Chapter Summaries

Dai Tianling arranged Dai Yun'er’s engagement to Qilin Douluo Tong Yu and cleared his name, appointing him to several royal and academy positions. Meanwhile, the Demon Empress told Di Tian how the Ocean War had devastated the sea Soul Beasts, leaving the Sea Princess’s Neutral Faction dominant and making her the key to any alliance.

• Dai Tianling told Dai Yun'er he would arrange her marriage, and she refused while her mother urged her to accept the engagement.
• Dai Tianling issued an imperial decree clearing Qilin Douluo Tong Yu of his wrongful conviction and appointing him Imperial Preceptor, Master of the Royal Offering Hall, and dean of Monster Academy.
• Di Tian crossed the ocean with the Demon Empress, who recounted how the Sea God Faction and Anti-Sea God Faction had fought after the God Realm vanished.
• The Sea Princess withdrew the merfolk from the Sea God Faction, formed a Neutral Faction, and later rescued Xiao Bai and the surviving Demon Spirit Great White Sharks.
• The Demon Empress explained that the Ocean War had drastically weakened the sea Soul Beasts and that Di Tian would need to meet the Sea Princess in person to secure her obedience.

Di Tian considered how to strengthen the terrestrial Soul Beasts for the coming competition when Xue Ling arrived from the Far North. He brought her along after realizing her humanoid soul-beast nature might offer a solution, while Xue Ling mistook his excitement for mating interest.

• Di Tian dismissed several ways of strengthening the Soul Beasts and focused on finding a quick way to empower the terrestrial ferocious beasts.
• Xue Ling reached the southern shore, followed Di Tian’s familiar aura, and called out to him.
• Di Tian found the Black Dragon Reverse Scale around Xue Ling’s neck and asked whether Titan and Bing Ji had sent her with it.
• Xue Ling explained that a spatially gifted Far North Soul Beast could teleport the reverse scale home if the Far North Land faced danger.
• Xue Ling reminded Di Tian of his promise and offered to help the Soul Beast race, while Di Tian grew excited at the idea of a humanoid soul beast.
• Di Tian took Xue Ling and the Demon Empress with him, and Xue Ling blushed as she mistook his excitement for a desire to mate.

Di Tian brought Xue Ling and the Demon Empress to the Forging Masters Association Headquarters in Heaven Dou City to help Xue Ling improve her strength. He confronted Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua, and after Mu Ye identified him as the Beast God, Zhen Hua feared Di Tian had come to kill him.

• Di Tian took Xue Ling and the Demon Empress to the Forging Masters Association Headquarters, where Xue Ling realized the destination was not what she had imagined.
• Di Tian explained that he had brought Xue Ling there to help her grow stronger faster than cultivation alone could allow.
• Di Tian suppressed Zhen Hua and Mu Ye with his Soul Power, leaving both men unable to move.
• Mu Ye identified Di Tian as the Beast God and warned Zhen Hua that Di Tian might have passed the Million Year Soul Beast Tribulation.
• Zhen Hua recognized Di Tian as a legendary enemy of humanity and asked whether he had come to kill him.
• Di Tian dismissed Mu Ye and turned his attention to Zhen Hua.

Di Tian forced Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua to make Four-Word Battle Armor and God-level Mechas by threatening Yuan Bao'er and her daughter, Mu Xi. Zhen Hua agreed, but then tried to argue that soul beasts could not use Battle Armor or make the equipment themselves, and Di Tian shut him down.

• Di Tian demanded that Zhen Hua forge around ten sets of Four-Word Battle Armor and God-level Mechas, and Zhen Hua refused to betray humanity.
• Di Tian revealed that he knew Zhen Hua had once loved Yuan Bao'er and threatened to send Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters to visit her and Mu Xi.
• Zhen Hua, furious and humiliated, agreed to Di Tian's demand to protect Yuan Bao'er and her daughter.
• Mu Ye argued that soul beasts could not use Battle Armor or take part in making it, briefly restoring Zhen Hua's hope.
• Di Tian told Zhen Hua to follow his instructions without offering opinions.

