Chapter Summaries

Shrek and the Imperial Fighting teams refused to bow to Spirit Hall, despite Ao Zhan’s warning and the pressure from Spirit Hall’s hidden Mystic Beast overlords. Qian Xunji crushed their kneecaps and forced their heads toward the ground, leaving them at Spirit Hall’s mercy.

• Shrek and the Imperial Fighting teams refused to bow, driven by their hatred of Spirit Hall and pride in their own status.
• Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo accused the teams of challenging Spirit Hall, while Mystic Beast overlords’ auras pinned Tang Chen, Bo Saixi, and Shao Xin in place.
• Ao Zhan questioned the three about the teams’ refusal, and Shao Xin claimed they were young and promised to make them bow.
• Qian Xunji ordered everyone else to rise, then condemned Shrek and the Imperial Fighting teams for their defiance.
• Qian Xunji’s pressure slammed every member of both teams to their knees, shattered their kneecaps, and energy palms seized their heads and drove them toward the ground.

Qian Xunji forced the Shrek Team and Imperial Fighting Team to repeatedly kowtow before Spirit Hall, while Ao Zhan threatened the furious onlookers who might intervene. Tang San’s humiliation and hatred intensified as Qian Xunji continued to lecture the teams on power and submission.

• Qian Xunji and the others forced the Shrek Team and Imperial Fighting Team to strike their heads against the ground, exposing Tang San’s and Xiao Wu’s faces to the crowd’s mockery.
• Tang Chen, Bo Saixi, and Shao Xin protested, but Ao Zhan threatened them and warned Tang Chen about his coming fight with Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Xunji challenged the teams and their supporters for refusing to show respect to someone stronger.
• Qian Xunji counted out the kowtows and lectured the teams on power, rules, rank, reality, survival, strength, consequences, and fate as their heads bled.
• Tang San endured the forced kowtows and grew more hateful toward Qian Xunji and Spirit Hall.

After Qian Xunji humiliated Shrek and the Imperial Fighting Team, Shrek forfeited the morning individual matches and was forced to face the Super Beast Team in the afternoon losers’ bracket. The chapter ended with Shrek channeling their Soul Power into Tang San as he attempted to use Seven as one.

• Qian Xunji made the Shrek Team and Imperial Fighting Team kowtow, then healed the Shrek Team and warned the factions against showing disrespect.
• Qian Xunji announced the tournament rewards and bracket, then Shrek and the Super Beast Team both forfeited their morning individual match.
• Qian Xunji sent the Golden Team directly to the championship match and scheduled Shrek against the Super Beast Team in the afternoon losers’ bracket.
• Tang San rallied the Shrek Team before their match, and his teammates vowed to win against the Super Beast Team.
• After the match began, the Shrek Team channeled their Soul Power into Tang San as he prepared to use Seven as one.

Tang San united the Shrek Seven Devils and launched a desperate attack on Huo Linfei, but Huo Linfei transformed the Phantom Qilin Beast into the Phantom Qilin God and overwhelmed them. As the injured Shrek team faced Huo Linfei’s next attack, Xiao Wu’s hidden identity as a transformed Soul Beast was exposed when she broke through to Soul Ancestor.

• Tang San used Mysterious Heaven Skill to unite the Shrek members and launched a Tool Martial Soul Avatar attack with the Blood Sea Trident.
• Huo Linfei summoned the Phantom Qilin Beast, transformed it into the Phantom Qilin God, and punched away Tang San’s Sea God's Thirteen Halberds, leaving the Shrek team badly injured.
• Huo Linfei demonstrated the Phantom Qilin God’s power and used Fire Cloud Art to hurl a massive fireball at the weakened Shrek team.
• Xiao Wu erupted with power as memories of her mother’s death and Spirit Hall’s attacks flooded back, and her Soul Power rose from Soul Elder to Soul Ancestor.
• The arena learned that Xiao Wu was a transformed Soul Beast, while Shrek’s powerful backers deterred most Soul Masters from openly targeting her.

After Xiao Wu became a Soul Ancestor, she used her new defensive Soul Skill to survive Huo Linfei’s attacks, but she could not overcome his defenses. The fight continued as Huo Linfei identified the golden light protecting her as the source of her newfound resilience.

• Xiao Wu formed her fourth Spirit Ring, then used Teleport to take Huo Linfei’s Fire Cloud Art head-on; Tang San recognized her Fourth Soul Skill and was relieved.
• Xiao Wu emerged unharmed and attacked Huo Linfei, declaring that she would avenge her mother, whom she said Ao Zhan had killed.
• Huo Linfei questioned Xiao Wu’s claim and insulted her, enraging her; when she Teleported behind him to strike, he engulfed her in flames, but she survived and continued attacking.
• Long Jian offered to take over the fight, but Huo Linfei insisted he could handle Xiao Wu and claimed her golden protective light came from a new defensive Soul Skill.
• Ye Lingyun asked whether Huo Linfei had a plan, after Huo Linfei explained how he had figured out Xiao Wu’s protection.

