Chapter Summaries

An Zhen planned how to use immortal herbs and powerful Soul Beasts to strengthen himself and the girls, while Ye Guyi considered which herb to take. The group returned to their rooms, An Zhen carried Wang Dong to Huo Yutong’s room for the night, and Ye Guyi secretly took a modified plush doll from her wardrobe.

• An Zhen explained the Infernal Delicate Apricot’s danger to Xu Tianzhen and suggested she persuade it to become her Soul Spirit.
• An Zhen planned to help Huo Yutong obtain an Extreme Ice Soul Beast and urged the girls to refine their medicinal effects and pursue hundred-thousand-year Seventh Soul Rings.
• An Zhen recommended several immortal herbs to Ye Guyi, who said she had not decided which one to take.
• An Zhen proposed secretly sending immortal herbs and Soul Bones to the girls at Shrek Academy, and Wang Dong teased him about favoring the new girls.
• An Zhen carried Wang Dong into Huo Yutong’s room, where they prepared to spend the night together.
• Ye Guyi returned to her room and secretly pulled a modified plush doll from her wardrobe.

Ye Guyi recognized that her dependence on An Zhen had grown into romantic feelings, while An Zhen sensed a watcher and went to the Temple of Life to investigate. There, the Goddess of Life initiated a divine examination that granted him qualification as an emissary of the God of Life.

• Ye Guyi repaired and embraced her chibi doll of An Zhen, admitting to herself that she loved her teacher but feared he would reject her.
• An Zhen sensed someone watching him as he spent the night with Wang Dong, while Xiao Wu tried to observe them and the Goddess of Life stopped her.
• An Zhen traveled to the Temple of Life in the Sun Moon Imperial Palace to ask his teacher and the Goddess of Life about the strange feeling.
• The Goddess of Life began An Zhen's divine examination, judged him to possess sufficient life force, and granted him qualification as an emissary of the God of Life.

The Goddess of Life made An Zhen her divine envoy and bestowed a vast influx of life force, transforming his body into an exceptionally gifted demigod body that began assimilating into a World Body. She explained Xiao Wu’s connection to Tang Wutong and Wang Dong’er, and An Zhen affirmed that he loved Wang Dong’er and would protect her as he grew stronger.

• The Goddess of Life’s blessing flooded An Zhen with life force, letting Mount Buzhou reach its current limit and strengthening his body overnight.
• The Goddess of Life brought An Zhen to her and raised his bodily life level, giving him a demigod body.
• An Zhen’s Domination authority began transforming his life-force-filled body into a World Body suited to World Force.
• The Goddess of Life told An Zhen that Xiao Wu was connected to Tang Wutong, whose soul shared a body with Wang Dong’er, and explained that Tang Wutong’s return would require Wang Dong’er’s consciousness to be devoured.
• An Zhen rejected the idea that Tang Wutong and Wang Dong’er were the same person, and declared that he loved Wang Dong’er.
• The Goddess of Life promised not to tell Xiao Wu An Zhen’s feelings and said he would need to grow stronger, with his teacher’s later actions also helping him protect Wang Dong’er.

The Goddess of Life revealed that the God of Destruction was preparing a major plan that could bring him into conflict with Tang San, while An Zhen learned that saving Wang Dong might leave Tang Wutong in danger. An Zhen and his allies planned to support Wang Dong and build strength in the God Realm, and the chapter ended with Meng Hongchen testing An Zhen’s newly enhanced body.

• The Goddess of Life explained that the God of Destruction might need to suppress Tang San and another God King to seize control of the God Realm, then gave An Zhen a statue that concealed the surrounding area from divine observation.
• The Goddess of Life told An Zhen that she and the God of Destruction were preparing his path of trials and that he would be unable to contact her during the preparations.
• An Zhen returned to his companions, then told Gu Yue Na and Huo Yutong about Wang Dong’s danger and the conflict brewing between the God of Destruction and Tang San.
• Gu Yue Na urged An Zhen to save Wang Dong, prepare allies to oppose Tang San, and consider having Huo Yutong inherit a God King position; Huo Yutong agreed to stand by Wang Dong.
• An Zhen reassured Huo Yutong and told her to keep cultivating without telling Wang Dong about the danger yet.
• Meng Hongchen tested An Zhen and found that his defensive strength matched that of a hundred-thousand-year Darkgolden Bear when his qi and blood were activated, though his energy disrupted further measurements.

