Chapter Summaries

Chen An and Gu Yue Na found a way to erase the Sea God Trident’s divine mark using the Dragon God’s Heart. They planned to finish the process in the Dragon Valley Space, where they could use Timeless Glaze to reduce the time required.

• Gu Yue Na explained that they could not use the Sea God Trident until its divine mark was erased, and that Chen An’s Devouring Sky Cauldron could not refine it yet.
• Chen An suggested using the Dragon God’s Heart to erase the mark, and Gu Yue Na agreed to try it in the Dragon Valley Space.
• Gu Yue Na brought Chen An and Di Tian into the Dragon Valley Space, where Di Tian planted the Sea God Trident and Gu Yue Na covered it with energy from the Dragon God’s Heart.
• After more than an hour, Gu Yue Na found that the Dragon God’s power could slowly erase the divine mark, though completing the task would take nearly a thousand hours.
• Chen An proposed using Timeless Glaze to slow time, reducing the effort to two hours a day for a hundred days.

Chen An and Gu Yue Na established a force of Sea Soul Beasts in the southern sea, then returned to Sun Moon Royal Academy as winter break ended. Their gains from the trip included major increases in strength, new abilities for Chen An, and powerful Undead Puppets.

• Chen An and Gu Yue Na left Sea God Island and continued toward the Douluo Continent, subduing five more Hundred-Thousand-Year Sea Soul Beasts along the way.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na settled their fourteen Sea Soul Beasts in the southern sea and ordered them to unite the local soul beasts into a Sea Soul Beast army.
• Di Tian brought Chen An and Gu Yue Na back to Sun Moon Royal Academy, where they rested and bathed before dinner.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na reflected on their gains: Gu Yue Na reached rank forty-seven, while Chen An gained the Time Attribute and the ability to nurture Undead Puppets.
• Chen An’s Time Dragon devoured dragon souls and advanced to the early stage of rank ninety-eight.

Chen An returned to Sun Moon Royal Academy, where Xu Lin praised his progress and discussed his plans for the new semester. Xu Lin then revealed that four Tang Sect branches had been massacred, and Chen An's excited reaction eased Xu Lin's suspicion that he was involved.

• Chen An and Gu Yue Na returned to the academy and received respectful greetings from the students before eating in the cafeteria.
• Xu Lin called Chen An to his office, welcomed him with coffee, and asked how he had spent his vacation.
• Chen An told Xu Lin that he had advanced to rank forty-three, and Xu Lin encouraged him to aim for higher Soul Engineer levels.
• Xu Lin outlined his teaching plans for the semester, and Chen An agreed with them.
• Xu Lin told Chen An that four Tang Sect branches had been massacred and nearly a thousand Soul Masters, including a Titled Douluo, had died.
• Chen An reacted with apparent excitement, easing Xu Lin's suspicions as Xu Lin considered whether the Holy Spirit Cult was responsible.

Chen An learned that Tang Sect blamed the Holy Spirit Cult for the attacks and hoped the conflict would distract them from him. As he and Gu Yue Na cultivated and forged in Dragon Valley Space, Di Tian completed the fusion of his Four-Word Battle Armor.

• Xu Lin told Chen An that Tang Sect blamed the Holy Spirit Cult for the slaughter of four branches and young disciples, prompting pressure from En Ci.
• Chen An returned to the dormitory and told Gu Yue Na that the attacks had not exposed their involvement.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na used the Seven-Colored Crystal to cultivate in Dragon Valley Space, while Chen An forged and the Undead Puppets devoured dragon souls.
• Half a month later, Chen An learned from Zhen Hua that Di Tian's second-stage Battle Armor metals were finished and arranged for Di Tian to collect them.
• Xu Lin inscribed the Soul Guidance Arrays, and Di Tian fused the new metals with his Battle Armor embryos over three days to complete his Four-Word Battle Armor.

Di Tian tested his new Four-Word Battle Armor and learned that its enhancement brought him close to the limits of his strength, while Bear Monarch failed to persuade Gu Yue Na to make him armor. Chen An and Gu Yue Na then entered a Tang Sect Branch through the ground, beginning their plan to attack it.

• Di Tian named his Four-Word Battle Armor Dark Gold Terrorclaw Dragon privately and Sacred Dragon Sanction as a public disguise, then defeated Bear Monarch in a sparring match.
• Di Tian estimated that the armor increased his combat strength by about forty percent, bringing him close to the weakest Deity, while humanity still lacked the technology to create Five-Word Battle Armor.
• Bear Monarch asked Gu Yue Na to arrange a set of Battle Armor, but she refused because of the difficulty and time required to make armor for his enormous true form.
• Tang Sect operatives continued watching the academy gates and searching for Chen An and Gu Yue Na as the branches strengthened their security after the Star Luo Empire massacre.
• Di Tian brought Chen An and Gu Yue Na to a concealed alley near a Tang Sect Branch, where Chen An summoned the Mountain Dragon King Undead Puppet and they traveled underground past the branch's Energy Shield.

