Chapter Summaries

Qin Ze and his companions investigated Qing Se Hotel and discovered that Imperial Guards were secretly looting the Xi Shui Alliance’s hidden vault. Qin Ze spotted a chance for Xiao Hong Chen to raise his grandfather’s standing and led the group after the guards.

• Qin Ze told Di Yue Li he was thinking about when to propose and revealed that he had already thought of a name for their child.
• Elder Song assigned Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen to accompany Qin Ze, who split the team to investigate a fruit shop and Nangong Wan’s whereabouts.
• Qin Ze sensed an Evil Soul Master’s lingering aura at sealed Qing Se Hotel and found an underground passage leading to a nearby residence.
• Qin Ze’s mental body followed eight Imperial Guards through the passage and watched them open a secret vault and remove its Soul Tools, cannon shells, and rare metals.
• Qin Ze told Xiao Hong Chen that the raid could provide an opportunity to improve his grandfather’s status, then led the group to pursue the guards.

Jiao Daoliang, the Commander of the Imperial Guard, secretly helped Nangong Wan recover supplies for the Holy Spirit Cult and promised to provide Ming Capital’s military deployment. Qin Ze and his allies intercepted Nangong Wan on the road to Douyue City, where Qin Ze offered him a choice between death and submission.

• Jiao Daoliang’s eight guards delivered the supplies they had collected from the Xi Shui Alliance’s secret vault to him on Moonlit Avenue.
• Jiao Daoliang revealed his allegiance to the Holy Spirit Cult and promised Nangong Wan the new emperor’s military deployment after it was rearranged.
• Qin Ze’s group watched Nangong Wan leave Ming Capital, and Qin Ze called on Elder Chen to move against him.
• Qin Ze and Elder Chen trapped Nangong Wan with a claw strike and a nine-mirror formation as he traveled toward Douyue City.
• Qin Ze summoned his Demon Armor and demanded that Nangong Wan choose between death and submission.

Qin Ze fought Nangong Wan, the Holy Spirit Cult's second elder, and defeated him using the Source of Destruction and his Demon Armor abilities. Nangong Wan survived, frozen and unconscious in a pit, and Qin Ze said killing him would be letting him off too easily.

• Nangong Wan tried to escape Qin Ze's attack by hiding in poisonous mist, but Elder Chen trapped him in Martial Soul Space Mirror.
• Qin Ze struck Nangong Wan with destruction-powered attacks, breaking his armor and damaging his Heaven Centipede Avatar as Nangong Wan countered with poison skills.
• Nangong Wan launched a surprise close-range attack, but Qin Ze slowed him with cold and knocked him out of his Martial Soul Avatar with Emperor Palm, Great Cold Without Snow.
• Di Yue Li, Su Tong, Xiao Hong Chen, and Meng Hong Chen arrived after Nangong Wan crashed into the ground, and Xiao Hong Chen admitted he could no longer hope to catch up with Qin Ze.
• Qin Ze told Di Yue Li that Nangong Wan was still alive and that killing him would be letting him off too easily.

Qin Ze forced Nangong Wan to submit and serve as an informant, learning that the Holy Spirit Cult planned to attack Ming Capital and was searching for a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor. After Nangong Wan left under Qin Ze’s threats, the group prepared to alert the Sun Moon Emperor, but Qin Ze proposed sending Jing Hong Chen instead.

• Elder Chen brought the captured Nangong Wan back to the Mingyue Grand Hotel, where Elder Song sealed his Soul Power and Qin Ze woke him.
• Qin Ze threatened Nangong Wan with death until he agreed to provide information, then implanted Azure Dragon Power in his heart and Soul Core to punish lies.
• Nangong Wan revealed the Holy Spirit Cult’s plans to recover supplies, exploit gaps in Ming Capital’s defenses with help from a cult-affiliated Imperial Guard commander, and search for a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor.
• Qin Ze compelled Nangong Wan to report future developments, leave half the supplies behind, and avoid communicating with the cult; Nangong Wan then departed.
• Elder Song decided to inform the Sun Moon Emperor, but Qin Ze suggested sending Jing Hong Chen to gain greater benefits, and the villa doorbell rang moments later.

Qin Ze struck a deal with Jing Hong Chen, trading intelligence for Mingde Hall soul tool technology and promising to repair Xiao Hong Chen’s damaged foundation. Jing Hong Chen then reported evidence that Imperial Guard Commander Jiao Daoliang belonged to the Holy Spirit Cult, leaving Xu Fu and his officials shocked.