An Zhen examined the physical and cultivation gains he had received from the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction, then reunited with Wang Dong and showed her the unusual life force in his body. He brought Wang Dong to the imperial palace to meet Ju Zi, where she introduced herself as An Zhen’s girlfriend.

• An Zhen inspected his enhanced body, saw that his Soul Power had reached level sixty-six, and noted that his physical life level was Demigod.
• Wang Dong stayed with Huo Yutong after Xian Lin'er and Lin Jiayi arranged her temporary pass and lodging at Mingde Hall.
• An Zhen reunited with Wang Dong and told her that his body’s life force could be beneficial; Wang Dong tested his claim and sensed the energy within him.
• An Zhen and Wang Dong left together, and Wang Dong chose not to ask about his political position or the continent’s conflicts.
• An Zhen took Wang Dong to the Sun Moon Imperial Palace, where she met Ju Zi and introduced herself as An Zhen’s girlfriend.

An Zhen showed Wang Dong the Sun Moon Empire and outlined his plan to use Soul Tool trade and goodwill to unite the nations and end border conflicts. After Wang Dong reunited with Huo Yutong, the God of Destruction proposed an experiment to the other gods.

• Ju Zi welcomed Wang Dong, and An Zhen suggested giving her the official title of Regent King's Consort, which Wang Dong deferred discussing.
• An Zhen took Wang Dong through the Goddess of Life's temple, the imperial palace, and the treasury, then offered to commission a Level 9 Soul Tool for her and sell it to Shrek Academy.
• An Zhen explained his plan to promote peace through Soul Tool trade and stronger ties with Shrek Academy and the Star Luo Empire, and Wang Dong described what she wanted from her Soul Tool.
• An Zhen and Wang Dong explored Mingdu together before returning to Mingde Hall, where Wang Dong reunited with Huo Yutong and chose to share her room for the night.
• The God of Destruction proposed selecting a high-level plane, helping it surpass its God Rank limitations, and using it for an experiment.

The God of Destruction persuaded the God Kings to approve elevating Douluo Star, while Tang San secretly planned to poach his disciple An Zhen for the Tang family. After Wang Dong returned to Shrek Academy, a mysterious lake appeared in Mingdu, and An Zhen ordered it sealed after Kong Deming found a dangerous power beneath it.

• The God of Destruction proposed testing plane advancement on Douluo Star, and Lie Yan and Ji Dong voted in favor while Tang San abstained.
• Tang San learned that An Zhen was the God of Destruction’s disciple and asked Xiao Wu to investigate him and Wang Dong so he could try to recruit An Zhen into the Tang family.
• An Zhen spent time with Huo Yutong and Wang Dong in the Sun Moon Empire until Wang Dong’s vacation ended and she headed back to Shrek Academy.
• After Wang Dong departed, a blue meteor fell near Mingdu, forming a vast artificial lake beneath two moons.
• Kong Deming found that an invisible barrier blocked the lake’s deepest waters and reported an unsettling power below.
• An Zhen arrived, ordered the lake covered and guarded as a restricted zone, and decided not to investigate its danger himself.

An Zhen was abducted by Xiao Wu and forced to begin the Sea God Nine Trials, despite refusing the Sea God Position. His teacher Electrolux arrived after the abduction and secured the lake while An Zhen faced Xiao Wu in the Sea God’s domain.

• An Zhen ordered Kong Deming to tighten security around the newly formed lake and kill anyone who entered it.
• As An Zhen prepared to leave, Xiao Wu used the Poseidon Trident and Unfixed Storm to bind him, then activated the Sea God Nine Trials and drew him into another space.
• An Zhen told Kong Deming to inform his teacher and the Goddess of Life that the Sea God had abducted him before the lake’s waves carried him away.
• Electrolux arrived, learned what had happened, and ordered Kong Deming to proceed as usual while undead guards surrounded the lake.
• In the Sea God’s domain, An Zhen refused the Sea God Position and told Xiao Wu he wanted to return, but she questioned his ties to Shrek Academy and insisted he undergo the divine trial.

