Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen shattered an Evil Soul Sage’s Martial Soul Avatar and slaughtered the Evil Soul Masters, but their wounded members triggered a mass Corpse Explosion. Ye Chen pulled Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo from the cave before the blast collapsed it.

• The Evil Soul Sage attacked Ye Chen with his Martial Soul Avatar, but Ye Chen destroyed it with Emperor’s Light Slash and badly wounded him.
• The Evil Soul Masters tried to escape through Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo, who used their Martial Soul Avatars to kill them.
• The wounded Evil Soul Masters began using Corpse Explosion, prompting Ye Chen to warn Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo and unleash Ring Fusion to restrain the blast briefly.
• Ye Chen reached Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo and pulled them from the cave before the Corpse Explosion collapsed its entrance.

Ye Chen, Han Ruoruo, and Zhang Lexuan encountered an Evil Soul Master who had escaped the battle and forced him to reveal why his group had come to Yong'an City. After learning that an important figure had hired them, Ye Chen killed him, arguing that a promise sworn on the Star Luo Empire did not bind someone from Shrek.

• Zhang Lexuan comforted Ye Chen over failing to capture an Evil Soul Master alive, but Ye Chen sensed an evil aura nearby.
• Ye Chen, Han Ruoruo, and Zhang Lexuan confronted a fleeing Soul Ancestor Evil Soul Master who had escaped the Corpse Explosion.
• The Evil Soul Master demanded that Ye Chen swear on his Martial Soul before answering, and Ye Chen seized him by the throat and threatened him with the Power of Light.
• The Evil Soul Master revealed that an important figure had sent his group to Yong'an City and promised them compensation for helping with a major undertaking.
• After confirming the captive knew nothing more, Ye Chen killed him with the Power of Light and said his Star Luo Empire oath had nothing to do with Shrek.

Ye Chen, Zhang Lexuan, and Han Ruoruo traveled to Yong'an City after defeating an Evil Soul Master and hearing of a possible crisis there. At the Seven Treasure Hotel, Zhang Lexuan shared a room with Ye Chen, leaving Han Ruoruo alone, and the pair spent the night together.

• Ye Chen defeated an Evil Soul Master with the Power of Light after tricking him, and Zhang Lexuan approved of his treatment of the enemy.
• Ye Chen proposed that the group go to Yong'an City to investigate a possible Evil Soul Master threat, and Zhang Lexuan agreed while Han Ruoruo followed.
• Ye Chen, Zhang Lexuan, and Han Ruoruo flew to Yong'an City and checked into the Seven Treasure Hotel, where Zhang Lexuan booked one room for herself and Ye Chen and another for Han Ruoruo.
• Han Ruoruo questioned Zhang Lexuan about sharing a room with Ye Chen, then went to her own room as Zhang Lexuan led Ye Chen away.
• Zhang Lexuan and Ye Chen kissed, bathed together, and later continued their intimate evening in their room.

Ye Chen and Zhang Lexuan spent the night together, and the next morning Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo discussed their relationships before traveling with Ye Chen to report the Evil Soul Masters to Yong'an City's City Lord. The City Lord met them at his mansion as Zhang Lexuan began explaining their urgent business.

• Ye Chen woke beside Zhang Lexuan, and the two teased each other about their passionate night before sharing another intimate moment.
• Zhang Lexuan and Ye Chen encountered Han Ruoruo, who felt lonely because she had not yet found her true love.
• Zhang Lexuan told Han Ruoruo they needed to warn Yong'an City's City Lord that Evil Soul Masters were targeting the city.
• Zhang Lexuan presented her Shrek Inspection Team token at the City Lord's Mansion, and the guard admitted the trio.
• The City Lord arrived with a silver-armored general, and Zhang Lexuan introduced them as Shrek Inspection Team members with an important matter to report.

Zhang Lexuan warned Yong'an City's lord that Evil Soul Masters planned to gather there, and she and her companions stayed to help protect the city. Xu Jiujiu also chose to remain, while the Evil Soul Master leader prepared to sacrifice Yong'an's people in three days to reach the Titled Douluo realm.

• Zhang Lexuan revealed her strength to the City Lord, warned him of the Evil Soul Masters, and urged him to strengthen Yong'an City's defenses.
• Zhang Lexuan promised that she, Ye Chen, and Han Ruoruo would stay until the Evil Soul Masters were eliminated, then the three returned to the Seven Treasure Hotel.
• Xu Jiujiu emerged from the City Lord's Mansion and decided to stay in Yong'an City despite Uncle Li's advice to return to the imperial capital.
• Uncle Li agreed to protect Xu Jiujiu, and the City Lord and the general acknowledged her as the Star Luo Empire's Grand Princess.
• The Man in Black Robes watched Yong'an City and revealed that he planned to use its living people in three days to break through to Titled Douluo.
• An Evil Soul Master reported that only one of the two summoned groups had arrived, but the Man in Black Robes dismissed the missing group and ordered preparations to continue.

