Chapter Summaries

Yo-Yo remained in the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after completing his assigned tasks, insisting that his boss had told him to keep watch and wait for news. The sect’s elders and stewards were left dreading how long he would stay.

• Elder Chen reported that the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had completed the tasks Yo-Yo assigned.
• Elder Chen carefully asked Yo-Yo to leave so the battered sect could focus on rebuilding.
• Yo-Yo refused to leave, saying his boss had told him to keep watch and wait for news.
• Yo-Yo ate the sect’s pastries and settled more comfortably into the sect master’s throne while the elders silently despaired.
• Yo-Yo watched the sect members, patiently carrying out his boss’s order to keep watch.

Elder Chen and three Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect leaders feared their sect’s covert overseer and rejected seeking help from Shrek Academy. They decided to approach Ye Qingning’s Holy Sword as an ally, hoping to gain protection while demonstrating their usefulness to the unseen force behind their situation.

• Ning Bo urged Elder Chen to contact Shrek Academy because the sect was struggling under surveillance and restrictions.
• Elder Chen argued Shrek could not protect them after its allied army was nearly destroyed and warned that appealing to it could provoke the powerful figure behind the envoy.
• Elder Chen proposed that the sect pledge support to Ye Qingning and her Holy Sword, offering resources, intelligence, and support abilities.
• Elder Chen explained that an alliance could reduce the envoy’s direct control while signaling loyalty to the force that had ordered the sect to assist Barak.
• Elder Chen instructed Ning Bo to secretly prepare a visit to the Holy Sword headquarters with a personal letter and gift list, and Ning Bo agreed.

Elder Chen Wenyuan visited the Holy Sword headquarters in Sylvie City to offer gifts and propose an alliance on behalf of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After witnessing the Holy Sword’s tamed soul beast, he presented the sect’s offer of support to Ye Qingning and Ye Shuhua.

• Elder Chen Wenyuan arrived at the Holy Sword headquarters with disciples and gifts, asking to meet the Saintess on the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s behalf.
• A Holy Sword Soul Emperor escorted Elder Chen through the headquarters, where he observed the organization’s disciplined members.
• A-Jin, a Gold-Devouring Lizard with over fifty Ten-Thousand-Years of cultivation, startled Elder Chen’s party before a green-dressed woman calmed it and explained its sensitivity to the gifts.
• Elder Chen met Ye Qingning and Ye Shuhua in the side hall and bowed respectfully.
• Elder Chen presented the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s gifts and declared its desire to form an alliance with the Holy Sword and offer its full support.

Elder Chen offered the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s resources and disciples to Ye Qingning and the Holy Sword in exchange for protection. Yo-Yo interrupted their discussion, and Ye Shuhua recognized him as a transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beast, leaving Elder Chen horrified and Ye Qingning suspicious.

• Ye Qingning examined the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s valuable gifts and asked Elder Chen to explain his true purpose.
• Elder Chen offered his sect’s remaining strength, resources, and support to the Holy Sword in exchange for a safe place under its banner.
• Yo-Yo burst into the side hall and pretended to be Elder Chen’s worried guard and distant relative.
• Ye Shuhua sensed Yo-Yo’s hidden soul beast aura and realized he was a transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
• Elder Chen understood Yo-Yo’s true identity and became terrified, while Ye Qingning watched Yo-Yo with suspicion.

Ye Shuhua and Ye Qingning learned that Yo-Yo, a transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beast sent by Kraken, had come to watch over the Holy Sword and protect its plans. They allowed him to stay under strict rules while Elder Chen swore secrecy, and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s alliance with the Holy Sword moved toward discussion.

• Yo-Yo admitted to Ye Shuhua that he served Kraken and had been sent to keep people from disrupting the Holy Sword’s plans and Kraken’s investment.
• Yo-Yo said Kraken approved of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s pledge to the Holy Sword, leaving Elder Chen alarmed that their strategy had already been anticipated.
• Ye Shuhua warned that Yo-Yo’s presence threatened the Holy Sword’s public image, but Yo-Yo offered to pose as a guard or distant relative.
• Ye Shuhua let Yo-Yo stay on the condition that he conceal his identity, avoid needless harm, follow her or Ye Qingning’s orders, and keep his nature secret.
• Elder Chen swore not to reveal what he had heard, and Ye Shuhua assigned Ye Qingning to discuss the alliance while Yo-Yo took an idle post with the outer courtyard guards.

Elder Chen returned to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and told its relieved elders that Holy Sword had agreed in principle to an alliance. He concealed his fear that the sect had only entered a deeper web of influence tied to Kraken and Deep Sea.

