Chapter Summaries

After Long Zhanye and others sensed catastrophic tremors in Ming Capital, the chapter revealed that Huo Yuhao had detonated the empire’s Underground Warehouse in revenge for his defeat and humiliation. The blast devastated more than a third of the city, leaving Du Busi and the others struggling to shield themselves from the destruction.

• Long Zhanye sensed a terrifying presence and fled Mingde Hall with Ye Guyi and the Hongchen Siblings as tremors spread through the city.
• Du Busi and Xuan Zi recognized the tremors came from the eastern district, near the place where Huo Yuhao had signaled for a rendezvous.
• After losing the tournament, Huo Yuhao infiltrated Ming Capital’s Underground Warehouse and chose to destroy its vast stockpile of Soul Tools, Rare Metals, and Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonballs.
• Huo Yuhao detonated the warehouse, unleashing an enormous explosion that formed a dark-red mushroom cloud and shook Ming Capital.
• Du Busi shielded Vina, Wang Yanfeng, and the others as the blast flattened buildings and devastated more than a third of the city.

Huo Yuhao’s revenge triggers a catastrophic explosion that devastates much of Ming Capital and kills countless civilians. Xuan Zi rescues Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er, orders Huo Yuhao to conceal his responsibility, and flees as Shrek’s reputation is ruined.

• The explosion tears through Ming Capital, leaving Du Busi horrified and Huo Yuhao stunned by the destruction and deaths.
• Xuan Zi reaches Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er through the shockwaves and carries them away from the ruins.
• Xuan Zi asks whether Huo Yuhao caused the disaster, and Huo Yuhao instinctively admits that he did.
• Xuan Zi warns Huo Yuhao never to reveal his role, fearing Shrek will be condemned along with him.
• Huo Yuhao flees with Xuan Zi, while the Tang Sect members remain pale and terrified amid the destruction.

A catastrophic explosion devastated eastern Ming Capital, destroying much of the city and crippling the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial palace. As Xu Jiujiu and Vina watched in horror and Zhongli Wu welcomed the souls and resentment, Xuan Zi led the surviving Shrek and Tang Sect disciples toward West Mountain, while the explosion’s cause pointed back to Shrek.

• Xu Jiujiu and Vina emerged from the underground escape route and realized the enormous explosion had struck near Mingyue Hotel, where Shrek and the Tang Sect had stayed.
• Ju Zi dragged the injured Xu Tianran from the imperial palace ruins as they saw the destruction of Ming Capital and heard the suffering of its citizens.
• Zhongli Wu and the Holy Spirit Cult’s Evil Soul Masters gathered over the ruins, celebrating the chance to feed on the souls and resentment of the dead.
• Xuan Zi led the surviving Shrek and Tang Sect disciples toward West Mountain while most of them remained unaware of what had caused the explosion.
• Du Busi and the Body Sect’s powerful figures concluded that Shrek was the likeliest source of the disaster.

Huo Yuhao’s timed explosives triggered sixteen hidden Level 9 shells, devastating Ming Capital and killing countless civilians. In the West Mountain forest, he confessed to Elder Xuan and asked to face punishment after helping the group reach safety.

• Huo Yuhao’s destruction of the warehouse triggered sixteen Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells and a chain of explosions that devastated Ming Capital.
• The Shrek Academy group fled into the forests of West Mountain and stopped to recover.
• Elder Xuan summoned Huo Yuhao, Wang Qiu'er, Lexuan, and the Tang Sect members to demand an explanation.
• Huo Yuhao confessed that he had planted the explosives among the warehouse’s ammunition and accepted responsibility for the disaster.
• Elder Xuan condemned Huo Yuhao for the civilian casualties, and Huo Yuhao asked to be punished after he helped everyone reach safety.

Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er defended Huo Yuhao to Xuan Zi after the underground warehouse explosion caused a catastrophe in Ming Capital. Huo Yuhao accepted responsibility for the plan and feared the blast had triggered hidden strategic stockpiles, while Xuan Zi said he believed them and ordered the group to leave in fifteen minutes.

• Wang Dong'er shielded Huo Yuhao and told Xuan Zi that the explosion had been an accident caused by explosives they had not known were in the Underground Warehouse.
• Wang Qiu'er said she and Wang Dong'er had placed the timed explosives and offered to accept punishment in Huo Yuhao's place.
• Huo Yuhao rejected their efforts to take the blame and admitted that his plan may have triggered explosions in hidden warehouses beneath Mingde Hall.
• Huo Yuhao feared the disaster had caused massive civilian casualties in crowded Ming Capital and blamed his haste for overlooking the risks.
• Xuan Zi said he understood the events and believed Huo Yuhao, then told everyone to rest before leaving in fifteen minutes.

