Chapter Summaries

Ju Zi’s forces captured Luoying City in a surprise attack, executed nobles condemned by the residents, and announced reforms intended to win public support. With the city stabilized and its people welcoming the Sun Moon Empire’s return, Ju Zi prepared to lead the army toward its next target.

• Wu Shiwei ordered the First Soul Engineer Corps to seize Luoying City’s noble district and City Lord’s Manor, where Jiang Anfu’s squad captured Pu Fusheng and Wu Shiwei’s troops stormed the manor.
• Wu Shiwei’s forces killed the manor’s defenders, captured Xu Zuquan, and accepted the surrender of Hong Jianhong, Elder Chen, and the other hired soul masters.
• Ju Zi arrived with the army, ordered Xu Zuquan sent to Ming Capital, and compelled the surrendered soul masters to take poison so they would serve in the coming campaigns.
• Ju Zi held a public trial where residents named nobles to be executed, then announced welfare, military, local-election, and tax reforms for Luoying City.
• After the Sun Moon Empire’s flags flew over the city and the reforms began, Ju Zi set out with the army toward its second target.

Qin Ze discovered that the Sea God Family and Holy Spirit Cult planned to ambush him after Shrek Academy’s garrison mission, so he secretly gathered allies and arranged for Shrek’s students to leave safely. As the academy departed Ming Capital, Qin Ze remained behind, with a public banquet set to lure the attackers into revealing themselves.

• Ju Zi reclaimed northern cities while Qin Ze learned from Ghost Nana that the Holy Spirit Cult’s stronghold was Deep Blue Manor and that nine Sea God Family members had arrived from the deep sea.
• Qin Ze used the Azure Dragon Power to question Nangong Wan, who discovered that the Sea God Family and Holy Spirit Cult planned to intercept Qin Ze after Shrek Academy’s mission ended.
• Qin Ze informed Elder Song and his companions, and they agreed to gather powerful allies while keeping the students out of the expected battle.
• Nangong Wan reported that the ambush would take place during Shrek Academy’s return, prompting Qin Ze to plan a large-scale counterattack with Elder Song, Di Tian, and other allies.
• Qin Ze publicly appeared to reorganize the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s industries in Ming Capital, while Ju Zi’s army recovered sixteen cities and besieged Dongyang City.
• After the garrison mission ended, Elder Song led Shrek Academy’s Inspection Team out of Ming Capital, while Qin Ze stayed behind for a banquet arranged to draw out the attackers.

The Shrek group returned to Shrek Academy after leaving Ming Capital, where the Sea God Family monitored Qin Ze and planned to attack him after he departed. When Mu En learned of the threat, he rallied Shrek’s Super Douluo Senior Elders to march on Ming Capital.

• Xu Fu bid farewell to Elder Song and discussed preparations for a future battle, while Jing Hong Chen arranged a merchants’ banquet for Qin Ze’s planned departure.
• A Sea God Family spy reported that most of Shrek’s experts had left Ming Capital, and Sea Dragon ordered him to keep watching Qin Ze until he left the city.
• Elder Song and the Shrek group returned to Shrek City, where Di Yue Li received Gu Yuena’s summons and entered a Gate of Space to return to her.
• Mu En convened a Sea God Pavilion meeting after learning the Sea God Family intended to ambush Qin Ze, then ordered the Super Douluo Senior Elders to accompany him to Ming Capital that afternoon.

The Sea God Family and Holy Spirit Cult agreed to cooperate in an ambush targeting Qin Ze, while both planned to pursue their own ambitions against the Sun Moon Empire. Qin Ze held a commerce banquet in Ming Capital before his planned departure, and the chapter ended with the opposing forces gathering for a battle whose outcome remained uncertain.

• Sea Dragon Douluo persuaded the Sea God Family Consecrates to enlist the Holy Spirit Cult to restrain Qin Ze's guards during their planned attack.
• Gui Wujing urged Zhong Liwu to end the standoff with the Sun Moon Empire, and Zhong Liwu agreed to prepare an offensive.
• Sea Dragon Douluo negotiated with Zhong Liwu, who agreed to have the Holy Spirit Cult fight the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Masters but not Qin Ze's other guardians.
• Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao returned to Deep Blue Manor, backed the plan to weaken the Sun Moon Empire, and prepared the cult to join the attack.
• Chen Tianhai flew toward Ming Capital while a massive creature moved after him beneath the sea, and the Sea Princess used Poseidon's statue to locate Sea God Island.
• Qin Ze addressed the Ming Capital chambers of commerce, then reviewed Jing Hong Chen's detector image of hidden pursuers before preparing to depart the next morning.

