Chapter Summaries

Gongsun Li defeated Shrek and crippled Tang San before Lu Ming defended her actions and dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s theories. In Shrek’s rest area, Tang San swore revenge, while Zhao Wuji reported that Xiao Wu was gravely injured and her Soul Power had been scattered.

• Gongsun Li celebrated her victory with Lu Ming, who criticized her for prolonging the fight but approved of breaking Tang San’s legs.
• Lu Ming mocked Yu Xiaogang’s theories, while Xue Qinghe reflected on how fiercely Lu Ming protected his students.
• Flender reset Tang San’s broken bones as Tang San dwelled on his humiliation and refused Oscar’s Recovery Sausage.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to analyze Gongsun Li’s unusual attacks, and Tang San vowed to take revenge on her and Lu Ming.
• Zhao Wuji told Shrek that Xiao Wu had twenty-eight cuts and that her Soul Power had been scattered.

After Gongsun Li defeated Shrek’s fighters, Lu Ming secured land outside Heaven Dou City to build a Jixia Academy branch, while Xue Qinghe chose to support him and began a new simulation. Tang San demanded to see Xiao Wu despite his injuries, and Qian Renxue remained wary that he could recover through destiny or the Asura God.

• Tang San woke after hearing Xiao Wu’s name and demanded that Flender take him to her, but Flender restrained him because he was badly injured.
• Xue Qinghe questioned Lu Ming about Gongsun Li and learned that Jixia Academy had even more formidable students in killing arts, mechanisms, and strategy.
• Lu Ming asked Xue Qinghe for a barren mountain outside Heaven Dou City to build a branch academy called Guixu Dream Play, and she agreed to give Jixia the land.
• Lu Ming and Gongsun Li left the Great Soul Arena, while Xue Qinghe ordered the deed, Thousand-Year Warm Jade, and two Top-grade Snow Silkworms sent to Jixia Academy and had Shrek Academy watched.
• Alone in her study, Qian Renxue reflected on Tang San’s defeat and the danger of his possible recovery, then activated the Life Simulator.

Qian Renxue awoke from a simulation in which Spirit Hall was defeated after the God Realm intervened and Tang San killed her. She concluded that Lu Ming and Jixia Academy were the only hope against the God Realm, but that she needed to build a closer relationship with him.

• In the simulation, Qian Renxue supported Jixia Academy, helped establish its branch, and used its blueprints to build Spirit Hall's Divine Machine Camp.
• Jixia's mechanisms and students helped Spirit Hall defeat its enemies in war, but the Clear Sky Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan formed the Evil Slaying Alliance, and the God Realm intervened.
• Lu Ming and Mozi fought against the gods, but Spirit Hall was defeated; Bibi Dong died, Qian Daoliu sacrificed himself to make Qian Renxue the Angel God, and Tang San killed her.
• Qian Renxue awoke shaken by the simulation and realized that Lu Ming's strength had made the God Realm fear him.
• Qian Renxue decided Jixia Academy and Lu Ming were her only hope, and that she needed a closer bond with Lu Ming than a mere exchange of benefits.

Qian Renxue sought to draw Lu Ming closer and prevent Tang San from reaching the Sea God’s power, so she brought the Heaven Dou Empire’s resources to Jixia Academy. After waiting two hours for Lu Ming to wake, she offered him the ancient book he had dropped.

• Qian Renxue concluded that Lu Ming’s arrogance had allowed Tang San to grow, and decided to find records about the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud at the imperial treasury.
• Qian Renxue arrived at Jixia Academy before dawn with Warm Jade, Snow Silkworm, land deeds, three hundred royal craftsmen, and ancient Mechanism Arts fragments.
• A silver-haired man with a sharp sword aura admitted Qian Renxue after hearing about the craftsmen and Mechanism Arts fragments.
• Qian Renxue saw Jixia Academy’s glowing plants, moving iron machines, and mechanical birds, which the man said were Mozi’s creations.
• Qian Renxue waited quietly as Lu Ming slept on the pavilion terrace, then picked up his fallen book when he woke.
• Lu Ming asked Qian Renxue whether her legs were sore after standing for two hours.

Qian Renxue offered Lu Ming imperial honors and unlimited rare metals in exchange for Jixia Academy’s support, but Lu Ming accepted only the resources and warned her not to underestimate the hand wielding the blade. After she left, the Simulator rewarded Lu Ming with Lan’s skills and unlocked the Tower of Sun, and Gongsun Li joined him on the terrace to discuss the visit.

