Chapter Summaries

An Zhen introduced divine trials from the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction, and his companions began choosing and attempting them. Huo Yutong reached the Scepter of Destruction and received its trial mark, prompting the God of Destruction to realize that her Ice Dragon King martial soul came from the Ice Dragon King's dragon soul.

• An Zhen explained that the divine trials could strengthen the group and improve their chances of becoming gods, though they would not grant godhood directly.
• Ning Tian, Xiao Xiao, Xu Jiujiu, and Wang Dong chose the Goddess of Life's trial, while Gu Yue Na left to pursue the Soul Engineer path.
• An Zhen planned to invite Biji to take a trial and gave Nan Qiuqiu and Wu Feng Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew plants to strengthen their Spiritual Power.
• Ma Xiaotao, Huo Yutong, and Zhang Lexuan endured the Destruction intent as they advanced toward the Scepter of Destruction, and Huo Yutong reached it first and received a trial mark.
• In the Douluo God Realm, the God of Destruction recognized that Huo Yutong's Ice Dragon King martial soul came from the Ice Dragon King's dragon soul.

The God of Destruction recounted the Dragon God Realm’s collapse and discussed An Zhen’s growing power and Huo Yutong’s prospects. At home, An Zhen prepared the girls for their god examinations, then announced his plan to unify the Douluo Continent and began revealing his parents’ connection to the Sun Moon Empire.

• The God of Destruction recalled how the Dragon God’s rampage and the ensuing war nearly destroyed the Dragon God Realm before the Dragon God sacrificed himself to save what remained.
• The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life discussed An Zhen’s recovery of the Ice Fire Yin-Yang Well and considered passing their divine positions to An Zhen and Xiao Yutong.
• An Zhen distributed life power and God-Bestowed Soul Rings to the girls, advised them to cultivate before their examinations, and gave Huo Yutong two rings for her Ice Dragon King martial soul.
• After Wu Feng and Nan Qiuqiu received the Eighth Destruction Examination, An Zhen told the girls that he intended to unify the Douluo Continent.
• An Zhen began explaining that his parents had left the impoverished Dou Ling Empire for the Sun Moon Empire, where they had built a warm home before an unspecified tragedy struck.

An Zhen revealed to the women at Shrek Academy that he was Zhen Hongchen, Regent King of the Sun Moon Empire, and reassured Zhang Lexuan that he would not harm the academy. After answering their questions, he traveled to the Dou Ling Empire and looked toward the Heaven Dou Empire.

• An Zhen explained that Jing Hongchen had adopted him and that Red Dust's Affection had once been a gift from his grandfather, prompting the women to realize he was Zhen Hongchen, Regent King of the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ma Xiaotao learned that Gu Yue Na, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong had known An Zhen's identity, then bickered with Luo Chen over her remarks about sneaking food.
• Wang Dong teased An Zhen about the women and the True Dragon he had won over, while Zhang Lexuan asked whether he intended to harm Shrek Academy and he promised he did not.
• An Zhen explained that he had first come to Shrek to study martial souls and planned to unify his identities publicly before explaining the truth to Shrek's elders.
• After answering the women's questions and ending the disclosure smoothly, An Zhen traveled to the Dou Ling Empire and stood above its imperial palace, looking toward the Heaven Dou Empire.

An Zhen ordered the Heaven Dou Empire to submit to the Dou Ling Empire and planned to take it over without war by personally eliminating its high-level soul masters. After arranging his marriage to Qiuqiu and visiting other prospective in-laws, he entered the Clear Sky Sect and was immediately confronted by hammer-wielding defenders.

• An Zhen sent Dragon Subduer and Tiger Tamer to demand that the Sky Soul Emperor and the Heaven Dou Empire submit to him.
• An Zhen told Ning Yunzhi he would personally defeat every Soul Saint and above in the Heaven Dou Empire, then ordered officials to take over without causing unrest.
• An Zhen reviewed reports on the Dou Ling Empire’s development and increased the reward pool for officials and clans that had contributed.
• An Zhen visited Nan Shuishui to discuss his marriage to Qiuqiu and obtained a marriage contract; news spread that he had gained another Imperial Concubine.
• An Zhen visited Ning Tian’s father and Wu Feng’s grandmother, then went to the Clear Sky Sect and was met by several defenders wielding Clear Sky Hammers.

