Chapter Summaries

Rus Wang and Destruction battled the Ancient God’s Four Horsemen in the alternate space, with Rus Wang facing Pestilence and Famine and Destruction taking on War and Death. After both sides survived their opening clashes, Destruction called the Horsemen the Ancient God’s marionettes.

• Rus Wang and Destruction charged toward the strongest aura, but a god-king-level elemental spear struck their path and Destruction shielded them with a lightning cage.
• The Seven Deadly Sins saw a red blast rise over the Demon Race’s city as the Four Horsemen of the Ancient God appeared to stop the invaders.
• Rus Wang and Destruction agreed that Rus Wang would fight Pestilence and Famine while Destruction handled War and Death.
• Rus Wang clashed with Pestilence and Famine, suffering virus-eaten wounds and supernatural hunger before dispelling their effects with a roar.
• Destruction tested War and Death, determined their fusion attack could injure him but not reach his source, and called them the Ancient God’s marionettes.

Destruction and Rus Wang struggled to stop the Ancient God from driving the Ancient Plane into the Douluo Plane, but the Ancient God’s attacks pushed them to the brink. Rus Wang prepared to use the Dragon God Core to enter Starlight Rus Wang mode for up to five minutes, intending to trade his life for victory and revive afterward.

• Destruction quickly defeated Death and War, then saw the Ancient God ambush Rus Wang and leave him badly wounded.
• The Ancient God attacked Rus Wang again while controlling Famine and Pestilence, briefly halting the Ancient Plane’s movement.
• Destruction prepared to release his Divine Flame, but Rus Wang shielded them both with water and refused to let Destruction take the brunt of the attack.
• Rus Wang created planes to stretch the distance between himself and the Ancient God, narrowly blocking the Ancient God’s World-Ending Thrust at the cost of most of his Health Bar.
• Destruction asked about the Ancient God’s connection to the first Primordial Ancient God, but the Ancient God attacked Rus Wang again without answering.
• Rus Wang checked his system and prepared to use the Dragon God Core to enter Starlight Rus Wang mode for a maximum of five minutes.

Rus Wang unleashed the Dragon God Core’s Starlight mode and fought the Ancient God to stop the Ancient World from colliding with the Douluo Plane. The Ancient God sacrificed himself to save his world, but Rus Wang killed him, ended the collision, and prepared to face the God Realm.

• Rus Wang removed the Dragon God Core’s safety restrictions, transformed into Starlight Rus Wang, and overwhelmed the Ancient God with his newfound power.
• Rus Wang used Starfall to annihilate the Ancient God’s upper body, but the Ancient God regenerated, drew power from the Ancient World, and dispersed himself through its space.
• The Ancient God’s time erosion weakened Rus Wang, but Rus Wang’s Soul Seal reset his condition and let him bind the Ancient God and wound him with a Star Burst Bomb.
• Rus Wang and the Ancient God fought across the ruined city until both were near collapse, and the Ancient God prepared a final strike that could destroy the Douluo World.
• The Ancient God drove his Chaos Spear into the earth to replenish the Ancient World, and Rus Wang pierced and killed him while the Ancient God continued sacrificing himself.
• Rus Wang’s Starlight mode ended after the Ancient Plane stopped moving toward the Douluo Plane, and he declared that he would face the God Realm’s remaining enemies.

Rus Wang and the God King of Destruction recovered from their battle and discussed the Ancient God's sacrifice, the revived creations, and the energy gathering elsewhere in the Ancient Plane. Destruction admitted he knew a different being called the Ancient God, but could not say whether it was connected to this world.

• Rus Wang and Destruction compared their injuries and discussed why the God Realm had no worthy successors and why the Five God Verdict had failed.
• Destruction questioned whether the Ancient God had chosen to die, and Rus Wang said the Ancient God was truly dead without explaining what had happened.
• Rus Wang pointed out that the Ancient God's sacrifice had repaired the Ancient Plane and restored the souls and bodies of the puppets, while remaining energy gathered in one direction.
• Rus Wang asked Destruction what he meant by connecting the Ancient God to the Primordial Ancient God, and Destruction recalled that the Ancient God he knew was a female being unlike the fallen Ancient God.
• Rus Wang said he and Destruction remained allies until the Ancient World matter was resolved, but warned Destruction not to interfere in his dispute with Tang San.
• Destruction admitted that he knew the true Ancient God but could not say whether his guess was connected to this world.

Rus Wang and Destruction postponed investigating the Ancient Plane’s energy flow until they could recover and gather allies, while Toriya arrived with help. They planned a joint God Realm–Dragon Race meeting and agreed to investigate the Ancient God’s motives for Chen Xiaoyue.

• Rus Wang and Destruction concluded that their injuries prevented them from moving the Ancient Plane or confronting the mysterious being absorbing its energy, so they decided to recover and call for reinforcements.
• The Ancient God’s death freed surviving puppets from control, and the Demon Race’s defenses collapsed as the armies stopped fighting.
• Toriya arrived with the Goddess of Life and other God Realm figures, gave Rus Wang a recovery potion, and heard his account of the energy streams and the possible true Ancient God.
• Rus Wang and Destruction agreed to convene a meeting of god-level fighters from the God Realm and Dragon Race in both their names to begin repairing relations.
• Toriya relayed Chen Xiaoyue’s request to investigate the Ancient God’s motives, and Rus Wang agreed to find the truth and give the living beings of her world an answer.

Luo Yinyao and Lina discovered that the Ancient Plane’s universe was hollow and assembled from fragments held together by a powerful force. They sent their findings to Rus Wang, uncertain whether the structure was maintained by the true Ancient God Destruction or by a fragile balance between its fragments.

