Chapter Summaries

Ghost Emperor tried to break through Shrek City's defenses and kill Ya Li, while Qian Gu Dong Feng and Yun Ming fought to stop the Holy Spirit Cult's leaders. Ya Li's healing and the Golden Ancient Tree repelled Ghost Emperor, who remained locked in battle with Qian Gu Dong Feng as Demon Empress kept Yun Ming occupied.

• Ghost Emperor recognized Ya Li as the source of Shrek City's healing and attacked Qian Gu Dong Feng while threatening him over their past agreement.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng denied any alliance with the Holy Spirit Cult and fought Ghost Emperor, who used their clash as a feint to rush toward the Sea God Pavilion.
• Ghost Emperor unleashed the Ten Thousand Souls Devouring Heart attack at Ya Li, but the Golden Ancient Tree blocked his strike and Yun Ming's spear intent briefly immobilized him.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng drove Ghost Emperor away from Shrek City and continued fighting him in the skies beyond the outer city.
• Demon Empress intensified her assault to keep Yun Ming occupied while watching a corner of Shrek City with anticipation.

Su Qiu arrived in the middle of Shrek City’s battle and struck the Ghost Emperor with enough force to smash his skull into a crater outside the city. He declared a change of opponent and prepared to face the enemy who had failed to kill him before.

• Yun Ming realized the Demon Empress was stalling him while the God-Slaying Soul Guide Cannon threatened Shrek City, and he held back in case another Quasi-God appeared.
• Zang Xin used his strange Soul Skills to frustrate Ha Luosa and evade his attacks.
• Wu Changkong kept Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, and the other students sheltered in Sea God Pavilion while the battle raged across the city.
• Su Qiu arrived above Shrek City, surveyed the three battles, and charged at the Ghost Emperor.
• Su Qiu shattered the Ghost Emperor’s bone shield, punched through his skull, and stomped him back into a crater outside the city.
• Su Qiu told the Ghost Emperor, who recognized him in shock, that they were changing opponents.

Su Qiu overwhelmed the Ghost Emperor with his newly revealed strength, shrugging off the Law of Death before using the Sword of Promised Victory to bombard him with Light Cannons. The Ghost Emperor was left badly damaged and struggling to evade as Su Qiu continued firing without pause.

• Su Qiu endured the Ghost Emperor’s bone-spears and bone-fragment tornado, then battered his skull apart with repeated punches.
• The Ghost Emperor invoked the Law of Death against Su Qiu, but Avalon left Su Qiu unaffected.
• Su Qiu resumed his close-range assault and repeatedly struck the Ghost Emperor’s origin nodes.
• Su Qiu drew the Sword of Promised Victory and blasted the Ghost Emperor with a Light Cannon, destroying half his body and flattening a mountain.
• The Ghost Emperor teleported and reassembled himself, but Su Qiu kept firing Light Cannons until the Ghost Emperor’s Soul Fire dimmed and his flight faltered.

Su Qiu and the Shrek defenders turned the battle against the Holy Spirit Cult, but Demon Empress revealed a hidden attacker above Shrek City. As Yun Ming and Su Qiu moved to stop him, two God-Slaying Soul Guide Cannons began detonating over Shrek Academy and Tang Sect headquarters.

• Su Qiu chased Ghost Emperor while Zang Xin and Qian Gu Dong Feng teamed up to overwhelm Ha Luosa.
• The Holy Spirit Cult's leaders faltered, and the defenders rallied to counterattack as Yun Ming continued fighting Demon Empress.
• Demon Empress called for her hidden ally, and a powerful blurred figure appeared above Shrek Academy.
• Yun Ming attacked the newcomer with Sky-Piercing, Sun-Shooting, while Su Qiu struck Ghost Emperor and rushed to support him.
• The newcomer ignored their attacks and caused two God-Slaying Soul Guide Cannons above Shrek Academy and Tang Sect headquarters to begin detonating in slow motion.

Two God-Slaying cannon shells detonated over Shrek City, unleashing Destruction Storms that threatened the academy, Tang Sect, and civilians. The Demon Empress and Ha Luosa escaped amid the chaos as Yun Ming and Su Qiu tried to shield Shrek and the city from the blasts.

• Yun Ming wounded the blurry figure, who vanished into the void as the God-Slaying cannons detonated.
• The Demon Empress fled Shrek City, while Ha Luosa sacrificed twelve Skeleton Kings to escape Zang Xin and Qian Gu Dong Feng.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng rushed to protect the Spirit Pagoda branch, and Zang Xin headed for the Tang Sect headquarters.
• Ya Li's barrier failed against the purple Destruction Storm, so Yun Ming drew on the Golden Ancient Tree's life force to defend Shrek's Inner Court.
• Su Qiu opened Avalon above the main urban district and blocked much of the Destruction Storm, but the impact made him tremble violently.

