Chapter Summaries

Luo Ze fought the Old Demons who had summoned him, resisting their combined powers with his Four-word Battle Armor, Holy Radiance Silver Dragon. Lust recognized that his lack of emotional response suggested something unusual about his humanity, and Luo Ze realized the Old Demons had seen through his concealment.

• Luo Ze rejected the Old Demons’ offer to end the trial and challenged Devouring Old Demon to an open fight.
• Luo Ze’s Holy Radiance Silver Dragon repelled Devouring Old Demon’s power, while the other Old Demons secretly tried to influence him and were nearly struck by backlash.
• Lust told Nightmare Old Demon that Luo Ze’s unusual nature concerned his human nature, and Nightmare reacted fearfully to the possibility of a human still existing after the God Realm’s departure.
• Lust asked Luo Ze how much humanity he had left and explained that his complete lack of emotion while facing his former lover had raised her suspicions.
• Luo Ze understood that the seven seniors had seen through his long-kept concealment.

Luo Ze defeated the Seven Old Demons in the trial and returned to Gu Yue Na and his companions. As they prepared to leave Devil Island, a fat Old Demon asked to speak with Luo Ze privately, and Gu Yue Na demanded a guarantee of his safety.

• The Seven Old Demons agreed to surrender rather than fight Luo Ze, but Luo Ze asked to battle anyway so he could use the Holy Radiance Silver Dragon; Nightmare Old Demon took the beating.
• Nightmare Old Demon escorted Luo Ze back to Gu Yue Na, Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie, and explained that the demons had underestimated Luo Ze because they doubted the Shrek members' claims about his strength.
• Luo Ze asked to leave Devil Island, and Nightmare Old Demon prepared to activate the spatial array.
• Lust and a fat Old Demon stopped Nightmare, and the fat Old Demon asked to speak privately with Luo Ze.
• Gu Yue Na insisted that the fat Old Demon guarantee Luo Ze's safety and threatened to destroy Devil Island if anything happened to him.

After the trial on Devil Island ended, Greed Old Demon warned the others to leave Luo Ze alone, and The Five Little Ones headed back toward Shrek Academy on Luo Ze’s Holy Radiance Kirin form. Along the way, Luo Ze explained how he had recognized Lust Old Demon’s disguise, leaving Gu Yue Na embarrassed and Xie Xie amused.

• Gu Yue Na confronted Lust Old Demon about the trial, while Luo Ze reassured her and Greed Old Demon spoke privately with Luo Ze.
• Greed Old Demon returned gravely and told the other Old Demons not to disturb or investigate Luo Ze.
• With their spaceship short on fuel, The Five Little Ones asked Luo Ze to carry them home as a Holy Radiance Kirin.
• Gu Yue Na asked how Luo Ze had recognized Lust Old Demon disguised as her, and he said he had called her Na'er and knew Gu Yue Na would not need to seduce him.
• Xie Xie teased Gu Yue Na, who blushed and threatened to halve his wedding gift when he married Yuanen Yehui.

Luo Ze returned to Shrek Academy with Gu Yue Na and the others after Old Demon Greed asked him to help restore Devil Island. There, Tang Wulin learned his parents had been attacked, and Luo Ze began to suspect they had a hidden connection or occupation.

• Old Demon Greed asked Luo Ze to reconnect or recreate Devil Island, and Luo Ze said he would examine it before deciding.
• After Luo Ze and the others left, Greed asked Sloth how a hopeless situation could be turned around, and Sloth suggested creating something new from scratch.
• The Five Little Ones returned to Shrek Academy, where Heaven Phoenix Douluo told Tang Wulin that the Titled Douluo guarding his parents had been killed and his parents had suffered minor injuries.
• Tang Wulin hurried with Heaven Phoenix Douluo toward the West Suburbs of Shrek City to join Elder Long and Holy Spirit Douluo.
• Luo Ze questioned why Tang Wulin's ordinary parents had been guarded by Titled Douluo and wondered if they had another reason for being targeted.

Luo Ze and his companions investigated the attack on Tang Wulin’s parents, then visited them in the hospital and learned more about the secret the Holy Spirit Cult had sought. Tang Ziran prepared to discuss the dangerous object with Luo Ze, whom he trusted to protect it.

• Luo Ze judged that the Holy Spirit Cult had attacked Tang Wulin’s parents to obtain something valuable, and he and his companions hurried to the West Suburbs.
• After inspecting the crime-scene evidence, Xu Xiaoyan asked to move her family to Shrek City, and Luo Ze agreed; Xie Xie went to arrange for his family to relocate too.
• Luo Ze and his companions visited Tang Wulin’s parents in the hospital and found them physically recovered but shaken by the attack.
• Tang Ziran reminisced about Luo Ze and Na’er, and Luo Ze revealed that Na’er had returned and that they were married.
• After playful teasing about Luo Ze’s childhood heartbreak, Luo Ze asked Tang Ziran about the matter behind the attack.
• Tang Ziran trusted Luo Ze to protect and use the dangerous object, which he believed could advance humanity’s technology.

