Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tianyang extinguished the flames engulfing Sea God Pavilion and revealed that he had removed the restrictions on Ma Xiaotao’s Martial Soul, transforming it into a Supreme Divine Phoenix. Ma Xiaotao learned that her power could grow rapidly but would be difficult to control, and Xiao Tianyang named two people who could help her.

• Xuan Zi and the Sea God Pavilion Elders watched the burning Sea God Pavilion and Sea God Island, while Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo speculated that Xiao Tianyang’s flames were causing no damage.
• Xiao Tianyang dragged a black shadow from the Sea God Pavilion and shattered it, immediately extinguishing the flames.
• Xuan Zi, Xian Lin'er, and Cai Mei'er entered the Pavilion and found Ma Xiaotao examining her newly mastered red-and-gold flame beside Xiao Tianyang and Yan Lingji.
• Xiao Tianyang told Ma Xiaotao that her restrictions were gone and her Martial Soul had become a Supreme Divine Phoenix, but warned that she might struggle to control its power.
• Xiao Tianyang recommended that Ma Xiaotao seek help from Dongfang Lan and the Starry Sky Lion King.

Xiao Tianyang arranged for Ma Xiaotao to seek guidance from the Lion King and another flame expert, then reviewed Shrek Academy’s talented new generation with Yan Lingji. The chapter left Xiao Tianyang learning that Shenwu Academy’s twin Martial Soul students outnumbered and surpassed Shrek’s in quality.

• Yan Lingji explained that the Lion King had founded the Sun Society, called himself Eighth Master, and stood above Di Tian in strength.
• Xiao Tianyang gave Ma Xiaotao a token and sent her to seek guidance, and she resolved to make the most of the opportunity.
• Xiao Tianyang moved into Shrek Academy’s Inner Court to accompany Xuan Zi north while keeping his identity and strength concealed.
• Yan Lingji listed Shrek Academy’s nine-person new generation team, including four students with Twin Martial Souls.
• Yan Lingji told Xiao Tianyang that Shenwu Academy had a higher proportion of Twin Martial Soul students with stronger Martial Souls, and said Xiao Xiao would only qualify for Class C Talent by its standards.

Xiao Tianyang considered how Divine Might Academy’s new training paths had transformed the Spirit Master world and discussed several promising students with Yan Lingji. He asked her to train the new generation, and she accepted, though she questioned whether Shrek Academy would trust them in his hands.

• Yan Lingji told Xiao Tianyang that many first- and second-year students at Divine Might Academy had Class D or Class C Talent.
• Xiao Tianyang reflected that Divine Might’s cultivation methods and other innovations had brought vitality to the once-rigid Spirit Master world.
• Yan Lingji described specially recruited students Xu He and Tang Tian, and Xiao Tianyang considered how four students’ paired Martial Souls complemented each other.
• Xiao Tianyang asked Yan Lingji to lead the team’s training, and she agreed after asking for a special reward.
• Yan Lingji warned that Shrek Academy might fear Xiao Tianyang would influence its promising students to join Divine Might.

Xiao Tianyang reconsidered how to approach Shrek Academy and, following Yan Lingji’s suggestion, planned to use a Mimic Bio-human disguised as Elder Xuan. He then checked on the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils, where Satan reported that the battle had become a stalemate while Tiger’s mermen had time to grow stronger.

• Xiao Tianyang realized that manipulating Shrek Academy directly could damage the Sea God Pavilion’s prestige and Divine Might’s reputation.
• Yan Lingji showed Xiao Tianyang Yue Shen’s note, which advised him to find a substitute.
• Yan Lingji proposed using the Mimic Bio-human disguised as Elder Xuan, and Xiao Tianyang agreed to retrieve it and summon Elder Xuan.
• Xiao Tianyang transferred his consciousness to the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils and saw the island split by lava-filled cracks.
• Satan told Xiao Tianyang that the enemy force had grown to eighty heroes and that Baal and the others were holding them off while Tiger’s group continued to grow stronger.

