Chapter Summaries

The Sun Moon Royal Academy reacted to the revelation that Ji Juechen would eventually join Shrek Academy, an enemy nation's institution. While Ji Juechen accepted the possibility as a choice that served his sword path, Jing Ziyan resolved to follow him, and many students grew hostile toward him.

• Yan Shaozhe regretted that Qiankun Asking Love Valley belonged to the Sun Moon Empire, while other factions considered the rewards couples might gain from its trials.
• Ji Juechen concluded that he would likely leave the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and join Shrek Academy to pursue his sword path.
• Ke Ke and Ju Zi went to eat, while Xuan Ziwen expressed surprise at Ji Juechen's choice but accepted it.
• Jing Ziyan felt saddened by Ji Juechen's decision, then resolved to follow him to Shrek Academy and study alongside him.
• Many radical Sun Moon Royal Academy students hated Ji Juechen for transferring to an academy in an enemy nation, though few dared confront him.

Yu Guanzhi recounted Shrek Academy’s preparations before the war, its covert operations against the Sun Moon Empire, and the crises that followed. His account revealed that Shao Zhuang returned to win a decisive battle, while the cause of the Beast Tide that injured Yu Guanzhi remained unknown.

• After Shao Zhuang disappeared, Yun Ming took charge of Shrek Academy, and the academy continued the Battle Armor Plan using information from Nan Shuishui.
• When war broke out, Shrek students used Shao Zhuang’s Plane Key to conduct sabotage and assassinations in Sun Moon Empire territory, but withdrew after the Heaven Dou Empire and Dou Ling Empire were destroyed.
• After Shrek Academy faced Di Tian and Xuan Zi’s battle and the approaching Sun Moon Empire army, Shao Zhuang returned as a Titled Douluo, defeated ten opponents in a wagered battle, and forced the Sun Moon Empire to withdraw.
• A Beast Tide later struck Shrek Academy, where Xiong Jun seriously injured Yu Guanzhi.
• Yan Shaozhe and Beast God Di Tian both speculated about the Beast Tide’s cause, but neither knew why it had happened.

The soul beasts watched Shao Zhuang’s future achievements, including the Soul Spirit Plan and the founding of the Spirit Pagoda, while Di Tian reconsidered his opinion of him. Bi Ji emerged from seclusion after refining the Heart of All Things Echo, and Xiong Jun demanded to know what it did.

• Du Busi celebrated the prospect of Shrek Academy being barred from the Star Dou Great Forest, while Di Tian judged the Soul Spirit Plan feasible after seeing his future cooperation with Shao Zhuang.
• The Heavenly Curtain showed Shao Zhuang helping end the continent-wide war, establish the Douluo Federation, and advance the Soul Spirit and Battle Armor Plans.
• The Heavenly Curtain revealed that Shao Zhuang founded the Spirit Pagoda, with himself as lifelong honorary Pagoda Master and Di Tian serving as its first Pagoda Master.
• Xiong Jun questioned why the Heavenly Curtain focused on humans, while Scarlet King dismissed humanity and Three-Eyed Golden Lion wondered about Shao Zhuang and Soul Spirits.
• Bi Ji emerged from the Lake of Life in human form after a few months of seclusion, and Di Tian said the soul beasts had recorded the Heavenly Curtain’s revelations.
• Xiong Jun asked Bi Ji why she looked human and demanded that she explain the Heart of All Things Echo.

Bi Ji demonstrated how the Heart of All Things Echo let her suppress Xiong Jun, while Di Tian anticipated his own Opportunity Reward. The Heavenly Curtain then revealed that the Abyss planned to invade the Douluo Plane, prompting Mu En to prepare humanity for the coming threat.

• Bi Ji used the Heart of All Things Echo to pin Xiong Jun down and warned him not to provoke her again.
• Di Tian recognized the strength of Bi Ji's new ability and wondered whether his own Opportunity Reward could help him become a God.
• The Heavenly Curtain revealed that an Abyss conspiracy had caused the Beast Tide and that Di Tian had learned of the planned invasion through the Abyss Passage.
• The revelation explained that Shao Zhuang stayed behind to hold off the Abyss forces while Di Tian returned to stop the Beast Tide and rally the Douluo Plane.
• Mu En decided to prepare for the Abyss invasion and put aside humanity's internal conflicts.

