Chapter Summaries

Miss Robin sang at the banquet while Stelle disrupted the performance with an over-the-top display, prompting her brother Sunday to frighten Stelle into leaving. Tang Wulin then joined Himeko for coffee, which sent his soul drifting toward heaven.

• Xu Xiaoyan and Ye Xinglan praised Miss Robin’s singing as she performed at the banquet.
• Stelle cheered Miss Robin with glow sticks and a banner until Sunday appeared and called her out.
• Sunday began reciting something, and Stelle apologized and fled.
• Tang Wulin wondered whether he could defeat Stelle, then left to find a drink.
• Tang Wulin met Himeko and accepted a cup of coffee, which made his soul seem to float away.

Tang Wulin recovered aboard the Sunstone and went with Himeko and Xing to watch the ship face an attack by Evil Spirit Orcas. Topaz reassured the passengers, then ordered the Douluo Peace Company to capture the rare Sea Soul Beasts for their resources.

• Tang Wulin woke beside Xing, who teased him about becoming a girl and scolded him for drinking Himeko's coffee.
• Himeko appeared after overhearing Xing badmouth her, but a ship alarm interrupted their confrontation with news of an impending Sea Soul Beast attack.
• Himeko invited Tang Wulin and the others to the deck, where they saw the Sunstone fire missiles at the sea and the Sea Soul Beasts charge toward the ship.
• Topaz assured the passengers that the Douluo Peace Company would protect them, then learned that the attackers were a Demonic Orca Whale Group.
• Topaz ordered her subordinates to treat the rare Evil Spirit Orcas as valuable seafood resources rather than kill them outright.

As Evil Spirit Orcas threatened the Sunstone, Sunday and Robin summoned the power of Harmony, manifesting Dominicus, the Harmonic Choir, to pacify the passengers and beasts. After the performance, Topaz saw that the orcas had embraced Harmony and joked that the company had gained employees for hundreds of thousands of years.

• A violent tremor struck the Sunstone, alarming the passengers as the Evil Spirit Orcas approached.
• Topaz announced a performance, and golden light spread across the ship, making passengers feel warmly at ease.
• Tang Wulin sensed that the light could lull people into losing themselves, but a musical chime snapped everyone back to awareness.
• Sunday and Robin summoned the Triple-Aspect Soul, channeling Harmony from Yao Lan's true body at Herta Space Station.
• Dominicus, the Harmonic Choir, appeared above the sea and performed music that stopped the Evil Spirit Orcas and calmed everyone for five minutes.
• Topaz said Xipe's power had led the orcas to embrace Harmony and remarked that they could serve the company for hundreds of thousands of years.

Yao Lan used Harmony to manifest the Harmonic Choir, whose overwhelming power defeated the Demonic Orca Whales and advanced his path to godhood. Topaz headed to Star Luo Continent to expand the Douluo Peace Company, while Herta began teaching Yun Ming, Ya Li, and Chen Xinjie about true divine power.

• Yao Lan explained that his strong connection to Harmony let him manifest the Harmonic Choir, an Emanator powerful enough to overwhelm even a God King in the Douluo world.
• Topaz watched the continent appear on the horizon and set out for Star Luo Continent on a mission to bring it into the Douluo Peace Company.
• Herta showed Yun Ming, Ya Li, and Chen Xinjie a ball of Harmony power and explained that it represented a true god’s might.
• Yun Ming, Ya Li, and Chen Xinjie stayed on the Herta Space Station after Herta promised to protect the continent from the abyss.
• Herta gave the three new station employees study materials, and they struggled to understand them as their path to godhood began.

After Shrek Academy was destroyed, the Abyssal Sage King transferred Long Yeyue’s power into Gu Yue while pretending to make her his successor. The transfer let him seize control of Gu Yue’s body, and he celebrated his new power as he vowed to rule Douluo Star.

• The Abyssal Sage King lamented Shrek Academy’s destruction and swore that the Abyss Plane would devour the Douluo Plane and rebuild the academy.
• Gu Yue asked where they would go next, and the Abyssal Sage King said they needed a new base and would rely on her.
• The Abyssal Sage King claimed he would pass his remaining power to Gu Yue, while she secretly suspected a scheme and decided to play along.
• The Abyssal Sage King drained Long Yeyue’s Soul Power and his own Abyss Power into Gu Yue, changing her appearance and leaving Long Yeyue’s body lifeless.
• After Gu Yue stood motionless for an hour, the Abyssal Sage King revealed that he had overcome her will and taken her body, then celebrated its strength and declared he would rule Douluo Star.

Gu Yue secretly used a Dragon Clan secret art to place her soul in feigned death after the Abyssal Sage King invaded her body, gambling that he would strengthen it before she awakened. Believing he had destroyed her soul, the Abyssal Sage King left to infiltrate Douluo Peace Academy, while Gu Yue's future depended on meeting the conditions to return.

