Chapter Summaries

Zhao Tao, Gu Yue, and Na'er returned safely to Shrek Academy, where Zhao Tao reunited with the others and the Sea God's Destiny Blind Date began. Zhao Tao advanced to the final round after receiving seven girls' votes, as the event moved into its confession stage.

• Wu Changkong and the students welcomed Zhao Tao, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and the others back to the Sun Moon Federation, and the girls rejoiced at Zhao Tao's safe return.
• Ye Xinglan, Wu Sidu, Yuanen Yehui, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie entered Shrek Academy's Inner Court after gaining One-Word Battle Armor, while Yun Ming questioned Zhao Tao, Gu Yue, and Na'er and warned them to be more careful.
• Lan Muzi and Tang Yinmeng hosted the Sea God's Destiny Blind Date and explained its rules, then the students competed for lotus-leaf positions.
• Zhao Tao concealed his true power by presenting himself as a Soul Emperor, and Gu Yue, Na'er, Wu Sidu, Ye Xinglan, Yuanen Yehui, Dai Yun'er, and Xu Xiaoyan all chose him during the first three rounds.
• Xu Mier was eliminated after no boy pursued her, and ten boys advanced to the final round, where the boys would choose whether to accept confessions or pursue other girls.
• Lan Muzi and Tang Yinmeng began the final segment, "Happy Marriage for a Hundred Years," in which each girl would confess to her chosen boy.

At the Sea God's Destiny Blind Date, Zhao Tao accepted the confessions of Gu Yue and Na'er together, while the other five girls wept and resolved to stay close to him. After the event, Zhao Tao reunited with Gu Yuena and remained at Shrek Academy with Gu Yue and Na'er, awaiting the Shrek Seven Monsters election.

• Zhao Tao accepted Gu Yue and Na'er as his wives, and Tang Yinmeng and Lan Muzi offered them the academy's blessings.
• Xu Xiaoyan, Wu Sidu, Ye Xinglan, Yuanen Yehui, and Dai Yun'er were heartbroken but resolved to keep pace with Zhao Tao and remain by his side.
• Zhao Tao, Gu Yue, and Na'er left the blind date event together, and eight couples in total successfully paired up.
• Zhao Tao returned to his dormitory, summoned Gu Yuena, and shared a bed with Gu Yue, Na'er, and her; Gu Yuena supported Gu Yue and Na'er during a game to practice.
• Gu Yuena left the next day, while Zhao Tao stayed at Shrek Academy with Gu Yue and Na'er to cultivate, research Artificial Soul Spirits, and await the Shrek Seven Monsters election.

Shrek Academy barred Zhao Tao and Gu Yue from the Shrek Seven Monsters selection, so Na'er and the other girls refused to compete. After Zhao Tao’s team defeated the selected Seven Monsters, Zhao Tao, Gu Yue, and Na'er graduated and left Shrek Academy for the Spirit Pagoda.

• Shrek Academy announced selection rules that excluded Zhao Tao and Gu Yue because they belonged to the Spirit Pagoda, and Wu Changkong asked Na'er and the others to compete.
• Na'er, Ye Xinglan, Wu Sidu, Yuanen Yehui, and Xu Xiaoyan refused to run unless Zhao Tao could participate, but Yun Ming upheld the exclusion after Long Yeyue opposed an exception.
• Li Qiankun and his teammates won the selection and received the Sea God Pavilion’s approval as the new Shrek Seven Monsters.
• Zhao Tao led his team in challenging and easily defeating Li Qiankun’s group, after which Li Qiankun and his teammates resigned from the title.
• Long Yeyue threatened Zhao Tao and Gu Yue, but Zhao Tao chose to graduate rather than reveal his strength or confront her.
• Zhao Tao, Gu Yue, and Na'er graduated and left Shrek Academy for the Spirit Pagoda, while Yun Ming promised to restrain Long Yeyue.

Zhao Tao and the three dragon goddesses advanced their Artificial Soul Spirit research while he rose to prominence in the Spirit Pagoda and planned to use the Qiangu Family against Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect. He then took Gu Yue, Na'er, and Gu Yuena north to the Seven Sacred Abyss, hoping its divine energy would restore Gu Yuena.

