Chapter Summaries

Crown Prince Dai Yueyan and Princess Dai Yun'er visited the Spirit Pagoda to gauge Zhao Xuanzhen’s stance and propose a marriage alliance that would bind the empire to the Pagoda. Zhao rejected the proposal and overwhelmed Holy Dragon Douluo Enci with the combined force of his allies, leaving Star Luo to decide whether to support the Spirit Pagoda or risk its wrath.

• Dai Yueyan and Dai Yun'er arrived at the Spirit Pagoda, where the Bai Sisters led them to Zhao Xuanzhen on the Top Floor.
• Dai Yueyan warned Zhao that Star Luo would defend its interests, and Zhao cautioned the empire against choosing the wrong side in the conflict with the Tang Sect.
• Zhao exposed Holy Dragon Douluo Enci, who revealed that he had come to protect the royal siblings and offer Dai Yun'er in marriage to secure an alliance.
• Zhao refused the marriage alliance, while Dai Yun'er reacted with shock and Enci warned that the refusal could drive Star Luo toward the Tang Sect.
• Zhao, Gu Yue, Na'er, and Han Tianyi joined forces to suppress Enci, demonstrating that the Spirit Pagoda could overturn Star Luo’s expectations of its strength.
• Zhao told Enci that the Phoenix Family need not follow the Qiangu Family’s hawkish path, but warned that the Spirit Pagoda would sweep aside the Star Luo Royal Family if it blocked the Pagoda.

Zhao Xuanzhen accepted the Star Luo Empire’s Five Gods’ Duel, but changed it into a single battle against all five representatives at once. As the match began before a packed stadium, he unveiled a domain that transformed the world into a black-and-white realm beneath his gaze.

• Enci apologized for his earlier remarks and proposed a Five Gods’ Duel, promising Star Luo’s cooperation against the Tang Sect if Zhao Xuanzhen won and access to Spirit Pagoda research if Star Luo prevailed.
• Zhao Xuanzhen agreed to face all five challengers together at noon the next day, and the Star Luo Empire announced the spectacle across the continent.
• At Empire Stadium, Dai Tianling introduced the contest as a single match between Zhao Xuanzhen and five Star Luo representatives: Huang Zhengyang, Hu Jie, Tong Yu, Long Yue, and Enci.
• Zhao Xuanzhen appeared above the stadium and spread his Spiritual Domain, turning the scene into a black-and-white world under his command.

Zhao Xuanzhen began the Five Gods' Duel against Star Luo's champions, dominating the mecha, weapon, and Soul Spirit battles through his incarnations and allies. He overwhelmed Tong Yu with Bagua Qimen and left Enci to face him in the Battle Armor battle.

• Zhao Xuanzhen opened his Spiritual Domain over Star Luo Stadium and created two Yin Yang Incarnations to fight in separate battles.
• The Yin Incarnation piloted Jiu Tian and battered Huang Zhengyang's Despair Death God with superior armor, a barrage of weapons, and Silver Dragon Rage.
• The Yang Incarnation's Emperor Dragon Spear resisted the Vajra Ring and struck back at Long Yue.
• Hu Jie sent his Rubber Elephant and Godly Taotie Bull Soul Spirits against Spirit Water Porpoise, Yin Yang Chaos Bird, and Martial God Panda, who fought back across the Soul Spirit battlefield.
• Zhao Xuanzhen used Bagua Qimen to suppress Tong Yu's Five Elements Qilin and sink it into a swamp, foiling Tong Yu's attempt to speak.
• Enci accepted that Tong Yu had been defeated and announced that he would now face Zhao Xuanzhen in the Battle Armor battle.

Zhao Xuanzhen defeated Holy Dragon Douluo Enci in the final match of the Five Gods' Duel, securing victory for the Spirit Pagoda. Hu Jie then attempted to assassinate Zhao Xuanzhen with Yama's Post, but Yin Yang Reversal sent the weapon back and killed him, prompting the Star Luo Empire to declare Tang Sect a heretical organization and join the Spirit Pagoda in exterminating it.