Di Tian dismissed Zhen Hua’s doubts about creating Battle Armor and mechas for fierce beasts, then demanded that Mu Ye make them. Mu Ye attacked Di Tian in defiance, but Di Tian crushed his equipment and whispered something that stopped his shouting.

• Zhen Hua gave up arguing that fierce beasts could not wear Battle Armor and mechas.
• Di Tian explained that he would rely on fierce beasts for spectacle and his own strength for combat, then asked Mu Ye to handle design and manufacturing.
• Mu Ye combined his Battle Armor, mecha, and Original Body Martial Soul to attack Di Tian.
• Di Tian stopped Mu Ye’s punch with an invisible barrier and crushed his Battle Armor and mecha while holding him helpless.
• Mu Ye vowed not to help Di Tian, but Di Tian whispered into his ear and made him fall silent in shock.

Di Tian forced Zhen Hua and Mu Ye to make compatible Four-Word Battle Armor and God-level Mechas for him, with one set due every half year. After securing Mu Ye’s agreement by revealing his knowledge of A Ruheng, Di Tian led Xue Ling and Demon Empress toward Zhen Hua’s Small Canteen.

• Mu Ye agreed to Di Tian’s demands after Di Tian exposed his secret disciple A Ruheng, but pleaded that Di Tian not harm him.
• Di Tian released Mu Ye, promised not to personally target A Ruheng, and implanted seven-colored threads in Mu Ye’s and Zhen Hua’s brows to ensure they kept working.
• Zhen Hua explained that each compatible set of Four-Word Battle Armor and God-level Mecha would take about half a year, and Di Tian accepted the schedule.
• Di Tian ordered Zhen Hua and Mu Ye to make his set first, while Xue Ling and Demon Empress accepted his decision.
• Zhen Hua proposed using human dragon-type battle armor and mechas as templates, and Di Tian agreed before taking the two women to the Small Canteen.

Di Tian shared a meal with Demon Empress and Xue Ling while discussing a plan against Shrek Academy and assigning Demon Empress preparations to make. Outside the Forging Masters Association, Zi Ji followed Di Tian’s scent and froze after spotting him through a window.

• Di Tian served Xue Ling rare ingredients, and she enthusiastically praised the Moonlight Rice and Red Jade Shrimp.
• Demon Empress asked whether the humans might sabotage the soul beasts’ Four-Word Battle Armor and God-level Mechas, and Di Tian said they would kill Zhen Hua and Mu Ye after the work was finished.
• Di Tian ordered Demon Empress to return to the Holy Spirit Cult, prepare a bombing of Shrek Academy, gather the dead’s souls, and activate the Blood River God-Slaying Array.
• Di Tian told Demon Empress to return within a year to guard the craftsmen while he visited the deep-sea leader of the Neutral Faction, the Sea Princess.
• Zi Ji followed Di Tian’s scent to the Forging Masters Association and froze when she saw him through the panoramic window.

Zi Ji arrived at Di Tian’s table, jealous of Xue Ling’s closeness to him, but the meal softened her rivalry and prompted her to explain why she had stayed behind when Di Tian left their lord. The chapter ended with Zi Ji waiting anxiously for Di Tian’s response.

• Zi Ji tracked Di Tian to the Small Canteen and sat in his embrace, while the Demon Empress left them alone.
• Xue Ling recognized Zi Ji as the Hell Demon Dragon King, and Di Tian explained that Xue Ling was an Ice and Snow Elf resembling the Snow Empress.
• Zi Ji apologized for mistaking Xue Ling for the Snow Empress, and Xue Ling fed her a Red Jade Shrimp.
• Di Tian invited Zi Ji to speak openly, and she apologized for not leaving with him when he parted from their lord.
• Zi Ji explained that she had stayed to help their lord revive the soul beasts so she could later accompany Di Tian safely, then waited nervously for his reply.

