Chapter Summaries

Yan Lingji began her revenge against the Great Han Empire, destroying its Golden Dragon of Imperial Fortune and attacking Ji Wuye’s faction and imperial foundations. She found Chao Nüyao in the palace after killing Han Di’an, and confronted her over Nightfall’s role in her imprisonment.

• Han Fei recognized Yan Lingji as the Fire Phoenix and Zi Nü as the Purple Phoenix, then warned Zhang Liang that the Great Han Empire was doomed and went to the palace.
• Zi Nü regained more of her past-life memories, while Yan Lingji vowed to avenge her current life and watch the Great Han Empire fall.
• Yan Lingji destroyed the Golden Dragon of Imperial Fortune and razed Ji Wuye’s estate, Snow-Clad Fort, Emerald Villa, and other properties belonging to his faction.
• Han Fei escaped the palace with Honglian and Yu Bai through a teleportation formation as Yan Lingji killed the imperial clan’s Half-Saint foundations.
• Yan Lingji found Han Di’an with Chao Nüyao, burned Han Di’an to ash, and confronted Chao Nüyao about the people of Nightfall who had imprisoned her.

Yan Lingji spared Lady Mingzhu and made her a maid while the Great Han Empire collapsed and the other states seized its territory. After three years of cultivation, Yu Bai entered the Douluo World to seek revenge, while Tang San sensed an unexplained threat in the God Realm and a black passage opened in the Extreme North Land.

• Yan Lingji offered Lady Mingzhu a choice between death and serving as her maid, and Lady Mingzhu accepted.
• The Great Han Empire’s rulers and generals were killed, its Fortune Golden Dragon shattered, and Great Qin, Great Zhao, and Great Wei divided its territory.
• The Hundred Schools of Thought and the other states identified Yu Bai, Yan Lingji, and Zi Nü as reincarnations linked to the Desolate Heavenly Emperor and his wives, then sent disciples to Xinzheng City.
• After three years of seclusion, Yu Bai prepared his fourth Reincarnation Body, opened the Six Paths of Tongtian gates, and vanished to enter the Douluo World.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu discussed the Tang Sect’s decline and his inability to interfere with Douluo Continent, while a pitch-black passage opened in the Extreme North Land.

Yu Bai arrived in a parallel Douluo Star ten thousand years later and discovered that the Gate of Six Paths of Reincarnation would not let him return to his original world for decades. While waiting, he watched Shrek Academy students hunt a Snow Spirit Fox and intervened when its fifty-thousand-year Snow Spirit Heavenly Fox parent attacked them, recognizing Jiang Nannan as someone he could not let die.

• Yu Bai realized he had arrived in a parallel Douluo Star ten thousand years in the future and could not cross back to his original world for several decades.
• Gong Xue and six other Shrek Academy students cornered a wounded Snow Spirit Fox, and Jiang Nannan hunted it to earn money for her sick mother’s medicine.
• A fifty-thousand-year Snow Spirit Heavenly Fox appeared to protect the wounded fox and wounded all seven students with its roar.
• Five guards confronted the Snow Spirit Heavenly Fox, but it killed two Soul Emperor guards, badly injured two more, and killed the Soul Saint.
• Yu Bai examined Jiang Nannan’s soul and recognized a connection to Tang San before the Snow Spirit Heavenly Fox blocked the students’ escape.
• Jiang Nannan fled, desperate to survive for her sick mother, as Yu Bai vanished to stop the Snow Spirit Heavenly Fox from killing her.

Yu Bai saved Jiang Nannan and six other Shrek Academy students from a rampaging Snow Spirit Heavenly Fox, then used immortal medicine to heal its offspring and raise it into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. After the foxes returned to the depths of the Extreme North Land, Yu Bai asked Jiang Nannan to leave Shrek Academy and become his disciple.

• A fifty-thousand-year Snow Spirit Heavenly Fox attacked Jiang Nannan and the others, but Yu Bai shielded them from its roar and pinned the beast down with his aura.
• Yu Bai promised to heal the Snow Spirit Heavenly Fox's dying offspring in exchange for the beast returning to the depths of the Extreme North Land with it.
• Yu Bai used immortal medicine to heal the Snow Spirit Fox and raise it into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with a changed appearance and aura.
• The Snow Spirit Heavenly Fox carried its offspring away, and the surrounding plants froze again after the immortal medicine's vitality faded.
• The students' captain thanked Yu Bai and offered to fulfill his request, and Yu Bai asked Jiang Nannan to leave Shrek Academy and become his disciple.

