Chapter Summaries

At a banquet in the Radiant City imperial palace, Xu Tianran announced that Loulan would host the next Continental Soul Master Tournament and proposed developing an ocean-going vessel to reach a continent across the sea. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao wondering what his mysterious teacher intended by giving the Sun-Moon Emperor extensive intelligence about the Southeast Continent.

• Xiao Hongchen sat beside Huo Yuhao at the banquet and asked why Vina was absent.
• Xu Tianran announced that Loulan would host the next Continental Soul Master Tournament and showed the guests a chart of the Southeast Continent.
• Snow Empress told Huo Yuhao she knew nothing about the continent and asked him to find her more novels.
• Xu Tianran asked the guests, especially the Soul Tool Tournament winners, to propose a ship capable of crossing the sea without making landfall for three months.
• Huo Yuhao asked where the chart and route records came from, and Xu Tianran said Wang Yan had provided them through Loulan’s cooperation with the Deep-Sea Soul Beasts.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked what Huo Yuhao’s teacher was planning, and Huo Yuhao admitted that his teacher had never revealed the full plan.

Huo Yuhao attended a banquet where Xu Tianran revealed that the Northeast Continent was dominated by Food-type Soul Masters whose Soul Tool technology rivaled the Sun-Moon Empire’s. After the banquet, Xiao Hongchen argued that the empire would find the Southeast Continent, weakened by civil war, easier to attack.

• Snow Empress told Huo Yuhao that Loulan had secured the tournament, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reminded him of the organization’s plan involving Xu Tianzhen and Xu Tianran; Huo Yuhao tried to hide his alarm.
• Chen Fei asked Xu Tianran about the other continent, and Xu Tianran explained that most Soul Masters in the Northeast Continent were Food-type Soul Masters.
• Xu Tianran revealed that the Northeast Continent’s Soul Tool development matched the Sun-Moon Empire’s, and explained that its Soul Masters hunted rare soul beasts to strengthen their foundations.
• Xu Tianran said those soul beasts were difficult to raise and could only be hunted in the dangerous core region of Star Dou Forest, bringing the banquet to an end.
• Xiao Hongchen caught up with Huo Yuhao and reasoned that the Southeast Continent was the better target because its civil war offered the Sun-Moon Empire a chance to win quickly, while attacking the Northeast Continent risked a costly war of attrition.

Huo Yuhao and Xiao Hongchen discussed improving the endurance of ocean-going warships, while Huo Yuhao later learned that the organization had recovered the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone Ji Juechen sold. Luo Ning warned Huo Yuhao about giving away such a rare treasure and let him keep it for now, leaving Huo Yuhao asking what would happen to Ji Juechen.

• Xiao Hongchen told Huo Yuhao that current warships could sail at full output for only fifteen days and asked him to help solve their endurance problem.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Xiao Hongchen had access to the Ministry of Works' warship blueprints through his grandfather's connection.
• Huo Yuhao bought every novel in a bookshop after the Snow Empress reminded him to get some.
• Luo Ning showed Huo Yuhao the Hundred Thousand Year right arm Soul Bone he had given Ji Juechen and explained that Ji had sold it at an auction house.
• Luo Ning said the organization had erased the auction records, warned Huo Yuhao not to give away such a rare Soul Bone again, and told him to keep it for now.
• Huo Yuhao put the Soul Bone away and asked Luo Ning about Ji Juechen.

Luo Ning gave Huo Yuhao five hundred million Gold Soul Coins in operational funding and showed him the organization’s Soul Power Conversion Device, which could provide ships with sustained energy and potentially nullify soul skills. She revealed that Blue King had approved sharing the secret with him, leaving Huo Yuhao to recognize his patron’s generosity.

• Luo Ning told Huo Yuhao that the organization had paid three hundred million Gold Soul Coins to buy back the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and handed him five hundred million in operational funding.
• Huo Yuhao described Xu Tianran’s proposal to build an ocean-going ship and recruit young Soul Masters to devise plans.
• Luo Ning offered the organization’s support and showed Huo Yuhao blueprints for a Soul Power Conversion Device that could keep ships running for extended periods.
• Luo Ning explained that an upgraded device could absorb or disrupt soul skills within a certain range, forcing Soul Masters to rely on physical combat.
• Huo Yuhao asked why the organization had shared such a core secret with him, and Luo Ning said Blue King thought highly of him.

Huo Yuhao refused Kraken’s request to help develop technology that could aid the Sun-Moon Empire’s invasions, then received a Soul-Nourishing Jade for Electrolux. Kraken later transformed back into Luo Ning after Huo Yuhao left.