• Enci used his Bright Holy Dragon Martial Soul Avatar and Four-Word Battle Armor, Peerless Holy Dragon, to challenge Zhao Xuanzhen's Wan Fa Ziran Domain.
• Zhao Xuanzhen's Jiuli-enhanced Taiji Dao overwhelmed Enci's Thousand Dragons Dance, and All Things Return to One stripped away Enci's dragon form and defeated him.
• The spectators celebrated Zhao Xuanzhen's victory in the Five Gods' Duel as Hu Jie secretly prepared to attack him with Yama's Post.
• Hu Jie fired Yama's Post at Zhao Xuanzhen, but Zhao Xuanzhen used Yin Yang Reversal to send it back, and the poison killed Hu Jie.
• Han Tianyi challenged the Star Luo Empire to respond to Hu Jie's attack, and Dai Tianling declared Tang Sect a heretical organization and ordered cooperation with the Spirit Pagoda to exterminate it.

Dai Tianling sought an alliance with Zhao Xuanzhen after Star Luo’s failed plans, and the two agreed on exchanges between the Spirit Pagoda and Monster Academy. Dai Yun’er tried to use a drugged wine to approach Zhao Xuanzhen, but the Bai Sisters caught her, then shared the wine with Zhao Xuanzhen themselves.

• Dai Tianling explained to Dai Yun’er that Star Luo had little leverage over the Spirit Pagoda and decided to invite Zhao Xuanzhen to a banquet.
• Zhao Xuanzhen agreed with Dai Tianling to begin an exchange program the next day, while Monster Academy promised to let graduates join the Spirit Pagoda freely.
• Huang Zhengyang challenged Zhao Xuanzhen to another mecha fight, and Zhao Xuanzhen accepted after leaving the banquet.
• Dai Yun’er tried to enter Zhao Xuanzhen’s room with drugged wine, but Bai Haoze and Bai Zhicen restrained her and discovered the aphrodisiac.
• The Bai Sisters invited Zhao Xuanzhen to drink with them, and the three spent the night together while Dai Yun’er remained tied up.

Zhao Xuanzhen returned to Douluo Continent with the Star Luo Empire’s exchange delegation and arranged for its members to study and work with the Spirit Pagoda. At Yinque Terrace, Leng Yulai tried to seduce him, and her determination to use him against Leng Yaozhu became clear.

• Dai Yun'er abandoned her plan to pursue Zhao Xuanzhen, but Dai Tianling placed her on the Star Luo exchange delegation alongside Tong Yu, Huang Zhengyang, and the Monster Heavenly Kings.
• Gu Yue opened a spatial tunnel with the Dragon God Core, and Zhao Xuanzhen led the delegation back to Douluo Continent with Gu Yue, Na'er, and the Bai Sisters.
• Zhao Xuanzhen assigned the exchange members to Gu Yue and introduced Huang Zhengyang to Muye, while telling Tong Yu to stay alive until he received further instructions.
• Zhao Xuanzhen went to Yinque Terrace and found Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai waiting there.
• Leng Yulai tried to entice Zhao Xuanzhen while Leng Yaozhu cooked, but he stepped on her foot and warned her through the pain.
• After dinner was ready, Leng Yulai resolved to take revenge on Leng Yaozhu by seizing the person her sister loved most.

Leng Yaozhu and Zhao Xuanzhen discussed the Spirit Pagoda’s future and grew intimate, while Leng Yulai secretly continued plotting revenge. Xuanwu then alerted Zhao Xuanzhen that the Northern Sea Region was under attack, and he left to respond.

• Leng Yulai acted warmly toward Leng Yaozhu at lunch while privately planning to seduce Zhao Xuanzhen and use a pregnancy to shatter her sister’s happiness.
• Leng Yaozhu refused to release Leng Yulai from her Soul Power seal and discussed retiring from the Spirit Pagoda Tower Master position in favor of Zhao Xuanzhen.
• Zhao Xuanzhen and Leng Yaozhu discussed the alliance of Shrek Academy, the Tang Sect, and War God Hall, and Leng Yaozhu proposed assigning Qilin Douluo Tong Yu to guard headquarters.
• Zhao Xuanzhen became intimate with Leng Yaozhu in her bedroom, but Xuanwu interrupted to report that powerful beings were invading the Northern Sea Region and seizing control of the ocean.
• Leng Yaozhu kissed Zhao Xuanzhen and affirmed her support before he departed for the Northern Sea Region.

