Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yi led an assault on the Xishui Alliance headquarters, where he defeated Feng Ling and confronted Ye Xishui. Meanwhile, Long Xiaoyao realized the Sun Moon Empire had been deceived, and Xu Tianran learned that Shrek Soul Masters had arrived to help Bright City.

• Long Xiaoyao realized the attackers had tricked them and rushed toward another part of Bright City, while Ju Zi watched the plan unfold.
• Xu Tianran sent a guard to check the city gates and learned that Shrek Soul Masters had arrived to help against an Evil Soul Master attack.
• Jiang Yi used his Domination Domain to overwhelm the Evil Soul Masters at the Xishui Alliance estate, and Ye Guyi killed them and rose to rank seventy.
• Feng Ling tried to seduce Jiang Yi, but he slapped her away and mocked her age, provoking her to use Evil Phoenix True Body.
• Jiang Yi struck Feng Ling's Evil Phoenix with Emperor Palm: Great Cold Without Snow, and Ye Xishui appeared to shield her.
• Ye Xishui confronted Jiang Yi, who called her too old.

Jiang Yi confronted Ye Xishui over her deception of his teacher and protected Bright City from her attack. He summoned the Ice Empress and Snow Empress to fight Ye Xishui and the Evil Soul Masters, leaving the Snow Empress facing the remaining enemies.

• Jiang Yi accused Ye Xishui of deceiving his teacher and revealed that she had a descendant at Shrek, prompting her to attack him.
• Jiang Yi blocked Ye Xishui's strike, but she unleashed bloody rain that destroyed buildings and threatened Bright City's citizens.
• Jiang Yi emerged from the ruins with Ye Guyi and destroyed the blood clouds, becoming the city's apparent savior.
• Ye Xishui summoned more than a dozen Titled Douluo Evil Soul Masters to attack Jiang Yi, but the Ice Empress and Snow Empress appeared beside him.
• The Ice Empress fought Ye Xishui while the Snow Empress turned to face the other Evil Soul Masters, who tried to use Feng Ling as a shield.

The Snow Empress and Long Xiaoyao fought while Jiang Yi intervened against the Holy Spirit Cult, and Xu Tianran watched the battle unfold over Bright City. Meanwhile, Xu Jiujiu led Shrek’s group toward West Mountain, and Jing Hongchen prepared to defect from the Sun Moon Empire with much of the Sun Moon Royal Academy and Virtue Hall.

• Long Xiaoyao rescued the wounded Feng Ling from the Snow Empress and sent Nangong Wan and the others to help Ye Xishui before battling the Snow Empress himself.
• Jiang Yi struck down Nangong Wan while protecting Ye Guyi and joined the fight against the Evil Soul Masters.
• Xu Tianran watched the battles with Zhongli Wu and Ju Zi, while Zhongli Wu refused to join the fighting and stayed to guard the emperor.
• Zhang Lexuan told Xu Jiujiu that the troops had been moved near the imperial palace, and Xu Jiujiu led their group toward West Mountain.
• Jing Hongchen oversaw the dismantling of the Sun Moon Royal Academy and Virtue Hall as students and instructors prepared to defect to Shrek.
• Jing Hongchen told Xuan Zi to help pack up before Xu Tianran discovered the defection, while revealing that he had imprisoned holdouts and sacrificed spies to the Machine Soul.

Jiang Yi helped drive off the Holy Spirit Cult’s forces in Bright City, froze their remaining base, and gained the people’s faith as Shrek’s reputation rose. He then blocked Xu Tianran’s forces from pursuing the fleeing academies, leaving the Sun Moon Empire’s escapees protected behind him.

• Jiang Yi and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress helped force Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, and the surviving Evil Soul Masters to retreat when Bright City’s stationary Soul Tools threatened the battle.
• Jiang Yi froze the Holy Spirit Cult’s base and its remaining Evil Soul Masters, while a Sun Moon Empire official publicly thanked Shrek for helping Bright City.
• Bright City’s citizens cheered for Jiang Yi, and he saw their golden power of faith gather around him as Ye Guyi noticed his glow.
• Xu Tianran rebuked the official for praising Shrek, then ordered his guard to pursue the fleeing Star Luo Empire and Heaven Soul academies while sparing Shrek.
• Jiang Yi arrived at the imperial city gates, carved a massive rift in the ground, and blocked the pursuit until the hour of the tiger.

Jiang Yi forced Xu Tianran to tolerate his presence at the palace, then departed with Ye Guyi as the empire learned Jing Hongchen had defected with the Sun Moon Royal Academy and emptied Virtue Hall. Elsewhere, Ye Xishui confessed her past deception to Long Xiaoyao, but Zhongli Wu revealed himself as a Limit Douluo and attacked them with the Abyss’s chains.

• Xu Tianran ordered Zhongli Wu to seize Jiang Yi, but Zhongli Wu fled, and Ju Zi volunteered before Xu Tianran instead ordered the imperial guards to assist Jiang Yi in protecting the palace.
• Jiang Yi teased Ye Guyi in a grove outside the imperial city, then carried her away as dawn broke.
• Xu Tianran learned that Jing Hongchen had defected with the Sun Moon Royal Academy and emptied Virtue Hall, and he collapsed after spitting blood.
• Ye Xishui confessed to Long Xiaoyao that she had deceived him and Mu En, then revealed that she had borne Long Xiaoyao a child; Long Xiaoyao forgave her after learning their descendant was at Shrek.
• Zhongli Wu entered the underground palace, revealed his Limit Douluo strength, and unleashed the Abyss’s chains on Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao.

