Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao learned that Dai Huabin had vanished and the Duchess had died, then reunited with Qian Daoliu in Bright Capital and revealed his role in a parallel world. The chapter ended with Qian Daoliu saying he blamed Qin Chuan for facing everything alone.

• Dai Hao told Huo Yuhao that Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu had disappeared three years earlier and that the Duchess had died of grief two years later.
• Huo Yuhao left Dai Hao without answering his plea to be careful, and Xian Lin'er lightened the mood by teasing Yan Shaozhe about his past romances.
• The group entered the Sun Moon Empire while laughing and listening to Xian Lin'er offer more stories about Yan Shaozhe.
• Qin Chuan told Qian Daoliu that Bibi Dong, his mother, and his sister had died ten thousand years earlier and explained how he had traveled to a parallel world.
• Qin Chuan revealed that he had helped Spirit Hall unify the parallel continent and destroy the Top Three Sects, and Qian Daoliu said he blamed him for not sharing the burden sooner.

Qin Chuan told Qian Daoliu that he could resurrect his mother and sister, then explained the history of the two Soul Beast kings who had ambushed Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile. Twenty days later, teams gathered in Bright Capital for the tournament, where Shrek Academy arrived under the protection of its two deans just as Spirit Hall was announced.

• Qin Chuan promised Qian Daoliu that he could resurrect his mother and sister and explained why the Angel God's divine seat would take time to re-form.
• Qian Daoliu told Qin Chuan that Niu Tian and Tai Tan had ambushed him and Golden Crocodile, and Qin Chuan explained their connection to Tang San and Tang Wutong.
• Qin Chuan showed Qian Daoliu the Undead Great World, and twenty days later the tournament teams gathered at the Mingyue Hotel in Bright Capital.
• Xu Jiujiu and Princess Wei Na discussed Spirit Hall's return and greeted Shrek Academy, whose team was accompanied by Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er.
• Princess Wei Na greeted Huo Yuhao, Xu Jiujiu noticed Tang Wutong, and someone announced Spirit Hall's arrival.

Qian Hanchuan brought Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao to the tournament registration and provoked Shrek Academy by revealing their refusal to return. He publicly exposed Tang Wutong as Tang San’s daughter, then led the Spirit Hall team onward while the crowd turned its attention to her.

• Qian Hanchuan arrived with Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao, claimed the Spirit Hall had rescued Tang Ya from the Holy Spirit Cult, and watched both women refuse to return to Shrek Academy.
• Bei Bei and Yan Shaozhe confronted Qian Hanchuan, while he taunted Shrek Academy and challenged Yan Shaozhe and Huo Yuhao with accusations about their pasts.
• Tang Wutong confronted Qian Hanchuan and gave him her name, prompting him to reveal that she was Tang San’s daughter and an heir to the Divine Realm.
• Tang Wutong declared that she would destroy the Spirit Hall, but Qian Hanchuan revealed his own godhood inheritance and warned her to remember her words.
• Qian Hanchuan led his team through Shrek Academy to register, and the spectators focused on Tang Wutong’s identity.

Tang Wutong’s identity as Tang San’s daughter became public, drawing intense attention and leaving Shrek Academy’s team shaken. Meanwhile, Qin Chuan manipulated his companions and welcomed the turmoil as crowds gathered outside the hotel.

• After registration, Shrek Academy escorted Tang Wutong away from the crowd, and Yan Shaozhe warned everyone to beware of Qian Hanchuan’s schemes.
• Tang Wutong realized Qian Hanchuan had exposed her identity to make her a target, but she urged her teammates to treat her as themselves and keep pursuing their shared mission.
• Xian Lin'er sent the team to their rooms and went to inform Xuan Zi, while Yan Shaozhe took responsibility for protecting them.
• Qin Chuan sent Dai Mubai, Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun through a gate to the Undead Great World, then restored Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao’s true personalities.
• Qin Chuan taunted Tang Ya over her broken relationship with Bei Bei and told Xiao Wu that her future daughter Tang Wutong was staying in the hotel.
• News of Tang Wutong’s identity spread across Bright Capital, and a crowd gathered outside Mingyue Hotel to see her.

