Chapter Summaries

Tang Wulin woke to find the Star Luo Empire under attack and watched Firefly sacrifice herself to destroy the largest True Sting Bug. The swarm molted and continued to threaten everyone, while Herta and Ruan Mei realized their experiment had gone out of control.

• Tang Wulin awoke amid the bug invasion and recognized Firefly’s silver mecha as a True Sting Bug pierced through it.
• Firefly sent a final message to the Shrek Seven Monsters, urging them to keep fighting for a better world, then died in a massive explosion that destroyed the giant bug.
• The swarm molted after the explosion, revealing that Firefly’s sacrifice had not stopped the threat.
• Herta and Ruan Mei confirmed that the bugs had survived beyond their expected ten-minute lifespan and agreed the experiment was out of control.
• Ruan Mei recorded the results and left cleanup to Herta, saying it was the main body’s intention.

After Firefly’s sacrifice failed to stop the True Sting Bug swarm, Big Herta arrived and deployed the giant mecha Skyrend to destroy the bugs. The Star Luo Continent was saved, while people across both continents concluded that Herta was a god and resolved to seek her as an ally.

• Firefly’s flames burned the swarm, but the bugs revived and multiplied from their scattered pieces.
• More than twenty True Sting Bugs crushed the Douluo Peace Company’s barrier and charged at the helpless crowd.
• Big Herta appeared and summoned a giant mecha through a mirror in the sky.
• Big Herta named the mecha Thunderclap - Zeus and sent Skyrend to attack the swarm.
• Skyrend’s lightning destroyed the bugs and prevented them from regenerating, saving the Star Luo Continent.
• People across the Star Luo Continent and Douluo Continent recognized Big Herta’s power and decided to make her an ally.

Herta ordered Skyrend to erase the remaining insect swarm from Star Luo Continent, ending the war there. In the Abyss, the Abyssal Sage King discovered that foreign creatures had entered his realm and went to investigate, only to realize he was in grave danger.

• Herta scanned Star Luo Continent, found no enormous True Sting Bugs, and ordered Skyrend to send every remaining bug to the Graveyard.
• Skyrend unleashed the Thunderfire Sword, killing the swarms across Star Luo Continent while leaving the surviving people unharmed.
• Herta descended as the war on Star Luo Continent ended, while the bugs that had passed through the Abyss Gate remained an unknown threat in the Abyss.
• The Abyssal Sage King sensed the gate closing and foreign objects entering his domain, then set out to investigate without his Heavenly Saint Splitting Abyss Halberd.
• The Abyssal Sage King saw the figures nesting in the Abyss and realized that he and his realm were in trouble.

The Abyssal Sage King discovered an insect swarm consuming the Abyss Plane and watched it spread beyond his ability to stop. He died fighting the swarm, but his Heavenly Saint Splitting Abyss Halberd reached a crimson-haired woman, who vowed to help fulfill his wish connected to Shrek.

• The Abyssal Sage King found a layer of the Abyss overrun by insects that multiplied even as they devoured one another.
• The swarm spread into fifty layers and kept multiplying after the first layer was destroyed, threatening to collapse the entire Abyss Plane.
• The Abyssal Sage King sent his Heavenly Saint Splitting Abyss Halberd through the void and stayed behind to fight for his plane.
• The Abyssal Sage King died battling the swarm, wishing he could be reborn as an ordinary student at Shrek Academy.
• A crimson-haired woman picked up the Heavenly Saint Splitting Abyss Halberd and vowed to help make his wish come true.

After learning that the Abyssal Sage King had died on Douluo Star, the Crimson Mother mistook the recordings of his defeat for evidence that his opponents were no match for her. Believing she could avenge her son easily, she set out alone for Douluo Continent.

• The Crimson Mother mourned the Abyssal Sage King and used the Heavenly Saint Splitting Abyss Halberd to review the information he had left behind.
• The Crimson Mother learned that the Abyss Plane had fallen and that the Abyssal Sage King had been killed on Douluo Star.
• After watching the recordings, the Crimson Mother concluded that the people who defeated her son were weaker than she was, though she briefly considered that they might have hidden their strength.
• The Crimson Mother found a dying insect in the Crimson Realm and destroyed it with a wave of dark crimson energy.
• The Crimson Mother tore open space and headed alone toward Douluo Continent to avenge her son, unaware that the insect swarm had reached the end of its lifespan.