An Zhen attacked the Clear Sky Sect and overwhelmed its powerhouses, who had been bracing for Shrek Academy to retaliate over the deaths of the Sea God’s envoys. The current Clear Sky Douluo unleashed the Great Sumeru Hammer and destroyed the sect’s mountain, but An Zhen survived unharmed and turned toward the fleeing survivors.

• The Clear Sky Sect’s members stayed to defend their ancestor, Sea God Tang San, and put the sect on high alert after learning that Shrek Academy had killed his envoys.
• An Zhen arrived at the Clear Sky Sect, identified himself, and endured the powerhouses’ opening assault without injury while preserving Wang Dong’s bedroom.
• An Zhen crushed a Super Douluo’s Clear Sky Avatar and dispelled the sect’s attacks, then challenged the current Clear Sky Douluo to use the Great Sumeru Hammer.
• The current Clear Sky Douluo sacrificed all his soul rings and his life to unleash a near-Pseudo-God attack that collapsed the Clear Sky Sect’s mountain.
• An Zhen emerged unharmed, reflected on Wang Dong’s memories of the sect, and prepared to pursue the survivors.

An Zhen sent the Clear Sky Sect survivors to Lingdou City for labor and ideological reform while preparing to remove the threat from Tang San. In the Heaven Dou Empire, the Sky Soul Emperor rejected a demand to surrender, but as his officials began fleeing, he vowed to make An Zhen pay whatever the cost.

• An Zhen assigned the Clear Sky Sect survivors to labor or ideological reform in Lingdou City and took the sect’s books and knowledge.
• Descending Dragon Douluo and Subduing Tiger Douluo delivered a demand for the Sky Soul Emperor to surrender, mocked his rule, and left the palace after he refused.
• Heaven Dou officials publicly denounced An Zhen with the Sky Soul Emperor, then quietly prepared to flee or move their families to the Dou Ling Empire.
• The Sky Soul Emperor asked Lü Chengkun what to do, and Lü told him he could surrender or die fighting after missing his chance to yield.
• The Sky Soul Emperor declared that he would never let An Zhen take his throne or Empire without paying a terrible price.

An Zhen accepted the Heaven Dou Empire’s submission after its Prime Minister offered its imperial seal, armies, officials, treasures, and Princess Vina. He sent Vina and Mu Xue to work at Lingdou City First General Hospital, then reunited with Xu Tianzhen in Mingdu and planned to stay about a month as his Soul Power neared level ninety.

• Dragon Subduing and Tiger Taming reported their results to An Zhen and volunteered to help capture the Sky Soul Emperor.
• The Heaven Dou Prime Minister offered the imperial seal and the Empire’s submission, including control of its armies and officials, in exchange for forgiveness and one surviving imperial descendant.
• An Zhen accepted the submission and permitted the Sky Soul Emperor a month to prepare a formal ceremony at the border.
• The Heaven Dou Prime Minister returned to find treasure carriages heading to the Dou Ling Empire and lamented the Sky Soul Emperor’s sacrifices.
• An Zhen assigned Vina and Mu Xue to work at Lingdou City First General Hospital instead of accepting Vina as a maid.
• An Zhen traveled to Mingdu, reunited with Xu Tianzhen, and told her he planned to stay about a month while nearing level ninety.

An Zhen and Xu Tianzhen spent the evening together while discussing the Sun Moon Empire’s growing Soul Engineer ranks and prosperity under An Zhen’s rule. The next morning, the empress and Ju Zi missed court, while Lin Jiayi received an urgent message from a man speaking with a Heaven Dou Empire accent and sent his daughter to deliver a letter to An Zhen.

• An Zhen carried the sleeping Ju Zi and Xu Tianzhen home early after defeating the Douling Emperor and conquering the Sun Moon Empress and her foremost lady official.
• Xu Tianzhen told An Zhen that Meng Hongchen and Ye Guyi were in seclusion, then reported that the Empire had six Tenth-Level Soul Engineers and twenty-five Level 9 Soul Engineers.
• Xu Tianzhen praised the unprecedented prosperity of the Sun Moon Empire under An Zhen, and the two spent the night together.
• The next morning, the empress and Ju Zi missed court, and a minister told the officials that An Zhen had returned from seclusion.
• Lin Jiayi met a man with a Heaven Dou Empire accent, then sent his daughter to deliver a letter to An Zhen personally.