Tang Wutong revealed that resurrected gods and Qian Hanchuan threatened Shrek Academy, while promising to protect it and compete in the tournament. As powerful allies and political factions converged on Bright Capital, Qin Chuan plotted to use the tournament to eliminate his enemies and anticipated Tang Wutong calling him “stepfather.”

• Tang Wutong told Yan Shaozhe and the others that Bibi Dong had been resurrected, Qian Renxue might also return, and Qian Hanchuan had a godhood inheritance.
• Tang Wutong promised to protect Shrek Academy, while Niu Tian and Tai Tan entered Bright Capital to guard her.
• Xu Tianran and Zhong Liwu reacted to the news of Tang Wutong’s identity, while Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui discussed the approaching conflict.
• Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei sent a letter to Xu Jiujiu and hurried toward Shrek Academy, and Xuan Zi flew to Bright Capital to protect Tang Wutong.
• Qin Chuan told Xiao Wu he planned to wipe out his enemies during the tournament and asked what Tang Wutong would call him; Xiao Wu answered, “Stepfather.”

Tang San revealed that Qian Hanchuan had created his own divine position and discussed the danger this posed to Tang Wutong, while the Shrek Seven Devils watched the competition from the Divine Realm. At the Bright Capital tournament, Tang Wutong drew a huge crowd, and the appearance of an Evil Soul Master team sparked protests.

• Tang San told the Shrek Seven Devils that Qian Hanchuan had seen through Tang Wutong’s identity and bore a Self-Created Divine Throne.
• Tang San said he could not interfere directly but had made arrangements to protect Wutong, and the Shrek Seven Devils watched the tournament from the Divine Realm.
• Spectators gathered in large numbers as the teams arrived in Bright Capital, with Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and Shrek Academy drawing especially strong attention.
• Tang Wutong arrived with Shrek Academy, while Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er kept the team under close watch.
• Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng emerged with a team of Evil Soul Masters, prompting protests and chaos among the spectators.

Qian Hanchuan led the Martial Soul Hall Team into the tournament and forced the Holy Spirit Cult to yield after threatening it with destruction. He then took a shaded seat near the other teams and teased Xu Jiujiu and Princess Wei Na, who glared back at him.

• Qian Hanchuan confronted Zhang Peng and the Evil Soul Masters, calling them unfit to attend the tournament and demanding that they move aside.
• Qian Hanchuan denounced the Holy Spirit Cult for harming ordinary Soul Masters and gave Zhang Peng a year to disband it or face Qian Renxue.
• Zhang Peng ordered the Evil Soul Masters to move aside, and the Martial Soul Hall Team passed through as spectators cheered.
• Qian Hanchuan led his team to the shaded competitors' area while the Holy Spirit Cult was left in the sun at the edge of the pavilions.
• Qian Hanchuan teased Xu Jiujiu and Princess Wei Na about their interest in Tang Wutong, and both princesses angrily told him not to push it.

Qian Hanchuan exposed the princesses’ plans and threatened the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires, while Shrek Academy recognized the danger posed by his power and the Spirit Hall’s three Deities. The tournament began, and Ju Zi started addressing the gathered spectators after an unknown voice silenced the arena.

• Qian Hanchuan revealed that the Sun Moon Empire had allied with him and warned Xu Jiujiu and Princess Wei Na that their empires would be destroyed if they did not submit.
• Long Aotian attacked Qian Hanchuan after he threatened the princesses, but Qian Hanchuan dismissed him and ordered Xu Jiujiu to tell Xu Jiawei to surrender the Star Luo Empire.
• Bei Bei saw Tang Ya kiss Qian Hanchuan, but Xian Lin'er restrained him and urged him to wait for a chance to save her.
• Tang Wutong and the Shrek Academy group considered Qian Hanchuan’s hidden power and the threat posed by Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue.
• The 167 teams entered the arena, Xu Tianran arrived with Ju Zi, and an unknown voice silenced the spectators as Ju Zi began her welcome address.

The Martial Soul Hall Team entered the tournament and revealed itself as the first-generation Shrek Seven Monsters, stunning Tang Wutong and Shrek Academy. Before the match began, Xu Tianran revealed that Ye Xishui had a second Martial Soul and plotted to spread rumors about Yan Shaozhe.