Satan told Xiao Tianyang that the Void's factions disagreed over whether to attack, drive away, or negotiate with Eternal Night, and that Eternal Night had already secured its passage and foothold. Xiao Tianyang left the campaign in Satan's hands and withdrew his avatar, while Satan continued directing the frontline battle.

• Satan explained that the Void, Evil Spirit People, and the evil god's envoy disagreed about how to deal with them, and said their objective had been achieved.
• Satan reported the Void's losses and offered to ambush pursuing forces to gather refined Soul energy.
• Xiao Tianyang trusted Satan to command the campaign and left through Eternal Night's passage with his Mimic Bio-human avatar.
• Satan heard from Baal that Chieftain Alistar was difficult to move and resembled him in appearance and fighting style.
• Satan told Baal that Mammon was fighting the Moon Goddess, the Dawn Goddess, and an Ancient Dragon, and had charged through the dragon's compressed stars.
• Baal ended the conversation and struck Alistar with a heavy attack.

Xiao Tianyang secured Xuanzi’s agreement to let him train Shrek’s students for three months, while Xuanzi promised the academy’s support for Xiao Tianyang’s plans in the Sun Moon Empire. The chapter ended with the academy’s leaders recognizing Xiao Tianyang’s influence and focusing on the students who would represent Shrek’s future.

• Xuanzi agreed to enter seclusion and cooperate with Xiao Tianyang’s three-month plan, then gave his Essence Blood to the Mimic Bio-human.
• Xiao Tianyang asked Yan Lingji to summon the students so he could begin assessing them.
• Xuanzi summoned Qian Duoduo and Yan Shaozhe, who discussed the students’ likely limits and doubted they could all reach the strength needed to win the competition.
• Xuanzi told Qian Duoduo and Yan Shaozhe that Xiao Tianyang was also carrying out an operation in the Sun Moon Empire, and they accepted that Sea God Pavilion might assist him.
• Qian Duoduo, Yan Shaozhe, and Xuanzi reflected on Xiao Tianyang’s influence and agreed that the students remained their most immediate concern.

Xiao Tianyang began testing nine young Soul Masters ahead of the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Competition, gauging whether they could withstand pressure and benefit from three months of training. When Bei Bei asked to add Tang Ya to the team, Xiao Tianyang explained why her cultivation and combat abilities made her unsuitable.

• Xiao Tianyang kept the nine children waiting under his pressure, intending to test their temperaments before training them for the competition.
• Bei Bei asked Xiao Tianyang to let Tang Ya join the team, arguing that her cultivation could keep pace and her Blue Silver Grass might evolve into the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Xiao Tianyang agreed that Tang Ya's battlefield control could be valuable but pointed out that she could not reach Soul King within three months without harming her foundation.
• Xiao Tianyang compared Tang Ya's hidden-weapon and combat talent with Tang San's, then asked whether a Control System Soul Master and central commander could have an overly simple mind.
• Bei Bei recognized that the Tang Sect had declined because its members tried to learn every hidden weapon instead of mastering one, while Xiao Tianyang's questions left his arguments for Tang Ya unanswered.

Xiao Tianyang warned Tang Ya that joining the training would mean enduring brutal standards with no chance to quit, and she chose to join. Bei Bei and the other children began their three-month trial at No. 3 Training Ground, where their first task threatened them with failure and no food if they fell behind.

• Xiao Tianyang gave Tang Ya one last chance to withdraw, but she accepted the training despite his warning that she would suffer even more than the others.
• Xiao Tianyang explained that the children's scores would be combined, then promised to grant requests within his capabilities if they passed.
• Yan Lingji sent the ten children to No. 3 Training Ground, which Yan Shaozhe had assigned to them for training.
• The Mimic Bio-human showed the children the equipment and ordered them to run three laps and complete the first half's exercises before noon, warning that failure meant no food.
• Bei Bei asked Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong, the two recent arrivals, to introduce themselves so the group could work together.