Luo Ze organized Shrek and the Spirit Pagoda to seek Federation support against the Holy Spirit Cult, then visited Tang Wulin’s recovered parents to learn why they had been targeted. Tang Ziran revealed their secret was tied to a joint Federation and Spirit Pagoda experiment into God-tier Battle Armor.

• Luo Ze warned Tang Wulin to stay alert and promised to strengthen security against the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Luo Ze convened Spirit Pagoda and Shrek leaders, and they discussed the difficulty of finding and eradicating the hidden Holy Spirit Cult.
• Luo Ze proposed asking Mo Lan and the Dove Faction to help coordinate a cleanup in cities under their administration.
• A week later, Luo Ze visited Tang Ziran and Lang Yue and used his Time Domain to ensure their conversation could not be overheard.
• Tang Ziran told Luo Ze and Tang Wulin that the Holy Spirit Cult had hunted them over a secret experiment on God-tier Battle Armor, which could let its wearer surpass the Limit Douluo level restriction.

Tang Ziran explained to Luo Ze how the Federation’s God-tier Battle Armor project had stalled because it lacked suitable materials and candidates. He began describing the two conditions needed to make the armor, leaving the second condition unrevealed.

• Tang Ziran recalled that researchers had spent five years designing God-tier Battle Armor but could not find materials capable of supporting it.
• Tang Ziran told the commander-in-chief that the project also lacked a suitable Soul Master, and the commander-in-chief warned the researchers against failure.
• Tang Ziran explained to Luo Ze that the project’s failure involved more than missing materials and candidates because creating the armor was exceptionally difficult.
• Luo Ze asked what kind of person could create God-tier Battle Armor, and Tang Ziran stated the first condition: the person needed the potential to become a god and the strength of a Limit Douluo and Four-word Battle Armor Master.

Luo Ze accepted a challenge to complete a God-tier Battle Armor blueprint after revealing he had personally made his own Four-word Battle Armor and mastered the required Second Professions. At a Sea God Pavilion meeting, the experts found the blueprint incomplete and its materials unavailable, leaving them without a safe path forward.

• Tang Ziran explained that creating God-tier Battle Armor required reaching god-tier in design, forging, and crafting, in addition to meeting its other demanding conditions.
• Luo Ze revealed that he had personally made his Four-word Battle Armor and was skilled in the three major Second Professions, so Tang Ziran entrusted him with the unfinished God-tier blueprint.
• Luo Ze asked Tang Ziran and Lang Yue for guidance on the crafting process, but they admitted they had no practical ideas or experience to offer.
• Luo Ze returned to the Sea God Pavilion and convened a meeting to discuss how to complete the blueprint.
• Elder Frost praised the blueprint's bold vision, while Zhen Hua pointed out that its core design was missing and its listed metals could no longer be found.
• Yun Ming asked whether there was any way to proceed, but the experts warned that the blueprint and scarce materials made it too risky to use Luo Ze as an experiment.

Luo Ze and the others discussed how to begin crafting God-tier Battle Armor, while Zhen Hua said Luo Ze’s bloodline would be crucial. At the Spirit Pagoda, a black shadow took over Qian Gu Dieting’s body and, posing as him, requested a meeting with Pagoda Master Luo.

• Elder Long and Long Yeyue worried that the God-tier Battle Armor research could push the Dove Faction toward dangerous advances.
• Zhen Hua said the crafting process required special Rare Metals and that Luo Ze’s bloodline would strongly influence the metal.
• A black shadow urged Qian Gu Dieting to act against Luo Ze, but Qian Gu Dieting refused to join its scheme and prepared to fight.
• The black shadow possessed Qian Gu Dieting, took control of his body, and ordered a subordinate to ask Pagoda Master Luo for a meeting.

Luo Ze met Qian Gu Dieting, who revealed himself as Third Sequence and warned that three cities had fallen to his conquest. Third Sequence vanished, leaving Luo Ze badly injured and North City as the only city still unconquered.

• Luo Ze met Qian Gu Dieting in Shrek City after Tang Wulin and Elder Long warned him to be cautious.
• Qian Gu Dieting dismissed Tang Wulin and used the Divine Realm’s specialized language to identify Luo Ze as First Sequence and himself as Third Sequence.
• Luo Ze sent Tang Wulin outside and confronted Third Sequence, who said he had come to give him information.
• Third Sequence showed Luo Ze a letter marking east, south, and west with crosses, then said North City was the only city he had not conquered.
• Luo Ze attacked Third Sequence, but his Mist body evaded him and vanished; Tang Wulin rushed in to find Luo Ze clutching his heart and bleeding golden blood.

