Chapter Summaries

After the Holy Spirit Cult fell, the Valkyrie Knights hunted Evil Soul Masters across the continent while Shrek declined under competition from Heavenly Path Academy. Ma Xiaotao urged a young Shrek student to pursue strength rather than rush into battle, insisting that only becoming the strongest could revive Shrek.

• Xu Tianran secretly weakened the Holy Spirit Cult's influence, and the cult was eradicated within a year of the war's end.
• The Sun Moon Empire's people celebrated the cult's destruction and began calling the Heavenly Path Knights the Valkyrie Knights.
• Evil Soul Masters scattered across the continent, while the Valkyrie Knights and Heavenly Path graduates pursued them.
• As Heavenly Path Academy attracted more students, Shrek's enrollment and the Shrek Inspection Group dwindled.
• Xuan Zi dismissed a young Soul King student's request to hunt Evil Soul Masters, and Ma Xiaotao led the student away.
• Ma Xiaotao warned the student that his strength was insufficient for the danger and urged him to become the strongest if he hoped to restore Shrek.

Vina took the Heaven Dou throne to begin ending the continent’s wars, while Xu Jiujiu became empress of Star Luo and the two empires grew closer. As Xu Tianran worried about their growing unity, he turned his attention to Shrek and considered supporting it.

• The Heavenly Soul Emperor asked Vina why she had taken the throne, and she said it was the first step toward ending the wars; she assured him her master would not let her harm her family.
• Ju Zi gave birth to a prince, and the Sun Moon Empire celebrated.
• Xu Jiujiu took the Star Luo throne, while Xu Tianxing publicly accepted her succession and Dai Hao watched in resentment.
• Vina and Xu Jiujiu gained prestige as empresses and eased border restrictions, bringing the Heaven Dou and Star Luo empires closer together.
• Xu Tianran worried that the two empires might unite against the Sun Moon Empire, and Ju Zi quietly welcomed his reliance on her.
• Xu Tianran decided to approach Shrek, reasoning that the Sun Moon Empire could support it after Douluo Continent had abandoned it.

Shrek Academy rejected the Sun Moon Empire’s offer of deeper cooperation after Xuan Zi backed Xian Lin’er’s opposition, but the empire’s continued contact with Shrek students stirred suspicion among the other powers. Three years passed as Ju Zi completed her arrangements.

• Ju Zi recognized Xu Tianran’s plan to disrupt the balance of Douluo Continent and chose not to report it to Ye Wen.
• The Sun Moon Empire’s consecrated master offered Shrek ten sets of Level 9 Soul Tool blueprints and help establishing its Soul Tool Department in exchange for Inner Court guidance.
• Yan Shaozhe supported the offer while Xian Lin’er opposed it, and their argument escalated until Xuan Zi stopped them.
• Xuan Zi rejected deeper cooperation, citing Shrek’s roots, while telling the Sun Moon Empire that students remained welcome to study there.
• The Sun Moon Empire continued contacting Shrek’s Inner Court students, causing other powers to distrust Shrek and contributing to a decline in its student intake.
• Three years passed, and Ju Zi completed her arrangements.

Ju Zi killed Xu Tianran during a staged attack by the Heavenly Path Knights and took control of the Sun Moon Empire through the child emperor, Xu Yunhan. The court blamed Evil Soul Masters, while rumors of Jing Hongchen’s death began to unsettle the public.

• Xu Tianran’s convoy was attacked, and Ju Zi, disguised in orange Battle Armor, blocked his escape.
• Ju Zi revealed herself and killed Xu Tianran, then disposed of his body and left the scene.
• The court reported that everyone in the party except Ju Zi and Xu Yunhan had been killed, including Jing Hongchen, and blamed Evil Soul Masters for the attack.
• Ju Zi took power from behind the curtain and ruled with Xu Yunhan, relying on officials and aristocratic families already aligned with her.
• Rumors of Jing Hongchen’s death spread among the common people, raising concern in the Sun Moon Empire.

Ju Zi proposed ending the Sun Moon Empire’s independence and uniting Douluo Continent under Ye Wen’s authority, with Xu Yunhan supporting her decision. The Heavenly Path Federation was formed, replacing the three empires with three regions and bringing peace to the continent.

• Xu Yunhan offered to speak in court, and Ju Zi told the ministers that the Sun Moon Empire could not withstand another war.
• Ju Zi announced that she would ask Ye Wen to unite Douluo Continent and end the distinction between the empires.
• The four Valkyries appeared in the hall, and Huo Yu'er killed a noble who objected before the ministers agreed to Ju Zi’s proposal.
• Ju Zi took Xu Yunhan to meet Ye Wen, who summoned Empress Vina and Xu Jiujiu as news of unification spread.
• The Heavenly Path Federation replaced the three empires with the Star Luo Region, Sun Moon Region, and Heavenly Soul Region, and the border armies withdrew.

