Chapter Summaries

Zang Xin learned that God-Slaying Level weapons were targeting both Shrek and Tang Sect headquarters, while Yun Jingheng stayed behind as one weapon descended toward Sea God Lake. Yun Jingheng revealed that the Star Pavilion’s destruction would activate his Mutual Destruction Plan, launching nuclear missiles to destroy the surface of Shrek Academy; the chapter ended as he began explaining the second missile.

• A dying man told Yun Jingheng that the Qiangu family and Evil Soul Masters had two God-Slaying Level weapons, one aimed at Shrek and the other at Tang Sect headquarters.
• Zang Xin realized Tang Sect headquarters had been left with only one Title Douluo and could not withstand a God-Slaying Level attack.
• Yun Ming and the other Title Douluo withdrew the Sea God Lake barrier as a weapon approached, while Zhuo Shi tried to take Yun Jingheng to the underground shelter.
• Yun Jingheng refused to leave because he believed the weapon would strike Sea God Lake and threaten the shelter below.
• Yun Jingheng revealed that the Star Pavilion’s destruction would automatically launch a nuclear missile to intercept the aerial threat or destroy Shrek Academy’s surface structures.
• Yun Jingheng began explaining the second nuclear missile in his Mutual Destruction Plan.

Yun Jingheng revealed that he had to manually launch the nuclear missile to stop Qiangu Dongfeng’s forces, and that only his own biometrics could activate it. He left for the Launch Shaft while Yun Ming and the other Shrek elders stayed behind, and his Good Corpse remained in the underground shelter to protect Ya Li and Ye Xinglan.

• Yun Jingheng explained that the damaged automatic trigger required him to activate the Launch Shaft manually with his iris, palm print, and voice.
• Yun Ming offered to go in his place, but Yun Jingheng refused and told him that nobody else could pass the triple authentication.
• Yun Jingheng warned the Shrek elders not to sacrifice themselves intercepting the missile and urged Yun Ming to survive for Ya Li.
• Yun Jingheng pushed Yun Ming back and headed toward the battlefield, telling him to leave the door open in case he returned.
• In the underground shelter, Yun Jingheng's Good Corpse stayed with Ya Li and watched Ye Xinglan, knowing it could not pass the Launch Shaft’s biological authentication.

Yun Jingheng launched two nuclear missiles to intercept the God-Slaying Level weapon and strike Spirit Pagoda headquarters, then sealed himself inside the Launch Shaft as the first missile detonated. Good Corpse told the shelter that Yun Jingheng was still alive but exhausted, and Yun Ming left the entrance open while waiting for him to return.

• Yun Ming ordered the Titled Douluo to guard the underground entrances and keep one entrance open for Yun Jingheng.
• Yun Jingheng manually launched one nuclear missile at the approaching God-Slaying Level weapon and another at the top floor of the Heavenly Spirit Tower.
• Yun Jingheng stayed in the Launch Shaft as the first missile rose to intercept the weapon and the blast shook the area.
• Ya Li realized Yun Jingheng had not returned when Yun Ming and the others arrived at the shelter.
• Good Corpse assured Ya Li and Yun Ming that Yun Jingheng was alive in a sealed room and warned them that digging him out could collapse it.
• Good Corpse relayed Yun Jingheng's message to leave the door open, as the second missile struck Spirit Pagoda headquarters and the resulting tremors shook the shelter.

After the missiles destroyed Shrek City, Yun Jingheng learned that the outer city’s civilians had already been slaughtered and his nuclear bomb had killed only their attackers. His Good Corpse told the survivors that Yun Jingheng was trapped beneath radioactive ruins with only about three days of oxygen.

