Chapter Summaries

Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan were caught in Rota’s attack on Heaven Dou Imperial City, where Yu Tianheng destroyed one flaming tornado and protected them. Rota waited for the empire’s strongest fighters to arrive as Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan left to find Dugu Yan’s grandfather.

• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan celebrated her breakthrough by shopping, but Yu Tianheng sensed that something was wrong in the city.
• Rota launched several fire dragons that became flaming tornadoes across Heaven Dou Imperial City to draw the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s attention.
• Yu Tianheng shielded Dugu Yan from one tornado and destroyed it with lightning, though his arm was scorched.
• Yu Tianheng decided to take Dugu Yan to find Grandpa Dugu while the other tornadoes continued to ravage the city.
• Rota praised Yu Tianheng’s strength from a rooftop as guards spotted him and moved to surround him.

Rota slaughtered nearly two thousand Heavenly Dou guards before Dugu Bo arrived to stop him. Dugu Bo unleashed his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor form, but Rota interrupted his attack and forced him to keep his distance while he stalled for reinforcements.

• Rota knocked out the guards' captain and killed the guards who charged him with spears and Body Techniques.
• Rota drew his scythe and fan, killing nearly nineteen hundred Heavenly Dou guards and leaving fewer than a hundred alive.
• Dugu Bo arrived and confronted Rota, who mocked him and welcomed the chance to fight.
• Dugu Bo transformed into the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor and began charging Jade Phosphor Divine Light.
• Rota kicked the serpent emperor and interrupted Dugu Bo's attack, while Dugu Bo evaded Rota's follow-up and resolved to keep him at a distance until reinforcements arrived.

Rota overwhelmed Dugu Bo outside Heaven Dou Imperial City and was about to kill him when Sword Douluo Chen Xin intervened. Dugu Bo withdrew, and Chen Xin prepared to face Rota while Bone Douluo dealt with the fire tornadoes.

• Dugu Bo used Time-Space Imprisonment, but Rota blocked the soul skill with Susanoo Armor.
• Dugu Bo tried to persuade Rota to move the fight away from the city, but Rota kicked him beyond the walls and battered him into the ground.
• Rota repeatedly struck Dugu Bo until he gave up fighting, then raised his scythe to kill him.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrived and blocked Rota's scythe, allowing Dugu Bo to retreat.
• Rota learned Bone Douluo was dealing with the fire tornadoes as Chen Xin challenged him over his actions.

Sword Douluo confronted Rota, who was posing as Uchiha Madara, and proved strong enough to impress him. Rota gave Sword Douluo one day to gather allies and defeat him, while Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo awaited Sword Douluo’s return in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.

• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo had agreed that only one of them would face Uchiha Madara to protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, so Sword Douluo confronted Rota alone.
• Sword Douluo and Rota clashed, and Sword Douluo used successive Soul Skills before Rota blocked his strike with the Uchiha Fan and reflected its force back at him.
• Rota praised Sword Douluo’s strength, but refused to spare the Heaven Dou Empire and said his goal was to conquer the continent.
• Rota offered to consider stopping if Sword Douluo’s allies could defeat him, and gave them at most one day to prepare.
• Sword Douluo returned to Heaven Dou Imperial City, where Ning Fengzhi and the others were waiting and Bone Douluo reassured Ning Fengzhi.

Chen Xin warned Xue Qinghe and the others that Uchiha Madara would require at least five Titled Douluo to defeat, so Xue Qinghe sought reinforcements from the Star Luo Empire. The Star Luo Empire agreed to send one Titled Douluo and ten thousand soldiers, leaving Heaven Dou short of the strength Chen Xin believed they needed.

• Chen Xin told Xue Qinghe that Madara had agreed to stop if they defeated him, and proposed requesting at least two Titled Douluo from the Star Luo Empire.
• Chen Xin warned that five Titled Douluo would only be the minimum, alarming the court as Xue Qinghe took charge of the crisis.
• Xue Qinghe contacted the Star Luo Emperor, who agreed to send one Titled Douluo and ten thousand soldiers to support Heaven Dou within a day.
• Chen Xin asked whether Dugu Bo would recover by the next day, while the group lamented that Tang Hao and the deceased Flying Cloud Douluo could not help them.

