Chapter Summaries

Sima Jinchí warned Yue Zhengen that supporting Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect could expose the Southern Legion and its associated families to devastating retaliation. Yue Zhengen decided to sever ties with them, and Sima reported the Southern Legion’s change of stance to Chen An.

• Sima Jinchí told Yue Zhengen that Chen An’s forces could destroy the Southern Legion and endanger its officers’ families if they continued backing Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect.
• Yue Zhengen asked the officers whether the Southern Legion should cut ties with Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect to avoid disaster.
• Sima Jinchí and other officers supported Yue Zhengen’s proposal, and the Southern Legion agreed to change its stance.
• After the meeting, Sima Jinchí called Chen An and reported the decision.
• Chen An smiled when he learned the Southern Legion had turned away from Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect.

Chen An refined corpses into Energy Pearls and tested how they affected cultivation during a period of rest in the Dragon Valley Space. The pearls rapidly raised his and Gu Yue Na’s Soul Power, while Bear Monarch and the Ten Thousand Demon King gained more than ten thousand years of cultivation each.

• Chen An refined the corpses at the Tang Sect’s underwater base into several dozen Energy Pearls, then rested in the Dragon Valley Space with Di Tian and the other recuperating beasts.
• Chen An distributed Energy Pearls among Zi Ji, Scarlet King, the Demon Spirit, Bear Monarch, and the Ten Thousand Demon King, while saving some for himself and Gu Yue Na and withholding them from Di Tian to avoid triggering a dangerous heavenly tribulation.
• Chen An spent eighteen days cultivating in the Dragon Valley Space, broke through to level fifty-three, and advanced to the late stage of level fifty-four.
• Gu Yue Na used Energy Pearls to raise her Soul Power by more than two levels, improving faster than Chen An despite absorbing a similar amount of energy.
• Bear Monarch and the Ten Thousand Demon King consumed their ten pearls in a day and each gained a little over ten thousand years of cultivation; Bear Monarch then wanted several dozen more to reach the five-hundred-thousand-year threshold.

Chen An and Gu Yue Na weighed the risks of letting the ferocious beasts use Energy Pearls to approach major breakthroughs, since their heavenly tribulations could kill them. They considered ways to help the beasts survive and ultimately decided to try using a Thunder Hell Vine, despite uncertainty about whether it would count as outside interference.

• Chen An withheld more Energy Pearls from Bear Monarch because he feared the 500,000-year heavenly tribulation would kill or badly injure him, and Gu Yue Na agreed.
• Demon Spirit, Zi Ji, and Scarlet King gained substantial cultivation from Energy Pearls but hesitated to approach their next heavenly tribulations, so Gu Yue Na stopped Demon Spirit from absorbing more.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na discussed how to improve the beasts' chances of surviving their tribulations and considered finding a rare Thunder Hell Vine.
• Chen An warned that a Thunder Hell Vine might be treated as outside interference and increase a tribulation's power, while his own ability to absorb lightning offered a costly alternative.
• After discussing the uncertainty with Gu Yue Na, Di Tian, and the others, Chen An and the group decided to try using the Thunder Hell Vine.

Chen An reviewed the Federation’s crackdown on the Tang Sect and its allies, while fearful factions fled or declared their loyalty to the Federation. The Southern Legion offered to join the operation against Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, but Xu Lang demanded six divisions from it.

• Chen An learned that Zhang Geyang of the Spirit Pagoda possessed the Thunder Hell Vine and considered taking it from him in the Star Luo Empire.
• Chen An reviewed the destruction of the Tang Sect’s underground shelters and launch bases, the punishment of the Northern Sea Legion, and the purge of the Shen Family.
• Families and factions tied to Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect either switched sides, fled, or formed alliances to avoid Chen An’s purge.
• The Federation pursued Shen Family survivors, confiscated their property, and hunted Tang Sect remnants, while Xu Lang took over as chief of general staff and commander-in-chief.
• Yue Zhengen offered the Southern Legion’s support, including troops to arrest Tang Sect personnel and assist the Federation’s operation.
• Xu Lang rejected the Southern Legion’s offer of three divisions and required six divisions, leaving Yue Zhengen to agree.

Chen An and his group arrived at the Southern Legion, where Yue Zhengen led them to the Tang Sect members sheltering in an Underground Base. Di Tian and the others slaughtered all fifteen hundred Tang Sect members, leaving none alive.

• Chen An arrived at the Southern Legion with the six great ferocious beasts and three great puppets, triggering alarms and prompting Yue Zhengen to meet them.
• Yue Zhengen welcomed Chen An and personally led the group to the Underground Base where more than fifteen hundred Tang Sect members were hiding.
• The Tang Sect members initially thought Yue Zhengen had captured Chen An, then realized he had brought Chen An to deal with them and accused Yue Zhengen of betrayal.
• Chen An ordered the attack, and Di Tian, Bear Monarch, and the others began slaughtering the Tang Sect members while the Fire Dragon King, Mountain Dragon King, and Time Dragon guarded Chen An.
• After more than twenty minutes, the group had killed every Tang Sect member in the base.

