Chapter Summaries

An Zhen expanded his plans for the Douluo Continent by promising Ning Yunzhi a divine position, recruiting the Sea Princess as a future Soul Spirit, and establishing a continent-wide law enforcement force. As Qian Zhengzhou’s team departed for the Star Luo Empire, An Zhen turned his attention to Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, while a border garrison found itself surrounded by four people.

• An Zhen promised Ning Yunzhi and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan a divine position, then traveled to the Sea Princess’s territory and brought her into the Virtual World for Xiao Xiao’s future Soul Spirit contract.
• News spread that An Zhen and the Sun Moon Empire’s Regent King Zhen Hongchen were the same person, while An Zhen bestowed the Tree of Life’s life force on two thousand young people to improve their aptitude.
• An Zhen asked Qian Zhengzhou to expand the Sacred Angel Clan’s law enforcement work across the continent and sent him with a team to the Star Luo Empire to carry out public executions.
• An Zhen used the Authority of Omniscience to locate Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing and prepared to deal with them.
• Tiansha Douluo discovered that the Star Luo Empire’s border garrison had been surrounded by four people, as Xu Jiawei’s fears about Dai Hao and his son returning to seize the army appeared to come true.

An Zhen crushed Dai Hao’s attempted rebellion and revealed his role in the Dai family’s losses before turning on Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing. As the two gods drew on divine artifacts to fight him, An Zhen unleashed his ice law and protected the city while an unseen attacker approached.

• Tiansha Douluo refused Dai Hao’s demand to surrender, and Dai Hao attacked him with his White Tiger martial soul.
• An Zhen stopped Dai Hao, killed rebel guards and soldiers who oppressed civilians, and announced that Dai Hao had rebelled.
• An Zhen admitted killing Dai Hao’s wife and causing his younger son’s sex-change operation and ruined talent, then struck down Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing and crippled Dai Yaoheng’s martial soul.
• Dai Mubai summoned the God of War’s Heart while Zhu Zhuqing invoked Netherworld, and both prepared to fight An Zhen with divine artifact power.
• An Zhen wielded an Ice Blue Longsword and sent a freezing tide against Dai Mubai’s White Tiger while a golden halberd shielded the city; an invisible figure approached the battlefield with a point of Cold Light.

An Zhen publicly defeated Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, exposed Dai Mubai’s past, and crushed an attempt to seize Dai Hao through his God Examination mark. After imposing punishment on Dai Hao, An Zhen turned his Scepter of Destruction on the terrified Dai Mubai.

• An Zhen taunted Dai Mubai about abandoning Zhu Zhuqing and broadcast their battle across the continent, prompting Xu Jiawei to brand Dai Hao a traitor and order his household seized.
• An Zhen caused Dai Mubai’s power to run wild, then stopped Zhu Zhuqing’s ambush and froze her lower body and arms before knocking her down.
• Dai Mubai’s uncontrolled power exhausted him, while An Zhen confronted a divine envoy trying to pull Dai Hao away through his God Examination mark and broke the mark at the cost of a slight injury.
• An Zhen sealed Dai Hao’s meridians, imposed a three-year sentence of daily penance, and placed him and Dai Yaoheng in the Virtual World.
• An Zhen slapped Dai Mubai and drew the Scepter of Destruction after Dai Mubai challenged him to kill; Dai Mubai panicked and crawled away as An Zhen pursued him.

An Zhen killed Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, collected the divine cores and artifacts they left behind, and ended the livestream. As the continent reacted to the deaths of two gods and the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion was confiscated, An Zhen arrived to take several people from the estate.

• An Zhen used Fate to stop Dai Mubai’s escape, then destroyed him with the Scepter of Destruction and collected his five-colored crystal and damaged God of War’s Heart.
• An Zhen severed Zhu Zhuqing’s connection to her divine artifact and destroyed her, then gave the artifact to Electrolux to examine.
• After the livestream ended, ordinary people praised An Zhen while powerful sects and clans began submitting to his rule, reassured by the deaths of the two gods.
• The Star Luo Emperor’s Imperial Guard stormed and confiscated the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion, driving out its household and seizing its valuables.
• An Zhen arrived with Huo Yutong and asked the Star Luo Prime Minister to let him take a few people from the mansion, and the Prime Minister readily agreed.