• Qian Renxue offered Lu Ming the title of Imperial Preceptor, an imperial status, access to rare metals, and other resources.
• Lu Ming agreed to accept the resources but refused the title, warned Qian Renxue about using Jixia as a weapon, and sent Ju Youjing to accompany her to the palace.
• Lu Ming asked Qian Renxue to send three hundred craftsmen to assist Master Luban.
• The Simulator rewarded Lu Ming with Lan’s complete skill set at max proficiency and unlocked the basic Tower of Sun.
• Gongsun Li emerged from her hiding place in a tree, teased Lu Ming about Qian Renxue’s gifts, and brought him a grape.

Lu Ming and A Li bantered about Xue Qinghe’s attention and Jixia Academy’s construction before discussing the threat of Tang San and the God Realm. Lu Ming dismissed fear of the gods and asked A Li to help him with something.

• A Li teased Lu Ming about Xue Qinghe’s handsome appearance and attentiveness, but Lu Ming called Xue Qinghe a wolf in sheep’s clothing and joked that A Li had grown fat.
• Lu Ming told A Li to help Master Luban move heavy mechanism gears at the Guixu Dream Play branch campus, and she protested that she was a delicate archer.
• A Li asked whether Lu Ming feared Tang San’s ascension and the God Realm’s coming attack, and Lu Ming asked whether she was afraid.
• A Li said she trusted Lu Ming to protect her and repeated Mozi’s claim that gods could be killed if they could bleed.
• Lu Ming told A Li not to worry about future threats, then got up and asked her to help him with something.

Lu Ming asked A Li for a shoulder massage, then told her to deliver the Divine Machine Camp blueprints to Meng Ya so he could test weapons on Spirit Hall instead of damaging the academy. A Li and Lu Ming teased each other until Meng Ya rushed in asking for a share of the Snow Silkworm.

• Lu Ming asked A Li to massage his stiff neck, and she offered to cook the Snow Silkworm with maple leaves and carrots.
• Lu Ming told A Li to take the Divine Machine Camp blueprints to Meng Ya and direct his weapons experiments toward Spirit Hall.
• A Li offered to trim Lu Ming's hair, then touched his earlobe and claimed she was checking an acupoint.
• Lu Ming turned the tables by squeezing A Li's sensitive rabbit ears, and she gave up her plans to cook and take back his salary cards.
• Meng Ya charged onto the terrace with a mechanized cannon and demanded a share of the good Xue Qinghe had sent.

A Li fled after Meng Ya caught Lu Ming holding her ear, and Lu Ming sent the young troublemaker to investigate a blast at the mountain gate. There, Dai Mubai attacked Jixia Academy’s mechanical guardian Dun Shan after it refused the Shrek group entry, but his punch failed to damage it.

• Meng Ya interrupted Lu Ming and A Li on the terrace, and Lu Ming confiscated Meng Ya’s gunpowder quota for entering without knocking.
• A loud blast sounded near the mountain gate, and Meng Ya rushed off to investigate while Lu Ming watched from the terrace.
• Dai Mubai and the Shrek Academy group demanded entry to Jixia Academy, but Dun Shan denied them because they lacked a reservation and entry token.
• Tang San introduced himself as Yu Xiaogang’s student and asked to see Lu Ming, but Dun Shan still refused entry.
• Dai Mubai activated his White Tiger Body Protection and White Tiger Vajra Transformation and punched Dun Shan, but the mechanical guardian remained unharmed.

Meng Ya attacked the Shrek Seven Devils at Jixia, overwhelming them with mechanical gunfire and missiles after Tang San’s hidden weapons drew his fury. Just as the group was swallowed by explosions and Tang San faced severe danger, a terrifying pressure descended and halted the missiles.

• Dai Mubai’s punch failed to harm Dun Shan, and Meng Ya arrived on Dun Shan’s shoulder before firing a barrage that left the Shrek Seven Devils soot-covered.
• Meng Ya shattered Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Meteor Shower with his mechanical cannons, while Ning Rongrong and Oscar supported the group and Zhu Zhuqing’s ambush was stopped by an explosive round.
• Tang San evaded the barrage and attacked Meng Ya with hidden weapons, but most struck Dun Shan’s armor and one Dragon Whisker Needle cut Meng Ya’s cheek.
• Enraged, Meng Ya entered Jixia’s High Heat state and launched tracking missiles that overwhelmed the Shrek group’s defenses.
• A terrifying pressure darkened the sky and halted Meng Ya’s missiles in midair, interrupting his attack.

