Chapter Summaries

Xu Tianran and Kong Deming watched the Nuwa device’s first cultivation ritual succeed, but divine power destroyed the device and extinguished its golden light. Xu Yanli returned to Ming Capital and asked Xu Tianran whether their Imperial Father was truly dead.

• Xu Tianran learned from Kong Deming that Nuwa’s first cultivation ritual had succeeded and ordered the work to continue.
• A streak of purple divine power struck the Nuwa device, extinguishing its golden light and dissolving the device.
• Kong Deming tried to stabilize the device, then wept as Xu Tianran ordered the secret chamber cleared of all traces.
• Xu Tianran returned to his study and sat in silence, fearing the power that had destroyed the device.
• Xu Yanli arrived in divine armor and asked Xu Tianran whether their Imperial Father was really gone; Xu Tianran confirmed he was.

After learning of their father’s death, Xu Yanli accepted the throne but made clear that Xu Tianran would govern while he served as a figurehead to keep the newly unified realm in line. He left to arrange a public coronation uniting the Star Luo and Sun Moon dynasties, while Xu Tianran kept his hidden plans and resentment to himself.

• Xu Yanli read the final edict appointing Xu Tianran regent and assisting the new emperor.
• Xu Yanli told Xu Tianran that he had never wanted to be emperor, but would take the throne because no one else could hold the continent together.
• Xu Yanli offered to seek a Godhood for Xu Tianran and proposed leaving him in charge of government and the military.
• Xu Tianran silently accepted, concealing his grievances and the secret of Nuwa’s legacy.
• Xu Yanli announced a public coronation at the imperial border to unite the Star Luo and Sun Moon dynasties, warning that he would use divine power against anyone who resisted.

Xu Yanli was crowned ruler of the unified continent at a ceremony on the former border between Star Luo and Sun Moon, where he vowed to end war and protect all people. As the crowd hailed him, a beam of green light rose from the direction of Shrek Academy.

• Xu Tianran’s younger brother left his study after warning that he would not pursue the incident with the machine again, and Xu Tianran accepted that he could never catch up to him.
• Officials renovated a border city and gathered with crowds from across the continent for Xu Yanli’s coronation.
• Xu Yanli appeared on the platform, displayed his divine power, and stood before the Dragon Throne.
• Xu Yanli swore that the continent would know peace and released a rain of divine light across the people and land.
• The crowd chanted “Long live” as a beam of green light rose from the direction of Shrek Academy.

Xu Yanli completed his enthronement as ruler of the unified continent and left a clone to govern while his true body entered the Divine Realm. There, the God of Destruction told him that the God of Ruin planned to pass his godhood to Xu Tianran.

• The officials, clan leaders, envoys, and commoners knelt before Xu Yanli as he completed a day-and-night enthronement ceremony and ushered in a new era of peace.
• Alone on the platform after the ceremony, Xu Yanli vowed to enter the Divine Realm once his rule and reforms were secure and settle his old scores with Tang San and the other gods.
• After the three-day festivities, Xu Yanli left a clone on the Dragon Throne to handle court affairs and returned his true body to his secret realm.
• Xu Yanli opened the passage in his Sea of Consciousness and found the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life in an ancient stone pavilion beyond the gate.
• The God of Destruction told Xu Yanli that the God of Ruin intended to pass his godhood on to Xu Tianran and leave the Divine Realm.

The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life explained Xu Tianran’s potential as a successor and warned Xu Yanli to keep his brother’s ambition in check. They revealed that the Soul Beast Clan’s decline stemmed from the Dragon God’s fall and that restoring the Dragon God required killing the Golden Dragon King and giving his original bloodline to the Silver Dragon King.

• The God of Destruction told Xu Yanli that Xu Tianran could inherit the Godhood of Ruin if he passed a character test and reached Level 99.
• The God of Destruction praised Xu Tianran’s political cunning, advised Xu Yanli to heed his brother’s counsel, and warned him to keep Xu Tianran from plotting against him.
• The Goddess of Life told Xu Yanli that Xu Tianran’s affection was genuine, though intertwined with ambition, desire, and fear.
• Xu Yanli asked why the Soul Beast Clan was declining, and the God of Destruction traced its plight to the Dragon God’s fall and the resulting restrictions.
• The God of Destruction said the Dragon God could be reborn if Xu Yanli killed the Golden Dragon King and gave his original bloodline to the Silver Dragon King.