An Zhen shared divine trials with his companions, and An Qiu'er revealed her true Three-Eyed Golden Lion identity while beginning the Destruction trial. After leaving home, An Zhen met Xiao Hongchen, who chose the Destruction Divine Trial and reported that Lin Jiayi had encountered a secret envoy from the Heavenly Soul Empire.

• An Zhen turned the bedroom into a classroom and playfully punished Meng Hongchen and Ju Zi before everyone bathed, ate, and discussed their recent experiences.
• An Zhen used the Scepter of Destruction to let his companions choose divine trials; Ju Zi and Meng Hongchen chose Life, while An Qiu'er and Xu Tianzhen chose Destruction.
• An Qiu'er manifested her Three-Eyed Golden Lion martial soul during the trial, and An Zhen explained that she was a ten-thousand-year-old Soul Beast who could take human form early.
• An Zhen urged everyone to cultivate so they could become gods and stay together, then left to meet Xiao Hongchen in the corridor.
• Xiao Hongchen chose the Destruction Divine Trial and said he would incorporate Destruction into his Soul Tools.
• Xiao Hongchen gave An Zhen a letter reporting that Lin Jiayi had encountered a secret envoy from the Heavenly Soul Empire.

An Zhen learned that the Sky Soul Emperor had secretly offered the Heaven Dou Empire’s army to the Sun Moon Empire in exchange for help against him, and decided to play along while pursuing his own plans. After a period of indulgence at court, An Zhen entered the undead plane and killed the Titan Giant Ape with his ninth soul ring.

• An Zhen read the Sky Soul Emperor’s letter, which offered the Heaven Dou Empire’s treasures and border army to the Sun Moon Empire in return for help eliminating An Zhen.
• An Zhen and Xiao Hongchen realized the Sky Soul Emperor did not know An Zhen was both the Sun Moon Empire’s Regent King and the Dou Ling Emperor.
• An Zhen burned the letter and decided to cooperate with the Sky Soul Emperor’s scheme, then told Ju Zi and Xu Tianzhen his plans.
• An Zhen spent several days with Ye Guyi, Xu Tianzhen, and Meng Hongchen, while court sessions were canceled and ministers accepted the delay.
• An Zhen entered the undead plane, restored the Titan Giant Ape’s consciousness, and cleaved off its head with an ice axe empowered by the Soldier Lord authority.

An Zhen accelerated the Titan Giant Ape’s soul ring formation, absorbed its million-year ring and right arm bone, and erased its remnant soul. Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing descended to Douluo Continent to deal with An Zhen and protect Tang San’s daughter, while An Zhen monitored them as he continued refining his gains.

• An Zhen used the Authority of Spring and Autumn to accelerate the Titan Giant Ape’s soul ring formation, then absorbed its ring and right arm bone and destroyed its remnant soul.
• In the God Realm, Tang San sent Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing to the lower realm to handle An Zhen and protect Wu Tong, but he realized Er Ming’s aura had vanished.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing descended near the ruined Clear Sky Sect, then decided to restore their strength in Star Luo City and seek help from the Dai and Zhu families.
• An Zhen detected the two deities’ arrival through the Authority of Omniscience and ordered An Qiu’er to alert Na’er and Biji, while Xuan Zi was sent to guard Star Luo City and protect Xu Jiawei.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing visited the White Tiger Duke’s family, where Dai Yaoheng revealed that Huo Yutong was Dai Hao’s daughter and had been mistreated in the duke’s household. Dai Mubai planned to restore the Dai family to the throne, while An Zhen’s soul-bone assimilation began affecting both arms at once.

• Dai Mubai scolded Dai Hao’s family for losing the throne and accused them of serving the Xu family, while Zhu Zhuqing discovered that Dai Huabin’s body was female but his soul was male.
• Dai Yaoheng connected Huo Yutong to Huo Yun’er, Dai Hao’s former maid, and presented portraits and evidence that Huo Yutong was Dai Hao’s daughter.
• Dai Yaoheng described how Duchess White Tiger and Dai Huabin had mistreated Huo Yun’er and Huo Yutong, but Dai Mubai dismissed their suffering and offered to let Huo Yutong return to the family.
• Dai Mubai promised to fix Dai Huabin’s condition and use divine trials to raise Dai Hao and Dai Yaoheng’s strength before restoring the Dai family to the Star Luo throne.
• In Mingdu, An Zhen sensed Dai Mubai’s return as his soul-bone assimilation caused power to gather in both arms, hinting that their newly emerging authorities were connected.