• Heavenly Phoenix Douluo comforted Zhao Tao, Gu Yue, and Na'er after Long Yeyue bullied them, and arranged for them to stay on her floor at the Spirit Pagoda.
• Long Yeyue used Tang Sect channels to obstruct Tang Wulin and his friends, while Zhao Tao urged Tang Wulin to endure and Tang Wulin reported that Yue Zhengyu had died in prison and been buried in a public cemetery.
• After six months, Zhao Tao announced a breakthrough in Thousand-Year Artificial Soul Spirits, publicly advanced to Soul Saint and Three-Word Battle Armor Master, and became one of the Spirit Pagoda's four great Spirit Envoys.
• Zhao Tao told Gu Yue and Na'er about his plans to use the Qiangu Family against Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, and agreed to spare Yun Ming and Ya Li if he could preserve a wisp of their Divine Sense.
• Zhao Tao led Gu Yue, Na'er, and Gu Yuena north toward the Seven Sacred Abyss to gather the divine energy Gu Yuena needed to recover completely.

Zhao Tao banished the Seven Old Devils into the River of Time and helped Gu Yuena refine the life and destruction powers in the Seven Sacred Abyss. After seven days, Gu Yuena emerged from her dragon egg grown up again, and Zhao Tao prepared to spend time with her.

• Zhao Tao used his million-year Soul Skill, Eternal Banishment, to send the Seven Old Devils into the River of Time.
• Gu Yue and Na'er praised Zhao Tao's Soul Skill, while Gu Yuena began refining the Seven Sacred Abyss's life and destruction powers.
• Gu Yuena transformed into a nine-colored dragon egg and absorbed the remaining energies over seven days as Gu Yue and Na'er concealed the changes.
• Gu Yuena emerged from the shattered egg grown to her former adult appearance.
• Zhao Tao teased Gu Yuena, then took a large bed from his Storage Soul Tool after she said she wanted to experience gaming.

After Gu Yuena helped Zhao Tao reach the Third-Class God level, he gained his first Divine Skill, Furnace of Time, and used it to refine the remaining energy in the Seven Sacred Abyss. The resulting breakthrough gave him hope of growing strong enough to challenge the powerful gods opposing him.

• After three days and nights of gaming, Zhao Tao became Gu Yuena's lover and gained enough power from her to reach the Third-Class God level.
• Zhao Tao's body and Soul Power transformed, his Trinity Soul Core became a Godhead, and he established the Godhood of Time.
• Zhao Tao fused Candle Dragon's crimson-gold Soul Ring with his Spring Autumn Cicada Martial Soul and gained his first Divine Skill, Furnace of Time.
• Zhao Tao used Furnace of Time to refine the remaining life and destruction energy in the Seven Sacred Abyss into Power of Time.
• The Spring Autumn Cicada advanced toward God King level, Zhao Tao's cultivation reached the middle stage of a Third-Class God, and his Innate Soul Power rose to level 22.
• Zhao Tao took Gu Yue, Na'er, and Gu Yuena back to the bedchamber to celebrate his breakthrough.

The Holy Spirit Cult launched a devastating assault that destroyed Shrek City and the Tang Sect headquarters, while Yun Ming died protecting some Shrek disciples. Zhao Tao rescued the survivors and brought them to the Spirit Pagoda, where they began questioning his newfound strength.

• The Holy Spirit Cult attacked Shrek City with strategic Soul Guidance Cannonballs, and hidden Evil Soul Masters detonated bombs throughout the outer district, killing countless civilians.
• Yun Ming used the Golden Ancient Tree and burned his Godhood to block the Level 12 God-Slaying Heaven and Earth Destroyer, but Shrek Academy and Shrek City were erased, and another Level 12 cannonball destroyed the Tang Sect headquarters.
• A Level 9 cannonball threatened Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Wu Sidu, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Xiaoyan, but Zhao Tao appeared and refined it with a silver furnace.
• Zhao Tao assured Tang Wulin that Teacher Wu was safe, then used Divine Power to take the survivors to the Spirit Pagoda while Na'er sealed Yun Ming's remnant soul.
• Zhao Tao released the survivors in his laboratory's secret chamber, where they questioned him about his strength.

Zhao Tao brought the rescued companions into the Spirit Pagoda and then traveled with Gu Yue, Na'er, and Gu Yuena to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to seize its treasures. After they entered, he confronted its six plant-type ferocious beasts and prepared to refine them with his Divine Ring.

