Recaps

Ma Xiaotao gave birth to Feng Ling’s daughter, whose three Martial Souls included an Evil Fire Phoenix Sword that could free the Ma family from the Evil Fire’s usual side effects. Zhongli Wu returned to discuss the Bright Cult’s growth, weapons capable of threatening gods, and the God of Love, while Feng Ling steered his suspicion toward Shrek.

• Yang Hao delivered Ma Xiaotao’s baby with the Birthing Pod, and Ma Xiaotao reluctantly fed the girl after Feng Ling explained she could not.
• The baby awakened three Martial Souls: the Heavenly Eye, Feng Ling’s phoenix, and an Evil Fire Phoenix Sword formed from Ma Xiaotao’s bloodline.
• Ma Xiaotao decided to have a child of her own with Yang Hao so the Ma family could pass on the sword instead of the harmful Evil Fire Phoenix legacy.
• Zhongli Wu returned to see the baby and warned Feng Ling that the Bright Cult had grown rapidly, while she reminded him of the Sea God’s threat to direct his attention toward Shrek.
• Zhongli Wu said their combined weapons had reached the theoretical power of a Level 10 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell but still fell short of the Level 11 power needed to slay a god.
• Zhongli Wu asked about the Evil God, and Feng Ling told him she was the God of Love.

Feng Ling told Zhongli Wu about the God of Love, her purified Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, and Madara, while he resolved to gather Faith Power overseas. Ma Xiaotao recovered after giving birth, cared for her baby, and heard how Shrek’s actions had led to ruinous conflicts, leaving her disillusioned but committed to her new side.

• Feng Ling explained that the God of Love had been betrayed and corrupted after death, so Zhongli Wu abandoned the idea of inheriting that deity and chose to gather Faith Power.
• Feng Ling told Zhongli Wu that her Martial Soul had been purified into a Fire Phoenix and described Madara as a blinded, crippled figure connected to the Body Sect and Shrek’s enemies.
• Zhongli Wu left to build his overseas forces and gather believers, while Feng Ling regretted how ambition had changed him.
• Yang Hao fed Ma Xiaotao porridge and left her to rest, and Feng Ling brought their baby and used the warm milk bottle he had prepared to feed the child.
• Feng Ling recounted Shrek’s failed schemes and the devastating battles that killed major figures and destroyed the Clear Sky Sect and Body Sect’s elite forces.
• Ma Xiaotao was disappointed by Shrek’s conduct but decided not to fight her former acquaintances and committed herself to the new era.

Yang Hao trained with Ghost Nana, whose death-attribute Martial Soul helped him begin fusing life and death into a new attribute. He tested the Holy Spirit Team’s progress, then explained that he intended to reform the cult with its younger members and asked them to follow him sincerely.

• Yang Hao revealed his true appearance to Ghost Nana, and they practiced the Dual Cultivation Secret Technique as his life and death attributes began to fuse.
• Yang Hao visited the Holy Spirit Team’s training ground and tested Yan Feng, Wang Xiaolei, Tang Dai, Gu Yu, and Huang Yuan in a group assault.
• Yang Hao defeated the team with a single controlled slash, acknowledging their progress despite their frustration at the gap in strength.
• Yan Feng asked whether Yang Hao meant to seize the Cult Master position, and Yang Hao explained that he planned to reform the Holy Spirit Cult rather than betray it.
• The team swore to serve Yang Hao to the death.

Yang Hao rewarded his subordinates by guiding their Martial Soul evolutions and giving them cultivation methods, then announced that they would compete in the Soul Fighting Tournament to display the Holy Spirit Cult’s strength and support its reforms. The chapter ended with an excerpt in which Yang Hao prepared to leave for Star Luo City, while Feng Ling questioned whether he was abandoning his influence in the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires.