• The draw paired the Martial Soul Hall Team against Dou Ling National Soul Master Academy, and Qian Hanchuan ordered his seven competitors to finish the fight in one minute.
• Xu Tianran told Zhong Liwu and Long Xiaoyao that Qian Hanchuan would spare Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui but kill the rest of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Xu Tianran revealed that Ye Xishui possessed the Light Phoenix as her second Martial Soul, shocking Zhong Liwu and Long Xiaoyao.
• Xu Tianran planned to use Ye Xishui's Light Phoenix Martial Soul to spread rumors that Yan Shaozhe was descended from an Evil Soul Master.
• The Martial Soul Hall Team removed its disguises and revealed Dai Mubai, Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun, prompting Tang Wutong to cry out in disbelief.

Spirit Hall revealed cloned versions of the First Generation Shrek Seven Monsters, all Soul Emperors, and they defeated Dou Ling National Academy in seconds. When Tang Wutong demanded to know who they were, Qian Hanchuan explained that Spirit Hall had used preserved blood to replicate them.

• The First Generation Shrek Seven Monsters revealed themselves, shocking Tang Wutong, the Shrek Academy competitors, and the tournament audience.
• Dai Mubai and the others summoned their Martial Souls and displayed their Soul Emperor strength, while Tang San appeared with a Blue Silver Emperor and six Soul Rings.
• Dai Mubai attacked Dou Ling National Academy as Tang San’s vines restrained its fighters and Ning Rongrong boosted the team; Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Meteor Shower ended the match in seconds.
• After Spirit Hall won, its seven fighters passed Tang Wutong without acknowledging her and told Qian Hanchuan they had performed well.
• Tang Wutong demanded an explanation, and Qian Hanchuan said Spirit Hall had cloned the First Generation Shrek Seven Monsters using preserved blood.

Qian Hanchuan’s arena stunt exposed the Shrek Seven Monsters’ counterparts from another time and space, provoking Tang Wutong and unsettling the gods in the Divine Realm. Meanwhile, Ye Xishui confronted Zhong Liwu and Long Xiaoyao about her secret Light Phoenix Martial Soul and learned that Qian Hanchuan had revealed it.

• Qian Hanchuan taunted Tang Wutong with the First Generation Shrek Seven Monsters and threatened to send Tang San and Xiao Wu into future matches against her.
• Xu Tianran asked Jing Hongchen whether the Sun Moon Empire could replicate Spirit Hall’s feat, and Jing Hongchen said it was beyond their technology and might involve a Deity’s power.
• Tang San told the Divine Realm gods that Spirit Hall’s seven fighters were their real counterparts, while Xiao Wu explained that they could only watch events unfold.
• Tang San vowed that he and the other gods would protect Tang Wutong, while Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu worried about what Qian Hanchuan might do to their counterparts.
• Ye Xishui restrained Zhong Liwu and confirmed that she had secretly possessed the Light Phoenix as her Second Martial Soul for over two hundred years.
• Zhong Liwu admitted that Qian Hanchuan had told Xu Tianran about Ye Xishui’s secret, and Ye Xishui reacted with surprise.

Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao learned that Spirit Hall’s team consisted of blood-made copies of the First Generation Shrek Seven Monsters, while Qian Renxue’s visit threatened the Holy Spirit Cult. At Shrek Academy’s lodgings, Yan Shaozhe, Xuan Zi, and Xian Lin'er discussed the danger surrounding Tang Wutong before Zhang Yuexuan arrived with urgent news.

• Zhong Liwu confronted Ye Xishui over her Light Phoenix Martial Soul, but Qian Renxue’s planned visit led him to redirect his anger toward Qian Hanchuan.
• Long Xiaoyao revealed that Qian Hanchuan had offered to protect him and Ye Xishui if they left the Holy Spirit Cult and Ye Xishui abandoned her Blood Soul Demon Puppet Martial Soul; Ye Xishui refused to leave the cult.
• Feng Ling brought intelligence that Spirit Hall’s seven team members were blood-made copies of the First Generation Shrek Seven Monsters, leaving Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao shaken.
• Ye Xishui told Long Xiaoyao that Yan Shaozhe was their descendant, and Long Xiaoyao realized Yan Shaozhe was descended from their child.
• Yan Shaozhe, Xuan Zi, and Xian Lin'er discussed Spirit Hall’s actions and the danger Tang Wutong faced as the Daughter of the Sea God.
• Zhang Yuexuan arrived at Shrek Academy’s lodgings and told Yan Shaozhe that something had happened.

