Chapter Summaries

After Xu Tianran’s death, Shrek Academy learned that the Holy Spirit Cult might control a hidden Limit Douluo and that captured youths had been taken to Sea Soul City and Dongyang City. Zhang Lexuan then reported that the Sun Moon Empire had split, leaving Shrek and the empire’s new ruler to confront a rapidly worsening political crisis.

• Elder Song reported that the raid had killed Xu Tianran and that captured sect and academy members might be in Sea Soul City and Dongyang City.
• Qin Ze warned that Sea Soul City housed Gui Wujing, while Elder Xuan revealed the Holy Spirit Cult had another suspected Limit Douluo ally.
• Zhang Lexuan announced that Xu Fu had become emperor and that coastal and inland cities had seceded to form the Sea Soul Empire, led by Xu You from Sea Soul City.
• Shattering Star Douluo left Sea God Pavilion to return to the Star Luo Empire, and Mu En ordered a Sea God meeting.
• Kong Deming and Xu Fu’s officials planned to reassure the people and suppress the separatists, but four Soul Master corps defected to the Sea Soul Empire and the continent learned of the split.

The Holy Spirit Cult consolidated control of the newly founded Sea Soul Empire while discussing the Demon Empress’s recovery and the Sea God Clan. At Shrek Academy, Qin Ze agreed to help Mu En negotiate with Di Tian, suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s erupting evil fire with Huo Yu Hao, and received a mysterious Crystal Pill message that made him say, “You finally succeeded.”

• Zhong Liwu, Feng Ling, and Gui Wujing discussed the Sea Soul Empire’s Soul Master Corps and decided to keep captured sect and academy members under guard rather than kill them.
• Gui Wujing explained that the Demon Empress still needed vast amounts of life energy and warned the others about the Sea God Clan and its god.
• Mu En asked Qin Ze to arrange a meeting with Di Tian so humans and soul beasts could discuss the dangers posed by Self-Condensing Soul Rings, and Qin Ze agreed.
• Qin Ze and Di Yue Li returned to their dormitory, but Bei Bei and the others interrupted them to report that Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire had erupted during her breakthrough.
• Qin Ze and Huo Yu Hao used their extreme-cold abilities to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, though Qin Ze warned that it could return with future cultivation breakthroughs.
• A red-light-emitting Crystal Pill entered Qin Ze’s forehead and delivered a message from an ancestor of the God of Destruction, after which Qin Ze looked at Ma Xiaotao and said, “You finally succeeded.”

Qin Ze gave Ma Xiaotao a Crystal Pill to free her Martial Soul from the evil fire, then helped Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu purify their Annihilation Attribute. He gathered his companions to plan a trip to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for immortal herbs and proposed guiding them toward godhood through God Trials, promising to find a Land of Inheritance.

• Qin Ze gave Ma Xiaotao the Crystal Pill, and she sensed that the evil fire in her was afraid of it.
• Qin Ze reunited with his companions at the Nine Treasures Auction House and proposed giving them immortal herbs to strengthen their cultivation.
• Qin Ze used the Source of Destruction to purify Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu's Annihilation Attribute, and Nan Shuishui said he could claim Earth Dragon Gate's ancestral treasure land.
• Qin Ze announced that the group would leave for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well the next morning to choose suitable immortal herbs.
• Qin Ze explained that the First-Generation Shrek Seven Devils advanced through God Trials and said he would find a Land of Inheritance for his companions.

Qin Ze led the group to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and showed them how Tang San’s actions had devastated the Sunset Forest. Tang Ya’s faith in Tang San collapsed as the group learned that his poisonous plants had caused mass deaths and threatened the region, leaving them at the edge of the valley.

• Qin Ze discussed the political deadlock and the empires’ military preparations before setting out with the group for the Sunset Forest.
• Qin Ze explained that Tang San had nearly wiped out the forest’s powerful soul beasts ten thousand years earlier, disrupting its life cycle.
• Qin Ze led the group through a vast, corrosive miasma and showed them the many soul beast bones scattered beneath the trees.
• Qin Ze revealed a vast field of Jade Phosphor Seven-Leaf Flowers and Jade Phosphor Nine-Leaf Flowers that Tang San had planted to conceal the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Qin Ze said the plants’ spreading poison had killed most of the Sunset Forest’s soul beasts and could endanger nearby humans, causing Tang Ya to doubt Tang San.

Qin Ze led the group into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Youyou helped them choose suitable immortal herbs. He then arranged a way to explore the lake bottom and descended into the fire lake, where he discovered the Fire Dragon King's remains.

