Chapter Summaries

Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao attacked the Dou Ling Imperial Family, but Qin Ze purified Heaven Sun Douluo’s Blood Soul Curse and healed him. Beast God Di Tian arrived and forced the two Holy Spirit Cult Limit Douluo to retreat, leaving their reckoning for another time.

• Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao faced Yan Shaozhe and the Dou Ling Worship Hall’s Titled Douluo after the Imperial Family was annihilated.
• Ye Xishui pierced Heaven Sun Douluo with a Blood Soul attack and cursed him, but Yan Shaozhe blocked her follow-up strike.
• Qin Ze arrived with two companions and used Azure Dragon Power to erase the curse and heal Heaven Sun Douluo.
• Ye Xishui launched a Blood Soul Spear at Qin Ze, but a dragon claw tore it apart before it could hit him.
• Di Tian appeared, revealed his overwhelming power, and drove Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui to flee Lingdou City.

After the Holy Spirit Cult destroyed the Dou Ling Imperial Family, Qin Ze warned Heaven Sun Douluo that the northern province lords might be conspiring to seize the throne. As Lingdou City tried to restore order, Xue Kui and Xue Leng secretly prepared to claim power with the Cult’s support and two Super Douluo allies.

• Di Tian arrived after the battle, and Heaven Sun Douluo ordered the garrison to restore order and summoned Princess Xue Lingxun.
• Qin Ze proposed that the Holy Spirit Cult had attacked to gain control of the Dou Ling Empire and warned Heaven Sun Douluo about Tianhe Province and Luoan Province.
• Di Tian confirmed that the province lords had headed north, while Yan Shaozhe planned to return to Shrek Academy and deploy the Inspection Team.
• Yan Shaozhe suggested turning the Dou Ling Empire into a federal state as the group watched Lingdou City recover from the attack.
• Xue Kui and Xue Leng discussed their plan to seize the throne and eliminate rival nobles, while Ye Xishui confirmed the attack had succeeded and introduced two Super Douluo allies.

After the Imperial Family was killed in an Evil Soul Master attack, Xue Lingxun and Heaven Sun Douluo worked to stabilize the Dou Ling Empire and appoint Xu San Shi as regent. The empire began arranging an interim government and plans to promote the Condensation Method, while Xu San Shi left with the Shrek Academy group.

• Xue Lingxun learned that the Imperial Family's direct male descendants had all died, and Heaven Sun Douluo asked her to manage the crisis.
• Heaven Sun Douluo nominated Xu San Shi as regent, but Xu San Shi initially refused and Xue Lingxun agreed to handle state affairs temporarily.
• Yan Shaozhe advised Xue Lingxun to promote the Condensation Method as planned and delay announcing the Imperial Family's deaths until the situation stabilized.
• Officials proposed rival candidates for the throne, including Xue Leng, before Heaven Sun Douluo returned with Xu San Shi and announced that he would serve as regent.
• The Prime Minister and most officials accepted Xu San Shi's appointment, and Xue Lingxun arranged the method's promotion, a later state funeral, and rewards for hunting Evil Soul Masters.
• Xu San Shi left with Yan Shaozhe and the Shrek Academy group, while Heaven Sun Douluo told Xue Lingxun that she would learn later why Xu San Shi had changed his mind.

Xu San Shi explained why he had agreed to become Regent, and Qin Ze urged Yan Shaozhe to reconsider Shrek Academy’s barriers to admission. At Lingqi City’s public demonstration of the Self-Condensing Soul Ring Method, Qin Ze’s eight soul rings stunned the crowd as Lin Yi successfully condensed a purple soul ring.

