Chapter Summaries

Asura wondered how Zhongli had appeared in the Douluo world after Zhongli effortlessly blocked his divine power. At Shrek’s training field, Yu Luomian tried to save Liu Erlong, but Meng Shenji and the others only agreed to spare her, and she refused to leave Shrek.

• Asura concluded that Zhongli was a deity who had left no trace on the Douluo Continent and warned that he must not disrupt his plans.
• Yu Luomian asked Meng Shenji and the others to forgive Liu Erlong, calling her ignorant and immature.
• Liu Erlong reflected that Yu Luomian had tried to help her return to the family, despite her long-held resentment toward him.
• Meng Shenji and the others agreed to give Yu Luomian face only by sparing Liu Erlong, while remaining determined to eliminate the others.
• Liu Erlong refused to leave and said she would live and die with Shrek, prompting Yu Luomian to urge her to stop being willful.

Yu Yuanzhen arrived at Shrek Academy and ended the confrontation with the Heaven Dou authorities, then confronted the aftermath of Yu Xiaogang’s actions. He apologized to Flender on his son’s behalf but said he still had to avenge him.

• Yu Yuanzhen appeared at Shrek Academy, and Meng Shenji’s group and the Royal Family’s entourage withdrew to report the incident to Xue Ye.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Liu Erlong that she had done nothing wrong and acknowledged the harm Yu Xiaogang had caused her.
• Yu Luomian dragged the badly injured Liu Erlong away, striking her unconscious when she tried to stop him from leaving Flender behind.
• Flender accepted that Yu Yuanzhen would punish him and told him to proceed.
• Yu Yuanzhen apologized to Flender for Yu Xiaogang’s actions, then asked for understanding because he had to avenge his son.

Yu Yuanzhen chose to break Flender’s legs rather than kill him, while Xiao Wu pieced together why Zhongli and Sword Douluo had spared her. The next morning, Zhongli and Paimon heard that Shrek Academy was nearly finished after a confrontation involving Tang Hao.

• Yu Yuanzhen decided to spare Flender’s life but break both his legs, and Flender accepted without resisting.
• Ma Hongjun blamed himself for the tragedy, while Xiao Wu realized Tang Hao had hidden nearby because he discovered her identity.
• The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament preliminaries began, and Zhongli told Paimon they had no time to investigate the previous night’s events.
• Two Blazing Fire Academy students said Shrek Academy was nearly finished and recalled a Heaven Dou Royal Academy education committee member confronting Tang Hao with resolve to die.

Zhongli deflected questions about his actions the previous night and unintentionally inspired two Blazing Fire Academy substitutes. At the tournament, he recognized Wang Chen, who had finally found him and believed he was now strong enough to help him.

• Zhongli convinced Paimon that the figure seen the previous night might not have been him, then encouraged two Blazing Fire Academy contestants to prepare for their matches.
• The two substitutes took Zhongli's words as a sign of his expectations and vowed to do their best.
• The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament gathered at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, while Shrek Academy's absence drew speculation and the VIP section remained subdued.
• Zhongli spotted Wang Chen in the stands and acknowledged him with a nod.
• Wang Chen, now a powerful Genshin who had obtained a God's Eye, resolved to help Zhongli.

After the previous night's battle devastated Shrek Academy, Liu Erlong and Tang San returned to enter the competition draw. Tang San came back to reconnect with Xiao Wu, concealing his knowledge of her identity and his desire to gain power while vowing to protect her; the chapter ended with him asking where Ning Rongrong was.

• Zhongli reflected on Wang Chen's rapid growth and the opportunity he had given him with a God's Eye.
• Liu Erlong arrived at Shrek's resting area to draw the academy's next opponent despite her grief and injuries.
• Tang San returned to Shrek Academy, having accepted Tang Hao's claim that Spirit Hall was to blame for his family's suffering.
• Tang San remembered that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Shapeshifting Soul Beast and resolved not to take her Soul Ring or Soul Bone, while seeking strength to protect her.
• Xiao Wu embraced Tang San while privately doubting whether their feelings were genuine.
• Tang San asked where Ning Rongrong was, and the others reacted with grim expressions.

After Ning Fengzhi took Ning Rongrong from Shrek Academy, Tang San proposed secretly using Teacher Shao Xin’s sugar beans to compensate for losing her boosts. The chapter then shifted to Heaven Dou City, where Wang Chen reunited with Zhongli and Paimon after more than two years.

