Chapter Summaries

An Zhen learned that the Sea Princess clan had captured Xuan Ziwen and demanded the Sun Moon Empire abandon its coastal operations, so he brought Kong Deming north to confront them. With the Poseidon Trident empowering Dong Qianqiu, he headed toward the standoff, where both armies awaited his arrival.

• An Zhen told Huo Yutong he planned to help her obtain a Sea Princess Soul Ring and disguise it as a ten-thousand-year ring.
• The Minister of Mineral Resources reported that a six-hundred-thousand-year Sea Princess had captured Xuan Ziwen and demanded the release of captured Demon Soul Great White Sharks, compensation, and limits on coastal activity.
• An Zhen interrupted Kong Deming's secluded cultivation and traveled with him to Dongyang City, where he learned the Sea Princess army included numerous powerful Soul Beasts.
• An Zhen summoned Dong Qianqiu and used the Poseidon Trident to gather the sea's power, then rode her toward the confrontation.
• Chen Jiujie gave the Sun Moon Empire fleet three hours to accept the Sea Princess clan's demands, while two Level 9 Soul Engineers declared they would resist.

An Zhen arrived to support the Sun Moon Empire, reclaimed the sea’s favor from Chen Jiujie, and crushed the Hundred-Thousand-Year crab that had killed six soldiers. After rescuing the badly injured Xuan Ziwen, he rejected the Sea Princess’s offer of peace and prepared to fight the sea Soul Beasts.

• Chen Jiujie lost the sea’s blessing when An Zhen appeared, and the sea began favoring An Zhen instead.
• An Zhen learned that the crab had eaten six members of the Sun Moon Empire’s personnel and crushed it, recovering their belongings and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• An Zhen ordered compensation and honors for the dead, then rescued Xuan Ziwen from the sea Soul Beasts.
• An Zhen removed Xuan Ziwen’s necrotic leg, treated his injuries with life force, and sent him back to the fleet to recover.
• The Sea Princess proposed ending the conflict if An Zhen returned Xiao Bai, but An Zhen rejected the offer and declared that he would fight the Sea God’s believers.

An Zhen manifested the Sea God’s power and attacked the sea Soul Beasts, while Dong Qianqiu fought under the sea’s influence. He summoned the Poseidon Trident and prepared to make the surviving believers serve his cause as Soul Spirits.

• An Zhen summoned the ocean’s power, formed a divine armor and weapon, and trapped the sea Soul Beasts behind walls of water.
• The Sea Princess blocked An Zhen’s first attack with the Ocean Heart, but An Zhen rejected her claim that their conflict was a misunderstanding and wiped out much of the sea Soul Beast army.
• Kong Deming held the Sun Moon Empire fleet back while An Zhen fought the surviving beasts and Dong Qianqiu battled Xiao Bai.
• An Zhen fought several Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts barehanded as the Sea Princess’s spiritual attacks failed to pierce his protection.
• An Zhen summoned the Poseidon Trident, and Xiao Bai recognized it while Dong Qianqiu continued attacking her.

An Zhen used the Poseidon Trident to persuade the Sea Princess and Xiao Bai that he was acting with the Sea God’s will, then recruited sea Soul Beasts as potential Soul Spirits. He left them with orders to find suitable candidates and mine underwater energy veins.

• Dong Qianqiu pretended to be confused after An Zhen stopped pursuing her, and Xiao Bai urged her to approach him.
• The Sea Princess and the sea Soul Beasts recognized the Poseidon Trident and prostrated themselves before it.
• An Zhen explained Soul Spirits and promised selected sea Soul Beasts a chance at immortality, while Snow Empress confirmed that she had chosen to follow him.
• Xiao Bai, Li Ya, and the other mermaid princess agreed to become potential Soul Spirits for An Zhen’s beloveds.
• An Zhen ordered the Sea Princess and Xiao Bai to find Sea God believers with suitable attributes and to search for and mine underwater energy mineral veins.

An Zhen used the Poseidon Trident to bring the Sea Princess clan and other Sea God believers under his control, then brought Li Ya back to Mingdu as a future Soul Spirit for Huo Yutong. After Huo Yutong absorbed Li Ya and reached Rank 64, An Zhen prepared to begin the next stage of his plan.

