Chapter Summaries

Yao Lan’s avatars continued their covert struggle against Tang San’s forces as the Ambrosial Arbor weakened Shrek’s Golden Tree and opened a vulnerability to the Abyss. Yao Lan created Huang Quan, his strongest avatar, and sent her toward the Sea of Stars to confront Tang San.

• Herta sensed the Ambrosial Arbor’s influence weakening the planar barrier around Shrek Academy and remained there to guard against an Abyssal invasion.
• The chapter revealed that Na’er had planted the Ambrosial Arbor at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy three years earlier, beginning a secret contest with Shrek’s Golden Tree for control of the plane.
• The Ambrosial Arbor suppressed the Golden Tree, and Ah Yin’s instinctive resistance weakened Shrek’s hold over planar power, creating an opening for the Abyssal Sage King.
• Yao Lan created Raiden Mei, who became Huang Quan and gained power comparable to a God King.
• Huang Quan declared that she was coming for Tang San and set out toward the Sea of Stars beyond Douluo Star.

Yao Lan sent Huang Quan to hunt Tang San through the cosmos before he could return to Douluo Continent, then turned his attention to the Demon Empress as the next threat. Hanabi's avatar appeared and celebrated by surrounding Yao Lan with four copies of herself.

• Yao Lan used Huang Quan's power to test her Four Phases Obstruct Me technique, which destroyed nearby asteroids without consuming energy.
• Yao Lan sent Huang Quan across the universe to follow the Space-time Turbulence traces and kill Tang San before he could return or reincarnate.
• Yao Lan considered eliminating the Demon Empress, while acknowledging that the altered events made the original plot unreliable.
• Hanabi's avatar appeared beside Yao Lan, multiplied into four copies, and joyfully embraced him.
• Hanabi promised to stay by Yao Lan's side and praised Hanabi-sama.

Yao Lan asked Hanabi to obtain a near-Godhood Soul Bone from the Demon Empress so he could advance his Aeonification research. He transferred his stored Soul Power to Hanabi, who broke past the Douluo Plane’s restrictions and set out to find the Demon Empress.

• Yao Lan asked Hanabi to hunt the Demon Empress and bring back her Soul Bone for his Aeonification experiment.
• Hanabi showed off her nine colorful Soul Rings, which were formed from The Elation’s power.
• Hanabi said she would seek information about the Demon Empress from the Holy Spirit Cult before going to have some fun.
• Yao Lan poured his stored Soul Power into Hanabi to help her evade the plane’s restrictions and break through to a higher realm.
• Hanabi thanked Yao Lan and promised to complete the mission.

The Federation investigators failed to catch Hanabi after she destroyed another building, then went to check on the Shrek Academy students helping with the investigation. They found the Shrek team unconscious in a feces treatment plant, while a strange red light flashed in the Federation captain’s eyes.

• Hanabi destroyed a building for the thirteenth time that month, and the Federation investigation squad emerged from the rubble unharmed but defeated.
• The squad discussed Hanabi’s pranks and their poor relations with Shrek Academy’s Inner Courtyard students before their captain reminded them to focus on the mission.
• The Federation investigators flew to Shrek’s investigation site to offer help.
• The squad found the treatment plant’s storage tanks blown apart and seven Shrek students unconscious and covered in filth.
• The Federation captain saluted the Shrek students, and a strange red light flashed in his eyes.

During a live report on the latest attack, Hao Jing promised that Shrek Academy would find the mastermind within a week, while Tang Huo exposed the academy members’ humiliating struggle to stop the sewage leak. Tang Huo then revealed himself as Hanabi-sama, promised to stage a bigger game at Shrek Academy, and vanished in red petals.

• Reporter Shui Shui interviewed Tang Huo and Hao Jing at the destroyed waste treatment plant, and Tang Huo blamed the attackers’ strength for the Federation’s repeated failures.
• Hao Jing defended Shrek Academy, claimed they had clues to the mastermind, and promised to bring the culprit to justice within a week.
• Tang Huo mocked Shrek Academy for plugging the sewage outlet with their bodies and revealed that the Sea God Pavilion elders and students had been exposed to the waste.
• Tang Huo put on a fox mask, identified himself as Hanabi-sama, and promised to visit Shrek Academy for a larger game.
• Tang Huo disappeared in red petals, leaving a photograph of Shrek Academy members fighting the sewage.