Ye Chen, Zhang Lexuan, and the others waited as Yong'an City's search for the Evil Soul Masters turned up no current leads, while the enemy prepared a massacre. The chapter ended when crimson rain began falling over the city and Ye Chen realized the Evil Soul Masters had attacked.

• Zhang Lexuan worried about the Evil Soul Masters, and Ye Chen reassured her that the city was strengthening its defenses.
• The City Lord's Mansion reported that guards had found an abandoned Evil Soul Master hideout outside Yong'an City but no sign of the enemy.
• Xu Jiujiu, Uncle Li, and the City Lord agreed the Soul Douluo-led Evil Soul Masters were unlikely to retreat and urged continued vigilance.
• The black-robed Evil Soul Master asked Xue He whether the plan was ready, and Xue He promised that Yong'an City would become a city of blood that night.
• Ye Chen walked through Yong'an City with Zhang Lexuan, Han Ruoruo, and Xian Lin'er, then noticed crimson rain and warned that the Evil Soul Masters were coming.
• Three beams of white light pierced the night, triggering a black alert.

A black alert sounded as a blood-rain-driven beast tide surrounded Yong'an City, while Evil Soul Masters attacked the City Lord's Mansion. Ye Chen flew to confront the Evil Soul Masters as Xian Lin'er and the defenders prepared to hold the city gate.

• Zhang Lexuan, Ye Chen, Han Ruoruo, and Xian Lin'er reached the city gate and found a blood-maddened beast tide outside Yong'an City.
• Xian Lin'er rallied the soldiers and assigned Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo to defend the left side of the gate.
• Ye Chen sensed Evil Soul Masters attacking the City Lord's Mansion and flew there to confront them.
• At the City Lord's Mansion, Xu Jiujiu, Uncle Li, and the City Lord faced a group of Evil Soul Masters led by a Soul Douluo.

Fang Zheng attacked Yong'an City with his Blood Gu Martial Soul, trapping the City Lord and Uncle Li while Xu Jiujiu faced the Evil Soul Masters alone. Ye Chen arrived in time to save Xu Jiujiu and began fighting back with his Light-aligned power.

• Fang Zheng attacked the City Lord, but Uncle Li blocked his ghost claw and defended Xu Jiujiu.
• Fang Zheng unleashed Blood Gu True Body and trapped the City Lord and Uncle Li inside Blood Prison Space.
• Xu Jiujiu attacked the Evil Soul Masters, but an Evil Soul Sage rushed toward her to seize her.
• Ye Chen arrived before Xu Jiujiu and blasted the Evil Soul Sage backward with Emperor's Supremacy.
• Ye Chen summoned the Emperor Aurora Sword, whose Light Aura suppressed the Evil Soul Masters around the City Lord's Mansion.

Ye Chen fought the Evil Soul Masters attacking Yong'an City, using the Emperor Aurora Sword’s Power of Light to overwhelm them despite being only a Soul Ancestor. Fang Zheng’s blood Gu attack was purified, leaving him weakened and desperate as he prepared to use his final trump card.

• Ye Chen told Xu Jiujiu to retreat, and she used her Star Shine Technique to enhance his attributes.
• Ye Chen charged the Evil Soul Masters, while Fang Zheng struggled to wield even thirty percent of his strength under the Power of Light’s suppression.
• Ye Chen’s Emperor Aurora Slash turned three Evil Soul Masters to ashes and continued cutting down the group.
• Fang Zheng unleashed his Sixth Soul Skill, Blood Gu Devours Heart, but Ye Chen’s Power of Light purified the blood Gu and struck Fang Zheng through the blood net.
• Fang Zheng was eroded by the Power of Light, grew fearful, and decided to use his final life-saving trump card.

Ye Chen annihilated the Evil Soul Masters in Yong'an City, but Fang Zheng escaped with his Substitute Gu. Ye Chen caught up to Fang Zheng and faced his Blood Prison Gu Punishment, which his Power of Light immediately neutralized.

• Fang Zheng used his Substitute Gu to escape Ye Chen's attack as Ye Chen fused four Soul Rings and destroyed the Evil Soul Masters in the City Lord's Mansion.
• Ye Chen vanished from Yong'an City, while Zhang Lexuan and Xian Lin'er helped keep the soul beasts from breaching the city gate.
• Fang Zheng fled to a mountain, lamented losing his Substitute Gu and his three years of preparations, and planned to recover before making new plans.
• Ye Chen appeared before Fang Zheng and trapped him in a net of light as Fang Zheng tried to escape.
• Fang Zheng unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill, Blood Prison Gu Punishment, but Ye Chen's Power of Light instantly neutralized it.

