Chapter Summaries

Zhou Huan brought Xuanzi and Wang Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and declared that it would become part of Shrek’s foundation. After Wang Yan startled Aromatic Silk Beauty, Zhou Huan reunited her with Narcissus and Octagonal while he and the others surveyed the Immortal Herb grounds.

• Wang Yan and Xuanzi recognized the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Zhou Huan explained its history and said Shrek would claim it.
• Zhou Huan assured Xuanzi that he would leave the restriction and the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King remains untouched.
• Wang Yan tried to examine Aromatic Silk Beauty, and she cried out when he reached toward her.
• Zhou Huan reassured the frightened Aromatic Silk Beauty and summoned Narcissus and Octagonal from the Floating Pagoda.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty reunited with Narcissus and Octagonal as Zhou Huan and the others surveyed the valley.

Zhou Huan took Xuanzi and Wang Yan to harvest immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for Shrek’s elders, while sparing the herbs with spiritual wisdom. After Zhou Huan privately told the Aromatic Silk Beauty to look after the well, she resigned herself to enduring yet another human’s demands.

• Zhou Huan had Xuanzi and Wang Yan choose immortal herbs, and Wang Yan took two while Xuanzi took five.
• Zhou Huan and the others left the spiritual herbs with intelligence untouched and returned to Shrek with their harvest.
• After Zhou Huan departed, the immortal herbs bickered about how often humans had been visiting their valley.
• The Infernal Delicate Apricot asked the Aromatic Silk Beauty what Zhou Huan had told her, and the Aromatic Silk Beauty said they should accept the humans’ visits.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty explained that immortal herbs could not safely flee or follow Octagonal and Narcissus, and she and the Infernal Delicate Apricot sighed together.

After confirming that Tang Hao had tried to kill Zhou Huan, Huo Gua learned that Tang Wutong was Tang San’s daughter. Huo Gua admitted he could no longer tell whether the woman beside him was Wang Dong’er or Tang Wutong, leaving Zhou Huan to wonder whether he had been won over.

• Zhou Huan finished teaching and cooked dinner at Zhang Lexuan’s home while waiting for her return.
• Huo Gua arrived at Zhang Lexuan’s home, shared a meal with Zhou Huan, and asked whether Tang San had tried to kill him.
• Zhou Huan clarified that Tang Hao had attacked him and said Tang San probably wanted him dead too.
• Huo Gua connected the assassination to his suspicions about Tang Wutong, and Zhou Huan confirmed she was Tang San’s daughter.
• Huo Gua said he could no longer tell whether the woman who had stayed beside him was Dong’er or Wutong, and explained why he had not brought her to see Zhou Huan.
• Zhou Huan decided Tang Wutong was an innocent pawn and that any revenge should target those responsible.

Zhou Huan asked Huo Gua where he would stand if Shrek faced Tang San, then arranged for him to meet Wang Qiuer. The meeting went badly when Zhou Huan accidentally teleported Wang Qiuer in while she was washing her hair, leaving her furious and embarrassed.

• Zhou Huan asked Huo Gua whether he would side with Shrek or Tang San, and Huo Gua said he would always protect Shrek.
• Zhou Huan learned Huo Gua had begun a Deity Inheritance and asked him to tell Rong Nianbing to visit the God of Phoenix.
• Huo Gua asked about Wang Qiuer and eagerly agreed when Zhou Huan offered to let him see her.
• Zhou Huan used Spatial Displacement to bring Wang Qiuer into the room while she was washing her hair, startling her and the two men.
• After dressing, Wang Qiuer scolded Zhou Huan and Huo Yuhao, demanded that they forget what they had seen, and told Zhou Huan to send her back.

After Wang Qiuer and Huo Gua left, Zhou Huan confronted Tang Wutong, who had secretly watched their reunion, and she questioned him about the feud between their families. Tang Wutong left without answers, angered when Zhou Huan suggested she and Wang Qiuer strengthen their sisterly bond.

• Zhou Huan sent Wang Qiuer back to the Lake of Life, and Huo Gua left after learning she was alive.
• Zhou Huan noticed Tang Wutong hiding beneath a tree and called her out.
• Tang Wutong asked Zhou Huan why Tang Hao had tried to kill him, but Zhou Huan refused to explain and told her to ask Tang San.
• Tang Wutong asked whether their families' enmity could be resolved, and Zhou Huan told her to leave because it had nothing to do with her.
• As Tang Wutong turned to go, Zhou Huan suggested she spend time with Qiu'er, leaving Tang Wutong furious and blaming Huo Yuhao for his romantic entanglements.

Zhang Lexuan recalled how Elder Qingyue sacrificed herself to help her obtain the Heavenly Jade Heart, and chose to offer herself in Qingyue’s place rather than let her die for Zhang Xuan’er. Both merged into the treasure, and Zhang Lexuan awoke in the Forbidden Land of Gods as the Heavenly Jade Heart transformed her soul power into Spiritual Power.

