Chapter Summaries

Zhao Xuanzhen defeated the Four Great Blood Gods, won the Blood God Army’s support, and became Blood God Zero as the army prepared to counterattack the Abyss. After three months of clearing the Abyss Channels, he chose the Abyssal Charm Emperor as the first target of the coming offensive.

• Zhao Xuanzhen used the Tai Chi Diagram to neutralize Blood Two and Blood Three’s attacks, defeating them and the other Blood Gods in the Martial Arts Tournament.
• Zhang Huanyun showed the warriors Zhao Xuanzhen’s recruitment examination and announced a counterattack against the Abyss in one hundred days.
• Zhao Xuanzhen led the Special Operations Department in clearing Abyss creatures and earned the title Blood God Zero and a federal major general promotion.
• Zhang Huanyun, Cao Dezhi, and Long Tianwu met with Zhao Xuanzhen as the Blood God Army prepared to destroy an Abyss layer.
• Zhao Xuanzhen chose the Abyssal Charm Emperor as the first target of the offensive.

Zhao Xuanzhen gained the Yin Yang Chaos Bird as his Second Soul Spirit after it submitted under Leng Yaozhu’s pressure and Tuntun’s encouragement. Before leaving for the Star Luo Continent, Na'er exchanged gifts with Zhao Xuanzhen and confessed her feelings in a kiss, while Gu Yue departed without learning what happened.

• Zhao Xuanzhen revealed his Soul Rings and invited the Yin Yang Chaos Bird to become his Second Soul Spirit, while Leng Yaozhu waited nearby.
• Tuntun encouraged the Yin Yang Chaos Bird to join Zhao Xuanzhen, and the bird agreed before sealing itself inside his Sea of Consciousness.
• Zhao Xuanzhen thanked Leng Yaozhu for raising and supporting him, and she urged him to accept help as he pursued a higher future.
• Three days later, Na'er pushed Gu Yue out of the room so she could be alone with Zhao Xuanzhen before his trip to the Star Luo Continent.
• Na'er gave Zhao Xuanzhen a brocade box containing a fierce beast soul bone, and he gave her a Silver Dragon Dragon Core in return.
• Na'er kissed Zhao Xuanzhen, then asked what he was doing when he listened to her heartbeat; she told him they should kiss again.

Zhao Xuanzhen defeated Long Yue in a handshake and then opened the Continental Young Elite Soul Master Competition by knocking out Sima Xian with one punch. The Star Luo crowd fell silent, and Holy Dragon Douluo En Ci judged Zhao Xuanzhen to have the presence of a god.

• Zhao Xuanzhen crushed Long Yue’s hand in their handshake, and Long Yue left after declaring they would meet in the finals.
• Dai Yun’er planned to use Zhao Xuanzhen’s victory over Long Yue to avoid being forced into marriage.
• Dai Tianling opened the competition, and Zhao Xuanzhen drew the first match against Sima Xian.
• Sima Xian used his Horned Dragon Martial Soul, One-Word Battle Armor, and Gravity Control to charge Zhao Xuanzhen.
• Zhao Xuanzhen shattered Sima Xian’s defenses with a single punch, leaving the audience and Star Luo contestants stunned into silence.
• Long Yue and the Heavenly Kings of Monster Academy rose to oppose Zhao Xuanzhen, while En Ci praised Zhao Xuanzhen’s form and bearing.

The Blood God Army launched Douluo Star’s first counterattack by sending Zhao Xuanzhen into the Abyss to kill the Abyssal Charm Emperor. After defeating her and burning away her soul origin, Zhao Xuanzhen gained a new Hundred Thousand Year Soul Spirit as the Abyss creatures on the thirtieth level became prey for the Dragon King and his companions.