• Yan Feng and the others pledged lifelong loyalty to Yang Hao, who warned them against betrayal.
• Yang Hao began evolving Yan Feng’s Martial Soul toward Ultimate Ice and guided Tang Dai’s Skeleton King Martial Soul toward becoming a Body Martial Soul.
• Yang Hao transformed Gu Yu’s Bone Staff into a bone-crafted halberd, gave Wang Xiaolei a death-and-ice Soul Tool and a necromancy legacy, and taught Huang Yuan a method to strengthen his Soul Rings.
• Huang Yuan demonstrated his Chicken Rack Bone Paste Ball Soul Skill, which could remove poison and abnormal conditions and remain stored for a day.
• Yang Hao told the group they would enter the Soul Fighting Tournament to show the world the Holy Spirit Cult’s strength and help reform its image.
• In the following excerpt, Yang Hao said he needed to guide the Body Sect’s move to Star Luo City, and Feng Ling asked whether he was giving up his opportunities in the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires.

Yang Hao explained his plans to weaken Shrek and the White Tiger line while pursuing the Star Luo and Heaven Dou Empires’ resources, then returned to Heaven Dou as Shrek’s leaders prepared for war against Madara. The chapter ended with Long Xiaoyao arriving at Shrek Academy to pay respects to Mu En.

• Yang Hao told Feng Ling he planned to turn the White Tiger line and Shrek into common enemies to win over Xu Jiujiu and her sister and gain access to the Star Luo Imperial Family’s inheritance.
• Yang Hao explained that Feng Ling and Ye Xishui could combine their life and death powers in the Underworld to develop reincarnation power and help Feng Ling approach godhood.
• Yang Hao returned to the Heaven Dou Empire after spending time with Feng Ling and the other women.
• After a year of cultivation, Yan Shaozhe reached Level 98, Hailong Douluo became a Limit Douluo, and Sea Spear Douluo reached Level 98, while Elder Song and Lin Huiqun failed to advance.
• Elder Song resolved to risk a dangerous breakthrough so she could avenge her daughter by killing Madara, while Lin Huiqun warned that Shrek needed three Limit Douluos to defeat him.
• Long Xiaoyao arrived at Shrek Academy and asked Yan Shaozhe to take him to Mu En’s memorial tablet.

Long Xiaoyao revealed that Yan Shaozhe was his great-grandson and urged Shrek to flee the continent, but Yan Shaozhe refused and recruited him for a plan to kill Madara. As the Dou Ling and Heaven Soul Empires prepared for a decisive battle, the Heavenly Soul Emperor told Vina to escape with Madara if the empire fell and preserve their bloodline.

• Long Xiaoyao told Yan Shaozhe that Ye Xishui was his great-grandmother and explained that she had been forced to send Yan Shaozhe’s grandfather away to save him.
• Long Xiaoyao warned Yan Shaozhe that Shrek’s enemies were too powerful and urged the academy to leave the continent, but Yan Shaozhe refused and invited him to help kill Madara.
• Yan Shaozhe revealed that Ma Hongjun’s inherited Soul Bone could raise his strength to the level of a Limit Douluo, and Long Xiaoyao agreed to help despite warning that his involvement would bring consequences.
• Yan Shaozhe contacted the Dou Ling Empire and called for a decisive battle, prompting the Dou Ling Emperor to assemble his forces.
• Vina told the Heavenly Soul Emperor that Madara would soon emerge from seclusion, and the emperor instructed her to escape with Madara and preserve their bloodline if the empire faced defeat.

Yang Hao prepared giant artificial meteorites to devastate the battlefield and studied the Sea God and Asura God bloodlines as he pursued God King-level power. At Jialing Pass, the Heavenly Soul Emperor’s forces faced the Dou Ling Empire’s million-man army, and Mr. Madara arrived to join them.

• The Heavenly Soul Emperor refused to flee or surrender, and Vina accepted that she could not persuade him.
• Yang Hao built two kilometer-wide Obsidian spheres with Gravity Soul Tools, intending to drop them on the battlefield after abandoning the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Yang Hao devoured the Sea God Martial Soul origin from Sea God Island’s High Priest and revealed nine mature Tang Wutong clones for studying her Sea God and Asura God bloodlines.
• Yang Hao outlined how he would awaken the Asura God bloodline in the clones by provoking a clash with the Sea God bloodline, while Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue supported his research.
• At Jialing Pass, the Heavenly Soul Emperor, Vina, and Xu Jiujiu assessed the Dou Ling Empire’s million-man force, and Mr. Madara arrived to assist them.