Qin Ze left Ming Capital with Elder Chen and two Rank 9 Soul Masters, but the Sea God Family ambushed them near Cloud-Reaching Mountain. Shrek’s elders intervened, and when the Sea God Family chief summoned the Sea God Projection, Mu En appeared as Dragon God Douluo to oppose him.

• Qin Ze departed Ming Capital with Elder Chen, Explosive Fist Douluo, and Wind Escape Douluo as the Sea God Family and Sun Moon Empire tracked his movements.
• Near Cloud-Reaching Mountain, Sea Dragon Douluo and nine other Sea God Family Consecrates trapped Qin Ze’s group inside a barrier and attacked them.
• Qin Ze used the Heaven and Earth Chessboard to defend against the ambush, while Elder Chen prepared a spatial-domain soul skill as the chessboard began to fail.
• Xuan Zi, Xiao Kuangdao, Du Busi, and other Shrek elders arrived and drove back the Sea God Family’s attacks, then four more elders joined them.
• Sea Dragon Douluo summoned the Sea God Projection, but Mu En appeared beside Qin Ze and used a golden dragon to meet the Sea God’s attack.

The Sea God Family attacked Qin Ze and Shrek Academy’s experts, using the Water Realm to amplify their consecrates and trap their opponents. Qin Ze seized control of the water, but a hidden woman stabbed him; he survived, killed her with an icy palm, and revealed a blood-red soul ring.

• Chen Tianhai ordered the Sea God Family Consecrates to kill Qin Ze, while Elder Mu and Shrek’s experts prepared to fight.
• Chen Tianhai empowered the consecrates with the Endless Deep Sea, and the two sides clashed as Elder Mu challenged Chen Tianhai in the sky.
• Sea Dragon Douluo and the consecrates formed the Water Realm, turning the battlefield into a water-element ocean that strengthened them and constrained Shrek’s fighters.
• Qin Ze recognized the Water Realm’s mechanism, warned his allies, and used the Water Dragon King Torso Soul Bone to begin taking control of it.
• A hidden woman pierced Qin Ze’s heart, but Qin Ze recovered, froze her with a palm strike, and revealed a blood-red soul ring.

Qin Ze seized control of the Sea God Family’s Water Realm, turned it against the Consecrates, and killed Sea Delusion Douluo before Chen Tianhai dispelled the domain. As Shrek’s allies prepared to press their advantage, Death God Douluo and Dragon Emperor Douluo appeared to aid the Sea God Family.

• Qin Ze revealed that his Water Dragon King Soul Bone let him take control of the Water Realm and reverse its pressure against the Sea God Family’s Consecrates.
• Qin Ze sealed the Water Realm, freed his allies from its restraints, and led the attack while the Mermaid Soul Bone strengthened his side and burdened their enemies.
• Qin Ze killed Sea Delusion Douluo by exploiting the Water Realm’s control to interrupt his Ninth Soul Skill and strike with Demon Blade.
• Chen Tianhai disrupted the Water Realm, ending Qin Ze’s control, and the injured Consecrates escaped as Mu En continued to hold Chen Tianhai back.
• Qin Ze and the Senior Elders prepared to attack the weakened Consecrates, but Death God Douluo and Dragon Emperor Douluo appeared as reinforcements for the Sea God Family.

Shrek's forces faced Chen Tianhai, Ye Xishui, and Long Xiaoyao after their interception of Qin Ze turned into a battle. Di Tian arrived to protect Qin Ze, forcing the Sea God Family to retreat and turning his attention to Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao.

• Mu En reunited with Long Xiaoyao as Ye Xishui threatened Shrek's forces and the three sides prepared to fight.
• Ye Xishui and Chen Tianhai attacked Shrek's defensive line, but a shattered scale in Qin Ze's hand summoned Di Tian.
• Di Tian's dragon claw tore through Chen Tianhai's defenses and badly injured several Sea God Family Consecrates before Chen Tianhai rescued them.
• Di Tian identified himself and declared Qin Ze one of his own, prompting Chen Tianhai to withdraw the Sea God Family's remaining forces.
• Di Tian challenged Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao, then attacked Ye Xishui while assigning Mu En to deal with Chen Tianhai.