• Elder Ning Bo welcomed Elder Chen and reported that the mysterious lord had left the sect without taking anything.
• Elder Chen realized the lord had gone to Holy Sword's headquarters in Sylvie City and feared that the sect remained under Deep Sea's influence.
• Elder Chen told Ning Bo that Holy Sword had tentatively accepted the sect's request for an alliance, while withholding what he had learned in Sylvie City.
• Ning Bo celebrated the news and prepared to inform the elders, but Elder Chen asked him to keep matters low-key and went to rest.
• Alone in his quiet room, Elder Chen worried that the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had traded one form of surveillance for a deeper trap.

Kraken infiltrated Sea God Island’s outer waters and erased the iron-armored giant crab clan before Huben confronted him. Kraken drew Huben toward the God-Burial Sea Abyss, while the High Priest watched their pursuit and approved of Huben’s directness.

• The High Priest assigned Huben and allied sea beasts to defend Sea God Island’s outer patrol waters against Kraken.
• Kraken infiltrated a neutral crab clan’s reef and used Gray Dan-Devour to erase the iron-armored giant crab king and its clan.
• Huben sensed the annihilation, found Kraken, and attacked him, but Kraken evaded his blows and taunted him.
• Kraken fled toward the God-Burial Sea Abyss, and Huben pursued him without hesitation.
• The High Priest watched the pursuit through a crystal ball and decided that sending Huben had been the right choice.

Kraken and Huben secretly met in the God-Burial Sea Abyss while pretending to pursue one another, and discussed their plans to influence Sea God Island’s Sacred Pillar selection. They parted to continue the staged chase, with the Begonia Sacred Pillar’s vacant candidate slot still an opportunity for them.

• Kraken asked Huben whether the Sea God’s divine sense could find them in the God-Burial Sea Abyss, and Huben explained that the region hid them from its perception.
• Huben told Kraken that Crayfish Douluo and Dolphin Douluo were the leading candidates for the Sea Halberd and Conch Sacred Pillars, while the Begonia Sacred Pillar had no clear candidate.
• Kraken directed Huben to make their pursuit look more convincing and to watch for a suitable candidate they could steer toward the vacant Begonia Sacred Pillar inheritance.
• Kraken arranged for Sea Swallow to send Huben a message about their next staged encounter near the border between the Star Luo Empire and the remaining forces of the Sun-Moon Empire.
• Huben left the abyss roaring in feigned rage as Kraken disappeared into the darkness.

Huben reported to the High Priest that he had battled Kraken and forced him into the God-Burial Sea Abyss, disguising his own role in the events. The High Priest accepted his account, rewarded him, and strengthened the defenses, while Huben secretly relished having deceived him.

• Huben surfaced at Sea God Island badly wounded and told the High Priest that Kraken had annihilated the Iron-Armored Giant Crab clan.
• Huben claimed he pursued Kraken to the God-Burial Sea Abyss, where Kraken injured him, lost three tentacles, and escaped using an explosive spatial Soul Tool.
• The High Priest examined Huben's wounds, praised his efforts, and ordered him to recover in the Sea Heart Spring.
• The High Priest strengthened surveillance of the outer seas and the God-Burial Sea Abyss, then awarded Huben three Sea God Blessings and other privileges.
• Huben sank toward the Sea Heart Spring, secretly pleased that the High Priest believed his story and unaware that the defenses had been compromised.

Kraken had Coral Douluo capture a powerful Magma Earth Tyrannosaurus, then used a Crimson Dan-Devour to drive it into a destructive frenzy. He sent the beast through a portal toward the outer security zone of the Sacred Pillar Inheritance Altar, planning to make its arrival look accidental and disrupt the High Priest and the newly appointed Sacred Pillar candidates.

• Coral Douluo reported that he had secretly captured an eighty-three Ten-Thousand-Year Magma Earth Tyrannosaurus and brought it to the Water Abyss.
• Kraken approved the beast and created a crimson pill filled with violent, destructive power.
• Kraken sent the Crimson Dan-Devour into the Magma Earth Tyrannosaurus, causing its strength to surge while its reason vanished.
• Coral Douluo opened a portal toward the outskirts of the Sacred Pillar altar as the raging beast broke its chains.
• The Magma Earth Tyrannosaurus charged through the portal, and Kraken said he hoped its supposed accidental frenzy would surprise the High Priest and the Sacred Pillar candidates.

The Crimson Dan-Devour-maddened Magma Earth Tyrannosaurus broke through Sea God Island’s outer defenses, killing several Soul Masters before Crayfish Douluo intercepted it. After wounding and hurling the beast into deeper water, Crayfish Douluo ordered the patrol teams to help him finish it off.

• The Magma Earth Tyrannosaurus smashed through Sea God Island’s warning barrier and overwhelmed the patrol teams’ defenses, killing several Soul Emperors and wounding their Soul Saint captain.
• Crayfish Douluo charged the beast and used his ninth Soul Skill to crack its flank armor and send it rolling away.
• Crayfish Douluo blocked the beast’s tail strike with his eighth Soul Skill, then wounded its neck with his seventh Soul Skill and hurled it into deeper water.
• Crayfish Douluo ordered the regrouped patrol teams to form the Heavenly Net Sea Formation and help him kill the beast.