• Xu San Shi told Yan Shaozhe that he had accepted the regency to expose the Dou Ling Empire’s nobles and had discussed a possible federal system with Heaven Sun Douluo.
• Jiang Nannan described how noble control of martial soul awakenings and the cost of soul rings harmed ordinary people, and Qin Ze criticized Shrek Academy’s recommendation-letter requirement.
• Yan Shaozhe said he would reconsider the academy’s admission rules, and the group returned to Lingqi City.
• At Lingqi City Square, Yan Shaozhe introduced the Self-Condensing Soul Ring Method and City Lord Lin’s son, Lin Yi, entered the acupoint-breaking chamber for a demonstration.
• Qin Ze replaced Xu San Shi as Lin Yi’s assistant and revealed eight soul rings, including two hundred-thousand-year rings, shocking the crowd.
• With Qin Ze stabilizing the process, Lin Yi condensed a soul ring that changed from transparent through white and yellow before settling at purple.

Qin Ze’s modified Self-Condensing Soul Ring Method succeeded in Lingqi City, where City Lord Lin made it available for one Gold Soul Coin. As Shrek Academy’s group arrived in Lingdou City to demonstrate the method, Qin Ze became suspicious that the sudden construction of Sea God Statues in several provinces might be connected to the Sea Soul Masters and the recent attack on the royal family.

• Qin Ze explained to Yan Shaozhe how he infused his martial soul’s origin attribute into a condensed soul ring, prompting Yan Shaozhe to plan further academy experiments.
• Lin Yi successfully condensed his soul rings, and City Lord Lin announced that residents could use the method at the City Lord’s Estate for one Gold Soul Coin.
• Yan Shaozhe told City Lord Lin and the other officials that Grand Princess Xue Lingxun controlled the court and that Xu San Shi had been appointed Regent.
• Xue Lingxun and Heaven Sun Douluo discussed the royal family crisis and learned that Xue Leng and Xue Yun were overseeing the construction of Sea God Statues in their provinces.
• Qin Ze and the Shrek Academy group entered Lingdou City to prepare a public demonstration of the Self-Condensing Soul Ring Method.
• Qin Ze questioned Heaven Sun Douluo about the Sea God Statues and suspected a connection between them, the Sea Soul Masters, and the recent attack on the Dou Ling Empire royal family.

Qin Ze and Yan Shaozhe investigated Sea God statues in Yunhai Province and discovered that a trident was gathering worshippers’ faith, which Qin Ze diverted. As they suspected Sea Soul Masters were involved, one of the men monitoring the faith noticed the loss and went to investigate Baiyun City.

• While Shrek’s leaders discussed their next steps, Qin Ze suspected the Sea God statues were connected to Sea Soul Masters and planned to use Bai Chenxiang’s diary records to persuade Yan Shaozhe.
• Qin Ze and Yan Shaozhe flew to Yunhai Province, leaving Di Yue Li and Jiang Nannan behind in Lingdou City.
• In Baiyun City, they watched a trident being installed in a statue and saw its light influence the crowd into worshipping.
• Qin Ze used the God of Destruction’s Seal to capture faith that was flowing into the trident, then left the city with Yan Shaozhe.
• Two men monitoring a crystal ball noticed Baiyun City’s faith had diminished, and one departed to investigate while the other received a request to visit the duke.

Qin Ze and Yan Shaozhe tracked Sea Shark Douluo and Sea Spear Douluo after Qin Ze absorbed faith from Sea God statues, and they learned that the Sea God Family was searching for the thief. The Sea God's divine power failed to detect Qin Ze, while the clan leader mistakenly identified a Godly Inheritor thousands of kilometers away and ordered the Sea Shark Family to continue its plans.

• Xue Leng reported that Sea God statues had been installed across Tianhe Province and Luoan Province, and Sea Shark Douluo promised to help the Xue family seize power in Lingdou City.
• Qin Ze absorbed faith from the tenth Sea God statue in Yunhai City and told Yan Shaozhe that the Sea God Family was likely behind the statues.
• Sea Shark Douluo and Sea Spear Douluo failed to locate Qin Ze with the Light of Faith, so Qin Ze and Yan Shaozhe followed them to a secluded shore.
• The Sea Shark Family's clan leader used the Sea God's divine power to scan Douluo Continent, but the God of Destruction's Seal concealed Qin Ze and redirected the lock toward a distant Godly Inheritor.
• The clan leader ordered Sea Shark Douluo and Sea Spear Douluo to keep gathering faith and said he would send two more people to assist them.

