Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xian captured Qian Renxue and killed the Titled Douluo guarding her, then brought her to Xue Ye and revealed her identity. He warned the emperor that Qian Renxue’s grandfather, Qian Daoliu, was a level ninety-nine Limit Douluo and asked whether the Heaven Dou Empire could withstand his response.

• Xiao Xian and Sword Douluo overcame Qian Renxue’s Angel Domain, knocked her unconscious, and stored her in Dugu Fu’s Ruyi Hundred Treasures Bag.
• Xiao Xian concealed himself and Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Dugu Fu with a barrier, then led them in an ambush that killed the hidden Stingray Douluo.
• The group returned to the palace, where Xiao Xian removed Qian Renxue’s disguise and identified her to Xue Ye as a Spirit Hall member with the Angel Spirit.
• Xiao Xian warned Xue Ye that Qian Renxue’s grandfather, Qian Daoliu, was a level ninety-nine Limit Douluo and questioned whether the empire could face him.

Xiao Xian explained Spirit Hall’s strength and secured the Vast Sea Universe Cover from Xue Ye in exchange for helping protect the Heaven Dou Empire. He left for Sea God Island to complete his final trial, intending to deal with Qian Renxue and Spirit Hall afterward.

• Chen Xin explained that Qian Daoliu was a Rank Ninety-Nine Titled Douluo who sought godhood, and Xiao Xian described how Tang Chen and Bibi Dong had restrained Spirit Hall’s ambitions.
• Xue Ye realized that Qian Renxue could not be harmed, and Xiao Xian revealed his extraordinary nine soul rings before promising to help stabilize the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xiao Xian asked Xue Ye for the Vast Sea Universe Cover, and Xue Ye agreed to give him the empire’s national treasure.
• Xiao Xian summoned the Vast Sea Universe Cover from the treasury and told Ning Fengzhi and Dugu Fu to prepare for Spirit Hall’s possible attack while treating Xue Ye’s poison.
• Xiao Xian left the imperial palace to return to Sea God Island and complete his final trial.

Xiao Xian completed the Sea God's Eighth Trial by returning the Sea God's Heart, gaining a major increase in power and reaching Rank Ninety-Eight. The restored Sea God's Trident then marked him for a new Golden Trial requiring him to gather faith and forge a divine artifact within five hundred years.

• Xiao Xian flew toward Sea God Island, avoided the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and arrived as the Sea God's Heart began glowing.
• Xiao Xian gave Bo Saixi the Sea God's Heart and passed the Eighth Trial when it returned to the Sea God's Trident.
• Xiao Xian received his reward, raising his soul rings by forty thousand years each and advancing to Rank Ninety-Eight.
• The Sea God's Trident released a golden beam that illuminated Sea God Island and spread across the continent, drawing the attention of Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong.
• The Sea God's Trident marked Xiao Xian and began the Golden Trial, requiring him to gather sufficient faith and forge a new divine artifact within five hundred years.

Xiao Xian received Poseidon’s Golden Trial, which tasked him with gathering faith and forging a new Divine Artifact, and he theorized that sufficiently powerful energy could help him break the limits of cultivation. He went to Spirit City to negotiate with Qian Daoliu and challenged him to a fight, revealing nine spirit rings.

• Bo Saixi declared Xiao Xian Sea God Island’s most honored guest and ordered its people and soul beasts to gather faith for him, while explaining that he would need to find materials and a method to forge his own Divine Artifact.
• Xiao Xian reasoned that absorbing the Dragon Corpse beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well might let him surpass the limits of Soul Power, while faith and a Divine Artifact could serve as additional safeguards.
• Xiao Xian decided to build a force on the continent to gather faith and traveled toward Spirit City, intending to trade Qian Renxue for Qian Daoliu’s support and promises.
• Xiao Xian entered Douluo Hall, introduced himself to Qian Daoliu, and challenged him to fight as nine spirit rings appeared.

Xiao Xian fought Qian Daoliu to demonstrate his strength, then revealed that he had rescued Qian Renxue and claimed she was a Nine Trial inheritor. Qian Daoliu stopped attacking in shock at the possibility that his granddaughter could receive the Nine Trials.

• Qian Daoliu suspected Xiao Xian might be a Nine Trial candidate and fought him after they moved to a forest near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Xian and Xiao Jue battled Qian Daoliu, who acknowledged their strength when Xiao Xian drew the Sea God's Trident.
• Xiao Xian revealed Qian Renxue from the Ruyi Bag, prompting Qian Daoliu to attack and demand an explanation.
• Xiao Xian said he had rescued Qian Renxue from assassins sent by Xue Ye and had kept her safe while returning from Sea God Island.
• Xiao Xian claimed Qian Renxue would be at least a Nine Trial inheritor on Sea God Island, and Qian Daoliu stopped in shock.

