Chapter Summaries

Long Zhanye used the Sky-Propping Eye’s Body Sacrificial Skill, Divine Crown, to dissolve Yan Shaozhe’s body and dismantle his Soul Power and spiritual power. Yan Shaozhe survived with only one breath, and Elder Zhuang rushed him to the Golden Tree while Long Zhanye judged him close to death.

• Yan Shaozhe fused his remaining Soul Power, spiritual power, and Bright Phoenix Martial Soul into a Self-Created Soul Skill and charged at Long Zhanye.
• Long Zhanye released the Sky-Propping Eye’s grayish-white Chaos Qi, which formed a light curtain that engulfed Yan Shaozhe.
• The Chaos Qi dissolved Yan Shaozhe’s body until he fell from the sky as a nearly weightless shell.
• The Sea God Pavilion elders caught Yan Shaozhe, and Xuan Zi ordered Elder Zhuang to take him beneath the Golden Tree.
• Long Zhanye identified his attack as Divine Crown, the Sky-Propping Eye’s Body Sacrificial Skill, and concluded Yan Shaozhe was near death.

After Yan Shaozhe failed to exhaust Long Zhanye, Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo volunteered to fight him next. Long Zhanye introduced himself as a Level 97 Spirit Master who was only twenty-seven, leaving the two women shaken as they prepared to face him.

• Cai Mei'er watched Yan Shaozhe lie defeated in Elder Zhuang's arms, while Xuan Zi realized his plan to wear down Long Zhanye had failed.
• Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo offered to take the next fight, and Xuan Zi reluctantly approved their request.
• The two women flew up to face Long Zhanye and introduced their levels, fighting styles, and titles.
• Long Zhanye revealed that he was twenty-seven years old, stunning Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo with his age and cultivation.

Long Zhanye confronted Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo, but Zhongli Wu bargained for their lives in exchange for the Asura Demon Sword. After Long Zhanye agreed to capture them alive, the two Shrek Inner Court prodigies attacked him together.

• Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo released their Martial Souls and revealed their powerful Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Long Zhanye considered killing the women to take their Soul Bones, but Zhongli Wu secretly asked him to capture them alive for the Holy Spirit Empire.
• Long Zhanye agreed to spare the women in exchange for keeping Zhongli Wu's Asura Demon Sword, and Zhongli Wu reluctantly accepted.
• Han Ruoruo sent her Shining Gold Rope toward Long Zhanye as Zhang Lexuan activated her eighth Soul Skill, Blood Moon Eclipse.
• Zhang Lexuan's Blood Moon cast a crushing red light over Long Zhanye as the chapter ended.

Long Zhanye used the Luchen Blade and his Double Pupil to imitate Huo Yuhao’s Dragon Rain Gathering Dance Saber Technique, overwhelming Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo. As they struggled against his icy assault, the two women unleashed their ninth soul skills together to trap him in a coordinated attack.

• Long Zhanye wielded the Luchen Blade and used his Double Pupil to reproduce the key movements of Huo Yuhao’s saber technique.
• Long Zhanye severed Han Ruoruo’s Shining Gold Rope and neutralized Zhang Lexuan’s Blood Moon Eclipse with ice-blue saber light.
• Long Zhanye’s saber assault battered Zhang Lexuan’s and Han Ruoruo’s defenses and coated them in ice, forcing them to focus on resisting the cold.
• Zhang Lexuan used her Ninth Soul Skill, Moonlight, to engulf Long Zhanye in an expanding blood moon that began melting his body’s surface.
• Han Ruoruo used her Ninth Soul Skill, Heaven’s Punishment, to surround Long Zhanye with a vast net of golden chains and a mirror that tracked his movements.

Long Zhanye endured Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo’s attacks, then broke free and triggered a brief, unprecedented change in his three Soul Cores. The new power devastated the battlefield before disappearing, leaving Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo badly injured and Zhongli Wu shaken.

• Long Zhanye used his Flawless Golden Body to withstand Zhang Lexuan’s Ninth Soul Skill and Han Ruoruo’s Shining Gold Ropes.
• Long Zhanye activated his Hercules Avatar, expanded his body, and shattered Han Ruoruo’s restraints, causing her severe backlash.
• Long Zhanye’s three Soul Cores began merging and briefly formed a golden halo that released an unfamiliar Divine Power.
• The halo’s pressure blasted Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo backward, shattered nearby Soul Tool Barriers, killed tens of thousands of soldiers, and injured Zhongli Wu.
• The Golden Tree protected the Sea God Pavilion elders, while Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo collapsed with severe injuries.

Long Zhanye’s sudden power devastated the Sun Moon Empire’s forces, but Ju Zi turned the remaining Soul Engineer legions’ cannons toward him, leaving him caught between former allies and enemies. As Xuan Zi moved to rescue Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo, Long Zhanye faced him alone, with the battle’s alliances in disarray.