Chen An and Gu Yue Na’s new plan to attack the Federation Tang Sect Branch used two buried Grade 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shells. The shells detonated together, devastating the branch and killing those caught in the blast.

• Chen An and his companions used the Mountain Dragon King Undead Puppet to locate and move underground detection Soul Tools, then approached the surface beneath the Tang Sect Branch.
• Chen An set timers on two Grade 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shells and had the Mountain Dragon King Undead Puppet bury them beneath separate parts of the branch.
• Chen An and the others returned to an alley to wait while patrols and guards inside the branch continued their routines.
• The two cannon shells reached zero and exploded simultaneously, destroying buildings and killing people throughout the Tang Sect Branch.

Chen An and his companions watched a Tang Sect Branch be destroyed when Grade 9 shells detonated, likely setting off the branch’s own arsenal. The attack left over a hundred dead, terrified the city, and prompted Cang Xin to rush to the scene after linking it to the earlier attack in the Star Luo Empire.

• A Grade 9 shell exploded beneath the Tang Sect Branch, killing a stationed Titled Douluo and trapping the blast inside the branch’s Energy Shield.
• Chen An suspected the shells had ignited the branch’s stored ammunition, while Gu Yue Na remarked that the blast’s power had enabled the chain reaction.
• Chen An, Gu Yue Na, and Di Tian left through a Space Channel as the explosion subsided.
• Tang Sect members opened the shield with the headquarters’ main controller and found the branch reduced to two enormous pits, with no survivors apparent.
• The explosion killed more than a hundred people, sparked fear throughout the city, and led the Federation Speaker to order an investigation and prepare a press conference.
• Cang Xin received news of the disaster on the Abyss Battlefield, connected it to the attack in the Star Luo Empire, and hurried to the branch.

After a Tang Sect Branch in Rong City was destroyed, Qiangu Dongfeng questioned Ghost Emperor, who denied the Holy Spirit Cult’s involvement. Chen An and Gu Yue Na watched the news the next morning and went to class as usual, while the culprit remained publicly unknown.

• Shrek Academy’s Yun Ming and Spirit Pagoda’s Qiangu Dongfeng learned that the Tang Sect Branch had been bombed and headed into the unfolding investigation.
• Qiangu Dongfeng contacted Ghost Emperor, who denied that the Holy Spirit Cult had carried out the attack and blamed neither his group nor the Holy Spirit Cult for other recent incidents.
• Qiangu Dongfeng considered whether Chen An and his group might have targeted the Tang Sect, then decided to wait and watch the conflict develop.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na returned to their dormitory after the bombing and slept until morning.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na watched news coverage of the destroyed branch, then went to breakfast as usual while other students discussed the attack.

After the Tang Sect Branch in Rong City was destroyed by two Grade 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shells, Cang Xin and Yun Ming suspected the Holy Spirit Cult or Chen An and went to confront him at the Sun Moon Royal Academy. Cang Xin accused Chen An of attacking Tang Sect branches, while Chen An prepared to deny involvement and Gu Yue Na summoned Di Tian.

• Investigators determined that two Grade 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shells had triggered the explosion that destroyed the Tang Sect Branch in Rong City.
• Cang Xin and Yun Ming judged that the Rong City bombing might be connected to the looting of four Tang Sect branches in the Star Luo Empire, and debated whether the Holy Spirit Cult or Chen An's group was responsible.
• Cang Xin decided to search for the Holy Spirit Cult and test Chen An's group, then traveled with Yun Ming and other powerful figures to the Sun Moon Royal Academy.
• Chen An recognized Cang Xin's voice and prepared to deny responsibility, while Gu Yue Na contacted Di Tian as they went to face the visitors.
• Xu Lin confronted Cang Xin outside the academy, and Cang Xin accused Chen An of massacring four Tang Sect branches and bombing the Rong City branch, shocking onlookers.

Chen An denied responsibility for the Tang Sect attacks as Cang Xin accused him and threatened to fight. When Cang Xin produced a USB drive he claimed held surveillance footage, Chen An challenged him to verify it and wagered their lives on whether it was genuine.

• Chen An called out to Cang Xin and denied that he and his companions had carried out the attacks.
• Di Tian arrived, and Yun Ming and Cang Xin sensed that his strength had increased while Chen An's group took comfort in his presence.
• Cang Xin accused Chen An's group of bombing a Tang Sect branch and massacring four branches in the Star Luo Empire, then prepared his people to attack.
• Chen An insisted that he was innocent and demanded proof rather than admitting to the crimes.
• Cang Xin presented a USB drive he claimed contained clear footage of Chen An breaking into the Tang Sect, but Chen An challenged him to authenticate it and wagered their lives on the result.