Hanabi explained that she was using online propaganda to destroy Shrek Academy’s public image and had also thrown the Sun Moon Federation into chaos. After declaring that the world’s problems might trace back to Tang San, she confronted a disguised girl from the Holy Spirit Cult whom she called Little Bell.

• Hanabi celebrated the spread of Shrek Academy’s embarrassing antics online and described her plan to replace its glorious reputation with one associated with filth and arrogance.
• Hanabi explained that Shrek’s influence and legacy made it necessary to destroy its public image rather than merely defeat the academy by force.
• Hanabi’s livestream and attacks on Federation buildings caused the Sun Moon Federation to fear that its people had been replaced and to conceal its dealings.
• Hanabi said that existing Soul Guidance Technology could not stop her and pointed to Herta as the researcher capable of challenging her.
• Hanabi sensed a faint fragrance, turned toward a girl with two buns, and addressed her as Little Bell from the Holy Spirit Cult.

Hanabi ambushed Na Nali, a Holy Spirit Cult member who had hoped to recruit her, and overpowered her before forcing her to read an insulting message aloud. Na Nali submitted to avoid being exposed as an Evil Soul Master, and the chapter ended with her staring in dismay at the words on the paper.

• Na Nali mistook Hanabi for someone who knew her and teleported away, only to discover two identical Hanabis had appeared before her.
• Hanabi pulled Na Nali into her embrace and disabled her ability to summon her Martial Soul or Battle Armor.
• Na Nali recalled how she had watched Hanabi's clashes with the Federation and decided to recruit her, believing they both enjoyed watching chaos unfold.
• Hanabi warned Na Nali that her aura revealed her as an Evil Soul Master and told her to read a note in a cute voice.
• Na Nali read a note calling herself an ugly old woman pretending to be young, then stared at it in shock.

Hanabi forced Na Nali to recite an account of Tang San’s actions and gave her a Masked Fool mask, marking her as a prospective follower of The Elation. She let Na Nali contact the Holy Spirit Cult’s leaders, but the mask followed Na Nali as she fled, leaving her escape uncertain.

• Hanabi made Na Nali recite her account of Tang San’s deeds under pressure.
• Hanabi gave Na Nali an enchanted fox mask and ordered her to carry it, intending to recruit her as a Fool.
• Hanabi asked whether the Holy Spirit Cult had come to recruit her, and Na Nali said she needed to consult her superior.
• Hanabi agreed to let Na Nali contact the Holy Spirit Cult’s higher-ups and left a note with the time and place of their next meeting.
• After Hanabi vanished, Na Nali fled and threw away the mask, but it stopped in midair and turned toward her direction.

Na Nali fled from Hanabi’s Fox Mask, which pursued and frightened her until she abandoned her disguise and raced toward the Holy Spirit Cult’s base. She reached Netherworld Douluo Halosa, but when she tried to explain what had happened, she could only bark.

• Na Nali rested beside a river after fleeing for an hour, but the Fox Mask appeared in her reflection and called her Little Bell.
• Na Nali blasted the river with her soul skill, but Hanabi’s voice warned that she would gradually turn into a little dog.
• Na Nali abandoned her young-girl disguise and flew toward the Holy Spirit Cult’s base to seek help from the Netherworld Emperor, Halosa.
• Halosa questioned Na Nali about her failed mission to recruit Hanabi, but Na Nali could only bark at him.

Ha Luosa discovered that Na Nali had returned from recruiting Hanabi with the ability to bark and suspected a powerful outsider was responsible. Hanabi appeared, transformed Na Nali into a tiny black dog, and left Ha Luosa willing to abandon her for a chance to gain Hanabi’s favor.

• Ha Luosa questioned Na Nali after she barked at him, then guessed that Hanabi had changed her during the recruitment mission.
• Ha Luosa examined Na Nali but found nothing wrong, while she barked in confirmation and suddenly declared, “I'm Hanabi-sama's dog!”
• Ha Luosa suspected an entity far beyond his power and called for the hidden expert to reveal herself.
• Hanabi appeared, turned Na Nali into a tiny black dog, and held her while Ha Luosa said he would not object even if she killed Na Nali.
• Na Nali whimpered as Hanabi carried her, fearing she would remain a dog for the rest of her life.