• Long Zhanye’s golden power caused fifty thousand Sun Moon Empire troops to perish and destroyed more than half of its two great Soul Engineer legions.
• Ju Zi pointed toward Long Zhanye, and the remaining Soul Engineer legions aimed their cannons at him.
• Long Zhanye knocked Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo unconscious, then seized them and put them in his Storage Belt.
• Xuan Zi charged at Long Zhanye, who struck him with an icy slash and halted his advance.
• Xuan Zi demanded that Long Zhanye hand over Lexuan and Ruoruo, while Long Zhanye realized Ju Zi’s forces were no longer positioned to support him.

Long Zhanye used his six divine artifacts to persuade Xuan Zi to negotiate instead of fighting, and they agreed to exchange three moves. Their first punch ended in a draw, leaving Xuan Zi wary of Long Zhanye but still tempted to kill him.

• Long Zhanye weighed his options as the alliance against Shrek Academy fractured and decided to confront Xuan Zi.
• Long Zhanye proposed exchanging three moves with Xuan Zi, wagering that he would withdraw the Sun Moon army if he lost and demanding Xuan Zi's head if Xuan Zi lost.
• Xuan Zi rejected Long Zhanye's offer until Long Zhanye revealed six divine artifacts and warned that killing him could doom Shrek.
• Xuan Zi accepted the partnership and agreed to strike the Sun Moon Divine Drum and exchange three moves with Long Zhanye.
• Long Zhanye and Xuan Zi exchanged powerful punches that sent them both flying back, ending the first move in a draw.
• Xuan Zi recognized Long Zhanye's rapid growth and struggled between his apprehension and his desire to kill him.

Long Zhanye survived Xuan Zi’s devastating attack and pretended to lose, secretly sharing the Sun Moon Empire’s battlefield deployments with him. As Ju Zi ordered Long Zhanye taken for treatment, Xuan Zi suddenly attacked her, and Long Zhanye watched with a satisfied smile.

• Xuan Zi unleashed his golden tornado, but Long Zhanye trapped and weakened it with layers of Colorless Walls before Xuan Zi broke free and launched his next attack.
• Xuan Zi summoned a rain of stone lances, and Long Zhanye endured the assault while secretly sending him a precise view of the Sun Moon Empire’s defenses through Spiritual Sharing.
• Long Zhanye appeared badly wounded and admitted defeat, prompting Ju Zi to order him taken away for treatment.
• As soldiers escorted Long Zhanye to the rear, Xuan Zi activated his Martial Soul Avatar and charged toward Ju Zi, who was caught by surprise.
• Long Zhanye turned to watch Xuan Zi’s attack and smiled beneath the blood on his face.

Xuan Zi broke through the Sun Moon army’s defenses and charged toward Ju Zi while fighting the Offering Elders under heavy fire. Zhuang Yusen healed him until Zhongli Wu and the six Holy Sons killed the Life Douluo with the Blood Sea Resentful Spirit Spear, leaving Xuan Zi’s advance without support.

• Ju Zi ordered the Fire Phoenix and Terrorclaw Soul Engineer Regiments to activate their linked defenses, but Xuan Zi shattered both barriers and charged toward her.
• The six Offering Elders tried to stop Xuan Zi as Ju Zi’s guards dragged her toward the rear encampment, but he drove the elders back and fatally struck Elder Su.
• The two remaining Soul Engineer Regiments bombarded Xuan Zi, while Zhuang Yusen used his life force to heal his wounds as he continued toward Ju Zi.
• Zhongli Wu and the six Holy Sons launched the Blood Sea Resentful Spirit Spear at Zhuang Yusen, piercing his chest and killing him.

After Elder Zhuang was killed, Xuan Zi unleashed his fury on the Sun Moon army and attacked Ju Zi. Liao Mengkai intervened to protect her and, despite being badly injured, pierced Xuan Zi’s shoulder with a concealed strike.

• Xuan Zi realized Elder Zhuang had been killed and unleashed a violent shockwave that devastated the Sun Moon army’s camp.
• Xuan Zi charged at Ju Zi, but Liao Mengkai stepped between them and took his attack head-on.
• Liao Mengkai fought Xuan Zi with twin blades and a black Humanoid Soul Tool, but Xuan Zi shattered his defenses and severely injured him.
• Liao Mengkai threw his twin blades at Xuan Zi, and the second blade pierced Xuan Zi’s left shoulder.
• Liao Mengkai collapsed amid the dust and laughed that he had wounded a Limit Douluo.