Xiao Wu revealed the three-second protection and daily limit of her Invincible Golden Body, but Huo Linfei exploited its restrictions and badly injured her. Tang San, pushed past his limits by watching Xiao Wu suffer, rose with renewed power and summoned his Blood Sea Trident and Tool Martial Soul Avatar.

• Xiao Wu announced that her Invincible Golden Body could block any attack below god level for three seconds, and Ye Lingyun inferred that it had other restrictions.
• Huo Linfei trapped Xiao Wu in Blazing Radiance Descends from Heaven, forcing her to use Invincible Golden Body and teleport to escape.
• Huo Linfei struck Xiao Wu with the Fire Cloud Art, leaving her badly burned as Tang San watched helplessly.
• Tang San swore revenge on everyone who hurt Xiao Wu, and a surge of power restored his meridians and let him stand.
• Tang San summoned the Blood Sea Trident and activated his Tool Martial Soul Avatar, while Ao Zhan and the Asura God recognized the power within him as divine power resembling the Sea God's.

The Asura God continued watching the competition while two powerful apparitions plotted to ensure their master and mistress could awaken in the Douluo Plane. They summoned six God Kings and created a cosmic storm that dragged six Divine Realms toward the Douluo God Realm, where the Five Great God Kings and Asura God witnessed their arrival.

• The Asura God suspected Poseidon but continued watching the competition through the Blood Sea Trident.
• Two apparitions discussed the threat to their master's and mistress's reincarnations and summoned six God Kings to protect their return.
• The apparitions created a Wind Seed that grew into a Storm Eye and sent six spiral arms toward the Divine Realms.
• The cosmic storm seized the six Divine Realms and dragged them away from their original locations toward the Douluo God Realm.
• The Douluo God Realm's God Realm Hub sounded alarms, and the Five Great God Kings and Asura God appeared to face the approaching realms.

The Super Beast Team transformed together and overwhelmed Tang San’s attacks, while Tang San used the Sea God’s Heart to heal the Shrek Team. Feng Yao then shattered Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell White Tiger with a roar, leaving Shrek exposed as Long Jian moved to attack Tang San.

• Huo Linfei called the Super Beast Team to attack Tang San together, and all six members entered their Super Beast Armed forms.
• Tang San unleashed Millennia of Vast Emptiness and Sun of the Sea, but Ye Lingyun’s Cloud Bat Shield blocked both attacks without damage.
• Tang San’s Overturning Seas and Mountains was stopped by attacks from the Wild Leopard God, Tiger Roar God, and Thunder Elephant God.
• Tang San used Sea God’s Heart to heal the injured Shrek Team, then Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing formed the Hell White Tiger.
• Feng Yao’s Tiger Roar God summoned a White Tiger that forced the Hell White Tiger apart with a single roar.
• Long Jian moved to attack Tang San while the Shrek Team remained shocked by Feng Yao’s power.

The Super Beast Team defeated Shrek in the losers' bracket match, eliminating Tang San and the other Shrek members and securing third place for Shrek. After the match, Qian Xunji announced that the championship battle would begin the next day.

• Long Jian used Cold Shadow Art and Ice Blast to break apart Tang San's blood waves, while Ma Hongjun's flames failed against the Dragon War God and Phoenix Feather God.
• Tai Lei concentrated his Thunderbolt Art to punch through Tang San's defenses, and Feng Yao followed with Holy Light Art.
• Tang San's Waves Without Wind failed to stop the Cloud Bat God, whose Ghost Shadow Calamity knocked him out of the arena.
• The Phoenix Feather God wounded Ma Hongjun, the Wild Leopard God struck him with Blood Seal Calamity, and Huo Linfei's Fire Cloud Art gravely injured the remaining Shrek members.
• The referee declared the Super Beast Team the winner, and Shrek's teachers treated the injured team as Flender accepted their third-place finish.
• Qian Xunji announced that the final championship team battle would begin the next day.

After Shrek’s defeat, Tang San questioned whether his memories of being a God King were real until a mysterious radiant figure claimed to be him and urged him to keep cultivating. Tang San returned to the present still troubled, while Flender and the other teachers tried to comfort the team over their third-place finish.