• Zhang Huanyun rallied the 25,000 Blood God Army soldiers and assigned Major General Zhao Xuanzhen to fire the first shot of the counterattack.
• Zhao Xuanzhen entered the Abyss through the Channel and led the Dragon King, Tuntun, Brother Chicken, and Master Bear in devouring or capturing Abyss creatures.
• The Abyssal Charm Emperor confronted Zhao Xuanzhen, but he used the Eight Trigrams Qimen to counter plane suppression and fight her one-on-one.
• Zhao Xuanzhen overwhelmed the Charm Empress, pinned her down, took her heart, and burned away her soul origin with the Huanglong Spear.
• The Huanglong Spear absorbed the Charm Empress’s energy, and Zhao Xuanzhen’s Soul Rings changed as Tuntun ascended to a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Spirit.

Shrek Academy and Monster Academy faced off in the closing ceremony’s exhibition team battle, with both sides determined to prove their strength. As the fight turned against Monster Academy, Zhao Xuanzhen revealed his hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and unleashed Sun and Moon Shine Together, leaving the outcome in his hands.

• Monster Academy defeated Star Luo Cloudveil Academy and claimed the team battle championship before the exhibition match began.
• Dai Tianling announced that Shrek Academy and Monster Academy would fight a seven-versus-seven match for spiritual treasures.
• The teams began battling: Gu Yue restrained Lin San, Yue Zhengyu confronted Tengteng, Tang Wulin engaged Dai Yueyan, and Ye Xinglan stopped Long Yue with Star Edge and Star Burst.
• Yuanen Yehui overwhelmed Su Mu, while the other fighters gave way as Hualantang realized Zhao Xuanzhen was a Soul Emperor with a hundred-thousand-year sixth Soul Ring.
• Zhao Xuanzhen summoned his black-and-white giant bird and used Sun and Moon Shine Together to create a vast sun-and-moon domain.

Zhao Xuanzhen planned to use Shrek Academy’s confrontation with the Federation to help the Phoenix family seize control of Spirit Pagoda, while preparing Dark Blood Eyes to expose Qian Gu Dongfeng. As Shrek students considered fleeing or finding allies, Zhao Xuanzhen ended the chapter by calling Zhengyu with an offer involving an Evil Douluo.

• Gu Yue and Zhao Xuanzhen discussed how the Federation, Spirit Pagoda, and Qian Gu Family might exploit Shrek Academy’s declaration of war, and Zhao Xuanzhen revealed that Qian Gu Qingfeng, Xia Zheng Leng, and War God Hall members were heading to Shrek City.
• Ya Li urged Shrek’s students to seek refuge, and Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xu Lizhi agreed to leave with Zang Xin for Tang Sect’s headquarters.
• Luo Guixing laid out options for the students, and Yang Nianxia, Zheng Yiran, Wu Sido, and their classmates decided to join their class monitor.
• Zhao Xuanzhen visited Leng Yulai and Dark Blood Eyes in captivity, separated the two women when they fought, and offered Dark Blood Eyes a chance to help bring down Qian Gu Dongfeng at a press conference.
• Zhao Xuanzhen fed Dark Blood Eyes after she agreed to cooperate, then called Zhengyu and asked whether he wanted an Evil Douluo.

Zhao Xuanzhen and Muye defeated Zhang Geyang, extracted his soul spirits, and arranged the next steps for the Spirit Pagoda. With Dragon Valley located, Zhao Xuanzhen prepared to leave alone to seek his True Self Third Awakening.

• Zhang Geyang used his Martial Soul Avatar and Netherflame Beast to fight Thunderclap Nether Vine and Muye, but Muye's strike wounded him and Chaos Nothingness nullified his desperate attack on Zhao Xuanzhen.
• Muye killed Zhang Geyang, and Zhao Xuanzhen extracted the soul spirits and soul bones from his corpse before sending the spirits to Leng Yaozhu and Na'er.
• Zhao Xuanzhen asked Na'er to take Thunderclap Nether Vine to Sea God Island to stabilize its Soul Spirit Body near the Golden Tree.
• Zhao Xuanzhen told Muye he planned to travel alone to seek his True Self Third Awakening, while Muye agreed to remain on Star Luo Continent and help the Phoenix family manage the Spirit Pagoda.
• Zhi Fu informed Zhao Xuanzhen that Dragon Valley had been found.