Di Tian explained to Zi Ji why he had split from Gu Yue and described his plans to strengthen the soul beasts for the Final Chapter Peak Competition. Zi Ji shared Gu Yue’s whereabouts and discovered that Di Tian carried Bi Ji’s lifebound feather.

• Di Tian told Zi Ji that he had lost trust in Gu Yue’s plans after the Auspicious Beast’s death and Na’er’s personality split.
• Di Tian recounted meeting Xue Ling and the northern soul beasts, joining forces with the Demon Empress, receiving the Dragon God’s legacy, surviving the Million Year Soul Beast Tribulation, and preparing battle armor and mecha for the ferocious beasts.
• Zi Ji offered to report Gu Yue’s movements to Di Tian while keeping his plans secret from Gu Yue.
• Zi Ji told Di Tian that Gu Yue had become Leng Yaozhu’s disciple, was heading to Eastsea City to approach Tang Wulin, and was guarded by Xiong Jun.
• When Di Tian asked about Bi Ji, he revealed her emerald green feather, and Zi Ji recognized it as Bi Ji’s lifebound feather.

Zi Ji read Bi Ji’s message in her Natal Feather and learned that Bi Ji had stayed behind while urging Di Tian to wait for her. After Xie Yinling delivered four armor and mecha blueprints, Di Tian considered Zhen Hua’s request for Gold of Life and the implications behind it.

• Zi Ji read Bi Ji’s message in her Natal Feather, including her promise to return to Di Tian and her plea for him to wait.
• Zi Ji lamented that she had been the last of Di Tian’s former companions to find him, then promised to relay Bi Ji’s message and teased Di Tian about his comfortable life.
• Zi Ji told Di Tian that Xiong Jun wanted to take his place beside their lord, while the others continued following orders.
• Xie Yinling delivered Four-Word Battle Armor and God-level Mecha blueprints from Zhen Hua to Di Tian.
• Di Tian examined the designs and read Zhen Hua’s request for Gold of Life, suspecting the request had an ulterior purpose.

Di Tian studied the Forging Masters Association’s records and prepared to use his Dragon God Bloodline to advance Four-Word Battle Armor and God-level Mechas to greater forms. After six months of work, Zhen Hua and Mu Ye completed the first battle armor and mechas made for soul beasts, but the exhausted craftsmen looked grim.

• Di Tian gave Xie Yinling Gold of Life and settled into the Forging Masters Association, while Zi Ji left him her True Dragon’s Reverse Scale before departing.
• Xue Ling returned from sightseeing and began learning mecha repair so she could help maintain the soul beasts’ equipment.
• Di Tian found no practical records on creating Five-Word Battle Armor or True God-level Mechas, but drew inspiration from accounts of people who had advanced their armor through their own power.
• Di Tian spent six months stimulating his Dragon God Bloodline with the Dragon God Core and Dragon God Claw to prepare for advancing the equipment.
• Zhen Hua and Mu Ye completed the first Four-Word Battle Armor and God-level Mechas designed for soul beasts, using materials superior to any previously used, but they looked grim.

Zhen Hua and Mu Ye secretly discussed the Curse Array they had hidden in Di Tian’s battle armor and mecha, then watched Di Tian bind himself to both creations. Di Tian successfully donned them, but Zhen Hua realized his aura was still rising.

• Zhen Hua explained that Di Tian periodically entered partial seclusion, giving them opportunities to speak without being noticed.
• Mu Ye revealed that they had concealed a Curse Array in the battle armor and mecha, hoping damage to them would eventually help bring Di Tian down.
• Di Tian emerged from seclusion and saw the Four-Word Battle Armor and God-level Mecha Zhen Hua had prepared for him.
• Di Tian used his bloodline to bind the armor and mecha, which transformed and covered his body in black-gold armor and crimson wings.
• Mu Ye lamented that Di Tian had achieved in half a year what had cost him his chance to advance, while Zhen Hua warned that Di Tian’s aura was still rising.