• Qin Ze offered Jing Hong Chen a chance to secure his standing in the empire in exchange for intelligence, and Jing Hong Chen agreed to share Mingde Hall’s top soul tool technology.
• Qin Ze offered to repair Xiao Hong Chen’s damaged foundation, and Jing Hong Chen promised him a Rank 9 soul tool in return.
• Jing Hong Chen received Qin Ze’s intelligence and went to the imperial palace to report it to Xu Fu.
• Xu Fu and his officials discussed Ming Capital’s defenses and debated how to respond to the Holy Spirit Cult and the Sea Soul Empire.
• Jing Hong Chen accused Imperial Guard Commander Jiao Daoliang of belonging to the Holy Spirit Cult and presented an Imprint Soul Tool as evidence.
• Xu Fu and the officials watched the recording and recognized Nangong Wan.

Jing Hong Chen exposed Jiao Daoliang as a Holy Spirit Cult member and persuaded Xu Fu to use him as a source of false information. Qin Ze restored Xiao Hong Chen’s health and reunited with the returning Shrek group, while Nangong Wan went to a guarded casino in Shengyun City.

• Jing Hong Chen presented his account of Nangong Wan meeting Jiao Daoliang, and the Imperial Study learned that Jiao Daoliang had ties to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Jing Hong Chen proposed feeding Jiao Daoliang false information, and Xu Fu approved revising the plans with Shrek Academy’s help.
• Jing Hong Chen explained that Qin Ze had released Nangong Wan under surveillance and could use him as a mole against the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Qin Ze restored Xiao Hong Chen’s body and cultivation potential, and Xiao Hong Chen thanked him before leaving with Meng Hong Chen.
• Ma Xiaotao and the others reported finding three Soul Douluo-level Evil Soul Masters wandering around Ming Capital after visiting the fruit shop.
• Nangong Wan entered a guarded casino in Shengyun City and passed through a door into its restricted area.

Nangong Wan overheard the Holy Spirit Cult’s plan to find the Blue Silver Emperor and attack the Sun Moon Empire, while Qin Ze learned of their scheme and received the second God of Destruction trial: kill five Sea God Family Titled Douluo. Qin Ze and Elder Song persuaded the Sun Moon Empire to pursue a risky plan centered on the Blue Silver Emperor, and the emperor approved it as preparations began.

• Netherworld Douluo told Nangong Wan and Nether Thunder Douluo that the cult had located the Blue Silver Emperor and planned to use it to attack the Sun Moon Empire before turning against the Dou Ling Empire.
• Nangong Wan decided to conceal the conversation from the cult because Qin Ze’s Azure Dragon Power was monitoring him, while Qin Ze realized the Sea God Family might be hunting him and received a trial to kill five of its Titled Douluo.
• Qin Ze told Elder Song and the other Senior Elders about the cult’s plan, then argued that striking at the Blue Silver Emperor could still support the Sun Moon Empire’s strategy to lure the enemy into a trap.
• Di Yue Li offered to summon Di Tian, Bi Ji, Bear Lord, and Myriad Demon King to support Qin Ze, who also planned to call his teacher and Du Busi.
• Elder Song presented Qin Ze’s proposal to Emperor Xu Fu, and Xu You and Xu Tianyuan supported it; the emperor approved the plan and the Sun Moon Empire accelerated its military buildup in the southwest.

The Holy Spirit Cult searched a hidden valley for the Blue Silver Emperor while the Sun Moon Empire prepared for a possible war and monitored Yin Mountain. Nangong Wan discovered a vast field of Blue Silver Grass, only for the grass to awaken and attack the search party, leaving nearly half its members dead.

• The Sun Moon Empire gathered more than three hundred thousand troops in the southwest, while its royal family placed Yin Mountain under surveillance and Jiao Daoliang unknowingly sent the Holy Spirit Cult misleading intelligence through Nangong Wan.
• Nangong Wan led more than six hundred Evil Soul Masters into a valley identified as the Blue Silver Emperor’s possible hiding place and divided his search party among its winding paths.
• Nangong Wan spotted a vast field of Blue Silver Grass and ordered his subordinates to search it, while he examined the unusually tough grass.
• The Blue Silver Emperor used spiritual force to animate the grass, which pierced and trapped the invading Evil Soul Masters.
• Nangong Wan fought back, but nearly half his search party died before the survivors escaped the Blue Silver Grassland.

Nangong Wan’s Holy Spirit Cult force was mauled by the Blue Silver Emperor, but he secretly arranged for reinforcements while delaying his allies. After Qin Ze gathered Shrek’s elders and Sun Moon Empire experts to attack, both sides advanced toward a confrontation near Blue Silver Valley.