After the explosion devastated Ming Capital, Huo Yuhao defended his actions as an attempt to hasten the end of war, while Beibei suggested concealing the Tang Sect’s involvement. Xu Tianran faced the destruction of Mingde Hall and the empire’s strategic reserves, and ordered an all-out search for the mastermind.

• Huo Yuhao apologized to Ming Capital but said he did not regret his actions, which he believed could spare more people from war.
• Beibei proposed keeping the Tang Sect out of the investigation and letting suspicion fall on the Body Sect, and Xu Sanshi admitted he liked the idea.
• Xu Tianran surveyed the imperial palace ruins as rescue workers searched for survivors and reports of casualties arrived.
• Xu Tianran learned the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, Mingde Hall, and the underground warehouse of Rare Metal, Soul Tools, and strategic supplies had been destroyed.
• Xu Tianran ordered his people to find the mastermind and vowed to make them pay, while Ju Zi watched in fear.

The explosion at Mingde Hall devastated Jing Hongchen, who feared his grandchildren had died and learned that the Sun Moon Emperor had passed away. Long Zhanye, Ye Guyi, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen emerged alive, and Jing Hongchen reunited with his grandchildren amid the ruins.

• Jing Hongchen learned that Mingde Hall had been destroyed and collapsed in grief, fearing Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen were inside.
• A servant told Xu Tianran that the emperor had died, and Xu Tianran secretly welcomed the news as an opportunity to claim the throne.
• Xu Tianran knelt and publicly wailed for his father while Evil Soul Masters gathered and devoured souls nearby.
• Long Zhanye, Ye Guyi, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen staggered out of the ruins alive.
• Jing Hongchen embraced Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, and the family wept together in relief.

Long Zhanye saved Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Ye Guyi from the destruction of Mingde Hall, but mourned the loss of his research and worried about his fellow Body Sect disciples. Meanwhile, Xuan Zi led the surviving members of Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect west along the route in Ju Zi’s letter, leaving their survival uncertain.

• Long Zhanye recounted how he had sensed the underground danger and led Ye Guyi, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen out of Mingde Hall before the explosion, though the shockwave injured him and destroyed his Puppet avatar.
• Jing Hongchen knelt before Long Zhanye and thanked him for saving his grandchildren, and Long Zhanye helped him stand.
• Long Zhanye left the ruins to search for his fellow Body Sect disciples, and Ye Guyi quietly followed him.
• Xuan Zi ordered the surviving members of Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect to continue west through the mountains along the route in Ju Zi’s letter.
• The survivors pressed on toward their only apparent escape as the explosion threatened to trigger a continent-wide war.

After the destruction of Ming Capital swung Sun Moon Empire public opinion toward war, Xuan Zi’s group continued through West Mountain and realized they had been trapped in an illusion that made them walk in circles. Unable to investigate accurately in the darkness, they camped until dawn, with Zhang Lexuan organizing a watch to protect the wounded and younger members.

• The deaths and injuries caused by the mushroom cloud over Ming Capital turned Sun Moon Empire citizens against peace and toward revenge and war.
• After hearing Wang Dong'er, Wang Qiu'er, and the others explain the damage, Xuan Zi decided the operation had achieved its strategic goal despite the civilian casualties.
• Huo Yuhao recognized that the group had returned to a place they had passed before and told Xuan Zi that his spiritual imprints proved it.
• Xuan Zi realized an illusion formation was deceiving even their senses and agreed with Huo Yuhao to wait until dawn before investigating further.
• Xuan Zi ordered everyone to stay together and rest while Zhang Lexuan arranged shelters and Titled Douluo watch shifts around the wounded.

After the destruction of Ming Capital, Xu Tianran ordered relief efforts and a crackdown while planning to blame Shrek Academy for the explosion. Zhongli Wu reported that Shrek and the allied empires had escaped underground, leaving Xu Tianran furious and demanding tighter surveillance.

• Huo Yuhao entered deep meditation after losing the Eye of Destiny and the Blade of Life's Watch, while a strange, decaying mist began spreading through West Mountain.
• Xu Tianran ordered rescue operations, military patrols, a national day of mourning, and secrecy about the emperor's death.
• Xu Tianran directed the Minister of Defense to blame the explosion on Shrek Academy and portray it as the continent's enemy.
• Zhongli Wu told Xu Tianran that the disaster's resentment and soul power had helped several Evil Soul Master Sect powerhouses break through their bottlenecks.
• Zhongli Wu reported that Shrek and the Heaven Dou and Star Luo forces had escaped Ming Capital through underground passages using Burrowing Soul Guidance Devices.
• Xu Tianran ordered underground surveillance strengthened and blamed the escapees for the Underground Warehouse explosion.