Huo Yutong rescued the few people who had once helped her and her mother from the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, then confronted Dai Hao and Dai Yaoheng as the mansion was confiscated. She slapped them both and began recounting the cruelty she and her mother endured, leaving her accusation unfinished.

• Huo Yutong recognized Liu Shi and Dai Luoli, arranged for them to retrieve their belongings, and promised to find them somewhere else to live.
• Huo Yutong located three servants who had once helped her and her mother, while An Zhen killed several vile servants and gave the Star Luo Prime Minister a list of others to punish.
• An Zhen brought Dai Hao and Dai Yaoheng to the confiscated mansion and explained that Dai Hao's failed rebellion had brought the imperial punishment.
• Huo Yutong demanded that Dai Hao return her mother and slapped him, then slapped Dai Yaoheng when he called Dai Hao her father.
• Huo Yutong declared that she had no father and described how Aunt Liu had helped her and her mother while the White Tiger Duke's Mansion mistreated them.

Huo Yutong rejected Dai Hao’s tearful attempts to win her over, and An Zhen imposed punishment on the White Tiger Duke’s household. In the God Realm, the God Kings reviewed An Zhen’s deaths of Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing and agreed to keep the conflict in the mortal world, though Lie Yan feared Tang San would retaliate.

• Dai Hao knelt and apologized to Huo Yutong, but she sensed his false emotions and slapped him twice, declaring that she did not need his concern.
• An Zhen ordered everyone in the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion except Dai Hao and his son to abandon the Dai surname, then branded Dai Yaoheng and forced both men to kneel at Huo Yun’er’s grave.
• Huo Yutong watched Dai Hao and his son kneel at her mother’s grave, and An Zhen comforted her as she looked toward a better future.
• The five God Kings watched a record of An Zhen killing the descended Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, and the God of Destruction mocked Tang San while defending his disciple.
• Ji Dong and Lie Yan reminded Tang San and the God of Destruction that mortal matters had to remain in the mortal world, and both agreed to the arrangement.
• After the meeting, Lie Yan told Ji Dong she expected Tang San to seek revenge because his daughter remained in An Zhen’s hands and two of his friends had died.

Ji Dong and Lie Yan worried that the deaths tied to An Zhen would escalate the conflict between Tang San and God of Destruction into a fight for the God Realm. Tang San planned to send Xiao Wu and other gods to the mortal realm for revenge, while God of Destruction sent God of Ruin Zhou Weiqing and the God of Greed to guard against Tang San’s plans.

• Lie Yan feared the conflict over An Zhen would grow until one side had to be destroyed, and Ji Dong admitted he had no way to resolve it.
• Tang San gathered the First Generation Shrek Seven Monsters, but other gods refused his invitation after learning that An Zhen had killed the God of War and the God of Speed with the Scepter of Destruction.
• Oscar urged Tang San to avenge Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San planned to send Xiao Wu to reclaim the Poseidon Trident while another god received the Asura God trial and sword.
• Tang San decided the group would train in a Semi-Plane before facing An Zhen, believing his plan would give them the advantage.
• God of Destruction sent God of Ruin Zhou Weiqing and the God of Greed to the lower realm to counter Tang San’s plans, while the Goddess of Life said An Zhen would not lose.

Tang San sent four trusted gods, including Xiao Wu, to the mortal realm as the conflict with An Zhen escalated, while the God of Destruction and the neutral gods prepared for a possible God Realm war. An Zhen and Huo Yutong arrived at the Star Luo Imperial Palace, where Huo Yutong declined an honor for her late mother so she could rest undisturbed.

• Tang San sent Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Xiao Wu to the mortal realm, and the God of Destruction sealed them while warning Tang San he would enforce the God Realm's rules.
• Lie Yan and Ji Dong concluded that a war was becoming difficult to prevent; Ji Dong decided to seek the reincarnations of the Good and Evil God Kings, while Lie Yan planned to preserve the balance if fighting began.
• The God of Destruction left the Douluo God Realm to seek former powerhouses, determined to prevent them from disrupting his plans.
• An Zhen and Huo Yutong arrived at the Star Luo Imperial Palace, where Xu Jiawei proposed posthumously honoring Huo Yun'er.
• Huo Yutong declined the honor, asking that her mother be allowed to rest peacefully, and Xu Jiujiu comforted her.