Zhao Xuanzhen destroyed the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan with the Dragon King's Domain of Destruction and claimed the Shark King's soul ring and head soul bone. The next day, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale repaid him with fish and a ninety-thousand-year Manta Ray, which it had apparently caught for diplomatic purposes.

• Zhao Xuanzhen unleashed the Dragon King's Domain of Destruction and Blazing Flames Destroy the World, killing the King of Demon Soul Great White Sharks and overwhelming its domain.
• The Dragon King devoured the Shark King's hundred-thousand-year soul ring and the other sharks' soul rings, while Zhao Xuanzhen recovered the Shark King's head soul bone.
• Zhao Xuanzhen noticed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale fleeing with two shark corpses, then resumed his voyage north the next day with Tuntun and Yin Yang.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale returned to repay Zhao Xuanzhen by guiding fish to his hook and then bringing him a ninety-thousand-year Manta Ray.
• The Auspicious Water Pig translated the Manta Ray's indignant final words, which accused the Deep Sea Demonic Whale of using it for diplomacy.

Zhao Xuanzhen underwent a real-combat entry assessment in the Abyss Channel, where he defeated swarms of Abyss creatures despite being unable to use his martial soul or soul skills. After the Huanglong Spear devoured a Possessing Demon and strengthened his spiritual power, the Blood God Army's leaders realized his weapon might let him destroy the Abyss.

• Long Tianwu arranged for Zhang Huanyun and Cao Dezhi to judge Zhao Xuanzhen's assessment and sent him into the Abyss Channel with Long Yuxue.
• Long Yuxue explained the Abyss's layers and creatures as Zhao Xuanzhen advanced through the channel under the destructive aura's suppression.
• Zhao Xuanzhen used Tai Chi Fist to kill Four-Clawed Bats and their Six-Clawed Bat leader, while Long Yuxue recorded the fight.
• Cao Dezhi and Zhang Huanyun argued over which part of the Blood God Army should recruit Zhao Xuanzhen as the leaders watched the broadcast.
• A Possessing Demon attacked Long Yuxue, but Zhao Xuanzhen bound it with wind chains and killed it with the Huanglong Spear, which devoured it and enhanced his spiritual power.
• Long Tianwu, Zhang Huanyun, and Cao Dezhi identified the creature as a Possessing Demon and suspected Zhao Xuanzhen's spear could destroy the Abyss.

Zhao Xuanzhen and Lan Fuzi reached Devil Island’s core, where Zhao Xuanzhen found the Life Sky Crystal and Destruction Sky Crystal before spending three years on the island. When they prepared to leave, the Three-Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Orca King arrived with a host of sea beasts to demand a treasure from Lan Fuzi.

• Teng Snake trapped the Seven Old Devils in an illusion of Shrek Academy’s destruction, and Zhao Xuanzhen later broke Lan Fuzi’s Seven Deadly Sins Illusion.
• Zhao Xuanzhen and Lan Fuzi found the Life Sky Crystal and Destruction Sky Crystal at Devil Island’s core, and Zhao Xuanzhen decided to use them for his battle armor.
• Zhao Xuanzhen had Teacher Pig teach Lan Fuzi and Yin Yang about battle armor while he mined the two crystals.
• Three years later, Zhao Xuanzhen prepared to leave Devil Island as its life and destruction energies faded, and Lan Fuzi returned with ocean specialties.
• The Three-Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Orca King surrounded Devil Island and demanded the Blood Sea Trench treasure from Lan Fuzi, who refused and provoked him.

After returning to Shrek City, Zhao Xuanzhen planned to lead an expedition against the Qian Gu Family on the Dou Ling Continent. Before leaving, he freed Leng Yulai from five years of imprisonment and brought her to reunite with her sister Leng Yaozhu, but Leng Yulai met her with fury.