Crayfish Douluo led the Sea God Island Soul Masters in killing the Magma Earth Tyrannosaurus, while Kraken watched and prepared a more damaging attack. He ordered Coral Douluo to secretly spread Crimson Dan-Devour through the Demon Soul Great White Sharks’ food before the Sacred Pillar Inheritance Ceremony, leaving Coral Douluo trapped into carrying out the plan.

• Crayfish Douluo’s Heavenly Net Sea Formation strangled the wounded Magma Earth Tyrannosaurus, and the formation suppressed its rising eighty-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Kraken watched the battle through a water mirror and called Crayfish Douluo a useful but unintelligent thug.
• Kraken gave Coral Douluo a darker Crimson Dan-Devour and ordered him to inject it into the Silver-Scaled Arrow Fish eaten by the Demon Soul Great White Sharks.
• Kraken explained that he wanted the sharks to go mad and attack Sea God Island, undermining trust and disrupting the upcoming Sacred Pillar Inheritance Ceremony.
• Coral Douluo warned that the sharks were vigilant, but Kraken threatened him with death if he failed, forcing him to accept the pill and promise to complete the mission.

Demon Soul Great White Sharks went mad and attacked Sea God Island, forcing its defenders to kill or contain the guardian beasts. The rebellion was suppressed at great cost, and investigators linked the sharks’ frenzy to the same crimson force behind earlier attacks.

• Demon Soul Great White Sharks across Sea God Island became bloodthirsty, and one group attacked a training ground, killing and injuring more than ten soul masters.
• The High Priest sensed the crimson berserk energy in the sharks and ordered the Sacred Pillar Guardians and Island Guardian Soul Master Corps to stop the attack, while Dolphin Douluo tried to calm the less affected sharks.
• Crayfish Douluo, Dolphin Douluo, Coral Douluo, Sea Swallow Douluo, and the other defenders fought the frenzied sharks and gradually surrounded and killed them.
• Crayfish Douluo and Dolphin Douluo killed the last fifty-thousand-year shark leader, ending the rebellion after dozens of soul masters were killed or injured and island facilities were damaged.
• An elder reported to the High Priest that the sharks carried the same crimson berserk energy seen before and that the attack had aimed to create chaos and undermine trust before the Sacred Pillar Inheritance Ceremony.

Sea God Island stripped the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan of its sacred-beast status and expelled them, while Kraken assessed how the island’s turmoil and Shrek’s defeat had reshaped the continent. He saw Ye Qingning’s rapid rise and the Holy Sword’s growing influence as part of his plan to draw out Tang San’s response, and considered how Tang Wutong’s expected birth might affect the connection between the God Realm and Lower Realm.

• The High Priest stripped the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan of its Island-Guarding Sacred Beast title and ordered them to leave Sea God Island’s waters under Dolphin Douluo’s watch.
• The High Priest ordered the Sacred Pillar Inheritance Ceremony to proceed with the highest security, while Crayfish Douluo supported the clan’s expulsion and Dolphin Douluo stayed silent.
• Yo-Yo informed Kraken that Ye Qingning had reached Title Douluo, and Kraken considered her rapid growth useful to the Holy Sword’s expanding influence.
• Kraken concluded that Sea God Island’s internal crisis and Shrek’s losses had left both unable to disrupt the continent in the short term.
• Kraken considered how the Holy Sword’s growing following could weaken Tang San’s faith among mortals and provoke him to act.
• Kraken speculated that Xiao Wu was already pregnant with Tang Wutong and considered the child a possible link or variable between the God Realm and Lower Realm.

At Sea God Island’s Sacred Pillar Inheritance Altar, Crayfish Douluo questioned why generations of Guardians had failed to destroy Kraken. The High Priest revealed their belief that Kraken was a divine trial for the Sea God’s successor, leaving the new Guardians stunned and Coral Douluo and Sea Swallow privately doubting the explanation.

• The High Priest completed the inheritance ceremony for Crayfish Douluo, Dolphin Douluo, and Leaf Sheep Douluo.
• Crayfish Douluo asked why Sea God Island had allowed Kraken to attack for thousands of years instead of killing him.
• The High Priest recounted how a level-ninety-nine High Priest and seven Guardians once ambushed Kraken, but three Guardians died and Kraken escaped despite being badly wounded.
• The High Priest said their predecessors believed Kraken was a living trial set by Lord Sea God for his future successor, and warned the new Guardians to prepare for the trial’s decisive moment.
• Crayfish Douluo, Dolphin Douluo, and Leaf Sheep Douluo absorbed the revelation, while Coral Douluo and Sea Swallow privately doubted the High Priest’s account.

