Chapter Summaries

An Zhen explained how Spiritual Power determined Soul Spirit capacity and announced that Soul Spirits and their Soul Rings could be upgraded, while warning that stronger abilities required sufficient Spiritual Power. He revealed an impending invasion from another world, promised rewards for the Empire’s defenders, and issued sweeping appointments and reforms before the assembly pledged its obedience.

• Xu Tianzhen asked how many Soul Spirits a Soul Master could absorb, and An Zhen outlined Spiritual Power realms and their Soul Spirit limits.
• An Zhen explained that Soul Spirits and their Soul Rings could be upgraded by absorbing soul power or refined life force, and announced plans for a safe Soul Beast training platform and Spiritual Power cultivation methods.
• An Zhen revealed that another world would invade, and the assembly learned that the God Realm would eventually intervene while the Empire’s forces were expected to hold off the enemy’s lesser troops.
• An Zhen promised military merit and immortal herbs to brave soldiers, then appointed Electrolux, Yan Shaozhe, Xuan Ziwen, and Luan Feng to Spirit Pagoda leadership and research roles.
• An Zhen made Mingdu the World Empire’s capital, ordered Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy merged into the First Imperial University, and directed construction of High-Speed Soul Guide Train lines.
• The assembled officials and leaders accepted An Zhen’s decrees.

An Zhen announced the Empire’s plans for the coming war, revealed that the God of Greed would fight alongside them, and declared his conflict with Tang San temporarily concluded. He returned to Shrek City to discuss moving it and the Soul Beasts with Gu Yue Na, who insisted he follow her inside before discussing anything serious.

• An Zhen told the assembled officials that they could not affect the coming war, reassured them that he had confidence in the Empire’s survival, and announced the God of Greed would join their side.
• An Zhen introduced Ning Rongrong and Oscar as new teachers, then announced that Ma Hongjun was dead, Xiao Wu had been captured, and his war with Tang San had ended for now.
• The Empire broadcast the palace proceedings as Mingdu expanded and work on the High-Speed Soul Guide Train and a silver structure progressed.
• An Zhen returned to Shrek City to speak with Gu Yue Na about relocating Shrek City and taking the Soul Beasts to another world.
• Gu Yue Na greeted An Zhen with delight and resentment, then urged him to follow her inside instead of discussing his serious matter.

An Zhen and Gu Yue Na spent several days together before discussing the Asura God’s threat and the Dragon Clan’s future. Gu Yue Na agreed to their plans, then urged An Zhen to handle his other important matter while reporting to her.

• An Zhen and Gu Yue Na reunited intimately, and Gu Yue Na took a half-dragon form to challenge his strength.
• After another night and day together, Gu Yue Na told An Zhen she had sensed the Asura God’s aura a few days earlier.
• An Zhen recounted his conflicts with Tang Hao, Xiao Wu, the God of Emotions, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, the Phoenix God, and the Asura God’s forces.
• Gu Yue Na praised An Zhen for strengthening their position and easing the Dragon Clan’s desperate situation.
• An Zhen proposed that they pass their positions to their children after reviving the Dragon Clan, then travel or live in seclusion together, and Gu Yue Na agreed.
• Gu Yue Na pressed An Zhen to attend to her while reporting the important matter he had postponed.

An Zhen discussed artificial Soul Spirits with Gu Yue Na and asked about his and Huo Yutong’s missing divine positions. Gu Yue Na offered to search the Dragon Clan cemetery, and their conversation turned to whether the Dragon God was still alive before Wang Dong and Huo Yutong joined them.

• An Zhen explained that artificial Soul Spirits could reduce Soul Beast hunting, and Gu Yue Na agreed to let him pursue the research.
• An Zhen told Gu Yue Na that he and Huo Yutong could no longer sense their Dragon King divine positions, and Gu Yue Na suggested searching the Dragon Clan cemetery.
• Gu Yue Na reasoned that the Dragon God might still be alive, and An Zhen questioned whether the Asura God could truly have killed him.
• Wang Dong and Huo Yutong entered the bedroom, and both climbed onto the bed after teasingly denying that they wanted to join An Zhen and Gu Yue Na.

An Zhen reunited with the women in his household, shared their playful intimacies, and discussed their cultivation and divine examinations. The chapter ended with Nan Qiuqiu discovering Biji beneath the dining table and then confronting An Zhen after an embarrassing encounter.

• An Zhen joined Huo Yutong, Gu Yue Na, Wang Dong, Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Luo Chen, and Zhang Lexuan said her God Examinations had raised her to level ninety-eight.
• An Zhen advised Huo Yutong to strengthen her Ice Dragon King martial soul, break through to Title Douluo, and later hunt the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord for her Spirit Eyes' ninth soul ring.
• An Zhen praised Wu Feng's cultivation progress as she described her volcanic God Examination space and her unabsorbed Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• An Zhen spent time with Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Xiao Xiao, and Xu Jiujiu.
• Nan Qiuqiu found Biji beneath the dining table, declined Biji's invitation, and later rushed from the washroom to accuse An Zhen of being a bad man.