Zhao Xuanzhen joined Lan Fozi in attacking the Sea God’s forces in the Devil Sea Area as they reclaimed the Northern Sea. In Heaven Dou City, Tang San revealed that he had sent Douluo Star’s coordinates to the God Realm and ordered Long Yeyue to help him pursue the Godslaying cannonball Eternal Heaven.

• Zhao Xuanzhen fused with Xuanwu to reclaim the Northern Sea Authority and headed for the Devil Sea Area.
• Zhao Xuanzhen reunited with Lan Fozi, who was traveling to North Sea City for medicine for her mother, and the two set out together to confront the Sea God’s forces.
• Lan Fozi smashed through the Sea Demon Elephants and confronted the mermaid princess Li Jing and the Demon Soul Great White Shark princess Bai Xiuxiu while Zhao Xuanzhen restrained their allies.
• The Sea Princess and Xiao Bai were reclaiming the Northern Sea with the Heart of the Sea God when Zhao Xuanzhen arrived with Li Jing captured and the battle-worn Lan Fozi beside him.
• Tang San told Long Yeyue that he had sent Douluo Star’s coordinates to his main body in the God Realm, whose Great God Circle planned to descend upon the planet.
• Tang San learned that Yu Guanzhi guarded the Federation’s Eternal Heaven cannonball and ordered Long Yeyue, Du Qing, and Wuqing to accompany him to retrieve it.

Zhao Xuanzhen defeated the Sea Princess and Xiao Bai, captured valuable sea beasts for Soul Spirits, and traveled toward North Sea City with Lan Fozi. The Northern Sea Legion intercepted them but recognized Zhao Xuanzhen, and Yue Zhengyu embraced him in surprise.

• The Sea Princess and Xiao Bai attacked Lan Fozi and Zhao Xuanzhen to rescue their captured heirs, Li Jing and Bai Xiuxiu.
• Zhao Xuanzhen commanded the Devil Sea Area’s waters, defeated Xiao Bai, and overwhelmed the Sea Princess’s Heart of the Sea God, leaving her frozen and unconscious.
• Zhao Xuanzhen froze the captured sea beasts and stored them for transport to the Spirit Pagoda, while Lan Fozi negotiated for the Shark Pearl in exchange for taking him to North Sea City.
• Lan Fozi carried Zhao Xuanzhen toward North Sea City and invited him to visit the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters and meet her mother.
• The Northern Sea Legion surrounded Zhao Xuanzhen, recognized him, and greeted him with respect.
• Yue Zhengyu stepped out of the Legion’s captain mecha, embraced Zhao Xuanzhen, and exclaimed that he really was there.

Zhao Xuanzhen secured military cooperation with the Northern Sea Legion and asked Lan Fozi to help him destroy a Holy Spirit Cult research base in North Sea City. Lan Fozi agreed and led him to the hidden facility, where a strange girl appeared in the lab as the chapter ended.

• Zhao Xuanzhen reunited with Yue Zhengyu, who introduced his fiancée Shen Xing and invited him to the Northern Sea Legion.
• Lan Fozi transformed into human form, and Zhao Xuanzhen met Commander Shen Yue; the Spirit Pagoda and Northern Sea Legion finalized a series of resource exchanges.
• After the welcoming banquet, Zhao Xuanzhen asked Lan Fozi to guide him to the Holy Spirit Cult Research Institute, and she admitted that she wanted the cult’s Evil Soul Masters gone and hoped to join the Spirit Pagoda.
• Lan Fozi accepted Zhao Xuanzhen’s invitation to join the Spirit Pagoda, then became excited when he promised to oppose the Abyss and help her seek revenge on Poseidon Tang San.
• Zhao Xuanzhen called Yue Zhengyu to join a raid on the North Sea City base, and Lan Fozi entered the facility as its Holy Maiden.
• Lan Fozi was led into the research lab, where white-robed researchers worked and a twin-ponytailed girl skipped through the room.