Su Qiu and Yun Ming struggled to contain the God-Slaying Soul Guide Cannon’s destructive storm, but the Golden Ancient Tree suddenly withered and left Yun Ming defenseless. Su Qiu abandoned his protection of the rest of Shrek City to save the Sea God Pavilion, where the storm began destroying the academy and Gu Yue was missing.

• Su Qiu used Avalon to keep the explosion from spreading into Shrek City while Yun Ming endured the storm with the Golden Ancient Tree’s support.
• Zang Xin’s domain and sword net began collapsing as Qian Gu Dong Feng urged him to retreat, but Zang Xin stayed to defend the Tang Sect’s buildings and history.
• The Golden Ancient Tree suddenly lost all its vitality, severing its connection to Yun Ming and leaving him unable to withstand the Destruction Storm.
• Ya Li rushed to Yun Ming as the storm bore down on the Sea God Pavilion, while Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and the others prepared to face it.
• Su Qiu abandoned Avalon’s protection of the rest of Shrek City and arrived at the Sea God Pavilion to protect his friends.
• The storm broke through Yun Ming’s defenses and began dissolving Shrek Academy, and Su Qiu and the others realized Gu Yue was missing.

Gu Yue left the Sea God Pavilion and helped Zang Xin defend the Tang Sect headquarters from the God-Slaying Soul Guide Cannon’s Destruction Storm. She earned his gratitude before he evacuated her and the remaining disciples, leaving the headquarters to be destroyed.

• Xu Xiaoyan panicked when Gu Yue vanished, but Wu Changkong and Yun Ming warned that the destructive aura made searching impossible.
• Gu Yue appeared beside Zang Xin in the Destruction Storm and used precise elemental barriers to reinforce his defenses and redirect the aftershocks.
• Zang Xin was shocked by Gu Yue’s courage and control, then joined his sword light with her barriers to stabilize the defense.
• Gu Yue deliberately appeared exhausted to win Zang Xin’s favor, but the cannon’s core energy surge shattered her barriers and sent her flying.
• Zang Xin opened a spatial rift and evacuated Gu Yue and the remaining Tang Sect disciples as the storm consumed the headquarters and the land beneath it.

Su Qiu protected the Sea God Pavilion from the Destruction Storm, but Shrek City and Shrek Academy were devastated. The survivors gathered among the ruins as Yun Ming thanked Su Qiu, while the Golden Ancient Tree’s withering remained a troubling mystery.

• Na'er stayed beside Su Qiu as Avalon’s barrier withstood the Destruction Storm, and Su Qiu held back her attempts to help.
• After the storm ended, Su Qiu saw that much of Shrek City and nearly all of Shrek Academy had been destroyed, though the Sea God Pavilion and its students had survived.
• Zang Xin and Gu Yue returned, and Gu Yue said she had gone to the Tang Sect during the explosion; Na'er privately called her a poser.
• Su Qiu summoned Xia Xi to treat the gravely weakened Yun Ming, whose Demigod position had shattered after he burned much of his origin to protect Shrek.
• Yun Ming thanked Su Qiu for saving the academy’s children, and Su Qiu remained concerned about the Golden Ancient Tree’s sudden withering.

After the God-Slaying Soul Guide Cannons devastated Shrek City and the Golden Ancient Tree withered, Yun Ming and Su Qiu struggled to identify who had caused it. News of the disaster spread across the continent, leaving Qian Gu Dong Feng hopeful that Yun Ming had died and Chen Xinjie fearing the same.

• Yun Ming told Su Qiu that the Golden Ancient Tree had lost all its life force without warning, despite his contingency plans for the explosion.
• Su Qiu and Yun Ming suspected a powerful hidden enemy or a traitor with access to the Golden Ancient Tree, but neither could explain how it had been drained.
• Survivors stood amid the ruins of Shrek City as the destruction and the Golden Ancient Tree's death became clear.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng learned that Shrek City had been devastated and Yun Ming's fate was unknown, assumed Yun Ming was dead, and began considering countermeasures.
• Chen Xinjie condemned the loss of both God-Slaying Soul Guide Cannons and warned the War Gods that he would punish anyone involved, while fearing Yun Ming had died.

After the God-Slaying Soul Guide Cannon devastated Shrek City, the Holy Spirit Cult’s leaders questioned who had secretly drained the Golden Ancient Tree. As Shrek’s survivors counted their losses, Su Qiu realized he was their only remaining pillar and planned to feign mortal injury to lure their hidden enemies into the open.