• Kraken revealed that he was using Luo Ning’s identity and asked Huo Yuhao to answer his proposal.
• Huo Yuhao refused to participate because the Sun-Moon Empire could use the technology to invade other continents.
• Kraken told Huo Yuhao that the organization had other candidates and asked him to invite Snow Empress to meet.
• Snow Empress declined because she was reading a novel, and Huo Yuhao relayed her reason to Kraken.
• Kraken gave Huo Yuhao a Soul-Nourishing Jade to help Electrolux recover, and Huo Yuhao hurried back to his dormitory.
• After Huo Yuhao left, Kraken’s dark-blue radiance faded and he transformed back into Luo Ning.

Kraken disguised himself as Dean Luo and drugged Wang Chun, whose pulse had stopped when Tang Hao arrived. Tang Hao attacked Kraken but struck a clone, losing his right arm to escape the poisonous mist as Kraken mocked him.

• Kraken, disguised as Dean Luo, visited Wang Chun and gave her water that made her fall asleep.
• Kraken transformed and revealed Wang Chun had no pulse, then confronted Tang Hao when he appeared.
• Kraken warned Tang Hao that killing him could endanger innocent people and someone behind Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao attacked Kraken, but Kraken disintegrated into poisonous mist and crawled up Tang Hao's arm.
• Tang Hao severed his own right arm to escape the mist, and Kraken revealed the figure had been his clone.

Tang Hao confronted the Kraken after Wang Chun’s death, but the Kraken manipulated events at the Evil Spirit Forest until the Evil Emperor attacked Tang Hao. The battle continued as Tang Hao, weakened and missing an arm, realized he needed to end it quickly.

• The Kraken taunted Tang Hao over Wang Chun’s death and revealed that he had regenerated from Tang Hao’s severed arm.
• Tang Hao seized the Kraken and transported him to the ruined Evil Spirit Forest, intending to kill them both and explain himself to Little San.
• The Evil Emperor appeared, and the Kraken secretly planted Energy Orbs in him and played a recording of Tang Hao’s threat.
• The Evil Emperor attacked Tang Hao under the Lightning Tribulation’s might while the Kraken watched from a boulder.
• Tang Hao struggled against the seemingly tireless Evil Emperor and resolved to end the fight quickly.

Tang Hao used Chaotic Cloak to withstand the Lightning Tribulation, but the Evil Emperor captured him after the seventy-second bolt. The Evil Emperor agreed to trade Tang Hao to Kraken for enough Energy Orbs to help Di Tian survive his tribulation, giving Kraken three days to deliver them.

• Tang Hao struck the Evil Emperor with Chaotic Cloak, and the Evil Emperor maneuvered him beneath the Lightning Tribulation.
• Tang Hao endured successive bolts and met the seventy-second bolt with his eighty-first hammer blow, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• The Evil Emperor knocked Tang Hao unconscious and sealed his Soul Power Core to prevent him from self-destructing.
• The Evil Emperor learned that Kraken had used all three of his Energy Orbs and offered to trade Tang Hao for enough to help Di Tian survive his nine-hundred-thousand-year tribulation.
• Kraken negotiated for more time, but the Evil Emperor gave him three days to bring the Energy Orbs before he released Tang Hao.

Kraken negotiated with the Evil Emperor to acquire soul beasts for a breeding program, agreeing to pay ten Energy Orbs and follow restrictions on Evil Eye Tyrants. At Shrek Academy, he inspected the Golden Tree and Ning Tian's classroom before telling her that the sect master wanted her to return immediately.

• Kraken persuaded the Evil Emperor to lend soul beasts from the Evil Spirit Forest in exchange for ten Energy Orbs and a restriction on selling Evil Eye Tyrants after they reached ten thousand years.
• The Evil Emperor set a three-day deadline for Kraken to bring the extra Energy Orbs to exchange for Tang Hao, then carried Tang Hao deeper into the forest.
• Kraken visited the reconstructed Shrek Academy and inspected the Golden Tree with Long Xiaoyao.
• Kraken asked to see Ning Tian and showed her the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect token as proof that he was its envoy.
• Kraken told Ning Tian that the sect master wanted her to return to the sect as quickly as possible, leaving Long Xiaoyao wary and confused.

Ning Tian left Shrek Academy for the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with four classmates after Kraken allowed them to accompany her. That night, Kraken emerged from the Golden Tree and revealed that a clone had rescued him from being nearly swallowed by it.

• Ning Tian agreed to return to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after Kraken delivered the sect master's summons.
• Wu Feng, Nangong Yun'er, and Xiao Xiao insisted on accompanying Ning Tian, and Wu Feng challenged Ye Xishui when she objected.
• Kraken identified himself as a sect envoy and allowed the students to travel with Ning Tian; Nan Qiuqiu joined them, while Zhu Lu and Dai Luoli stayed behind.
• Kraken led the five students away from Shrek Academy and said he did not know why the sect master had summoned Ning Tian.
• After night fell, Kraken emerged from the Golden Tree and said a clone had rescued him when the tree nearly swallowed him.