Yang Hao prepared Jialing Pass for a decisive battle, growing a giant defensive tree and fighting Yan Shaozhe, Hailong Douluo, and Long Xiaoyao with a Wood Giant. The attackers destroyed the Wood Giant but failed to find Yang Hao, who called on the Heaven Dou Empire’s Soul Masters to power the tree’s roots.

• Yang Hao confirmed that civilians had been evacuated, warned that he might wipe everything out if the empire fell, and ordered Soul Power Milk Bottles brought to the walls.
• Yang Hao used Soul Power and captured Soul Masters to grow a giant tree whose roots formed defenses and thorny barriers at Jialing Pass.
• Tianyang Douluo ruled out a direct assault, while Yan Shaozhe revealed poison-filled shells as a last resort and ordered the Titled Douluos to attack.
• Yang Hao formed a three-hundred-meter Wood Giant and fought Yan Shaozhe, Hailong Douluo, Long Xiaoyao, and the other attackers as the battle erupted around Jialing Pass.
• Long Xiaoyao, Yan Shaozhe, and Hailong Douluo broke the Wood Giant’s spear and drove it into the city wall, then destroyed it without finding Yang Hao inside.
• Yang Hao told the Heaven Dou Empire’s Soul Masters to pour their Soul Power into the roots beside them.

Yang Hao used a colossal Wood Giant and a summoned meteor to devastate the armies at Jialing Pass, while Shrek’s poison attack killed many Heaven Dou soldiers. Hailong Douluo diverted the first meteor toward Jialing Pass but failed to stop the second, leaving the Dou Ling Empire’s army annihilated.

• Yang Hao formed a thousand-meter Wood Giant from the Divine Tree Martial Soul and struck Long Xiaoyao and the others as they tried to flee.
• Shrek’s forces released Poison Bombs inside Jialing Pass, suffocating many Heaven Dou soldiers, and the Heavenly Soul Emperor told Vina to escape with Xu Jiujiu.
• Yang Hao anchored the Wood Giant and used gravity to summon a meteor toward the Dou Ling Empire’s million-strong army.
• Tang San’s Divine Thought activated the God Trial Mark, and Hailong Douluo detonated his Soul Cores to redirect the meteor toward Jialing Pass.
• Xu Jiujiu escaped through Manyi’s spatial passage with Vina as the first meteor struck and devastated the Dou Ling army.
• A second meteor struck the surviving army, while Tang San’s Divine Thought escaped with Yan Shaozhe and the others.

Jialing Pass was destroyed by the Sea God’s attack, killing the assembled Dou Ling army and leaving the Heavenly Soul Empire’s fate uncertain. As Shrek’s leaders reconsidered their plans and Long Xiaoyao concealed the Holy Spirit Cult’s role, Yan Shaozhe confronted him about the suspected enemy.

• Yang Hao led Vina, Xu Jiujiu, and the other survivors underground after the Sea God destroyed Jialing Pass, while Vina vowed to destroy Shrek.
• Vina stayed in the Heavenly Soul Empire to carry out her father’s plan, Xu Jiujiu returned to Star Luo City, and Yang Hao withdrew into seclusion.
• Yan Shaozhe and the Dou Ling leaders learned that the Heavenly Soul Emperor’s testament had encouraged factions across the Heavenly Soul Empire to form armies, making conquest far harder.
• Yan Shaozhe proposed killing Xu Tianran to prevent the Sun Moon Empire’s campaign, but Long Xiaoyao warned that the Sun Moon Empire might be needed against a stronger enemy.
• Yan Shaozhe privately asked Long Xiaoyao whether the enemy was the Holy Spirit Cult and whether his great-grandmother belonged to it.

Long Xiaoyao warned Shrek that the Holy Spirit Cult was immensely powerful, while Zhongli Wu and Feng Ling weighed how to handle him and exploit the coming Soul Fighting Tournament. As the tournament began in the Ming Capital, Shrek and Tang Sect prepared their teams to depart, with Yan Shaozhe warning everyone to watch Huo Yuhao closely.