Di Tian trapped Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao inside a silver dragon-patterned barrier and overwhelmed them with his power. As Long Xiaoyao met Di Tian’s Dragon God Claw, Qin Ze spotted a blood-colored streak escaping through space.

• Di Tian transformed into his true dragon body and sealed Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao inside a barrier that transferred most attacks away.
• Di Tian drove Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui back with Myriad Dragon Flame, forcing Long Xiaoyao to absorb the attack with Dark Abyss.
• Ye Xishui attacked Di Tian with the Death God Tower’s light and suffered backlash, while Long Xiaoyao endured the clash with his own soul skill.
• Di Tian struck at both opponents with the Dragon God Claw, and Long Xiaoyao countered with Dark Ice Sky Split.
• As the clash filled the barrier with golden light, Qin Ze saw a blood-colored streak pierce through space and disappear.

After Di Tian helped Qin Ze’s side repel the attackers, the Holy Spirit Cult struggled to treat Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao, who had suffered grave injuries. The Demon Empress agreed to provide medicine, but learning that the Sea God Family had allied with the Holy Spirit Cult made her send her daughter on a mission involving Gui Wujing.

• Di Tian explained that Ye Xishui had used the Blood Escape Technique twice to help herself and Long Xiaoyao escape, leaving both of them badly weakened, then returned through a Gate of Space.
• Mu En and the others thanked Di Tian, bid farewell to Explosive Fist Douluo and Wind Escape Douluo, and headed back to Shrek City with Xiao Kuangdao and Du Busi.
• Chen Tianhai told the injured Sea God Family Consecrates that their mission had failed and ordered most of them to return to the island while Sea Dragon Douluo stayed behind.
• Gui Wujing reported that Long Xiaoyao’s injuries could damage his cultivation and that Ye Xishui had depleted nearly eighty percent of her vital blood by using the Blood Escape Technique twice.
• Zhong Liwu ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to search for life-rich treasures, while Feng Ling arranged for Gui Wujing to ask the Demon Empress for medicine.
• The Demon Empress agreed to provide Deep Sea Life Vines, then ordered her daughter to deliver two to Gui Wujing after learning that the Sea God Family had become the Holy Spirit Cult’s partner.

After returning to Shrek Academy, Qin Ze joined a meeting that addressed renaming Sea God sites and aiding the Dou Ling Empire against unrest linked to Evil Soul Masters. He then traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Di Tian explained Di Yue Li’s chance to become the Dragon God and left Qin Ze by her side as she merged with the Silver Dragon King’s bloodline; a powerful fluctuation then drew Di Tian away.

• Mu En proposed renaming Sea God Pavilion and Sea God Lake because the Sea God supporters had disappointed him.
• Mu En and the Senior Elders voted to aid the Dou Ling Empire after learning that Evil Soul Masters were killing nobles and unrest was spreading.
• Xiao Kuangdao gave Qin Ze two soul bones for Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan before he and Du Busi hurried toward the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qin Ze received Mu En’s permission to visit the Star Dou Great Forest, collect the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, and later go to the Dou Ling Empire.
• Di Tian told Qin Ze that Di Yue Li could become the next Dragon God if Qin Ze helped unite her bloodline with the Golden Dragon King’s and Silver Dragon King’s origins.
• Qin Ze sat beside Di Yue Li while she condensed a soul ring, and Di Tian left after sensing a powerful soul-force fluctuation in the forest.

Di Tian discovered the Demon Empress’s hidden Life Origin extraction device and heard her proposal to cooperate against the Sea God and his followers. Back at the Wooden House, Di Yue Li awakened after advancing to Soul Douluo, and she and Qin Ze planned their next journey before settling down together for the night.

• Di Tian entered a hidden cave and found a Deep Sea Demonic Whale statue connected to an old device for extracting the Star Dou Great Forest’s Life Origin.
• The Demon Empress revealed that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had been her husband and proposed joining Di Tian against the Sea God’s followers, offering to help Qin Ze kill two Holy Spirit Cult Limit Douluo.
• Di Tian sealed the hollow and returned to the Lake of Life, where he invited Bi Ji for a walk without explaining what he had found.
• Di Yue Li awakened and told Qin Ze that Gu Yuena had passed her source bloodline to her and helped her condense her first Soul Core.
• Qin Ze and Di Yue Li agreed to visit the Earth Dragon Gate the next morning to absorb Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, then planned to go to the Dou Ling Empire to pursue Qin Ze’s God Trial targets.
• Qin Ze and Di Yue Li lay together on the Wooden House bed and closed their eyes for the night.