Xue Qinghe and the Star Luo Empire’s forces joined Chen Xin, Bone Douluo, and Dugu Bo to confront Uchiha Madara on the battlefield. The fight began with Chen Xin exchanging blows with Madara, who dodged a returning Seven Kill Sword as the battle continued.

• Xue Qinghe assigned Chen Xin, Bone Douluo, and Dugu Bo their roles and promised ten thousand Heaven Dou soldiers as support.
• Xue Qinghe led the Heaven Dou soldiers to the battlefield as Evil Tiger Douluo arrived with Star Luo forces.
• Evil Tiger Douluo joined Chen Xin, Bone Douluo, and Dugu Bo, and the four Titled Douluo faced Uchiha Madara together.
• Chen Xin attacked Madara with the Seven Kill Sword, and their clash drew cheers from the Heaven Dou soldiers.
• Chen Xin threw his sword at Madara, then used its return to attack from behind; Madara dodged it at the last moment.

Rota, posing as Uchiha Madara, outmaneuvered Chen Xin and the other Douluo in battle with Gu Rong’s spatial ability. After trapping them in a shrinking wall of fire and predicting where they would emerge, he struck them with another fire technique and prepared to end the fight.

• Gu Rong redirected Chen Xin’s Seven Kill Sword through a spatial vortex, and Rota recognized the trick before attacking him with a Great Fireball.
• Dugu Bo and Evil Tiger Douluo joined the battle, but Evil Tiger Douluo’s punch only knocked Rota back and left him unharmed.
• Rota revealed his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and surrounded Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Dugu Bo, and Evil Tiger Douluo with a towering, shrinking wall of fire.
• Gu Rong opened a spatial vortex to lead the four away, but Rota predicted their exit and ambushed them with Great Fire Destruction.
• Chen Xin split the incoming flames with his sword, while Rota mocked the group and announced that he would end the fight.

Rota summoned an armored Tengu Susanoo and devastated the Star Luo army, then overwhelmed Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, and Evil Tiger Douluo in battle. Gu Rong pulled the wounded fighters into an alternate space just before Rota’s slash struck them, leaving their survival uncertain.

• Chen Xin received a boost to his Soul Power from Ning Fengzhi and told Gu Rong to protect him and Fengzhi if things went wrong.
• Rota formed Tengu Susanoo and killed nearly ten thousand Star Luo soldiers with a single Katana strike, shattering the armies’ morale.
• Chen Xin used his Seven Kill True Body while Dugu Bo and Evil Tiger Douluo joined him to resist Rota’s attack.
• Rota’s Katana broke Chen Xin’s Seven Kill Sword, and his follow-up slash cut through Gu Rong’s bone dragon.
• Gu Rong opened a spatial vortex and pulled Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, and Evil Tiger Douluo out of the attack, though all three were injured.

Rota completed the mission to conquer the continent and used the dust from his battle with the group to disguise his role-playing switch. With Chen Xin and the others recovering in Gu Rong’s alternate space, Xue Qinghe volunteered to negotiate with Uchiha Madara and walked toward him, secretly planning to cooperate with Madara and smooth his path to the throne.

• Rota completed the mission, hid his transformation in the dust, and made a clone appear as Uchiha Madara.
• Gu Rong reunited with Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi, telling them Chen Xin and the others were recovering in the alternate space.
• Ning Fengzhi worried over how to handle Madara, and Xue Qinghe offered to negotiate with him.
• Xue Qinghe reassured the ministers that the empire’s future mattered more than his own safety, winning their trust.
• Xue Qinghe walked toward Madara, privately thinking that their staged confrontation would help him ascend the throne.

Xue Qinghe stalled Uchiha Madara until Rota arrived and stopped Madara from striking him. Rota and Madara then began a staged duel while Xue Qinghe stayed behind to reinforce his reputation.

• Xue Qinghe urged Uchiha Madara to end the fight and claimed that Rota would intervene if negotiations failed.
• Uchiha Madara tried to punch Xue Qinghe, but Rota appeared and caught his wrist.
• Rota told Xue Qinghe to return to the others, and Xue Qinghe thanked him before rejoining them.
• Xue Qinghe told Ning Fengzhi and the others that he had contacted Rota and deliberately stalled for time until help arrived.
• Xue Qinghe refused to retreat and watched as Rota and Uchiha Madara faced off, with both men playing up the start of their duel.