• Long Xiaoyao told Yan Shaozhe that the Holy Spirit Cult had no god but surpassed the Four Great Empires combined, and warned that his visit would make Shrek a target.
• Zhongli Wu ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to continue its plan against the Sun Moon Empire, while Feng Ling reported that Xu Tianran meant to use the tournament to force factions into allegiance.
• The Sun Moon Empire opened the Soul Fighting Tournament to sects as well as academies and offered custom Soul Armor and high-ranked Soul Tools as prizes.
• Shrek assembled a Tang Sect Team with Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong, while Wang Qiu'er led the Shrek Academy Team to the tournament.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi received farewells from the many women and children they had fathered, and Yan Shaozhe privately told the group to keep Huo Yuhao under constant watch.

Yang Hao learned that nine powerful Shrek figures had entered the Far North, possibly to hunt Soul Beasts, and went to intercept them with Ling Luochеn and the Far North’s leaders. The chapter left the group prepared to confront the intruders, while Ice Empress openly showed resentment toward Yang Hao.

• Yan Shaozhe assigned Zhou Yi to watch over Huo Yuhao and sent Fan Yu to study Ming Capital’s Soul Tool defenses before the team departed for the Sun Moon Empire with Long Xiaoyao.
• Ling Luochеn suggested bringing Xixi into her relationship with Yang Hao, and Yang Hao agreed if Xixi consented.
• Yang Hao told Ling Luochеn that Huo Yuhao was engaged to Tang Wutong, whose father, Tang San, had arranged for her to attend Shrek Academy in disguise.
• Ling Luochеn reported that Snow Empress and Ice Empress had begun recovering their original personalities, and Yang Hao said their personalities would eventually merge.
• A detector reported nine Shrek figures, including one Limit Douluo and eight Super Douluo, heading into the Far North’s depths.
• Yang Hao and Ling Luochеn flew to meet the intruders, where Ice Empress, Snow Empress, Ice Bear King, Titan Snow Demon King, and Meng Hongchen were waiting.

Yang Hao and the Snow Empress prepared to intercept Shrek’s group before they could hunt the Ice Jade Scorpion clan for Soul Bones to treat Huo Yuhao. The Snow Empress confronted Yan Shaozhe and the others in the Far North, while Yang Hao disguised himself as a Frost Titan and moved into position.

• Yang Hao deduced that Shrek’s group was heading for the Ice Jade Scorpion territory to obtain Soul Bones for Huo Yuhao, and the Ice Empress vowed to protect her clan.
• Yang Hao told Meng Hongchen and Ling Luochеn to fuse with the Ice Empress and Snow Empress to conceal their identities, then arranged for the Snow Empress and other Soul Beasts to pressure the visitors without exposing the hidden base.
• Yang Hao transformed into a Frost Titan using his Cyclops Martial Soul, Ultimate Ice attribute, and the Titan Snow Demon King’s Soul Power.
• The Snow Empress caught up with Yan Shaozhe and the Shrek group, warned them to leave, and refused Yan Shaozhe’s request for four Soul Bones.
• Long Xiaoyao offered to hold the Snow Empress back while the others hunted for Soul Bones and escaped.

Long Xiaoyao and Yan Shaozhe’s group fled the Far North after Yang Hao, controlling a colossal Frost Titan Dharma Body, joined Snow Empress and the other beasts against them. Their hunt for a Soul Bone failed, and the survivors headed for the Sun Moon Empire to continue their plan to assassinate Xu Tianran.

• Yan Shaozhe stayed with Long Xiaoyao while the other seven headed toward the Ice Jade Scorpion clan, but the Titan Snow Demon King and Ice Bear King blocked their way.
• Long Xiaoyao and the others fought the two beasts until a five-hundred-meter-tall giant appeared and hurled an enormous ice hammer at them.
• Snow Empress and Yang Hao joined the pursuit, and Long Xiaoyao led the group in a desperate flight from the Far North.
• Yang Hao chased them thousands of miles to the western icy sea before the group escaped, abandoning their Soul Bone hunt and losing two companions.
• Long Xiaoyao led Yan Shaozhe and the six surviving companions toward the Sun Moon Empire, where they settled in a mountain forest outside the Ming Capital.
• Yan Shaozhe questioned why they had not entered the Ming Capital, since the Soul Fighting Tournament there offered a chance to assassinate Xu Tianran.