Lan Fozi brought Zhao Xuanzhen and Yue Zhengyu to the Holy Spirit Cult’s North Sea City Research Institute, where they defeated Na Nali and captured the cult’s Evil Soul Masters. Yue Zhengyu executed Na Nali as Zhao Xuanzhen and Lan Fozi went inside to retrieve the Spirit Inhibitor.

• Na Nali killed a researcher, and Lan Fozi collected Spirit Inhibitors for the Demon Empress and ordered the remaining researchers released.
• Zhao Xuanzhen and Yue Zhengyu arrived with Lan Fozi, revealing that she had led them to the hidden research institute.
• Lan Fozi declared that she would help destroy the Holy Spirit Cult, and Na Nali activated her Battle Armor and Martial Soul Avatar to fight back.
• Zhao Xuanzhen shattered Na Nali’s bell and Battle Armor with one punch, then bound the fleeing Evil Soul Masters with Wind Lock.
• Zhao Xuanzhen left Na Nali’s fate to Yue Zhengyu, who killed her and gained Soul Power.

Zhao Xuanzhen freed the researchers, removed the Dark Blood Demon’s curse with the Emperor Dragon King’s powers, and helped them prepare to return home. At the Spirit Pagoda headquarters, Yali and Guan Yue sought refuge and revealed that they believed Tang San had possessed Chen Xinjie and was directing the attacks on the Tang Sect and Spirit Pagoda.

• Zhao Xuanzhen told the imprisoned researchers that the Evil Soul Masters had been eliminated and promised to remove the Blood Demon Curse Kill planted in them.
• The Emperor Dragon King burned away the curse and restored the researchers’ vitality with its life power, then Zhao Xuanzhen gave them a Federation Gold Card to help them return home.
• Zhao Xuanzhen left the facility with Lan Fozi, while Yue Zhengyu watched them depart.
• At the Spirit Pagoda headquarters, Yali and Guan Yue asked Leng Yaozhu and the others for refuge, saying Chen Xinjie and Long Yeyue had driven them from Shrek.
• Guan Yue explained that Chen Xinjie had become a shell controlled by an ancestor who used a soul-splitting technique, and that he had secretly rescued Yali and the others.
• Guan Yue concluded that the ancestor behind the plot was likely Poseidon Tang San.

The Spirit Pagoda prepared for war against Poseidon Tang San and his allies while Jiu Tian completed his first Heavenly Forging and became the continent’s second Godly Craftsman. The chapter ended with Zhao Xuanzhen assigning Jiu Tian a new forging order.

• Gu Yue and the Spirit Pagoda leaders concluded that Poseidon Tang San had returned through Han Hai Douluo and ordered the organization to enter an emergency wartime state.
• Gu Yue realized Tang San might have been searching for the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, who were protected inside the Ten Thousand Beast Platform.
• Zhao Xuanzhen messaged Gu Yue to collect him in Heaven Dou City after announcing that the continent’s second Godly Craftsman had emerged.
• Zhen Hua praised Jiu Tian’s talent and invited him to perform his first Heavenly Forging on the Forging Association rooftop.
• Jiu Tian forged Star Luo Holy Gold through a seven-colored lightning tribulation, completing Heavenly Forging and proving himself a Godly Craftsman.
• Zhen Hua decided to announce Jiu Tian as the forging world’s second Godly Craftsman, and Zhao Xuanzhen gave Jiu Tian a new forging order.

Zhao Xuanzhen visited Jiu Tian to commission his Four-Word Battle Armor, while Gu Yue and Na'er fought over the right to put their names in its title. Gu Yue won their contest, but she kept revising the proposed name, leaving Zhao Xuanzhen with the prospect of being called Taiji Ancient Dao Zhao Xuanzhen.

• Zhao Xuanzhen arrived at the Forging Association and told Jiu Tian to forge his Four-Word Battle Armor using Star Luo Holy Gold and Dou Ling Heavenly Gold.
• Jiu Tian told Zhao Xuanzhen that Zhen Hua trusted him and would announce his Divine Craftsman status and future succession as president of the Forging Association.
• Gu Yue and Na'er discussed Spirit Pagoda's planned war against the Sea God Legion, Tang Sect, and Shrek, then began competing for the naming rights to Zhao Xuanzhen's armor.
• Gu Yue and Na'er interrupted Zhao Xuanzhen while he engraved the armor and fought over whose name would be included; Gu Yue ultimately won.
• Gu Yue named the armor Silver Dragon Xuanyue, then proposed calling its upgraded form Taiji Ancient Path and Zhao Xuanzhen Taiji Ancient Dao Zhao Xuanzhen.