• An Zhen assigned the Sea Princess clan to help the Sun Moon Empire mine ocean resources and arranged for a Demon Soul Great White Shark to coordinate hunting.
• An Zhen borrowed the Sea God Douluo's helmet and let him leave, deciding that keeping him alive would avoid trouble with the Sea God Family.
• An Zhen returned to Mingdu with Dong Qianqiu and Li Ya and introduced Li Ya to the women, including Huo Yutong.
• An Zhen asked Li Ya's mother to search the ocean for Sea Soul Beasts that might suit the women as Soul Spirits.
• Half a month later, Huo Yutong reached Rank 60 and absorbed Li Ya, gaining a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, a right-arm Soul Bone, and greater Spiritual Power.
• An Zhen said Huo Yutong's advancement meant the next stage of his plan could begin.

An Zhen arranged for Huo Yutong and Gu Yue Na to obtain Soul Rings while concealing his plans from Shrek Academy, then used the expedition to improve Mingde Hall’s standing. The chapter ended with Ju Zi offering Shrek Academy a chance to buy Level 9 Soul Tools as a gesture toward peace.

• An Zhen told Huo Yutong he planned to return to Shrek Academy and balance his time between it and the Sun Moon Empire, while he prepared to challenge Yan Shaozhe for leadership.
• An Zhen arranged for Luan Feng to take Huo Yutong and Gu Yue Na away to obtain Soul Rings, prompting Xian Lin'er to protest to Jing Hongchen.
• Gu Yue Na reached level sixty, and Starry Sky Douluo Ye Yulin advanced to become a Tenth-Level Soul Engineer before taking over Kong Deming’s coastal duties.
• Huo Yutong and Gu Yue Na returned two weeks later with powerful Soul Rings, and Huo Yutong’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone persuaded Xian Lin'er to accept Mingde Hall’s account of the expedition.
• Ju Zi met Xian Lin'er and offered to sell Shrek Academy Level 9 Soul Tools for Gold Soul Coins, presenting the offer as the Regent King’s bid for peace.

Xian Lin'er and Yan Shaozhe negotiated trade and political ties with the Sun Moon Empire, securing Soul Tools and student exchanges while the Star Luo Empire reached a peace agreement with it. Meanwhile, Zhongli Wu plotted to plunge the Dou Ling Empire into chaos, and An Zhen teased Dong Qianqiu about gaining weight.

• Xian Lin'er declined to approve Ju Zi's proposal herself and sent Fan Yu to report the Sun Moon Empire's offer to the Sea God Pavilion.
• Yan Shaozhe joined Xian Lin'er in negotiations and secured seven Level 9 Soul Tools, friendly trade agreements, and annual admissions for thirty Sun Moon Empire students.
• The Sun Moon Empire and Star Luo Empire expanded trade, signed a peace agreement, and arranged royal marriages.
• Zhongli Wu directed Feng Ling to foment rebellion and conflict in the Dou Ling Empire so the Holy Spirit Cult could harvest souls and blood.
• An Zhen watched Dong Qianqiu eat roasted meat and teased her for getting chubby.

An Zhen absorbed the God of Destruction’s world-origin soul ring, reached Rank 72, and awakened a powerful Martial Soul Avatar tied to the Virtual World. Its manifestation provoked the Douluo Plane’s consciousness, but the God of Destruction and Goddess of Life explained that the Poseidon Trident could limit the backlash and promised to handle the threat later.

• An Zhen stored the thousand-year Eight-Petaled Immortal Orchid for his allies and reflected on how immortal herbs and the Virtual World had strengthened his Sun Moon Empire forces.
• An Zhen reached Rank 70 and discussed his planned soul rings with An Qiu'er, including the soul ring formed from the world origin given by the God of Destruction.
• An Zhen went into seclusion with Huo Yutong and absorbed the chaotic-colored soul ring, whose powers of Destruction, life, and creation transformed into a purple-black ring.
• An Zhen’s consciousness entered a world-ending vision, which he shattered; he emerged at Level 72 with increased Reality and World Authority Integrity and recorded incomplete Earth and Sky Laws.
• The Douluo Plane’s consciousness triggered a Heavenly Tribulation after part of the Virtual World appeared, and the Goddess of Life and God of Destruction warned An Zhen that further growth would increase the plane’s hostility.