• Zhou Huan returned to an empty home and wondered how Zhang Lexuan was doing.
• Zhang Lexuan recalled how Elder Qingyue obtained the Heavenly Jade Heart after a devastating battle and sealed the Sky Scar Sect for a hundred years.
• Elder Qingyue summoned Zhang Lexuan to help refine the Heavenly Jade Heart, revealing that absorbing it required a sacrifice of her life.
• Zhang Lexuan told Elder Qingyue that she was not Zhang Xuan’er and poured her Nascent Soul power into the Heavenly Jade Heart to take Qingyue’s place.
• Elder Qingyue called Zhang Lexuan her good granddaughter, and they both merged into the Heavenly Jade Heart.
• Zhang Lexuan awoke in the Forbidden Land of Gods as the Heavenly Jade Heart began transforming her soul power into Spiritual Power.

Zhang Lexuan completed the transformation from Soul Master to cultivator and received the Clear Moon Heart’s inheritance, reaching the Soul Transformation Stage. White-Clad Xuan told her she could not leave the Forbidden Land of Gods until she reached the Mahayana Stage, so Zhang Lexuan resumed cultivating despite not knowing how much time had passed on Douluo Continent.

• White-Clad Xuan and Black-Clad Xuan discussed Zhang Lexuan’s choice to save her great-grandmother and argued over their past and personalities.
• Black-Clad Xuan and White-Clad Xuan explained that the Clear Moon Heart’s inheritance could make Zhang Lexuan a powerful cultivator.
• Zhang Lexuan’s Soul Power fully transformed into Spiritual Power, and the Clear Moon Heart brought her to the Soul Transformation Stage.
• Zhang Lexuan thanked the two Zhang Xuan'ers and asked if she could leave the Forbidden Land of Gods.
• White-Clad Xuan said Zhang Lexuan had to reach the Mahayana Stage before she could leave and could not say how much time had passed outside.
• Zhang Lexuan sat down and resumed cultivating.

During the Freshman Competition final, Ma Xiaotao returned to Shrek Academy and told Zhou Huan about a powerful clash in the Sun Moon Empire’s Demonic Forest. After he explained the likely cause and mentioned Xuan Zi’s Immortal Herbs, she hurried off to find them.

• Zhou Huan watched the Freshman Competition final with Crouching Dragon and Young Phoenix and the Lan sisters as Class One faced his Class Five.
• Ma Xiaotao arrived and told Zhou Huan that she had become a rank 96 Super Douluo after years away from Shrek.
• Ma Xiaotao reported sensing power beyond Super Douluo during a Soul Beast riot in the Demonic Forest and asked Zhou Huan to investigate.
• Zhou Huan explained that the clash likely involved the Holy Spirit Cult and the Evil Eye Tyrant clan, so there was no reason to go to the Demonic Forest.
• Zhou Huan suggested Ma Xiaotao ask Xuan Zi about Immortal Herbs, and she immediately flew off to find him.

After the Freshman Competition, Zhou Huan settled into teaching at Shrek Academy. Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan returned with Xiao Xiao and Wen Xiaoshuai, and Xu Sanshi asked Zhou Huan to save the Dou Ling Empire from the advancing Sun Moon army.

• Cao Wolong asked Zhou Huan for Immortal Herbs, and Zhou Huan explained that academy support would depend on cultivation potential and contributions.
• Zhou Huan warned the Crouching Dragon and Young Phoenix and the Lan sisters to keep the academy’s Immortal Herbs secret, then learned that Niu Meng’s team had won the Freshman Competition final.
• After more than six hundred freshmen were eliminated, Shrek divided the remaining students into four classes and assigned Zhou Huan, the Lan sisters, Zhou Fengchu, and Cao Wolong as staff.
• Several days later, Xiao Xiao, Wen Xiaoshuai, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan arrived while Zhou Huan practiced Taiji by Sea God Lake.
• Xu Sanshi asked Zhou Huan to intervene because the Sun Moon army had reached Lingdou City and the Dou Ling Empire was in danger of falling.

Zhou Huan refused Xu Sanshi’s plea to save the Dou Ling Empire, which soon fell to the Sun Moon Empire. He later received an invitation from Ju Zi, who planned to visit Shrek Academy in ten days.

• Xu Sanshi asked Zhou Huan to intervene in the war, but Zhou refused and questioned whether Xu could govern the empire even if it were saved.
• Xu Sanshi left Sea God Island, and Jiang Nannan apologized to Zhou Huan for his desperate request.
• After Lingdou City fell, Xu Sanshi’s group returned to Shrek City, marking the destruction of the Dou Ling Empire.
• Zhou Huan reflected on Ju Zi’s campaign for revenge and wondered whether she would succeed this time.
• Five days after the Dou Ling Empire fell, Zhou Huan received Ju Zi’s formal invitation announcing her visit to Shrek Academy in ten days.