• Gu Yue used the Myriad Beast Sect's Legacy Divine Artifact to bring Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er to Shrek City, then sent Na'er back to Heaven Dou City through a Space Tunnel.
• Gu Yue and Zhao Xuanzhen spent the night together at the Spirit Pagoda before Zhao Xuanzhen visited Leng Yaozhu the next morning.
• Zhao Xuanzhen told Leng Yaozhu he planned to destroy the Qian Gu Family on the Dou Ling Continent, and they discussed allies and preparations for the expedition.
• Zhao Xuanzhen revealed that he had imprisoned Leng Yulai for five years and now intended to return her to Leng Yaozhu.
• Leng Yulai saw Leng Yaozhu again at Silver Sparrow Terrace and angrily accused her elder sister of hypocrisy.

The Star Dou Battle Net Federation-wide Challenge Tournament opened, and Sima Jinchi defeated Xie Xie in the first match. Gu Yue asked Zhao Xuanzhen to recruit Sima Jinchi for the Spirit Pagoda because of his Dragon Slaying Saber, and Zhao contacted Yue Zhengyu, who said he needed permission from his grandfather.

• The Federal Speaker and Leng Yaozhu gave speeches before Leng Yaozhu declared the tournament open, and Zhao Xuanzhen drew Xie Xie as the first contestant.
• Tang Wulin encouraged Xie Xie to fight for the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy, but Zhao drew the second seed, Gale Saber Demon Sima Jinchi, as his opponent.
• Sima Jinchi used his Dragon Slaying Saber to overwhelm Xie Xie, shatter his daggers and battle armor, and win the opening match.
• Gu Yue traced Sima Jinchi to the Angel Legion and asked Zhao Xuanzhen to help bring him into the Spirit Pagoda because his saber was linked to a Myriad Beast Sect legend.
• Na'er and Yuanen Yehui won their opening matches, and Zhao later contacted Yue Zhengyu, who said he needed to consult his grandfather before transferring Sima Jinchi.

Zhao Xuanzhen used Teng Snake’s power to destroy the Abyssal Sage King’s finger and drive the Abyss creatures back through the channel, earning the Blood God Army’s acclaim. Zhang Huanyun offered to make him the next commander and promised the army as his private force if he severed the Abyss Channel; a month later, Long Yuxue invited him to try the Federation’s latest technology.

• Zhao Xuanzhen merged with Teng Snake and shattered the Abyssal Sage King’s finger with the Huanglong Spear, forcing the Abyss creatures to retreat.
• The Blood God Army celebrated Zhao Xuanzhen’s victory, and Ma Shan and Jiang Wuyue thanked him for saving their lives.
• Zhang Huanyun asked Zhao Xuanzhen to become the next Blood God Army Commander, and Zhao Xuanzhen challenged him to imagine freeing the army from its border duty.
• Zhang Huanyun promised that if Zhao Xuanzhen severed the Abyss Channel, the Blood God Army would become his private army.
• A month later, Jiang Qiyue asked Zhao Xuanzhen to expedite Jiang Wuyue’s battle armor repairs, but Long Yuxue pulled her away.
• Long Yuxue told Zhao Xuanzhen that the Federation’s latest technology had arrived and asked whether he wanted to try it.

Gu Yue turned the Vast Sea Ice Dragon Emperor back to the Dragon Clan and sent her to bring the sea soul beasts under Dragon Clan rule, then insisted to Di Tian that helping Zhao Xuanzhen was necessary for the clan’s revival. Seven days later, as Zhao Xuanzhen neared completion of his third Soul Core, the Qian Gu Faction learned that the Phoenix family was coming to purge them from the Dou Ling Empire.

• Gu Yue used the Dragon God Core and the Water Dragon King's bloodline memories to restore the Vast Sea Ice Dragon Emperor's loyalty, then ordered her to recruit compliant sea soul beasts and kill Sea God loyalists who resisted.
• Di Tian questioned Gu Yue's loyalty because of her devotion to Zhao Xuanzhen and her aid to humans, but she defended her choices and forbade him from discussing Xuanzhen again.
• Seven days later, the Bai sisters defeated A Ruheng and Sima Jinchi in a training match, while Na'er lamented that she and Gu Yue were advancing more slowly than Zhao Xuanzhen.
• Gu Yue told Na'er that Zhao Xuanzhen's third Soul Core was nearly complete and that the Spirit Transmission Ship would reach the Dou Ling Empire in about three days.
• Qiangu Dieting warned the Spirit Pagoda Branch leaders in Spirit Wave City that the Phoenix family was crossing the sea to purge the Qian Gu Faction from the Dou Ling Empire.

