Chapter Summaries

Asta's Space-Based Kinetic Energy Weapon destroyed Shrek Academy, but Shrek's contamination spread through the city, turning people into Green Monsters. Yao Lan recognized that Shrek's schemes and rapid reproduction resembled Goblins, leaving Asta to confront another outbreak.

• Asta used the Interstellar Peace Corporation's Space-Based Kinetic Energy Weapon to destroy Shrek Academy as it reappeared.
• Asta ordered researchers bearing Shrek emblems quarantined and warned her subordinates to guard against Shrek's schemes.
• Asta learned that an unknown airborne force was infecting people and turning them into powerful Green Monsters.
• Yao Lan recalled how Gu Yue, reborn as Hu Na, had been captured by Shrek and later rescued with help from the Xianzhou Alliance.
• Yao Lan connected Shrek's abductions of women and rapid growth to Tang's plan to expand her bloodline through Tang Wulin.
• Yao Lan concluded that Shrek behaved like Goblins, despite being known as Shrek.

Tang Babai attacked Azure Blue Star, declaring that he would make it part of Shrek, while a powerful history teacher confronted him. At the Douluo Peace Academy recruitment fair, Wu Zhangkong learned Tang Wulin was still inside the Star Dome Train test and decided to go in with the others to rescue him.

• Tang Babai arrived above Azure Blue Star and announced that he would turn the planet into Shrek's home.
• Tang Babai attacked the city after its people mocked him, forcing them to flee into shelters.
• A middle-aged history teacher confronted Tang Babai and matched his power, preparing to fight him.
• Wu Zhangkong and Long Bing arrived at the recruitment fair as alarms sounded and asked where Tang Wulin was.
• Xie Xie told Wu Zhangkong that Tang Wulin had entered the Star Dome Train test with Teacher Himeko and had not returned.
• Wu Zhangkong, a Pathstrider of Preservation, urged the group to enter together and bring Tang Wulin out.

Tang Wulin defeated Virtual Sam in the arena, where a fading projection of Liu Ying warned him to run as Azure Blue Star came under attack. Himeko tried to evacuate him, but an attacker resembling Tang Wulin appeared and claimed to be another Tang Wulin.

• Tang Wulin's final attack left him alone in the arena after Virtual Sam began to disappear, and the projection transformed into Liu Ying.
• Liu Ying warned Tang Wulin to run before her image vanished.
• Himeko arrived and told Tang Wulin that Azure Blue Star was under an unprecedented attack and that he needed to take shelter.
• An unexpected attack struck Himeko and sent her crashing into the audience seats.
• A young man in magnificent robes appeared, looked exactly like Tang Wulin, and said he was also named Tang Wulin.

Shrek Tang Wulin revealed that he was Tang Wulin from another world and tried to persuade Azure Blue Star's Tang Wulin to merge with him. After seeing Shrek Tang Wulin's cruel memories, Tang Wulin rejected him and attacked, leaving Shrek Tang Wulin determined to devour him.

• Shrek Tang Wulin told Tang Wulin they were the same person from different worlds and invited him to merge so they could rule the universe.
• Shrek Tang Wulin concealed that the fusion would let him consume Tang Wulin, while Himeko warned Tang Wulin that he would die.
• Tang Wulin sensed Shrek Tang Wulin's memories of imprisoned and tortured girls and rejected his offer.
• Tang Wulin struck Shrek Tang Wulin with a fist charged with Path Energy and vowed to stop him.
• Shrek Tang Wulin rose furious and said he would devour Tang Wulin by force.

Himeko stepped in to protect Tang Wulin from Shrek Tang Wulin and sent him toward the exit, calling it her final lesson as his teacher. As she fought Shrek Tang Wulin with the Godfall Sword Surtr, Tang Wulin reached the exit and found the Tang One through Seven Brothers waiting to capture him.

• Shrek Tang Wulin charged at Tang Wulin, but Himeko stopped him and told Tang Wulin to escape.
• Himeko drew the Godfall Sword Surtr and challenged Shrek Tang Wulin while Tang Wulin fled along the path he had taken.
• Tang Wulin found the exit, where the Tang One through Seven Brothers announced they would take him back to their father.