• Nangong Wan unleashed poison against the Blue Silver Emperor, whose enormous Blue Silver Vines killed several Evil Soul Masters and forced the survivors to retreat.
• Nangong Wan concealed the Blue Silver Emperor’s location from other teams, claimed his Communication Soul Tool had failed, and secretly summoned three nearby consecrators with a crushed crystal.
• Elder Song received Qin Ze’s report that the Holy Spirit Cult had found the Blue Silver Emperor, then set out with Shrek’s elders and students after allowing the students to join under restrictions.
• Qin Ze led the Shrek group to meet Xingkong Douluo and four other Sun Moon Empire Rank 9 Soul Masters, who agreed to follow Elder Song’s command.
• Nangong Wan reunited with seven Holy Spirit Cult elders and persuaded them to wait for the consecrators, while more than five hundred Evil Soul Masters gathered nearby.

The Holy Spirit Cult and Sea God Family moved toward the Blue Silver Emperor’s location as Qin Ze’s group found the gathered Evil Soul Masters and prepared to intervene. While they waited for the cult to attack, Qin Ze offered to help Tang Ya’s Blue Silver King Martial Soul evolve if the Blue Silver Emperor survived and went to the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Three Holy Spirit Cult enshrined elders hurried toward the shattered crystal, while Sea Dragon Douluo sent Hai Wang and four others to investigate and watch for Shrek’s people.
• Qin Ze led Shrek’s group and five Sun Moon Empire Rank 9 Soul Masters to the mountainous region, where they launched High-Altitude Soul Tool Detectors to locate Nangong Wan’s group.
• The detectors found several hundred Evil Soul Masters, including seven Titled Douluo, and Qin Ze assigned the soul engineers, students, and elders their roles for the coming battle.
• Qin Ze told Tang Ya that the Blue Silver Emperor could raise her Blue Silver King Martial Soul’s bloodline, and offered to help the Emperor survive its tribulation in exchange for moving to the Star Dou Great Forest.

The Holy Spirit Cult’s worshippers and elders moved to capture the Blue Silver Emperor, while Qin Ze’s group prepared an ambush. Ghost Tree Douluo severed the Blue Silver Emperor’s connection to the valley’s plants and exposed its hiding place, prompting Blood Body Douluo to attack.

• Hell Douluo, Blood Body Douluo, and Ghost Tree Douluo arrived at the Holy Spirit Cult’s gathering and joined Nangong Wan and six other elders to hunt the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Qin Ze ordered his group to prepare an ambush, assigning himself to hold back Nangong Wan and letting him escape if their attack went well.
• Ghost Tree Douluo used his plant-type martial soul to cut off the Blue Silver Emperor’s connection to the valley’s vegetation.
• Ghost Tree Douluo’s Ghostly Shadows drained the Blue Silver Grass’s vitality and revealed the Blue Silver Emperor’s position when it fought back.
• Blood Body Douluo struck the Blue Silver Emperor’s hidden mountain with a battle axe, but blue-silver vines rose to block the attack.

The Holy Spirit Cult’s three enshrined attacked the Blue Silver Emperor and nearly sealed him, but Myriad Demon King and Bear Lord intervened. Azure Shadow Douluo, Body Douluo, and Mad Saber Douluo arrived with them, leaving Hell Douluo and his allies facing a powerful coalition.

• Hell Douluo, Blood Body Douluo, and Ghost Tree Douluo battered the Blue Silver Emperor, trapped him in black mist, and stopped his attempt to self-detonate.
• Explosions in the distance drew the Holy Spirit Cult elders away, and Blood Body Douluo and Ghost Tree Douluo entered the mist to seal the Blue Silver Emperor’s bloodline.
• Myriad Demon King broke the sealing chain and Hell Douluo’s Hand of Hell, while Bear Lord arrived and Myriad Demon King confronted Ghost Tree Douluo over his Demon Eye Magic Tree soul ring.
• Azure Shadow Douluo, Body Douluo, and Mad Saber Douluo appeared beside the two beasts, and Elder Song warned Hell Douluo that he would not escape again.

Du Busi and the allied elders launched a coordinated assault on the three worshippers trying to capture the Blue Silver Emperor, while Shrek and Sun Moon Empire forces attacked the Holy Spirit Cult elsewhere. The battles left Blood Body Douluo badly wounded, Ghost Tree Douluo under the Myriad Demon King’s relentless assault, and Hell Douluo struggling against Bear Lord and Elder Song.