An Zhen discussed his companions’ futures, promising that they and their families could become gods, and outlined Shrek City’s relocation and plans for artificial Soul Spirits and Soul Armor. As he prepared to leave, a Heavenly Tribulation appeared over World Lake, where he found Dong Qianqiu facing the trial after rapidly growing stronger.

• Nan Qiuqiu told An Zhen that her God of Destruction examination had evolved her Martial Soul and raised her Soul Power to level seventy-eight.
• An Zhen promised the women that they and two relatives each could eventually become gods, then described Shrek City’s relocation and plans for artificial Soul Spirits and Soul Armor.
• An Zhen gave Huo Yutong the Ghost Carving Divine Knife and named her the first to inherit a divine position, then distributed immortal herbs to the women.
• An Zhen noticed a Heavenly Tribulation over World Lake and went there, finding Dong Qianqiu much larger and facing a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast’s tribulation.
• Biji explained that Dong Qianqiu’s rapid growth came from regularly eating Soul Beast meat and immortal herbs given to her by An Zhen.

Dong Qianqiu discovered that An Zhen would become immortal and despaired that their deal might bind her to serve as his mount forever. She chose to take human form instead, but An Zhen still teased her about riding her, and her hunger made her resist less confidently.

• An Zhen teased Dong Qianqiu about their agreement that she would be his mount, and she panicked when she learned he would become a god and live forever.
• As Dong Qianqiu's Heavenly Tribulation approached, she began taking human form, and An Zhen and Biji realized she was choosing that path rather than facing the tribulation.
• After a day and a night, Dong Qianqiu emerged as a small human girl and smugly told An Zhen he could no longer ride her.
• An Zhen suggested he could still ride her in human form, while Huo Yutong brought out desserts and watched their argument.
• Dong Qianqiu refused An Zhen's cake when he asked to pat her head in exchange, but her stomach growled and undermined her protest.

An Zhen fed Dong Qianqiu, bound her to stay with him, and put Biji in charge of teaching her about human life. He then relocated Shrek City and Shrek Academy to Mingdu, where the girls were greeted by Meng Hongchen.

• Dong Qianqiu accepted An Zhen’s food and head pats, then agreed to stay with him rather than return to her mother.
• An Zhen handed Dong Qianqiu to Biji to look after, while Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao teased him about raising her.
• An Zhen reviewed the Mingdu expansion plans and used Authority, Erosion to move Shrek City and Shrek Academy to their planned sites.
• An Zhen noted that Shrek Academy’s facilities needed renovation, and Xuan Zi rushed into a milk tea shop in the former city.
• Zhang Lexuan, Xiao Xiao, and the other girls explored Mingdu before Meng Hongchen offered to show them around, drawing Ma Xiaotao’s suspicion.

Meng Hongchen welcomed An Zhen’s companions to Mingdu and used their childhood memories to assert her closeness to him, while Ma Xiaotao met her advances with rivalry. An Zhen then traveled to gather Soul Beast blood and cores for his artificial Soul Spirit research, leaving the collection effort underway across the continent.

• Meng Hongchen offered to guide An Zhen’s companions around Mingdu and showed them childhood photos of herself and An Zhen, including one from a pretend wedding.
• Ma Xiaotao challenged Meng Hongchen’s insinuations, while Huo Yutong accepted the tour and Dong Qianqiu eagerly asked to visit the food shops.
• An Zhen left the women to get along and crossed the Universe to the Star Dou Great Forest, where he asked Di Tian to organize Soul Beasts to provide blood samples, including samples from mutated individuals.
• Di Tian assigned the Myriad Demon King, Scarlet King, and himself to collect samples from different Soul Beast groups.
• An Zhen obtained a Soul Beast encyclopedia and traveled to gathering grounds across Douluo Star to collect blood and special lifeform cores, occasionally causing undersea earthquakes while taking mineral veins as snacks.

Meng Hongchen welcomed the returning girls and introduced them to An Qiu'er, Zi Ji, Xu Tianzhen, and Ju Zi. They learned that Ye Guyi had become An Zhen's lover and was undergoing the Angel God's divine trial, then set off for dinner together.