Chen An warned Yue Zhengen that the Federation would punish the Southern Legion if it defied orders again, and secured its promise to send troops north of Mingdu. After the Federation praised the legion for killing Tang Sect personnel, Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect failed to find a way to retaliate and ordered their people in the Eastern Sea Legion to withdraw.

• Chen An delivered the Federation's warning to Yue Zhengen and obtained the Southern Legion's agreement to deploy troops north of Mingdu within ten days.
• After Chen An and his group left, the Southern Legion officers discussed their strength and relief at having cut ties with Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect.
• The Federation publicized the killing of Tang Sect personnel and praised the Southern Legion, prompting Yun Ming to call Yue Zhengen repeatedly without getting an answer.
• Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect held an emergency meeting but found they lacked the means to retaliate against the Southern Legion.
• Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect decided to withdraw Tang Sect personnel from the Eastern Sea Legion, which welcomed the decision.

Chen An and the others intercepted the Eastern Sea Legion fleet and ordered it to return to port and kill the Tang Sect personnel aboard. The Eastern Sea Legion Commander hesitated as an officer urged him to fight, leaving the fleet’s response unresolved.

• Chen An and the others used satellite tracking to locate the Eastern Sea Legion fleet at sea.
• Chen An ordered the fleet to halt, and the frightened soldiers readied their weapons as the fleet slowed.
• Di Tian and the others released the pressure of six Limit Douluos and three Top Super Douluos, forcing the fleet’s defensive shields to activate.
• Chen An ordered the Eastern Sea Legion to return to harbor and kill the Tang Sect personnel, warning that the legion would face severe punishment if it disobeyed.
• The Eastern Sea Legion Commander weighed whether to obey, while a Shrek Academy officer urged him to fight and call on the Sea God Legion for support.

Chen An and the Fire Dragon King pressured the Eastern Sea Legion into obeying Federation orders, but the Legion Commander’s surrender triggered an armed revolt by officers and Tang Sect personnel. The fleet descended into chaos as Chen An’s group fought their way aboard the ships while loyal soldiers tried to regain control.

• The Fire Dragon King revealed his enormous true form, frightening the Eastern Sea Legion’s Legion Commander into agreeing to return and help eliminate Tang Sect personnel.
• The Legion Commander slapped his son after he denounced the decision to abandon Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect.
• Rebellious officers and Tang Sect personnel opened fire on Chen An’s group, prompting Chen An to order his allies to kill only those who resisted.
• Chen An warned the Eastern Sea Legion soldiers to fight the anti-Federation elements, and fighting erupted across more than forty ships.
• Di Tian and the others broke through the ships’ barriers as loyal soldiers tried to seize the command rooms and shut them down.
• The fleet continued firing on Chen An’s group, even at the risk of killing its own personnel.

Chen An, Di Tian, and their allies crushed the Tang Sect-led rebellion aboard the Eastern Sea Legion warships, while the Legion Commander’s loyal soldiers fought alongside them. The battle ended with most of the Tang Sect force dead and the survivors fleeing into the sea.

• Di Tian, Bear Monarch, and Mountain Dragon King rapidly killed the rebel forces aboard the warships, while Chen An attacked with the Scythe of Death and used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track against Tang Sect members.
• The Tang Sect members recognized Chen An’s use of their techniques and charged at him, but he calmly fought them off despite sustaining some injuries.
• The Eastern Sea Legion split between the rebels and soldiers loyal to the Legion Commander, who joined Chen An’s side against the Tang Sect faction.
• Di Tian and the others used decisive killing strikes against the rebel officers, and several warships suffered severe damage from friendly fire.
• After more than a thousand Tang Sect members were reduced to several dozen, the survivors jumped into the sea, and the Legion Commander sent soldiers to pursue them.

Chen An forced the Eastern Sea Legion to abandon its alliance with Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, then took the Legion Commander's son prisoner and set out to disrupt the Sea God Legion. As Chen An and his group recovered in Dragon Valley Space, the Federation celebrated their success while Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect reeled from their losses.