• Tang San brooded over Shrek’s humiliating losses and wondered whether his past life as a God King had been a dream.
• A radiant figure appeared to Tang San, claimed, “I am you,” confirmed his secrets, and told him to keep cultivating until the time came to learn more.
• Xiao Wu brought Tang San out of his daze and tried to console him about Shrek taking third place and failing to recover Da Ming’s and Er Ming’s Spirit Bones.
• Flender, Qin Ming, Liu Erlong, Zhao Wuji, and the other teachers praised Shrek’s third-place finish and encouraged the team not to lose heart.
• Tang San remained silent, unable to reconcile his defeat with the triumphs he remembered from his previous life.

The Super Beast Team and the Golden Team battled in the Soul Master Tournament final, with the Super Beast Team's armed forms overwhelming their opponents. The match remained underway as Feng Yao faced Qi Kuang.

• Gu Ningqiu charged the Super Beast Team as a Three-Eyed Golden Lion, but Huo Linfei entered the Phantom Qilin God and kicked her back.
• Tian Yao's Golden Crocodile King Phantom failed to stop Ye Lingyun's Ghost Shadow Calamity, so she attacked the Cloud Bat God with golden slashes instead.
• Ye Lingyun took to the air and bombarded Tian Yao with a purple energy ball after ignoring her taunt.
• Qian Yang attacked Tian Yu's Phoenix Feather God with his longsword, but he could not pierce her defenses.
• Liu He used wind blades against Feng Ying's Wild Leopard God, while Qi Kuang faced his old opponent, Feng Yao.

Feng Yao and the other Blue Team fighters gained the upper hand over the Golden Team, knocking several opponents out of the battle. Tian Yao then unleashed her strongest strike against Ye Lingyun's Cloud Bat Shield, leaving the result obscured by golden light.

• Feng Yao overpowered Qi Kuang with Tiger Roar God, while Tai Lei kept Qiangu Bowen pinned down with Thunder Elephant God.
• Long Jian defeated Su Yurou, and her elimination was followed by Feng Yao defeating Qi Kuang and Tai Lei defeating Qiangu Bowen.
• Feng Ying seriously injured Liu He, and Tian Yu knocked Qian Yang out of the fight.
• Tian Yao challenged Ye Lingyun's defense and struck his Cloud Bat Shield with her Golden Horizon attack.
• Golden light silently engulfed Tian Yao and the Cloud Bat Shield, hiding the outcome of their clash.

The Super Beast Team defeated the Golden Team to win the tournament, but Pope Qian Xunji delayed the prize ceremony to put Ganzi on trial. Ganzi was brought before the crowd and learned Yu Yuanzhen had disowned him and erased him from the clan.

• Tian Yao broke her arm trying to pierce Ye Lingyun's Cloud Bat Shield, but Ao Zhan restored it and told Gu Ningqiu to concede.
• The referee declared the Super Beast Team the tournament winner, followed by the Golden Team and Shrek Team.
• Qian Xunji withheld the prizes and had the bound Ganzi brought into the Pope Palace square as a sinner to be judged.
• Liu Erlong and Tang San recognized Ganzi, who tried to reach them before turning to Yu Yuanzhen for help.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Ganzi he had stripped him of his surname, erased him from the clan genealogy, and expelled him from the World-Destroying Thunder Dragon Sect.
• Ganzi denied Yu Yuanzhen's words and accused him of lying.

Qian Xunji publicly accused Ganzi of fraud and challenged the theories in his book, exposing flaws in four of them. Ganzi remained captive and unable to defend his claims as Qian Xunji continued the debate.

• Yu Yuanzhen's announcement that Ganzi had been expelled and disowned left Ganzi devastated, while Tang San could not deny the news.
• Qian Xunji declared that Ganzi would stand trial, and Demon Bear struck Liu Erlong down when she tried to intervene.
• Qian Xunji displayed Ganzi's book, accused him of plagiarism and fraud, and began examining its theories.
• Qian Xunji challenged Ganzi's claims about Innate Soul Power and Martial Soul strength, then mocked the theory that there were no useless Martial Souls by citing Ganzi's own weak cultivation.
• Qian Xunji questioned Ganzi's claims about tool Martial Souls absorbing Spirit Rings from animal Soul Beasts and about cultivation bottlenecks, explaining that Soul Masters could not advance without a Spirit Ring.

Qian Xunji dismantled Ganzi’s remaining theories about martial souls, fusion skills, Spirit Bones, and optimal Spirit Ring ages, accusing him of stating common knowledge or plagiarizing earlier works. Ganzi fell silent as Qian Xunji exposed the flaws in the theories he had once proudly presented.