Yu Bai took Jiang Nannan as his disciple, cured her mother with a miraculous pill, and revealed his face before leaving. After Xu Sanshi reported the encounter to his father, the Profound Nether Sect Master concluded that Yu Bai was likely a transformed soul beast.

• Jiang Nannan agreed to become Yu Bai’s disciple after he demanded she withdraw from Shrek Academy, then told him about her mother’s illness.
• Yu Bai took Jiang Nannan to her home through spatial means and refined a pill that cured her mother and restored her health.
• Yu Bai told Jiang Nannan to spend the holiday with her mother and said he would take her to withdraw from Shrek Academy when term began; he revealed his face before departing.
• Several days later, Xu Sanshi returned to the Profound Nether Sect and described Yu Bai’s powers and healing treasure to his father.
• The Profound Nether Sect Master identified Yu Bai as almost certainly a transformed soul beast, like Xiao Wu.

Yu Bai reached Shrek City with Jiang Nannan just as the Heavenly Dao Rankings appeared and began revealing Qian Renxue’s past life. The ranking exposed her birth, angelic awakening, and secret rise as Xue Qinghe, leaving Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils facing the prospect of her return.

• Yu Bai discovered Holy Spirit Cult members slaughtering villagers for a blood ritual and wiped them out before continuing to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Yu Bai arrived in Shrek City with Jiang Nannan as golden dragons unveiled the Heavenly Dao Rankings across the world and the God Realm.
• The ranking named Qian Renxue as an Angel God reincarnate, alarming Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and the other Shrek Seven Devils.
• The ranking showed Qian Renxue’s mother trying to kill her as a baby before the man in Pope robes rescued her and named her Qian Renxue.
• The ranking revealed Qian Renxue’s Six-Winged Angel awakening and her infiltration of the Heaven Dou palace as Xue Qinghe, where she poisoned two princes and secured the crown prince’s position.
• The ranking began recounting Qian Renxue’s dealings with Ning Fengzhi and Tang San during the Soul Master Tournament.

The Heavenly Dao light screen revealed Qian Renxue’s extraordinary talent, her rise through the Heaven Dou court, and her failed coup and battles against Tang San. The chapter ended with Tang San’s death leaving Qian Renxue devastated, while viewers questioned Spirit Hall’s choices and called Lord Sea God shameless.

• The light screen showed Qian Renxue awakening her Angel Martial Soul with Innate Soul Power rank twenty, astonishing viewers across the world.
• Mu En silenced the arguing Sea God Pavilion elders, while Xu Tianran praised Qian Renxue’s ruthless path to power and resolved to follow it.
• The light screen recounted Qian Renxue’s failed attempt to seize the Heaven Dou Empire, her break with Bibi Dong, and her inheritance of the Angel God position.
• Qian Renxue fought Tang San repeatedly, but he defeated her and later became the Sea God.
• At Jialing Pass, Tang San defeated Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong, but Bibi Dong killed him, leaving Qian Renxue overwhelmed by grief.
• Viewers marveled at the gods’ power and criticized Qian Renxue’s choices, with some calling Tang San shameless.

The continent turned against Tang San and Shrek Academy after witnessing Qian Renxue’s fate, while Jiang Nannan inherited Qian Renxue’s powers and memories under Yu Bai’s protection. The Heavenly Dao Rankings then began revealing Dugu Bo’s past, including the poison treatment that would eventually fail to prevent his death.

• After Tang San returned, Qian Renxue sacrificed her godhood to save Bibi Dong, who died after revealing the truth and asking Tang San to spare Qian Renxue and Hu Liena.
• Tang Hao secretly arranged the pursuit of Qian Renxue, while Tang San imprisoned her soul after her death to control where she reincarnated.
• The rankings’ golden light flew toward Jiang Nannan, but Yu Bai split it into Qian Renxue’s powers and her memories; Jiang Nannan chose to inherit both.
• Mu En tried to stop Jiang Nannan, but Yu Bai subdued him and ordered him to arrange her withdrawal from Shrek Academy.
• The Heavenly Dao Rankings introduced Dugu Bo and recounted his dealings with Tang San, including his poison treatment, which the rankings revealed would only treat the symptoms and would ultimately fail.

The sky screen revealed Dugu Bo’s life and death, then showed his reincarnation as Du Busi, who became a rank ninety-nine Peerless Douluo and vowed to destroy Shrek. The screen began exposing Yu Xiaogang’s past, ending with his life story still unfolding.