Zhong Liwu publicly exposed Yan Shaozhe as a descendant of Evil Soul Masters, claiming their family connection through Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao. Yan Shaozhe was left facing the consequences for Shrek Academy after the blood test confirmed their drops were linked.

• Zhang Yuexuan showed Yan Shaozhe a newspaper reporting the Sun Moon Empire’s claim that he descended from Evil Soul Masters, but Shrek’s leaders and other factions dismissed it.
• Zhong Liwu confronted Yan Shaozhe at the tournament venue and proposed testing their blood in Ink Silver Liquid.
• Yan Shaozhe and Zhong Liwu’s blood drops initially separated, then joined through fine red threads, shocking the witnesses.
• Zhong Liwu revealed that Yan Shaozhe was his nephew and descended from Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao, then left after declaring he had only come to greet him.
• Long Xiaoyao confronted Zhong Liwu afterward, who said he had acknowledged their family connection because Long Xiaoyao would not do so himself.

Xu Tianran and Qian Hanchuan manipulated Zhong Liwu into publicly exposing Yan Shaozhe as Ye Xishui’s descendant, damaging Shrek Academy’s reputation. Ye Xishui revealed that Zhong Liwu had been played and blamed him for making her a laughingstock.

• Xu Tianran recognized that his plan with Qian Hanchuan to target the Holy Spirit Cult had succeeded.
• Zhong Liwu left, intent on turning Yan Shaozhe into an Evil Soul Master and dragging Shrek Academy into the scandal.
• Yan Shaozhe walked away from the competition venue after the public blood test, while Xian Lin'er explained that the test had been used to disgrace him.
• Xuan Zi warned Shrek Academy to be cautious, and Huo Yuhao and the others suspected Qian Hanchuan had arranged the incident.
• Ye Xishui confronted Zhong Liwu, struck him, and explained that Qian Hanchuan and Xu Tianran had used him to expose Yan Shaozhe’s background and humiliate her.

Long Xiaoyao urged Ye Xishui to leave the Holy Spirit Cult, warning that Xu Tianran and Qian Hanchuan would soon threaten them. At Mingyue Hotel, Qian Hanchuan explained why Ye Xishui’s secret had been exposed and compared her troubled life to Bibi Dong’s, leaving Ye moved by their similarities.

• Long Xiaoyao warned Ye Xishui that the Holy Spirit Cult was doomed and urged her to leave after showing her Qian Hanchuan’s invitation.
• Dai Mubai, Tang San, and the others entered the Undead Great World through the Stone Gate in Qian Hanchuan’s room.
• Ye Xishui confronted Qian Hanchuan about exposing her Light Phoenix martial soul and damaging her reputation, and he explained how the news had spread.
• Qian Hanchuan told Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui he wanted to avoid becoming their enemy, then argued that his grandfather Qian Daoliu could have killed them before.
• Qian Hanchuan compared Ye Xishui to Bibi Dong and described how Qian Xunji had raped his mother, prompting Ye Xishui to recognize their shared suffering.

Qian Hanchuan offered Ye Xishui a chance to leave the Holy Spirit Cult and live in seclusion with Long Xiaoyao, but she demanded that he defeat her first. In the Undead Great World, Qian Hanchuan countered her attack with the Eye of Reincarnation, leaving her writhing as she experienced the suffering of those she had killed.

• Qian Hanchuan told Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao that the Holy Spirit Cult was a minor concern and offered Ye Xishui the chance to abandon the cult and retire with Long Xiaoyao.
• Ye Xishui agreed to leave the Holy Spirit Cult if Qian Hanchuan defeated her, and Qian Hanchuan opened the Stone Gate to the Undead Great World for their fight.
• Qian Hanchuan brought Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao to his vast Undead Great World and prepared a place for the duel.
• Ye Xishui summoned her Blood Soul Demon Puppet and attacked Qian Hanchuan with her Blood Soul Thread, but he erased the threads with his Silver Dragon Claw.
• Qian Hanchuan used the Eye of Reincarnation to make Ye Xishui relive the lives and pain of the people she had killed, and she collapsed in agony.