Xiao Xian offered Qian Daoliu a bargain: Spirit Hall would help him gather faith and unite the continent, and he would give Qian Renxue the chance to inherit godhood. Qian Daoliu did not answer before Xiao Xian departed, leaving the deal unresolved as Xiao Xian turned his attention to the King of Slaughter and imagined a future Shrek Empire.

• Xiao Xian told Qian Daoliu that Poseidon's final trial required him to gather faith and forge his own Divine Artifact, then offered Spirit Hall a god in exchange for its support.
• Qian Daoliu suspected Xiao Xian planned to take control of Spirit Hall and wrestled with the offer, while Xiao Xian used Qian Renxue's safety to pressure him.
• Xiao Xian gave Qian Daoliu twenty-five days to decide and left, prompting Qian Daoliu to unleash his anger across the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qian Daoliu returned to Douluo Hall and stared at the Angel God statue as he considered the offer.
• Xiao Xian watched Spirit City from the clouds, planned to deal with the King of Slaughter, and imagined Shrek Academy becoming the Shrek Empire.

Flender learned that Xiao Xian had left Sea God Island, and Tang San eagerly redirected the Dragon Abyss Boat toward Volcano Island to reunite with him. Meanwhile, Xiao Xian investigated the King of Slaughter, helped Tang Chen break free, and sent the dying Tang Chen away with medicine and news about the Clear Sky Sect.

• Flender concluded that Xiao Xian had left Sea God Island and told Tang San to return to Volcano Island, delighting Tang San and the others aboard the Dragon Abyss Boat.
• Qian Daoliu examined Xiao Xian's records and left Spirit Mountain to investigate his past, while Bibi Dong grew angry over Qian Daoliu's movements and his questions about Qian Renxue.
• Xiao Xian passed Heaven Dou City and informed Ning Fengzhi that Qian Daoliu had gone to see him about a problem with his ninth trial.
• Xiao Xian sent Xiao Jue into the City of Slaughter, where Xiao Jue used the Sea God's Trident to help break the King of Slaughter's control over Tang Chen.
• Xiao Xian gave Tang Chen Ice Fire Sunlight Spore and urged him to visit Sea God Island or the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Chen thanked him before flying away.

After Tang Chen left, Xiao Xian returned to Volcano Island and reunited with Shrek Academy’s surviving members. Flender was stunned by how impossible Xiao Xian’s Soul Power was to sense and asked what rank he had reached.

• Xiao Xian reflected that Tang Chen had completed the Asura God's Eighth Trial and planned to secure Qian Daoliu’s agreement while preparing to confront Bibi Dong and the continent’s other factions.
• Xiao Xian flew to Volcano Island and found Zhu Zhuqing waiting in the Dragon Abyss Boat; he brought her and the boat to the surface and then descended into the crater.
• Xiao Xian reunited with Master, who tearfully welcomed him back, and then greeted Flender, Liu Er Long, Xiao Wu, Tang San, and the other Shrek members.
• Xiao Xian passed new Purple Jade Hand insights to Tang San and gave Xiao Wu more Sunlight Spores after noticing hers were nearly gone.
• Flender told Xiao Xian that Shrek had recently returned to Volcano Island and asked his current Soul Power rank after failing to sense it.

Xiao Xian revealed his immense strength and Poseidon’s divine trials while treating Tang Hao’s injuries. Flender and Liu Er Long learned that Xiao Xian was a Titled Douluo seeking to unify the continent and establish a new power, and Flender accepted that he would help.

• Xiao Xian explained Poseidon’s trials and their rewards, redirecting everyone’s attention from his Soul Power rank before offering to treat Tang Hao.
• Xiao Xian stabilized Tang Hao with a burst of golden Soul Power and said Tang Hao would likely wake within a month.
• Xiao Xian described his divine trials, then revealed nine soul rings, including four red Hundred-Thousand-Year rings and a gold ring, leaving Flender petrified.
• Xiao Xian told Flender and Liu Er Long that his final trial required gathering faith and forging a Divine Artifact, so he planned to unify the Douluo Continent and take control of Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Xian asked Liu Er Long and Flender to help manage the new power, and Flender embraced the prospect despite his shock.