Crayfish Douluo questioned why the Kraken had always appeared alone, and the High Priest shared an ancient theory that he may have devoured his own kind to gain power. Coral Douluo and Sea Swallow Douluo realized the Kraken commanded a vast hidden force with no members of his species, leaving them unsettled by how closely the theory matched what they knew.

• Crayfish Douluo asked the High Priest why records showed the Kraken without kin, followers, or servants.
• The High Priest said old records suggested the Kraken’s kind had once formed a group, and that the Kraken might have devoured them to absorb their Origin.
• Crayfish Douluo, Dolphin Douluo, and Leaf Sheep Douluo were shaken by the possibility that the Kraken had preyed on his own kind.
• Coral Douluo and Sea Swallow Douluo recalled the Kraken’s hidden network of powerful forces and noticed that none of its known members belonged to his species.
• Coral Douluo and Sea Swallow Douluo grew fearful that the Kraken’s power and isolation might be connected to the disappearance of his kind.
• The High Priest warned the Sacred Pillars to remain vigilant and grow stronger against the Kraken, and they agreed.

Coral Douluo told Sea Swallow Douluo that their family was trapped by a poison passed down through inherited Soul Bones and controlled by a mysterious person. She revealed that Begonia’s purification had triggered a violent backlash, leaving them with no safe way to seek a cure, and the two Sacred Pillars were left resigned to obeying in hopes of survival.

• Sea Swallow Douluo secretly entered the Coral Family’s chamber and urged Coral Douluo to consider resisting their controller.
• Coral Douluo warned that the family’s inherited poison was entwined with their bloodlines and souls, and that resistance or seeking outside help could bring death and expose their betrayal.
• Coral Douluo revealed that she had once asked Begonia to treat the poison under a false pretext.
• Coral Douluo explained that Begonia’s purification briefly suppressed the poison before it erupted with a powerful backlash, injuring Begonia and nearly destroying Coral Douluo.
• Coral Douluo told Sea Swallow Douluo they had no choice but to continue obeying their controller and try to preserve their family, leaving him in despair.

Huben and Conch Douluo ambushed Kraken near the Phosphorescent Jellyfish clan, then pursued him toward the God-Burial Sea Abyss. After a spatial barrier disrupted the chase, Huben sent Conch to search the eastern wreckage, where Conch cautiously continued alone.

• Huben warned Conch Douluo that Kraken might attack weaker, remote Soul Beast clans and proposed an ambush.
• Huben and Conch hid near the Phosphorescent Jellyfish clan and attacked Kraken when he appeared.
• Kraken abandoned his attack and fled toward the God-Burial Sea Abyss as Huben and Conch pursued him.
• Kraken created a spatial barrier, and an undercurrent shifted Huben's strike, letting Kraken vanish into the turbulent waters.
• Huben split up the search and sent Conch to the eastern sunken ship ruins.
• Conch searched a narrow trench beside an ancient ship skeleton, scanning the shadows with his mental power.

Kraken pretended to be gravely wounded and offered Conch Douluo powerful Soul Bones in exchange for being released. Conch Douluo secretly took the rings Kraken left behind and concealed their encounter from Huben, while the unharmed Kraken watched them leave.

• Conch Douluo found Kraken hiding in a sea-trench shelter and prepared to attack him.
• Kraken offered Conch Douluo several inherited Soul Bones, including a Heavenly Sound Emperor Head Soul Bone, to secure his freedom.
• Huben called out to Conch Douluo, interrupting his temptation to accept Kraken's offer.
• Kraken vanished, leaving several rings that Conch Douluo secretly collected before Huben arrived.
• Conch Douluo told Huben he had found nothing and followed him back toward Sea God Island.
• After they left, Kraken revealed that he had been unharmed and mocked Conch Douluo for trusting an enemy.

The Holy Sword introduced a policy of stationing contracted soul beasts in border villages, and Qingxi Village reluctantly accepted a sixty-thousand-year giant horned bear as its guardian. The villagers gradually adjusted to Big Stone’s presence and gained protection from beasts and bandits, though its keen senses disrupted some couples’ privacy.

• A Holy Sword envoy and Yo-Yo persuaded Qingxi Village’s leaders to accept a powerful soul beast guardian under strict contracts and feeding arrangements.
• Several days later, a sixty-thousand-year giant horned bear arrived and settled on a slope near the village’s water source.
• The villagers feared Big Stone at first and avoided its resting place, but they saw it drive off distant threats with a single growl.
• As Big Stone remained calm and kept away from their crops, the villagers gradually grew accustomed to living beside it.
• Big Stone’s presence made nighttime intimacy uncomfortable for several couples, while its protection ended threats from wild beasts and roving bandits.