Zhao Xuanzhen completed Taiji Ancient Path as the Spirit Pagoda prepared to strike Shrek Academy, the Tang Sect, and the Sea God Legion. The theft of Eternal Heaven disrupted its plans, and Poseidon Tang San challenged Zhao Xuanzhen to a wager while threatening Shrek City with the stolen weapon.

• Na'er and Gu Yue argued over who could claim the name Taiji Ancient Path, and Na'er vowed to surpass Gu Yue with future Battle Armor.
• Zhao Xuanzhen completed Taiji Ancient Path while Jiu Tian forged its components under the guidance of Zhen Hua.
• Leng Yaozhu began assigning the Spirit Pagoda's forces to attack Shrek Academy, the Tang Sect in Heaven Dou City, and the Sea God Legion.
• The Federation Speaker reported that Tang San's forces had seized Eternal Heaven after gravely wounding Yu Guanzhi and attacking the Central Legion.
• Tang San told Zhao Xuanzhen that Eternal Heaven was aimed at Shrek City and challenged him to a wager.

Tang San lured Zhao Xuanzhen to the sea with Eternal Heaven while secretly sending Long Yeyue to attack the Spirit Pagoda, but Shi Mengshan exposed the plan and Zhao Xuanzhen organized a counterattack. Zhao Xuanzhen met Tang San over the western sea, where both equipped their Four-Word Battle Armor and their domains collided as the battle began.

• Tang San threatened to blame Zhao Xuanzhen for a city’s destruction unless he accepted a wager, then summoned him to the sea outside Minghai City.
• Zhao Xuanzhen recognized that Tang San was using the meeting to draw him away while Long Yeyue attacked the Spirit Pagoda with Eternal Heaven.
• Shi Mengshan warned Zhao Xuanzhen that Long Yeyue was taking Eternal Heaven to the Tang Sect in Heaven Dou City to bombard the Spirit Pagoda.
• Zhao Xuanzhen sent Gu Yue and Na'er to stop the attack, Leng Yaozhu and others to clear Shrek Academy, and three experts to help the Federal Legions defeat the rebels.
• Zhao Xuanzhen arrived over the sea and fought Tang San, who used Chen Xinjie's Vast Sea Qiankun Battle Armor and the Poseidon Helmet to command the western sea.
• Zhao Xuanzhen equipped his Taiji Ancient Path Battle Armor, and its Rootless and Boundless, Wan Fa Ziran domain collided with Tang San's Boundless Sea domain.

Zhao Xuanzhen fought Tang San’s Divine Sense and broke free of the Tang Sect Twin Swords’ life-burning Emotion Moves Heaven by advancing to the God Origin Realm. He summoned the Eight Deceitful Gods as Tang San threatened Shrek City, but Zhao Xuanzhen remained confident in Long Yeyue’s handling of the attack.

• Tang San attacked Zhao Xuanzhen with Thousand Man Point, but Zhao Xuanzhen’s Taiji Ancient Path Domain weakened the strike and his Emperor Dragon Spear clashed with the Poseidon Trident.
• Zhao Xuanzhen used All Things Destruction against Tang San’s Endless Azure, and their collision erased everything within a vast area before both fighters remained standing.
• Tang San revealed that he had planned to use Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Emotion Moves Heaven, to seal Zhao Xuanzhen.
• Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi burned their lives to unleash Emotion Moves Heaven, but Zhao Xuanzhen’s Spiritual Domain advanced to the God Origin Realm and broke its seal.
• Zhao Xuanzhen summoned the four peak Eight Deceitful Gods, while Tang San threatened Shrek City with Eternal Heaven and Zhao Xuanzhen said Long Yeyue would ruin his plan.