After learning that the Qian Gu Family had betrayed the Federation and that North City was the Third Sequence’s next target, Luo Ze and his allies coordinated with the Federation instead of acting alone. Tang Wulin promised to share intelligence, but privately resolved to keep Luo Ze out of danger.

• Tang Wulin helped Luo Ze recover and escorted him back to the laboratory, where Luo Ze shared the intelligence about the Qian Gu Family’s betrayal.
• Long Yeyue urged an immediate strike, but Elder Long warned that acting without Federation authority could worsen the situation.
• Long Yeyue contacted Mo Lan, who asked for time to consult the Federation; she then sent personnel to investigate the Qian Gu Family’s villa.
• After medicine eased Luo Ze’s condition, he told Tang Wulin that North City was the Third Sequence’s next target and asked to be informed of any intelligence.
• Tang Wulin agreed outwardly but privately decided not to put Luo Ze in danger, believing the continent and his own life could not lose him.

East City, West City, and South City fell to the foreign creatures in half a month, forcing the Federation to plan a major counterattack. Luo Ze recovered in Shrek City, but his companions refused to let him join the front lines as doubts grew about the enemy’s supposed weakness to Divine Power.

• The Federation learned that the foreign creatures had captured East City, West City, and South City, and that the creatures now fought with coordinated strategy.
• Chen Xin Jie urged the Federation to send its strongest fighters to the border and warned that anyone opposing the plan would be challenging the Temple of War God and the Vast Sea Legion.
• Chen Xin Jie recommended contacting the Spirit Pagoda, Shrek, and the Tang Sect to request Kirin Douluo’s help, while Mo Lan agreed to visit Shrek City and invite Luo Ze.
• After a week of recuperation, Luo Ze’s condition stabilized, but Gu Yue Na and the others refused to let him return to the front lines.
• Xie Xie worried about the enemy’s rapid advance, and Tang Wulin questioned whether Divine Power truly remained their weakness.

Luo Ze recognized that the Third Sequence was trying to wear him down and prepared to risk his life to secure victory for Gu Yue Na and the Soul Beast Clan. After the leaders declared support for Chen Xin Jie’s proposal, Luo Ze gave humanity three days to settle its affairs before gathering at North City to fight.

• Luo Ze understood that the Third Sequence wanted to exhaust him and planned to force a one-for-one exchange if it attacked.
• After the battle report from Mingdu arrived, Elder Long and Long Yeyue urged Luo Ze to publicly support Chen Xin Jie’s proposal.
• Luo Ze ordered Tang Wulin to issue a declaration, and the leaders of the Spirit Pagoda, Shrek, and the Tang Sect announced their support.
• Soul Masters and representatives from across the Douluo Continent gathered at the Federation and argued over whether to fight or protect their families.
• Luo Ze gave everyone three days to settle their affairs and told those willing to fight to assemble at North City.

After the conference, Luo Ze agreed to stay behind and recover while reinforcements headed to the front lines. At North City, Yu Ningmeng learned that help was coming, though Heaven Dou Continent and Star Luo Continent could not arrive immediately.

• Luo Ze left the conference hall, and Gu Yue Na and the other representatives followed him as the factions agreed to send reinforcements.
• Tang Wulin, Gu Yue Na, and Elder Long persuaded Luo Ze to remain behind because of his injuries and his role in stabilizing the troops.
• Luo Ze reminded Gu Yue Na to use his Pocket Watch and asked her not to remove her ring before she departed with the others.
• Luo Ze returned to his hospital room to recover and continue researching God-tier Battle Armor.
• At North City, Yu Ningmeng reviewed the casualties and learned that the Federation, Heaven Dou Continent, and Star Luo Continent were sending forces, though the latter two could not provide immediate support.

Yu Ningmeng welcomed the Federation’s reinforcements to North City and searched for Luo Ze, only to learn from Gu Yue Na that he was her husband. After Yu Ningmeng briefed the group on the enemy, Elder Long revealed that Divine Power had failed to stop the creatures when the three great cities fell.

• Yu Ningmeng reviewed the list of reinforcements and wondered why Luo Ze was not among them.
• Elder Long led the reinforcements to North City, where Yu Ningmeng greeted him and the other representatives.
• Yu Ningmeng asked after Luo Ze, and Gu Yue Na revealed that he was her husband.
• Yu Ningmeng credited Luo Ze with helping North City endure, explaining that he had promised the city could not fall while its clock tower remained intact.
• Yu Ningmeng showed the reinforcements recordings of the battles and warned that the enemy’s mind-controlling gas was difficult to guard against.
• Elder Long told Yu Ningmeng that Divine Power had been ineffective when the three great cities fell.