Huang Quan followed the sea-like aura she believed would lead her to the Douluo God Realm, but her straight-line pursuit brought her to an ocean planet full of starfish-like creatures instead. She realized she had taken the wrong route and roasted one of the creatures to eat.

• Huang Quan traveled through the universe using Four Phases Obstruct Me, avoiding inhabited worlds while recording their coordinates for the Douluo Peace Company.
• Huang Quan sensed an aura like the one produced by Hanabi's Sea God Trident and concluded that the Douluo God Realm was ahead, so she headed straight for it with her ultimate ready.
• Huang Quan reached an ocean planet, prepared to attack Tang San, and discovered that the world contained no sign of him.
• Huang Quan recognized that she had found the wrong place and imagined Yao Lan's clones teasing her for getting lost again.
• A curious starfish-like creature approached Huang Quan, who stabbed and roasted it, then found that it tasted good.

Huang Quan followed the Black Hole’s power while Tang San and six other God Kings negotiated a joint escape. The God Realms escaped as the Great God Circle, but Huang Quan’s blade cut through it and the Black Hole, leaving her unsure what she had struck.

• Huang Quan marked the ocean planet as a future food source and resumed searching for Tang San by repeatedly slashing toward the Black Hole.
• Tang San, weakened after battling the six other God Kings without Tang Wulin’s help, accepted Chang Gong Wei’s proposal for peace.
• The seven God Realms gathered on the Douluo God Realm and used it to escape the Black Hole, forming the Great God Circle.
• A red blade light from Huang Quan passed through the Great God Circle and cleaved it and the Black Hole in two.
• Huang Quan noticed that her power had decreased, stopped slashing, and wondered whether she had hit anything.

Huang Quan searched the cosmos for Tang San after an attack left his fate uncertain, while Crimson Mother discovered Abyssal Sage King’s memories of Shrek Academy and resolved to destroy the Douluo world. She planned to build the Shrek Academy her son had dreamed of upon its ruins.

• Huang Quan asked her main body for guidance because she could not tell whether her attack had killed Tang San, and was told to search nearby planes and the Fairy Continent.
• Huang Quan continued through the cosmos, leaving a trail of Nihility that frightened passing races.
• Crimson Mother examined the lingering Nihility near the Douluo Continent and learned that its master had departed months earlier.
• Crimson Mother used the Heavenly Saint Splitting Abyss Halberd to relive Abyssal Sage King’s time at Shrek Academy and was overcome by grief and maternal love.
• Crimson Mother vowed to make the Douluo world pay for her son’s death and build Shrek Academy on its ruins.

After the Abyss and Swarm vanished, the Douluo Peace Company took control of the devastated Star Luo Continent and began relief efforts. Herta revealed that her Shrek Academy self had been a puppet, then announced that Shrek Academy had been destroyed by the Abyss, leaving Tang Wulin and the others stunned.

• The Douluo Peace Company sent supplies to Star Luo Continent and took control after its rulers were lost in the calamities.
• Herta prepared to leave Star Luo Continent with the delegations and faced questions from Wu Zhangkong and the Shrek group.
• Herta admitted she had known what was happening and explained that her Shrek Academy self had been a puppet whose loss brought her back to Douluo Continent.
• Tang Wulin confronted Herta over Liu Ying's departure and her absence during the group's danger.
• Herta showed the group a news report declaring that Shrek Academy had been corrupted by the Abyss and destroyed.

Herta told Tang Wulin and the others that Shrek Academy had been destroyed by the Abyss, leaving its students and teachers dead or corrupted. She revealed that she could revive the dead, giving Tang Wulin hope of bringing Sister Firefly back, but warned that Liu Ying was one of the Stellaron Hunters.

• A news broadcast reported that Abyss Creatures had attacked Shrek Academy and that two warriors had carried Standard Soul Cannon Shells there to stop the invasion.
• Herta told the Shrek students and Wu Zhangkong that the Abyssal Sage King had taken over Shrek, and that the two warriors’ shells had destroyed the academy and everyone inside.
• Tang Wulin broke down over the loss of Shrek and its people, and Wu Zhangkong comforted him.
• Wu Zhangkong asked Herta about her Resurrection Experiment, and Herta confirmed that she could now revive people.
• The Shrek Seven Monsters rejoiced at the prospect of bringing Sister Firefly back, but Herta cautioned that Liu Ying was one of the Stellaron Hunters.