Long Yeyue and the Tang Sect prepared to fire Eternal Heaven at the Spirit Transmission Tower, but Gu Yue Na and the Xingdou Fierce Beasts attacked the Tang Sect headquarters first. The allied forces were defeated, Long Yeyue escaped, and Gu Yue Na captured Eternal Heaven as the battle ended with the Tang Sect’s main combat faction exterminated.

• Long Yeyue brought Eternal Heaven to the Tang Sect’s underground base and rejected Ling Zichen’s warning that firing it would devastate Shrek City and kill civilians.
• The Soul Guidance Radar detected an approaching force, and Long Yeyue led the Tang Sect and War God Hall experts aboveground to face Gu Yue, Na'er, Di Tian, and the Xingdou Fierce Beasts.
• Tang Douluo Shi Mengshan and Lei Yan Douluo Jiang Zhanheng revealed that they had betrayed the War God Hall by leaking the plan, and Gu Yue teleported them to her ranks.
• The Xingdou Fierce Beasts attacked the Tang Sect and War God Hall forces, while Long Yeyue abandoned Eternal Heaven and fled under the combined pressure of Gu Yue Na and Di Tian.
• Gu Yue Na killed Ao Rui and Mo Zihong, Di Tian killed Long Tianwu and Su Mengjun, and the fierce beasts exterminated the allied forces’ main combat faction.
• Di Tian retrieved Eternal Heaven for Gu Yue Na, who ordered the surviving Tang Sect Disciples to be guarded as a steward reported that the fighting on Xuanzhen’s side had also concluded.

Zhao Xuanzhen and the Xingdou Fierce Beasts defeated Tang San’s forces, and the dying Tang Sect Twin Swords dissolved the sect to save its surviving members. Tang Wulin rejected Tang San as his father and learned that his parents, Muxi, and friends were safe, leaving him free to reunite with them.

• Zhao Xuanzhen and the Eight Deceitful Gods destroyed Chen Xinjie and Tang San’s fragment of divine consciousness.
• Zhao Xuanzhen brought the dying Du Qing Wuqing to Tang Sect Headquarters, where they revealed Tang San’s deception and Cao Dezhi dissolved the sect, handing its assets to the Spirit Pagoda in exchange for the survivors’ safety.
• Du Qing Wuqing asked the Spirit Pagoda to erase Tang Sect’s traces from Douluo Continent, thanked Zhao Xuanzhen, and died holding hands.
• Zhao Xuanzhen agreed to let Ling Zichen bury the sect masters and entered the Tang Sect Underground to find Tang Wulin.
• Tang Wulin rejected Tang San’s actions and affirmed that his choices, not his bloodline, would define him.
• Zhao Xuanzhen told Tang Wulin that his parents, Muxi, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xu Lizhi were alive, and urged him to reunite with them.

After the Tang Sect’s destruction, Tang Wulin and his friends chose new paths while Zhao Xuanzhen arranged for surviving researchers to join the Spirit Pagoda. He recruited Ling Zichen to upgrade his God-level Mecha with Eternal Heaven, leaving her to turn it into the Super God-level Mecha Fate of Heaven.

• Tang Wulin reunited with Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xu Lizhi among the Tang Sect’s ruins, and the four gathered the dead disciples’ remains.
• Tang Wulin planned to return to his family and become a Saint Craftsman, Xu Xiaoyan chose to teach at Eastsea Academy, Xie Xie chose to follow Tang Wulin, and Xu Lizhi wanted to join the Spirit Pagoda for Ye Xinglan.
• Zhao Xuanzhen received victory reports from across the continent as the Spirit Pagoda’s forces captured Shrek Academy and defeated Tang Sect branches and Sea God loyalists.
• After the four friends explained their plans, Zhao Xuanzhen approved them and assigned Xu Lizhi to Eastsea City; Ling Zichen then met him underground after burying the Tang Sect Twin Swords.
• Zhao Xuanzhen told Ling Zichen that Tang Sect survivors would be absorbed into the Spirit Pagoda under surveillance, then asked her to modify Eternal Heaven.
• Zhao Xuanzhen presented Ling Zichen with his God-level Mecha and asked her to implant Eternal Heaven into it, naming the planned Super God-level Mecha Fate of Heaven.