Di Tian revealed that his battle armor and mecha had become divine artifacts and exposed Zhen Hua and Mu Ye’s curse array. After punishing them with a faster forging deadline, he left the Large Forging Room and went to visit Xue Ling.

• Di Tian’s battle armor advanced to the five-word level and his mecha to the true god level, transforming into black and gold before vanishing beneath his skin.
• Di Tian told Zhen Hua and Mu Ye that the divine artifacts had cleansed the soul-damaging Curse Array they had planted.
• Mu Ye defended their attempt to harm Di Tian, while Di Tian punished Zhen Hua by shortening the forging deadline from six months to four.
• Zhen Hua asked Di Tian how his battle armor had evolved, but Di Tian refused to explain and warned them that their time was running out.
• Di Tian left the Large Forging Room and headed to Xue Ling’s room, where she had been studying mecha repair.

Di Tian gave Xue Ling a True God-level Mecha and discussed plans for her own battle armor and mecha. Xue Ling demonstrated her Four Absolutes, and the chapter ended with her keeping Di Tian’s reverse-scale necklace and hurrying off to tell Mu Ye and another human her forging requirements.

• Xue Ling finished repairing a mecha module, and Di Tian gave her a storage ring containing a True God-level Mecha he had upgraded.
• Xue Ling admired the mecha’s craftsmanship but argued with Di Tian over its color, and they agreed her future mecha would be sky blue.
• Xue Ling demonstrated her Four Absolutes: Emperor's Palm: Great Snow Without Cold, Emperor's Sword: Ice Pinnacle Unrivaled, Emperor's Cold Sky: Snow Dance Shining Sun, and Ice and Snow Elf: Whirling Dance Steps.
• Di Tian praised Xue Ling’s talent, suggested adding a longsword-type Soul Guidance Device to her battle armor, and said she could defend the Far North Land as she grew stronger.
• Xue Ling kept Di Tian’s Black Dragon Reverse Scale Necklace after he said he could summon it back, then left to tell the humans her forging requirements.

Xue Ling received her Four-Word Battle Armor and God-level Mecha, then prepared to return to the Far North Land as Di Tian coordinated the next steps with the Demon Empress. The Demon Empress arrived early and reported that the plan to bombard Shrek Academy was progressing smoothly, while Di Tian turned his attention toward the Sea Princess.

• Xue Ling donned her sky-blue and silver-white Four-Word Battle Armor and God-level Mecha, equipped with an Ice Soul Sword.
• Di Tian told Xue Ling to notify the Demon Empress in the Far North Land and asked her to have the Titan Snow Demon King come in a year.
• Xue Ling packed mecha-maintenance supplies and copied books for her return to the Far North Land.
• The Demon Empress arrived in Heaven Dou City, and Di Tian explained the plans and asked her to keep an eye on Zhen Hua and Mu Ye.
• The Demon Empress reported that the Holy Spirit Cult's plan to bombard Shrek Academy was progressing exceptionally smoothly with support from the Spirit Pagoda and anti-Shrek Federal Councilors.

Di Tian explained why Qian Gu Dong Feng, the Spirit Pagoda, and most Federal Councilors wanted Shrek Academy destroyed, describing their grudges against Yun Ming and Shrek’s independence from the Federation. He warned that Yun Ming and Ya Li’s attempt to form a divine position would fail, then showed the Demon Empress his extraordinary battle armor.

• Di Tian explained that Qian Gu Dong Feng resented Yun Ming and Shrek Academy because Yun Ming was his rival in cultivation and Leng Yaozhu loved Yun Ming instead of him.
• Di Tian said most Federal Councilors opposed Shrek Academy because it operated like a state within the Federation, and because Yun Ming had defeated three God-Level Mecha Masters and taken Ya Li from a secret Federation organization.
• Di Tian revealed that Yun Ming had condensed a Demigod Position with Ya Li’s help, but said they could not complete a true divine position before their time ran out.
• Di Tian finished inspecting Xue Ling’s Four-Word Battle Armor and God-level Mecha, then advised the Demon Empress to check her own equipment carefully for hidden tricks.
• Di Tian said the Demon Empress’s battle armor and mecha could eventually become divine artifacts, then summoned his own black-gold battle armor, astonishing her.