Kraken destroyed more than a dozen Sea God outposts along the East Sea before Sea Swallow Douluo and a pack of Sea Star Wolves intercepted him. After Sea Swallow Douluo killed the wolf leader by mistake, Kraken ordered him to capture the rest alive so he could absorb their energy; Sea Swallow returned with all 107 wolves unconscious.

• Kraken swept south through the East Sea and destroyed more than a dozen outposts devoted to the Sea God.
• A Sea Star Wolf leader led more than a hundred wolves to intercept Kraken, while Sea Swallow Douluo waited for him at sea.
• Sea Swallow Douluo killed the Sea Star Wolf leader with an Annihilation Decomposition Ray, then knelt and greeted Kraken as his lord.
• Kraken rebuked Sea Swallow Douluo for killing the leader and ordered him to capture the fleeing wolves alive.
• Sea Swallow Douluo knocked out and returned with all 107 Sea Star Wolves, with none escaping.

Kraken consumed 107 Sea Star Wolves, then sent Sea Swallow Douluo to warn the East Sea’s Sea God worshipers that the Deep Sea Army was coming. Hailong convened the East Sea’s leaders and ordered a defense, but they worried that concentrating their forces would leave the rear exposed.

• Kraken absorbed the Sea Star Wolves and found their energy insufficient compared with that of a Hundred-Thousand-Year beast.
• Kraken ordered Sea Swallow Douluo to warn the East Sea’s Sea God worshipers and told him to hide after delivering the message.
• Sea Swallow Douluo spread the warning, prompting Hailong and thirty-six Sea Soul Beast experts to convene an emergency council.
• Hailong ordered fighters to gather at the central line, younger experts to lead their juniors south, and those aged Four-Hundred-Thousand-Year or above to defend the center.
• Eel King and the Black Tortoise warned that gathering all the leaders at the front could leave the East Sea’s rear vulnerable to a feint or surprise attack.

Hailong sent Eel King, Black Tortoise, and Red Claw to escort more than forty thousand young sea soul beasts toward the South Sea while the other kings mustered for war. Their route was blocked by Sea Swallow Douluo and Huben, who revealed an army of fifty thousand Giant Claw Crabs from the deep sea, and Sea Swallow Douluo admitted he had never been loyal to the Sea God.

• Hailong ordered Eel King, Black Tortoise, and Red Claw to escort the youngsters to the South Sea and told the remaining kings to muster their strongest forces.
• Black Tortoise led the party south with the three kings, over forty thousand young sea soul beasts, and a hundred guards.
• Black Tortoise sensed someone ahead, and Sea Swallow Douluo and Huben appeared to confront the party.
• Huben's call summoned at least fifty thousand Giant Claw Crabs, each with cultivation above a hundred thousand years.
• Black Tortoise, Red Claw, and Eel King recognized the crabs as deep-sea creatures, and Sea Swallow Douluo declared that he had never been loyal to the Sea God.

Sea Swallow Douluo and Huben forced the East Sea's sea soul beasts to submit by unleashing overwhelming pressure and letting the young beasts' frenzy threaten their lives. After the three kings and their guards sealed their cultivation, Sea Swallow Douluo led them away to meet his lord, leaving the young beasts behind in others' care.

• Fifty thousand Giant Claw Crabs overwhelmed Red Claw, Eel King, and Black Tortoise with their pressure, while Sea Swallow Douluo demanded that they seal their cultivation.
• Eel King and Black Tortoise sealed their cultivation, but Red Claw resisted and accused them of trusting their captors.
• Huben killed three young Red Claws, triggering a bloody frenzy among the young sea soul beasts.
• Eel King pleaded for the young beasts, and Red Claw finally sealed his cultivation; the hundred-thousand-year guards followed the kings' example.
• Huben ordered the Giant Claw Crabs to separate the fighting young beasts, and Sea Swallow Douluo told the kings and guards to follow him to meet his lord.

Kraken demonstrated his ability to devour the hundred-thousand-year Sea Soul Beast guards, then let the three Kings of the East Sea choose to fight after their seals were removed. He created fifty-nine indistinguishable clones, and Eel King struck at all sixty with a colossal pillar of lightning.