• Yun Jingheng discovered the blast had destroyed all life within more than seven hundred kilometers, then learned from the Lunar Primordial Sovereign that the outer city’s civilians had been killed before the missiles collided.
• The Good Corpse awakened Ya Li and told Yun Ming and the others that Yun Jingheng had survived, the second nuclear bomb had not hit Spirit Pagoda headquarters, and the outer city’s executioners had been killed.
• Yun Ming, Zhuo Shi, Long Yeyue, Cai Yue'er, Feng Wuyu, Zang Xin, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yuena reacted to the news of the massacre and the destruction of Shrek City.
• Ye Xinglan asked when she could dig Yun Jingheng out, but the Good Corpse explained that radioactive molten rock and unstable ruins blocked the Launch Shaft and could trigger its collapse.
• The Good Corpse said Yun Jingheng was trying to dig toward oxygen and had enough stored oxygen to survive for about three days.

Yun Jingheng’s allies planned a route through ventilation shaft V-17 to reach him, while he reflected on the cost of skipping trials and stood by his past choice. Meanwhile, Qiangu Dongfeng’s plot to destroy Shrek collapsed, and the Evil Soul Masters exposed his collaboration to the Federation.

• Good Corpse reported that direct excavation toward Yun Jingheng was too dangerous and identified ventilation shaft V-17 as a possible route to him.
• Good Corpse said it needed to reach Yun Jingheng to establish spiritual contact, and Ye Xinglan and Xie Xie volunteered to accompany it.
• Yun Jingheng learned that completing the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Trials would have strengthened his body enough to withstand the attack, but he said he did not regret skipping them to save his friends at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Qiangu Dongfeng raged as he realized the Evil Soul Masters had massacred Shrek City, destroyed the Spirit Pagoda, and sent evidence of his collaboration to the Federation investigation team.

Yun Jingheng dug through rock with his Moonlight Sword while Wu Zhangkong and the others fought their way through a collapsing underground tunnel to reach him. Their matching swords broke through the final barrier, and the group pulled him to safety.

• Yang Nianxia blocked falling rubble while Luo Guixing used spatial power to stabilize a failing support pillar, and Cai Yue'er held it in place as Wu Zhangkong led the others onward.
• Yun Jingheng bound his reopened shoulder wound and carved a tunnel through steel and rock with his Moonlight Sword, determined not to die before the others reached him.
• The benevolent corpse sensed Yun Jingheng digging toward them and stabbed its Moonlight Sword into the rock while Wu Zhangkong, Luo Guixing, Yang Nianxia, and Cai Yue'er supplied it with Soul Power.
• Yun Jingheng and the benevolent corpse pierced the last layer of stone with their swords and tore open a hole between them.
• The benevolent corpse pulled the bloodied Yun Jingheng from the hole, and he joked that the next device should be something he could activate himself.

After Yun Jingheng was rescued, Yang Nianxia carried him back to the medical area, where Ya Li and Yun Ming reunited with him and treated his injuries. The family shared a quiet moment of reassurance before Yun Ming left and Ya Li returned to caring for the wounded.

• Yang Nianxia carried the injured Yun Jingheng out of the corridor while Luo Guixing supported Good Corpse.
• Ya Li saw Yun Jingheng alive, touched his face, and cried as she fussed over him; Yun Ming silently reached toward his son.
• Ya Li laid Yun Jingheng on a temporary bed, checked his wounds, and changed his dressings.
• Yun Jingheng told Yun Ming he feared his father would sacrifice himself to stop the missile, and Yun Ming promised they would not lose each other.
• Ya Li placed her hand over Yun Ming and Yun Jingheng's clasped hands, then Yun Ming told his son to sleep and left the medical area.
• Ya Li kissed Yun Jingheng's forehead, tucked in his blanket, and returned to dressing the other patients.

After the disaster, Yun Jingheng and his companions recovered in an underground shelter while learning that Qiangu Dongfeng’s crimes had been exposed across the continent. Qiangu Dongfeng escaped, but the Federation, Tang Sect, and survivors vowed to pursue him.