An Zhen learned that a powerful foreign world would soon merge with Douluo and gained permission to protect its victims and prepare for the conflict. After imprinting the God of Destruction and reflecting his power, An Zhen received the Scepter of Destruction and was promised information about the invading world.

• The Goddess of Life told An Zhen that the God Realm had driven a world with its own Plane Lord toward Douluo, and promised to preserve the souls of those killed so they could be resurrected.
• The God of Destruction warned An Zhen that other people favored by destiny and god-throne inheritors might rise during the coming conflict, and agreed to require willing participation in inheritance trials.
• An Zhen imprinted the God of Destruction and reflected his power, experiencing its destructive force and briefly wielding purple-black lightning.
• The God of Destruction gave An Zhen the Super Artifact Scepter of Destruction for protection and said the Goddess of Life would brief him about the foreign world once it connected with Douluo.

An Zhen emerged from a month-long absence with his spiritual power newly advanced to the Spiritual Domain Realm and his abilities strengthened by absorbing the incomplete world origin. After reuniting with the girls in Mingdu, he planned regular trips to Shrek City and promised Meng Hongchen they would not be separated for long.

• An Zhen returned to the Temple of Life after Gu Yue Na had saved him from the Heavenly Tribulation, and he reunited with the worried Huo Yutong, who said he had been gone for a month.
• An Zhen discovered that his spiritual power had reached the Spiritual Domain Realm, his spirit power had risen to rank seventy-three, and he had gained a seventh spirit ring and stronger authority.
• An Zhen tested his Martial Soul Avatar and used his expanded powers to control An Qiu'er and Zi Ji, then reassured the other girls and fed Dong Qianqiu two thousand-year spiritual plants.
• An Zhen agreed with Dong Qianqiu that she could challenge him once she reached a hundred thousand years, provided he did not use the Sea God Trident.
• An Zhen told the girls he planned to visit Shrek City and promised Meng Hongchen a two-way teleportation array and a schedule that would limit their separations to five days after his first visit.

An Zhen secured the Scarlet Sky Ice Toad as Meng Hongchen’s future Soul Spirit, then prepared for his trip to Shrek Academy while advancing the Sun Moon Empire’s research and plans for a future war between worlds. He left the imperial palace and reached the border camp, where he spotted Dai Huabin disguised as a blonde logistics worker and watched as an argument began.

• An Zhen asked the Sea Princess to find an ice-and-fire Soul Beast, then traveled to the Extreme North and persuaded the Scarlet Sky Ice Toad to join him.
• An Zhen raised the Scarlet Sky Ice Toad’s cultivation with rare treasures, and she signed a Soul Spirit contract before facing her Heavenly Tribulation.
• An Zhen reviewed his immortal herbs and assigned them to several girls, then arranged a teleportation array and received new Soul Tool devices from Kong Deming.
• An Zhen told Kong Deming to prepare Level 10 Fixed-mounted Soul Tool Cannonballs and shared his plan to lead the Empire into another world, earning Kong Deming’s loyalty.
• An Zhen left the palace and traveled to the border camp, where he found Dai Huabin disguised as a blonde logistics worker and noticed her argument with a pursuer.

An Zhen returned to the Star Luo Empire after two years and reunited with Biji, then traveled to Shrek Academy. He left the inner courtyard with Zhang Lexuan after she happily accepted his rose.

• An Zhen witnessed Dai Huabin being assaulted by a squad leader in the barracks, then left without intervening.
• An Zhen met the Medical Immortal Douluo in Star Luo City and explained that his absence had involved the gods.
• An Zhen reunited with Biji, gave the Medical Immortal Douluo a gift of pure life force, and took Biji with him toward Shrek City.
• An Zhen returned to his room at Shrek Academy with Biji, then went to find Zhang Lexuan.
• An Zhen offered Zhang Lexuan a rose, and she accepted it before leaving with him arm in arm.