Xu Yanli learned that he could use the Golden Dragon King’s power to help Gu Yuena recreate the Dragon God, then turned his attention to finishing the last resistance in the Sunset Mountain Range. He arrived as the Sun Moon Empire’s army was routing the holdouts, only for Dai Hao to charge into the battle.

• The God of Destruction told Xu Yanli that he was strong enough to defeat the Golden Dragon King, and Xu Yanli considered helping Gu Yuena and saving his biological father.
• Xu Yanli left the secret realm and headed for the northwestern border to eliminate the remaining resistance forces.
• Xu Yanli surveyed the Sunset Mountain Range with his spiritual power and found more than ten thousand poorly equipped holdouts, including three weak Titled Douluo.
• Xu Yanli sensed a battle in the northern mountains and went to investigate as the Sun Moon Empire’s disciplined forces overwhelmed the remnants.
• Dai Hao charged from the remnants’ rear, unleashed his Evil Eye White Tiger Spirit, and swung his saber at the Sun Moon Empire’s front line.

Ju Zi and Huo Yuhao cornered Dai Hao on the battlefield and revealed the family losses that fueled their revenge. As both prepared to kill him, green light enveloped Shrek Academy and branches bound everyone on the island.

• Dai Hao tried to rally his battered troops, but Ju Zi ordered three hundred Level 7 Soul Guidance Cannons to fire and shattered their formation.
• Ju Zi recalled Dai Hao killing her father twenty years earlier and charged him with her Soul Guidance Sword.
• Huo Yuhao rushed at Dai Hao with the White Tiger Dagger, remembering his mother's suffering and his own long-held resentment.
• Ju Zi pierced Dai Hao's shoulder as Huo Yuhao appeared behind him and pinned him with the dagger.
• Huo Yuhao identified himself as Huo Yun'er's son, while Xu Yanli watched the confrontation with satisfaction.
• Green light surrounded Shrek Academy, and branches bound everyone on the island.

Huo Yuhao and Ju Zi avenged their parents by killing Dai Hao, and the Sunset Mountain Range’s resistance collapsed. Xu Yanli then returned to Shrek Academy, where the Golden Ancient Tree awakened and manifested a golden-robed old man before him.

• Ju Zi told Dai Hao that he had killed her father twenty years earlier, while Huo Yuhao recalled his own long-awaited vengeance for his mother.
• Dai Hao accepted his fate, and Huo Yuhao stabbed him through the chest as Ju Zi severed his head.
• Ju Zi declared that she had avenged her father, and Huo Yuhao took Dai Hao’s head to honor his mother.
• The Sun Moon Empire’s soldiers secured the battlefield as the remnants fled and the last resistance in the Sunset Mountain Range ended.
• Xu Yanli left for Shrek Academy and found its grounds desolate and the Golden Ancient Tree withered.
• The Golden Ancient Tree glowed and formed the figure of a golden-robed old man, who bowed respectfully to Xu Yanli.

Xu Yanli confronted the captive Xuan Zi before the bound people of Shrek Academy and erased him with Chaos Divine Light. The academy’s students, teachers, and elders remained restrained on Sea God Island, facing the power of the god who had defeated them.

• The Ancient Tree of Life told Xu Yanli that everyone from Shrek Academy had been restrained and none had escaped.
• Xu Yanli walked through the gathered Shrek students, teachers, and elders and stopped before the captured Xuan Zi.
• Xu Yanli reminded Xuan Zi of the palm he had struck at the Star Luo City tournament and condemned him for fleeing his disciples and academy.
• Xuan Zi said he had been a man of Shrek in life and would die on its land, refusing to beg for mercy.
• Xu Yanli struck Xuan Zi with Chaos Divine Light, erasing him completely as the witnesses watched in terror.

Xu Yanli spared Yan Shaozhe but sealed his cultivation and prepared to send him to Long Xiaoyao. He abolished the Martial Souls of Shrek’s guilty elders and students, spared first-year students, and declared that Shrek Academy would close and its students could transfer to Sun Moon Empire Academy.

• Xu Yanli recalled Yan Shaozhe’s past kindness and refused to kill him, sealing his Soul Power instead.
• Xu Yanli said he would send Yan Shaozhe to Long Xiaoyao, leaving their family to decide what came next.
• Xu Yanli ordered Shrek’s people to abolish their Martial Souls and destroyed the origins of those who resisted most loudly.
• Xu Yanli exempted first-year students from the punishment and announced that Shrek Academy would cease to exist.
• Xu Yanli offered students the chance to continue their studies at Sun Moon Empire Academy.