• Meng Hongchen brought the girls back from sightseeing, where Xiao Xiao and Ma Xiaotao met An Qiu'er and Zi Ji, while Wang Dong caught up with Xu Tianzhen and Ju Zi.
• Xu Tianzhen invited Ning Tian and Xu Jiujiu to visit the Imperial Palace and see how the new Empire's administration worked, and Xu Jiujiu agreed.
• Wang Dong asked where Ye Guyi was, and An Qiu'er admitted that Ye Guyi had pursued An Zhen and that she had helped drug him before the two became a couple.
• Xu Tianzhen explained that Ye Guyi was secluded for the Angel God's divine trial, surprising Wang Dong and the others.
• Meng Hongchen suggested a restaurant she and An Zhen often visited, and Ma Xiaotao teased her as the group agreed to go there.

An Zhen collected Soul Beast specimens and helped Electrolux build a Soul Spirit secret realm while reflecting on the power imbalance between mortals and gods. The chapter left Tang San furious after losing contact with Ma Hongjun and the others he had sent to Douluo Continent.

• An Zhen collected blood from Lina, gave her an immortal herb for her daughter Lan Fozhi, and told her that Tang San's life was his.
• An Zhen gathered Soul Beast specimens, returned to Mingdu, and helped Electrolux construct a secret realm for producing Soul Spirits.
• Tang San discovered that he could no longer sense the Asura God's divine trial mark and concluded that Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and the others he had sent down were likely dead.
• Tang San smashed furniture in his ruined home and raged that An Zhen had defied him instead of following his plans.

Injured and isolated, Tang San arranged with the Light God to recruit the Abyssal Sage King to eliminate An Zhen and capture several people. The Abyssal Sage King heard the proposal but questioned why a God King needed someone else to do his dirty work.

• Tang San, unable to fight the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life or send another god to defeat An Zhen, decided he needed to act in the mortal world.
• Tang San persuaded the Light God and the Darkness God to help him, promising to draw the attention of Life and Destruction and take responsibility for their actions.
• The Space God secretly sent a wisp of light into the Abyss Plane while he and the God of Envy watched over it.
• The Light God appeared before the shackled Abyssal Sage King and offered him safety and a place among the gods if he eliminated a mortal and captured several people for Tang San.
• The Abyssal Sage King agreed to hear the details but questioned why Tang San, a God King, needed dirty gloves.

Light God pressured Abyssal Sage King to help Asura God Tang San deal with An Zhen, revealing that the God of Destruction stood behind An Zhen and had captured the Abyss Plane. Abyssal Sage King agreed while privately seeking a way to protect himself, and concluded that Xiao Wu or An Zhen might offer leverage.

• Abyssal Sage King challenged Light God's claim that he had no choice, reasoning that Tang San could not act against An Zhen directly and that the mission was dangerous.
• Abyssal Sage King offered Light God the Heavenly Saint Split Abyss Halberd as a test, but Light God refused to take the Super Artifact because it belonged to the God of Destruction.
• Light God revealed that the God of Destruction had captured the Abyss Plane and stood behind An Zhen, then urged Abyssal Sage King to side with Tang San for a chance to survive.
• Abyssal Sage King agreed to carry out Tang San's request, and Light God left after warning him that this was his only chance.
• Abyssal Sage King doubted Tang San would protect him and considered using Xiao Wu or An Zhen as a possible way to escape his predicament.

An Zhen returned to find the women in his household getting along and explained his work on artificial Soul Spirits, including his encounter with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's wife and daughter. After dinner, he demonstrated a new spatial technique that left the women flustered, while Dong Qianqiu remained confused and went to bed.

• Ye Guyi paused her Angel God's divine trial and joined the gathered women, who got along well.
• An Zhen returned, explained that he had expanded the artificial Soul Spirit production lines with Teacher Electrolux, and described meeting the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's wife and daughter.
• Dong Qianqiu questioned why An Zhen had not eliminated the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's wife, and he told her that they had not provoked him.
• Huo Yutong told An Zhen that Ma Xiaotao and An Qiu'er had fought within limits and quickly become close, while Ju Zi and Xu Tianzhen had earned respect by helping with state affairs.
• After dinner, An Zhen used spatial mirrors to touch the women remotely, leaving them blushing, then sent the confused Dong Qianqiu off to bed.

An Zhen spent three days with the women, who dressed in bridal gowns before joining him in his bedroom. After Dong Qianqiu found herself alone and hungry, An Zhen fed her and protected her Soul Beast aura, then turned to the Empire’s work and considered reaching level one hundred and becoming a god.

• An Zhen transformed the women’s clothes into bridal gowns and promised them a grand wedding before they went to his bedroom.
• Three days later, An Zhen found Dong Qianqiu waiting outside because she had eaten all the food and no one had come out.
• An Zhen gave Dong Qianqiu a lavish meal and made her a pendant from an immortal herb to conceal her Soul Beast aura.
• The women resumed cultivation and divine trials, while the Empress returned to her throne and the NPC puppets cultivated in the Virtual World.
• An Zhen considered how his Super Artifact could help him reach level one hundred, become a god without a divine position, and bring the Douluo Plane’s attention upon him.