• Chen Xinjie ordered an airspace lockdown, summoned the War Gods, and demanded an audit of the Military Department’s Fixed Soul Guide Cannons.
• Ha Luosa celebrated Shrek’s destruction, but the Demon Empress suspected a third party had secretly drained the Golden Ancient Tree, and a black shadow denied doing it.
• Yun Ming organized the survivors into teams to search for survivors, count losses, and establish defenses.
• Ya Li reported that more than seventy percent of Shrek City was destroyed, Tang Sect headquarters was ruined, and Zang Xin was severely injured, while the students survived with few injuries but most teachers and elders had died.
• Su Qiu assessed Shrek’s weakened defenses and decided to pretend he had been fatally injured so hidden enemies would reveal themselves.

Su Qiu pretended that the explosions had left him fatally injured, alarming Na'er, Yun Ming, Ya Li, and the Shrek survivors. As Ya Li struggled to preserve his fading life, Xu Xiaoyan suspected the scene was familiar and directed Yuanen Yehui's attention to Gu Yue beneath the Golden Ancient Tree.

• Su Qiu suppressed his aura, pretended to falter, and collapsed after coughing up blood.
• Na'er caught Su Qiu and cried for him to wake up, while Yun Ming rushed over and found his aura nearly gone and his Soul Core missing.
• Ya Li examined Su Qiu and used her life energy to preserve his faint remaining vitality, but could not detect a Soul Core.
• The gathered Shrek survivors panicked as Ya Li's grave reaction suggested Su Qiu's injuries were beyond saving.
• Xu Xiaoyan quietly told Yuanen Yehui that the scene looked familiar, then directed her to Gu Yue beneath the Golden Ancient Tree.

Su Qiu pretended to be near death to lure the hidden enemy into attacking, while Gu Yue saw through his act. After the expected attackers failed to appear, Gu Yue came to his bedside and kissed him, making him drop the pretense.

• Gu Yue stayed calm as Su Qiu was carried to the Sea God Pavilion Ruins, and Xu Xiaoyan told Yuanen Yehui that Su Qiu was acting.
• Ya Li treated Su Qiu while Yun Ming kept watch, and Zang Xin pointed out that Su Qiu's condition was suspiciously stable.
• Su Qiu wondered why no hidden enemy had attacked, despite Shrek City's weakened survivors.
• A student reported an approaching Titled Douluo-level presence, and Gu Yue entered Su Qiu's tent.
• Gu Yue pinched Su Qiu's nose and kissed him, prompting him to open his eyes and stop pretending.

Su Qiu played dead to draw out the force testing whether he had survived, but three Abyss Emperors arrived and attacked Shrek’s weakened defenders. As they focused on his tent to confirm whether he was alive, Su Qiu recognized them and wondered how they had entered the world.

• Su Qiu continued pretending to be near death while Yun Ming reported that a Titled Douluo-level intruder had fled without showing their face.
• A student detected Limit Douluo-level auras approaching from three directions, and Yun Ming ordered everyone to retreat to Sea God Pavilion’s core area.
• Three figures confronted Yun Ming and demanded to know where Su Qiu was, then one struck Yun Ming and forced him back, injured.
• The figure in the middle asked whether Su Qiu was dead, and all three Quasi-Gods locked their auras onto his tent.
• Su Qiu recognized the three intruders as Abyss Emperors and wondered where they had come from.

Su Qiu pretended to be near death while three Abyss Emperors investigated him, and Na'er tried to protect his tent. Just as the men confirmed his apparent condition, a mysterious woman with six Golden Soul Rings appeared before him, radiating an aura above God Rank.

• Na'er blocked three Quasi-Gods from approaching Su Qiu's tent and deflected one man's attack with a faint golden glow.
• When an Abyss Emperor blasted the tent, Na'er threw herself in front of it and was hurled into distant ruins.
• Su Qiu feigned severe injury as the three Abyss Emperors inspected him, and the man who checked his heartbeat and Soul Power concluded that his Soul Core was gone.
• A mysterious golden-haired woman appeared before Su Qiu with six Golden Soul Rings, startling the Abyss Emperors with an aura above God Rank.

A mysterious golden-haired woman defeated three quasi-gods in three moves, then vanished after warning that she had Su Qiu covered. The group found Na'er buried in rubble, but she emerged unharmed and attributed her toughness to Heavenly God Divine Power.

• The golden-haired woman wounded two quasi-gods and killed a third with three soul-ring attacks, then drove the survivors to flee.
• The woman told Su Qiu she had him covered, gave him a reproachful look, and disappeared in golden light.
• Ya Li realized Na'er was still buried beneath the ruins, and Wu Changkong, Yun Ming, Zang Xin, and the others rushed to find her.
• Na'er crawled out of the rubble without a scratch, leaving Ya Li baffled after she checked the girl for injuries.
• Na'er joked that she was good at taking hits and said Heavenly God Divine Power explained her toughness.

Su Qiu revealed that he had faked his near-death state to draw out the Abyss, while Na'er confronted him for risking his life. Gu Yue then told him that Tang San, not the Abyss, had caused the Golden Ancient Tree to wither.