The Abyssal Sage King ordered Zhongli Wu to foment conflict while he plotted to seize the Douluo Plane’s core, and Zhongli Wu turned Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao into puppets. Jiang Yi reunited with the survivors near Bright City and welcomed Jing Hongchen’s Sun Moon Royal Academy faction into Shrek, while Xu Jiujiu and Vina considered the political gains ahead.

• The Abyssal Sage King told Zhongli Wu to spread turmoil and slaughter so he could seize the Douluo Plane’s core and sever its link to the Divine Realm.
• Zhongli Wu revealed that he had refined Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao into puppets, then left with them to take control of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Jiang Yi arrived at the Western Mountain Range camp with Ye Guyi and confirmed that the survivors had escaped Bright City.
• Jiang Yi welcomed Jing Hongchen and the Sun Moon Royal Academy students and instructors into Shrek, promising support for their families and education.
• Xu Jiujiu and Vina reflected on Jing Hongchen’s defection and the advantages their empires might gain through cooperation with Shrek.

After the tournament collapsed, Xu Tianran recovered and prepared to accelerate his plans while Jing Hongchen settled into life at Shrek. The chapter ended with the Demon Empress angrily rejecting Jiang Yi as he approached her and Lan Fozhi.

• Xu Jiujiu and Vina said farewell to Jiang Yi and left with their groups, while Shrek and the Tang Sect returned home.
• Xu Tianran woke after his anger-induced collapse, learned Jing Hongchen had defected, and ordered that he be taken to Elder Kong to advance his plans.
• The tournament ended without a declared champion, and Sun Moon placed a massive bounty on Jing Hongchen’s head.
• At Shrek, Xuan Zi and Jing Hongchen brawled after Xuan Zi claimed victory at Five-in-a-Row, while Xiao Hongchen hurried to the Combat Zone after receiving a challenge.
• The Demon Empress watched Lan Fozhi playing near the Golden Tree, then angrily rebuffed Jiang Yi and accused him of pursuing Tang Wutong for access to the Divine Realm.

Jiang Yi teased the Demon Empress while accepting her determination to seek revenge, then considered his path to reaching the Divine Realm. Meanwhile, Long Xiaoyao infiltrated the Star Luo imperial palace and began a massacre.

• Jiang Yi held the Demon Empress, demanded payment for the immortal herb Lan Fozhi had eaten, and teased her while Lan Fozhi played nearby.
• Lan Fozhi returned to the pavilion, spoke with Jiang Yi, and left after he reminded her to report to the Outer Academy soon.
• The Demon Empress insisted she would pursue revenge, and Jiang Yi promised to save her when the time came.
• Jiang Yi thought about becoming a Limit Douluo and contacting the Divine Realm while Tang San remained constrained by the God of Destruction.
• Long Xiaoyao emerged from a vortex in the Star Luo imperial palace, killed an old man, absorbed his life, and began slaughtering those inside.

Jiang Yi learned that Xu Jiawei had been assassinated by an Evil Soul Master and set off for Star Luo City. There, Dai Hao discovered that Zhu Lu had become the Princess’s Personal Guard Commander after Dai Huabin broke off their engagement.

• Zhang Lexuan told Jiang Yi that Xu Jiawei had been killed during a court assembly, apparently by Long Xiaoyao.
• Jiang Yi left for Star Luo City and asked Zhang Lexuan to warn the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Star Luo City was placed under martial law as soldiers searched for Evil Soul Masters.
• Dai Hao arrived at the city gates, where guards told him that the Princess had forbidden troops from entering.
• Zhu Lu escorted Dai Hao into the city and told him that Dai Huabin had cast her off and that she had agreed to break their engagement.
• Dai Hao silently resolved to punish Dai Huabin for ending the engagement without telling him.

With the Star Luo throne vacant and the princes too frightened to claim it, Xu Jiujiu struggled to choose a successor while the empire faced turmoil and a looming threat from the Sun Moon Empire. As Zhu Zhuqing prepared to intervene, an unknown figure appeared and urged Xu Jiujiu to become emperor herself.

• Xu Jiujiu confronted her nephews, but the princes refused to claim the throne, leaving her frustrated and uncertain.
• Xu Yun'er comforted Xu Jiujiu, who lamented that her niece would make a better ruler if she were a prince.
• Dai Hao returned to the capital without troops, mourned Xu Jiawei, and was sent to the Palace of Heavenly Purity to pay his respects.
• Xu Jiujiu asked Zhu Lu who should take the throne, but Zhu Lu said she did not know and left; Zhu Zhuqing decided she would have to step in herself.
• Xu Jiujiu mourned beside the dragon throne, and a mysterious figure appeared and told her to become emperor herself.

Jiang Yi comforted Xu Jiujiu after Xu Jiawei’s death and persuaded her to claim the Star Luo Empire’s throne, then the two became intimate in the sealed imperial hall. Outside, Zhu Zhuqing took control of Zhu Lu to advise Xu Jiujiu, only to discover Jiang Yi on the throne and panic.

• Xu Jiujiu broke down in Jiang Yi’s arms, and he urged her to become empress and placed the Imperial Heirloom Seal in her hands.
• Xu Jiujiu accepted the idea of claiming the throne, questioned Jiang Yi’s motives, and pulled him onto the dragon throne.
• Jiang Yi and Xu Jiujiu kissed and became intimate while the hall remained sealed.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained to Zhu Lu why Xu Jiujiu needed to inherit the throne, then took control of Zhu Lu when Xu Jiujiu called her inside.
• Zhu Zhuqing entered the hall, recognized Jiang Yi’s presence, and regretted taking over Zhu Lu’s body.