Tang Wulin was nearly captured by seven Shrek invaders before Wu Zhangkong and his companions arrived to fight beside him. Meanwhile, Yao Lan’s Aeon clone investigated a faint threat in the universe and discovered it was Shrek, like the Insect Calamity.

• Tang Wulin donned the SAM Mecha as seven powerful Shrek children surrounded him and prepared to capture him.
• Wu Zhangkong struck the attackers with an icy-blue sword light, and Tang Wulin recognized his former teacher.
• Wu Zhangkong and Tang Wulin’s companions joined him, and they fought the invaders together as the battle shook the surrounding space.
• Yao Lan remained focused on a faint threat in the depths of the universe and sent his Aeon clone to investigate.
• Miss Hanabi and her pet Aha completed the investigation and discovered that the threat was Shrek, like the Insect Calamity.

Yao Lan discovered that a universe-wide Shrek invasion threatened every planet in the Sea of Stars Community and prepared his weapons to stop it. He activated the Imaginary Collapse Pulse and directed the Reignbow Arbiter to fire controlled Light Arrows as the battle began.

• Through Hanabi's perspective, Yao Lan saw planet-sized Shrek Monsters emerge and devour worlds across the universe.
• Yao Lan realized the Shreks wielded a power resembling Propagation and suspected it was connected to the Insect Calamity and the disruption of time and space.
• Yao Lan learned that every planet in the Sea of Stars Community was under attack, while his after-sales system refused to recreate more Honkai: Star Rail factions yet.
• Yao Lan, Ruan Mei, and Herta went to the control console, where Yao Lan prepared to use Dr. Chadwick's Imaginary Collapse Pulse.
• Yao Lan ordered the Reignbow Arbiter to fire carefully controlled Light Arrows at Shrek locations while sparing the community's planets.

Yao Lan coordinated Lan’s arrows of The Hunt and Dr. Chadwick’s Imaginary Collapse Pulses in a relentless assault on the Shreks. Their weapons destroyed Shrek hordes across multiple star systems, and Yao Lan prepared to keep firing.

• Lan’s shining arrow of The Hunt alerted Sea Rangers across the cosmos, who fled its range before the attack.
• Lan released his arrow, and its blast annihilated Shreks across several star systems.
• Dr. Chadwick’s Imaginary Collapse Pulse struck alongside the arrow, destroying additional star systems and Shreks.
• Yao Lan ordered the Imaginary Collapse Pulses and arrows of The Hunt to fire continuously at the Shreks.

The Sea Rangers saw that Lan’s attacks had shattered the Shreks but had not killed them: the fragments could multiply and infect people by shrinking small enough to enter their bodies. One Ranger sacrificed himself to warn the others, and Yao Lan learned the truth and called on every Aeon to act.

• The Sea Rangers escaped Lan’s attack and watched the Shrek Monsters’ enormous bodies break into tiny fragments that survived the explosions.
• The fragments transformed into small Shreks and attacked the Rangers, but even when blasted apart, they continued to survive and multiply.
• A Sea Ranger realized the Shreks could shrink enough to enter people’s bodies and infect them, and he began transforming himself.
• The transforming Ranger warned the others to flee and tell the Xianzhou Alliance, then activated his ship’s self-destruct and died.
• Yao Lan received the Ranger’s information through Path Energy and summoned every Aeon to confront the Shreks.

Yao Lan summoned Nanook and IX to test whether Destruction and Nihility could stop the Shrek Monsters. IX’s shadow left the Shreks confused and inactive, eventually ending their existence, while Nanook destroyed them more slowly.

• Yao Lan decided to test stronger Aeon powers against the Shrek Monsters after doubting The Hunt’s effectiveness against opponents on an Aeon’s level.
• Yao Lan summoned Nanook, whose arrival in a blaze destroyed nearby uninhabited star systems, and sent him toward the Shrek hordes.
• Yao Lan also summoned IX, the Aeon of Nihility, whose presence left Yao Lan wary of being affected by its power.
• A Shrek flesh mass entered IX’s shadow and became confused and inactive; other Shreks entering the domain suffered the same fate.
• IX’s shadow enveloped most of the Shrek Monsters and ended their existence, while Nanook destroyed them more slowly.