Zhao Xuanzhen prepared to leave the Shrek team for a mission, spending a tender night with Gu Yue before arranging support for his companions. After saying goodbye to them, he flew off, leaving Yuanen Yehui to carry out his instructions.

• Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Zhao Xuanzhen requested leave from Wu Changkong, who approved their departures as the team returned to the Star Luo Hotel.
• Gu Yue spent the night embracing Zhao Xuanzhen and received the Holy Dragon of Light Dragon Crystal from him.
• At breakfast, Zhao Xuanzhen calmly faced his companions’ teasing, then met with Yue Zhengyu, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui to give them advice, battle armor blueprints, Soul Bones, and other arrangements.
• Zhao Xuanzhen asked Yuanen Yehui to deliver supplies and materials to Na'er and Jiu Tian and to help the others continue forming a battle armor team if he and Gu Yue could not return.
• Zhao Xuanzhen spread his wings and flew away, while Yuanen Yehui watched him go and quietly admitted her fear of being comforted only to be left alone again.

Zhao Xuanzhen recruited Sima Jinchi and Yue Zhengyu to the Spirit Pagoda, where Yue Zhengen saw an opportunity to strengthen the Angel Legion against the Federation’s coming power struggle. Zhao Xuanzhen then designed Four-Word Battle Armors for the Bai sisters, and Yue Zhengyu and Sima Jinchi arrived at the Heaven Dou City Spirit Pagoda to meet him.

• Zhao Xuanzhen invited Sima Jinchi to join the Spirit Pagoda and asked the Angel Legion to provide an executioner for captured Evil Soul Masters; Yue Zhengen agreed to send Sima Jinchi and Yue Zhengyu.
• Yue Zhengen told his secretary that the Federation planned to destroy Shrek Academy and might later target the Spirit Pagoda and the legions, so he sought an alliance with the Northern Navy Legion and prepared for a possible confrontation.
• Leng Yaozhu assessed Zhao Xuanzhen’s Mecha Design skills, and he designed Four-Word Battle Armor blueprints for Bai Haoze and Bai Zhicen, reaching Level 9 Mecha Designer standards.
• Three days later, Yue Zhengyu and Sima Jinchi arrived at the Heaven Dou City Spirit Pagoda, and Sima Jinchi hurried off to find Zhao Xuanzhen.

Zhao Xuanzhen helped Thunderclap Nether Vine survive its lightning tribulation and evolve into the first Hundred-Thousand-Year Thunderclap Nether Vine, briefly pushing Zhang Geyang toward Level 99. Thunderclap Nether Vine then betrayed Zhang Geyang, reclaimed its power, and prepared to attack him.

• Zhang Geyang brought Zhao Xuanzhen and Muye out over the ocean so Thunderclap Nether Vine could absorb lightning and break through to a Hundred Thousand Year Cultivation Level.
• Zhao Xuanzhen summoned a thunderstorm, and Thunderclap Nether Vine eagerly absorbed the lightning despite Zhang Geyang's history of suppressing its growth.
• When Thunderclap Nether Vine began to collapse under the lightning's power, Zhao Xuanzhen used the Kan Water power to stabilize it and shared the lightning's tempering.
• Thunderclap Nether Vine evolved into the first hundred-thousand-year member of its kind, and Zhang Geyang's soul power surged as the Level 99 bottleneck began to loosen.
• Zhang Geyang revealed his intent to kill Zhao Xuanzhen, but Thunderclap Nether Vine captured Jade Phoenix and Emerald Demon Bird, broke its Soul Spirit Contract, and reclaimed its power and Purple-gold Soul Ring.
• Thunderclap Nether Vine told Zhang Geyang that Zhao Xuanzhen had promised it a place under the Golden Ancient Tree, then gathered its Thunder Hell attack against him.