Shao Zhuang used the Heavenly Curtain to make the Douluo Continent believe in a future where the Abyss was defeated, the plane evolved, and he led the conquest of other worlds. After Yu Guanzhi’s monologue revealed that future, Du Busi decided to seek an alliance with Shrek Academy, hoping to secure a chance at greater power.

• Shao Zhuang arranged for the Heavenly Curtain to present the Abyss invasion and the Douluo Plane’s evolution as a future shaped by collective belief.
• Yu Guanzhi’s monologue described the Abyss’s defeat, the rise of Level 100 True Gods without divine seats, and Shao Zhuang’s founding of a new God Realm.
• Yu Guanzhi revealed that he eventually became the God of Painting through his Divine Brush martial soul.
• Living beings across the Douluo Continent struggled to absorb the revelations about the God Realm, the Abyss, and the plane’s future.
• Du Busi realized that the future offered him a chance to advance and decided the Body Sect should repair its relationship with Shrek Academy.
• Du Busi ordered Jin Peng to bring offerings from the treasury before they went to Shrek Academy.

After the Heavenly Curtain revealed a chance for beings to break through level one hundred and become Gods, Mu En, Emperor Xu Jiawei, and Nan Shuishui all considered how to strengthen their ties with Shao Zhuang. The Curtain then announced Yu Guanzhi’s Dotting Brush Technique reward, prompting factions to send fleets overseas to search for him.

• Mu En reflected on the chance to become a God and looked toward Shao Zhuang’s room, eager to seize the opportunity.
• Xu Jiawei ordered increased investment in cooperation with Shrek Academy and considered arranging a match between Xu Jiujiu and Shao Zhuang.
• Nan Shuishui urged her daughter Qiuqiu to attend Shrek Academy as factions pursued closer ties with Shao Zhuang.
• The Heavenly Curtain announced Yu Guanzhi’s Dotting Brush Technique reward and sent it overseas.
• Factions signaled their contacts and dispatched fleets to follow the reward’s trajectory and search for Yu Guanzhi’s homeland.

Xu Tianran weighed the threat that Shao Zhuang and Shrek Academy posed to his ambition, then chose to keep competing for control of the continent rather than pursue peace. He began strengthening the Sun Moon Empire in preparation for the Abyss crisis and a future war.

• Xu Tianran raged over Shao Zhuang’s leadership of the opportunity that could benefit the Douluo Plane and struggled to accept that his own future ambitions had failed.
• Xu Tianran recognized that the Heavenly Curtain’s revelations had destabilized his support, while the Sun Moon Empire and the former Douluo Three Kingdoms continued secretly building their military strength.
• Xu Tianran decided to maintain the status quo and compete with the former Douluo Three Kingdoms and Shrek Academy for the initiative, hoping the Sun Moon Empire could raise its own God and later resume its unification war.
• Xu Tianran ordered the establishment of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, with free tuition, generous scholarships, and exceptional rewards for talented students.
• Xu Tianran issued further decrees, watched the Heavenly Curtain, and considered Shao Zhuang a grave threat who should be eliminated if possible.

As negotiations with visiting factions overwhelmed Yan Shaozhe, he hoped the Heavenly Curtain would give him a break. It revealed Wang Dong'er as Rank 8 on the Strongest Human Monologue Ranking, leaving Da Ming wondering what God position she would create.

• Yan Shaozhe struggled with the flood of high-level factions seeking cooperation with Shrek Academy.
• Yan Shaozhe hoped the Heavenly Curtain would begin revealing another ranking entry so he could pause the negotiations.
• The Heavenly Curtain announced Dragon Butterfly Douluo, Wang Dong'er, as Rank 8 on the Strongest Human Monologue Ranking.
• Xuan Zi celebrated that another Shrek Academy student had made the ranking.
• Da Ming wondered what God position Wang Dong'er would create for herself.