Bei Bei organized introductions to assess the students and choose team captains, while Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong revealed their connections to Xiao Tianyang and drew attention with their abilities and confidence. After Tang Wutong, Tang Tian, and Huo Yuhao withdrew from captaincy, Huo Yuhao prepared to offer a suggestion.

• Bei Bei asked everyone to introduce themselves so he could assess their strengths and assign roles.
• Tang Wutong announced that Xiao Tianyang was her uncle and claimed she was stronger than everyone present.
• Huo Yuhao said Xiao Tianyang had taught him and revealed that his first Spirit Ring was a Million Year Spirit Ring.
• Bei Bei named himself, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Tang Tian as possible captains and asked the group to choose among them.
• Tang Wutong, Tang Tian, and Huo Yuhao each withdrew from the captain candidates, and Huo Yuhao offered to make a suggestion.

Huo Yuhao was chosen as the team's commander because his Spirit Detection and Spirit Sharing could support the others, while Bei Bei remained captain. Their training began with a ban on Soul Power, Martial Souls, and external items, leaving the team to rely on physical strength as the timed trial started.

• Huo Yuhao explained his Spirit Detection, Spirit Sharing, and Spirit Simulation abilities, and Bei Bei and the others agreed that he should command the team.
• The Mimic Bio-human announced that the training allowed no Soul Power, Martial Souls, or external items, forcing the team to revise its plan.
• Bei Bei remained captain and appointed Huo Yuhao commander, while Tang Tian and the others considered how to complete the physical trial.
• Tang Wutong proposed that the Assault System Soul Masters try the task first, and Bei Bei agreed before the Mimic Bio-human started the timer.
• The team felt a powerful suppressive force that emptied their Soul Power, while Tang Wutong remained steady thanks to her extensive training.

Ma Xiaotao visited Xiao Tianyang to explain her plans to train at the Frontline and ask for a weapon that could withstand her flames. After he gave her a war hammer, Xiao Tianyang offered Yan Lingji his personal saber Dragon Slayer as a reward for caring for him.

• Ma Xiaotao told Xiao Tianyang she planned to seek instruction at Divine Might, then train at the Frontline and strive to become a Titled Douluo.
• Ma Xiaotao explained that her flames had destroyed her old hammer and asked to borrow a weapon.
• Xiao Tianyang gave Ma Xiaotao a long-handled war hammer, which she infused with flames and tested with a powerful swing.
• Ma Xiaotao thanked Xiao Tianyang and left after receiving the hammer.
• Xiao Tianyang asked Yan Lingji whether she could use a saber and presented her with Dragon Slayer, his personal saber from Divine Might's early days.

Xiao Tianyang explained why Yan Lingji was the right person to receive Dragon Slayer, since giving it to Fei Yan or Ruyi could deepen their rivalry. Yan Lingji accepted the blade and the trust behind it, while Xiao Tianyang reflected on why he had chosen her.

• Xiao Tianyang explained that Dragon Slayer’s symbolic value and his trust mattered more than the blade’s practical power.
• Yan Lingji thought of Fei Yan and refused Dragon Slayer, saying his recognition was enough.
• Xiao Tianyang explained that Fei Yan and Ruyi would not accept the blade without turning it into a contest between them.
• Yan Lingji understood that Xiao Tianyang wanted her to break the deadlock because she would not use the blade against either woman.
• Xiao Tianyang asked Yan Lingji again whether she wanted Dragon Slayer, and she accepted.
• Xiao Tianyang reflected that he had chosen Yan Lingji because she caught his eye, not because she resembled the women he had chosen before.

After leaving Yan Lingji in charge of the trainees, Xiao Tianyang traveled to Eternal Night and heard Satan report on their campaign against the Evil Spirit Nobles and the Void factions. The Bilgewater faction was nearly destroyed, while Shurima remained stable under Azir, Nasus, and Renekton.