An Zhen pretended to accept Xiao Wu’s explanation of Wang Dong’s identity and the Sea God trials while secretly looking for a way out. As Electrolux attacked the Goddess of Life’s temple in Mingdu, Xiao Wu granted An Zhen the first four trials and began the next challenge, promising information about Wu Tong’s future.

• Xiao Wu told An Zhen that Wang Dong was her daughter Tang Wutong, whose memories Tang San had sealed, and called An Zhen her future family.
• Xiao Wu urged An Zhen to let go of his mortal lovers, but he pretended to grieve and resolved to keep stalling for a chance to escape.
• Electrolux entered the Temple of Life in Mingdu, and his Undead Subspace descended over the city, shaking the Goddess of Life’s protective power.
• Xiao Wu noticed the disturbance in Mingdu and hurried An Zhen into the Sea God examination, declaring that he had passed the first four trials and awarding him thirty-five percent Sea God affinity and two divine-bestowed soul rings.
• Xiao Wu began the Fifth and Sixth Trials by suppressing her power to the Title Douluo level and challenging An Zhen to remain standing until an incense stick burned out, offering to tell him something about Wu Tong’s future if he succeeded.

An Zhen passed Xiao Wu’s test, learned her plans for Wang Dong, and received the Forbidden Spirit Blade and instructions for future tasks. Xiao Wu sent him back to the Sun Moon Empire, where he found a black trident embedded in a rock beneath a sealed lake.

• An Zhen fought Xiao Wu using copied abilities and his immense power, then passed her test.
• An Zhen explained his abilities to Xiao Wu, who decided to entrust him with plans concerning Wang Dong’s future.
• Xiao Wu gave An Zhen the Forbidden Spirit Blade and told him to split a wisp from Wang Dong’s soul, visit the Clear Sky Sect, and seek the Emperor Rui Beast.
• Xiao Wu described another opportunity at a lake beyond the forest and sent An Zhen back outside Mingdu.
• An Zhen appeared beneath a lake sealed by undead power and discovered a black trident embedded in a rock.

The Goddess of Life intervened after Sea God Xiao Wu violated the God Realm’s rules, while An Zhen completed the Sea God trial and claimed the Poseidon Trident. The Goddess of Life agreed to remove his trial and let him keep the trident under conditions, but warned that Xiao Wu could reclaim it if he could not refine it before leaving the mortal world.

• The Goddess of Life sensed Electrolux’s power and went to investigate, while her true body moved to arrest Sea God Xiao Wu for interfering with the mortal world.
• Electrolux withdrew his undead power as the Goddess of Life dispersed it, and she told him he could seek out the reincarnating Kindness and Evil to help restore his Spiritual Sense.
• An Zhen pulled the Poseidon Trident from the lake, awakened its golden form, and completed the Sea God trial, receiving affinity with the Sea God Position and temporary use of the trident.
• The Goddess of Life brought An Zhen to the Temple of Life and explained that Xiao Wu was being escorted to the God Realm Core for trial.
• An Zhen asked the Goddess of Life to remove his Sea God trial and let him keep the Poseidon Trident and a dagger as spoils from Xiao Wu’s kidnapping.
• The Goddess of Life agreed to remove the trial and guarantee An Zhen’s possession of the trident while he remained in the mortal world, but warned that Xiao Wu could recall it if he left without refining it.

The Goddess of Life removed the Sea God's Nine Trials power from An Zhen and examined the Poseidon Trident and Forbidden Spirit Blade. She hinted that a God Realm plan would bring change to the Douluo Plane, then An Zhen returned to Electrolux, who took the dagger to continue his experiment.

• The Goddess of Life confirmed An Zhen could try absorbing the Sea God Position affinity and warned that removing the Nine Trials power would make the Poseidon Trident harder for him to wield.
• The Goddess of Life extracted the Nine Trials power from An Zhen, severing his connection to the Poseidon Trident, and checked both artifacts for hidden dangers.
• The Goddess of Life told An Zhen that a God Realm Committee proposal would soon bring major changes to the Douluo Plane, but left before explaining the plan.
• An Zhen met Electrolux outside the divine hall and showed him the Poseidon Trident and Forbidden Spirit Blade.
• Electrolux accepted the Forbidden Spirit Blade, said it would help complete his experiment, and opened a rift to the Undead Subspace.