The Heavenly Path Federation strengthened its authority through elected councilors and a corporate registration system, improving life for ordinary citizens while stripping power from old elites. Dai Hao, reduced to an honorary duke and unable to win a council seat, lashed out at his wife as she approached him with soup.

• The Three Emperors established elected councilor seats and a corporate system to regulate sects and eliminate unlawful groups.
• The Heavenly Path Federation's crackdown improved ordinary citizens' lives but left former elites worried about their lost privileges.
• Dai Hao brooded over losing his military and official authority, failing to win election as a councilor, and seeing his secret business proxies ruined.
• Dai Hao threw a wine flask at the door when White Tiger Duke's Wife entered, frightening her.
• White Tiger Duke's Wife cautiously approached Dai Hao with soup despite his hostility and the food she had spilled.

Huo Yu'er sealed the White Tiger Duke's Mansion and confronted Dai Hao, whose attempt to sacrifice his wife failed to avert her judgment. With the family gathered, Huo Yu'er prepared to make the Dai Family face the consequences of its actions.

• The White Tiger Duke's Wife offered Dai Hao ginseng chicken soup, and the two moved toward an intimate reunion before Huo Yu'er's Soul Power pressure interrupted them.
• Huo Yu'er arrived in Four-Word Battle Armor and sealed the White Tiger Duke's Mansion inside a Six Harmonies Sealing Array.
• Dai Hao asked Huo Yu'er why she had come, then offered his wife to her if the White Tiger Duke's Wife had offended her.
• Dai Yueheng stood in front of his mother, while Dai Huabin hid among the servants.
• Huo Yu'er told Dai Hao that his family would face judgment.

Huo Yu'er confronted Dai Hao at the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, exposed his crimes, and killed his accomplices under the Heavenly Path Federation's laws. With Dai Hao, the White Tiger Duke's Wife, Dai Huabin, and his brother left alive, she announced that the next matter was a private family grudge.

• Dai Hao denied wrongdoing, then panicked and begged Huo Yu'er to spare the Dai Family when she produced a booklet of evidence.
• Huo Yu'er revealed her overwhelming power and froze Dai Hao after he tried to draw a Rank 9 Soul Guided Cannon Shell.
• Huo Yu'er confiscated the banned weapon and read charges against Dai Hao's subordinates, killing them with Ultimate Ice as she listed each crime.
• After the White Tiger Duke's Mansion was cleared of its servants, Huo Yu'er stopped reading the charges and declared that she had a family matter and private grudge to settle with the survivors.

Huo Yu'er confronted Dai Hao and his family, condemned them for abandoning her mother and herself, and vowed to destroy everything they valued. She crippled the White Tiger Duke's Wife and killed Dai Yueheng, leaving Dai Hao enraged.

• Huo Yu'er revealed her face to Dai Hao, the White Tiger Duke's Wife, Dai Huabin, and Dai Yueheng, and recalled how they had failed to recognize her mother, Huo Yun'er.
• The White Tiger Duke's Wife recognized Huo Yu'er as Huo Yun'er's daughter, while Dai Hao offered her the future family headship and the title of Duke in exchange for returning to the Dai Family.
• Huo Yu'er rejected Dai Hao and vowed to exterminate the White Tiger Martial Soul, disgrace his family, and make the White Tiger Duke's Wife suffer.
• The White Tiger Duke's Wife tried to flee, but Huo Yu'er pierced her abdomen and destroyed the foundation of her Soul Power.
• Huo Yu'er killed Dai Yueheng in front of Dai Hao and his other sons, driving Dai Hao into a rage.

Huo Yu'er confronted Dai Hao and brought him and Dai Huabin to witness the Heavenly Path Federation's judgment against the Dai Family. After the family was stripped of its honors and executed, Dai Hao died believing its legacy would continue through Huo Yu'er, who rejected his claim and affirmed her own identity.

• Huo Yu'er slapped Dai Hao, rejected his attempt to use her mother to stop her, and declared that she would show him no mercy.
• Huo Yu'er used Soul Power to carry Dai Hao, Dai Huabin, and the others to a platform where Federation officials announced the Dai Family's crimes and sentence.
• The crowd demanded death, and Federation officials executed the Dai Family members, ending with Dai Hao.
• As he died, Dai Hao praised Huo Yu'er as his daughter and claimed the Dai Family's bloodline would endure through her.
• Huo Yu'er dismissed Dai Hao's claim, declared that she was Huo Yu'er, and left the White Tiger Duke's Wife and Dai Huabin as the only surviving members of the Dai Family.