Xiao Xian healed Tang Hao enough for him to recover and led the Shrek group back toward Heaven Dou aboard the Dragon Abyss Boat, carried by a vastly transformed Xiao Jue. As they neared Seven Treasure City, Master and the others remained stunned by Xiao Xian’s power, while an enormous clearing in Sunset Forest hinted at further changes.

• Flender and Liu Er Long celebrated Xiao Xian’s strength and prepared to leave the cave with Tang Hao.
• Xiao Xian told Tang San that Tang Hao’s brain meridians were healing and that he might awaken within a month, though restoring his limbs would require soul bones and a capable Titled Douluo.
• Xiao Xian announced that the group would return to Heaven Dou and seek safety with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xiao Jue transformed into a gigantic Golden Sacred Dragon, lifted the Dragon Abyss Boat, and flew toward Heaven Dou with Xiao Xian atop its head.
• Master questioned Flender about Xiao Xian’s strength, but Flender declined to answer directly.
• The group arrived near Seven Treasure City and noticed an enormous empty patch in the center of Sunset Forest.

Xiao Xian returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and met with Ning Fengzhi to discuss his plans for Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire. He left Flender, Tang San, and the others hidden at the sect while Ning Fengzhi continued treating Xue Ye in the imperial palace.

• Xiao Xian brought the Dragon Abyss Boat to the forest outside Seven Treasure City, then went ahead to find Ning Fengzhi while Flender and the others waited.
• Xiao Xian found Chen Xin on the Back Mountain and learned that Ning Fengzhi was in the imperial palace; Chen Xin agreed to shelter Flender and the others and later asked Xiao Xian to spar with him.
• Xiao Xian led Flender, Tang San, and the others through the secret passage to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Back Mountain, then flew to the imperial palace.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Ye that Poison Douluo expected his mixed toxins to be cleared within a month, but advised him not to meet Xue Xing or Xue Beng until then.
• Ning Fengzhi met Xiao Xian outside Xue Ye's bedchamber and warned him that Bibi Dong controlled Spirit Hall, while Xiao Xian explained he wanted to use Spirit Hall and the empires to spread his message and gather the power of faith.

Xiao Xian secured Qian Daoliu’s agreement to lend him Spirit Hall, while Qian Renxue began the Angel God’s Nine Trials. After hearing about Tang Chen’s failed divine trial, Qian Daoliu grew wary of Bibi Dong and began considering how to handle her.

• Qian Daoliu agreed to temporarily hand Spirit Hall to Xiao Xian, provided Qian Renxue could begin the Angel God trials and Bibi Dong was kept safe for her sake.
• Qian Renxue completed thirty days of meditation and received the Angel’s Nine Trials, whose first task was to help Xiao Xian establish a new empire within ten years.
• Qian Daoliu placed Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo under Xiao Xian’s command, and Xiao Xian warned him that Tang Chen’s divine trial had been sabotaged by the Rakshasa God.
• Qian Daoliu flew to Sea God Island to see Tang Chen, while Xiao Xian took Qian Renxue to Heaven Dou City and arranged for Xue Ye to fake his death so she could take the throne.
• Xiao Xian visited Dai Mubai in the Star Luo Empire and persuaded him to support the new empire while preserving the Dai clan as much as possible.
• After returning from Sea God Island, Qian Daoliu told Xiao Xian he would be more cautious about Bibi Dong, whose movements the Worship Hall elders were watching.

Xiao Xian took control of Spirit Hall, spread a method that let ordinary people cultivate Soul Power, and united the continent under the Spirit Hall Empire, later renamed Shrek. After becoming a god through the faith of the continent, he prepared to begin a new undertaking in Shrek Sacred City, with fewer than a hundred years remaining.

• Qian Daoliu suppressed Bibi Dong, exposed her as an Evil Spirit Master, and helped Xiao Xian become Pope of Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Xian created the Golden Sacred Dragon Beginner Meditation Method, which enabled ordinary civilians and children to cultivate Soul Power, and sent it across the continent.
• Xue Qinghe resisted pressure from Heaven Dou nobles and backed the method, while Spirit Hall established academies to guide new Spirit Masters.
• The Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall allied against the Star Luo Empire, which surrendered under Dai Mubai; the Spirit Hall Empire was founded and later absorbed Heaven Dou.
• Xiao Xian renamed the nation Shrek and, three years later, fused Dragon Bone with the Sea God's Trident to make the Golden Sacred Dragon Halberd, using widespread faith to condense a godhood.
• After Qian Renxue inherited her godhood, Xiao Xian headed for Shrek Sacred City to begin a larger undertaking, noting that fewer than a hundred years remained.