• Bear Monarch prepared to kill a wounded Titled Douluo, but the Eastern Sea Legion's Legion Commander pleaded for his son's life, so Chen An agreed to take him prisoner instead.
• Chen An ordered the Eastern Sea Legion to clean up its fleet and return within three hours, then warned that he would head to the southwestern seas to trouble the Sea God Legion.
• The Legion Commander warned Chen An that the Sea God Legion's fleet was powerful and included Sea God Douluo Chen Xinjie.
• Chen An opened a passage to Dragon Valley Space with the Seven-Colored Crystal and brought the unconscious prisoner with him so the group could recover.
• The Federation praised Chen An's swift victory and Xu Lang recorded another great merit for him, while Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect lamented the deaths of more than a thousand Tang Sect members and the Eastern Sea Legion's defection.

Chen An and his allies intercepted the Sea God Legion after it turned back toward port, bringing Chen Xinjie and his powerful fleet face-to-face with them. Chen An demanded that the legion surrender its Tang Sect members and Shrek Academy graduates for Federation inspection, warning that refusal would be treated as collusion.

• After learning that the Eastern Sea Legion had switched sides, Chen Xinjie ordered the Sea God Legion to return to its military port.
• Chen An and his allies appeared ahead of the fleet, and the Sea God Legion’s detection systems sounded alarms as its warships prepared for combat.
• Chen Xinjie flew out with more than a dozen powerful figures and four God-Level Mechas, while Chen An’s side sized up the formidable commander.
• Chen Xinjie confronted Chen An over the attacks on the Northern and Eastern Sea Legions, and Chen An explained that they had been punished for sheltering Tang Sect members.
• Chen An demanded that the Sea God Legion hand over its Tang Sect members and Shrek Academy graduates for Federation inspection, warning that refusal would invite accusations of collusion.

Chen Xinjie refused Chen An’s demand to cooperate with the investigation, despite Chen An presenting an official joint order from the Federation military and government. The Sea God Legion’s soldiers wavered as Chen Xinjie remained determined to oppose Chen An over Long Yeyue’s death, leaving a confrontation imminent.

• Chen Xinjie rejected Chen An’s demand for cooperation and threatened to fight with the Sea God Legion’s warships.
• Chen An warned that he would subdue or execute senior officers and suspend Chen Xinjie if they resisted the investigation.
• Chen An displayed an official writ signed by Xu Lang and approved by the Federation Government, ordering the Sea God Legion to cooperate.
• Sea God Legion soldiers recognized the writ’s seals and worried that Chen Xinjie’s refusal could lead to a battle with the Federation.
• Chen Xinjie remained unmoved by the order and resolved to stay Chen An’s enemy because Chen An and the others had killed Long Yeyue.

Chen An confronted Chen Xinjie at the Sea God Legion and tried to persuade its soldiers not to fight, but Chen Xinjie ordered the fleet to open fire. Protected by the Eternal Divine Fire Clock, Chen An prepared to use the Sea God Trident to turn the sea against the warships.

• Chen Xinjie refused to surrender Sea God Legion soldiers connected to Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, defying the Federation’s warrant.
• Chen An warned the Sea God Legion’s soldiers that firing would make them enemies of the Federation and endanger their families, causing many to hesitate.
• Chen Xinjie ordered the fleet to fire and retreated with his men rather than face Chen An’s powerful group directly.
• The Sea God Legion’s warships launched a barrage of shells, lasers, and control attacks, while the Fire Dragon King expanded the Eternal Divine Fire Clock to shield Chen An and the others.
• Chen An took out the Sea God Trident and planned to churn the seawater beneath the warships to destabilize the fleet.

Chen An activated the Sea God Trident and used it to control the ocean, throwing the Sea God Legion’s fleet into chaos. As the waves rose and the sea around the warships sank, Chen Xinjie suspected Chen An might be chosen by the Sea God.

• Chen Xinjie sensed the Sea God Trident’s power and watched his Vast Sea Martial Soul react with reverence.
• Chen An channeled energy into the Sea God Trident and used it to stir the ocean.
• The waves grew violent, disrupting the Sea God Legion’s warships and throwing soldiers off balance.
• Chen An moved seawater away from the fleet, raising walls of water around the sinking sea area.
• The fleet’s stabilization systems failed to steady the warships, and soldiers were thrown across the decks, with some vomiting blood.

Chen An used the Sea God Trident to unleash the ocean against Chen Xinjie’s fleet, then claimed the Sea God had chosen him as successor. Chen Xinjie began to suspect the claim was true and struggled between his duty to protect the successor and his desire to kill Chen An.

• Chen Xinjie used his power over the sea to lessen the waves and demanded to know how Chen An obtained the Sea God Trident.
• Chen An claimed the Sea God had chosen him, warned the fleet to surrender, and argued that the Trident proved his claim.
• Chen Xinjie rejected the claim at first, citing Chen An’s hostility toward Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect and his past disrespect toward the Sea God.
• Chen Xinjie reconsidered, reasoning that Chen An’s talent and ability to wield the Trident suggested he had earned the Sea God’s recognition.
• Chen An watched Chen Xinjie’s conflicted reaction and wondered whether he would obey his duty to protect the Sea God’s successor or pursue his personal grudge.