• Zhao Tao explained that his strength had reached roughly the level of a Limit Douluo and a Four-word Battle Armor Master.
• Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Ye Xinglan, Wu Sidu, Yuanen Yehui, and the others agreed to leave the Tang Sect and join the Spirit Pagoda.
• Zhao Tao completed their Spirit Pagoda identities and decided to claim the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before the Tang Sect could exploit it.
• Zhao Tao brought Gu Yue, Na'er, and Gu Yuena to Sunset Forest and used Divine Power to pass through the poisonous mist surrounding the well.
• The six plant-type ferocious beasts confronted the group, and Zhao Tao announced that he would refine them as nourishment for his Spring Autumn Cicada Martial Soul.

Zhao Tao used the Furnace of Time to refine the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ remnant souls, the seven ferocious beasts, and most of the treasures at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. After absorbing the Dragon Kings’ corpses, he advanced to the early stage of a second-rank god, with combat strength approaching that of a first-rank god.

• Zhao Tao activated the Furnace of Time and began refining the seven ferocious beasts, including the Hunyuan Immortal Herb, despite their pleas for mercy.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty called for help, and the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ remnant souls emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to confront Zhao Tao.
• Zhao Tao pulled the Dragon Kings’ remnant souls into the Furnace of Time and refined them along with the seven ferocious beasts and nearly all the nearby treasures, keeping the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Zhao Tao used the Time Burial Sword to destroy the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, exposing the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King’s corpses beneath it.
• Zhao Tao refined the dragon corpses, evolving his Spring Autumn Cicada Martial Soul and raising his Innate Soul Power to rank 24.
• Zhao Tao advanced to the early stage of a second-rank god, and his combat strength reached the level of the weakest first-rank god.

Zhao Tao returned to the Spirit Pagoda and gave Gu Yue and Na'er the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to heal their lingering injuries. After the flower purged the former Asura God's negative energy, both recovered their Divine King-level cultivation, leaving Zhao Tao's side with three Divine King-level forces as they celebrated together.

• Zhao Tao brought the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to Gu Yue and Na'er and explained its healing power.
• Gu Yue and Na'er each offered blood to the flower, which split into two halves for them to consume.
• The Lovesick Heartbreak Red expelled the former Asura God's negative energy from their bodies and restored their cultivation to the Divine King level.
• Na'er, Gu Yue, and Gu Yuena thanked Zhao Tao, and the group celebrated together.

Zhao Tao fused his second divine ring and gained Era Annihilation, then exposed the Qiangu Family’s collusion with the Holy Spirit Cult and attacked its territory. After killing Qiangu Dongfeng, he began destroying the rest of the family as Gu Yue sealed the area.

• Zhao Tao absorbed the crimson-gold divine ring and gained the single-target killing skill Era Annihilation.
• Zhao Tao released a recording of Qiangu Dongfeng and the Spirit Pagoda conspiring with the Holy Spirit Cult, turning the continent against the Qiangu Family.
• Zhao Tao arrived at the Qiangu Family’s territory with Gu Yue, Na'er, and Gu Yuena, while Gu Yue sealed the area to prevent anyone from escaping.
• Qiangu Dongfeng attacked Zhao Tao, but Zhao Tao used Era Annihilation to age him into ash.
• Zhao Tao unleashed the power of an era’s end across the Qiangu Family’s territory to exterminate its remaining members.

Zhao Tao destroyed the Qiangu Family, purged and reorganized the Spirit Pagoda into the Douluo Great Love Family Alliance, and brought soul beasts into its ranks. With the alliance established and its artificial Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Soul technology announced, he set out with Gu Yue, Na'er, and Gu Yuena to begin unifying Douluo at the Sun Moon Federation’s War God Hall.

• Zhao Tao tortured Qiangu Zhangting before killing him with the Power of Era Termination, completing the destruction of the Qiangu Family.
• Zhao Tao showed the Spirit Pagoda’s leaders footage of the destruction and purged those deeply tied to the Qiangu Family.
• Zhao Tao reorganized the Spirit Pagoda as the Douluo Great Love Family Alliance and announced that Di Tian, Xiong Jun, Bi Ji, and Zi Ji had joined it.
• Zhao Tao named Gu Yue, Na'er, and Gu Yuena rotating alliance leaders, with Di Tian and Leng Yaozhu as deputy alliance leaders.
• Zhao Tao announced artificial Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Soul technology and headed with Gu Yue, Na'er, and Gu Yuena to the Sun Moon Federation’s War God Hall.