• Dugu Bo’s poison massacre left him isolated, and his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor poison erupted from his Soul Bone and killed him.
• Dugu Bo reincarnated as Du Busi, whose Soul Power rose to rank ninety-nine and who gained the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Martial Soul.
• Du Busi vowed to master his new strength, kill Mu En, and wipe out Shrek.
• The sky screen announced Yu Xiaogang’s past, and scholars praised him as the foremost authority on Soul Master theory.
• The screen recounted Yu Xiaogang’s troubled relationships with Bibi Dong, Flender, and Liu Erlong, then showed him meeting Tang San and becoming his mentor.

The Heavenly Dao Rankings exposed Yu Xiaogang’s plagiarism and failures as a teacher, damaging Shrek Academy’s reputation and stirring doubts about history. Yu Xiaogang’s reincarnation appeared in Zhou Yi, while Yu Bai led Jiang Nannan out of Shrek City and confronted five Titled Douluo who mistook him for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• People across Douluo Star criticized Yu Xiaogang’s plagiarized theories and questioned Shrek Academy’s version of history, causing students to abandon plans to attend the school.
• Dai Mubai and the other gods offered to bring Yu Xiaogang’s reincarnation to the God Realm, but Tang San refused, saying he had repaid Yu Xiaogang and owed him nothing.
• A ball of light entered Zhou Yi, revealing Yu Xiaogang’s past life to her; Fan Yu comforted her as she struggled to accept that she had once been a man.
• Jiang Nannan learned that she had gained an Angel Martial Soul and Qian Renxue’s divine power, while Yu Bai urged her to set her sights on the Myriad Worlds rather than the Angel God’s glory.
• Yu Bai and Jiang Nannan left Shrek City and reached a forest, where five Titled Douluo led by the Profound Nether Sect Master surrounded them, mistaking Yu Bai for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Yu Bai crippled five Titled Douluo who attacked him, then took Jiang Nannan to the Lake of Life to cultivate and passed an ancient cultivation art into her soul. As Jiang Nannan began studying its first character with a Spirit Stone, her Soul Power started transforming into spiritual power.

• The Profound Nether Sect Master and four other Titled Douluo attacked Yu Bai, but his aura shattered their Martial Souls and crippled them.
• Jiang Nannan pleaded with Yu Bai to spare the five men, and her words reminded him of his missing parents before he took her away.
• Yu Bai brought Jiang Nannan to the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest and made it her cultivation place.
• Yu Bai passed the sealed Immortal Scripture into Jiang Nannan's soul and gave her a storage bracelet containing Spirit Stones.
• Jiang Nannan used a top-grade Spirit Stone to study the Scripture's first character, and her body absorbed spiritual energy as her Soul Power transformed into spiritual power.

Yu Bai destroyed the Valley of Asking Love, severing a key part of Tang San’s plans and drawing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to the Lake of Life. As Yu Bai sheltered her and cultivated with Jiang Nannan, Tang San found himself unable to reach Douluo Continent, while the world began uncovering Spirit Hall’s benevolent history.

• Yu Bai erased the Valley of Asking Love and decided to recruit Jiang Nannan and other potential fighters to undermine Shrek.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion sensed the destruction and followed her Power of Destiny to Yu Bai, who allowed her to stay near Jiang Nannan.
• Tang San discovered that the Valley of Asking Love had been destroyed, learned that Ah Qi had gone to Douluo Continent, and failed to cross over because a golden power blocked the God Realm.
• Yu Bai recognized the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and let her remain by the Lake of Life, while Xiong Jun and the Fierce Beasts searched for her outside his illusion formation.
• The Silver Dragon King sensed that the God Realm’s connection to the world had been severed and wondered who was altering destiny.
• People across the world uncovered accounts of Spirit Hall helping children awaken their martial souls, prompting outrage over Shrek’s portrayal of it as evil.

After five years of training at the Lake of Life, Yu Bai sent his disciples to join the Sun Moon Royal Team for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Soul Master Tournament and target Shrek Team. Back at Mingde Hall, Jing Hongchen resisted changing the roster, so Xiao Hongchen asked Jiang Nannan and the others to demonstrate their strength.