• Qin Ze guided the group through the poison miasma and into the valley, where Youyou welcomed him and the immortal herbs.
• Youyou selected immortal herbs for Tang Ya, Xu San Shi, Bei Bei, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, He Caitou, and Ye Guyi, and they began absorbing them.
• Qin Ze asked A Jiao and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass how to reach the lake bottom, and they used their source powers with his Snow Empress Right Arm Bone to protect him.
• Qin Ze entered the fire lake and descended through its increasingly dense, hot depths.
• Qin Ze saw a vast shape beneath the lakebed and recognized the enormous crystal-red skull as the Fire Dragon King.

Qin Ze retrieved the Fire Dragon King's soul bone from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while the others absorbed immortal herbs and strengthened their abilities. After Tang Ya gained a sixth soul ring, the group left Sunset Forest and headed for Heaven Dou City instead of Shrek Academy.

• Qin Ze used A Jiao's source power to find and retrieve the Fire Dragon King's soul bone, then returned safely from the dragon remains.
• Bei Bei, Xu San Shi, He Caitou, and Ye Guyi reached Rank 69 as the immortal herbs strengthened their Martial Souls and bodies; Ye Guyi briefly revealed an angelic holy sword pattern on her forehead.
• Qin Ze told Bei Bei that the people connected to Tang Ya's ruined sect were in Heaven Dou City, and Bei Bei vowed to kill them after Tang Ya obtained her sixth soul ring.
• Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao absorbed their immortal herbs, and Tang Ya reached Level 60.
• Qin Ze and Bei Bei helped Tang Ya absorb a roughly twenty-thousand-year Jade Phosphor Nine-Leaf Flower soul ring, then the group left Sunset Forest for Heaven Dou City.

Tang Ya and Bei Bei avenged her parents by destroying the Iron Blood Sect, and Qin Ze returned to Shrek Academy to learn of a planned rescue mission to Dongyang City. While preparing for a meeting between humans and soul beasts, Qin Ze and Di Yue Li absorbed Dragon King soul bones, and Qin Ze fused the Blade of the Famous into his Water Dragon King torso bone.

• Qin Ze led Tang Ya and the others to Heaven Dou City, where Tang Ya and Bei Bei attacked the Iron Blood Sect and killed Tie Li and the other conspirators responsible for her parents’ deaths.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei left the sect as its remaining disciples fled, then returned with the group to Shrek City.
• Mu En told Qin Ze that the academy planned to send him and a team to Dongyang City in a month to rescue captured sect and academy members, with Xuan Zi and the Poison Old Monster accompanying them.
• Di Yue Li told Qin Ze that Di Tian agreed to meet with humans in the Star Dou Great Forest in half a month to discuss coexistence and the hunting of soul beasts.
• Qin Ze and Di Yue Li absorbed the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King torso soul bones, and Qin Ze fused Blade of the Famous into his soul bone during the absorption.

Qin Ze successfully condensed and fused a Destruction Soul Core at the Soul Saint realm, enduring severe pain and injuries. After he recovered, Mu En announced plans to negotiate with Di Tian and prepare a rescue mission for captured younger generations.

• Qin Ze and Di Yue Li discussed the benefits of their newly absorbed soul bones, including Di Yue Li’s ability to use Extreme Fire in human form with her Golden Dragon Martial Soul.
• Mu En explained soul core cultivation to Qin Ze and supported his plan to condense one early because of his exceptional physical and Spiritual Power strength.
• Qin Ze compressed his Soul Power, Spiritual Power, Source of Destruction, and Spatial Power into a Destruction Soul Core, then endured a painful fusion that destroyed his clothes and injured his body.
• Di Yue Li entered the cultivation room, saw Qin Ze unclothed, and told him to put on his clothes before they spoke; afterward, she bit his hand for teasing her.
• Mu En announced that he would lead Qin Ze, Xiao Song, and Xiao Lin to the Star Dou Great Forest in five days to discuss coexistence between humans and soul beasts with Di Tian.
• Mu En assigned Xuan Zi to select younger-generation members for a rescue mission in Dongyang City and told Elder Lin to delay talks with a Rank 9 Soul Master from Mingde Hall.

Qin Ze and Mu En negotiated with Di Tian over reducing the hunting of soul beasts, then Qin Ze secured Di Tian and Bi Ji’s promise to accompany him to the Northern Ice Sea. The rescue team set out for Dongyang City and reached Tian Guan City, where Du Busi and Long Aotian joined them before their departure the next morning.