Zhao Tao arrived in Mingdu and challenged the War God Hall to secure its submission to the Douluo Great Love Family Alliance. After defeating its leaders and War Gods with ease, he appointed them to alliance posts and ordered them to reorganize the Sun Moon Federation.

• Zhao Tao called on the War God Hall to join his alliance, and Hall Master Chen Xinjie invited him inside for talks.
• Chen Xinjie offered to lead the War God Hall into the alliance if Zhao Tao defeated him, Guan Yue, and the eighteen War Gods.
• The War God Hall’s twenty fighters attacked Zhao Tao, but he erased their assault with Eternal Banishment and immobilized them with Silent Flow of Time.
• Chen Xinjie, Guan Yue, and the War Gods knelt and submitted to Zhao Tao.
• Zhao Tao appointed Chen Xinjie as one of the alliance’s seven great elders, Guan Yue as one of its eighteen great heavenly kings, and the remaining War Gods as protectors.
• Zhao Tao ordered the War God Hall to reorganize the Sun Moon Federation and arrest Soul Masters who refused to join the alliance.

Zhao Tao absorbed the War God Hall's small world to strengthen himself, then ordered its former members to bring the Sun Moon Federation into the Douluo Great Love Family Alliance. After crushing opposition and reorganizing the federation, he traveled with Gu Yue, Na'er, and Gu Yuena to the Star Luo Empire to extend the alliance's reach.

• Zhao Tao rewarded Chen Xinjie and the former War God Hall members with ten years of additional life and ordered them to secure the Sun Moon Federation's submission.
• Zhao Tao refined the War God Hall's small world in the Furnace of Time, absorbed its Power of Time, and advanced to the middle stage of a second-rank god.
• Zhao Tao announced artificial Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirits and established reward and punishment rules for the alliance.
• Chen Xinjie and the others brought the Sun Moon Federation into the alliance, while Zhao Tao imprisoned or eliminated its opponents and suppressed a restoration plot backed by the Holy Spirit Cult.
• After a month of reorganization, Zhao Tao left Leng Yaozhu and Di Tian in charge and traveled with Gu Yue, Na'er, and Gu Yuena to the Star Luo Empire's Imperial Palace.

Zhao Tao forced the Star Luo Empire to join the Douluo Great Love Family Alliance after killing En Ci and threatening Dai Tianling. He stripped Dai Tianling of his throne, appointed him a heavenly king, and left him responsible for integrating the empire into the alliance.

• Zhao Tao demanded that Dai Tianling join the Douluo Great Love Family Alliance and offered him a position as one of its eighteen great heavenly kings.
• En Ci attacked Zhao Tao, who used Fleeting Bloom to age the Limit Douluo a hundred years and kill him in seconds.
• Zhao Tao accused En Ci of colluding with the Holy Spirit Cult and warned Dai Tianling not to oppose him.
• Dai Tianling agreed to join the alliance, and Zhao Tao knocked off his crown and declared him a heavenly king instead of an emperor.
• Zhao Tao ordered Dai Tianling to integrate the Star Luo Empire into the alliance and threatened him with En Ci's fate if he disobeyed.
• Zhao Tao increased the lifespans of Dai Tianling and the Star Luo Empire's consecrators by five years, earning their renewed enthusiasm to serve him.

Zhao Tao used the Five Gods Duel to subdue the Star Luo Empire, then brought the Dou Ling Empire into the Douluo Great Love Family Alliance, giving the Alliance preliminary control over the Douluo Planet. He left the surviving Tang Sect forces as his next target while he strengthened himself with resources taken from the newly united powers.

• Dai Tianling proposed a live Five Gods Duel to win over the Star Luo Empire, and Zhao Tao approved it with a deadline to finish that afternoon.
• Zhao Tao defeated the Star Luo Empire's challengers in all five rounds, killing Huang Zhengyang, Zhang Geyang, and En Ci while sparing Tong Yu.
• Dai Tianling announced the Star Luo Empire's entry into the Alliance and the royal family's dissolution; Zhao Tao purged the Green Skull Organization, the Tang Sect's Star Luo branch, and other opponents.
• Two weeks later, Zhao Tao subdued the Dou Ling Empire, and Xue Yuntian declared its membership in the Alliance.
• Zhao Tao left the surviving Tang Sect leaders and fighters for a later confrontation while he used the newly acquired resources to improve himself.