• News spread that Du Busi, a newly advanced Peerless Douluo, had fought Mu En at Shrek Academy, leaving Mu En missing and Shrek's rivals considering a change of allegiance.
• Five years passed as Yu Bai trained his disciples, who reached Soul Emperor rank and mastered inherited techniques; the Three-Eyed Golden Lion also learned the Immortal Scripture and the Kylin Treasure Technique.
• Yu Bai ordered his six disciples to compete for the Sun Moon Royal Team at the tournament in the Star Luo capital and to challenge Shrek Team.
• The disciples traveled to Mingde Hall, where Xiao Hongchen told Jing Hongchen that the six of them wanted the team’s competition slots.
• Jing Hongchen objected that the tournament represented the empire’s honor and morale, and Xiao Hongchen asked Jiang Nannan and the others to show their strength.

Jing Hongchen witnessed Jiang Nannan and the others reveal their extraordinary self-condensed soul rings, while Yu Bai intervened in the battle inside the cave and entered Huo Yuhao’s sea of consciousness. Yu Bai restored the Ice Empress to her original body and met Electrolux, leaving the frozen cave and Electrolux’s reaction unresolved.

• Jiang Nannan revealed six golden-red soul rings, and Xiao Hongchen explained that Yu Bai had taught her and the others to condense powerful soul rings from their own strength.
• Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Xiao Xiao, and Meng Hongchen displayed their soul rings alongside Jiang Nannan, shaking Mingde Hall and leaving Jing Hongchen stunned.
• Yu Bai watched Wang Yan and Xuan Zi near the cave, then entered the cave as corpse explosions threatened Shrek’s students.
• Yu Bai froze time and space, entered Huo Yuhao’s sea of consciousness, and addressed the Ice Empress and the awakened Electrolux.
• Yu Bai offered to help the Soul Beast race and restored the Ice Empress to her original body after she accepted his offer.
• Yu Bai told Electrolux he had come to meet the man behind his famous declaration, and praised Electrolux’s talent and strength.

Yu Bai saved the Ice Empress, Cheng Zifeng, and Yao Haoxuan from the cave explosion, then traveled with them to Star Luo City. The Heavenly Dao Rankings returned and revealed Ximen Chuixue as the Sword God, stirring Ning Rongrong’s regret and Ji Juechen’s sword-seeking resolve.

• Electrolux refused Yu Bai’s offer to revive him, explaining that he intended to leave his inheritance to Huo Yuhao only if the boy proved worthy.
• Yu Bai rescued the Ice Empress, Cheng Zifeng, and Yao Haoxuan from the cave’s corpse explosion, then released his seal and allowed the blast to erupt.
• Days later, Cheng Zifeng and Yao Haoxuan followed Yu Bai through Star Luo City, resentful toward Shrek after witnessing Xuan Zi and Mu En respond to their near-deaths.
• The Heavenly Dao Rankings appeared across the continent and named Ximen Chuixue as the Sword God, making Ning Rongrong mourn Sword Douluo and Ji Juechen fixate on the revelation.
• The ranking showed Ximen Chuixue’s Forbidden City duel with Ye Gucheng and described his swordsmanship, while Ji Juechen watched in awe and felt he had glimpsed the pinnacle of the sword path.

Ji Juechen questioned what it meant to reach the pinnacle of the sword as Ximen Chuixue’s life appeared on the Heavenly Dao Rankings, then received a golden light that began transforming his Sword of Judgment. The rankings next announced Cao Cao, whose name startled Yu Bai and left him anticipating that “Cao Thief” might become a kind of spirit.

• Ji Juechen reflected on Ximen Chuixue’s devotion to the sword and grew troubled by the suggestion that the sword’s pinnacle might also require reaching the pinnacle of emotion.
• Jiang Nannan warned everyone not to disturb Ji Juechen while he faced a critical trial that could either ruin his Sword Heart or lead him toward becoming a top-ranked Douluo.
• The Heavenly Dao Rankings showed Ximen Chuixue’s pride and conduct as a Sword God, then sent a golden light into Ji Juechen that made his Sword of Judgment shine as if evolving.
• Xu Tianran dismissed swordsmen as inferior to armies and Soul Tools, then became curious when the rankings announced “Past and Present: Cao Cao.”
• Yu Bai spat out his tea at Cao Cao’s name and told the Ice Empress, Chen Zifeng, and Yao Haoxuan that Cao Thief might become a kind of spirit in this world.