The Federation questioned reports that Divine Power had stopped restraining the creatures beyond the border, then launched a coordinated counterattack. Divine Power worked at North City’s front, but the Holy Spirit Cult sent Black Empress and Dark Hummingbird to confront Yun Ming and Ya Li.

• Elder Long explained South City’s fall and reports from the other cities, prompting the Federation to deploy its forces to establish defensive lines.
• The Federation began its counterattack with Elder Long and Chen Xin Jie leading the forces, while the Holy Spirit Cult discussed luring Luo Ze’s Holy Radiance Silver Dragon into battle.
• Elder Long sent Yue Zhengyu’s grandfather to test Divine Power at the front, where it proved effective against the creatures beyond the border.
• Long Yeyue sent Yun Ming and Ya Li to support the front lines as the Federation advanced toward reclaiming West City.
• Hades ordered Black Empress and Dark Hummingbird to attack Yun Ming and Ya Li, and the two set out for the first battlefield.

After West City was reclaimed, Yu Guan Zhi visited the recovering Luo Ze to ask him to place Spirit Pagoda, Shrek, and Tang Sect under Yu’s command. Luo Ze refused, citing the factions’ independence and his suspicions about the Federation, and challenged Yu over the earlier missiles.

• The Douluo Federation retook West City after nearly a month of fighting, though the creatures from beyond the borders withdrew outside the city rather than being eliminated.
• Mo Lan ordered Yu Guan Zhi to visit Luo Ze and commend him for the victory.
• Yu Guan Zhi told Luo Ze that West City had been reclaimed and asked him to grant Yu command authority over Spirit Pagoda, Shrek, and Tang Sect.
• Luo Ze said he could not decide for the three factions and advised Yu to persuade them directly on the battlefield.
• Yu Guan Zhi threatened Luo Ze, but Luo Ze refused and raised his suspicions about spies from the Third Sequence and the missiles from before.

Yu Guan Zhi tried to bring the three parties under Federation command and reclaim the Eternal Heaven Kingdom, but Luo Ze rejected his demands and sent him away. Yu Guan Zhi left without learning whether the three parties intended to become independent, and worried that he had alienated the continent’s greatest blacksmith.

• Luo Ze challenged Yu Guan Zhi over the Federation’s failure to explain how the Holy Spirit Cult had obtained missiles to attack Shrek City.
• Yu Guan Zhi demanded that Luo Ze obey unified command, while Luo Ze asked whether the demand came from the Federation or the Hawk Faction alone.
• Yu Guan Zhi offered the three parties vice speaker and councilor positions in exchange for control, but Luo Ze refused the deal.
• Luo Ze told Yu Guan Zhi to leave and prove his authority at the front lines, so Yu Guan Zhi fled the hospital room.
• Yu Guan Zhi reflected that he had failed to test the three parties’ independence plans and feared losing access to Luo Ze’s Four-word Battle Armor craftsmanship.

Yu Guan Zhi tried to unite the faction leaders and army commanders defending North City, but they argued over who should lead. Yu Ningmeng recommended Luo Ze, while the commanders resisted, and Elder Long claimed the command for himself.

• Yu Guan Zhi gathered the leaders at the front lines, where the army commanders and the major organizations argued over who should command their forces.
• Yu Guan Zhi redirected the debate to Yu Ningmeng, who recommended Luo Ze as the most suitable commander.
• The army commanders objected to bringing in Luo Ze, citing his poor health while privately fearing he would take command away from them.
• The Northern Army Group commander challenged Elder Long to offer a solution, and Elder Long directly claimed the position of commander.

The military leaders and factions debated how to advance against the outside creatures, while Dark Hummingbird and the Black Empress awaited an order to counterattack. At the supply depot, Gu Yue Na threatened a rebellious Soul Beast force, and the meeting ended with Yu Guan Zhi rejecting Elder Long’s proposal for another surprise attack.

• Yu Guan Zhi dismissed the corps commander’s earlier outburst as a joke and postponed the choice of commander-in-chief while the military discussed proposals.
• Dark Hummingbird and the Black Empress returned injured, and their allies treated their defeat as bait while Hades warned that Luo Ze might exceed the Third Sequence’s strength.
• Gu Yue Na reviewed the supply manifest and ordered Di Tian to warn a resistant Soul Beast force that she would destroy its entire race if it disobeyed again.
• Di Tian left to seek Luo Ze’s advice after failing to persuade Gu Yue Na to reconsider.
• Yu Guan Zhi urged a cautious advance on South City, while Elder Long argued for another surprise attack; Yu Guan Zhi rejected the proposal as too risky.