Ju Zi visited Shrek Academy under the pretext of a diplomatic meeting, while Zhou Huan suspected she had another reason for coming. She met with Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao first, leaving her true conversation with Zhou Huan for later.

• Zhou Huan discussed Ju Zi’s planned visit with Xiao Xiao and Wen Xiaoshuai, and they speculated about her motives.
• Ten days later, Ju Zi arrived near Shrek with a thousand soldiers kept outside the academy, then entered quietly with one Elder.
• Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao received Ju Zi in Shrek’s Outer Court because the academy’s senior leaders were in seclusion and Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao held suitable rank and status.
• Ju Zi congratulated Huo Yuhao on becoming the next Sea God Pavilion Master and said her conquests had served both her desire for revenge and the Sun Moon Empire’s ambition to unify the continent.
• Huo Yuhao answered that Ju Zi’s destruction of Tian Soul and Dou Ling Empire would go down in history, and Ju Zi defended the results of her rule.

Huo Gua questioned Ju Zi about the Sun Moon Empire’s invasion and learned that she still intended to destroy the Star Luo Empire and kill Dai Hao. Zhou Huan transported Ju Zi to Sea God Island, where she found him playing cards with Xiao Xiao and Wen Xiaoshuai.

• Huo Gua rejected Ju Zi’s argument that unifying Douluo Continent would end wars and asked whether she planned to attack the Star Luo Empire.
• Ju Zi declared that her goal was to destroy Star Luo and kill Dai Hao.
• Ma Xiaotao warned Ju Zi and Kong Deming that Shrek could keep them there, while Zhou Huan revealed that he knew about Kong Deming’s Silver Moon Divine Light Wave.
• Zhou Huan restrained Kong Deming and transported Ju Zi from the reception room to Sea God Island.
• Ju Zi found Zhou Huan, Xiao Xiao, and Wen Xiaoshuai playing Fight the landlord, and Zhou Huan greeted her.

Ju Zi visited Zhou Huan to thank him for driving the Holy Spirit Cult into the Demonic Forest and asked to speak with him alone. She then asked him to kill Xu Tianran, leaving Zhou Huan and his companions stunned.

• Ju Zi thanked Zhou Huan for forcing the Holy Spirit Cult to retreat into the Demonic Forest and explained that the cult had become a threat to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ju Zi asked to speak with Zhou Huan alone, but Xiao Xiao refused, joking that Ju Zi might use a honey trap.
• Zhou Huan rapped Xiao Xiao on the forehead and told Ju Zi to speak freely in front of his friends.
• Ju Zi asked Zhou Huan to kill Xu Tianran, and he reminded her that Xu Tianran was her husband.

Ju Zi asked Zhou Huan to kill Xu Tianran, offering him a unified Douluo Empire in return. Zhou Huan revealed that he knew the truth about Xu Yunhan’s parentage, and Ju Zi begged him for help.

• Ju Zi explained that Xu Tianran was a dangerous madman who might kill her once he no longer needed her, and asked Zhou Huan to eliminate him.
• Ju Zi offered to erase the existing empire names and unite the continent under a Douluo Empire if Zhou Huan helped her.
• Zhou Huan questioned Ju Zi’s motives and recognized that her desire for revenge, rather than fear for herself, drove her plan.
• Zhou Huan said, “Yun against Yu, Han against Hao,” and Ju Zi realized he knew Xu Yunhan’s true origins.
• Ju Zi dropped to her knees and begged Zhou Huan to help her, but he raised her with an invisible force.

Ju Zi tried to persuade Zhou Huan to kill Xu Tianran, but he refused to interfere in the empire’s wars and warned her against massacring civilians. She revealed how she had won Kong Deming’s support by claiming Xu Yunhan was the last royal heir, and Zhou Huan suggested she seek another person’s help against Xu Tianran.

• Zhou Huan refused Ju Zi’s request to kill Xu Tianran, saying he would not involve himself in imperial conflicts, and warned her not to massacre civilians.
• Ju Zi offered information about the Sun Moon Empire’s Forbidden Land in exchange for Zhou Huan’s help, but he said its Deity Inheritance was gone.
• Zhou Huan asked why Ju Zi did not rely on Kong Deming to kill Xu Tianran, and Ju Zi said Kong Deming would not do it.
• Ju Zi revealed that she had won Kong Deming over by telling him Xu Yunhan was the last surviving direct heir of the Sun Moon Royal Family.
• Zhou Huan warned Ju Zi that her deception could backfire if Kong Deming learned the truth, then suggested she ask someone else to help kill Xu Tianran.