• Luo Guixing gave Good Corpse a Soul Power crystal, and the two reflected on surviving the disaster.
• Ye Xinglan fed Yun Jingheng porridge, and they shared a meal while Luo Guixing and Good Corpse teased them.
• Ye Xinglan told Yun Jingheng that the Tang Sect had evacuated, though its headquarters was destroyed and rumors claimed Shrek had been wiped out.
• Tang Wulin told Yun Jingheng that the Evil Soul Masters had exposed Qiangu Dongfeng’s collusion and the Qiangu Family’s ties to the attack through a continent-wide broadcast.
• Tang Wulin reported that the Qiangu Family’s allies were being arrested, Qiangu Dongfeng had escaped, and Tianfeng had become the Spirit Pagoda Master.

Yun Jingheng recovered enough to leave the medical area and join the Sea God Pavilion members discussing the outside world's response to Shrek's destruction. He took the seat reserved for him beside his parents as the meeting began.

• Tang Wulin told Yun Jingheng that the news of Shrek City's destruction and the massacre had been confirmed, while Luo Guixing said rumors that Shrek had been wiped out were spreading.
• Lan Muzi summoned Luo Guixing to see Wu Zhangkong and led the group from the medical area.
• The Good Corpse merged back into Yun Jingheng, reconnecting their memories and restoring enough of his strength for him to walk.
• Yun Jingheng, Tang Wulin, and Ye Xinglan entered the meeting room, where Yun Ming and Ya Li had gathered with the others to discuss the situation outside.
• Yun Jingheng sat in the empty seat reserved for him beside Yun Ming, and Ya Li pushed a report toward him.

At a Sea God Pavilion meeting, Yun Jingheng proposed keeping Shrek’s survival secret while using Inner Court students to obtain supplies and exploiting the Spirit Pagoda for funding. The group approved a plan to secretly rebuild Shrek, leaving Yun Ming concerned that Jingheng was already leading them into trouble.

• Zang Xin reported that Shrek City’s outer-city massacre was not caused by Jing Heng’s nuclear bomb, and Yun Ming presented the choices of revealing Shrek’s survival or remaining hidden.
• Yun Jingheng argued that both revealing Shrek and staying hidden carried risks, while Tang Wulin warned that shelter supplies, especially energy crystals, were running low.
• Lan Muzi reported that seventy-three Inner Court students could move, and Yun Jingheng proposed sending them in small batches to buy supplies while secretly robbing Spirit Pagoda caravans.
• Gu Yuena pointed out that she was a Spirit Envoy candidate, prompting Yun Jingheng to suggest using her research proposal to secure Spirit Pagoda funding for Shrek’s reconstruction.
• Gu Yuena drafted a spirit-soul research project, and the group agreed that it could draw funding from the Spirit Pagoda without exposing Shrek’s real purpose.
• Ya Li worried that Yun Jingheng was being exposed to this plotting too early, but Yun Ming observed that it already seemed too late.

Yun Jingheng tested a homemade radiation gauge by sending Feng Wuyu outside, then learned that Skynet could detect powerful Soul Tool use. He proposed building radiation protection and infiltrating Skynet to bring it down, despite Ya Li's concern about the resulting chaos.

• Yun Jingheng calibrated a radiation-measuring device and asked Feng Wuyu to walk outside until its gauge crossed the red line.
• Feng Wuyu went into the nuclear wasteland while Yun Jingheng recorded his steps and the device readings.
• Ya Li and Yun Ming arrived, and Ya Li objected to Yun Jingheng sending Feng Wuyu outside.
• Yun Ming explained that mobile monitoring towers and Skynet could detect high-level Soul Power fluctuations and locate Title Douluo within seconds.
• Yun Jingheng proposed making a radiation-blocking Soul Tool and using his USB drive to infiltrate Skynet and make it collapse.
• Ya Li warned that destroying Skynet would throw the outside world into chaos, but Yun Jingheng insisted survival came first.

Xie Xie and Tang Wulin overheard Federation officers discussing Parliament’s relief at Shrek’s destruction and their plans to plunder its underground shelters. After recording their conversation, they regrouped and planned how to expose the officers’ words.