The light screen revealed Cao Cao’s rise from a gifted but low-born official to a warlord amid the collapse of the Han Dynasty, including the killing of Lü Boshe’s family and Cao Cao’s declaration that he would rather betray the world than be betrayed. Cao Cao continued fighting across the realm, earning admiration and fear as his campaigns against Dong Zhuo, rebels, and rival forces unfolded.

• The light screen introduced Cao Cao’s background, talents, and early reputation as a capable minister in peaceful times and a hero in troubled times.
• Cao Cao enforced the law as an official, fought the Yellow Turbans, and refused to join plots against Emperor Ling before fleeing Dong Zhuo’s rule after a failed assassination attempt.
• While fleeing with Chen Gong, Cao Cao mistakenly killed Lü Boshe’s family, then killed Lü Boshe and declared, “Better I betray the world than let the world betray me!”
• Cao Cao raised troops in Chenliu and joined the coalition against Dong Zhuo, but suffered defeat at Xingyang and watched the coalition fall apart through its leaders’ rivalries.
• Cao Cao defeated rebels in Dong Commandery, became Governor of Yan Province, incorporated surrendered Yellow Turbans into the Qing Province Army, and won further campaigns against Yuan Shu and Tao Qian.

The light screen recounted Cao Cao’s rise through the wars that secured northern China, including his defeat of Lü Bu and the Battle of Guandu. The people of the Douluo Continent were horrified by his brutality and amazed by his tactics, while Xu Tianran declared that Cao Cao’s kind of warfare was what he dreamed of.

• Cao Cao avenged his father by massacring Xu Province, then lost Yan Province to Lü Bu before defeating him and taking control of the region.
• Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian, fought Zhang Xiu, and later executed Lü Bu and Chen Gong after capturing them.
• Cao Cao prepared for war with Yuan Shao, defeated Liu Bei, and confronted Yuan Shao’s much larger army at Guandu.
• Cao Cao relieved the siege of Boma, killed Yan Liang and Wen Chou, then held out against Yuan Shao’s attacks at Guandu.
• Cao Cao followed Xu You’s advice and burned Yuan Shao’s supplies at Wuchao, prompting Zhang He, Gao Lan, and others to surrender and Yuan Shao to flee.
• The Douluo Continent’s viewers praised Cao Cao’s military skill, and Xu Tianran said the Battle of Guandu was the kind of war he dreamed of.

The Heavenly Dao Rankings showed Cao Cao’s campaigns from the Wuhuan expedition through the Xiangfan Campaign, prompting the powers of Douluo Continent to fear and target his reincarnation. Cao Cao’s forces were rescuing Fan City from Guan Yu when the chapter ended.

• Xu Tianran admired Cao Cao while secretly revealing a trace of killing intent, and the White Tiger Duke ordered suspected reincarnations of Cao Cao captured or killed.
• Cao Cao defeated the Wuhuan, destroyed the Yuan Clan’s remaining forces, and later suffered defeat against the Sun-Liu alliance at Red Cliffs.
• Cao Cao pacified Liang Province, expanded his authority until he ruled Wei in all but name, and contended with Liu Bei and Sun Quan for Hanzhong.
• The major forces of Douluo Continent issued orders to assassinate Cao Cao’s reincarnation after witnessing the devastation of his campaigns.
• Guan Yu captured Yu Jin, killed Pang De, and besieged Fan City, while Cao Ren defended the flooded city and Cao Cao hurried to direct its relief.

The light screen concluded Cao Cao’s life and revealed that Xu Tianran remembered being Cao Cao, then began exposing Cang Yue’s past and adventures. Cang Yue’s story continued with VV Academy escaping danger in the desert, while a Fallen Angel’s plan to seal her seventh sense threatened her.

• Cao Cao died in Luoyang, and Cao Pi later founded Wei and posthumously honored him as Emperor Wu.
• Xu Tianran realized Cao Cao had been his previous life, ordered Shadow to kill the Eastern Palace’s servants to protect the secret, and turned his attention to the Third Prince’s consort.
• The light screen revealed that Cang Yue was a Karenya princess whom Xuan Yue protected as a child, and that both later entered nutrient fluid to survive.
• Cang Yue became VV Academy’s BOSS after fusing with Dr. Amy’s cells, awakened her seventh sense, and killed 300 defective Fallen Angels to save Lian Zhen.
• Liuli planned to seal Cang Yue’s seventh sense, and VV Academy fell into a trap at a desert relay station run by the Sand Scorpion Gang.
• September arrived and rescued the group, while Liu Xing prompted loli Cang Yue to invent the Pegasus Meteor Hammer.