Xuan Zi survived Liao Mengkai’s Blade Spirit Soul-Severing and killed him, then destroyed the Blade Soul’s final attack. With two Level 9 Soul Engineers dead, Ju Zi and the Sun Moon Empire army fell into panic and chaos.

• Liao Mengkai explained that his Blade Soul had fused with the Demon God Blade and claimed his Ninth Soul Skill had entered Xuan Zi’s body to sever his meridians.
• Xuan Zi pulled the Demon God Blade from his shoulder, then killed Liao Mengkai despite his all-out attack.
• Ju Zi cried for mercy as Liao Mengkai was blasted apart, but Xuan Zi remained standing.
• Liao Mengkai’s lingering Blade Soul attacked Xuan Zi, who erased it with an earthy yellow light.
• Ju Zi retreated in terror as the Sun Moon Empire’s troops panicked and the battlefield descended into chaos.

Xuan Zi relentlessly pursued Ju Zi despite his injuries, forcing the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Engineers to defend her. Luan Feng ordered the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Regiment to fire its Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannons at Xuan Zi, destroying her own regiment in the blasts while Xuan Zi was gravely wounded.

• Xuan Zi fought through the Level 9 Soul Engineers and struck Ju Zi, whose Humanoid Soul Tool shielded her from serious injury.
• Luan Feng ordered the Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannons fired at Xuan Zi after the deputy commanders hesitated.
• The Terrorclaw Soul Engineer Regiment raised a defensive barrier, Long Zhanye retreated, and Zhongli Wu shielded the Holy Spirit Cult camp.
• The two cannons struck Xuan Zi in the back, blasting open grievous wounds and making him spit blood and organ fragments.
• The Terrorclaw barrier and Zhongli Wu’s protection limited casualties, but the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Regiment was annihilated by the explosions.

After the Sun Moon army suffered devastating casualties, Xuan Zi tried to seize the unconscious Ju Zi while surrounded by Soul Engineers. Cao Jinxuan reversed time across the battlefield, changing the confrontation and giving Xuan Zi a chance to retreat toward Shrek Academy.

• Two Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannons killed or wounded at least a hundred thousand Sun Moon troops and left most survivors unable to fight.
• Despite his severe injuries, Xuan Zi seized the unconscious Ju Zi and threatened to kill her as the Terrorclaw Soul Engineer Regiment surrounded him.
• The Soul Engineers refused to withdraw, leaving Xuan Zi trapped as his strength continued to fade.
• A strange sound accompanied a brief time reversal that returned the battlefield to an earlier moment, when Luan Feng blocked Xuan Zi from reaching Ju Zi.
• Long Zhanye recognized Cao Jinxuan as the source of the large-scale time reversal and realized his former pawn had become an unpredictable variable.
• Xuan Zi burned his remaining Soul Power and retreated toward Shrek Academy.

Xuan Zi escaped the battlefield as Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Empire suffered catastrophic losses, leaving Long Zhanye and Zhongli Wu to discuss a renewed assault. Long Zhanye then demanded Ma Xiaotao in exchange for Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo, claiming she had destroyed his family and ruined his life.

• The Sea God Pavilion elders rescued Xuan Zi after the two Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannons threw the battlefield into chaos, while both armies suffered devastating casualties.
• Zhongli Wu revealed that he had let Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Empire weaken each other so the Holy Spirit Empire could rise as a third power.
• Long Zhanye challenged Zhongli Wu over his battlefield decisions, but accepted that killing the healing-type Titled Douluo had been strategically sound.
• Long Zhanye brought out the captured Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo, then demanded Ma Xiaotao as his share of the spoils.
• Zhongli Wu refused to give up Ma Xiaotao, and Long Zhanye claimed she had destroyed his family and ruined his life.

Long Zhanye negotiated with Zhongli Wu, trading the Evil Spirit Flower and two captured women for Ma Xiaotao, Zhang Lexuan, and Han Ruoruo. He took Ma Xiaotao away while privately dwelling on his long-held hatred of her.

• Long Zhanye offered Zhongli Wu the Evil Spirit Flower, claiming it could help the Vice Sect Master reach ultimate evil and advance to level ninety-eight.
• Zhongli Wu agreed to the exchange after Long Zhanye promised him Qian Duoduo and Song Yunzhi's souls as an additional condition.
• Zhongli Wu collected the two souls and took the Evil Spirit Flower, Zhang Lexuan, and Han Ruoruo.
• Zhongli Wu summoned Ma Xiaotao and taught Long Zhanye the secret incantation for controlling her.
• Long Zhanye stored Ma Xiaotao in his Storage Belt and postponed deciding how to exact revenge on her.

Xu Tianran and the Sun Moon Prime Minister planned an attack on Shrek Academy, while Huo Yuhao warned the recovering Ju Zi that Long Zhanye’s growing power threatened her control of the empire. Ju Zi was left questioning whether she could still command her own forces.