Qin Ze and Di Yue Li left the Star Dou Great Forest after Di Tian offered his help against the Sea God Family, while Tang San planned a new assassination and was summoned to the God Realm Committee. The chapter left Tang San resentful of the God of Destruction and determined to advance his plan to seize power.

• Bi Ji invited Qin Ze and Di Yue Li to breakfast, where Di Tian asked whether Qin Ze intended to take revenge on the Sea God Family.
• Di Tian told Qin Ze about the Demon Empress’s proposed cooperation and offered his help, while Qin Ze said he lacked the strength to destroy the Sea God Family yet.
• Di Tian asked when Qin Ze planned to marry Di Yue Li, and Qin Ze said he would propose after reaching Titled Douluo.
• Di Tian opened a Gate of Space for Qin Ze and Di Yue Li, and they traveled to the north edge of the Star Dou Great Forest before flying toward Dragon City.
• On Sea God Island, Tang San forgave Chen Tianhai and the worshipers for failing to assassinate Qin Ze, then considered asking his father to kill him.
• A divine power from the God Realm Core summoned Tang San to the God Realm Committee, and Tang San angrily reflected on the God of Destruction’s reforms and his own plan to seize power.

Tang San opposed expanding the God Realm by proposing a Council of Gods, while the God of Destruction agreed and announced a vote to unseal fallen Beast Deities. The God of Destruction also hinted that Ji Dong and Lie Yan should investigate Tang San’s true character as the story left them curious about his schemes.

• Tang San met the Fire God, Water God, and Wind God on his way to the God Realm Committee, and the Wind God argued that the elemental gods should support Tang San against expansion for now.
• At the meeting, Tang San proposed that all gods discuss expanding the God Realm, and the God of Destruction agreed to summon a Council of Gods within twenty days.
• The God of Destruction proposed unsealing some fallen Beast Deities, with humans inheriting forty percent and beasts sixty percent, and all five God Kings approved.
• The God of Destruction assigned the Goddess of Life to handle the unsealing and told Tang San to notify every god, including Divine Officials and Heavenly God Patrolers.
• After Tang San left, the God of Destruction advised Ji Dong and Lie Yan to ask the Phoenix God and God of Emotion about Tang San, prompting their curiosity.

The God of Destruction planned to use the Council of Gods to expose and monitor Tang San’s hidden followers, while Tang San resolved to strike at his successor and summoned the gods to attend. Tang San traveled to Douluo Continent to enlist his parents, as Qin Ze and Di Yue Li arrived in Dragon City and Nan Shuishui hurried to welcome them.

• The God of Destruction told the Goddess of Life that he suspected Tang San had secretly sent followers to Douluo Star and was using the Council of Gods to bring them under scrutiny.
• Tang San raged in the Sea God Palace, decided to make his father kill the God of Destruction’s successor, and ordered the gods to assemble at the Hall of Myriad Gods at noon the next day.
• Tang San sent the summons through the Asura God Temple, then traveled to a distant, uninhabited continent and appeared before Tang Hao and Ah Yin, saying, “Dad, Mom, it's me, Little San.”
• Qin Ze and Di Yue Li reached Dragon City, learned where the Earth Dragon Gate was, and went there together.
• Nan Qiuqiu told Nan Shuishui that Qin Ze had arrived, and Nan Shuishui rushed out with her to welcome him.

Qin Ze visited Earth Dragon Gate with Di Yue Li and entered its freezing well to retrieve Ice Extreme Divine Crystals and seal the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow. He left with the treasures and planned to find Bing'er before dealing with the Sea God Family worshippers hiding in Dou Ling Empire.

• Nan Shuishui welcomed Qin Ze and Di Yue Li, thanked Qin Ze for helping her become a Titled Douluo, and offered them a banquet.
• Nan Shuishui led Qin Ze and Di Yue Li to a well containing a hidden cave dwelling and offered Qin Ze its Ice Attribute Rare Metals vein.
• Qin Ze used the Snow Empress Right Arm Bone's Ice Element Control to descend through the cold spring and collect the Ice Extreme Divine Crystals.
• Qin Ze found forty-five pieces of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, and the Snow Empress sealed them into a bracelet for later use.
• The Snow Empress told Qin Ze to find Bing'er so they could prepare the Profound Ice Marrow for Di Yue Li to absorb, and Qin Ze left planning to deal with the Sea God Family worshippers in Dou Ling Empire.