Yan Shaozhe and his allies prepared to assassinate Xu Tianran while Shrek and Tang Sect teams traveled together to Ming Capital for the Soul Fighting Tournament. The teams flew aboard the Sun Moon Empire’s new airliner, whose advanced design deepened their concerns about the empire’s strength, as Xiao Xiao resolved to avenge He Caitou.

• Yan Shaozhe’s group waited outside Ming Capital and planned to use an Active Storage Soul Tool to enter when they began their attempt on Xu Tianran’s life.
• Sea Spear Douluo mourned the companions he had lost, while Long Xiaoyao struggled between his beliefs and his feelings for Douluo Continent and his family.
• Zhou Yi led the Shrek and Tang Sect teams and their allies to Bright Peak, where a Sun Moon Empire Soul Saint registered them and escorted them to an airliner bound for Ming Capital.
• Huo Yuhao and Fan Yu examined the unfamiliar aircraft and recognized that its engines and the Sun Moon Empire’s technology surpassed their expectations.
• Tang Wutong helped Huo Yuhao board, while Zhou Yi worried about their grief and Xiao Xiao held He Caitou’s Soul Guidance Ray Gun and vowed that the Sun Moon Empire would pay.
• The airliner accelerated, lifted into the sky, and carried the teams west toward Ming Capital.

Huo Yuhao and the Tang Sect team arrived in Ming Capital, where Xiao Hongchen provoked them with belongings taken from their captured companions. At Yang Hao’s villa, Tang Ya confronted him over Bei Bei’s changed life, and Yang Hao revealed that Shrek’s planned assassination of Xu Tianran would end in disaster.

• A Soul Guidance Aircraft brought the competing teams to Ming Capital, impressing Huo Yuhao with the Sun Moon Empire’s technology.
• Xiao Hongchen taunted Huo Yuhao and displayed belongings from He Caitou and Xuan Ziwen, enraging the Tang Sect team.
• Zhou Yi gathered the belongings and led the shaken team away, while Bei Bei pushed Huo Yuhao’s wheelchair and Tang Wutong vomited.
• Yang Hao reviewed the list of 121 competing teams with Meng Hongchen, who explained that war had kept many academies and sects away.
• Tang Ya confronted Yang Hao over Bei Bei’s wives and children, and Meng Hongchen explained that Xiao Yan’s pink flames had caused the lasting change.
• Yang Hao warned that Shrek’s assassination plan against Xu Tianran would leave the group dead, while Tang Ya said she would not kill them herself.

Tang Ya reflected on her ties to the Tang Sect and decided to ask Yang Hao for permission to confront and destroy its current incarnation. Yang Hao then arrived to help Xu Yun break through her cultivation bottleneck before the tournament.

• Tang Ya told Ling Luochеn that she resented Yang Hao but remained loyal to the Bright Cult, and regretted bringing Huo Yuhao into the Tang Sect.
• Tang Ya decided to face the Tang Sect Team and destroy the Tang Sect as it was, and Ling Luochеn supported her plan pending Yang Hao's approval.
• Yang Hao disguised himself as Xiao Yan and went to meet Xu Jiujiu, Xu Yun, Manyi, and Star-Shattering Douluo before the tournament.
• Yang Hao learned that Xu Yun had reached level sixty-nine and offered to guide a Martial Soul Fusion to help her break through.
• Yang Hao began harmonizing Xu Yun and Xu Jiujiu's Soul Power so their Martial Souls could resonate.

Yang Hao helped Xu Yun break through to level seventy and refine a prepared 100,000-year Soul Ring, then discussed the Bright Cult’s plans with Xu Jiujiu and advised the Star Luo Empire to cooperate with it. The chapter ended with Xu Jiujiu considering an alliance to protect her family’s legacy as the tournament began.

• Yang Hao guided Xu Yun through a breakthrough to level seventy and told her to refine a 100,000-year Soul Ring he had prepared for her.
• Yang Hao warned Xu Yun to activate her Soul Bone Set before refining the ring, and she did so successfully.
• Yang Hao explained that he and Madara had helped develop the Soul Ring division technique and said Madara was studying Ming Capital’s detection systems.
• Yang Hao claimed he was a Soul Douluo and told Xu Jiujiu that the Bright Cult planned to unify the continent and pursue godhood with the support of other reclusive forces.
• Xu Jiujiu stopped Manyi from protesting and said the Star Crown Sect could abandon the Star Luo Empire if necessary.
• Yang Hao advised Xu Jiujiu to work with the Bright Cult and use the alliance to gain resources and knowledge for pursuing godhood.