Huo Yu'er brought Dai Huabin to Ye Xue'er, then killed him and broke through to Titled Douluo, taking the title Tian Yuan. Her breakthrough strengthened Heavenly Path Academy and the Heavenly Path Federation, while the Tang Sect emerged as a secret force against criminals and corrupt officials.

• Huo Yu'er brought Dai Huabin to Ye Xue'er, who refused to spare him despite his helpless state.
• Huo Yu'er froze Dai Huabin with Ultimate Ice, killing the last known bearer of the Evil Eye White Tiger Martial Soul.
• Huo Yu'er broke through to Titled Douluo and chose the title Tian Yuan, which Ye Wen approved.
• Heavenly Path Academy held a three-day celebration and announced Huo Yu'er's title across Douluo Continent.
• Over the following years, Ye Wen's other disciples, including Ju Zi, also reached Titled Douluo.
• The Heavenly Path Knights disappeared, and the Tang Sect became a renowned secret organization that investigated criminals, Evil Soul Masters, and corrupt officials.

Tang Wulin raged after learning that Tang Ya had taken control of the Tang Sect, while Tang Ya ordered a counter to his bards’ campaign promoting his version of the sect’s history. The chapter left a Tang Sect bard exposed by Lin Fan, a First-Class Investigator, for spreading claims that the Tang Clan Group led the legitimate Tang Sect.

• Tang Wulin learned that Tang Ya and the Heavenly Path Federation had taken the Tang Sect’s territory and struggled to protect his business and the Sea God’s faith.
• Tang Ya dismissed Tang Wulin’s claims to the Tang Sect’s legacy and ordered a plan to counter his bards’ campaign.
• A bard sang about the Tang Sect’s history to a crowd and began to link Tang Wulin to its revival.
• Ye Wen’s disciple interrupted the bard and praised Tang Ya as the leader of the Federation’s Tang Sect agency.
• Lin Fan identified himself as a Tang Sect First-Class Investigator, leaving the bard panicked.

Lin Fan exposed the Clear Sky Sect’s role behind the Tang Clan Group and defended Tang Ya’s claim to the Tang Sect, causing the group’s fortunes to collapse. Tang Wulin went to seek his fathers’ help, while Tang San discovered that his dwindling faith and scrutiny from other gods left him unable to interfere.

• Lin Fan arrested the bard for slandering the Tang Sect and told the crowd that the Heavenly Path Federation’s Tang Sect was the world’s only true Tang Sect.
• Stories of Tang Ya’s past spread across the Douluo Continent, and the Tang Clan Group’s business rapidly declined.
• Tang Wulin blamed Tang Ya for the losses, injured himself in frustration, and headed to the Clear Sky Sect to find his fathers.
• Tang San found that the Power of Faith was weakening and that other gods’ attention prevented him from acting on the Douluo Continent.

The Seven Elemental Gods chose inheritors among Heavenly Path Academy’s talented women and sent divine trials to Douluo Continent. Huo Yu'er accepted the Space inheritance after Ye Wen promised it would eventually merge into her Reincarnation Divine Throne, while Tang San grew displeased with the resulting faith.

• The Space God persuaded the God of Light to let Ye Jin'er inherit the Fire God’s position, while Xu Jiujiu became the God of Light’s choice.
• The God of Darkness chose Tang Ya, the Water God chose Vina, the Earth God chose Xiao Xiao, and the Space God selected Huo Yu'er.
• The Seven Elemental Gods bestowed their divine trials, and six women accepted their inheritances while Huo Yu'er hesitated.
• Ye Wen told Huo Yu'er that the Space Divine Throne would merge into her future Reincarnation Divine Throne, and she accepted the trial.
• News of seven Heavenly Path Federation leaders receiving divine inheritances spread, strengthening the Federation’s unity and raising Tang San’s prestige.
• Tang San reacted darkly, complaining that the new Power of Faith was not what he wanted.

Tang San schemed to use divine inheritances to make Tang Wulin and his allies seize control of Douluo Continent and build faith for himself. He assigned several God Positions, but the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Group refused to risk its future by joining his plans.

• Tang San complained that the Heavenly Path Federation was evil and decided the Tang Sect should rule Douluo Continent through his son, Tang Wulin.
• Tang San searched his temple for God Positions and chose several weaker Second-Level Beast God Positions to use in his scheme.
• Tang San decided to pass on the Sea God Position, using Tang Wulin’s Sea God bloodline and his own influence to rig the inheritance.
• Tang Wulin received the Sea God and Rabbit God inheritances, while Da Ming received the Snake God Position and Er Ming received the Ape God Position.
• A Clear Sky Sect member who had not awakened the Evil Eye White Tiger inherited the Tiger God Position, and Tang San planned for a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Support Soul Master to receive the Butterfly God Position.
• The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Group’s president rejected the risk of entering a war for one person’s ascension and prioritized the family’s continued prosperity.