Qin Ze retrieved top-grade Ice Attribute ores and the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, then toured Dragon City with Di Yue Li and Nan Qiuqiu before securing a heating Soul Tool partnership for Earth Dragon Gate. Meanwhile, Tang San persuaded Tang Hao to assassinate the God of Destruction's successor, though Ah Yin feared the plan would go wrong.

• Qin Ze emerged from Earth Dragon Gate's cold well with the top-grade Ice Attribute ores, and Di Yue Li dried his clothes with her flames.
• Nan Shuishui gave Qin Ze a sect master's pass token, and Qin Ze and Di Yue Li left to explore Dragon City with Nan Qiuqiu.
• Tang San convinced Tang Hao to kill the God of Destruction's successor and gave him Asura God's Original Divine Power to conceal his trail and bring him back to the God Realm.
• Ah Yin worried that Tang Hao's assassination plan would go wrong, while Tang Hao accepted the mission.
• At Earth Dragon Gate's banquet, Qin Ze offered Nan Shuishui a partnership to distribute Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's heating Soul Tools in Dragon City.
• Qin Ze revealed that he was nearly level eighty-five, surprising Nan Qiuqiu and Earth Dragon Gate's elders.

Qin Ze and Di Yue Li entered Mingguang City after noticing its gates were sealed and learned that royal-loyal officials had been killed. They left for Lingdou City as the Mingguang City Lord secretly agreed to support a rebellion backed by the Sea God Family.

• Qin Ze and Di Yue Li left Earth Dragon Gate, stopped at the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's stronghold, and flew toward the Dou Ling Empire.
• Qin Ze noticed Mingguang City's gates were shut and entered the city with Di Yue Li to investigate.
• At Flavor Residence, Qin Ze and Di Yue Li overheard merchants say the city was locked down after royal-loyal officials and their families were killed.
• Qin Ze suspected the Mingguang City Lord was preparing to rebel and decided to hurry to Lingdou City with Di Yue Li.
• The Mingguang City Lord agreed to join the Sea God Family's plan, promising to send half the border army when ordered and to build a Sea God Statue.
• Qin Ze and Di Yue Li left Mingguang City and continued toward Lingdou City.

As political unrest threatened the Dou Ling Empire, Xu San Shi prepared defenses while Qin Ze and Di Yue Li arrived in Lingdou City. Qin Ze reunited the Snow Empress and Ice Empress to have them remove the Extreme Ice attribute from Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, leaving them to begin the work.

• Xu San Shi ordered the empire’s soul engineer corps to guard Lingdou City and nearby passes as officials warned that provincial lords might rebel.
• Ma Xiaotao defeated Ji Juechen in a sparring match, and Xu San Shi told the gathered Shrek members that war in the Dou Ling Empire seemed near.
• Yan Shaozhe informed Ma Xiaotao that Qin Ze and Di Yue Li had arrived, and the group went to meet them at the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s base.
• Qin Ze reported that Mingguang City had been sealed after officials loyal to the Royal Family were killed, warning Xu San Shi that Northwest Province might support the rebels.
• Qin Ze showed Huo Yu Hao the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress agreed to work together to remove its Extreme Ice attribute.

Qin Ze chose the title Demon Armor Douluo and urged his companions to aim for godhood, while Xue Lingxun considered how to respond to a possible rebellion in Northwest Province. After the Profound Ice Marrow was prepared, Qin Ze shared it with Huo Yu Hao and helped Di Yue Li absorb it, leaving her cultivation on the verge of a breakthrough.

• Qin Ze declared that he would take the title Demon Armor Douluo and encouraged his companions to set becoming gods as a goal.
• Xu San Shi and Jiang Nannan warned Xue Lingxun that the Duke of Mingguang might have joined the rebellion, and she called for a secret meeting that would include Qin Ze.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress prepared forty-five stalks of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, removing the Extreme Ice attribute from twenty-five of them.
• Qin Ze gave Huo Yu Hao ten stalks of Profound Ice Marrow, and Huo Yu Hao resolved to absorb them and catch up with his companions.
• Qin Ze gave Di Yue Li seven prepared stalks and helped her absorb the first one with his Life Origin, while her Soul Power began to strengthen.