Soul Master Certificates and annual subsidies for lower-level Soul Masters, while higher-level Soul Masters received imperial titles and yearly opportunities to seek Divine Trials.
• Zhu Ziyang, Ma Xiaotao, Jiang Nannan, Qian Lingyi, and Huo Yuhao created Divine Trials, and Zhang Lexuan established the Divine Spirit Hall to administer them.
• By October of Imperial Calendar Year 12, every sect and clan had submitted, completing the Empire’s unification of the Soul Master World.
• In Imperial Calendar Year 30, Zhu Yuhuang succeeded Her Majesty the Empress and merged Douluo Hall, Worship Hall, and Divine Spirit Hall into a reorganized Douluo Hall with the Divine Pavilion, Titled Pavilion, and Soul Master Pavilion.

Zhu Ziyang and his companions arrived in the God Realm, where the Life Goddess introduced them to the gods and helped him take up the authority of the God of Death. They settled into the Creation God Palace, beginning their life in the God Realm.

• The Life Goddess welcomed Zhu Ziyang, Jiang Nannan, Ma Xiaotao, Qian Lingyi, Zhang Lexuan, and Fifth Huan'er to the God Realm.
• At the God Realm Committee, the God Kings bestowed the God Realm’s authority on Zhu Ziyang, and the assembled Main Gods paid their respects to him.
• Ji Dong invited Zhu Ziyang to visit the Good and Evil Palace, while Huo Yuhao told him he would be at the Rakshasa Palace with Xiao Xiao and Dong'er.
• The Life Goddess led Zhu Ziyang and the five women to the Creation God Palace, explaining that the God of Death’s divine domain was outside the God Realm.
• Zhu Ziyang and his companions entered the Creation God Palace as their new residence, and the Life Goddess suggested they could move their other divine palaces there.

Zhu Ziyang spent time with Electrolux, Ji Dong, and Huo Yuhao in the Death God Domain as they played chess, drank, and discussed his planned departure for the stars. He intended to leave after the Life Goddess gave birth, and he planned to pass his Death God Divine Position to her, potentially allowing the God Realm to gain two new God Kings.

• Zhu Ziyang beat Electrolux at chess again before Ji Dong and Huo Yuhao arrived to invite him for drinks.
• Ji Dong and Huo Yuhao explained that Senior Destruction had covered their God Realm Committee shifts, and Zhu Ziyang joined them for food and wine.
• The three reminisced over Ji Dong's famous drink and Huo Yuhao's grilled Snow Dragon Fish while lamenting that Brother Nian had left the God Realm.
• Zhu Ziyang told Ji Dong he would leave for the stars after Senior Life gave birth, explaining that he had stayed to protect the Life Goddess and her child.
• Zhu Ziyang said he would give his Death God Divine Position to Senior Life and noted that Senior Destruction still held the Asura God Divine Position, potentially bringing two new God Kings to the God Realm.
• Huo Yuhao admitted he also wanted to explore the stars, leaving Ji Dong worried that his drinking companions would both depart.

Zhu Ziyang and his five wives visited the Life Goddess after she gave birth to Xiao Qing, whose only unusual trait was her different-colored eyes. Zhu Ziyang confirmed that he would leave the God Realm in a month, and the Life Goddess promised to see him off.

• Zhu Ziyang congratulated the God of Destruction, who asked him to stay in the God Realm, but Zhu Ziyang refused because he had already made other plans.
• Jiang Nannan and the others expressed their desire to have children with Zhu Ziyang, though they knew the difference in their life levels made conception unlikely.
• The Life Goddess welcomed Zhu Ziyang and his wives, and the Goddess of Spring brought Xiao Qing to meet them.
• Jiang Nannan woke Xiao Qing by touching her, revealing that the baby's left eye was purple and her right eye was green.
• The Life Goddess explained that Xiao Qing's ordinary abilities did not trouble her, and Zhu Ziyang said he would leave in a month.

Zhu Ziyang relinquished his God of Death position and left the God Realm with his wives to travel the stars, entrusting his family and the Douluo Faction to their friends. He and Electrolux entered the void to seek Electrolux’s starry sky, adapting to a realm where ordinary laws and communication did not function.

• Zhu Ziyang and three of his wives relinquished their divine positions before bidding farewell to the gods and their family at the Heavenly Gate.
• Zhu Ziyang urged Huo Yuhao to look after the Douluo Faction and told Zhu Yuhuang, Zhu Yuyue, and Xiao Hongchen to seek help from their uncles and aunts if they needed it.
• Zhu Ziyang warned the God of Destruction to be cautious, then left the God Realm with his five wives.
• Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux stood at the edge of the Douluo Starry Sky and prepared to cross the void toward Electrolux’s starry sky.
• Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux entered the void, where they could not sense its laws or communicate normally, and began following Electrolux’s faint sense of direction.

Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux returned to the Holy Demon Starry Sky, where Electrolux recovered his memories and led the group to Imperial Dragon Pass to meet Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er. As they watched the human and demon leaders reconcile, Moon Demon God Agares warned that Austin Griffin threatened to destroy all life, and Zhu Ziyang recognized the creature beside Long Haochen as a possible danger.

• Zhu Ziyang and Electrolux entered the Holy Demon Starry Sky, where Electrolux absorbed his scattered soul fragments and recovered his memories.
• Electrolux told Zhu Ziyang about his disciples Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er, then guided the group toward the Holy Demon Continent.
• At Imperial Dragon Pass, Bai Yue revealed that she was Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu's daughter and that Long Haochen was Feng Xiu's grandson, leaving Long Xingyu stunned.
• Bai Yue, Feng Xiu, and Long Haochen embraced and wept on the battlefield, leaving the human and demon forces uncertain whether to fight or make peace.
• Moon Demon God Agares warned Long Haochen that Austin Griffin was alive and threatened all life, while Electrolux identified it as the God of Retribution, the Nine-Headed Chimera.
• Zhu Ziyang spotted the Eight-Headed Purple-Gold Bright Moon Sword beside Long Haochen and watched warily as a new change began on the battlefield.