Tang Hao arrived at Jixia Mountain Gate and attacked Meng Ya and the academy with his Clear Sky Hammer, but Lu Ming intervened from Jixia Academy. The chapter ended as Lu Ming’s tea leaf sliced Tang Hao’s hammer in half.

• Tang Hao appeared above Jixia Mountain Gate and threatened Meng Ya for hurting Tang San.
• Tang Hao swung his Clear Sky Hammer at Meng Ya and the mountain gate, but Lu Ming’s voice checked the attack.
• Tang Hao forced his full strength into the strike and sent the hammer crashing toward Meng Ya.
• Lu Ming sent a tea leaf from his terrace toward Tang Hao’s descending hammer.
• The tea leaf pierced Tang Hao’s domain and sliced the Clear Sky Hammer in half.

Lu Ming used a tea leaf and Jixia’s power to defeat Tang Hao, then crushed him when he tried to detonate his Spirit Rings. Tang Hao’s Soul Bones remained at the gate as the stunned Shrek Seven Devils were splattered with his blood.

• Lu Ming’s tea leaf shattered Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer and forced him to kneel under crushing pressure.
• Meng Ya taunted Tang Hao while Lu Ming sent Gongsun Li to deal with him and collect his Soul Bones.
• Tang Hao tried to use Ring Detonation, but Lu Ming immobilized him by controlling the space around him.
• Lu Ming crushed Tang Hao into blood mist, leaving six Soul Bones behind.
• Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils stood stunned as Tang Hao’s blood fell on them.

Meng Ya killed Tang Hao at Jixia Academy, and the Shrek group fled in terror. Qian Renxue witnessed Lu Ming’s overwhelming strength, while Tang San ended the chapter consumed by shock and hatred.

• Tang San vomited in shock after Meng Ya crushed Tang Hao, then watched Meng Ya collect Tang Hao’s Soul Bones and order Dun Shan to clear the entrance.
• Dai Mubai led the shaken Shrek group down the mountain, carrying Tang San and the unconscious Zhu Zhuqing.
• Lu Ming told Gongsun Li he had spared the younger Shrek members so Tang San could remain a whetstone for Qian Renxue’s plans.
• Qian Renxue praised Lu Ming after witnessing him kill Tang Hao, and Lu Ming invited her to sit.
• The Shrek group fled for three days and nights before collapsing beside a stream, where Tang San dry-heaved and stared at Yu Xiaogang with dead, bloodshot eyes.

After Tang Hao's death, Tang San abandoned ordinary training and led the Shrek Seven Devils to Sea God Island to seek power through its trials. Their trials began at the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, where the group received daunting assessments.

• Tang San blamed his helplessness against the tea leaf, vowed revenge, and persuaded Yu Xiaogang that they would risk their lives on Sea God Island.
• Half a month later, the Shrek Seven Devils sailed from Vast Sea City aboard the Sea Devil and survived dangerous storms and sea beasts.
• At Sea God Island, Tang San used his Divine Slaughter's Domain to compel a sea Soul Master to lead them ashore.
• At the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, Dai Mubai received Black-Level Six Trials, Zhu Zhuqing received Black-Level Five Trials, Oscar received Black-Level Six Trials, and Ning Rongrong received Top-Level Seven Trials.
• Sea Horse Douluo watched the group receive black and red trial lights and could no longer remain seated.

Tang San’s Sea God assessment awakened both the Sea God and Asura God’s powers, subjecting him to immense pain as their divine forces clashed. He chose to surrender himself for power against Jixia and emerged transformed as the Sea God’s Nine Trials began.

• Tang San touched the Sacred Pillar and triggered a crimson light that summoned the Sea God’s image and revealed his affinity for the Sea God’s Nine Trials.
• Asura God’s black-red power erupted alongside the Sea God’s golden light, and the two divine forces battled through Tang San’s body.
• Bo Saixi recognized that the gods seemed to be joining forces because of the threat posed by Jixia, while Tang San endured repeated injury and healing.
• Near death, Tang San seized his Clear Sky Hammer, stabbed his chest, and offered himself to the gods in exchange for the power to kill Jixia.
• The Sea God and Asura God’s powers merged into Dark Gold light, transforming Tang San into an armored figure as Bo Saixi announced the first trial, Double Sea God’s Light.

Tang San endured the Sea God and Asura trials, driven by hatred for Lu Ming, until the gods offered him both of their divine artifacts. When he grasped them, his body disintegrated into a cocoon of golden and red light, and Xiao Wu sensed that the person emerging would no longer be her Third Brother.