Chen An and Gu Yue Na successfully bluffed Cang Xin into withdrawing without exposing their plans, while Di Tian and Yun Ming exchanged threats and promises of a future battle. Back in Dragon Valley Space, Chen An proposed distributing Tang Sect cultivation manuals across the Federation as another form of retaliation.

• Cang Xin could not produce the surveillance footage he had claimed to possess, and Yun Ming advised him to withdraw rather than attack Chen An and the others.
• Cang Xin threatened Chen An, who denied involvement and warned that other enemies also wanted Cang Xin dead.
• Yun Ming challenged Di Tian to a future fight, and Di Tian claimed he had a ninety percent chance of victory.
• Yun Ming and Cang Xin left, and Chen An and Gu Yue Na realized their bluff had reduced suspicion on them and made the Holy Spirit Cult the Tang Sect's primary suspect.
• Xu Lin warned Chen An to stay cautious and avoid provoking the Tang Sect further before the group returned to the academy.
• In Dragon Valley Space, Chen An proposed distributing the Tang Sect's forbidden cultivation manuals widely across the Federation.

Chen An and Gu Yue Na continued their plans to copy Tang Sect manuals as the investigation into the bombing stalled and suspicion spread. The Holy Spirit Cult denied responsibility through bloody attacks, then mocked Cang Xin over his broken promise to Chen An.

• Gu Yue Na and Chen An discussed how the leaked manuals could force the Tang Sect to make its cultivation techniques public.
• Chen An used Soul Tools to copy Tang Sect manuals while Gu Yue Na continued removing the divine imprint from the Sea God Trident.
• The Tang Sect and Federation failed to find clues about the bombing, prompting Tang Sect leaders to suspect an insider had helped plan it.
• Cang Xin accused Ghost Emperor and Nether Emperor of the Holy Spirit Cult, who denied involvement by slaughtering a village and threatening further attacks.
• The Federation ordered a continent-wide search for the Holy Spirit Cult, while Tang Sect leaders debated whether the cult or Chen An was lying.
• After Cang Xin again asked to meet them, Ghost Emperor and Nether Emperor slaughtered another village and taunted him for breaking his wager with Chen An.

After the Tang Sect’s investigation stalled, copies of its core cultivation techniques appeared across Star Luo City, forcing Cang Xin to rush back and oversee the response. The Tang Sect struggled to recover the manuals, while the governor refused to seal off the city amid fears of public outrage.

• Cang Xin and the Tang Sect made no progress investigating the Holy Spirit Cult, while the Federation captured two Evil Soul Masters who died before they could be questioned.
• Books containing Tang Sect techniques appeared throughout Star Luo City, and citizens scrambled to collect them.
• The Star Luo City branch confirmed the manuals were genuine and ordered its members to recover them before reporting the leak to headquarters.
• Cang Xin returned toward Star Luo City after hearing that the Tang Sect’s techniques had been exposed to the public.
• Tang Sect members confiscated manuals from people still carrying them, but many citizens had already hidden theirs at home.
• The Tang Sect asked Star Luo City’s governor to help search for the manuals and seal off the city, but he refused to risk provoking public outrage.

The Tang Sect and Yun Ming’s allies imposed a communications blackout and sealed off Star Luo City to recover leaked Tang Sect cultivation methods, despite the Federation Speaker’s refusal to authorize a lockdown. Cang Xin tried to calm the angry residents with promises of compensation as Tang Sect personnel began searching the city.

• The Federation Speaker refused to approve a Star Luo City lockdown, and the governor declined the Tang Sect’s demand to seal the city.
• Yun Ming gathered Shrek Academy’s Tang Sect-affiliated leaders, who arranged to cut Star Luo City off from the Federation network and communications.
• Tang Sect personnel surrounded Star Luo City, preventing anyone from leaving, while residents protested the lockdown and blackout.
• Cang Xin addressed the city, offered ten thousand Federal Currency for each voluntarily returned cultivation method, and promised compensation without specifying an amount.
• Tang Sect personnel began searching homes, starting with Soul Master factions and clans, to recover manuals and check for copies.

Cang Xin’s search of the Star Luo City Spirit Pagoda uncovered more stolen Tang Sect cultivation manuals, while the city lockdown sparked widespread condemnation and threats from Federation officials. Tang Sect leaders and Shrek Academy’s Sea God Pavilion began debating whether to lift the lockdown, with many arguing that protecting the sect’s reputation mattered more than preventing the techniques from spreading.