An Zhen settled Huo Yutong’s surviving family and arranged for Dai Luoli to join the Xu family and study at Shrek Academy. He then outlined a council-led unified empire, revealing the Sun Moon Empire’s overwhelming military and technological strength.

• An Zhen asked Xu Jiawei to care for Dai Luoli and the others, and used his Life Force to extend their lives.
• An Zhen gave Dai Luoli two immortal herbs and arranged his admission to Shrek Academy, while requiring him to take the surname Xu.
• Dai Luoli accepted his new name, Xu Luoli, and Xu Jiawei agreed to take him in as his nephew.
• An Zhen told Xu Jiawei that the Star Luo Empire would join a unified Douluo Continent and proposed a twelve-member council with himself as chairman.
• An Zhen assigned council seats among the Star Luo Empire, the former Douluo Continent, Shrek Academy, and the Dou Ling Empire.
• An Zhen revealed that the Sun Moon Empire had five Tenth-Level Soul Engineers, more than forty Level 9 Soul Engineers, and six more experts nearing the Tenth Level.

An Zhen clarified how the new empire’s Councilor seats would be assigned and revealed that his soul skill let him observe the past actions of anyone beneath the gods. After spending time with Xu Jiujiu and Huo Yutong, he headed to Shrek Academy, where someone flew toward him calling his name.

• An Zhen said Xu Jiujiu would not take a Star Luo Royal Family Councilor seat and let Xu Jiawei assign both seats, while Xu Jiujiu could assist Ju Zi with imperial affairs.
• An Zhen showed Xu Jiawei and Xuan Zi records of wrongdoing in the Star Luo Empire and explained that he could track the past actions of anyone beneath the gods.
• An Zhen told Xu Jiawei about the approaching Sacred Angel Clan, then returned to Shrek City with Xu Jiujiu, Huo Yutong, and Xuan Zi.
• An Zhen went home with Xu Jiujiu and Huo Yutong, while Xuan Zi gathered World Pavilion’s Senior Elders without him.
• An Zhen spent the following days with Xu Jiujiu and Huo Yutong, encouraged Huo Yutong to work toward becoming empress, and then left for Shrek Academy.
• As An Zhen stepped onto World Island, an unidentified figure flew toward him and called his name.

An Zhen ordered Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy to merge as the Empire’s First Academy, then used overwhelming force to silence an elder who demanded Shrek annex the Sun Moon school. After the meeting, Mu En affirmed An Zhen’s efforts to unite the continent, and An Zhen reflected on the academy from the Golden Ancient Tree.

• Xian Lin'er eagerly asked An Zhen for a Level 9 Soul Tool blueprint, and he gave her plans for an energy conversion device to power the meditation rooms beneath World Pavilion.
• An Zhen announced that Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy would merge into the Empire’s First Academy, with Martial Soul and Soul Guidance departments that shared courses.
• A Senior Elder insisted Shrek should absorb Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, so An Zhen subdued him, took five years of his lifespan, and ordered the merger to proceed.
• An Zhen warned the elders that Shrek’s influence could not exceed his own and demanded that the academy stop meddling beyond its educational duties.
• Xuan Zi told the elders to carry out An Zhen’s orders, while Shao Zhe, Xian Lin'er, and Duoduo were tasked with preparations, including building the energy conversion device.
• Mu En joined An Zhen atop the Golden Ancient Tree and praised his efforts to unite the continent and protect ordinary people from the costs of war.

An Zhen’s campaign to purge corruption across the continent concluded as the Douling, Sun Moon, and Star Luo Empires united into the World Empire, with An Zhen becoming Emperor. As officials handled the new nation’s affairs, An Zhen remained in Shrek City with Xiao Xiao and looked ahead to her meeting the former Sun Moon Empire’s women.