Xue Lingxun secured public support in Lingdou City by promoting self-condensing soul rings, announcing policies for ordinary people, and appointing Xu San Shi as Regent. As Qin Ze and Yan Shaozhe returned, Xue Lingxun considered whether a federal system might let her lead the empire despite rules barring women from becoming emperor.

• Sea Shark Douluo and Sea Spear Douluo left after failing to recover the lost faith power, while Qin Ze and Yan Shaozhe watched them depart and suspected Sea God Island had allied with the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Xue Lingxun won support in Lingdou City by explaining the Royal Family's destruction, announcing beneficial policies, and naming Xu San Shi the next Regent.
• Xue Lingxun issued rewards for killing Evil Soul Masters and had Heaven Sun Douluo and the other Worship Hall Titled Douluo witness the decree.
• At the princess residence, Xue Lingxun and Heaven Sun Douluo discussed the empire's decay and the possibility of replacing the monarchy with a federal system.
• Xu San Shi rejected the idea of making his and Jiang Nannan's future child emperor, while Heaven Sun Douluo argued that Xue Lingxun could become the federation's permanent chairperson.
• A guard announced that Qin Ze and Yan Shaozhe had arrived, and Xu San Shi, Jiang Nannan, and Di Yue Li went out to meet them.

Yan Shaozhe warned the Dou Ling Empire about Sea Soul Masters and Evil Soul Masters before returning toward Shrek Academy with Qin Ze and Di Yue Li. At the academy, Qin Ze recognized that Wang Dong'er's sealed Sea of Consciousness and confused identity might cost her life, then took Huo Yu Hao and the others somewhere to address it.

• Yan Shaozhe reported that Sea God Statues in Yunhai Province could influence worshippers and warned Xue Lingxun about possible cooperation between nobles, Sea Soul Masters, and Evil Soul Masters.
• Yan Shaozhe left Xu San Shi and Jiang Nannan in Lingdou City to help govern and oversee Soul Engineers teaching the Acupoint Breaking Soul Tool, then departed with Qin Ze and Di Yue Li.
• News of the Dou Ling Imperial Family's destruction and the empire's laws spread through the other nations, alarming rulers and prompting soul masters to hunt Evil Soul Masters for rewards.
• At Shrek Academy, Mu En could not examine Wang Dong'er's sealed Sea of Consciousness after she developed headaches and began confusing the names Wang Dong'er and Tang Wutong.
• Qin Ze's purple light suppressed Wang Dong'er's blue-gold glow and stopped her pain, after which he warned Huo Yu Hao that she might die and led him and the others away to deal with the problem.

Qin Ze brought his companions to the God of Destruction’s Land of Inheritance, where the God of Destruction removed the Sea God’s power from Wang Dong’er and marked the group for an accompanying trial against Sea God believers. Meanwhile, Mu En led the Sea God Pavilion elders to revise Shrek Academy’s rules and approve cooperation with the Sun Moon Empire.

• Qin Ze used the Gate of Space to take the group to the Land of Inheritance and asked the God of Destruction to help Wang Dong’er.
• The God of Destruction removed the Sea God’s divine power from Wang Dong’er, warned Qin Ze that the Sea God might target him, and gave the group a trial to kill Sea God believers.
• Wang Dong’er remained asleep but was safe, while Qin Ze explained that the group had received accompanying divine trials before taking them back to the Sea God Pavilion.
• Yan Shaozhe told the Sea God Pavilion elders that Sea Soul Masters from Sea God Island had aided the Holy Spirit Cult, and Mu En ordered Shrek members to watch for Evil Soul Masters and Sea Soul Masters.
• Mu En proposed cooperation with the Sun Moon Empire and changed Shrek Academy’s rules to emphasize cooperation and restraint rather than causing trouble.