An Zhen returned from defeating the Evil Soul Masters with the Poseidon Trident and told Gu Yue Na and the others about the Sea God's schemes against An Qiu'er and Wang Dong. Gu Yue Na revealed the Dragon Tomb as a possible source of power, while An Zhen began assimilating the Trident and found it accepted his Soul Power unusually easily.

• An Zhen left the Imperial Palace with the wrapped Poseidon Trident and told Kong Deming that the crisis was over.
• An Zhen reunited with Gu Yue Na, then recounted how the Sea God had planned to steal An Qiu'er's bloodline and use her as a sacrifice for Tang Wutong.
• Gu Yue Na revealed the Dragon Tomb and told An Zhen that he could enter it with Yutong's Dragon King aura if he needed its power.
• An Zhen used Authority: Myriad things on the Poseidon Trident, which absorbed his Soul Power and gradually formed a stronger connection with him.
• An Zhen joined the girls for dinner and explained his distrust of the Sea God, then challenged the accepted account of the Spirit Hall's history.

An Zhen explained why he disapproved of Tang San's destruction of Spirit Hall and proposed creating the Sun Moon Hall to provide education and advancement opportunities across the Empire. Meanwhile, the Poseidon Trident grew increasingly responsive to An Zhen, and by the chapter's end Gu Yue Na realized it seemed to be developing a will of its own.

• An Zhen recounted Spirit Hall's decline, criticized Tang San for destroying the City of Slaughter and Spirit Hall, and argued that their fall had harmed ordinary people.
• An Zhen proposed recreating parts of Spirit Hall's model, and the court established plans for the Sun Moon Hall to provide free martial soul awakenings, compulsory education, talent development, and paths to employment.
• An Zhen fed the Poseidon Trident his Soul Power for five days, and it began standing and moving under its own power.
• An Zhen continued refining his connection to the Poseidon Trident while spending the morning with Zi Ji and An Qiu'er.
• An Zhen set out for the Life God Temple to refine his affinity for the Sea God Position, and the Poseidon Trident floated out of the meditation room beside him.
• Gu Yue Na watched the Poseidon Trident circle An Zhen and realized it was becoming a spirit itself.

An Zhen learned from the Goddess of Life that his World Force had awakened an independent spirit in the Poseidon Trident, then used the Virtual World to refine his affinity with the Sea God Position. He reunited with Xu Tianzhen and Ju Zi and brought Ju Zi to stay at his home, where he began examining his gains.

• An Zhen brought the unusually lively Poseidon Trident to the Goddess of Life, who explained that his power had awakened its own intelligence and could weaken the Sea God’s control over it.
• An Zhen used the Virtual World to absorb powers connected to the sea, and the vision ended with the ocean merging into a milky-white world.
• An Zhen woke with Xu Tianzhen beside him, teased her about a cream puff, and Ju Zi explained his joke, making Xu Tianzhen avoid him.
• An Zhen invited Ju Zi to stay at his home, while Xu Tianzhen remained displeased at his attention toward her.
• After dinner, Huo Yutong spent time with Ju Zi and the other girls as An Zhen examined his gains.

An Zhen made Ju Zi his first officially recognized Wangfei and discussed a future wedding with his companions. After the imperial edict was drafted, news of the new titles spread through Mingdu and prompted officials and Soul Engineers to consider whether their own daughters might attract his attention.

• An Zhen welcomed Ju Zi as his lover and promised to have Xu Tianzhen issue an imperial decree naming her Wangfei.
• An Zhen told his companions he planned to grant consort titles, and Gu Yue Na accepted the arrangement as a human-world status while An Qiu'er asked about holding a wedding.
• An Zhen said the group would hold a wedding together later, mindful of the women waiting for him on the original Douluo Continent.
• An Zhen's imperial edict naming Wangfei and prince was drafted, and news of it spread beyond the palace by noon.
• Officials and Rank Eight and Rank Nine Soul Engineers in Mingdu began wondering whether their daughters and granddaughters might have a chance with An Zhen.

An Zhen settled the sudden influx of marriage gifts, developed the Virtual World by absorbing Crystals of Faith, and learned that faith could resist its emotional erosion only by eroding his soul in turn. Meanwhile, the Sun Moon Empire expanded into the sea, driving off a Deep Sea Demon Whale and confronting Xiao Bai as An Zhen tended immortal herbs in the Virtual World.