• Qian Xunji argued that Soul Masters needed Spirit Rings to break through cultivation bottlenecks, then challenged Ganzi’s claim that martial souls came from parents and accused him of plagiarism.
• Qian Xunji summoned his six-winged angel martial soul and had Huo Wu and Gui Mei summon theirs, showing that their martial souls did not fit neatly into the beast-or-tool classification.
• Qian Xunji explained humanoid, god-bestowed, and body martial souls, then produced an older book on martial soul types to accuse Ganzi of copying its ideas.
• Qian Xunji said Martial Soul Avatar strength and fusion between different martial souls were already familiar concepts, citing Hu Liena and Xie Yue, the Skywater Team, and the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• Qian Xunji said killing soul beasts in extreme pain only slightly increased the chance of a Spirit Bone dropping and questioned how Ganzi had obtained his precise optimal Spirit Ring age figures.
• Ganzi lowered his head and fell silent as Qian Xunji exposed the flaws in the theories he had been proud of.

After Qian Xunji stripped Ganzi of his title and condemned his book, he ordered Lin Dongyao to execute him. Liu Erlong failed to save Ganzi and, consumed by grief and hatred, began turning her martial soul evil.

• Qian Xunji stripped Ganzi of his Grandmaster title and ordered Spirit Hall to expose the errors and plagiarism in his book.
• Ganzi briefly regained hope when Tang San called out to him, but Qian Xunji ordered Lin Dongyao to execute him.
• Lin Dongyao's soul-eater spider emperor martial soul swallowed and digested Ganzi as Liu Erlong tried and failed to intervene.
• Grief-stricken, Liu Erlong erupted in hatred, and black energy rose from her as her martial soul began turning evil.

Liu Erlong transformed into an Evil Soul Master and attacked Qian Renxue, who overwhelmed her with the power of her Six-Winged Angel. Flender sacrificed himself to save Liu Erlong, leaving Shrek grieving his death.

• Liu Erlong's martial soul turned evil, and Qian Renxue insisted on confronting her herself.
• Qian Renxue revealed her transformed Six-Winged Angel and struck Liu Erlong with Solar Judgment, knocking her out of her Martial Soul Avatar.
• Flender rushed to protect Liu Erlong as Qian Renxue unleashed Angel Holy Radiance.
• Flender blocked the attack and self-destructed, stopping Qian Renxue's blast and leaving no remains.
• The Shrek group cried out in grief over Flender's death.

Qian Renxue killed Liu Erlong, and Ao Zhan announced that Spirit Hall would destroy Shrek. Zhu Tianlin crippled Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing before leaving, while Ao Zhan transported Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen to Different Space for their battle, leaving Shrek surrounded.

• Liu Erlong mourned Flender, then Qian Renxue killed her with Angel Holy Radiance.
• Ao Zhan declared that Spirit Hall would destroy Shrek, and Zhu Tianlin secured permission to spare Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing from death.
• Zhu Tianlin crippled Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, then left with Dai Weisi and the others.
• Qian Daoliu challenged Tang Chen for the Spirit Bones, and Ao Zhan transported them both into Different Space.
• Ao Zhan ordered Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and the other elders to attack Shrek.

Spirit Hall's elders slaughtered Shrek's teachers and students, while Gui Mei destroyed Ma Hongjun's soul after the Rakshasa God abandoned him. Ao Zhan halted the elders and pointed Bo Saixi toward the battle between Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen, where Qian Daoliu kept attacking from the air with devouring sword strikes.

• Spirit Hall's elders killed Shrek's teachers, and Gui Mei destroyed Ma Hongjun's soul after the Rakshasa brand disappeared.
• The elders killed Tai Long, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, and Jiang Zhu, leaving Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Oscar alive.
• Shao Xin gave Bo Saixi his strength-boosting sugar beans, and she prepared to fight the elders alongside him.
• Ao Zhan ordered the elders to stop and challenged Bo Saixi to reconsider who would win between Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen.
• In a Different Space, Tang Chen dodged Qian Daoliu's devouring sword attacks and taunted him for refusing to fight at close quarters.

Qian Daoliu defeated Tang Chen with Black Sea Abyss, leaving him powerless and the forest devastated before both fighters were transported to Spirit City. As Bo Saixi rushed to Tang Chen, the story shifted to the expanded Divine Realm, where six new God Kings watched events on the Douluo Continent.

• Qian Daoliu used Black Sea Abyss to absorb Tang Chen's Soul Power and Asura Divine Power, defeating him and destroying the forest.
• An immense spatial force transported Qian Daoliu and the exhausted Tang Chen to the square outside the Pope Palace in Spirit City.
• Bo Saixi hurried to Tang Chen and found that he was alive but too drained to speak.
• The Divine Realm was described as having expanded sixfold after merging with the other Six Divine Realms.
• Six new God Kings sat in the God Realm Committee and watched the Douluo Continent through the Water Mirror Technique.