• Xie Xie and Tang Wulin hid when three Federation military vehicles approached the ruins.
• Tang Wulin recorded two officers as they dismissed the chance of survivors and revealed Parliament’s joy over Shrek’s destruction.
• The officers discussed looting Shrek’s underground vaults and Sea God Pavilion after the shelters were opened.
• After the vehicles left, Xie Xie and Tang Wulin removed their badges and confirmed that the recording had been sent.
• Xie Xie and Tang Wulin decided to wait for Yuan En and the others, then coordinate with Xing Lan and Jing Heng to plug in the flash drive.

Yun Jingheng prepared to leave the shelter to undergo a God Trial that would leave him defenseless, and Ye Xinglan agreed to guard him. Before they set out, the two confessed their long-hidden love for each other, leaving them together beneath the moonlight.

• Ya Li urged Yun Jingheng to focus on improving his strength, and Yun Jingheng explained that he needed to modify his protective suit and calculate communications data before telling his father about going outside.
• Two weeks later, Yun Jingheng and Ye Xinglan discussed the ruined landscape and the forest they hoped would eventually grow back.
• Yun Jingheng explained that his God Trial would leave his body motionless and defenseless for days or months, and Ye Xinglan said she would stay and guard him.
• Ye Xinglan confessed that she loved Yun Jingheng, and he admitted he had kept his own feelings hidden for years.
• Yun Jingheng and Ye Xinglan embraced as she cried, and he promised to tell her he loved her first every day.

Yun Jingheng and Ye Xinglan accepted Tang Wulin’s offer of shelter at the Heaven Dou City Blacksmith Association. As they waited for Mu Ye to pick them up, a red-class mecha arrived above the ruins.

• Tang Wulin warned Yun Jingheng that the wilderness was unsafe and offered them a private place to stay at the Heaven Dou City Blacksmith Association.
• Ye Xinglan agreed to go, explaining that she had already investigated the location and considered it safer than the wilderness.
• Yun Jingheng told Tang Wulin they were coming, and Tang Wulin arranged for Mu Ye to collect them in a red-class mecha.
• Yun Jingheng learned that Mu Ye wanted to meet the injured blacksmith who had made a level-twelve Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonball.
• A scarlet mecha streaked across the night sky and hovered above the ruins, drawing exclamations from Yun Jingheng and Ye Xinglan.

Yun Jingheng examined Mu Ye’s Red-Grade Mecha and impressed him with his technical analysis, leading them to plan a visit to the Blacksmith Association’s Soul Tool laboratory. As they departed the ruins for Heaven Dou City, Yun Jingheng asked Mu Ye to teach him about Red-Grade Mechas.

• Mu Ye praised Yun Jingheng for secretly building two level-twelve Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonballs and called him the most dangerous scholar in history.
• Yun Jingheng inspected Mu Ye’s Red-Grade Mecha and identified the risks in its plasma vaporization cooling system, recommending three stages of power buffering.
• Mu Ye admired Yun Jingheng’s expertise and invited him to the Blacksmith Association’s Soul Tool laboratory to draw up the buffer design.
• Yun Jingheng explained that he wanted a high-precision reactor test platform to develop a fourth-generation protective suit with active radiation neutralization.
• Mu Ye prepared to take Yun Jingheng and Ye Xinglan to Heaven Dou City, changing his offer of drinks to tea after noticing Yun Jingheng’s injury and Ye Xinglan’s expression.
• Yun Jingheng took Ye Xinglan’s hand and asked Mu Ye to teach him about Red-Grade Mechas.

Yun Jingheng arrived in Heaven Dou City with Mu Ye and Ye Xinglan and reunited with Tang Wulin at the Blacksmith Association. They met Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua, where Yun Jingheng revealed his forging ability as the chapter ended.