Yang Hao advised Xu Jiujiu to prepare a fallback for the Star Luo Empire, approved Tang Ya’s plan to dismantle the Tang Sect and Nan Qiuqiu’s effort to recruit the Earth Dragon Sect, then prepared his team for the tournament. The Sun Moon Empire’s military display alarmed the visiting powers, prompting Zhou Yi to urge an early assassination of Xu Tianran.

• Yang Hao suggested that Xu Jiujiu discuss preserving the Star Luo Empire’s bloodline with her imperial brother if their situation became desperate.
• Tang Ya asked Yang Hao to let her destroy the Tang Sect, and he agreed; Nan Qiuqiu then asked to persuade her mother and the Earth Dragon Sect to join the Bright Cult, and Yang Hao approved.
• Yang Hao named seven competitors for the opening match against the Star Luo National Academy Team and warned them that Xiao Yan had likely reached Soul Douluo level.
• Yang Hao used a clone controlled by his spiritual power as a stand-in while Xu Tianzhen and the others traveled to the tournament venue.
• The Sun Moon Empire opened the tournament with its Soul Engineer Legions and warplanes, making the visiting powers reconsider their loyalties.
• Zhou Yi told Gong Changlong that the plan had changed and urged Shrek’s allies to prepare to assassinate Xu Tianran ahead of schedule.

The Soul Fighting Tournament opened with the Star Luo National Academy facing the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, and Xiao Yan revealed that he had become an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo with eight 100,000-year Soul Rings. As Yang Hao and Xu Yun displayed their eight flames, Xu Tianzhen and Ye Guyi transformed into the Sun Angel, while Xiao Hongchen wondered whether he and his sister should fuse as well.

• Vina heard Mr. Madara’s voice in her mind and gained confidence as she led the Body Sect team into the arena.
• Xu Tianran opened the tournament and arranged for the Star Luo National Academy to face the host’s Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy in the first match.
• Jiang Nannan rapidly struck five members of Xu Yun’s team, and Yang Hao sent them off the stage after deflecting her final attack.
• Xiao Yan revealed eight blood-red Soul Ring crystals, leading Huo Yuhao and the Tang Sect team to realize he had become an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo.
• Yang Hao merged with Xu Yun and summoned eight distinct flames, including stellar fire, around his giant ruler.
• Xu Tianzhen and Ye Guyi fused into the Sun Angel, wielding concentrated Sun True Fire and sun sword energy, while Xiao Hongchen asked Xiao Meng whether they should fuse too.

Meng Hongchen and her teammates revealed their extraordinary strength in the tournament, including her Titled Douluo rank and nine 100,000-year Soul Rings, while Yang Hao fought them using a partially fused Emperor Flame. The chapter ended as Ye Guyi and the others unleashed a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill against him.

• Meng Hongchen refused Xiao Hongchen's offer of protection and activated her Martial Soul Avatar, while Xiao Hongchen transformed into his Golden Toad Mecha and the rest of the team prepared for battle.
• Spectators were stunned when Meng Hongchen revealed that she was a Titled Douluo with nine 100,000-year Soul Rings, and Huo Yuhao confirmed her power was real.
• Nan Shuishui recognized Nan Qiuqiu's Rouge Dragon aura and realized that her missing daughter was alive and had been taken by the Bright Cult.
• Yang Hao defended against Xiao Hongchen's cannon barrage with Mysterious Yellow Battle Armor, then used his Eight-Wheel Separation Fire Method to attack Ye Guyi, Meng Hongchen, and their teammates.
• Yang Hao began fusing the eight flames into a bootleg Emperor Flame, prompting Ye Guyi and the others to break their limits and destroy the fire dragons.
• Ye Guyi and her teammates joined together to perform a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

The Sun Moon Empire displayed its strength at the Soul Fighting Tournament, prompting Shrek’s leaders to advance their plan to assassinate Xu Tianran. After the opening match, they chose to strike while he returned from the tournament, coordinating the attack with the White Tiger Duke’s coup.