• Zhang Lexuan emerged from seclusion, reported that the academy was following An Zhen’s orders, and affirmed that his forceful approach had kept matters moving.
• The Sacred Angel Clan completed its cleansing operation in the Star Luo Empire, finishing the continent-wide purge as preparations for unification concluded.
• On January 1st of the World Era, the Douling Emperor, Sun Moon Empress, and Star Luo Emperor announced the creation of the World Empire and named An Zhen its Emperor.
• An Zhen told Xiao Xiao how he had punished a sect elder who tried to obstruct unification by sending him to attack the Sun Moon Empire with five warhorses.
• An Zhen told Xiao Xiao that officials were handling the work of founding the Empire and that she would soon meet the women from the former Sun Moon Empire.

An Zhen organized the new Empire's government and laid out plans for agriculture, infrastructure, education, and public welfare. Meanwhile, Xiao Wu told Ah Yin and Tang Hao that An Zhen had captured Tang Wutong, prompting Tang Hao to prepare to attack him.

• An Zhen assigned Councilors to departments, established the Secretariat's authority, and oversaw the drafting of the Empire's laws.
• An Zhen proposed using Soul Tools to expand farming and textile production, building roads and train lines, and developing healthcare, education, and legal protections.
• The meeting ended, and the new ruling class toured the former Sun Moon Empire's Soul Tool technology in Mingdu.
• Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu arrived at Ah Yin and Tang Hao's secluded home in a Semi-Plane.
• Xiao Wu told Ah Yin and Tang Hao that An Zhen had betrayed and imprisoned Tang Wutong, and that Da Ming, Er Ming, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing had also suffered calamities.
• Ning Rongrong warned Tang Hao that An Zhen possessed formidable powers, but Tang Hao ignored her warning and vowed to kill him.

Tang Hao and Ah Yin worried about Wang Dong, whom they also called Wu Tong, and secretly traveled to the Douluo Continent to gather intelligence. An Zhen sensed their arrival while spending the night with Wang Dong, then found Tang Wutong living messily in the Virtual World and told her that her family had come to take her home.

• Ning Rongrong urged Tang Hao not to act rashly and explained the plan for Ma Hongjun and the others to recover their strength and prepare to fight An Zhen.
• Tang Hao and Ah Yin fretted over Wu Tong’s safety, and Tang Hao resolved to travel to the Douluo Continent to gather intelligence.
• Tang Hao and Ah Yin arrived on a small island, and An Zhen sensed their presence through Omniscience and Omnipotence.
• An Zhen stayed with Wang Dong through the night and decided he would deal with the two intruders after she woke up.
• In the Virtual World, An Zhen found Tang Wutong amid a disordered room and told her that her family had come to take her home.

An Zhen sent Tang Wutong back to her family, then welcomed the God of Greed and God of Ruin Zhou Weiqing, who had been sent from the God Realm to support him. After leaving Shrek City with them, An Zhen began testing whether Zhou Weiqing’s loyalty to Tang San could be influenced.

• An Zhen told Tang Wutong that her grandparents had arrived and that her body and soul were nearly complete, but she refused to leave until he said he was only notifying her.
• The next day, An Zhen spent the morning with Wang Dong and Huo Yutong before sensing two pillars of light descend into Shrek City.
• An Zhen identified the newcomers as the God of Greed and God of Ruin Zhou Weiqing, who explained that Master Destruction had sent them to support him.
• An Zhen agreed to let the God of Greed travel across Douluo Continent to absorb mortal greed, then left Shrek City with both gods.
• An Zhen recalled Zhou Weiqing’s possible history with Tang San and used a puppet to ask whether Tang San had a favor to claim from him.

An Zhen confronted Zhou Weiqing after discovering that Tang San had saved Zhou Weiqing’s family and once offered him the God King position, a secret he had hidden from the God of Destruction. The God of Destruction ordered An Zhen to cripple Zhou Weiqing, and An Zhen prepared to subdue him while declaring that his teacher would decide Zhou Weiqing’s fate.