Hanabi confronted Ha Luosa, demonstrated her godlike power, and severed his connection to the Plane Master. After making him and Na Nali laugh through an overwhelming vision, she claimed their lives and vowed to change the Evil Soul Masters.

• Ha Luosa sensed nothing from Hanabi and agreed to welcome her into the Holy Spirit Cult, but asked her to prove her strength.
• Hanabi transported Ha Luosa and Na Nali into space and revealed the silver vortex, leaving them awestruck by her godhood.
• Hanabi unleashed silver light that made Ha Luosa relive his life from adulthood back to his birth, then laugh uncontrollably; Na Nali laughed as well.
• Hanabi severed Ha Luosa's connection to the Plane Master, and Na Nali returned to human form.
• Hanabi told Ha Luosa and Na Nali that their lives belonged to her and declared that The Elation would change the Evil Soul Masters.

Hanabi used Ha Luosa’s name to summon the Holy Spirit Cult’s leaders, intending to unite the cult under her rule. The Federation learned of the gathering and mobilized the War God Hall, while the assembled cult members were left stunned when Netherworld Emperor introduced Hanabi as their future master.

• Hanabi summoned the Holy Spirit Cult’s high-ranking members to headquarters in Ha Luosa’s name.
• The Federation’s spies reported the cult’s mass gathering to Guan Yue and Chen Xinjie.
• Chen Xinjie ordered the War God Hall to gather its strongest forces and prepare to strike the Holy Spirit Cult.
• A month later, the Four Heavenly Kings, Ghost Emperor, and Netherworld Emperor arrived at the cult’s headquarters, while the Demon Empress remained unseen.
• Netherworld Emperor announced that Hanabi would become the Holy Spirit Cult’s future master, shocking the assembled members.

Hanabi arrived at the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters, where the Netherworld Emperor declared her the cult’s future leader and challenged the Ghost Emperor’s authority. When the Ghost Emperor attacked, Hanabi revealed a power that surpassed a Quasi-God, and he saw nine different-colored lights in his final moments.

• Hanabi appeared at the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters, and the Netherworld Emperor announced that she would become its future master.
• The Ghost Emperor accused Ha Luosa of staging a coup and proposed a duel to decide who would lead the cult.
• Ha Luosa prepared to fight the Ghost Emperor, but Hanabi ordered him to stand down and said she would handle the matter herself.
• The Ghost Emperor summoned his Ghost King Martial Soul and attacked Hanabi with his soul rings.
• Hanabi released an overwhelming divine pressure and displayed nine lights of different colors as the Ghost Emperor faced his final moments.

Hanabi killed Ghost Emperor and took control of the Holy Spirit Cult, but the Demon Empress arrived and challenged her. Hanabi transformed into Tang San and forced the Demon Empress to flee, while pursuing her for a Quasi-God Soul Bone.

• Hanabi beheaded Ghost Emperor, and the Holy Spirit Cult's upper ranks swore loyalty to her.
• The Demon Empress arrived and confronted Hanabi over uniting the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Hanabi revealed herself as Tang San, and the Demon Empress recognized him as the one who had killed her husband.
• Tang San's overwhelming aura immobilized everyone except the Demon Empress, who fled through a crack in midair.
• Before escaping, the Demon Empress killed several of her trusted confidants, and Tang San pursued her for a Quasi-God Soul Bone.

The Demon Empress failed to escape Tang San, who claimed he had killed her husband because he had fallen in love with her in an illusion. She pretended to accept his story and planned to use their supposed relationship to bear a son who could kill him, but a battle invitation suddenly appeared.

• The Demon Empress reached the sea but found Tang San's blue barrier blocking her from entering it.
• Tang San told the Demon Empress that he had killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King after falling in love with her and marrying her in an illusion.
• The Demon Empress pretended to believe Tang San and embraced him while secretly planning to bear his son and use the child to take revenge.
• A battle invitation addressed to the Demon Empress appeared, naming the location as above the sea.