• Cang Xin forced the Star Luo City Spirit Pagoda Branch Pagoda Master to permit searches, and Tang Sect personnel found more hidden cultivation manuals and searched employees’ homes.
• News of the citywide searches and lockdown spread, prompting citizens and politicians to criticize the Tang Sect’s restrictions.
• Qiangu Dongfeng publicly condemned the Tang Sect, and Xu Lang demanded that it restore normal entry and exit to Star Luo City by seven o’clock the next morning.
• Tang Sect leaders and Shrek Academy’s Sea God Pavilion held an emergency meeting as public pressure threatened the sect’s reputation.
• A Tang Sect senior executive urged the group to lift the lockdown, arguing that the damage to the Tang Sect outweighed the consequences of the manuals spreading.

Yun Ming persuaded the Tang Sect leaders to lift Star Luo City's lockdown and use Tang San's Sea God Edict to justify pursuing anyone who learned the leaked techniques. The Tang Sect lifted the lockdown immediately, but its public warning frightened people who had hoped to cultivate the manuals.

• Yun Ming argued that continuing the lockdown would help Xu Lang, Qiangu Dongfeng, and their allies turn the public against the Tang Sect.
• Cang Xin worried about the techniques spreading and the legal repercussions of killing people who learned them.
• Yun Ming proposed invoking Tang San's ancestral edict, and the leaders agreed that it authorized them to kill anyone who secretly learned Tang Sect techniques.
• Cang Xin ordered Star Luo City's lockdown lifted immediately, and the Tang Sect apologized publicly for imposing it.
• The Tang Sect announced it would relentlessly pursue anyone who learned the leaked techniques, warning that it would act even if doing so violated Federation law.

The Tang Sect used executions and a million-currency bounty to suppress the secret cultivation of its techniques, while major factions continued acquiring and studying them. Chen An welcomed the resulting public anger, hoping it would give him a chance to recruit the Tang Sect’s enemies.

• The Tang Sect lifted its blockade of Star Luo City and announced a permanent bounty for reporting people who cultivated its techniques.
• Qiangu Dongfeng, Leng Yaozhu, and other Spirit Pagoda leaders obtained copies of the techniques, while other factions also sought them out.
• The Tang Sect executed fourteen people reported for hiding or cultivating its techniques and publicized the killings to frighten others into surrendering their manuals.
• Many ordinary people handed over their techniques, but major clans and soul master factions kept theirs and began studying them.
• Chen An watched the news about the executions and hoped the Tang Sect’s actions would provoke factions he could recruit as allies.

Chen An and Gu Yue Na watched Tang Sect suffer reputational damage over its crackdown on leaked cultivation techniques, then focused on their own lives and strength. As graduation approached, they faced the coming separation, while Xu Lin told Chen An he would join the Central Legion as a company commander.

• Gu Yue Na and Chen An discussed Tang Sect’s harsh response to the spread of its cultivation techniques and hoped it would continue damaging the sect’s reputation.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na stopped attacking Tang Sect branches and spent the next three months preparing for the end of their final semester.
• As graduation drew near, Chen An and Gu Yue Na felt sorrow at the thought of parting, though they acted naturally together.
• Xu Lin told Chen An that Xu Lang had arranged for him to report to the Central Legion as a lieutenant and serve as a company commander.

Xu Lin told Chen An that Cang Xin had earned nearly 4.5 million Merit Points for him, enough to reach colonel, but the Blood God Legion blocked the promotion because Chen An was not one of its members. Chen An realized the Tang Sect wanted to draw him to the Abyss Battlefield, where they could target him more easily.

• Xu Lin explained that Cang Xin had earned Chen An nearly 4.5 million Merit Points by killing Abyss Creatures, enough to promote him to colonel.
• Xu Lin said the Blood God Legion had refused to let Chen An use the Merit Points because he was not a member of the Legion.
• Xu Lin told Chen An that Zhang Huanyun would permit the exchange only if Chen An joined the Blood God Legion, after Tang Sect members objected to an exception.
• Chen An suspected that Cang Xin and the Tang Sect wanted to lure him to the Abyss Battlefield so they could deal with him there.

Xu Lin explained how Chen An could exchange his Merit Points for military rank at the Blood God Legion and then transfer to the Central Legion without remaining in danger. They planned to secure War God Hall support first, and Chen An agreed that joining it was necessary.

• Xu Lin warned Chen An that staying at the Blood God Legion or going to the Abyss Battlefield would put him at grave risk, though his Merit Points could help his career now.
• Xu Lin said Chen An should travel under escort to the Blood God Legion, join it, exchange his Merit Points for military rank, and then transfer to the Central Legion.
• Xu Lin planned to have Chen An join the War God Hall so his martial uncle could secure support from its members and help ensure Zhang Huanyun approved the transfer.
• Chen An worried that War God Hall members might side with the Tang Sect, but Xu Lin explained why the Hall was unlikely to favor them and why Zhang Huanyun might support Chen An.
• Chen An realized that joining the War God Hall was necessary to make his transfer from the Blood God Legion possible.