Rota and Uchiha Madara agreed to fight, with Madara promising to stop attacking the Heaven Dou Empire if he lost. After their close combat ended in a draw, Madara summoned a massive meteor, and Rota charged toward it with his eighth and ninth Soul Skills.

• Gu Rong watched Rota and Uchiha Madara face off and anticipated the battle.
• Rota wagered that Madara would stop attacking the Heaven Dou Empire if Rota defeated him, and Madara agreed.
• Rota summoned the Rage Thunder Soul Devouring Spear, and he and Madara traded weapon attacks without either gaining the advantage.
• Madara used Fire Style and a sudden scythe strike, but Rota blocked both attacks.
• Madara formed an incomplete Susanoo and summoned a huge meteor with Heavenly Celestial Impact Star.
• Rota activated Fervent Fighting God and Nine Heavens Golden Thunder Wrath, charged toward the meteor, and declared that he would not fear a mere rock.

Rota destroyed Uchiha Madara’s Susanoo with his Thunder Suppressing World Spear, ending the battle and saving the Heavenly Dou Empire’s remaining soldiers and ministers. Xue Qinghe thanked Rota and invited him to become an imperial advisor, but Rota said they could discuss it after Xue Qinghe became emperor.

• Rota shattered the meteorite with a golden dragon of lightning, then destroyed most of its fragments while Gu Rong cleared the rest.
• Uchiha Madara summoned his Tengu Susanoo and charged Rota, who resolved to end the fight on the battlefield.
• Rota unleashed Thunder Suppressing World Spear, piercing through Madara’s Susanoo and obliterating the surrounding plain.
• Gu Rong helped Ning Fengzhi, Xue Qinghe, and the others retreat to safety as they watched Rota’s attack devastate the battlefield.
• Rota returned to the group and checked that they were unharmed, while Xue Qinghe thanked him and invited him to serve as a specially invited advisor.
• Rota declined to discuss the offer until after Xue Qinghe became emperor.

After helping the Heaven Dou Empire defeat Uchiha Madara, Rota spoke with Xue Qinghe, who prepared to return to the capital and take the throne. Ning Fengzhi then asked Rota how the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should respond to Spirit Hall’s growing power, and Rota urged him to consider Spirit Hall’s treatment of lower-ranking soul masters while explaining that he had stopped Madara to prevent further slaughter.

• Rota told Xue Qinghe and the others that Madara had withstood his powerful attack and remained alive, though he had lost.
• Xue Qinghe returned to Heaven Dou Imperial City with his party, while the ministers resolved to urge Xue Ye to abdicate.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Rota to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s garden and asked which side the sect should choose amid Spirit Hall’s campaign to unify the continent.
• Rota suggested that Ning Fengzhi consider Spirit Hall’s treatment of lower-ranking soul masters and explained that he had fought Madara to prevent the Heaven Dou Empire from becoming a city of the dead.

Rota advised Ning Fengzhi to avoid a direct conflict with Spirit Hall and offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect a place in his royal city, but Ning Fengzhi refused. After Qian Renxue invited Rota to her upcoming coronation, they discussed her future plans and he revealed he had mastered the Asura God's divine power without taking on divine duties.

• Rota advised Ning Fengzhi to yield somewhat to Spirit Hall and offered to let the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect join his royal city, but Ning Fengzhi declined to surrender the sect's independence.
• Rota told Ning Fengzhi that Uchiha Madara had been temporarily badly injured and offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect help against Spirit Hall; Ning Fengzhi promised the sect would repay the favor.
• Rota returned to Gulantar Royal City, then went to Heaven Dou Imperial City after Qian Renxue invited him to her coronation, which was scheduled for three days later.
• Qian Renxue told Rota that she planned to hand the Heaven Dou Empire to her mother after completing her mission and intended to attain godhood to fulfill Qian Daoliu's wish.
• Rota explained that Qian Renxue might avoid going to the God Realm and revealed that he had mastered the Asura God's divine power without taking on divine duties, leaving her astonished.

Rota told Qian Renxue how he slew the Asura God, reassured her about inheriting the Angel God’s divine position, and discussed their future in his royal city. Meanwhile, Tang San and the Shrek Academy group reached Sea God Port and found that their ship to Sea God Island would depart in two hours.