• An Zhen stopped the God of Greed and Zhou Weiqing in the wilderness and accused them of being potential traitors.
• The God of Greed defended Zhou Weiqing, saying the God of Destruction had raised him and trusted him.
• An Zhen revealed that Tang San had saved Zhou Weiqing, his wife, and their unborn child, and had once intended to pass him the God King position.
• Zhou Weiqing stayed silent, confirming that he had concealed his connection to Tang San from the God of Destruction.
• The God of Destruction, furious at Zhou Weiqing’s deception, told the Goddess of Life to have An Zhen cripple him and bring him back to the God Realm.
• An Zhen raised the Scepter of Destruction and prepared to restrain Zhou Weiqing until the God of Destruction could decide his fate.

An Zhen captured Zhou Weiqing after he crippled himself and then ambushed Tang Hao and Ah Yin at the ruins of the Clear Sky Sect. The chapter left Tang Hao badly wounded and launching the Great Sumeru Hammer against An Zhen.

• An Zhen relayed the God of Destruction’s order to capture Zhou Weiqing, who struck his own heart to surrender rather than risk his family’s safety.
• An Zhen sealed Zhou Weiqing inside a cocoon of life force and planned to subdue the descended First Generation Shrek Seven Monsters before Tang San could act.
• Tang Hao and Ah Yin found the Clear Sky Sect reduced to ruins, and Tang Hao blamed An Zhen.
• An Zhen ambushed Tang Hao, shattered his defenses, and severed his right arm while the God of Greed attacked Ah Yin with the power of greed.
• Tang Hao, gravely injured and unable to fight effectively, forced out his martial soul and unleashed the Great Sumeru Hammer.

Tang Hao and Ah Yin were defeated and captured by An Zhen and the God of Greed after Tang Hao’s ring detonation failed to stop them. An Zhen declared the hostages a valuable haul, but the hunt was still underway.

• Tang Hao detonated his rings, and the blast struck Ah Yin while the God of Greed evaded it and used his divine artifact to control her.
• The blast left Tang Hao badly injured, but when he tried to detonate eight more soul rings, An Zhen used the Authority of Fate to make his energy collapse inside him.
• An Zhen subdued Tang Hao and pulled the remaining energy from his body, while the God of Greed brought over Ah Yin, who was under his control.
• Tang Hao and Ah Yin begged and shouted at their captors, but An Zhen and the God of Greed preserved Tang Hao’s life, crippled Ah Yin’s power, and secured both as hostages.
• An Zhen called the capture a good haul, while the God of Greed praised him and An Zhen noted that the hunt was not over.

An Zhen interrogated Tang Hao and Ah Yin through the Virtual World, learned where Xiao Wu and the others were hiding, and hurried to the Sea Island where Xiao Wu had gone to seek reinforcements. He sealed the island and attacked Xiao Wu, leaving her fighting to escape.

• An Zhen used the Virtual World to learn Xiao Wu and the others' location, then placed the crippled Tang Hao and Ah Yin inside it.
• Xiao Wu found Tang Hao and Ah Yin's note and alerted Ning Rongrong and the others, who divided up their plans to search for them and recruit help.
• Xiao Wu traveled to the Sea Island to seek aid from the descendants of the First Generation Sea God while Oscar went to assess the situation and Ma Hongjun continued cultivating.
• An Zhen and the God of Greed arrived on the island, and An Zhen sealed it with a golden barrier.
• Chen Jiujie and the island's experts confronted An Zhen as Xiao Wu recognized the Poseidon Trident's power and tried to hide.
• An Zhen unleashed a spatial collapse at Xiao Wu, who escaped the attack by darting out of the forest.

An Zhen confronted Sea God Xiao Wu on Sea Island and prepared to defeat her despite the Sea God Family standing in his way. Chen Jiujie and the family’s experts rallied around Xiao Wu, while An Zhen’s attack threatened to overwhelm them.

• An Zhen recalled how Xiao Wu’s interference had left him powerless before and declared that he would defeat her with his own hands.
• Chen Jiujie recognized Xiao Wu as Sea God Tang San’s wife, and An Zhen returned the Sea God Helmet and an immortal herb to him as payment for borrowing the artifact.
• An Zhen ordered the Sea God Family to stand aside, but Chen Jiujie accused him of lying and refused to let him harm Xiao Wu.
• Chen Jiujie used the Sea God Helmet to strengthen himself, and the Sea God Family’s experts joined him to block An Zhen.
• An Zhen unleashed One Sword Reverses the Sea against the gathered Sea God Family.