Xu Yanli left Shrek in ruins, rescued the Golden Ancient Tree as a seed, and took Yan Shaozhe to Long Xiaoyao. Long Xiaoyao learned Yan Shaozhe was his descendant and Ye Xishui’s grandson, while Xu Yanli headed to the imperial palace to bring his family with him.

• Xu Yanli asked Elder Jin to follow him, restored the dying Golden Ancient Tree, and stored its transformed seed in his Storage Soul Tool.
• Xu Yanli flew away with the half-dead Yan Shaozhe as the defeated Shrek remnants watched in silence.
• The taxi soldiers entered Shrek City and took revenge on Shrek Academy’s disciples while sparing ordinary people.
• Xu Yanli brought Yan Shaozhe to Long Xiaoyao’s mansion and revealed that Yan Shaozhe was Long Xiaoyao’s descendant.
• Long Xiaoyao told Yan Shaozhe that he was Ye Xishui’s grandson, then helped him stand and asked him to stay for now.
• Xu Yanli left for the imperial palace, intending to take his wife and children with him.

Xu Yanli visited Xu Tianran in the Imperial Study to discuss the wedding planned for three days later, then revealed that the God of Ruin had chosen Xu Tianran to inherit his Godhood. Xu Tianran was stunned and asked why he had been chosen, and Xu Yanli answered that it was because he was his brother.

• Xu Yanli walked through Ming Capital and entered the Imperial Palace to see Xu Tianran.
• Xu Tianran explained that the wedding would take place at the Military Parade Platform in three days, with guests from across the four nations and the great sects.
• Xu Yanli stopped discussing wedding arrangements and told Xu Tianran that the God of Ruin intended to pass his Godhood to him.
• Xu Tianran asked why the Divine Realm had chosen him, and Xu Yanli said it was because he was his brother.

Xu Yanli warned Xu Tianran not to repeat his attempt to create life with the Nuwa machine, then offered him the chance to accept the Godhood of Destruction. Three days later, Xu Yanli and Ye Guyi began their imperial wedding ceremony in Ming Capital.

• Xu Tianran realized Xu Yanli had known about the artificial god machine and accepted the Godhood of Destruction, promising to pursue cultivation and break through level ninety-nine.
• Xu Yanli warned Xu Tianran that creating life with the Nuwa machine violated the laws of the world and that he must not do it again.
• Three days later, Ming Capital celebrated as Xu Yanli prepared for his wedding to Ye Guyi.
• Ye Guyi arrived at the wedding platform in a bridal sedan, and she and Xu Yanli took hold of the red wedding sash.
• The matron of honor called for Xu Yanli and Ye Guyi to bow to Heaven and Earth.

Xu Yanli and Ye Guyi’s wedding was interrupted when Gu Yuena, Zhang Lexuan, Xiao Xiao, Meng Hongchen, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion arrived to demand Xu Yanli’s attention. As the ceremony descended into public chaos, the God of Destruction suggested that Xu Yanli marry them all, prompting the Goddess of Life to pinch him.

• Xu Yanli and Ye Guyi bowed to the divine projections of the God of Destruction and Goddess of Life during their wedding.
• Gu Yuena, Zhang Lexuan, Xiao Xiao, Meng Hongchen, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion rushed onto the wedding platform before the couple could bow to each other.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion demanded to marry Xu Yanli, while Xiao Xiao, Zhang Lexuan, and Meng Hongchen expressed their feelings and claims on him.
• Xu Yanli faced the five women as the wedding guests and citizens watched in shock.
• The God of Destruction suggested that Xu Yanli marry all five women, and the Goddess of Life pinched his waist.

At his wedding, Ye Guyi was offered the chance to restore the shattered Angel Godhood, while Xu Yanli promised the women who loved him that he would address their feelings after the ceremony. The wedding was completed, and Xu Yanli led Ye Guyi into the bridal chamber.

• The Goddess of Life offered Ye Guyi the chance to gather the scattered Angel Godhood fragments and promised to guide her, and Ye Guyi accepted the challenge.
• The God of Destruction advised Xu Yanli to let the women's feelings take their natural course before returning to the Divine Realm with the Goddess of Life.
• Xu Yanli asked the five women to wait until after the wedding to discuss their troubles, then continued the ceremony with Ye Guyi.
• Xu Yanli and Ye Guyi bowed to each other, and the wedding matron declared the ceremony complete as the crowd cheered.
• Xu Yanli promised the five women he would resolve their concerns after the wedding, then led Ye Guyi into the bridal chamber.