• Mu Ye piloted the red-grade mecha carrying Yun Jingheng from the ruins of Shrek City to Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Wulin greeted Yun Jingheng at the Blacksmith Association's landing pad and warned him that some members were wary of Shrek remnants.
• Tang Wulin led Yun Jingheng and Ye Xinglan through the tower to Zhen Hua's sitting room.
• Yun Jingheng and Ye Xinglan greeted Zhen Hua, who invited them to speak informally about forging.
• Yun Jingheng told Zhen Hua that he was a Soul Engineer and could reliably perform fusion forging with three metals.

Yun Jingheng impressed Zhen Hua by identifying the metals and forging flaws in a sample after only a brief examination, earning his respect and a notebook of Soul Forging insights. Zhen Hua learned Yun Jingheng wanted to build a mecha and advised him to study increasingly advanced forging techniques.

• Zhen Hua tested Yun Jingheng by asking him to identify the metals and forging process used in a sample.
• Yun Jingheng identified Cold Iron, Star-Pattern Silver, and Scarlet Flame Copper, then pinpointed a four-degree temperature error that Zhen Hua's chief disciple had made.
• Tang Wulin told Zhen Hua that Yun Jingheng had built his Nano Protective Suit with only a carving knife.
• Zhen Hua gave Yun Jingheng his notebook of Soul Forging insights and asked him to call him Uncle.
• Yun Jingheng explained that his Battle Armor could only be nurtured, not forged, and Zhen Hua noted that he wanted to build a mecha.
• Zhen Hua advised Yun Jingheng to learn Soul Forging, Spirit Forging, and Heavenly Forging, then sent Tang Wulin to show him to a room.

Tang Wulin showed Yun Jingheng and Ye Xinglan to a guest suite at Zhen Hua’s home, where they found only one bed. After an awkward discussion, they agreed to share it, and Yun Jingheng held Ye Xinglan as they went to sleep.

• Tang Wulin led Yun Jingheng and Ye Xinglan to a secure guest suite on the top floor and wished them good night.
• Yun Jingheng and Ye Xinglan noticed the suite had only one bed and grew embarrassed.
• Ye Xinglan insisted Yun Jingheng needed rest before the God Trial, then agreed they could sleep together.
• Yun Jingheng took Ye Xinglan’s hand, asked if she wanted him to hold her, and drew her into his embrace.
• Yun Jingheng and Ye Xinglan wished each other good night and closed their eyes.

Yun Jingheng woke up tangled in Ye Xinglan’s embrace and struggled to hide how flustered he was. After Ye Xinglan noticed his racing heart, they shared a kiss.

• Yun Jingheng woke with his arms around Ye Xinglan and realized his hand was resting somewhere he could not explain.
• Yun Jingheng tried to stay still as Ye Xinglan stirred and tightened her hold on him.
• Ye Xinglan softly remarked that Yun Jingheng’s heart was beating fast.
• Yun Jingheng claimed he had a nightmare, then met Ye Xinglan’s gaze.
• Yun Jingheng kissed Ye Xinglan’s red lips.

Yun Jingheng and Tang Wulin planned to cripple Skynet by using the flash drive at the East Suburban Communications Station, leaving a narrow window to escape. Tang Wulin then asked Yun Jingheng how he viewed the growing conflict between the Federation and Star Luo, and Yun Jingheng challenged him to risk a plan that could be called deliberate treason if it failed.

• Tang Wulin teased Ye Xinglan and Yun Jingheng when they entered the living room, then shifted to discuss their mission.
• Yun Jingheng identified the East Suburban Communications Station as the best place to insert the flash drive and explained how he would hijack Skynet's core scheduling system.
• Yun Jingheng outlined a seven-to-nine-minute attack and an escape route through an abandoned sewage pipe, while Tang Wulin reviewed the plan.
• Tang Wulin asked Yun Jingheng how he viewed the worsening tensions between the Federation and Star Luo.
• Yun Jingheng said a failed attempt to mediate the conflict would be called deliberate treason and asked Tang Wulin whether he dared to gamble on it.