• Xuan Zi gathered the students who would travel to Dongyang City, and Ma Xiaotao agreed to spar with Bei Bei and Xu San Shi as their training began.
• Mu En and Qin Ze met Di Tian, Bi Ji, and the Myriad Demon King at a waterfall, where Mu En described Shrek Academy’s soul-ring condensation plans and Di Tian agreed to withdraw most ten-thousand-year soul beasts from the outer circle.
• Qin Ze asked Di Tian and Bi Ji to accompany him to the Northern Ice Sea ten days later, and Di Tian agreed to meet him at the waterfall.
• Bei Bei, Xu San Shi, He Caitou, and Ye Guyi advanced to the Soul Saint realm during the students’ training, while Xuan Zi briefed the rescue team on its route to Dongyang City.
• Xuan Zi led the rescue team through the Star Dou Great Forest to Tian Guan City, where Du Busi welcomed them and Long Aotian joined the mission.
• The group ate and rested at Tian Guan Hotel as heavy snow began falling over Tian Guan City.

Shrek’s rescue team reached Dongyang City and began planning how to free the captured members of their allied forces. As Qin Ze wondered whether the Heart of the Ocean could draw the Asura God into the conflict, the scepter-shaped mark on his forehead briefly flashed.

• Du Busi led the assembled rescue team from Tian Guan City toward Dongyang City, avoiding Sun Moon Empire detectors and military concentrations along the way.
• In Dongyang City, Nangong Wan, Abomination Douluo, and Myriad Soul Douluo discussed the Holy Spirit Cult’s need for allies and the Sea God Family’s potential support.
• Nangong Wan revealed that Myriad Soul Douluo had captured the Mermaid Clan’s youngest princess, and that the Demon Empress had intercepted the clan’s call for help through the Heart of the Ocean.
• Long Aotian brought Shrek’s group into Dongyang City and showed them the suspected prison holding nearly three hundred captured members of allied forces.
• Qin Ze and the others agreed to spend the following day familiarizing themselves with the city before attempting the rescue, while Long Aotian arranged their rooms.
• Watching the snow from his hotel window, Qin Ze wondered whether the God of Destruction would turn from the Sea God to the Asura God, and the scepter-shaped mark on his forehead flashed.

Qin Ze and his allies attacked the Holy Spirit Cult’s hidden prison in Dongyang City to rescue its captives, but Myriad Soul Douluo’s precautions trapped them inside a sealing barrier. Qin Ze used Snow Empress Possession to slay Myriad Soul Douluo, and the rescued mermaid princess was purified, bringing him closer to obtaining the Heart of the Ocean.

• Huo Yu Hao’s Spirit Detection located a hidden metal door beneath the building, and Qin Ze recognized Nangong Wan as the Holy Spirit Cult’s second elder and Xi Shui Alliance leader.
• Qin Ze ordered the rescue to begin at three in the morning, and Shrek Academy and the Body Sect assembled outside the prison.
• Qin Ze and three allies entered the building but were discovered, while a sealing soul tool trapped the assault team and Myriad Soul Douluo confronted them.
• Ning Tian boosted Qin Ze and his allies through the barrier as the Evil Soul Masters poured out and both sides began fighting.
• Qin Ze summoned the Snow Empress’s power, wiped out Myriad Soul Douluo’s vengeful souls, and killed him with Emperor Sword, Ice Extreme Unrivaled.
• Qin Ze purified the mermaid princess with Azure Dragon Power as his allies overwhelmed the remaining Evil Soul Masters.

Qin Ze and his allies defeated the Holy Spirit Cult’s Evil Soul Masters, rescued nearly three hundred captives, and then Qin Ze set out for the Northern Ice Sea with Di Tian and Bi Ji. There, Di Tian and Bi Ji met the Mermaid Clan’s Sea Princess, whose hatred of humans erupted when she saw Qin Ze.

• Qin Ze used his Mermaid Chest Bone to weaken the Evil Soul Masters and draw the mermaid princess’s remnant soul into the bone, while the allied fighters defeated all eighty-seven enemies without losing anyone.
• Ma Xiaotao and the others rescued nearly three hundred captives from the underground prison, and Long Aotian escorted them away as Dongyang City’s soldiers withdrew.
• After Xuan Zi and Elder Tang returned, Qin Ze parted from the group and flew toward the Northern Ice Sea to pursue the God of Destruction’s trial.
• Di Tian and Bi Ji met Qin Ze at the sea and traveled with him to the Mermaid Clan’s underwater residence, where Di Tian explained how gods used and distributed the power of faith.
• The Sea Princess emerged with her mermaids and attacked Qin Ze after recognizing him as human, but Di Tian’s Spiritual Power suppressed her assault.