After marrying Ye Guyi, Xu Yanli left Ming Capital the next morning to visit the Purple Imperial Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon in its secret realm. The dragon recognized the divine powers Xu Yanli had gained and reacted with astonished delight.

• Xu Yanli and Ye Guyi drank their nuptial wine, then spent their wedding night together.
• At dawn, Xu Yanli treated Ye Guyi with Soul Power and spoke with Xu Tianran, who asked whether he planned to take in five girls and urged him to have a grandnephew.
• Xu Yanli told Xu Tianran he was visiting a familiar forest, then opened a rift and entered the Purple Imperial Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon's secret realm.
• The Purple Imperial Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon sprang up when Xu Yanli arrived and marveled at the Asura God, Goodness, and Evil powers he sensed in him.
• Xu Yanli guessed he had gained Asura God's authority upon becoming a god and that Faith Force had transformed into the powers of Goodness and Evil; the dragon struggled to contain his laughter.

Xu Yanli and Ye Guyi welcomed a son, whom Xu Tianran named Xu Cheng'an. Six years later, Xu Cheng'an officially awakened his Martial Soul at Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, while Xu Yanli watched from outside the room.

• Luo Xu announced that the empress had given birth, and Xu Yanli and Xu Tianran hurried to the palace.
• Xu Tianran entered the birthing room and met his newborn nephew, whose eyes and hair were golden.
• Xu Yanli asked Xu Tianran to name the child, and Xu Tianran named him Cheng'an; Xu Yanli called him Xu Cheng'an.
• When Xu Cheng'an was six, he awakened his Martial Soul in the Awakening Room at Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy as Xu Yanli watched through one-way glass.

Xu Cheng'an awakened two divine Martial Souls at age six, prompting the court to approve his appointment as Crown Prince. Though he wanted to abolish the monarchy, he grew up surrounded by affection and protected from harm.

• At Xu Cheng'an's awakening, he manifested a Twelve-Winged Chaos Angel and a mutated Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon, both divine Martial Souls, astonishing his family and teacher.
• News of Xu Cheng'an's twin Godly Martial Souls spread through Ming Capital, and ministers urged Xu Yanli to appoint him Crown Prince.
• Xu Yanli approved the appointment, and the Ministry of Rites began preparing the investiture ceremony.
• Xu Cheng'an told Xu Tianran he wanted to abolish the emperor and Crown Prince, but Xu Yanli said the time had not yet come.
• Ye Guyi, Gu Yuena, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and Xu Tianran's family doted on Xu Cheng'an, while Xu Yanli urged Xu Tianran not to hit the children too hard.

Xu Cheng'an grew up under the care and guidance of his family, reached the Limit Douluo realm at fifteen, and accepted the throne from Xu Yanli. He sat on the Dragon Throne as Xu Yanli watched, leaving the empire’s future in his hands.

• Xiao Xiao, Zhang Lexuan, and Meng Hongchen each cared for Xu Cheng'an in their own way, while Xu Yanli and Xu Tianran raised him with affection and lessons in leadership.
• After Xu Cheng'an was abducted while traveling with Zhang Lexuan, Xu Yanli sensed his danger and slaughtered the powerful nobles and local tyrants in the area.
• Xu Tianran taught Xu Cheng'an how to govern and warned him never to scheme against his family.
• At fifteen, Xu Cheng'an quietly broke through to level ninety-nine Soul Power and became a Limit Douluo, drawing attention across the Douluo Continent.
• Xu Yanli told Xu Cheng'an he intended to abdicate, and Xu Cheng'an took his place on the Dragon Throne.

Xu Yanli freed the Purple Imperial Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon King by breaking the chain around his neck, then brought him back into the world. The Dragon King soon caused trouble in the Star Dou Great Forest, while Xu Tianran received the God of Destruction’s inheritance and Ye Guyi continued absorbing energy from Douluo Continent.

• Xu Yanli transformed his Jade Fan into an Angel Holy Sword and cut the chain from the Purple Imperial Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon King’s neck.
• The Purple Imperial Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon King celebrated his freedom and told Xu Yanli how the Dragon God had stolen his and the Phoenix Clan’s Divine Cores.
• Xu Yanli gave the Purple Imperial Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon King an enshrined retainer position, but the Dragon King went to the Star Dou Great Forest and pressured its Soul Beasts.
• Di Tian begged Xu Yanli to take the Purple Imperial Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon King away, and Xu Yanli brought him back from the forest.
• The God of Destruction offered Xu Tianran his Godhood, and Ye Guyi sensed energy from Douluo Continent being drawn into her body.