• Xiao Tianyang told Yan Lingji he would leave for no more than a month and entrusted the trainees to her before opening a Teleportation Gate to Eternal Night.
• Xiao Tianyang met Satan in the council hall and asked how the campaign had progressed.
• Satan reported that Eternal Night had captured the Evil Spirit Nobles' headquarters while leaving its leaders badly injured, setting up conflict among the factions.
• Satan explained that he had feigned an attack on Chaugnar Fagern while targeting the Void, where Eternal Night fought Demacia, Noxus, Mount Targon, Ionia, Shurima, and Bilgewater.
• Satan reported that the Bilgewater faction was nearly wiped out and Jayce escaped, while Azir, Nasus, and Renekton had stabilized Shurima's situation.

Satan explained the Void’s hold over the Rune Continent and outlined the third step of the plan: draw Gnar Fagern’s attention to the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils, then isolate his legions before attacking his lair. He returned to retrieve Origin Stones and equipment and awaken more Eternal Night warriors, while asking Xiao Tianyang to witness the coming battle.

• Satan told Xiao Tianyang that he knew the Rune Continent’s heroes from earlier contact with people from that plane and explained that the Void had assimilated the continent while preserving its inhabitants’ personalities.
• Satan explained that the Void could compel its heroes to fight and that it bore the cost when they died.
• Satan described the first two steps of the plan and said the third would lure Gnar Fagern into focusing on the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils, then use his Mental Clone to open a one-way passage and sever his connection to the sea.
• Xiao Tianyang realized this would leave Gnar Fagern’s Apostle Legion and Fanatic Legion unable to provide support while the attack on his lair began.
• Satan asked Xiao Tianyang to observe the final battle and explained the distribution of combat strength in the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils, including the losses already inflicted on the Void.
• Satan said he had returned to retrieve the Origin Stones, collect equipment, and awaken a new batch of Eternal Night warriors.

Xiao Tianyang brought Eternal Night's forces to the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils, where he absorbed its energy and revealed his unusual cultivation method. Satan recognized something significant about Xiao Tianyang's energy and insisted on explaining it after they reunited with Baal and the others.

• Satan prepared war supplies and led warriors from several races through the teleportation passage to the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils.
• Xiao Tianyang questioned whether Soul Power's incompatibility with evil energy made the sea unsuitable, and Satan said a plane's energy could change as it grew.
• Xiao Tianyang drew in the sea's evil energy through a blood-colored vortex, strengthening his body and soul without changing his cultivation level.
• Xiao Tianyang explained that he had cultivated nine Soul Cores and fused Soul Power with magic, but he could not explain why his new energy absorbed any form of energy.
• Satan asked Xiao Tianyang to wait until they met Baal and the others before discussing his energy, and they set out toward them.
• Xiao Tianyang prepared his one-use Marching Strategy item to support the plan for Baal and the others to distract the enemy while Satan's force raided the Void's nest.

Xiao Tianyang and Satan approached Baal and the others’ island under cover of Satan’s Ghost Domain and a concealment item, planning to ambush the force behind their target. Satan explained that Gnar Fagern would use other factions’ interference to weaken the Void without provoking it directly, leaving his scheme poised to take advantage of the coming clash.

• Xiao Tianyang used the Marching Strategy item to increase the group’s movement speed and conceal them with fog and mirror effects.
• Satan guided Xiao Tianyang toward the island where Baal and the others were stationed, assuring him that the narrow route was unlikely to draw attention.
• Xiao Tianyang questioned whether the group could ambush the target so close to Baal and the others’ base, and Satan suggested another force might prevent them from reinforcing their allies.
• Satan explained that Gnar Fagern wanted to weaken the Void’s forces indirectly because attacking Void Beings could make the Void pursue him without end.
• Gnar Fagern hoped to drive back the Void, retain control of the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils, and exploit Douluo Continent’s secrets while Xiao Tianyang’s plan created an opportunity for his scheme.