An Zhen returned to Shrek Academy and reunited with Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Wu Feng, Ning Tian, Xu Jiujiu, Ma Xiaotao, and Luo Chen. The chapter ended with the girls welcoming him home while Mu En urged Yan Shaozhe to let An Zhen rest before asking about his divine trial.

• An Zhen surprised Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao during their sparring and embraced them after they recognized him.
• An Zhen disguised himself as Wu Feng at a business meeting with Ning Tian, Xu Jiujiu, and Wu Feng, then revealed himself and reunited with them.
• Ma Xiaotao and Luo Chen hurried to the coffee shop after learning An Zhen had returned and welcomed him.
• An Zhen went home with the girls, where they cooked, prepared desserts, and spent time together without asking about his travels.
• Yan Shaozhe told Mu En that An Zhen had returned, and Mu En told him to let An Zhen rest before pressing him about the divine trial.

After reuniting with the girls in Shrek City, An Zhen shared what he had learned about the Sun Moon Empire, his divine inheritance, and an approaching war between worlds. He reassured them that the conflict was still years away and ended by turning their attention to the gifts he had brought.

• An Zhen flirted with Wang Dong, then stopped when she asked to wait before going further; their time together helped her cross a cultivation threshold.
• Zhang Lexuan gave An Zhen intelligence about Huo Yutong, Gu Yue Na, the Sun Moon Empire, and its Goddess of Life Church, and the girls urged him not to travel there carelessly.
• An Zhen said the God of Destruction had accepted him as a disciple and explained that the Sun Moon Empire's Regent King might be connected to the Goddess of Life and could be a fellow disciple.
• An Zhen told the girls that another world would contact Douluo in two or three years, leading to a world-scale war, and said the crisis could also open a path for soul masters to reach level one hundred.
• An Zhen calmed Zhang Lexuan and the others, then changed the subject to the gifts he had brought them.

An Zhen gave the women Lovesick Heartbreak Reds and explained how to awaken their power, then reunited with them in a night of passion. The next afternoon, he soothed Wang Dong’s jealousy after spending a full day and night with the others.

• An Zhen gave Lovesick Heartbreak Reds to the women, and Ning Tian recognized the immortal herb while he explained its effects and how to make it bloom.
• Ma Xiaotao offered her heart’s blood and successfully awakened her flower, prompting the other women to bloom theirs as well.
• Ma Xiaotao threw herself into An Zhen’s arms, and the women joined him in a passionate reunion that lasted through the night and into the next day.
• Zhang Lexuan woke beside An Zhen and Biji, while An Zhen let the sleeping Ma Xiaotao and Luo Chen rest.
• An Zhen emerged in the afternoon and comforted a jealous Wang Dong, teasing her before removing her boot and playing with her foot.

An Zhen manifested a spiritual incarnation at the Sea God's Fate event, then learned that Wang Dong and the others planned to join the next one with him. After spending time with them and hearing about Tang Ya's struggles, he returned to Shrek Academy and enjoyed being free of classes.

• An Zhen projected a spiritual incarnation to the Sea God's Fate event and greeted Mu En and the Sea God Pavilion elders.
• Wang Dong told An Zhen that she, Xiao Xiao, and Wu Feng planned to participate in next year's event, and he agreed to follow its rules.
• Wang Dong told An Zhen about Zhu Lu's new engagement and Tang Ya's efforts to preserve and support the Tang Sect.
• An Zhen spent the night with Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng.
• Yan Shaozhe met An Zhen at Shrek Academy, where An Zhen said he felt exhilarated because he no longer had to attend classes.

An Zhen gathered the Sea God Pavilion elders and warned them that the Douluo Plane would collide with another world in two or three years, triggering a devastating war. After proving he had inherited the God of Destruction’s power, he left the elders struggling to face the threat, and Yan Shaozhe asked whether that inheritance could help them fight.