• An Zhen removed the girls gathered at the palace and barred ministers’ family members from entering except for special occasions; Ju Zi received congratulatory gifts and shared some with Keke.
• An Zhen taught Zi Ji a dance, then absorbed a Crystal of Faith and recorded incomplete sacred, judgment, and angel faith in the Virtual World.
• An Zhen learned that faith could resist the Virtual World’s emotional erosion but would erode his soul, so he continued strengthening the Virtual World with his stored Crystals of Faith.
• Three months after Wang Dong left, Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen killed a Hundred Thousand-Year Demon Soul Great White Shark and forced the Deep Sea Demon Whale to leave its sea region.
• Sun Moon Empire Soul Engineers and warships advanced into the ocean, where a giant mech rushed to confront Xiao Bai, a Demon Soul Great White Shark seeking revenge.
• An Zhen tended immortal herbs in the Virtual World while Aromatic Silk Beauty asked to taste some of the life force nourishing them.

An Zhen used his connection to the Goddess of Life to impress the immortal herbs, while Aromatic Silk Beauty chose to keep tending them rather than become his Soul Spirit. Jing Hongchen returned from battling the Demon Soul Great White Sharks with Bai Xiuxiu, whom An Zhen recognized as Dong Qianqiu, and An Zhen began teasing her while considering keeping her as a pet.

• An Zhen strengthened several immortal herbs with Life Essence Gold, and Aromatic Silk Beauty said she could guide one of them to seventy or eighty thousand years before agreeing to keep tending the garden.
• An Zhen revealed his life-aligned aura and claimed to be an envoy of the Goddess of Life, but Aromatic Silk Beauty declined his offer and chose to stay with the herbs.
• Jing Hongchen defeated most of Xiao Bai's Demon Soul Great White Shark school and brought a young Ice-attribute shark back to Mingdu as a possible gift for An Zhen.
• An Zhen connected with the young shark, recognized her as Bai Xiuxiu, also known as Dong Qianqiu, and overpowered her when she attacked.
• An Zhen climbed onto Dong Qianqiu and teased her about her self-given name and lack of the Extreme Ice Attribute.

An Zhen captured Dong Qianqiu and kept her in a lake inside his Virtual World, where she resisted him and refused his food. After loneliness and hunger wore down her resolve, she accepted a roasted Soft Bone Charm Rabbit, while her mother Xiao Bai sought allies to find her.

• Dong Qianqiu attacked An Zhen, injured her teeth on his Invincible Golden Body, and remained defiant even when his Ice Dragon King's might subdued her.
• An Zhen placed Dong Qianqiu in a lake inside his Virtual World and left her there to recover, while she rejected the Life Spirit Liquid he offered.
• Xiao Bai recovered among her clan and decided to seek help from the merfolk to investigate her daughter's capture and kidnap a human Title Douluo as leverage.
• Dong Qianqiu spent days making trouble, then grew lonely and hungry in the unfamiliar lake and began missing her parents.
• An Zhen offered Dong Qianqiu roasted ten-thousand-year Soft Bone Charm Rabbit and argued that eating would help her grow strong enough to seek revenge.
• Dong Qianqiu finally ate the roasted rabbit beside An Zhen.

An Zhen used an Eight-Cornered Mysterious Ice Crystal to strengthen Dong Qianqiu’s Ice Attribute to Extreme Ice, then tested her abilities and arranged a new home and food supply for her. The chapter ended with Dong Qianqiu beginning to wonder whether life as An Zhen’s pet might not be so bad.

• Dong Qianqiu ate An Zhen’s roasted rabbit and swallowed a blue-green sphere that restored her life force.
• An Zhen let Dong Qianqiu absorb a piece of the Eight-Cornered Mysterious Ice Crystal, and it improved her Ice Attribute.
• An Zhen forced Dong Qianqiu to carry him around the lake, and he summoned the Poseidon Trident while riding her.
• The next day, Dong Qianqiu tested her new Extreme Ice ability against An Zhen, who froze her into a shark-shaped ice sculpture.
• An Zhen brought Dong Qianqiu to the Undead Subspace and offered her a thousand-meter lake, weekly sea Soul Beast meat, and a thousand-year spirit item every half month.
• Dong Qianqiu accepted the arrangements and wondered why An Zhen would feed a pet so much.