Chen An used the Sea God Trident and Chen Xinjie's duties as head of the Sea God Family to convince him to end the Sea God Legion's attack. Though Chen Xinjie agreed to a ceasefire, Chen An knew his claim to be the Sea God's successor was false and still considered eliminating him.

• Chen An revealed that Chen Xinjie's family guarded Sea God Island and challenged him for failing to protect the Sea God's successor.
• Chen Xinjie struggled between his hatred and his ancestral duties, then ordered the Sea God Legion to stop attacking and promised not to target Chen An again.
• Chen An kept the sea raging until Chen Xinjie came over, then gradually withdrew the Sea God Trident's power.
• The Sea God Legion's soldiers recovered from the danger of sinking and watched Chen Xinjie and Chen An to see whether they would make peace.

Chen An tested whether Chen Xinjie would help him fight Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, then turned against him when he refused. With the Time Dragon slowing Chen Xinjie, Di Tian, the Fire Dragon King, and the Mountain Dragon King battered him while Chen An warned the Sea God Legion not to interfere.

• Chen An asked Chen Xinjie to help him deal with Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, but Chen Xinjie rebuked him and refused.
• Chen An declared Chen Xinjie an enemy, and the Time Dragon used the Suiyue Liuli Lamp to slow him as Di Tian, the Fire Dragon King, and the Mountain Dragon King attacked.
• The three fighters overwhelmed Chen Xinjie, damaging his armor and batting him back and forth while he struggled to defend himself.
• Sea God Legion officers tried to support Chen Xinjie, but Chen An threatened to sink their ships if they attacked.
• Some officers urged the soldiers to open fire despite Chen An's warning.

Chen An’s forces defeated and fatally wounded Chen Xinjie, the Peak Quasi-God, while blocking the Sea God Legion’s rescue attempt. Chen An kept Chen Xinjie alive for his cultivation energy and told him the conflict had been unavoidable because Chen Xinjie had wanted to kill him.

• Bear Monarch, Ten Thousand Demon King, and the others intercepted the Sea God Legion officers who tried to rescue Chen Xinjie.
• Di Tian and the other powerhouses overwhelmed Chen Xinjie, and the Mountain Dragon King shattered his Four-Word Battle Armor before Di Tian pierced his body with a dragon claw.
• Chen An stopped the Fire Dragon King, Mountain Dragon King, and Time Dragon from devouring Chen Xinjie, intending to refine him into an Essence Pearl.
• Chen An ordered the Fire Dragon King and Mountain Dragon King to help fight the Sea God Legion officers and attack the warships that had fired on them.
• Di Tian brought the barely conscious Chen Xinjie before Chen An, who explained that Chen Xinjie would have died regardless because he had wanted to kill him and Chen An was not the Sea God’s successor.

Chen An used the Soul-Seizing Bell, with Di Tian suppressing Chen Xinjie's spiritual power, to steal and sort through Chen Xinjie's memories. While Bear Monarch and the others overwhelmed the divided Sea God Legion, Chen An revealed he had known Chen Xinjie planned to move the God-Slaying Weapon and placed the Scythe of Death against his neck.

• Di Tian suppressed Chen Xinjie's spiritual power as Chen An used the Soul-Seizing Bell to take his memories.
• Bear Monarch, the Fire Dragon King, and the others killed their opponents while soldiers on the Sea God Legion warships fought among themselves over whether to join the battle.
• Bear Monarch and the others boarded the warships that fired at them, shattered their shields, and killed the attackers while sparing most soldiers who had not fought.
• Zi Ji and Scarlet King finished dealing with the enemies in the sky as Chen An completed his search through Chen Xinjie's memories.
• Chen An accused Chen Xinjie of planning to give the God-Slaying Weapon to Shrek Academy and Tang Sect, then said he had been waiting for him to steal it.
• Chen An summoned the Scythe of Death and placed it against Chen Xinjie's neck.

Chen An killed Chen Xinjie and subdued the Sea God Legion, then reported the operation to Xu Lang. The Federation confirmed that the takeover was authorized, though Chen Xinjie's death sparked fierce controversy.

• Chen An executed Chen Xinjie with the Scythe of Death and stored his body.
• Chen An ordered the Sea God Legion to surrender, and his allies crushed the remaining resistance.
• After the battle, Chen An ordered the surviving officers to reorganize the legion and prepare to return in three hours.
• Chen An told Xu Lang that Chen Xinjie had been killed and the Sea God Legion taken over.
• Xu Lang informed the military leadership and Federation Government, prompting public outrage and calls to punish Chen An's group.
• The Federation Speaker and Xu Lang declared that Chen An's operation had been authorized and was legal.