• Du Busi saw through the worshippers’ plan to escape, sealed their routes, and attacked Blood Body Douluo as Elder Song, Xiao Kuangdao, Bear Lord, and the Myriad Demon King struck their own targets.
• Xingkong Douluo and four Rank 9 Soul Masters bombarded the Evil Soul Masters’ valley, then led Shrek students to hunt down survivors fleeing the explosions.
• Elder Chen, two other Shrek Senior Elders, and Qin Ze confronted seven Holy Spirit Cult elders, while Qin Ze chose Nangong Wan as his opponent.
• Xiao Kuangdao’s slash cracked Blood Body Douluo’s Martial Soul Avatar, and Du Busi’s palm smashed him into a huge pit.
• The Myriad Demon King paralyzed Ghost Tree Douluo, battered his avatar, and pressed the attack with poison and vines after destroying the ghost faces he sent back.
• Bear Lord broke through Hell Douluo’s defense with his Dark Gold Dreadclaws, and Elder Song’s azure feathers pierced Hell Douluo despite his attempt to block them.

Elder Song, Bear Lord, and Myriad Demon King defeated the Holy Spirit Cult’s three Super Douluo worshipers, with Myriad Demon King taking the Blue Silver Emperor away. The allies then set off to check on the other battle, while the soul beasts waited in the shadows as A Ze had requested.

• Elder Song tracked Hell Douluo with her Azure Dragon feathers, and she and Bear Lord struck him down with Jade Sublimation and Sky-Tearing Claw.
• Myriad Demon King defeated Ghost Tree Douluo with Demon Eye Annihilation, leaving the three Holy Spirit Cult worshipers dead.
• Du Busi and Xiao Kuangdao took Blood Body Douluo’s four soul bones, while Myriad Demon King gave Ghost Tree Douluo’s two remaining soul bones to Xiao Kuangdao.
• Myriad Demon King told Elder Song that he would take the Blue Silver Emperor and wait in the shadows as A Ze had asked.
• Elder Song, Du Busi, and Xiao Kuangdao headed toward the other battle.

Qin Ze and his allies crushed the Holy Spirit Cult’s operation, killing three enshrined, three elders, and nearly five hundred Evil Soul Masters. After learning that five Sea God Family Titled Douluo had secretly marked Qin Ze for assassination, Di Tian promised to protect him in the human world.

• Nangong Wan and the surviving Holy Spirit Cult elders retreated after Qin Ze and the Shrek Senior Elders killed three enshrined and three elders.
• Qin Ze joined Di Yue Li, Jing Ziyan, and Ji Juechen, then led them to help Ma Xiaotao, Ye Guyi, Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and the others defeat the remaining Evil Soul Masters.
• Sea Delusion Douluo and four Sea God Family Titled Douluo spotted Qin Ze but withdrew rather than attack him in front of the many powerful allies.
• The group returned to Ming Capital, where Xu Fu learned of the Holy Spirit Cult’s losses and prepared to welcome them.
• Di Tian told Qin Ze that five Sea God Family Titled Douluo had watched the battle and planned to kill him, then offered to intervene if they attacked.

After Qin Ze secured the Blue Silver Emperor's help and learned that the Star Dou Great Forest could ease his tribulation, the Holy Spirit Cult and Sea God Family discussed their next moves after a disastrous ambush. Zhong Liwu considered an alliance to intercept Shrek Academy's returning members and planned to draw the Star Luo Empire into pressuring the Sun Moon Empire.

• Qin Ze asked the Blue Silver Emperor to help his companion evolve her Blue Silver King Martial Soul, and the Blue Silver Emperor agreed to wait until he reached two hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Nangong Wan reported that Bear Lord, Myriad Demon King, Du Busi, Xiao Kuangdao, and Shrek Academy's experts had defeated the Holy Spirit Cult's force, killing three enshrined experts and three elders.
• Sea Dragon Douluo offered Zhong Liwu the Sea God Family's help in exchange for Holy Spirit Cult manpower to intercept Shrek Academy members returning within six months.
• Zhong Liwu said he would consult the cult's leaders before deciding, while Feng Ling urged him to wait until Shrek Academy left before attacking the Sun Moon Empire.
• Feng Ling proposed that the Star Luo Empire threaten the Sun Moon Empire, and Zhong Liwu ordered Xu You to send an envoy to Xu Jiawei.
• Zhong Liwu vowed to hunt down Shrek Academy's Inspection Team and ordered Feng Ling to have their allies cause trouble for the Sun Moon Empire.

Xu Fu approved a campaign to reunify the Sun Moon Empire and appointed Ju Zi commander-in-chief, while Qin Ze arranged to monitor the Holy Spirit Cult through Nangong Wan. The chapter ended with Qin Ze and Di Yue Li considering a trip to the Sea Soul Empire after dealing with the Sea God Family in the Dou Ling Empire.