Qin Ze warned Huo Yu Hao that Wang Dong'er’s father had nearly replaced her memories and revealed the Sea God Believers’ cooperation with the Holy Spirit Cult. Shrek’s Inner Court began assigning continent-wide patrol missions, while Tang San prepared to act against the God of Destruction’s inheritor.

• Qin Ze told Huo Yu Hao that Wang Dong’er’s transformation had threatened to erase her memories and warned that the Clear Sky Sect might try to take her away.
• Qin Ze reported that Xu San Shi had become regent of the Dou Ling Empire after the Holy Spirit Cult attacked its royal family, and he showed the others a recording of Sea God Believers controlling a crowd in Yunhai Province.
• Yan Shaozhe summoned the Inner Court students and announced that groups of three would be stationed across the four empires allied with Shrek Academy, including the Sun Moon Empire.
• Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo prepared a lottery to assign the students’ destinations, while Qin Ze reflected on their duty to protect commoners.
• Tang San lamented that Tang Xiao Qi’s weakened connection could no longer help him monitor Douluo Continent, then opened a field of light and shadow showing a vast island.

Chen Tianhai received the Sea God’s order to kill the God of Destruction’s inheritor at Shrek Academy and sent Sea Dragon to negotiate with the Holy Spirit Cult while Sea Turtle and Sea Maiden went to the Dou Ling Empire. Tang San also asked Niu Tian and Titan to bring Xiao Qi back from Shrek Academy, claiming Xiao Wu missed her.

• Chen Tianhai asked the Sea God Family experts to reinforce Sea Shark and Sea Spear, and Sea Turtle and Sea Maiden volunteered.
• The Sea God projected himself before Chen Tianhai and ordered the family to eliminate his enemy’s inheritor, identifying Shrek Academy as the target.
• Chen Tianhai explained that the Sea God’s power had failed to find the culprit behind vanishing faith, and Tang San privately noted that the God of Destruction’s Divine Seal had concealed the inheritor.
• Chen Tianhai sent Sea Dragon to negotiate with the Holy Spirit Cult and ordered Sea Turtle and Sea Maiden to assist Sea Shark and Sea Spear in the Dou Ling Empire.
• Tang San asked Niu Tian and Titan to bring Xiao Qi back from Shrek Academy, and they agreed because Xiao Wu missed her.

Shrek Academy assigned its Inner Court students to garrison posts, and Qin Ze learned he would go to the Sun Moon Empire with Di Yue Li and others. Niu Tian and Titan arrived to take Wang Dong'er home, and Qin Ze went to explain her condition to them.

• Qian Duoduo assigned the Inner Court students to garrison locations, placing Qin Ze and Di Yue Li in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that students would report official crimes to the empires, while continuing to deal directly with other criminals.
• Qin Ze asked to bring Ji Juechen and Ye Guyi to the Sun Moon Empire, and Yan Shaozhe agreed; the group was set to depart in five days with five Senior Elders and ten Soul Engineers.
• Niu Tian and Titan arrived at Shrek Academy to pick up Wang Dong'er, and their pressure shook Sea God Lake when Elder Song revealed that something had happened to her.
• Qin Ze assured Niu Tian and Titan that Wang Dong'er was safe but asleep, then led them toward her pavilion to explain what had happened.

Wang Dong'er woke from a nightmare about Tang Wutong and clung to Huo Yu Hao, prompting Niu Tian and Tai Tan to decide not to take her back to the Clear Sky Sect. After the group celebrated at the Nine Treasures Auction House, Qin Ze, Di Yue Li, Ji, Ye Guyi, and Jing Ziyan departed for the Northern Ice Sea with Liya.