Ye Chen struggled to stop Fang Zheng’s Blood Gu from reaching Yong'an City, but the barrier kept him trapped while the insects swarmed into the city. As Ye Chen called to the light for power, a majestic voice answered him.

• Ye Chen broke Fang Zheng’s Blood Prison Space and prepared for his final attack, but Fang Zheng used Blood Gu Dissolution to send countless Gu insects toward Yong'an City.
• Fang Zheng strengthened his Blood Gu Barrier around Ye Chen and revealed that the Blood Gu would drain people’s blood and trigger Corpse Explosion.
• Xian Lin'er tried to stop the swarm outside Yong'an City, but some of the Gu insects entered the city.
• Ye Chen realized he could not break free in time to save the city and called to the light within him for power.
• A voice answered Ye Chen, saying, “I'm here. I've always been here!”

Ye Chen received the Emperor Armor and unleashed its Power of Light, saving Yong'an City from the blood gu and the beast tide. He confronted Fang Zheng and lifted him by the neck, leaving the culprit unable to resist.

• Ye Chen met the Emperor in a vision and joined fists with him to receive the Emperor Armor and its Power of Light.
• The light spread through Yong'an City, destroying the blood gu, healing the sick and injured, and reviving the fallen Soul Masters.
• The Soul Beasts regained their senses and withdrew from Yong'an City.
• Fang Zheng saw Ye Chen transformed into the Emperor Armor and failed to believe that the light had saved the city.
• The Emperor Armor passed through Fang Zheng's blood gu barrier, rendered his evil Soul Power unusable, and seized him by the neck.

Emperor Armor killed Fang Zheng, but God King Tang San attacked him and Yong'an City after recognizing his Power of Light as the force that had blocked his view of Douluo Continent. As Tang San’s palm descended, Emperor Armor stood firm beneath it while the city’s inhabitants faced destruction.

• Emperor Armor crushed Fang Zheng and purified his body with the Power of Light.
• Tang San confirmed that the blockade around Douluo Continent had vanished and sensed a strange power in the Star Luo Empire.
• Tang San recognized Emperor Armor’s Power of Light as the force that had interfered with his plans and resolved to destroy him.
• Tang San struck toward Emperor Armor, and his enormous palm also engulfed Yong'an City.
• Xian Lin'er and Han Ruoruo feared the city would be destroyed, while Zhang Lexuan blamed herself for bringing Ye Chen there.
• Emperor Armor remained fearless atop the mountain as Tang San’s giant palm approached.

Ye Chen, wearing the Emperor Armor, defended Yong'an City by destroying Tang San’s Heaven-Shrouding Giant Palm and overpowering his Asura Blood Sword. Tang San survived but was badly injured, and the Emperor warned him not to interfere in the mortal realm again.

• The Emperor Armor gathered its Power of Light above Yong'an City as the residents recognized it as the Emperor.
• Zhang Lexuan sensed a possible connection between the Emperor Armor’s Power of Light and Ye Chen’s, but dismissed the thought.
• The Emperor Armor unleashed Emperor Skill—Qiankun Aurora, shattering Tang San’s Heaven-Shrouding Giant Palm and sending the attack toward him.
• Tang San transformed his divine power into Asura divine power and attacked with his Asura Blood Sword, but Qiankun Aurora defeated it and blasted him backward.
• The Emperor warned Tang San that another descent into the mortal realm would cost him his life, while the Emperor’s Power of Light entangled him.

Emperor Armor defeated Tang San and spread the Power of Light across Douluo Star, declaring that light would protect its people. After erasing Tang San’s measures at Shrek Academy and empowering Mu En, Ye Chen vanished into light and sealed Douluo Star from the gods.

• The people of Yong'an City hailed Emperor Armor after he defeated Tang San, while the Power of Light tormented Tang San and drove him toward the God Realm Core to recover.
• Tang San resolved to gather the other God Kings and use the Three Realms Judgment Sword against Emperor Armor, but Ye Chen let him flee and erased his measures from Shrek Academy’s Golden Ancient Tree.
• Ye Chen gave Mu En a thread of the Power of Light and addressed all of Douluo Star, proclaiming himself the beginning of light and the end of darkness.
• Long Xiaoyao found that his Dark Soul Power could no longer be used, the Silver Dragon King recognized Ye Chen’s power, and Mu En marveled at its strength.
• Ye Chen enveloped Douluo Star in light, preventing gods from spying on or entering it, then vanished as Yong'an City cried out in praise.