• Ye Guyi led a seven-person fusion to unleash Angel Holy Sword against Yang Hao’s Flame Splitting Wave-Parting Ruler, and both attacks shattered after a prolonged clash.
• Spectators recognized the Sun Moon Empire’s offer to join it as a calculated attempt to attract other forces, while Zhou Yi’s resolve to assassinate Xu Tianran hardened.
• Xu Tianran praised Ju Zi’s strategy of showcasing the empire’s talents and Soul Tools to entice defectors from Douluo Continent.
• Yang Hao returned to the hotel with the injured Xu Yun and explained that Emperor Flame’s incomplete fusion had damaged his ruler.
• Xu Jiujiu dismissed her team’s guilt over losing and considered Xiao Yan’s proposed escape route as the Star Luo Empire fell further behind.
• After reviewing Zhou Yi’s recording and proposal, Yan Shaozhe and the others decided to assassinate Xu Tianran on his return from the tournament, alongside the White Tiger Duke’s coup.

Elder Song and White Tiger Duke Dai Hao agreed to accelerate the Star Luo coup and join the plan to assassinate Xu Tianran. Meanwhile, Yang Hao helped Vina rapidly advance her Soul Power before she faced the Tang Sect Team, and the chapter ended as the two teams entered the arena.

• Elder Song told White Tiger Duke Dai Hao about the assassination plan, and he agreed to stage his coup that night and help target Xu Tianran.
• Yang Hao gave Vina nine Mental Attribute Soul Rings, and she refined them with his help to reach Level 90.
• Vina reflected on her rapid advancement, while Yang Hao warned that her Soul Power needed time to stabilize before she could become a true Titled Douluo.
• The Body Sect Team and the Tang Sect Team were called to the arena for their elimination-round match.
• Xu Sanshi, Tang Wutong, and Bei Bei discussed the match, while Huo Yuhao warned them not to underestimate the Body Sect because Madara supported it.
• The two teams entered the arena, where the crowd cheered for the Body Sect but not the Tang Sect Team.

The Tang Sect faced public hatred as it entered the tournament, while Tang Ya resolved to stop the sect from continuing down its destructive path. During the match against Vina’s team, Huo Yuhao discovered she was a Titled Douluo, and the Body Sect attacked before the Tang Sect could surrender, leaving several teammates dead or gravely injured.

• Spectators cursed the Tang Sect, and Tang Ya privately vowed to end its decline into infamy.
• Vina led her team onto the platform seeking revenge, and Unbroken Douluo started the forty-first elimination-round match.
• Vina revealed nine Soul Rings and used mental attacks to disrupt Huo Yuhao’s team, leaving him badly injured.
• The Body Sect members attacked the Tang Sect before its members could surrender, killing the food-type Soul Master, Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi while gravely injuring Ning Tian and Huo Yuhao.
• Tang Wutong regained consciousness and surrendered, after which Unbroken Douluo stopped the match and disqualified the Body Sect Team.
• Zhou Yi and the others took the casualties back to the hotel, where a healer said Ning Tian could not be saved.

After Huo Yuhao’s injuries stabilized, Shrek’s staff accepted that their team could not risk fighting the Holy Spirit Sect and watched the Sun Moon Empire prepare to dominate the continent. Yan Shaozhe and his allies assassinated Xu Tianran and Kong Deming, but their escape was blocked by Zhongli Wu and the Holy Spirit Cult, who had come for Long Xiaoyao.

• Tang Wutong fused her Soul Power with Huo Yuhao’s to stabilize his injuries, while Zhou Yi and Fan Yu decided Shrek should forfeit its match against the Holy Spirit Sect Team.
• Xu Tianran celebrated the White Tiger Duke’s coup in the Star Luo Empire, believing the turmoil would ease the Sun Moon Empire’s unification of the continent.
• Ju Zi paralyzed Xu Tianran and escaped as attackers destroyed his Soul Tool Car; a Portal took away his upper body, and the attack killed him.
• Yan Shaozhe and his allies attacked the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Legion, and Elder Song struck Kong Deming before the group’s combined assault killed him.
• Yan Shaozhe led the Shrek group out of Ming Capital before its defensive barrier closed, but Zhongli Wu and the Holy Spirit Cult blocked their path and Long Xiaoyao called for Xishui.