Ju Zi failed to persuade Zhou Huan to kill Xu Tianran, but told him the Holy Spirit Cult had sealed off the Demonic Forest after a mysterious battle. After Ju Zi left, Zhou Huan revealed to Xiao Xiao and Wen Xiaoshuai that Xu Yunhan was Ju Zi and Huo Yuhao’s child, conceived through Sun Moon Empire technology, and ordered them to keep it secret.

• Ju Zi weighed asking Huo Yuhao to assassinate Xu Tianran but feared he would fail or die, and Zhou Huan refused to kill the emperor himself.
• Ju Zi told Zhou Huan that the Holy Spirit Cult had sealed off the Demonic Forest and that her agents who entered had disappeared.
• Zhou Huan sent Ju Zi back to the Outer Court reception room and explained to Xiao Xiao and Wen Xiaoshuai that he had marked Ju Zi’s Sea of Consciousness to guard against Tang San’s interference.
• Zhou Huan revealed that Xu Yunhan was Ju Zi and Huo Yuhao’s child, though Huo Yuhao did not know and had never been intimate with Ju Zi.
• Zhou Huan explained that Sun Moon Empire technology had enabled Xu Yunhan’s conception and told Xiao Xiao and Wen Xiaoshuai to keep the secret.

Xiao Xiao and Wen Xiaoshuai decided to investigate the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters in the Demonic Forest, trusting in Zhou Huan’s protection. At the cult’s altar, Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao used the slain Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord in a resurrection ritual and identified the restrained Dai Huabin as a vessel for the Demon Emperor.

• Xiao Xiao and Wen Xiaoshuai agreed to keep Xu Yunhan’s parentage secret and proposed visiting the Demonic Forest to investigate the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Zhou Huan agreed to let them go, warned them about Ye Xishui and Zhong Liwu, and relied on his divine-sense protections to keep them safe.
• At the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters, Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui stood injured beside a Blood Pool filled with the blood of the slain Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord.
• Zhong Liwu questioned whether the costly sacrifice would work, but Ye Xishui insisted they had to try to avoid dying in the Demonic Forest.
• Ye Xishui called the restrained Dai Huabin an excellent vessel for the Demon Emperor’s resurrection, and Dai Huabin glared at her furiously.

Dai Huabin watched as the Holy Spirit Demon Emperor was summoned, only for the blood creature to curse and abduct him. Gu Yuena arrived at the altar, crushed the Holy Spirit Cult leaders, and asked where the Demon Emperor had gone; Zhou Huan then appeared.

• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu discussed their chances of resisting possession as the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord's blood was drained into the altar statue.
• The Holy Spirit Demon Emperor emerged from the shattered statue, exclaimed, "Fuck me!", and entered Dai Huabin before whisking him away through a blood-colored vortex.
• Gu Yuena arrived at the altar and shattered the bones of Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, Zhong Liwu, and Feng Ling after seeing the slaughtered Soul Beasts.
• Gu Yuena demanded to know where the Demon Emperor had gone, and Zhou Huan appeared and asked why she had come.

Gu Yuena told Zhou Huan about the ancient Holy Spirit Demon Emperor, who could revive every few million years and had just escaped after returning. She and Zhou Huan turned their attention to the battered leaders of the Holy Spirit Cult, whom Gu Yuena planned to question about his whereabouts.

• Long Xiaoyao weakly called to Ye Xishui, who ignored him and continued staring at Zhou Huan and Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena told Zhou Huan that the Demon Emperor had recently revived but was difficult to track down and nearly impossible to kill.
• Gu Yuena explained that the Holy Spirit Demon Emperor had once terrorized the ancient demons, and that even the Dragon God could only kill him temporarily.
• Gu Yuena said she had sensed the Demon Emperor's revival at the Lake of Life but arrived after he had fled.
• Gu Yuena recognized the Holy Spirit Cult as descendants of the Demon Emperor's followers and said she would question its leaders before killing them.

Zhou Huan revealed Ye Xishui’s deception to Long Xiaoyao before killing him, then left Gu Yuena to deal with the surviving Holy Spirit Cult leaders. He returned to Shrek, deciding not to pursue the revived Holy Spirit Demon Emperor unless the enemy threatened him.

• Zhou Huan asked Gu Yuena to let him handle Long Xiaoyao and told him Ye Xishui had engineered the rift between him and Mu En.
• Long Xiaoyao fell into despair, and Zhou Huan killed him before Ye Xishui could confess her feelings.
• Zhou Huan mocked Ye Xishui over her son and her delusions, and she passed out from rage.
• Gu Yuena took Ye Xishui and the other surviving leaders to the Lake of Life after she and Zhou Huan destroyed the Holy Spirit Cult Headquarters.
• Zhou Huan returned to Shrek to teach and chose to leave the Holy Spirit Demon Emperor alone unless he became a threat.