After the Emperor Armor vanished, Ye Chen entered deep meditation and gained a profound understanding of light, while Mu En received the Emperor’s gift and reached the peak of his power. Zhang Lexuan, Xian Lin’er, and Han Ruoruo found Ye Chen and stayed to guard him.

• Ye Chen entered deep meditation as the Power of Light condensed around him, transforming his meridians and bringing new life to the mountain.
• Zhang Lexuan, Xian Lin’er, and Han Ruoruo searched Yong'an City for Ye Chen, then found him meditating on a golden-lit mountain outside the city.
• Xian Lin'er concluded that the Emperor’s Power of Light had given Ye Chen insight, and the women decided to guard him while he meditated.
• A strand of the Emperor’s Power of Light reached Mu En at Shrek Academy and raised his aura to the absolute peak of his lifetime.
• Mu En declared above Sea God Lake, “Now, I lack nothing!”

Mu En told Shrek Academy’s Elders that the great being’s gift had raised his Light Attribute to the Extreme Attribute and granted him an even greater power. After demonstrating Emperor Fist against Xuan Zi, he declared that he could challenge Di Tian’s standing as the continent’s strongest powerhouse.

• Mu En confirmed to Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, and the other Elders that his Light Attribute had become an Extreme Attribute.
• Mu En invited Xuan Zi to spar so he could test a transformation more powerful than Extreme Light.
• Mu En attacked Xuan Zi above Sea God Lake with a fist infused with immense Power of Light, astonishing the Elders and Shrek’s Outer Court students.
• Xuan Zi questioned whether Mu En had become a god, and Mu En named his strike Emperor Fist.
• Mu En explained that Emperor Fist came from the great being’s gift and declared that he now had a power to rival Di Tian’s Dragon God Claw.

Mu En revealed that Emperor had granted him Extreme Light and the Emperor Fist, while Tang San failed to remove the Emperor Armor’s Power of Light and summoned a God Realm meeting to rally the other God Kings against its wearer. The meeting ended with the God Kings reacting differently to the light, which they sensed as a power far beyond ordinary divine strength.

• Mu En told the Sea God Pavilion Elders that his benefactor was called Emperor, but withheld his further suspicions until Ye Chen returned.
• Tang San found that the God Realm Core could not dispel the Power of Light eroding his divine power, and resolved to destroy the Emperor Armor.
• Tang San convened a God Realm Committee meeting and claimed that a hostile, God King-level deity from another world threatened the God Realm.
• Tang San showed the God Kings the Power of Light and called it Curse Power, while the God of Life and the God of Goodness sensed its brilliance, the God of Destruction felt his power tremble, and the God of Evil was overcome with fear.

Tang San failed to persuade the God Realm committee to unite against the otherworldly deity, while Ye Chen emerged from ten days of deep meditation with greatly enhanced powers. The story left Ye Chen asking Zhang Lexuan how long he had been meditating.

• Tang San insisted that the Power of Light afflicting him was Curse Power and asked the God Kings to join him in wielding the Three Realms Judgment Sword against the otherworldly deity.
• The God of Evil supported Tang San, while the God of Life and the God of Goodness opposed him, and the God of Destruction abstained.
• Tang San berated Destruction, who refused to take responsibility for Tang San’s claims and warned that the Power of Light might target people like him.
• After ten days of deep meditation, Ye Chen awakened with his Soul Power at level fifty, greater control of the Power of Light, and Spiritual Power near the Limit Douluo level.
• Zhang Lexuan brought Ye Chen food, and after eating, he asked her how long his deep meditation had lasted.

After ten days of deep meditation, Ye Chen told Zhang Lexuan that he had greatly improved his mastery of the Emperor's Power of Light, reached Soul Power Level fifty, and advanced his Spiritual Power. As they planned to return to Guangming City before heading to Shrek Academy, Ye Chen persuaded Zhang Lexuan to agree to an embarrassing request, leaving them alone together.

• Ye Chen told Zhang Lexuan about his gains from deep meditation, including reaching Soul Power Level fifty and an unprecedented Spiritual Power level.
• Zhang Lexuan said they would return to Guangming City and later help Ye Chen obtain his fifth Soul Ring.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that Yong'an City had been renamed Guangming City and that its residents had honored Ye Chen as a young hero.
• Ye Chen teased Zhang Lexuan and reminded her of the promise she had made at the Seven Treasure Hotel.
• Ye Chen whispered an embarrassing request to Zhang Lexuan and persuaded her to agree to try it once.