• Oscar said Ning Fengzhi’s people had taken Ning Rongrong away and warned that her support had been essential to Shrek’s plans for the tournament.
• Tang San suggested that the team secretly eat Teacher Shao Xin’s sugar beans before matches and claim their strength came from Oscar’s soul skills.
• Zhu Zhuqing refused to take part in Tang San’s plan and left the group.
• Wang Chen met Zhongli and Paimon at a hotel in Heaven Dou City after more than two years apart.
• Paimon realized that she had barely changed since her memories began, unlike humans who grew old.

Wang Chen reunited with Zhongli and Paimon after a hundred years, thanked Zhongli for changing his life, and revealed that his grandfather had died a year and a half earlier. He had traveled to Heaven Dou City seeking Zhongli, but now did not know what to do next.

• Wang Chen reunited with Zhongli and Paimon, who looked unchanged from when he had last seen them a hundred years earlier.
• Wang Chen tried to kneel to thank Zhongli, but Zhongli stopped him and credited Wang Chen's achievements to his own conviction and perseverance.
• Paimon asked Wang Chen about his grandfather, and Wang Chen revealed that Wang Mazi had passed away a year and a half earlier.
• Wang Chen recalled traveling across the continent to find Zhongli, including nearly dying on his first visit to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Paimon comforted Wang Chen, who said his grandfather had died with a smile, and asked what he planned to do next; Wang Chen answered that he did not know.

Wang Chen accepted Zhongli’s invitation to study and train in the Innate Sect, and Qian Renxue paid Zhongli’s restaurant bill before joining him on an unexplained outing. The group headed outside Heaven Dou City, where they found a dazed young girl facing a sinister old man who had been hunting for prey.

• Paimon suggested Wang Chen stay in Heaven Dou City and explained that Zhongli had established the Innate Sect.
• Zhongli invited Wang Chen to study and train in the sect, and Wang Chen eagerly agreed.
• Qian Renxue arrived, paid Zhongli’s bill, and agreed to accompany him and Wang Chen to investigate something interesting.
• Zhongli led the group toward the outskirts of Heaven Dou City.
• A dazed young girl stumbled through a desolate area as a sinister old man watched her, having abandoned his plan to target Tang San after learning Tang San was Tang Hao’s son.

Wang Chen recognized that Shi Nian was a dangerous Fallen One and stepped forward to protect Zhu Zhuqing, whom Shi Nian had lured outside Heaven Dou City through an illusion. Zhu Zhuqing realized she was facing the Soul Sage without anyone strong to defend her, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Zhongli identified Shi Nian as a ruthless Canghui Academy team leader who tortured and killed talented Soul Masters.
• Wang Chen declared that he would help the young woman in danger and asked Zhongli to leave her protection to him.
• Shi Nian revealed that Zhu Zhuqing was outside Heaven Dou City and that her companions could not rescue her.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized Shi Nian and realized she was trapped in his illusion.
• Zhu Zhuqing despaired at facing Shi Nian alone after deciding to leave Shrek Academy, and asked why he considered her talented.

Wang Chen interrupted Shi Nian as he threatened Zhu Zhuqing and revealed his transformed power, which brought him to the Soul Sage level. The chapter left Shi Nian trapped beneath Wang Chen’s crushing force field.

• Shi Nian realized Zhu Zhuqing was exceptionally talented despite her claim that she was no genius.
• Wang Chen appeared and challenged Shi Nian, prompting Zhu Zhuqing to warn him to run.
• Wang Chen invoked the Heart of the Earth, transforming his Wild Boar Martial Soul with the power of a God's Eye.
• Wang Chen displayed seven amber Rock Element Power rings, and Shi Nian mistook them for disguises concealing a young Soul Sage.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized the Rock Element Marks as signs that Wang Chen was connected to Zhongli.
• Wang Chen stepped forward and used a force field to nearly crush Shi Nian to the ground.

Wang Chen overwhelmed Shi Nian with his gravity, astonishing Qian Renxue and earning Zhongli’s praise. Paimon asked to become stronger, but Zhongli had no way to help her yet, while Qian Renxue mistook her for a martial soul needing a rare spatial soul beast; Zhu Zhuqing remained nearby, uncertain whether Wang Chen was safe.