After Shrek Academy’s destruction, Ms. Herta and the Douluo Peace Academy staff urged the surviving Shrek students to join for their safety. Tang Wulin accepted on behalf of his companions, while another group began searching for the silver-haired Liu Ying.

• Ms. Herta proposed that the Shrek Seven Monsters and the surviving Shrek freshmen join Douluo Peace Academy.
• Himeko and Lao Yang explained that the academy could protect the students as the continent changed after the Abyss attack.
• Remembering Liu Ying’s advice to protect his companions, Tang Wulin chose to join Douluo Peace Academy.
• Xie Xie, Yue Zhengyu, and Xu Xiaoyan supported Tang Wulin’s decision, and the Shrek group departed Star Luo Continent aboard the Sunstone.
• A purple-red beauty located the silver figure floating in the lake and called for Little Firefly to wake up.

Kafka revived Firefly with a life-giving pill, and Firefly rejoined the Stellaron Hunters with power beyond the world's limits. The group prepared to leave for the universe as Firefly ended her surveillance mission and chose not to return to Tang Wulin.

• Kafka and Silver Wolf examined Firefly and concluded that she was dead, while Entropic Disintegration Syndrome had further damaged her body.
• Kafka gave Firefly a green pill, and a towering tree and life force revived her while healing people in the ruined city.
• Firefly awoke, summoned the Sam armor, and rejoined Kafka, Silver Wolf, and Blade as a Stellaron Hunter.
• Kafka asked about Firefly's strength, and Firefly said her power had undergone a qualitative leap and she would not hold them back.
• The Stellaron Hunters prepared to leave for the universe, and Firefly said her surveillance mission was over and she had no reason to return to Tang Wulin.

Wu Zhangkong told Cao Dezhi that the Tang Sect on Star Luo Continent had lost its bases, members, treasures, and Small Worlds in the Abyss and Swarm attacks. Cao Dezhi despaired over the sect’s collapse, then took out her anger on Zang Xin.

• Wu Zhangkong called Cao Dezhi and reported the destruction suffered by the Tang Sect on Star Luo Continent.
• The Abyss invasion killed many Tang Sect members and ruined its buildings and treasures.
• The Swarm turned Tang Sect bases into nests, while the disappearance of the Small Worlds erased more of the sect’s accumulated assets.
• Cao Dezhi lamented that the Tang Sect had been reduced to little more than a name and hung up in anger.
• Zang Xin tried to comfort Cao Dezhi, who seized the chance to vent her frustration on him.

Herta arranged to resurrect Long Bing and Liu Ying in a week, then returned to Eastsea City to surprise Mu Chen's family with a home-cooked meal. When Mu Chen arrived, he found her in the kitchen brewing a pot of black substance.

• Herta told Wu Zhangkong she had prepared for Long Bing and Liu Ying's resurrection and scheduled it for a week later, though she knew Liu Ying had already been resurrected.
• Herta packed a Storage Ring, left her puppets to prepare for their move to Herta City, and traveled to Eastsea City to visit Mu Chen's family.
• Herta bought ingredients, found Mu Chen's family home empty, and began cooking with help from her puppets.
• Mu Chen returned with Yuan Bao'er and their daughter, entered the house after finding the door open, and cried out when he saw Herta cooking a pot of black substance.

Herta reunited with Mu Chen, Yuan Bao'er, and Mu Xi over a meal, then explained how Douluo Peace Company had transformed their work and the continent. She warned them that the Abyss invasion threatened Shrek City and Shrek Academy and told them to stay put while she went to deliver supplies.

• Herta served Mu Chen, Yuan Bao'er, and Mu Xi her strange-looking cooking, which they found delicious.
• Herta asked how Mu Chen and his family had been treated by Douluo Peace Company, and Mu Chen described his new role as a God Craftsman and manager of the Forging Department.
• Mu Chen reflected on how Herta and Mu Xi had grown and praised them as the future of the changing world.
• Herta told her family that the Abyss invasion would heavily affect the continent and warned them not to go near Shrek City or Shrek Academy.
• Herta prepared to deliver supplies to the forces fighting near the former site of Shrek Academy, while Douluo Peace Company named the new nation the Douluo United Nations.