• Rota explained to Qian Renxue how he had slain the Asura God and promised to help her obtain divine power.
• Qian Renxue agreed to live in Rota’s royal city, bound a Soul Oath with him, and fell asleep against his shoulder.
• Tang San and the Shrek Academy group arrived at the expanded Sea God Port and learned that Tongbao Pavilion ran steamship routes to Sea God Island.
• The Shrek Academy group saw the Sea God Island Special dock and headed to the ticket hall after a guard told them it needed maintenance before its next departure.

Tang San and the Shrek Academy group boarded the Sea God Island Special and learned about the dangers and opportunities awaiting them on Sea God Island. As the ship neared its destination the next morning, the captain believed the voyage was safe, but danger had not yet been ruled out.

• Tang San and the others ate lunch at Sea God Port before boarding the Sea God Island Special.
• The ship departed, and Tang San resolved to grow strong enough to protect the continent and his homeland.
• The ship's guide explained Sea God Island and warned that dangers could arise during the voyage.
• The group spent the journey chatting, then woke at dawn as the ship continued toward Sea God Island.
• The captain saw calm seas and believed the ship was nearing safety, unaware that trouble could still occur.

The Sea God Island Special encountered a storm caused by the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, a Soul Beast said to possess strength comparable to a god. Tang San and the Shrek Eight Monsters agreed to hold it off until reinforcements arrived, and the whale surfaced before them.

• A sudden darkness and violent waterspouts surrounded the Sea God Island Special, prompting the captain to sound the emergency alarm.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai warned the group to prepare for a powerful Sea Soul Beast and avoid being thrown into the ocean.
• The captain told Tang San that he had sent a distress signal to Sea God Island and asked the group to delay the threat until help arrived.
• The captain identified the enemy as the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, a deep-sea ruler with strength comparable to a god.
• Ning Rongrong boosted the group, and the Shrek Eight Monsters prepared to fight as the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King surfaced.

Tang San and the Shrek Academy group began their plan to draw the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King away from the Sea God Island Special, but their attacks revealed Tang San’s divine aura and enraged the whale king. The whale king abandoned his assault on the ship to target Dai Mubai, who had struck one of his eyes.

• Tang San ordered the Shrek Academy group to attack the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and Xiao Wu launched Tang San toward him.
• Tang San struck the whale king with Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, revealing a faint divine aura that made the whale king decide to kill the group.
• Xiao Wu protected Tang San from the whale king’s tail with Invincible Golden Body, and the whale king recognized her as a transformed soul beast.
• The Sea God Island Special fired a Soul Power energy cannon, but the whale king charged through it unharmed.
• Tang San hurled Dai Mubai at the whale king, and Dai Mubai entered Saint King Mode and punched one of his eyes.
• The whale king blasted Dai Mubai away and fixed his attention on him, trapping him with suffocating pressure.

Kais protected the Sea God Island Special from the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King until Kuzan arrived and froze the whale and the surrounding sea. Kais escaped the ice and reunited with Kuzan as the Shrek Academy group watched.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King attacked Dai Mubai, but Kais struck the whale and saved him.
• The captain ordered the Shrek Academy group back onto the Sea God Island Special and explained that Kais might not defeat the whale alone.
• Kais blocked the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's attack on the ship, but the whale bit and injured him.
• Kuzan rode across the freezing sea toward the battle, ignoring Oscar's warning to stay away.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King threatened to kill Kais, so Kuzan froze him and the sea within a thousand meters.
• Kais broke free of the ice, thanked Kuzan, and joked that he had his own way to escape.

Kuzan treated Kais’s wound after their encounter with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, then boarded the Sea God Island Special and met the Shrek Academy group. As the ship approached Sea God Island, Kuzan left them to continue on their own, while Oscar and Ning Rongrong resolved to grow stronger.

• Kuzan froze Kais’s wound to stop the bleeding, and Kais explained that he had let himself get hurt so the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King would not flee early.
• Kais left Kuzan to deal with the humans, and Kuzan rode his bicycle onto the Sea God Island Special after leaving the whale frozen in ice.
• Kuzan greeted Oscar and met the Shrek Academy group, then told Tang San about the Clear Sky Sect elder on Sea God Island and advised him to visit Bo Saixi and the elder.
• Kuzan rode away before the ship reached Sea God Island, and Oscar and Ning Rongrong each resolved to become stronger for the other.