• Wang Chen used immense gravity to force Shi Nian to struggle for breath without using a soul skill.
• Qian Renxue was stunned by Wang Chen’s strength and reflected on how far he surpassed even her.
• Paimon asked Zhongli whether she could become stronger, and he said he had not found a way to help her.
• Qian Renxue offered to find a hundred-thousand-year spatial soul beast, misunderstanding how Paimon could grow stronger.
• Zhu Zhuqing moved about two hundred meters from Wang Chen and Shi Nian but stayed nearby, wondering whether Wang Chen would be all right.

Wang Chen resisted Shi Nian’s Nightmare, defeated him, and learned about the City of Slaughter, which he resolved to cleanse. After killing Shi Nian, Wang Chen told Zhongli he wanted to leave the Innate Sect to pursue that goal, and Zhongli supported his decision.

• Shi Nian used his seventh soul skill, Nightmare, but Wang Chen’s will and bonds kept him from being affected.
• Shi Nian charged Wang Chen with a dagger, but the weapon broke against Wang Chen’s armor, and Wang Chen struck him for his crimes.
• Shi Nian revealed the location of the City of Slaughter, and Wang Chen vowed to erase it before killing him.
• Zhongli sent Paimon and Qian Renxue back to Heaven Dou City before Wang Chen killed Shi Nian.
• Wang Chen told Zhongli he wanted to leave the Innate Sect to cleanse the City of Slaughter, and Zhongli encouraged him to follow his heart.

Zhongli gave Wang Chen the ten-thousand-year Head Soul Bone after explaining its value, and Wang Chen chose to leave it with him and pursue his goal. After Wang Chen departed, Zhu Zhuqing thanked Zhongli and Childe for saving her, while reflecting on her feelings for Zhongli from the dream.

• Zhongli turned Shi Nian's body to dust and gave Wang Chen the ten-thousand-year Gem Type Head Soul Bone as his spoils.
• Zhongli explained Soul Bones to Wang Chen, who learned their value and asked whether Zhongli had ever absorbed one.
• Wang Chen decided to follow Zhongli's example, left the Soul Bone with him as a keepsake, and set off toward his destination.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Zhongli and Childe for rescuing her and recalled traveling with Zhongli in her dream and falling in love with him.
• Zhongli said he had merely happened to be passing by, leaving Zhu Zhuqing bewildered because the location was far from his route to the Body Sect.

Zhongli left Qian Renxue and Paimon in Heaven Dou City, and Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she knew Qian Renxue’s true identity. Zhu Zhuqing then challenged her family’s predetermined fate and sought cooperation to fight for her future.

• Zhongli asked Qian Renxue to look after Paimon while he left, and Paimon agreed after hearing that Yue Guan had returned with delicious food.
• After Zhongli vanished, Zhu Zhuqing asked Qian Renxue whether her plan could succeed and identified her as Qian Renxue rather than Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue denied understanding what Zhu Zhuqing meant, but Zhu Zhuqing took her reaction as confirmation.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that failure would cost her life after the competition and declared that she refused to accept the fate imposed on the Zhu Family by the Star Luo Royal Family.

Qian Renxue confronted Zhu Zhuqing about how she had discovered her identity, then agreed to discuss cooperation after Zhu Zhuqing said she had dreamed of another life for eight years. Meanwhile, Zhongli followed Wang Chen toward the City of Slaughter, and Wang Chen ended the chapter asking an old man whether he acknowledged Martial God's unparalleled benevolence.

• Qian Renxue questioned Zhu Zhuqing about how she learned that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue and warned her of the consequences if she refused to explain.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she had dreamed of another life since her Martial Soul Awakening, and Qian Renxue unexpectedly believed her.
• Qian Renxue proposed discussing cooperation with Zhu Zhuqing and wanted to learn what she had dreamed about.
• Zhongli followed Wang Chen toward the City of Slaughter, concerned that the child would face danger without support.
• Wang Chen helped a weak person and asked an old man whether he acknowledged Martial God's benevolence as unparalleled.

Wang Chen tried to spread Zhongli’s benevolence, then inspired an old storyteller to write a book praising Martial God Douluo. Meanwhile, Shrek Academy discovered Zhu Zhuqing had disappeared and learned she had left with Crown Prince Xue Qinghe after Zhongli departed.