Wu Zhangkong brought Tang Wulin and the others to relocate Long Bing’s remains, then followed Herta to Douluo Peace Academy to begin the resurrection process. Herta activated a mysterious power over the jade box containing Long Bing’s ashes.

• Wu Zhangkong visited Long Bing’s grave with Tang Wulin and the other five former Shrek Seven Monsters and promised to bring her back.
• Wu Zhangkong had the cemetery staff open the grave and carefully carried Long Bing’s jade box away.
• Wu Zhangkong and the students traveled to Douluo Peace Academy and saw the Ambrosial Arbor.
• Herta led Wu Zhangkong and the group into a room inside the Ambrosial Arbor and told him to place the jade box in the center of a formation.
• Herta used a violet-black key to activate a vast power aimed at the jade box containing Long Bing’s ashes.

Herta used the power of Finality to retrieve Long Bing’s soul from the past and resurrect her in the Ambrosial Arbor. When the group tried to revive Firefly, the formation collapsed, and Herta concluded that Firefly was not dead.

• Herta opened a passage to the past and watched Dark Hummingbird kill Long Bing after attacking Wu Zhangkong.
• Herta anchored the moment of Long Bing’s death, pulled out her soul, and closed the passage without changing the past.
• Herta used the Ambrosial Arbor to create a body for Long Bing and restore her, bringing relief to Wu Zhangkong and the others.
• Tang Wulin and the others asked Herta whether she could also resurrect Firefly, and she assured them she could.
• The resurrection formation for Firefly shattered, and Herta said Firefly was not dead.

Herta discovered that Liu Ying had not died, but someone else had already resurrected her. She revealed that Liu Ying came from another world and left Tang Wulin and the others with the truth that she was an Outsider from Beyond the Heavens.

• Herta explained that the resurrection array failed because Liu Ying was not dead, unlike Long Bing when Herta resurrected her.
• Tang Wulin and the others wondered whether Liu Ying was still on the Star Luo Continent, but Herta said she had searched there and found no trace of her.
• Herta concluded that someone else had resurrected Liu Ying before she used the array.
• Herta suggested that beings in other worlds could possess abilities such as resurrection, and Wu Zhangkong asked whether Liu Ying had been resurrected elsewhere.
• Tang Wulin guessed that Liu Ying came from another world, and Herta confirmed that she was an Outsider from Beyond the Heavens.

Tang Wulin and the others searched for a way to find Liu Ying, but Xing could not tell them where she had gone. Herta explained that finding her might require exploring space, while Wu Zhangkong accepted that Shrek Academy could not be restored and chose to focus on Long Bing and repaying Tang Sect.

• Tang Wulin asked whether Xing, Liu Ying’s childhood friend, could help them find Liu Ying, but Xing said they had not necessarily come from the same world.
• Herta suggested that Tang Wulin and the others could study space exploration at Douluo Peace Academy, though finding Liu Ying could take longer than their lifetimes.
• Wu Zhangkong considered helping with the space program but recognized that Long Bing’s revival meant he would no longer devote his whole life to searching for Liu Ying.
• Wu Zhangkong asked Herta about reviving Shrek Academy’s teachers and students, and she said the Abyss’s influence made them impossible to save.
• Wu Zhangkong chose to live with Long Bing, abandon plans to rebuild Shrek, and repay Tang Sect.

Tang Wulin reunited with Tang Ziran and Lang Yue at Douluo Peace Academy after fearing he might never see them again. He learned that his parents were safe, working for Douluo Peace Company, and had a new home nearby.

• Tang Wulin read Ms. Herta’s report about the Abyss Creatures and the Swarm invading the Star Luo Continent.
• Tang Ziran and Lang Yue surprised Tang Wulin at Douluo Peace Academy, and he ran into their arms, crying with relief.
• Tang Wulin worried that his parents might have been harmed, but Tang Ziran joked that he and Lang Yue had been fine.
• Tang Ziran told Tang Wulin that they had a new home and worked for Douluo Peace Company.