• Na'er guarded Su Qiu in the Sea God Pavilion’s secret chamber after the others left.
• Na'er exposed Su Qiu’s act, scolded him for endangering himself, and admitted she feared losing him.
• Su Qiu and Na'er reconciled and teased each other about Na'er protecting him.
• Gu Yue reported that the Holy Spirit Cult was quiet and the Abyss figures had fled, then asked Su Qiu about luring out three Abyss Emperors.
• Su Qiu concluded that the Abyss was the third party behind the attacks and questioned how it had destroyed the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Gu Yue corrected him and revealed that Tang San had caused the Golden Ancient Tree to wither.

Gu Yue revealed that Tang San had secretly drained the Golden Ancient Tree’s source over many years, and Su Qiu realized this explained why Shrek’s defenses had failed. They suspected Tang San was using the tree to sustain his Divine Sense and pursuing a vast scheme across the Douluo Continent and possibly the Abyss Plane.

• Gu Yue identified Tang San as the hidden cause of the Golden Ancient Tree’s withering and described his concealed Divine Sense within the tree.
• Gu Yue caught Su Qiu pretending he had not known about Tang San and confronted him about his reaction.
• Gu Yue explained that Tang San had drained the tree’s source bit by bit, leaving it vulnerable to the God-Slaying Soul Guide Cannon explosions.
• Su Qiu connected Tang San’s hidden presence to Yun Ming’s inability to detect the threat and to the failure of Shrek’s preparations.
• Su Qiu wondered why Tang San would destroy Shrek, and Gu Yue said she believed he was setting a grand scheme in motion across the continent and perhaps the Abyss Plane.

Su Qiu and Gu Yue concluded that Tang San had enabled the Abyss Plane’s invasion, so Su Qiu decided to fake his death and investigate from the shadows. He left Gu Yue to lead and rebuild Shrek Academy, though she saw through his plan to make her the public target.

• Gu Yue told Su Qiu that Tang San was behind the Abyss Plane’s arrival, and Na'er vowed to protect Su Qiu from him.
• Gu Yue explained that only the middle Abyss Emperor had suspected Su Qiu was faking his injuries, and Na'er killed him before he could report it.
• Su Qiu decided to publicly declare himself dead after the God-Slaying Soul Guide Cannons’ explosions so he could disappear and investigate Tang San.
• Su Qiu urged Gu Yue to take charge of Shrek Academy while Yun Ming was badly injured and its elder council was nearly gone.
• Gu Yue recognized that Su Qiu meant to leave her as the visible target while he worked in secret, and he called their arrangement a partnership.

Su Qiu persuaded Gu Yue to help fake his death so he could investigate Tang San’s Divine Sense and the Abyss’s arrival without drawing suspicion. Three days later, Shrek mourned him at a tomb on the city’s ruins, while Gu Yue appeared there as Su Qiu’s fate remained hidden.

• Su Qiu convinced Gu Yue to become Shrek’s public figurehead and arrange a false announcement that his treatment had failed; Na'er eagerly asked to join their plans.
• Su Qiu decided not to involve Tang Wulin and instead planned to investigate where the Golden Ancient Tree’s vitality had gone and how the Abyss entered the continent.
• Three days later, mourners gathered among Shrek City’s ruins around a tombstone bearing Su Qiu’s name, and Qian Gu Dong Feng ordered the Spirit Pagoda to send a funeral couplet.
• Chen Xinjie heard that Su Qiu was dead and Yun Ming was gravely injured, then ordered the captured Ghost Emperor taken back for trial.
• Zang Xin and Yun Ming agreed that Su Qiu was not beneath the tombstone, and the gathered onlookers saw Gu Yue among the ruins.

Gu Yue managed Shrek's recovery and rejected the Federation's attempt to gain control through its reconstruction proposal. As she prepared for the academy's future, she told Yun Ming she was waiting for its rivals to make mistakes.

• Gu Yue coordinated survivor records, relief supplies, condolence visits, and reconstruction while Xu Xiaoyan and others helped her.
• Gu Yue rejected the Federation's cooperation agreement because it cut funding and threatened Shrek's independence, telling Representative Zhou to return with a sincere offer.
• Gu Yue explained to Xu Xiaoyan that the Federation needed Shrek as a counterweight to the Spirit Pagoda and therefore Shrek could set the terms of their support.
• War God Luo brought a clear list of supplies, personnel, and funds from the War God Temple, while Gu Yue confirmed that Saint Spirit Douluo had announced Su Qiu's death.
• Yun Ming praised Gu Yue's work and warned her that Qian Gu Dong Feng would resent her treatment of the Spirit Pagoda; Gu Yue said she was waiting for everyone to make mistakes.