Xiao Tianyang watched his generals battle Mount Targon’s heroes while Satan explained how the Void had amplified the Targonians’ powers. Baal overpowered Pantheon, but Zoe intervened with a meteor and a Hypnotic Bubble, which Baal deliberately entered.

• Satan told Xiao Tianyang that Gnar Fagern had issued a death order and planned to use the island’s fanatics to create an opening.
• Xiao Tianyang watched Mammon fight Aurelion Sol, Diana, and Leona, while Duma struggled against Taric and Baal faced Pantheon.
• Satan explained that the Void had enhanced Mount Targon’s heroes and that Void creatures could wield even purer Primal Power.
• Baal struck Pantheon with his club and sent him flying, cracking his shield before charging in for a finishing blow.
• Zoe arrived on a meteor and collided with Baal’s attack, then threw a Hypnotic Bubble that Baal charged into.

Xiao Tianyang watched Baal fight Zoe and learned from Satan that Zoe was a powerful messenger of the Void. As heroes from across Runeterra joined the battle, an unknown evil god’s giant swords devastated their forces, leaving Zoe to order a retreat.

• Xiao Tianyang asked Satan to assess Zoe, and Satan said she was among Mount Targon’s strongest and could give Baal trouble if he held back.
• Baal and Zoe fought for ten minutes without a victor, as Zoe used traps, stars, bubbles, and teleportation to evade his attacks.
• Heroes from Shurima, Frosthold, and Ixtal arrived and joined the fighting, while Volibear, Ornn, and Lissandra helped suppress Mammon.
• Giant swords carrying intense evil energy emerged from a storm and struck the battlefield, killing more than half the heroes and over two-thirds of the Shuriman forces.
• Zoe ordered a retreat and used meteors to clash with the swords, creating a Fire Dragon that ground nearby Void Creatures into dust as Eternal Night’s soldiers withdrew.

Baal, Mammon, and Duma held back from attacking directly and instead split up to preserve the balance of the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils. Satan launched his plan while Xiao Tianyang watched, and the Aries Clan began forming the Heaven Covering Array over the sea.

• Baal proposed dragging out the enemy and attacking Chaugnar Fagern's elite troops, but Duma persuaded him and Mammon that the Holy Lord needed the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils to remain chaotic.
• Baal, Mammon, and Duma assigned separate battle zones and began acting independently to maintain the balance between the two sides.
• Xiao Tianyang told Satan to proceed without consulting him further, and Satan judged the operation as a trial of his standing as Eternal Night's chief steward.
• Satan ordered Skeleton to circle beneath the sea and land from the east, Taurus to land when the Bone Clan moved, and Black Dragon to lead a frontal assault.
• Satan had the Aries Clan deploy talismans and raw stones to form the Heaven Covering Array, whose formation blasted apart the dark clouds and let sunlight pour down.

Xiao Tianyang watched the Demon Dragon Clan battle the Void’s forces and learned that Swain was likely commanding the enemy. As Black Dragon struggled against several champions, LeBlanc, Tailong, and Katarina arrived to help Darius carry out an assassination.

• Satan explained that the Heaven Covering Array used a trace of the Heavenly Dao Rules to empower the army.
• Black Dragon and the Demon Dragon Clan charged into the enemy, while Master Yi, Xin Zhao, and Trundle held Black Dragon back.
• Jax, Sylas, and Kayn intercepted Black Dragon’s troops, and Black Dragon nearly killed Xin Zhao before a Black Cleaver attack forced him to retreat.
• Xiao Tianyang recognized the Black Cleaver and suspected Swain was commanding the Void’s forces, which Satan confirmed.
• Swain ordered LeBlanc, Tailong, and Katarina to assist Darius with an assassination mission.