Qin Ze gained Sea Princess's trust by revealing that he had rescued Liya's soul and promising to restore her body. Sea Princess gave him the Heart of the Ocean, and Qin Ze left the mermaid realm with Liya's body and Tear Pearls as the Scepter of Destruction Divine Seal lit up.

• Qin Ze explained that Evil Soul Masters had deceived the mermaids, released his pure Azure Dragon Power, and revealed Liya's rescued soul to Sea Princess and the mermaids.
• Liya reunited with Sea Princess and the Mermaid Grand Princess, then told them how Qin Ze had rescued her and defeated the humans who had harmed them.
• Sea Princess brought Qin Ze, Di Tian, and Bi Ji to Mermaid Palace, where Di Tian explained that Liya's damaged soul could not be restored without a deity's help.
• Qin Ze revealed his Deity Inheritance and promised to restore Liya, persuading Sea Princess to entrust him with Liya's body and the Heart of the Ocean.
• Sea Princess gave Qin Ze the Heart of the Ocean and her family's Tear Pearls, and Qin Ze's group left the mermaid realm with Liya's body.
• The Scepter of Destruction Divine Seal lit up after the group returned to the sky, and Qin Ze looked forward to seeing how God of Destruction would deal with Tang San.

Qin Ze entered the Divine Realm with Di Tian, where the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life agreed to revive Liya and tested Qin Ze's views on expanding the Divine Realm. The God of Destruction revealed a plan to restore the God of Angels' Deity Position using the Heart of the Ocean, then sent Qin Ze back to the Douluo Continent.

• Qin Ze brought Di Tian to the Land of Inheritance, where the God of Destruction claimed the Heart of the Ocean and transported Qin Ze to the Divine Realm.
• The God of Destruction asked Qin Ze about the Sea God and Divine Realm expansion, and Qin Ze supported expansion and proposed removing anyone who obstructed it.
• The Goddess of Life promised to restore Liya, while the God of Destruction praised Qin Ze's resolve and alignment with his plans.
• The God of Destruction explained that a Soul Master with the Angel Martial Soul could help restore the God of Angels' Deity Position using the Heart of the Ocean's Sea God faith.
• The God of Destruction told Qin Ze to inform Di Tian that he would accept beast-type deities if the Divine Realm expanded, then sent Qin Ze back to the Douluo Continent.

After completing the God of Destruction’s first trial, Qin Ze returned to the continent with Liya and learned his rewards had raised him to Level 80. Shrek Academy began responding to the Sea Soul Empire’s mysterious allies, while Qin Ze prepared to condense a new soul ring and left his friends stunned by his breakthrough.

• Qin Ze returned to the Land of Inheritance, told Di Tian that the God of Destruction had agreed to let soul beasts become gods, and learned that Liya’s health and bloodline had recovered.
• Qin Ze received the Heart of the Ocean and completed the first God of Destruction trial, gaining five Soul Power levels and ten thousand years of age for each soul ring.
• Di Tian brought Qin Ze, Liya, and Di Yue Li back to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Qin Ze reunited with Di Yue Li after seven and a half days had passed on the continent.
• Elder Song and the Sea God Pavilion elders discussed the mysterious guards serving Xu You, while Mu En ordered patrols and preparations to spread the Self-Condensing Soul Ring Method.
• Qin Ze infused Ye Guyi’s blood essence into the Heart of the Ocean, let Liya stay in Shrek City, and asked Wu Feng to tell the academy he had returned.
• Di Yue Li revealed that Qin Ze had reached Level 80, leaving Wu Feng, Ye Guyi, and Ning Tian shocked as he prepared to condense a soul ring.

Qin Ze broke through to Level 80 and condensed an eighth soul ring fused with Life Origin while his sudden rise stunned the Inner Court. Meanwhile, the Holy Spirit Cult planned to expand its influence through the Sea Soul Masters and the Dou Ling Empire, while Sea God Douluo Chen Tianhai revealed that the Sea God Family intended to exploit the cult and later present itself as the continent’s savior.

• Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Ye Guyi learned that Qin Ze had reached Level 80, and Wu Feng and the others went to report the news to Xuan Zi and the others.
• Qin Ze condensed his eighth soul ring, which fused with Life Origin, as news of his breakthrough spread through the Inner Court and astonished its students and staff.
• Zhong Liwu and the Holy Spirit Cult leaders learned that Nangong Wan and the dungeon hostages had disappeared, suspected Shrek Academy was involved, and agreed to promote the Sea God faith.
• Zhang Peng reported that the Supreme Sect Master had won over two nobles in the Dou Ling Empire, and Zhong Liwu ordered Zhang Peng to prepare to eliminate opposition there.
• Chen Tianhai explained that the Sea God Family would cooperate with the Holy Spirit Cult, let it cause chaos, and later defeat it to win the continent’s support for the Sea God.