• Niu Tian and Tai Tan examined Wang Dong'er and learned that her Sea of Consciousness had been disturbed, while Huo Yu Hao feared she would be taken back and lose her identity.
• Qin Ze used the Divine Seal to wake Wang Dong'er, who repeated that she was Wang Dong'er and sought comfort from Huo Yu Hao and the two sect masters.
• Wang Dong'er described a nightmare in which Tang Wutong claimed her body and a blood-red figure wielding a broadsword appeared; Niu Tian and Tai Tan comforted her and decided to leave her at Shrek Academy.
• Niu Tian told Tai Tan that Tang San had caused Wang Dong'er's suffering and planned to mislead him about her whereabouts, while Qin Ze and Di Yue Li arranged to escort Liya to the Northern Ice Sea.
• Qin Ze and his companions celebrated Wang Dong'er's recovery at the Nine Treasures Auction House, then departed for the Northern Ice Sea early the next morning with Liya.

Qin Ze returned Liya to the Mermaid Clan, where her Golden Bloodline strengthened the clan and its allied sea soul beasts. He asked the Sea Princess to locate the Sea God Family, then departed with his companions, leaving the Sea Princess questioning whether her people should keep following the Sea God.

• Qin Ze and his companions crossed the Star Dou Great Forest and the Sun Moon Empire before reaching the Northern Ice Sea.
• Liya sent a signal to her mother and explained that the Golden Bloodline was essential to the Mermaid Clan’s survival.
• The Sea Princess and Liya’s elder sister reunited with Liya, who revealed her evolved Golden Bloodline and released its power over the gathered sea soul beasts.
• Qin Ze asked the Sea Princess to find the Sea God Family, and she gave him a Message Conch so she could contact him when she found its location.
• Qin Ze and his companions left with a Sound Transmission Flute, and the Sea Princess wondered whether her people should keep following the Sea God now that Poseidon had left.

Qin Ze and his companions tracked a group of Evil Soul Masters from Senhun City into the Evil Demon Forest, where they discovered the group was carrying Soul Tools toward Yin Mountain. There, the Evil Soul Masters showed an eyeball-like object to an Evil Eye Tyrant, causing the mist to recede and reveal Yin Mountain.

• Qin Ze sensed more than thirty Evil Soul Masters in Senhun City and decided to follow them rather than attack immediately.
• An adventurer named Scar warned diners that Evil Eye Tyrants had left the forest’s depths and killed most of his team near Yin Mountain.
• Qin Ze saw the Evil Soul Masters leave Senhun City disguised as adventurers and followed them with Di Yue Li, Ye Guyi, Ji Juechen, and Jing Ziyan.
• Qin Ze checked the map and realized the Evil Soul Masters were heading for Yin Mountain, where Scar had reported encountering the Evil Eye Tyrants.
• The Evil Soul Masters revealed an eyeball-like sphere to an Evil Eye Tyrant, and the creatures’ black light cleared the mist to expose Yin Mountain.

Qin Ze and his companions secretly uncovered the Holy Spirit Cult’s plan to attack Ming Capital with the Evil Emperor and fixed soul cannon shells, while Zhong Liwu’s group searched for Life Origin to secure the Evil Emperor’s help. The chapter ended with Xu You revealing that the Sun Moon Empire had a Blue Silver Emperor over a hundred thousand years old.

• Qin Ze and his companions slipped past the Evil Eye Tyrants and Soul Tool detectors to reach Yin Mountain, where they overheard Evil Soul Masters discussing a cache of fixed soul cannon shells.
• The Evil Soul Masters’ letter revealed a plan to cooperate with the Evil Emperor, strike Ming Capital, and exploit the Sun Moon Empire’s weakened defenses while its forces were drawn away.
• Qin Ze decided not to attack the departing Evil Soul Masters and led his group away, intending to wait until Elder Song and the others reached Ming Capital before deciding what to do.
• Zhong Liwu questioned Xu You about preparations to lure the Sun Moon Empire’s forces away, while Feng Ling and the other Holy Spirit Cult officials discussed their difficulty finding Life Origin for the Evil Emperor.
• Gui Wujing said the Sun Moon Ancestral Land had become inaccessible, and Xu You revealed that the Sun Moon Empire had a Blue Silver Emperor over a hundred thousand years old.