Wang Dong'er recalled that she had developed an unexplained resistance to Soul Tools after joining Shrek Academy, and viewers suspected Tang San had caused it. She left for the Soul Tool Department to test her suspicions, while Kong Deming began exploring whether the effect could be replicated.

• Wang Dong'er recounted how she met Shao Zhuang, lost their first fight, and later joined his team with Xiao Xiao to win the Freshman Assessment championship.
• Wang Dong'er described her unexplained resistance to Soul Tools and said Shao Zhuang later helped her resolve the related problem.
• Kong Deming suspected Tang San was responsible and discussed research into reproducing the resistance as a way to block the Original Douluo Three Kingdoms from using Soul Tools.
• Wang Dong'er realized her resistance might be one of Tang San's restraints and hurried to the Soul Tool Department to test it.
• Er Ming asked Da Ming whether Tang San had caused Wang Dong'er's condition, and Da Ming could only wonder about his intentions.

Wang Dong'er anticipated that the Heavenly Curtain would reveal the truth about the power left by her father, then introduced herself as Tang Wutong, the daughter of Tang San. The revelation shocked the continent and changed Xiao Xiao’s view of her, while Wang Dong'er believed the truth would show how precarious her life was.

• Xiao Xiao took comfort from Wang Dong'er and resolved to strive for the chance to become a God.
• Wang Dong'er waited eagerly for her monologue, hoping it would explain the purpose of her father’s power.
• The Heavenly Curtain revealed Wang Dong'er's monologue, identifying her as Tang Wutong, daughter of Tang San, while stating that she preferred the name Wang Dong'er.
• Xiao Xiao reacted with disbelief when Wang Dong'er confirmed she had only recently learned the truth, then began looking at her with reverence.
• Wang Dong'er decided to let the revelations continue, believing they would show that her life as the Sea God's daughter was precarious.

The Heavenly Curtain showed how Xuan Zi attacked the Three-Eyed Golden Lion after mistaking her for the cause of Huo Yuhao’s disappearance, while Shao Zhuang and Scarlet King urged him to hear her out. In the present, the Soul Beasts reacted furiously to the scene, and Bi Ji hoped Shao Zhuang’s Soul Spirit Method could help humans and Soul Beasts coexist.

• Princess Veena watched the Heavenly Curtain and regretted that she could not meet Shao Zhuang and his companions in the present.
• Xuan Zi took Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong to search for Huo Yuhao, and they encountered the Three-Eyed Golden Lion chasing a Twin-Eyed Giant.
• Xuan Zi believed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had eaten Huo Yuhao, killed the Twin-Eyed Giant, and wounded the lion before Scarlet King confronted him.
• Scarlet King explained the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s importance and urged Xuan Zi to hear her out, while Shao Zhuang arrived and agreed.
• Xiong Jun raged over the Soul Beasts’ deaths, Di Tian silenced him, and Bi Ji praised the promise of Shao Zhuang’s Soul Spirit Method.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Scarlet King complained about Xuan Zi’s attack as the lion grew curious about Shao Zhuang.

Wang Dong'er's monologue revealed that she would become Shao Zhuang's lover and credited him with changing her fate, prompting jealousy and marriage-alliance schemes. Ma Xiaotao, Wang Dong'er, and the Clear Sky Sect's Da Ming and Er Ming each reacted to the revelation, while Wang Dong'er waited to learn more.

• Wang Dong'er's monologue revealed that she had met Shao Zhuang at Shrek Academy, become his lover, and believed he had changed her fate.
• Xu Jiawei and factions across the world saw Shao Zhuang's fickle nature as an opening for marriage alliances.
• Ma Xiaotao grew jealous but resolved to win Shao Zhuang's heart and eliminate her rivals.
• Wang Dong'er rejected the idea of sharing Shao Zhuang and waited for the Heavenly Curtain to explain what would happen.
• Xiao Xiao worried that Shao Zhuang might be the person she had mentioned before.
• Er Ming and Da Ming condemned Shao Zhuang's fickleness and agreed he deserved a lesson for upsetting Wang Dong'er.