Hanabi, still disguised as Tang San, revealed that she had been taunting the Demon Empress and killed her when she attacked. After sensing a strange resonance, Hanabi discovered that the Sea God Helmet had left Chen Xinjie and was flying toward the sea.

• Hanabi admitted that her words about replacing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had been a lie meant to provoke the Demon Empress.
• The enraged Demon Empress burned her Soul Power and attacked, but Hanabi erased her soul with a single blow from the trident.
• Hanabi took the Demon Empress's Soul Bone and heart, then threw her whale body into the ocean.
• Hanabi sensed a familiar aura resonating with her Tang San form and tried to locate its source.
• Chen Xinjie felt the Sea God Helmet awaken and fly from the War God Hall toward the sea, leading him to suspect that Sea God Tang San had descended.

Hanabi returned victorious and declared herself a True God before the Holy Spirit Cult’s leaders. She dissolved the cult, founded the Fatui to change the world’s treatment of Evil Soul Masters, and left its leaders wearing divine masks under a strict ban on killing.

• Hanabi returned to the headquarters, where Halosa swore loyalty to her as a True God.
• Hanabi revealed her twelve-colored Soul Rings and proclaimed that Evil Soul Masters had been oppressed and forced into their current circumstances.
• Hanabi displayed a supposed divine artifact from the Sea God and claimed the Sea God supported the Evil Soul Masters.
• After Halosa admitted the Holy Spirit Cult had never worked to improve their lives, Hanabi declared the cult had no reason to exist.
• Hanabi dissolved the Holy Spirit Cult, reorganized it as the Fatui, gave its leaders divine masks, and forbade them from killing.
• The leaders donned their masks and chanted, “The Holy Spirit is dead, The Fool reigns!”

Hanabi purged spies and harmful members from the Holy Spirit Cult, then planned to seize Sun Moon News headquarters for a livestream. She intended to use it to declare war on every force on the continent.

• Hanabi explained that she would quietly eliminate Evil Soul Masters who threatened her plans, while masks transported suspected spies to her.
• Hanabi promised three Federation spies they could leave alive if they ate her super-spicy Mapo Ramen, and they reluctantly ate until they passed out.
• Hanabi ordered Ha Luosa and Na Nali to take the unconscious spies along as they moved out.
• Hanabi announced that they would hijack Sun Moon News headquarters and livestream a declaration of war against every force on the continent.

Hanabi-sama and the newly debuted Fatui seized Sun Moon News and forced its staff to obey while she prepared a continent-wide broadcast. The chapter ended as viewers turned on their televisions and Hanabi-sama began an announcement, followed by the author's note about updates and the book's ranking.

• Bing Bing and Shui Shui arrived at Sun Moon News, where Hanabi-sama and the black-robed Fatui suddenly sealed the building in darkness.
• Hanabi-sama forced the employees to squat by inflicting humiliating bowel trouble on a man who resisted.
• Hanabi-sama selected Bing Bing, Shui Shui, and two technicians to accompany her to the broadcasting studio.
• Bing Bing asked who the intruders were and why they had seized the building, but Hanabi-sama jokingly claimed they were Evil Soul Masters.
• Hanabi-sama appeared on televisions across the continent and announced that viewers would see the tip of the iceberg of this 'joy'.

Hanabi and the Fatui hijacked Sun Moon News to accuse the Federation and major powers of persecuting Evil Soul Masters, claiming the Sea God Tang San had blessed their cause. They declared war on the continent’s leading forces and vowed to seek justice for those forced into becoming Evil Soul Masters.

• Hanabi interrupted Sun Moon News and announced that her organization had taken over its headquarters and broadcast.
• Hanabi identified the group as the Fatui, the reorganized Original Holy Spirit Cult, and named Tang San as the one who had helped them.
• Hanabi displayed twelve Soul Rings and the Sea God Trident as evidence of Tang San’s blessing and her level 120 Soul Power.
• Hanabi broadcast videos accusing the Federation and other powers of colluding with the Holy Spirit Cult and driving people to become Evil Soul Masters.
• Hanabi said the Fatui had purged members guilty of heinous crimes and declared war on Shrek Academy, the Spirit Pagoda, the Tang Sect, and the Sun Moon Federation.