• Luo Yinyao examined the probe’s scan and concluded that the Ancient Plane’s universe was hollow, with a spherical outer wall surrounding its interior.
• Luo Yinyao and Lina analyzed thousands of cracks in the inner wall and found that the fragments were forcibly fused but had not collapsed.
• Luo Yinyao proposed that the universe was a patchwork of worlds bound together, while Lina questioned whether the dead Ancient God had been maintaining it.
• Luo Yinyao outlined two possibilities: the true Ancient God Destruction was sustaining the universe, or its fragments had developed a fragile self-balancing mechanism.
• Lina packaged the scan data and sent it to Rus Wang after Luo Yinyao told her to report their discovery.

Rus Wang and the God Realm negotiated the Ancient Plane’s future and agreed the Golden Dragon King would remain sealed until he could control his power. Destruction and Life declined to act against Tang San for now, but accepted that Rus Wang could respond if Tang San later attacked the Dragon Race or broke the God Realm’s laws.

• Rus Wang explained that the Ancient Plane had been stitched together around a core and proposed placing it under the God Realm’s jurisdiction while leaving the Dragon Race’s settled territory on the Douluo Plane to the dragons.
• Rus Wang agreed not to demand the Golden Dragon King’s release until he could control the First Generation Dragon God’s power without losing his reason, and Destruction accepted the term.
• Rus Wang, Destruction, and Life discussed the Ancient God’s role in preserving the shattered plane and whether the God Realm would deal with Tang San.
• Destruction and Life said they could not dispose of Tang San yet because of the God Realm’s authority, Xiao Wu’s fate, and the consequences for the Sea God and Asura God positions.
• Rus Wang secured Destruction and Life’s agreement that he could act if Tang San later harmed a dragon or violated the God Realm’s laws, and his intelligent Soul Tool recorded their conversation.

The God Realm Committee debated how to incorporate the Ancient Plane’s powerful God Rank experts, but Tang San blocked a vote to expand the God Realm. Afterward, Destruction, Life, and the Ancient God secretly planned to collect the plane’s God Realm fragments and lock Tang San away, unaware that a Thunder Dragon had overheard them.

• The Ancient God explained that the Ancient Plane’s God Rank experts rivaled second-rank and third-rank gods because the plane had been stabilized with fragments of the God Realm.
• Tang San rejected Destruction’s proposal to expand the God Realm and insisted that any decision required an expanded committee meeting.
• The Goddess of Life told Tang San that his family might soon gain a new member, and the committee agreed to strengthen patrols and divine succession reviews.
• Destruction, Life, and the Ancient God secretly discussed Tang San’s opposition, Rus Wang’s power, and their plan to collect the Ancient Plane’s fragments and lock Tang San away.
• A Thunder Dragon overheard the three gods’ conversation, waited a day after they left, and then approached the Forbidden God Land.

The Golden Dragon King learned that Rus Wang had become the New Dragon God and planned to exploit the God Realm’s internal conflict to escape his seal. Meanwhile, Rus Wang reviewed the growth of the Locke Empire’s dragon population and decided to let a newly founded Shrek Academy continue operating.

• The Golden Dragon King considered Rus Wang unfit to lead the Dragon Race and learned from Thunder Dragon that the God King of Destruction wanted to imprison Tang San.
• The Golden Dragon King resolved to wait for the God Realm’s turmoil and Space-Time Turbulence before breaking his seal and escaping.
• Rus Wang visited the New Dragon God Plane, where the Wind Dragon King reported that the dragon population had grown to nearly two million.
• Rus Wang reviewed a report about a new Shrek Academy and rejected the proposal to demolish it or arrest its staff and students.

Toriya Rus presided over Locke Empire policies while its officials discussed artificial soul rings and Soul Beast poaching. In the God Realm, Tang San’s forces fought Destruction’s faction, and the Golden Dragon King agreed to let Tang San draw on his energy to destabilize the realm and aid his escape.

• Toriya Rus and the empire’s officials discussed standardizing gym battle tournaments, cracking down on Soul Beast trafficking, and researching hundred-thousand-year artificial soul rings.
• Zhang Ruoheng asked Di Tian about Sea Soul Beasts, and Di Tian said they could be left alone unless they caused trouble.
• Tang San led the Shrek Six Monsters and the Butterfly God against Destruction and the Seven Deadly Sins, while the Goddess of Life and the Ancient God stayed outside the battle.
• Tang San saw his side losing and decided to draw on the Golden Dragon King’s power.
• The Golden Dragon King sensed the demand through the Thunder Dragon and began inscribing a secret technique to make the God Realm more unstable and help him escape.

Tang San and the God of Destruction’s battle turned against him after Ancient God joined the fight and the exhausted Shrek Seven Devils came under renewed pressure. Cornered and beginning to lose control of the Golden Dragon King’s power, Tang San revealed how he had restored his strength, while Ancient God defended her plan to bring the Ancient Plane into the God Realm’s system.

• Tang San struck the God of Destruction with the Asura Blood Sword and damaged the Destruction Scepter, forcing Destruction to draw on his origin power.
• Ancient God entered the battle, freed the God of Envy, the God of Greed, and the God of Pride, and questioned Tang San about his restored strength.
• The God of Destruction and Ancient God cornered Tang San as the Seven Deadly Sins overwhelmed the exhausted Shrek Seven Devils and Xiao Wu.
• Tang San’s Golden Dragon King origin began running rampant, and he revealed that he had drawn out power sealed within it after the Light Dragon King’s attack.
• Ancient God explained the Ancient Plane’s origin and defended its incorporation into the God Realm’s system, while the Golden Dragon King prepared to break through its weakened seal and was told to wait.