As the Sky Soul Emperor secretly allied with the Sun Moon Empire against An Zhen, a staged rebellion let Sun Moon forces enter the border region. In seclusion, An Zhen awakened the authority of Balance and explored how it joined yin, yang, life, and destruction into a cycle, though he was dismayed that his power of creation appeared pink.

• The Sky Soul Emperor sent Lü Chengkun to the Sun Moon Empire as a bargaining chip, while Lü warned him that An Zhen might have hidden backing and the Sun Moon Empire could not be trusted.
• After the Sky Soul Emperor announced the Heaven Dou Empire's surrender to the Dou Ling Empire, court rebels wounded him and fled to the border, where they founded a new nation; Lü Chengkun suppressed their bid to install a prince as emperor.
• A force of more than five thousand Sun Moon soldiers entered the rebel nation under cover of the staged uprising, while Lü Chengkun met Sun Moon envoys at the City Lord's Manor.
• In seclusion, An Zhen used the authority of Balance to connect World Force, yin and yang, and the laws of life and Destruction, bringing forth a faint power of creation.
• An Zhen discovered that his power of creation was pink, then continued refining his seclusion and considered how the authorities of Balance, yin, and yang worked together.

An Zhen postponed the planned meeting between the Dou Ling and Heaven Dou Empires while he secluded himself to absorb his ninth soul ring. Unable to freely draw in ambient energy, he devoured energy veins across the seas and a newly discovered continent, then appeased the Heart of Nature to disperse the tribulation clouds before returning to settle matters on the Douluo Continent.

• As the agreed date approached without An Zhen appearing, Zhang Lexuan arrived in Lingdou City and told Prime Minister Ning Yunzhi that An Zhen had postponed the plan by ten days while in seclusion.
• An Zhen opened his eyes in Mingdu, emptied 8.1 billion tons of energy ore from a port, and began refining it to replenish himself.
• An Zhen uprooted and consumed energy veins beneath the sea, killed a hundred-thousand-year sea serpent with the Yang authority, and stored its soul bone and corpse.
• An Zhen traveled to a sparsely populated, technologically backward continent, found its energy veins, and consumed them while protecting a human settlement from Soul Beasts.
• As blood-red tribulation clouds gathered, An Zhen sent refined life force to the Heart of Nature, which dispersed the clouds before they could strike.

An Zhen reached level ninety-seven, prepared to take over the Heaven Dou Empire, and traveled to the border to meet the Sky Soul Emperor. As the surrender was broadcast across major cities, the Sky Soul Emperor revealed that he had prepared a surprise for An Zhen.

• An Zhen ended his seclusion at level ninety-seven, then visited Xu Tianzhen and learned that Ju Zi's work in the Heaven Dou Empire was nearly complete.
• An Zhen inspected Mingdu's defenses and reviewed the officials chosen to take over Heaven Dou, removing unsuitable candidates and warning his officials to correct their own misconduct.
• An Zhen led a convoy to the border, where the Sky Soul Emperor awaited him with troops and a broadcast Soul Tool.
• An Zhen explained that the Soul Tool projected their meeting onto screens across Heaven Dou, Star Luo, Dou Ling, and Shrek City.
• The Sky Soul Emperor praised An Zhen's knowledge, laughed about his surrender, and asked whether An Zhen recognized the distinguished guests he had prepared.

The Sky Soul Emperor revealed his alliance with the Sun Moon Empire and accused the other powers of abandoning Heaven Dou, claiming Sun Moon forces had already seized its major cities. Ju Zi arrived to join An Zhen, who faced the emperor’s outburst as the threat of a new war spread across the continent.

• The Sky Soul Emperor surrounded An Zhen and his companions with soldiers, but An Zhen stayed relaxed as the sky transformed into a starry realm.
• Ye Yulin and Xu Tianyuan appeared as Sun Moon Empire Tenth-Level Soul Engineers, and the leaders watching the broadcast realized the Sky Soul Emperor had defected.
• Ju Zi arrived through a portal, and the Sun Moon Empire forces and the Sky Soul Emperor greeted her as their Wangfei.
• An Zhen accused the Sky Soul Emperor of choosing the Sun Moon Empire and sacrificing his beloved daughter, prompting the emperor to blame An Zhen and the other powers.
• The Sky Soul Emperor denounced Ning Yunzhi, Shrek Academy, and Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei, then claimed Sun Moon forces had seized Heaven Dou’s major cities and planned to conquer the Dou Ling and Star Luo Empires.