An Zhen consulted the Goddess of Life about delaying his ascension and learned that the Abyss Plane would reach Douluo in about a year. After studying the threat, he saw a possible path to victory through the plane seeds bound to its abyssal lords, but the Abyssal Sage King remained overwhelmingly powerful.

• An Zhen asked the Goddess of Life whether he could avoid ascending, and she urged him to become a god and explained that doing so would make his world real.
• The Goddess of Life told An Zhen that the Abyss Plane would connect to Douluo in roughly a year and sent him information about it.
• An Zhen recognized the Abyss Plane, its 108 layers, and the Abyssal Sage King, whose strength and Heavenly Saint Split Abyss Halberd made him a formidable opponent.
• An Zhen considered how the God of Destruction had bound portions of the Abyss Plane's energy to the abyssal lords' plane seeds and concluded that there was a chance to win if no one interfered.

An Zhen prepared Huo Yutong for her next steps toward divine power and ordered the World Empire to recruit elite soul masters, offering contribution points and valuable rewards. Forty days later, he had advanced to nearly rank ninety-nine while cultivating and managing the Empire.

• An Zhen remembered the Sky Azure Divine Dragon and planned for Huo Yutong to use it as the ninth soul ring for her Ice Dragon King martial soul.
• An Zhen instructed Huo Yutong to develop her martial soul to its eighth ring, absorb the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s remaining spiritual origin, and pursue the Emotion God’s trial and the Ghost Carving Divine Knife.
• An Zhen ordered the Empire to recruit Soul Kings aged twenty-two and above and established contribution-point rewards, pensions, and exchanges for items such as immortal herbs, soul bones, Soul Armor, and Soul Spirits.
• An Zhen expanded the Soul Engineer forces and continued governing while cultivating, refining energy, strengthening the Asura Demon Sword, and advancing the laws of Destruction and Life.
• After forty days, Huo Yutong visited An Zhen in the Imperial Palace, where he revealed that his Soul Power was nearly rank ninety-nine.

An Zhen explained to Huo Yutong how Soul Cores and the rise of Soul Masters reflected the Douluo Plane’s efforts to develop under the Douluo God Realm’s control. He warned her against becoming the Plane Lord, then watched her train in the Demon Forest after she completed several cultivation and divine-trial tasks.

• An Zhen reflected on his cultivation method and considered sharing it, then discussed Soul Cores with Huo Yutong.
• An Zhen told Huo Yutong that the Douluo Plane was driving the development of Soul Masters and had nurtured her as a potential Plane Lord.
• An Zhen explained that the Douluo God Realm would keep the Douluo Plane subordinate and warned Huo Yutong that becoming its Plane Lord would limit her growth.
• Huo Yutong completed the agreed tasks, including adding soul rings to her Ice Dragon King martial soul, absorbing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s spiritual origin, and reaching the fifth God of Emotions trial.
• An Zhen watched Huo Yutong battle in the Demon Forest while supporting her with the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Huo Yutong and Zhang Lexuan fought the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord, whose overwhelming spiritual attacks failed to overcome their divine and soul skills. As the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord unleashed his power over time and space, Huo Yutong invoked the Ice Dragon King's strength to meet it.

• Zhang Lexuan used Blood Moon Eclipse while Huo Yutong matched the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord's mental attack with her Spiritual Power.
• Huo Yutong revealed that the Ice Dragon King's dragon soul and her divine seed had raised her Spiritual Power toward Spiritual Sense, alarming the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Lord launched a massive bloody pillar, which Zhang Lexuan's Mirror Flower, Water Moon swallowed and reflected.
• Huo Yutong froze the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord's tentacle rays, while Zhang Lexuan reflected his Light of Destruction back at him.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Lord unleashed Light of Time and Space, and Huo Yutong activated Ice Dragon Protection and formed a shield of absolute zero.

Huo Yutong used her Ice Dragon King Martial Soul Avatar to battle the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord while An Zhen supported her with the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. As the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord unleashed its Light of Spacetime, Huo Yutong prepared a new attack called Sigh of the ice goddess.

• Huo Yutong emerged from the clash as the Ice Dragon King, while An Zhen appeared above the battlefield with the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• An Zhen enhanced Huo Yutong’s strength, speed, soul power, defense, attack, and martial soul avatar.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Lord cut off its frozen tentacles and charged Huo Yutong, attempting to kill her before it died.
• Huo Yutong overpowered the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord with dragon claws, extreme cold, and spiritual attacks, freezing its body and slowing its movements.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Lord launched Light of Spacetime, and Huo Yutong raised her frost dragon claw to unleash Sigh of the ice goddess.