Wang Dong'er recalled that she had resisted Soul Tools at Shrek Academy and realized the resistance might be another restriction imposed on her. As she hurried to the Soul Tool Department to investigate, Kong Deming began considering how to reproduce the effect for the Sun Moon Empire.

• Wang Dong'er recalled disguising herself as Wang Dong, losing a fight to Shao Zhuang, and later becoming his friend and teammate alongside Xiao Xiao.
• Wang Dong'er remembered instinctively resisting Soul Tools and said that Shao Zhuang had helped her resolve the hidden problem.
• Kong Deming suspected Tang San had caused Wang Dong'er's resistance and discussed researching a way to make others resist Soul Tools with a Level Nine Soul Tool Master.
• Wang Dong'er realized her resistance might be a restriction left by Tang San, noticed her storage Soul Tool did not trigger it, and rushed to the Soul Tool Department to test her suspicion.
• Er Ming asked Da Ming whether Tang San had caused Wang Dong'er's condition, and Da Ming could only hope it was not harmful.

Wang Dong'er realized that Tang San had placed shackles in her spirit and feared what they meant for her, though the Heavenly Curtain also showed her happy future with Shao Zhuang and her friends. The chapter ended as Wang Dong'er anticipated learning the earth-shattering secret that bound her fate to Shao Zhuang during a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Wang Dong'er tested the Soul Tools, realized she resisted them because of shackles in her spirit, and wondered why Tang San had harmed his biological daughter.
• The Heavenly Curtain showed Wang Dong'er's future training, Shao Zhuang's Martial Soul evolution, their tournament victory, and their recognition as Shrek Seven Devils.
• Da Ming and Er Ming were relieved to see Wang Dong'er happy with Shao Zhuang, though they hoped he would stop being unfaithful.
• The Heavenly Curtain revealed that Wang Dong'er and Shao Zhuang joined Elder Xuan's Soul Ring hunt and learned a secret that bound their fates together.
• Mu En recalled the Holy Spirit Cult's surprise attack on Shrek Academy, while Wang Dong'er suspected the secret was connected to Tang San's shackles and considered seeking revenge.

Xiao Xiao and the others’ account of their encounter with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion appeared on the Heavenly Curtain, including Xuan Zi’s clash with Scarlet King and Shao Zhuang’s intervention. The Soul Beasts reacted with anger at Xuan Zi’s attack and renewed hope that Shao Zhuang’s Soul Spirit method could help humans and Soul Beasts coexist.

• Princess Veena watched the Heavenly Curtain recount how she and Xiao Xiao were separated from Shao Zhuang while searching for Huo Yuhao.
• Xuan Zi confronted the Three-Eyed Golden Lion after mistaking her for the Soul Beast that had taken Huo Yuhao, and Scarlet King tried to protect her.
• Shao Zhuang arrived and persuaded Xuan Zi to hear the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s explanation before attacking again.
• Xiong Jun roared in anger at the humans’ killing and harvesting of Soul Beasts, while Di Tian ordered him to quiet down.
• Bi Ji praised the importance of Shao Zhuang’s Soul Spirit method as a possible path to peace between humans and Soul Beasts.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion complained about Xuan Zi’s attack and Scarlet King seethed over Shrek’s treatment of Soul Beasts.

Xuan Zi captured the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and demanded a Spirit System Soul Beast in exchange, while Shao Zhuang received Attribute Guidance from the Imperial Beast. Di Tian watched the events and speculated that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s fortune explained Shao Zhuang’s efforts to make peace with Soul Beasts.

• Xuan Zi restrained Scarlet King and captured the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, then demanded a Spirit System Soul Beast with about fifteen thousand years of cultivation for her release.
• Scarlet King went to find a suitable Soul Beast while Xuan Zi explained the Imperial Beast’s powers to the others.
• Shao Zhuang and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion completed Attribute Guidance, which enraged the Three-Eyed Golden Lion as she watched the Heavenly Curtain.
• Scarlet King escorted the Three-Eyed Golden Lion back to the Lake of Life, and Di Tian stopped Xiong Jun from using the incident as a reason to attack humans.
• Di Tian concluded that the Imperial Beast’s auspicious aura and fortune had influenced Shao Zhuang’s peace efforts and decided to keep benefiting from them.

Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm discussed missed opportunities and Huo Yuhao’s hopes of becoming a God as the Heavenly Curtain revealed events from the Star Dou Great Forest. The chapter ended with a flashback to Shao Zhuang asking Xuan Zi to leave him and Wang Dong behind, prompting Xuan Zi to mistake their reason for staying.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm lamented that Huo Yuhao had missed the Imperial Beast’s Attribute Guidance and the chance to make Bingbing his Second Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao reassured Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that he could still become a God with his help, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm resolved to support him.
• The Heavenly Curtain showed Scarlet King bringing Huo Yuhao a spiritual Soul Beast while Xuan Zi peacefully spoke with Beast God Di Tian.
• The Heavenly Curtain showed Huo Yuhao completing his third Soul Ring and Shao Zhuang asking Xuan Zi to take Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao back to Shrek Academy while he and Wang Dong stayed behind.
• Xuan Zi mistakenly assumed Shao Zhuang planned to confess his feelings to Wang Dong, whom Shrek’s higher-ups had already recognized as a girl disguised as a boy.

Shao Zhuang reassured Wang Dong'er that she could defy fate and take revenge on Tang San, while Tang San grew alarmed as his Faith Power began to drain. The Heavenly Curtain revealed Wang Dong'er's growing attachment to Shao Zhuang before his planned three-year exchange, leaving her embarrassed beside him.

• Shao Zhuang comforted Wang Dong'er and urged her to cultivate so she could eventually take revenge on Tang San.
• Tang San discovered that his Faith Power was draining and, blocked by the Heavenly Curtain, could not investigate Douluo Continent.
• The Heavenly Curtain showed Wang Dong'er recalling how Shao Zhuang had comforted her and how she hid her sadness over his coming three-year absence.
• Wang Dong'er blushed at the revelation and covered Shao Zhuang's eyes, while he promised not to look.

Wang Dong'er recalled how Shao Zhuang gave her a way to communicate with him during his three-year absence and how she planned to reunite with him afterward. In the present, Ma Xiaotao pursued time alone with Shao Zhuang, while the Heavenly Curtain revealed Wang Dong'er's plan to confirm their relationship at the Sea God's Fate Matchmaking Convention.

• Shao Zhuang told Wang Dong'er that they could communicate spiritually while apart, then left for three years after asking her to grow her hair long.
• Wang Dong'er cultivated diligently and used Shao Zhuang's ability to speak with him every day during his absence.
• Da Ming accepted that Shao Zhuang could make Wang Dong'er happy, while Er Ming vowed to teach him to devote himself to one lover.
• Ma Xiaotao invited Shao Zhuang to a new restaurant, linked her arm through his, and took him into the city.
• The Heavenly Curtain revealed that Wang Dong'er had returned to her female form and planned to meet Shao Zhuang at the Sea God's Fate Matchmaking Convention to confirm their relationship.

Wang Dong'er recalled how Shao Zhuang gave her a ring that concealed her from the mysterious being they suspected was a God. The Heavenly Curtain's revelation led Du Busi and Xu Tianran to conclude that Tang San was behind the scheme, while Xu Tianran feared the Sea God's ambitions for the Douluo Continent.

• Wang Dong'er's account described how she and Shao Zhuang became a couple at the Sea God's Matchmaking Fate Blind Date Convention, despite her unease about Wang Qiuer.
• Shao Zhuang gave Wang Dong'er a ring imbued with Destiny Power and a formation that would hide her from the mysterious being they suspected was a God.
• Du Busi recognized the suspected mastermind as Sea God Tang San and wondered what he was plotting.
• Xu Tianran worried that Tang San might seek control of the Douluo Continent and reconsidered his resentment toward Shao Zhuang.
• Observers concluded that Tang San must have known about and arranged Wang Dong'er's descent and the changes to his daughter.