Zhao Tao refined vast resources to strengthen his Spring Autumn Cicada Martial Soul, then destroyed Tang Sect Headquarters and ordered his subordinates to eliminate its remaining branches. After sparing those who renounced Tang San, including Wu Changkong, he summoned Yuanen Yehui rather than immediately attacking the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Zhao Tao used the Furnace of Time to refine resources from several treasuries, raising his cultivation and strengthening his Spring Autumn Cicada Martial Soul.
• Zhao Tao brought Gu Yuena, Gu Yue, and Na'er to Tang Sect Headquarters in Heaven Dou City and refined the headquarters and its disciples.
• Zhao Tao repeatedly decayed and restored Zang Xin and Long Yeyue until their spirits collapsed, then destroyed their bodies and true spirits.
• Zhao Tao assigned his followers to wipe out Tang Sect's hidden branches, while sparing those who rejected Tang San and joined the Douluo Great Love Family Alliance, including Wu Changkong.
• Zhao Tao left the Holy Spirit Cult for later and summoned Yuanen Yehui.

Zhao Tao summoned Yuanen Yehui’s future demon seed to open passages to the Demon Plane, then defeated Demon King Alba and Demon Emperor Baltan. He and Gu Yue, Na'er, and Gu Yuena entered the Demon Plane, where Zhao Tao prepared to refine the plane and its River of Time to advance toward first-rank god.

• Zhao Tao used Yuanen Yehui’s aura and the River of Time to summon her future self, whose sprouting demon seed opened nine passages to the Demon Plane.
• Demon King Alba led tens of thousands of demons through the passages, but Zhao Tao refined them with his Furnace of Time and absorbed their Power of Time.
• Zhao Tao took Yue'er, Na'er, and Yuena through the passage into the Demon Plane and sensed the Demon Emperor Baltan at its center.
• Demon Emperor Baltan attacked Zhao Tao, but Zhao Tao suppressed and refined him despite the Demon Plane’s power and its suppression of Zhao Tao.
• Zhao Tao activated his seventh and eighth soul rings as he prepared to refine the Demon Plane and its River of Time.

Zhao Tao refined the Demon Plane’s River of Time and consumed the entire plane, greatly increasing his cultivation and combat strength. After celebrating with Gu Yue, Na’er, and Gu Yuena, he prepared to deal with the Holy Spirit Cult before the Blood God Legion.

• Zhao Tao refined the Demon Plane’s River of Time, evolving his Spring Autumn Cicada Martial Soul, advancing his cultivation, and awakening Causal Erasure.
• Zhao Tao used Furnace of Time to devour the Demon Plane, reaching the peak of a first-rank god and late-stage Quasi-God King combat strength.
• Zhao Tao returned to the Douluo Continent with Gu Yue, Na’er, and Gu Yuena and celebrated at the headquarters of the Douluo Great Love Family Alliance.
• Zhao Tao prepared to unify the remaining two forces and chose to target the Holy Spirit Cult first.

Zhao Tao destroyed the Holy Spirit Cult’s main strongholds, dealt with its surviving leaders, and brought the Blood God Legion under the Douluo Great Love Family Alliance. With control of the continent secured, he prepared to confront the Abyss and the Abyssal Sage King.

• Zhao Tao spared Lan Fozi, Leng Yulai, and Na Nali, while he imprisoned the Demon Empress and punished the other Holy Spirit Cult members in the Furnace of Time.
• Zhao Tao restored Leng Yulai’s martial soul, imprisoned her under lenient conditions, and made Na Nali a protector of the alliance; Lan Fozi joined as one of its seven great elders.
• The alliance wiped out most Holy Spirit Cult branches, while Zhao Tao identified the Abyss, Tang Hao and Ah Yin, and Tang San and the Divine Realm as threats still facing Douluo Continent.
• Zhao Tao confronted Blood One, Cao Dezhi, who rejected his account of Tang San’s crimes and attacked him, so Zhao Tao sent him into the Furnace of Time.
• The other Blood Gods denounced the Tang Sect and joined the alliance as protectors, leaving Zhao Tao in control of the continent’s internal forces.
• Zhao Tao prepared to face the Abyss and the Abyssal Sage King, whom he viewed as an opportunity to advance his power.