Xu Tianran and Zhongli Wu agreed to delay the war while consolidating the Sun Moon Empire, and Zhongli Wu revealed his plan to trap Shrek Academy’s elites at West Mountain. At dawn, Huo Yuhao recovered much of his spiritual power at the campsite.

• Xu Tianran considered using the destruction of the supplies as justification for war, but Zhongli Wu refused to commit the Holy Spirit Cult openly and urged him to prepare first.
• Xu Tianran planned to stabilize the country and purge those he blamed for the disaster, while promising that the Holy Spirit Cult would become the State Protector Sect if the empire conquered the continent.
• Zhongli Wu told Xu Tianran that he had activated a mysterious place at West Mountain to wear down Shrek Academy’s elites and stationed Xiao Feng and four elders to kill anyone who escaped.
• At dawn, Huo Yuhao woke at the West Mountain campsite with his spiritual power largely replenished and his energy restored.

Huo Yuhao and the others woke to find West Mountain enveloped by a strange fog that suppressed their senses and trapped them underground. Huo Yuhao concluded they had been transported into an ancient testing ground activated by the Sun Moon Empire or the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Huo Yuhao noticed the dense, strangely colored fog hanging above the camp and entered his Humanoid Soul Tool with Wang Dong'er's help.
• Huo Yuhao discovered that his Spirit Detection was limited to ten meters and that an eerie force swallowed his spiritual power beyond that range.
• Xuan Zi explained that the fog blocked flight and that the earth had become too hard for him to control or dig through.
• Xu Sanshi proposed splitting up to investigate, but Beibei warned that the hidden Holy Spirit Cult might attack them separately.
• Huo Yuhao reasoned that the phenomenon was a naturally formed ancient domain and that the group had been transported into a testing ground.

Xuan Zi led Shrek Academy’s group through West Mountain’s silent, fog-shrouded maze while Long Zhanye pursued them into the forbidden land with Ye Guyi. After Ye Guyi described the legend of the fallen Love God and the Valley of Universe Love Inquiry, Long Zhanye became excited by the chance of finding a divine opportunity.

• Xuan Zi divided the Shrek Academy group into three teams and led the front team as they marked plants and searched for a way out of West Mountain.
• Xu Sanshi felt uneasy in the mountain’s oppressive silence and was relieved that the group had not split up to scout.
• Long Zhanye found scorched earth where his Puppet had been destroyed and headed into West Mountain, prompting Ye Guyi to warn him that it was a forbidden land.
• Long Zhanye persuaded Ye Guyi to follow him by reminding her that Master Kong Deming was still alive and could guide her.
• Ye Guyi recounted legends that West Mountain was the burial place of the fallen Love God, also called the Valley of Universe Love Inquiry, and Long Zhanye grew excited at the prospect of a divine opportunity.

Huo Yuhao and the Shrek group escaped the forest maze and hoped to cross the mountain range, but a strange golden-silver light engulfed their camp. An overwhelming force began dragging them away, leaving them helpless against an unknown power.

• Huo Yuhao and Xuan Zi confirmed that the group was no longer retracing its steps through the maze.
• Xuan Zi led the group onward, estimating they could reach the border in another day or day and a half.
• The group rested and shared provisions, while Beibei warned that the trap set by the Sun Moon Empire, Xu Tianran, and the Holy Spirit Cult might not let them escape easily.
• A golden-silver radiance swept over the camp and passed through everyone's defenses, leaving a strange glow on their bodies.
• An immense pulling force erupted from the light and dragged Nan Qiuqiu and other weaker students away.

Xuan Zi and the Shrek Academy group were dragged through the dense mist by an irresistible golden-silver force despite their defenses. After about fifteen minutes, they emerged into a fantastical world that left everyone stunned.

• Xuan Zi shielded the group with a yellow barrier as the golden-silver force dragged it across the ground.
• Xian Lin'er attacked the source of the glow, but her Soul Power vanished into the mist without a trace.
• Xuan Zi gathered everyone into a protective sphere, and the force pulled them into the mist and carried them away.
• Huo Yuhao searched his memories for clues about the golden-silver light while Xuan Zi transformed into the Godly Taotie Bull and slowed their journey.
• After about fifteen minutes, the group burst through the mist and saw a bizarre world beyond it.