• At a palace banquet, Xu Fu discussed reunification with his officials and Shrek’s elders, and the Prime Minister urged him to use military force against the rebellious regions.
• Xingkong Douluo and the other worshippers supported the Prime Minister, so Xu Fu ordered three Soul Master Corps to begin the campaign from Dongyang City and asked for a commander.
• Jing Hong Chen recommended Ju Zi as commander-in-chief, and Xu Fu accepted the recommendation because of her public reputation and military experience.
• Elder Song told Shrek’s Inspection Team to stay in the Ming Capital and agreed with Qin Ze that she should warn Mu En about possible Holy Spirit Cult attacks on other seniors.
• Qin Ze contacted Nangong Wan and ordered him to report everything happening inside the Holy Spirit Cult, promising to help raise his cultivation if he cooperated.
• Qin Ze and Di Yue Li discussed pursuing a deity trial and traveling to the Sea Soul Empire, where Di Yue Li remembered that Ghost Nana was stationed at the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s outpost.

Qin Ze planned to hunt members of the Sea God Family during the coming war and discussed using Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow to raise cultivation. Meanwhile, Ju Zi was appointed commander of the Sun Moon Empire’s Northern Expedition Army, and a Sea Soul Empire delegation arrived in Star Luo City to seek cooperation.

• Qin Ze decided to infiltrate the Sea Soul Empire once war began and planned to retrieve Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow from Earth Dragon Gate.
• The Snow Empress told Qin Ze that she and the Ice Empress could extract the marrow’s energy for non-Ice Attribute Soul Masters, and asked him to bring Bing'er along.
• Ju Zi learned that Jing Hong Chen had recommended her to command the Northern Expedition Army, which Xu Tianran had approved.
• The Sea Soul Empire Prime Minister sailed to Star Luo City carrying a letter from Xu You and met with Xu Jiawei at Star Luo Hall.
• Xu Jiawei guessed that the Sea Soul delegation wanted Star Luo troops to deter the Sun Moon Empire, surprising the Sea Soul Prime Minister.

Xu Jiawei weighed requests from the Sea Soul Empire and the Sun Moon Empire while preparing to use their rivalry to secure Soul Tool technology and strengthen Star Luo. As Qin Ze cultivated in Ming Capital, the Sea God Family organized an assassination plan against him, and the continent’s powers began mobilizing.

• Sea Soul Prime Minister asked Xu Jiawei to send troops to deter the Sun Moon Empire, and Xu Jiawei delayed his decision until the morning court.
• Xu Jiawei learned that the Sun Moon Empire had also sent an envoy and planned to seek its Mingde Hall Soul Tool technology while keeping the delegations apart.
• Xu Jiawei gave Xu Jiujiu a Shrek Supervisory Group report and ordered her to investigate the listed officials under imperial law.
• Ju Zi led an army of nearly eighty thousand north to recover the Sun Moon Empire’s northern territory, while Xu Fu acknowledged the concessions his divided empire had to make to Star Luo.
• Sea Dragon Douluo and Chen Tianhai arranged a large-scale ambush of Qin Ze for when he left the Sun Moon Empire, with Chen Tianhai ordering the available worshippers to join.
• Qin Ze continued cultivating and sparring at the Mingyue Grand Hotel as other powers stirred, unaware that the Sea God Family was preparing to attack him.

Xu Jiawei negotiated with the Sea Soul and Sun Moon delegations, weighing military cooperation against offers of trade and soul tool technology. Meanwhile, Ju Zi began a swift campaign to retake Luoying City, where her troops entered the city and a starving girl discovered a cake placed before her.

• The Sea Soul Prime Minister offered Star Luo four cities in exchange for troops gathering at the Ming Dou Mountain Range to intimidate the Sun Moon Empire, and Xu Jiawei delayed his decision while the two nations agreed on maritime trade.
• Jing Hong Chen offered to share soul tool technology if Star Luo pretended to accept the Sea Soul Empire's proposal but kept its troops out of the conflict, and Xu Jiawei agreed to further negotiations.
• The chapter revealed that Jing Hong Chen's technology shipment mostly contained civilian soul tools intended to worsen class tensions in Star Luo.
• Ju Zi ordered the First, Second, and Third Soul Engineer Corps to infiltrate Luoying City, avoid civilian casualties, and seize the noble district, the city lord's manor, and the garrison.
• As the soul engineer corps entered the sleeping city, a starving girl found a piece of discarded bread before a cream cake appeared on a clean board in front of her.