Qin Ze brought Ye Guyi to the Deity Inheritance Ground, where the God of Destruction discovered fragments of the Angel God Seat within her and began drawing them out. Ye Guyi awakened six angel wings and encountered Qian Renxue’s remnant soul.

• Qin Ze and the others arranged groups for the academy’s mission to promote the Self-Condensing Soul Ring Method, and Ye Guyi agreed to join the Shrek Supervisory Group.
• Qin Ze took Ye Guyi and Di Yue Li to the Deity Inheritance Ground and told the God of Destruction he had found someone with an Angel Martial Soul.
• The God of Destruction revealed that he planned to use the Sea God’s power of faith to help restore the shattered Angel God Seat through Ye Guyi.
• A beam of light entered Ye Guyi, causing her pain as three pairs of angel wings appeared and the God of Destruction sensed Angel God Seat fragments within her.
• Ye Guyi entered a broken, golden-lit space and met a woman who introduced herself as Qian Renxue.

Ye Guyi met Qian Renxue’s remnant soul, and the God of Destruction helped them use Tang San’s Faith Power to begin restoring the God of Angels’ shattered god position. The Sea God noticed his Faith Power had decreased, while Qin Ze prepared to bring Ye Guyi back for further repairs.

• Ye Guyi learned from Qian Renxue that Tang San and other deities had defeated her and that the shattered Angel god position had drawn danger to their descendants.
• The God of Destruction revealed that he would help restore the God of Angels’ god position using the Sea God’s Faith Power, and Qian Renxue agreed to convert it.
• Qian Renxue converted the Faith Power drawn from Liya’s Heart of the Ocean into Angel divine power, repairing one-fifth of the god position before the flow stopped.
• The God of Destruction told Qin Ze that Ye Guyi’s god position would need four more rounds of repairs, then said he had not yet decided Qin Ze’s Second God Trial task.
• Ye Guyi woke and told Di Yue Li she was fine, and Qin Ze took the two women back from the Land of Inheritance.
• The Sea God sensed that his Faith Power from Douluo Continent had sharply decreased, suspected the God of Destruction was making moves, and worried that events on the continent might not follow his plans.

Shrek Academy sent Inner Court students and convoys across the empires to distribute Acupoint Breaking Soul Tools and promote the Self-Condensing Soul Ring Method, which spread rapidly and disrupted soul-beast hunting businesses. In Lingqi City, Xu San Shi reunited with his mother and introduced Jiang Nannan, while Qin Ze and Di Yue Li reflected on the family they hoped to build.

• Yan Shaozhe assigned the Inner Court students to lead convoys and offered to remove five tasks from their graduation assessments for completing the mission.
• Qin Ze, Di Yue Li, Xu San Shi, and Jiang Nannan traveled toward the Dou Ling Empire, while the convoys distributed the method and tools across its cities.
• The Self-Condensing Soul Ring Method became popular, and Di Tian punished hunting teams that slaughtered soul beasts indiscriminately.
• Yan Shaozhe's convoy reached Lingqi City, where Xu San Shi discovered that the royal woman welcoming them was his mother, Xue Lingxun.
• Xu San Shi introduced Qin Ze and Di Yue Li to Xue Lingxun, then presented Jiang Nannan as his future wife; Xue Lingxun warmly welcomed her.
• Qin Ze held Di Yue Li's hand and resolved to reunite with his grandmother, while Di Yue Li said they should have more children in the future.

Qin Ze and his companions reached Lingqi City, but a Limit Douluo-level clash erupted to the east and they hurried toward Lingdou City. The chapter left the Dou Ling Empire’s capital in ruins, with Heaven Sun Douluo facing two powerful attackers and despairing that Heaven would destroy the empire.

• Qin Ze and Di Yue Li left the imperial banquet with Xu San Shi and Jiang Nannan to explore Lingqi City’s food street.
• Qin Ze sensed a disturbance, and a shock wave from a Limit Douluo-level aura tore through the sky above the city.
• Yan Shaozhe flew east to investigate while Xue Lingxun ordered City Lord Lin to mobilize Lingqi City’s Soul Master Corps and sent Xu San Shi to summon the Profound Nether Sect’s experts.
• Qin Ze, Di Yue Li, and Jiang Nannan flew toward Lingdou City as Di Yue Li warned that the attackers could arrive at any time.
• Two masked soul masters battled five badly wounded defenders amid the burning ruins of Lingdou City’s Imperial Palace, and Heaven Sun Douluo lamented that the Dou Ling Empire was doomed.