The Holy Spirit Cult agreed to cooperate with Sea Dragon Douluo's Sea God Family against a target within Shrek Academy, while Shrek's delegation arrived in Ming Capital to begin formal cooperation with the Sun Moon Empire. The chapter left the two sides' leaders starting negotiations as Bei Bei and the others headed to Nine Treasures Hotel.

• Xu You told Zhong Liwu he knew the general area of the Blue Silver Emperor, and Zhong Liwu ordered a search while assigning Crow Douluo to go to the Dou Ling Empire.
• Sea Dragon Douluo proposed that the Holy Spirit Cult provide intelligence on Shrek Academy in exchange for the Sea God Family helping eliminate one of its members, and Zhong Liwu accepted.
• Xu Fu welcomed Jing Hong Chen and Shrek Academy's delegation outside Ming Capital, where the two sides prepared to formalize their cooperation.
• Xu Fu arranged accommodations for the Shrek visitors at Mingyue Grand Hotel, while the Soul Tool Department students went to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• The leaders of Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Empire began a meeting at Mingyue Grand Hotel, while Bei Bei and the others left for Nine Treasures Hotel.

Qin Ze reunited with Bei Bei and the others in Ming Capital, where they discovered that Holy Spirit Cult Second Elder Nangong Wan was operating from a hidden base. After Qin Ze reported the cult’s plans to Elder Song, Shrek’s group prepared to capture Nangong Wan and help the Sun Moon Empire combat Evil Soul Masters.

• Bei Bei and his companions met Qin Ze at Nine Treasures Hotel, where he hinted that he had uncovered something major while escorting Liya away.
• On Birch Forest Avenue, Qin Ze sensed an Evil Soul Master and identified the figure as Nangong Wan, who entered a concealed Holy Spirit Cult base beneath a fruit shop.
• Qin Ze and his companions decided not to follow Nangong Wan immediately, instead marking the fruit shop as a stronghold to watch for a chance to capture him.
• At Ming Yue Hotel, Emperor Xu Fu granted Shrek’s Inspection Team freedom to travel throughout the empire and authority to execute officials involved with Evil Soul Masters.
• Qin Ze told Elder Song and the others about the Holy Spirit Cult’s planned attack on Ming Capital, its alliance with the Evil Emperor, its operations in the Dou Ling Empire, and Nangong Wan’s presence in the city.
• Elder Song agreed to wait for a suitable opportunity to capture Nangong Wan and planned to inform Xu Fu of the threat to Ming Capital at the palace banquet.

Shrek attended a banquet at the Sun Moon Imperial Palace, where Elder Song warned Xu Fu that the Holy Spirit Cult planned to attack Ming Capital with Fixed Soul Cannon Shells. Xu Fu approved Jing Hong Chen and Xu Tianyuan’s defensive plans, while Jing Hong Chen arranged for Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen to join Shrek students on future missions.

• Elder Song led Shrek to Longde Hall, where Xu Fu hosted a banquet and the students greeted Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen.
• Meng Hong Chen asked about Wang Dong, and Qin Ze told her Wang Dong was single but away on academy assignments.
• Elder Song warned Xu Fu and the Rank 9 Soul Masters that the Holy Spirit Cult intended to attack Ming Capital with Fixed Soul Cannon Shells.
• Jing Hong Chen urged caution at Yin Mountain, and Xu Tianyuan proposed preparing a trap for the Sea Soul Empire’s forces; Xu Fu approved their plans.
• Jing Hong Chen asked Elder Song to let Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen join Shrek students on future missions, and Elder Song agreed.