Tang San obtained Four-Word Battle Armor technology and passed it to the Clear Sky Sect, which secretly developed the ability to forge it and began building its strength. The sect concealed its breakthrough and recruited powerful families, preparing to challenge the Heavenly Path Federation.

• Da Ming and Er Ming spared the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Group and found a destitute nobleman with a Spirit Butterfly Martial Soul in the former Dou Ling Empire.
• After the Tang Sect incident, the Tang Clan Group fell to second-rate status under pressure from the Heavenly Path Federation, while Tang Wulin received a Divine Decree to collect Battle Armor technology.
• Tang San studied Four-Word Battle Armor and quickly understood its principles, then suspected an unseen force was shaping events on the Douluo Continent.
• The Clear Sky Sect learned that Heavenly Forging required both highly fused metal and comprehension of laws, which its own blacksmiths lacked.
• Da Ming and Er Ming joined the Clear Sky Sect’s blacksmiths, became Divine Craftsmen, and enabled the sect to forge Heavenly Forged Metal and Four-Word Battle Armor.
• The Clear Sky Sect hid its new capability and recruited declining clans and families that wanted access to Four-Word Battle Armor.

Tang Wulin visited Shrek Academy to recruit Xuan Zi for the coming divine war, revealing that he had become the Sea God's inheritor and warning that Shrek could not avoid the conflict. Xuan Zi initially refused, but agreed to hear Tang Wulin's plan after learning that Tang San intended to lead the Clear Sky Sect against the Heavenly Path Federation.

• Tang Wulin entered Shrek City and requested an audience with Xuan Zi at the inner courtyard.
• Tang Wulin asked Xuan Zi to come out of retirement and help him, but Xuan Zi dismissed the idea and warned him about the dangers of divine conflict.
• Tang Wulin revealed his Sea God inheritance and summoned the Sea God Trident, but Xuan Zi remained unimpressed and refused to get involved.
• Tang Wulin argued that Shrek's future was tied to Tang San and disclosed that the Clear Sky Sect was preparing for war against the Heavenly Path Federation.
• Xuan Zi recognized that Shrek could not remain uninvolved and agreed to hear Tang Wulin's plan.

Ju Zi uncovered signs that the rebellions across Douluo were coordinated and possibly a trap aimed at the Federation’s strongest fighters. After Xuan Yue and Xiao Ding went to aid Daluo City, she ordered every nearby Titled Douluo to rush there, fearing her sisters were in danger.

• Ju Zi reviewed Tang Sect intelligence and realized the rebel forces were unusually bold, had killed Titled Douluo governors, and seemed to be waiting for something.
• Ju Zi recognized that the rebels were invoking the Sea God and calling the Heavenly Path Federation evil to stir up rebellion.
• Secretary Miya reported that Daluo City’s governor had requested aid against rebels including a Super Douluo, and that Xuan Yue and Xiao Ding had gone to help.
• Ju Zi suspected Daluo City was a trap and ordered every nearby Titled Douluo to put aside their duties and hurry there.

In Daluo City, two Super Douluo beat Cheng Gang and tried to recruit him into their secret sect, but one killed him as a Peerless Douluo’s attack arrived. Jiang Nannan confronted the attackers and discovered that two opponents wielded Peerless-level Soul Power.

• Cheng Gang, badly injured by two Super Douluo, tried to recruit them into the Heavenly Path Federation while secretly sending distress signals.
• An old man offered to spare Cheng Gang if he joined their unnamed sect, then released killing intent that nearly made Cheng Gang agree.
• A surge of Soul Power distracted Cheng Gang, and the middle-aged man beheaded him before a Peerless Douluo attacked from above.
• Two powerful Soul Power fluctuations met the Peerless Douluo’s attack, and Jiang Nannan struck a massive hexagonal warhammer.
• An old man in black Battle Armor swung an enormous warhammer at Jiang Nannan.

Jiang Nannan was ambushed by two Clear Sky Sect Super Douluos and fought to escape while injured. Da Ming revealed her escape was a Phantom Clone and prepared to kill her, declaring that her death would announce war between the Sea God Alliance and the Heavenly Path Federation.

• The Earth Fiend Douluo struck Jiang Nannan through Daluo City, and he and another Clear Sky Sect member pursued her to finish her off.
• Jiang Nannan forced herself out of the mountainside and used Moon Step, Teleportation, and Flash Step: Extreme to evade their attacks and flee.
• Da Ming arrived and stopped the pursuit, telling the Second Elder that Jiang Nannan had deceived them.
• Da Ming found Jiang Nannan hiding behind a boulder and revealed that the fleeing figure had been her Phantom Clone.
• Da Ming unleashed his Soul Power and declared that Jiang Nannan's death would announce a full-scale war between the Sea God Alliance and the Heavenly Path Federation.