Xue Ling returned toward the Far North Land while Di Tian entered the deep sea to challenge the Sea Princess and establish his authority over the Sea Soul Beasts. The Sea Princess attacked with the ocean’s power and her golden Mermaid Tears, and nearby Sea Soul Beasts watched as the battle continued.

• Di Tian left Heaven Dou City with Xue Ling, then parted from her at the outskirts.
• Xue Ling headed north toward the Far North Land, eager to return with her new strength.
• Di Tian descended into the Deep Sea Domain, letting his aura announce his arrival to the Sea Soul Beasts.
• The Sea Princess met Di Tian and challenged him, drawing on her Yin-Yang Complement Dual Soul Cores.
• The Sea Princess unleashed a storm of seawater and Spiritual Power, then fired golden Mermaid Tears at Di Tian.
• Sea Soul Beasts gathered to watch, and one asked whether His Majesty would win.

Di Tian defeated Sea Princess in their Deep Sea Domain battle with the Black Dragon Sword and revealed that he had passed the million-year tribulation. Sea Princess asked how he had resisted her Spiritual Power attacks, but Di Tian withheld the answer and she asked why he had come to the sea.

• The merfolk princess and Xiao Bai felt the turmoil in the Deep Sea Domain and wondered why Di Tian had returned to the sea.
• Di Tian broke free of Sea Princess's Deep Sea Spiritual Storm and struck her with the Black Dragon Sword.
• Sea Princess transformed into a giant water elemental, but Di Tian cleaved through her form and disrupted her Spiritual Power, forcing her to stop fighting.
• Di Tian told Sea Princess that she could have challenged him more if she had survived two more heavenly tribulations, then revealed that he had broken through the million-year tribulation.
• Sea Princess asked how Di Tian had resisted her Spiritual Power attacks, but he said she would know soon and she asked why he had come to the sea.

Di Tian summoned the Sea Soul Beast Kings and clan chiefs to a banquet in the Merfolk Clan Territory, where he encountered Lan Fozi among the remnants of the Anti-Sea God Faction. He asked about her life after she separated from her mother, and Lan Fozi described how she had spent years rescuing Sea Soul Beasts and checking on the Demon Empress.

• Di Tian told the Sea Princess to prepare a banquet for the Sea Soul Beast Kings above one hundred thousand years and the clan chiefs, while keeping his purpose for coming to the sea secret.
• The Sea Princess led Di Tian to the Undersea Coral Palace, and the Merfolk Race summoned the Sea Soul Beasts to attend.
• The assembled Sea Soul Beasts gathered by faction, with Lan Fozi and the small Anti-Sea God Faction standing near Di Tian.
• Lan Fozi asked Di Tian whether he had met her mother, and he told her that he and the Demon Empress were friends and that her mother missed her.
• Lan Fozi explained that after separating from her mother, she had rescued Sea Soul Beasts, traveled in human form, and asked Evil Soul Masters about the Demon Empress.

Lan Fozi learned from Di Tian that her mother would leave the Holy Spirit Cult within ten years, and he promised she would soon be able to see her. Di Tian then rallied the Sea Soul Beasts to unite against humanity and pledged to face humanity’s strongest fighters and Soul Guidance Mechas himself when war began.

• Lan Fozi told Di Tian that she had disguised herself as a man in human society and asked whether her mother was safe.
• Di Tian assured Lan Fozi that the Demon Empress was not in the Holy Spirit Cult and promised she would leave it within ten years.
• Lan Fozi accepted Di Tian’s promise and struggled to hold back her emotions as he prepared to address the gathered Sea Soul Beasts.
• Di Tian described the soul beasts’ dwindling habitats and called on them to unite for a war against humanity.
• Di Tian pledged to stop humanity’s top fighters and Soul Guidance Mechas, prompting the Sea Soul Beasts to roar in support and turn toward the Sea Princess.