Yao Lan investigated how Shrek had transformed into a threat and sent the Xianzhou Alliance to attack the Shrek God Stars near Azure Blue Star. He held back from joining the battle, waiting for Tang and the Shrek Mother to reveal themselves.

• Yao Lan traced Shrek's transformation to the Abyss Plane and Shrek God Realm, which had gathered Shrek members from across history and created powerful descendants such as Tang Wulin.
• Yao Lan sensed Shrek forces gathering on Azure Blue Star and decided his avatar could face Tang Wulin while he continued fighting elsewhere.
• Yao Lan saw more than ten thousand Shrek God Stars approaching Azure Blue Star and opened Space Gates to send the nine Xianzhou into battle.
• Marshal Hua ordered the Xianzhou Alliance and its Sea Rangers to launch an all-out assault on the Shrek God Stars.
• Yao Lan watched the battles without intervening, conserving his strength until Tang and the Shrek Mother appeared.

Na'er killed Tang Shi on Azure Blue Star but feared the Shrek invasion would overwhelm the other defenders and sacrifice ordinary people. She rallied the Holding Court Clan and the Soul Beasts sheltered in the Ambrosial Arbor, then led them toward war.

• Na'er watched the cosmic battles and found Tang Shi dead at her feet after killing him.
• Na'er decided to seek the Holding Court Clan's strength to prevent heavy losses among ordinary people.
• Na'er entered the Ambrosial Arbor's hidden world, where the Holding Court Clan and Soul Beasts gathered under the Mountain Dragon King's leadership.
• Na'er explained the Shrek invasion and declared that the Holding Court Clan would return to the world.
• Na'er summoned the Abundance Ancestral Dragon Spear and ordered everyone to march to war with her.

Na'er arrived to help a city under attack by Tang Qi Ba Yi, and the soldiers awakened as Pathstriders of The Preservation when their will to defend their home was tested. As tens of thousands gained Path Energy across Azure Blue Star, enormous Eastern-style dragons appeared in the sky.

• Tang Qi Ba Yi attacked a city, overwhelming its soldiers and preparing to finish them off.
• The soldiers awakened as Pathstriders of The Preservation, and a translucent wall blocked Tang Qi Ba Yi's attack.
• Na'er arrived, deflected the attack, and introduced herself as the principal of Douluo Peace Academy.
• Yao Lan's lowered threshold for Pathstriders led tens of thousands of people across Azure Blue Star to gain Path Energy.
• Dragon roars sounded across Azure Blue Star, and enormous Eastern-style dragons flew in from the horizon.

The Holding Court Clan arrived on Azure Blue Star to fight the Shrek God Realm, while the Interstellar Peace Corporation turned the public against Shrek and rallied Pathstriders. Tang Erbaiwu landed beside a recruitment office and found himself surrounded by eager fighters.

• The Holding Court Clan announced that it had come to eradicate the Shrek members scattered across Azure Blue Star.
• The Interstellar Peace Corporation spread reports about Shrek’s crimes, turning the Shrek God Realm into a hated enemy and prompting people to enlist.
• Pathstriders crowded recruitment offices, eager to fight Shrek and defend their homeland.
• Tang Erbaiwu crashed beside a recruitment office and threatened the mortals who insulted the Shrek God Realm.
• A recruiter called Tang Erbaiwu a walking military merit and offered ten million Credit Points for killing him.

With Azure Blue Star united against the Shreks, Himeko fought Shrek Tang Wulin in the simulated Star Dome Train arena. She sacrificed herself in a blazing attack that split him apart, while the blast reached Tang Wulin and the others.