• An old man told Wang Chen he could praise Zhongli’s martial prowess but could not claim to have received his benevolence, prompting Wang Chen to reconsider how he would spread Zhongli’s reputation.
• Wang Chen explained his devotion to Zhongli for half an hour, and the old man decided to write a book about Martial God Douluo.
• The storyteller revised his account to avoid offending the Innate Sect and wrote that Zhongli had saved a village from ten-thousand-year wolf-type soul beasts.
• Shrek Academy searched Heaven Dou City for Zhu Zhuqing after realizing she was missing.
• Ma Hongjun reported that Zhu Zhuqing had left through the east gate, returned with Zhongli, and later left Seven Treasure Hotel with Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.

Dai Mubai learned that Zhu Zhuqing had gone to the Crown Prince's Mansion with Xue Qinghe and Paimon, while Shrek Academy struggled to recover after losing key members. Flender yielded the dean position to Liu Erlong, who planned to cultivate after the tournament, and Zhao Wuji was set to take over the academy.

• Ma Hongjun told Dai Mubai that Xue Qinghe had taken Zhu Zhuqing and Paimon to the Crown Prince's Mansion, provoking Dai Mubai's anger.
• Tang San questioned why Paimon was with Xue Qinghe and felt the same unsettling sense of loss he had experienced before.
• Tang San and the others discussed their diminished tournament roster after Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tailong left Shrek Academy, then encouraged one another to keep competing.
• Flender offered the dean position to Liu Erlong, who proposed that Zhao Wuji take over while she cultivated after the tournament.
• Liu Erlong revealed her resolve to cultivate and let a flash of killing intent show, while Flender accepted that he could not stop her.

Wang Chen arrived at the City of Slaughter and discovered its brutality, while Zhongli explored the outer city and headed toward the King of Slaughter’s palace. After killing the King of Slaughter’s envoy, Wang Chen faced a mob of residents and prepared to fight.

• Wang Chen reached the City of Slaughter and killed the people who tried to stop him at its entrance.
• Zhongli explored the outer city, judged most residents wicked and doomed, and set out for the King of Slaughter’s palace.
• Wang Chen passed the Death Knight’s trial, realized the City of Slaughter’s restrictions did not affect him, and killed the King of Slaughter’s envoy.
• Wang Chen entered the outer city and was attacked by at least thirty residents seeking to rob and kill him.
• Wang Chen activated Martial Soul Possession and prepared to fight the attackers.

Zhongli confronted the King of Slaughter and learned that the Rakshasa God had influenced the City of Slaughter, prompting him to declare that the Asura God had been corrupted. As Zhongli and the King watched Wang Chen fight, the King was shocked by Wang Chen's power and his defeat of a Titled Douluo.

• Zhongli restrained the King of Slaughter, then sat on the throne and told it to clean up the City of Slaughter.
• Zhongli questioned the City's slaughter and concluded that the Rakshasa God had influenced the Asura God's inheritance ground.
• The King of Slaughter admitted that the Rakshasa God had changed the City and that it had been powerless to resist her.
• In the Divine Realm, Rakshasa approved of Zhongli's judgment, while Asura reflected on whether he had strayed from his original resolve and challenged Zhongli to a future fight.
• Zhongli and the King watched Wang Chen use his powers in the City of Slaughter and kill a Titled Douluo, leaving the King stunned.

Wang Chen killed hundreds of attackers in the City of Slaughter, then ran into an enforcement squad that demanded his identity token. When he admitted he had killed the envoy and refused to accept a token someone pointed out, the squad attacked him and discovered he could use soul skills.

• Wang Chen slaughtered several hundred people in the outskirts, startling the enforcement squad led by a Titled Douluo.
• The captain asked Wang Chen for his identity token, but Wang Chen did not know what it was.
• Wang Chen explained that he had killed the King of Slaughter's envoy, and the enforcement squad silently prepared for trouble.
• The captain pointed to a nearby token and tried to give Wang Chen a way out, but Wang Chen insisted it was not his and had no token.
• The captain ordered his squad to attack Wang Chen, whose defense held against their assault.
• The Titled Douluo and his subordinates realized Wang Chen could use soul skills despite lacking Divine Slaughter's Domain.