• An Zhen brought Dong Qianqiu to Sea God Lake, imposed a spiritual contract on her, and left her to explore the lake while he went to the Sea God Pavilion.
• At the meeting, An Zhen explained that the Crimson Realm would reach the Douluo Plane in two or three years and described the powerful forces that might invade.
• An Zhen warned that even the weakest possible enemy force would include a Plane Lord above level 110, and he confirmed the threat by revealing the God of Destruction’s inheritance.
• Mu En sensed that An Zhen’s power of Destruction could not exist in the mortal world, while the elders grew alarmed at the strength of their approaching enemy.
• When Mu En asked how they could fight, An Zhen said they would simply have to fight, and Yan Shaozhe asked whether his inheritance offered a solution.

An Zhen warned the Sea God Pavilion Senior Elders that a hostile world would arrive in two or three years and urged them to unite the Douluo Plane, including the Sun Moon Empire. After a day of planning, Mu En asked how An Zhen would handle factions that resisted, and An Zhen said he would use force to suppress them.

• An Zhen explained that the approaching war would bring powerful outsiders through spatial rifts, but contact between the worlds could lift the Douluo Plane’s Level 100 restriction and create a chance for people to become gods.
• An Zhen urged the Senior Elders to prepare for vast numbers of enemy foot soldiers and to unite the Sun Moon Empire, whose Soul Tools and military strength could reduce casualties.
• Yan Shaozhe speculated that the Sun Moon Empire’s Regent King sought peace because he knew another world was coming, and An Zhen said the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life were husband and wife, though the Regent King’s motives remained uncertain.
• Mu En and the Senior Elders agreed that the Sun Moon Empire had to join the united front, then spent the day discussing negotiations, other factions, and the coalition’s structure.
• During a walk after the meeting, Mu En asked how An Zhen would unite the original three Douluo kingdoms, and An Zhen said he would offer incentives but kill and suppress any faction that resisted.

Mu En told An Zhen he intended to make him the next Sea God Pavilion Head and outlined how he could prove his strength and earn prestige. After An Zhen entered seclusion to absorb immortal grass, he and the girls emerged with major cultivation gains, while the other girls continued absorbing their Lovesick Heartbreak Reds.

• Mu En proposed that An Zhen defeat a powerful Title Douluo, take over as Sea God Pavilion Head, and unite the former three Douluo nations; An Zhen asked for more time and learned Yan Shaozhe's academy duties.
• An Zhen told Wang Dong, Ning Tian, and Xu Jiujiu about the succession plan, and they promised support from their families and factions; he gave Ning Tian and Xu Jiujiu gifts for their relatives.
• After spending two days with the girls, An Zhen entered closed-door cultivation with them; he refined the Primal Chaos Immortal Grass and reached Soul Power Level seventy-eight.
• Zhang Lexuan emerged first at level ninety-six, and Yan Shaozhe declined An Zhen's offer of a Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Xiao Xiao and Ning Tian became Soul Emperors after absorbing the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, while Wu Feng's transformed body and martial soul continued to accelerate her cultivation.

An Zhen took the women to find Soul Spirits for their next soul rings, beginning in the Extreme North and then visiting the Sea Princess clan. On an island, he subdued a powerful feathered serpent and offered it a chance to become Wang Dong’s Soul Spirit.

• An Zhen told Mu En that he would take the women to the Trial Grounds and stop at the Extreme North to seek suitable Soul Spirits.
• Snow Empress introduced An Zhen to Xiao Bai, who accepted him as her father after learning he was Snow Empress’s husband.
• Xiao Bai summoned her 110,000-year-old mate, who agreed to become Luo Chen’s Soul Spirit, and An Zhen completed their contract.
• At the Sea Princess palace, An Zhen arranged Soul Spirit contracts for Xiao Xiao and Ning Tian with Hundred-Thousand-Year Sea Princess Soul Beasts, including a starlight whale.
• An Zhen subdued a 120,000-year volcanic magma lifeform for Ma Xiaotao and captured a 150,000-year feathered serpent for Wang Dong.
• An Zhen offered the female feathered serpent the chance to become Wang Dong’s Soul Spirit and follow her toward godhood.