Zhao Xuanzhen helped Gu Yue obtain the Dragon God Core, then revealed that he had secretly planted Taiyin within it. As Dragon Valley began drifting, Zhao Xuanzhen fused Teng Snake and Zhi Fu’s powers to stabilize the plane and keep it near Douluo Star.

• Gu Yue and Zhao Xuanzhen reached for the Dragon God Core, and Zhao Xuanzhen secretly sent a strand of darkness into it before letting Gu Yue take it.
• Gu Yue transformed into the Silver Dragon and attacked Zhao Xuanzhen, who fused Teng Snake and Zhi Fu’s powers to banish her and the Star Dou Fierce Beasts from Dragon Valley.
• Gu Yue concluded that Zhao Xuanzhen was the being who had stolen the Gold Dragon King Divine Core, then ordered Di Tian to use two former soul beast traitors to establish the Myriad Beast Platform before killing them.
• Zhao Xuanzhen revealed that Taiyin had infiltrated the Dragon God Core to become the hidden guardian of the future Myriad Beast Platform.
• As Dragon Valley drifted after the Dragon God Core was removed, Zhao Xuanzhen used Teng Snake and Zhi Fu’s combined power, the dragon veins, and the dragons’ strength to stabilize the plane near Douluo Star.

Zhao Xuanzhen returned to Heaven Dou City after three years away, reunited with Muye, and thanked him and Zhen Hua with rare treasures. He began upgrading his Three-character Battle Armor, which Jiu Tian successfully Soul Forged, and named it Tai Chi Dao.

• Zhao Xuanzhen arrived at the Heaven Dou City Blacksmith Association, where Muye vented about spending three years covering for his disappearance and reassuring Leng Yaozhu, Gu Yue, Na'er, and others.
• Muye told Zhao Xuanzhen how Han Tianyi had helped recruit Body Soul children on Star Luo Continent while Hu Jie refused to support the Body Sect unless Muye joined the Tang Sect.
• Zhao Xuanzhen gave Muye a Blood Sea Coral and presented Zhen Hua with Deep Silver Mother, while Jiu Tian learned that his reward was the task of forging Zhao Xuanzhen's Battle Armor.
• Jiu Tian used the Dry Metal Hammers and rare materials to Soul Forge Zhao Xuanzhen's Tai Chi Battle Armor, completing the upgrade of its right-hand armor.
• Zhao Xuanzhen told Muye that he planned to name his Three-character Battle Armor Tai Chi Dao.

Leng Yaozhu planned to challenge the Qian Gu Family’s control of the Spirit Pagoda by backing Zhao Xuanzhen for Spirit Emissary and sending Na’er, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui to three major Sky Pillars. At the council meeting, Leng Yaozhu and Qian Gu Dongfeng wagered over the outcome, while Qian Gu Dongfeng prepared Qiangu Zhangting for the duel with a divine artifact.

• Leng Yaozhu told Zhao Xuanzhen and the girls that Qiangu Zhangting had reached Rank 90 and was expected to become a Spirit Emissary, and she promised to recommend Zhao Xuanzhen as his rival.
• Leng Yaozhu revised the Phoenix family’s plan to target Heaven Dou City, Star Luo City, and Spirit Dou City, assigning Na’er, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui to those cities while Gu Yue stayed at headquarters.
• Three days later, Witch Douluo Li Mengjie resigned as Spirit Emissary, and Qian Gu Dongfeng arranged for Zhao Xuanzhen to face Qiangu Zhangting after completing the Reserve Spirit Emissary assessment.
• Leng Yaozhu criticized Qian Gu Dongfeng’s lack of ambition and wagered the Phoenix family’s Ultimate Spirit Ascension Platform and rare soul spirits against his control of three Sky Pillars.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng added Gu Yue’s artificial soul spirit and space technology research to the wager, then revealed that Qiangu Zhangting had received the Qian Gu Family’s divine artifact.