• Sea Swallow Douluo brought Black Tortoise, Red Claw, Eel King, and over a hundred sealed guards before Kraken, then said Hailong and the other East Sea forces had been killed.
• Kraken devoured the guards with his tentacles and clones, while Sea Swallow Douluo stopped them from attempting to self-detonate by warning that their descendants were in danger.
• Eel King chose to fight Kraken, and Black Tortoise and Red Claw joined him.
• Sea Swallow Douluo removed the three Kings’ seals, restoring their powers as Eel King, Black Tortoise, and Red Claw prepared to battle.
• Kraken produced fifty-nine clones, and Eel King unleashed a massive pillar of lightning at all sixty figures.

Kraken and his clones overwhelmed and devoured the Eel King, the Black Tortoise, and Red Claw. Afterward, Kraken ordered Huben to conceal his role by making the massacre look like an attack by the Deep Sea Army.

• The sixty Krakens trapped the Eel King in a tentacle net and injected him with venom.
• Kraken's clones pierced the Black Tortoise's soft belly and pinned his limbs and head outside his shell.
• The clones restrained Red Claw, pierced the gaps in his armor, and poisoned him until he could no longer fight.
• The Krakens devoured the three East Sea Kings, consuming their flesh, soul power, and origin essence.
• Kraken told Huben to erase the evidence and ensure the killings were blamed on the Deep Sea Army.

Kraken delivered the promised ninety-one Energy Orbs to the Evil Emperor in two batches, using a clone to finish refining the second batch. The Evil Emperor released the unconscious Tang Hao, and Kraken prepared to leave with him.

• Kraken arrived at the Evil Spirit Forest and gave the Evil Emperor sixty Energy Orbs, promising to deliver the remaining thirty-one by evening.
• Kraken told the Evil Emperor that his clone was already refining the remaining Energy Orbs and would bring them soon.
• Kraken waited in the clearing while the Evil Emperor monitored him and Tang Hao remained bound and unconscious.
• Kraken's clone arrived with thirty-one Energy Orbs, which the Evil Emperor verified before the clone merged back into Kraken.
• The Evil Emperor released Tang Hao, and Kraken grabbed him by the collar and prepared to leave.

Kraken handed Tang Hao to Left Guard at the God-Burial Sea Abyss, then recruited Right Guard to stage an invasion of the West Sea. The chapter ended with Right Guard preparing a conspicuous but limited campaign to make the South Sea believe the West Sea was the deep-sea army’s next target.

• Kraken summoned Left Guard and gave him the unconscious Tang Hao, explaining that he could use him as leverage against the Sea God.
• Left Guard thanked Kraken and returned with Tang Hao to the God-Burial Sea Abyss.
• Kraken traveled to the North Sea and told Right Guard to lead an army toward the West Sea.
• Right Guard worried that moving troops would destabilize the North Sea, so Kraken told him to use Left Guard’s army.
• Kraken revealed that he had destroyed the East Sea and ordered Right Guard to make the West Sea campaign look like a full-scale invasion while only fighting and raiding as needed.

The High Priest sent Sea Star Douluo and Sea Spear Douluo to reinforce the East Sea while secretly arranging to isolate Sea God Island and have them killed. As they traveled, Sea Star Douluo began to suspect the High Priest and the newly appointed Douluos were connected to the Deep Sea Army.

• The High Priest told the Sacred Pillars that a million iron-backed swordfish in the North Sea threatened to tie down Sea God Island while the Deep Sea Army attacked the East Sea.
• Sea Star Douluo and Sea Spear Douluo volunteered to reinforce the East Sea, and the High Priest ordered them to delay the enemy until he could join them.
• After the pair departed, the High Priest ordered Sea Turtle Douluo to mobilize the island’s families and Coral Douluo to seal off communications, while Giant Claw Douluo and Crayfish Douluo prepared to intercept the two travelers.
• Sea Star Douluo questioned Sea Spear Douluo about Giant Claw Douluo and Crayfish Douluo’s suspicious titles and the High Priest’s lack of concern over Eve’s death.

Sea Star Douluo and Sea Spear Douluo suspected the High Priest and other guardians had been compromised, so they planned to reach Shrek by way of the South Sea. After Commander Ao Can challenged their suspicions, they dismissed them and joined his forces on the way to the East Sea.

• Sea Star Douluo and Sea Spear Douluo decided the East Sea route was dangerous and planned to land on the South Sea coast before contacting Shrek Academy.
• The two guardians changed course and encountered Commander Ao Can and a large South Sea force heading toward the East Sea.
• Sea Star Douluo warned Ao Can that the High Priest and several guardians might have been compromised by the deep sea forces.
• Ao Can questioned the evidence, and Sea Spear Douluo agreed that the suspicious titles could be coincidence.
• Sea Star Douluo admitted he might have been overcautious, and the two guardians joined Ao Can's force on its way to the East Sea.