• The Holding Court Clan and Azure Blue Star's forces suppressed the Shreks across the planet, leaving Yao Lan's clone to move between battlefields and defeat them.
• Himeko clashed with Shrek Tang Wulin, who mocked her and offered to spare her if she submitted to him.
• Shrek Tang Wulin changed into a woman and explained that he had captured women to produce troops with bloodlines from beyond this world.
• Himeko refused his offer and said she would blow up with him, then charged as a human-shaped blaze with the Godfall Sword.
• Shrek Tang Wulin tried to evade Himeko's attack, but her sword split him in two and the blast reached Tang Wulin and the other students, who saw Himeko turn back with a final smile.

Tang Wulin and his companions fought the Shrek group while learning that their enemies intended to reshape the world in Shrek’s image. Himeko appeared in flames, said goodbye to her students, and vanished, while a Tang Wulin lookalike emerged from the smoke and declared her dead.

• Tang Wulin fought four Shrek members at once while his companions and teachers struggled against the others.
• The Shrek group said they had come to purge invaders and reshape the world in Shrek’s image.
• A blast shattered a nearby wall, filling the corridor with red light and scorching heat.
• Himeko appeared in the flames, apologized to Tang Wulin and the others, urged them to keep moving forward, and vanished.
• A pinkish-blue-haired youth who looked like Tang Wulin emerged from the smoke and said Himeko was finally dead.

After Himeko was killed, Tang Wulin unleashed a surge of power and faced his Shrek counterpart, who devoured him. Shrek Tang Wulin claimed the new strength would let him rule the universe.

• Tang Wulin grieved Himeko’s death and grew furious at the Shrek version of himself for mocking her.
• Tang Wulin’s Path Energy surged, and his friends and teachers also revealed stronger auras.
• Shrek Tang Wulin vanished, reappeared before Tang Wulin, and began swallowing him through his stomach.
• Wu Zhangkong and the others tried to rescue Tang Wulin, but Shrek figures blocked them while they fought to a draw.
• Tang Wulin disappeared completely, and Shrek Tang Wulin thanked his counterpart for the meal and declared his intention to rule the universe.

Shrek Tang Wulin devoured this world’s Tang Wulin and threatened Wu Zhangkong, Long Bing, and the others, while Tang Wulin awakened in the Path Between and headed toward a distant pillar of light. He stopped when Liu Ying appeared before him.

• Shrek Tang Wulin devoured Tang Wulin and declared that everyone nearby should disappear with him.
• Tang San asked his father to give him Long Bing, but Shrek Tang Wulin said he wanted her for himself.
• Wu Zhangkong found the box Director Topaz had given him and opened it as he vowed to stop Shrek Tang Wulin from killing anyone else.
• Tang Wulin realized he was in the Path Between and began running toward a golden pillar of light.
• A silver figure appeared in Tang Wulin’s path, and he recognized Liu Ying.

Tang Wulin followed the Path Between and encountered memory constructs of Liu Ying, Himeko, and Wu Zhangkong before facing a revelation about his origins. His parents told him they had found him by chance and that he was not their biological son, but affirmed that he was their son in every way that mattered.

• Tang Wulin recognized Liu Ying as a memory construct, heard her tell him he had worked hard, and continued along the Path Between.
• Tang Wulin encountered Himeko and Wu Zhangkong, said farewell to his teachers, and remembered Wu Zhangkong’s advice not to get angry.
• Tang Wulin met memory constructs of Tang Ziran and Lang Yue, who told him he was not their biological son and that they had found him by chance.
• Tang Ziran and Lang Yue assured Tang Wulin that they had always treated him as their own son and hoped he would become the person he wanted to be.

After learning he was adopted, Tang Wulin took comfort in his parents’ love and continued along the Path Between, where he reunited with Liu Ying. Liu Ying revealed that he had died while trying to become strong enough to find her, and the Path Between trembled as Fu Li appeared.

• Tang Wulin accepted his parents’ love and decided he had no intention of leaving them for his biological parents.
• Tang Wulin encountered an older Liu Ying on the Path Between and tried to embrace her, though they could not touch.
• Tang Wulin promised Liu Ying that he would find her, but she urged him to stop and live well on Douluo Continent.
• Liu Ying told Tang Wulin that he had died fighting the Shrek Monsters after becoming stronger to find her.
• Tang Wulin realized he was a wandering ghost with no body, and Fu Li appeared as the Path Between trembled.