• The imperial physician told Xu Tianran that Ju Zi needed at least three months to recover from her injuries.
• The Sun Moon Prime Minister urged Xu Tianran to have Long Zhanye lead the Evil Monarch and Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Regiments against Shrek, and Xu Tianran approved.
• Ju Zi awakened and sent the imperial physician away when she sensed Huo Yuhao hiding in her bedchamber.
• Huo Yuhao told Ju Zi that Dai Hao’s death had fulfilled her revenge and urged her not to continue the war against Shrek.
• Huo Yuhao warned Ju Zi that Long Zhanye commanded powerful forces and that Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen had joined him.
• Ju Zi realized that Long Zhanye might pose a threat to the imperial family and could no longer be sure how much power she controlled.

Huo Yuhao persuaded Ju Zi to cooperate against Long Zhanye by revealing that he had secretly aided Xuan Zi and was born in the Heaven Dou Empire. Ju Zi agreed to avoid war with Shrek Academy for ten years and accepted Huo Yuhao’s deadly poison, leaving her to handle the next step.

• Huo Yuhao offered to help Ju Zi eliminate a hidden threat and reclaim military authority in exchange for a ten-year peace with Shrek Academy.
• Ju Zi initially refused, saying the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial family would not accept the agreement, and urged Huo Yuhao to leave.
• Huo Yuhao accused Long Zhanye of secretly helping Xuan Zi attack Ju Zi and her forces at the War Drum Arena.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that Long Zhanye was born in the Heaven Dou Empire and urged Ju Zi to join him in killing the traitor.
• Ju Zi agreed not to wage war against Shrek for ten years if Huo Yuhao helped eliminate the internal threat.
• Huo Yuhao gave Ju Zi an unnamed, supposedly incurable poison, and she accepted it and said she would handle what came next.

Ju Zi recalled the armies from the front lines and held a lavish victory banquet, where she secretly poisoned Long Zhanye's wine. After returning to the inn, Long Zhanye discovered the poison spreading through his body.

• Zhongli Wu and Long Zhanye received Xu Tianran's order to withdraw their forces from the front lines and return to Ming Capital.
• Long Zhanye ordered the Evil Monarch and Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer legions to leave the Douling Empire for Ming Capital.
• Xu Tianran and Ju Zi welcomed the returning troops with a victory banquet and praised their commanders.
• Ju Zi toasted Long Zhanye, who drank the wine she had tampered with.
• Long Zhanye sensed a disturbance during meditation, found poison spreading through his body, and realized the wine had been poisoned.

Ju Zi redirected suspicion for Xu Tianran’s poisoning toward Long Zhanye, while secretly poisoning them both with separate halves of the same toxin. Long Zhanye realized the attack might be an opportunity, but Sun Moon forces moved to arrest him as his condition worsened.

• Xu Tianran collapsed after drinking imperial wine, and the imperial physician identified a sophisticated mixed poison that had not been detected in the remaining wine.
• The prime minister blamed Shrek and called for an attack, but Ju Zi argued that Long Zhanye was the likely culprit because he was absent when Xu Tianran was poisoned.
• Ju Zi ordered Starry Sky Douluo Ye Yulin to arrest Long Zhanye and directed the other Soul Engineers to remain at the royal household.
• Long Zhanye suffered from the poison and suspected it came from Tang Sect methods, while the Green Emperor urged him to flee Ming Capital.
• The Green Emperor prepared to carve a path out as patrols and Level 9 Soul Engineers surrounded the inn, while Long Zhanye considered whether the poisoning could be an opportunity.
• Ju Zi had secretly split the poison, placing one half in Xu Tianran’s wine and giving the other to Long Zhanye.

Long Zhanye survived Ju Zi’s attempt to have him killed with poisoned wine and eleven Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannons, escaping with Green Emperor to seek the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Believing him dead, Ju Zi gave Ye Yulin and Xue Chen command of his regiments, while Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen doubted the report.

• Long Zhanye confronted Ye Yulin and the encircling Soul Engineers, who said they had come on Ju Zi’s order to execute him.
• Ye Yulin fired eleven Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannons at Long Zhanye, who used Bone Dragon Transformation and spatial power to escape the blast with Green Emperor.
• Green Emperor carried the poisoned Long Zhanye through the Mingdou Mountain Range toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest.
• Ju Zi heard that Long Zhanye had been killed and ordered Ye Yulin and Xue Chen to take command of his Evil Monarch and Imperial Dragon Soul Master Regiments.
• Ye Yulin announced Long Zhanye’s death to Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, who doubted he could have been killed as they watched the regiments change hands.