The Sky Soul Emperor revealed that he had surrendered the Heaven Dou Empire to the Sun Moon Empire in order to attack An Zhen, while Xu Jiawei learned that Dai Hao and his sons had disappeared. An Zhen’s identity as the Sun Moon Empire’s sovereign was revealed when Ju Zi, the Soul Engineers, and their troops bowed to him.

• Xu Jiawei learned that Dai Hao and Dai Yaoheng had vanished, and ordered the border guarded while other legions moved toward Heaven Dou.
• Xu Jiujiu assured Xu Jiawei that An Zhen had anticipated the invasion and had been monitoring Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Mubai urged Dai Hao to return to the army, while Zhu Zhuqing began explaining who An Zhen was.
• The Sky Soul Emperor declared that he had sacrificed the Heaven Dou Empire to gain the Sun Moon Empire’s help against An Zhen.
• Xu Tianyuan slapped the Sky Soul Emperor, and An Zhen revealed that the emperor had ultimately meant to submit to him.
• Ju Zi, two Tenth-Level Soul Engineers, four Level 9 Soul Engineers, and the Sun Moon Empire’s soldiers bowed to An Zhen and hailed him as their sovereign.

An Zhen revealed his control over the Sun Moon Empire and asserted authority over Heaven Dou, while the people of the former Douluo Three Kingdoms reacted to his origins and relationships. He ordered Heaven Dou’s powerful Soul Masters to register in Heaven Dou City and warned that those who resisted would face his Soul Engineers.

• An Zhen’s identity as the Sun Moon Empire’s Regent King stunned officials in Dou Ling, students at Shrek Academy, and Xuan Zi and Xu Jiawei in Star Luo City.
• Mu En defended An Zhen’s place at Shrek Academy, and Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Lexuan admitted they had learned of his origins earlier.
• Xu Jiujiu reassured Xu Jiawei that An Zhen had promised to preserve the Star Luo Royal Family’s power and began explaining what she knew about him.
• An Zhen ordered all Heaven Dou experts at Soul Saint rank and above to register in Heaven Dou City within a month or face Tenth-Level Soul Engineers.
• An Zhen revealed that the Snow Empress and Zi Ji were his consorts, leaving observers across the continent shocked and speechless.

An Zhen condemned the Sky Soul Emperor and the ruling classes for meaningless conflicts that killed ordinary people and left their families impoverished, while declaring his intention to unify the continent for peace. The Sky Soul Emperor defended hereditary privilege and accused An Zhen of betraying his royal class, and An Zhen stomped his head back into the dirt.

• An Zhen considered future peaceful coexistence between humans and Soul Beasts, while Dragon Subduer, Tiger Tamer, and Nan Shuishui reacted to his connections with powerful Soul Beasts.
• The Sky Soul Emperor charged at An Zhen intending to self-destruct, but a streak of starlight sealed his Soul Power and pinned him down.
• The Sky Soul Emperor accused An Zhen of plotting to seize the Dou Ling throne, and An Zhen explained his family background before declaring that he sought peace and unity across the four Empires.
• An Zhen condemned rulers for wars and political conflicts that killed soldiers, burdened commoners, and shattered families, while people across the former Douluo Three Kingdoms watched his speech.
• The Sky Soul Emperor claimed that people were born into fixed ranks and that An Zhen was betraying his royal class, and An Zhen stomped his head into the dirt.

An Zhen publicly condemned the rulers and exploitation of Douluo Continent, declared that he would unite the continent under his absolute rule, and began a purge of Heaven Dou’s criminals. The purge rescued ordinary people and distributed confiscated wealth, while An Zhen discussed the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan’s future rewards with Ning Yunzhi.

• An Zhen crippled the Sky Soul Emperor, stripped him of his status and surname, and ordered him imprisoned as a slave.
• An Zhen broadcast scenes of ordinary people suffering abuse and exploitation, then declared that he would become the continent’s sole emperor and impose his ideals.
• An Zhen ordered Xu Tianyuan and Ye Yulin to arrest and publicly execute Heaven Dou’s criminals, beginning the Great Purge.
• Sun Moon forces arrested offenders across Heaven Dou, rescued victims, confiscated criminals’ estates, and distributed supplies through the Nine Treasures Pavilion’s merchant caravans.
• An Zhen told Ning Yunzhi that his promise to make him prime minister might be uncertain, and Ning Yunzhi urged him to remain emperor forever.