Qian Hanchuan freed the souls trapped in Ye Xishui’s Blood Soul Demon Puppet, destroying the Martial Soul and restoring her Light Phoenix. After Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao departed, Qian Hanchuan learned of a hundred-thousand-year-old Death Spider Emperor that could help him obtain his eighth Soul Ring.

• Qian Hanchuan used the Reincarnation God Staff to send the souls Ye Xishui had devoured into reincarnation, raising his Soul Power to Level 80.
• Qian Hanchuan destroyed Ye Xishui’s Blood Soul Demon Puppet Martial Soul and its Soul Rings, leaving her with only her Light Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Qian Hanchuan revealed that he was Qin Chuan, had three Martial Souls, and was the son of Bibi Dong; Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao reacted with shock.
• Ye Xishui accepted that she could no longer return safely to the Holy Spirit Cult, and Long Xiaoyao promised to take her away.
• Long Xiaoyao told Qian Hanchuan that a Death Spider Emperor over a hundred thousand years old lived in the Shouyang Mountain Range.
• Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui left Bright Capital together as dawn broke.

Qian Hanchuan returned to the Jingyang Mountains to hunt the Death Spider Emperor for his Eighth Soul Ring. After the beast revealed its identity and discovered Qian Hanchuan’s connection to Bibi Dong, it claimed that Bibi Dong had killed its wife and vowed to take revenge on her son.

• Qian Hanchuan returned to the Jingyang Mountains, where he sought the hundred-thousand-year-old Death Spider Emperor to obtain his Eighth Soul Ring.
• The purple-haired man offered to show Qian Hanchuan a rare metal deposit, then attacked him with a Spider Spear.
• Qian Hanchuan blocked the attack and identified the man as the Death Spider Emperor.
• The Death Spider Emperor transformed, and Qian Hanchuan revealed his Death Spider Emperor and Soul Devouring Spider Emperor Martial Souls.
• Qian Hanchuan told the Death Spider Emperor that Bibi Dong was his mother and had killed a hundred-thousand-year-old Death Spider Emperor.
• The Death Spider Emperor revealed that Bibi Dong had killed his wife and vowed to kill Qian Hanchuan.

Qian Hanchuan fought the 200,000-year-old Death Spider Emperor, overcoming its traps and Soul Tool with his powerful abilities and divine weapons. He killed the beast and shattered its soul, leaving its blood-red Soul Ring behind.

• Qian Hanchuan and the Death Spider Emperor clashed with their webs and Death Domains, and the Death Spider Emperor revealed it had recently become a 200,000-year Ferocious Beast.
• Qian Hanchuan used Snow Empress's Extreme Cold Death Domain and the Mountain Dragon King Torso Bone to counter the Death Spider Emperor's attacks, then exposed its clone.
• The Death Spider Emperor revealed its Level 9 close-combat Soul Tool, Kunye, and vowed revenge for its wife, but Qian Hanchuan broke the weapon and severed its arm with the Rakshasa Demon Scythe.
• The Death Spider Emperor tried to flee, but Qian Hanchuan used Time Stamp and Teleportation to catch and fatally wound it.
• The Death Spider Emperor charged at Qian Hanchuan in its spider form, but Qian Hanchuan used the Reincarnation God Staff to draw in and shatter its soul, leaving a blood-red Soul Ring.

Qian Hanchuan absorbed the Death Spider Emperor’s Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, reached Level 82, and returned to Bright Capital. Meanwhile, Zhong Liwu ordered a plan to bury ten Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Devices beneath the tournament grounds and detonate them after the competition.

• Qian Hanchuan claimed the Death Spider Emperor’s Torso Bone for Xiao Meng and absorbed its Soul Ring while Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya guarded him.
• The Death Spider Emperor’s resentment entered Qian Hanchuan’s Spiritual Sea but was destroyed by the Reincarnation Vortex inside the Gate of Reincarnation.
• Qian Hanchuan reached Level 82, returned to the Mingyue Hotel, and summoned Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong to help him recover.
• Zhong Liwu ordered Feng Ling to keep searching for Ye Xishui and Long, who had gone missing.
• Nangong Wan brought Zhong Liwu plans for an Underground Soul Engineer Tournament, but he canceled it and ordered her to bury ten Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Devices beneath the competition grounds for detonation after the tournament.