• Tang San climbed the bloodied steps to Sea God Hall, rejecting Bo Saixi’s pleas to stop and vowing to kill Lu Ming.
• The Sea God and Asura God judged Tang San’s body near collapse and decided to make him a weapon against Lu Ming and Jixia Academy.
• Tang San reached the hall plaza and demanded divine power, forcing Bo Saixi back with his killing intent.
• The Sea God Trident and Asura Demon Sword emerged from Sea God Hall, transforming the sky over Sea God Island.
• Tang San seized both divine artifacts, and his body disintegrated as Xiao Wu watched in tears.

Tang San sacrificed his emotions and fused Sea God and Asura power, then transformed the Shrek Seven Devils into fallen servants and led them toward the continent. He reached Vast Sea City and began his assault by erasing its Soul King guards.

• Tang San accepted the demand to sacrifice his emotions, emerged from the cocoon with fused divine powers, and split the Sea God Hall with a sword strike.
• Tang San transformed Ma Hongjun into a Fallen Demon Phoenix and altered Dai Mubai, Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu with Asura power, making them submit to him.
• Tang San led the six altered Shrek Seven Devils across the sea toward the continent, devastating sea life as they traveled.
• Three days later, Tang San and his followers arrived at Vast Sea City beneath a blood-colored mist.
• Tang San killed the Soul King guards with a single sword swing that erased their bodies and souls, then stepped onto the docks.

Tang San returned with his corrupted companions and attacked Jixia Academy, determined to kill Lu Ming. Lu Ming effortlessly repelled Tang San’s first strike, and the others launched an assault as the chapter ended.

• Tang San led Dai Mubai and the other monsters through Vast Sea City, leaving a trail of destruction as they headed for Jixia Academy.
• Lu Ming sensed Tang San approaching and left Tongtian Tower to meet him at the academy’s mountain gate.
• Tang San attacked Lu Ming with the Sea God's Trident, but Lu Ming stopped it between two fingers, cracked its blade, and hurled Tang San into a mountainside.
• Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, and Ning Rongrong attacked Lu Ming together while he remained unmoved.

Lu Ming overwhelmed Tang San and his allies, then killed Tang San and claimed his divine artifacts. He left Tang San's body to be taken to the Mechanism Laboratory for Master Luban's research.

• Lu Ming halted Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, and the others, then crushed them into the ground with immense gravity.
• Tang San emerged from the rubble and unleashed his combined divine skill, Asura · Sea God's Dusk, against Lu Ming.
• Lu Ming used Mozi's metal cube to decompose Tang San's giant sword and immobilized him with his control over space.
• Lu Ming crushed Tang San's divine soul, seized the Asura Demon Sword and Sea God's Trident, and crushed the artifacts into scrap iron.
• Lu Ming ordered Meng Ya to take Tang San's body to Master Luban at the Mechanism Laboratory as puppet material.

After Lu Ming killed Tang San, Qian Renxue swept the blood and wreckage from Jixia Academy’s entrance and let go of her hatred and fear. Lu Ming then led her into the academy’s core area, where he said he had something to tell her.

• Lu Ming returned to Jixia Academy after killing Tang San and told Qian Renxue to have the entrance cleaned before the next day’s student recruitment.
• Qian Renxue swept away Tang San’s blood and the shattered remains while Dongfang Yao mocked how weak the defeated gods had been.
• Lu Ming praised Qian Renxue’s cleaning and invited her to follow him inside, while assigning Dongfang Yao double homework at the Stargazing Platform.
• Qian Renxue followed Lu Ming through Jixia Academy’s powerful inner grounds to his residence beneath Tongtian Tower.

Lu Ming officially enrolled Qian Renxue at Jixia Academy and taught her that knowledge could expose the weaknesses of supposed gods. As Qian Renxue began her new life, Master Luban revealed that Tang San’s remains had been recycled into materials and a self-repairing training target.

• Lu Ming gave Qian Renxue her official Enrollment Certificate and welcomed her as a Jixia Academy student.
• Lu Ming explained that Tang San had lost because Jixia’s knowledge let it see through the weaknesses of the Soul Master system.
• Master Luban reported that the Sea God’s Trident was low-quality material and planned to melt it down to repair Meng Ya’s cannon.
• Master Luban revealed that he had turned Tang San’s corpse into a self-repairing Impact-Resistance Testing Device for Zhong Wuyan to hammer.
• Qian Renxue left the courtyard resolved to start her new life and never make an enemy of Jixia.
• Lu Ming played a final move against himself, declared the game decided, and went to sleep.