Ye Guyi and Long Zhanye entered West Mountain, where an eerie mist soon cut off their flight and limited their Mental Power. As the two faced the unexplained danger, Ye Guyi turned back to flee alone.

• Ye Guyi and Long Zhanye explored West Mountain but found no soul beasts or other signs of danger.
• After camping overnight, Ye Guyi discovered she could no longer fly, and Long Zhanye’s Supersonic Bionic Wings also failed to lift him.
• A gray-white mist spread through the mountain, blocking Mental Power beyond ten meters and surrounding them in an unfamiliar world.
• Ye Guyi panicked, regretted coming to West Mountain, and hurried back the way they had come without saying goodbye to Long Zhanye.

Ye Guyi repeatedly failed to escape the mist-covered West Mountain Forbidden Land and blamed Long Zhanye for their predicament. Long Zhanye opened his Heavenly Eye and absorbed the mist, identifying it as Chaos Qi mixed with energy left behind by a fallen deity.

• Ye Guyi walked through the fog but returned to Long Zhanye, then tried again after carving marks into trees and ended up back at the starting point.
• Ye Guyi accused Long Zhanye of trapping them and demanded that he find a way out, but he calmly sat down to meditate.
• Long Zhanye opened his Heavenly Eye, drawing the surrounding mist into a vast vortex as Ye Guyi watched in shock.
• Long Zhanye told Ye Guyi the mist was Chaos Qi, apparently altered by divine power left behind by a fallen deity, and explained that Chaos Qi could create or devour all things.

Long Zhanye absorbed all the Chaos Qi in the valley, allowing the Heavenly Eye to fuse completely with his body. Though his Soul Power Level remained seventy-seven, his presence transformed, and he manifested a gigantic, living vertical pupil in the sky.

• Long Zhanye told Ye Guyi to cultivate nearby while he absorbed the valley’s Chaos Qi, a process that lasted eighteen days.
• After the mist cleared, Long Zhanye let the Heavenly Eye’s gray-white roots fuse with his body and meditated for another three days.
• The Chaos Qi cocoon exploded, and a beam from Long Zhanye’s Heavenly Eye pierced the sky, draining the surrounding world of color and vitality.
• Long Zhanye emerged with golden markings around his fused Heavenly Eye and multicolored light in his Double Pupils, despite remaining at Soul Power Level seventy-seven.
• Long Zhanye opened his palm and summoned a gigantic living vertical pupil that blotted out the sky and surveyed the world.

Long Zhanye’s Heavenly Eye evolved into the Sky-Propping Eye, awakening the God Eye Domain, and he continued deeper into the Valley of Universe Love Inquiry with Ye Guyi. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao recognized the Shrek group’s destination and warned them to answer any questions truthfully, especially those about their feelings, as they were pulled toward the lake’s center.

• Long Zhanye’s Sky-Propping Eye Domain overwhelmed Ye Guyi, weakening her Soul Power and Mental Power until she collapsed in fear.
• Long Zhanye named his evolved Martial Soul the Sky-Propping Eye and its awakened Talent Domain the God Eye Domain, giving him two Domains as a seven-ring Soul Saint.
• The Chaos Qi vanished from the valley, clearing its fog, maze, and illusions, and Long Zhanye set off toward the valley’s depths as Ye Guyi followed.
• The Shrek group emerged from the fog and saw a vast lake divided into golden and silver waters, with a sun-like core and a crescent-shaped silver area.
• Huo Yuhao recognized the phenomenon and urgently warned everyone to answer any questions truthfully, particularly questions about feelings.
• The two-toned force drew the Shrek group to the lake’s center above the Golden Sun and Silver Moon.

Huo Yuhao and the Shrek Academy students were swept into the legendary Valley of Universe Love Inquiry, where a divine power separated them and tested their honesty and love. Huo Yuhao learned they had entered Sun Moon Lake and arrived alone on a circular platform, with the trial still ahead.

• Golden-and-silver light stripped Xuan Zi of his Martial Soul Avatar and trapped each person in a separate bubble.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er exchanged a reassuring Tang Sect hand signal as the bubbles carried everyone into the lake.
• Huo Yuhao recognized the place from Tang San's Poison Manual as the legendary Valley of Universe Love Inquiry, where only true lovers might survive and gain the Love God's favor.
• Huo Yuhao recalled Tang San's warning to speak truthfully and use true feelings, though he knew little about what the trial would ask.
• After a disorienting descent, Huo Yuhao arrived alone on a circular gold platform inside a translucent world of gold and silver crystal.