• The Abyssal Sage King discovered the power of Gu Yue's body and planned to infiltrate Douluo Peace Academy, eventually renaming it Shrek Academy.
• Several hours earlier, Gu Yue realized the Soul Power transferred into her contained Abyssal power and soul fragments meant to help the Abyssal Sage King seize her body.
• Gu Yue decided to use a Dragon Clan secret art to hide her soul in feigned death and let the Abyssal Sage King strengthen her body while she slept.
• Gu Yue fought the Abyssal Sage King, then made her soul appear to vanish as she entered feigned death.
• The Abyssal Sage King believed he had destroyed Gu Yue's soul and left with her body, unaware that she was waiting for a chance to awaken.

The Abyssal Sage King tried to enter Douluo Peace Academy in Gu Yue's body but was driven back by a force that suppressed the Silver Dragon King's bloodline. He fled toward Star Luo Continent to grow stronger before returning to claim Douluo Continent.

• The Abyssal Sage King approached Douluo Peace Academy and disparaged its high-tech buildings.
• When he stepped onto the academy grounds, the Abyssal Sage King felt overwhelming dread and retreated beyond its boundary.
• The Abyssal Sage King sensed that the force inside the academy exerted bloodline suppression and concluded that its source could suppress the Silver Dragon King.
• The Abyssal Sage King fled Douluo Continent and Douling Continent, deciding to target a weaker continent instead.
• The Abyssal Sage King headed for Star Luo Continent, vowing to return after growing stronger.

Tang Wulin and the other students arrived on Xing Continent for an exchange tournament and saw how far its technology lagged behind Douluo Peace Company. Herta explained that the deployed troops were guarding them from a resistance group and joked that being captured could give Douluo Peace Company an excuse to conquer Xing Continent.

• Douluo Peace Company's advances made the voyage from Douluo Continent to Xing Continent take only three days, while the reverse journey took two and a half months.
• Tang Wulin and the other students arrived on Xing Continent and noted the difference between its cities and the futuristic landscape of Douluo Continent.
• With help from Xing Empire officials, the group checked into the Seaside Hotel, where Herta held a briefing.
• Tang Wulin asked why Xing Empire troops had been deployed, and Herta explained that they were guarding the delegation from a resistance organization.
• Herta told the students they could respond however they wanted if they encountered resistance members, then joked that capture might let Douluo Peace Company use an incident as a pretext to conquer Xing Continent.

Yao Lan learned that the Star Luo Empire had conquered the Star Luo Continent and was suppressing its native Green Skull resistance, and he decided to confront the empire on behalf of the Douluo Peace Company. Topaz and Wu Zhangkong arrived at the imperial palace to meet Emperor Dai Tianling, where Topaz demanded that he come down to greet her.

• Herta explained that the Resistance Organizations would likely keep Xie Xie alive for negotiations, but he refused to get involved.
• Yao Lan learned that the Star Luo Empire had invaded the Star Luo Continent and that the natives had formed the Green Skull resistance.
• Yao Lan compared the Star Luo Empire to the United States and resolved to give it a Chinese shock.
• Topaz entered the imperial palace with Wu Zhangkong to meet Dai Tianling as Star Luo Empire soldiers and ministers watched them arrogantly.
• Topaz told Dai Tianling, "The envoy of a great nation should be the ruler of a small one. Get down here!"

Topaz bluntly demanded that Dai Tianling surrender the Star Luo Empire to Douluo Peace Company and offer Princess Dai Yuner for a political marriage. Dai Tianling agreed verbally while proposing a gradual transfer, and Topaz abandoned her attempt to provoke him further.

• Dai Tianling recalled warning his ministers that Douluo Peace Company was too powerful to confront and that they must avoid giving it a pretext for war.
• Topaz declared that Douluo Peace Company intended to take the Star Luo Continent and demanded Dai Tianling surrender his throne.
• Topaz also demanded Princess Dai Yuner for a political marriage, threatening to flatten the continent if Dai Tianling refused.
• Dai Tianling agreed to submit the continent and send Dai Yuner, while arguing that the transfer should happen gradually to prevent unrest.
• Topaz recognized that Dai Tianling was only pretending to comply, but stopped trying to provoke him because he would not resist.

Topaz negotiated with Dai Tianling, who offered his daughter Dai Yuner for a political marriage, and Yao Lan decided to send her to Aventurine. Meanwhile, Aventurine recruited Green Skull members through gambling and began a deadly roulette wager with the group's scar-faced leader.

• Dai Tianling presented Dai Yuner as a candidate for a political marriage with Topaz, and Dai Yuner pleaded not to be rejected.
• Yao Lan agreed to take Dai Yuner and planned to send her to Aventurine, who had switched assignments with Topaz.
• Aventurine defeated Green Skull members in gambling contests and recruited more than three hundred of them into the Douluo Peace Company.
• A scar-faced Green Skull leader challenged Aventurine to roulette with one bullet, and Aventurine pulled the trigger five times before handing him the revolver.

Aventurine defeated Green Skull cadre Scarface, whose gun and explosives both failed, then met Topaz after she reported success in persuading the Star Luo Empire’s emperor to delay their entry. Topaz left Aventurine a mysterious gift for his next meeting with Dai Tianling, and he opened the box to find a blond girl wrapped in red bandages.

• Scarface tried to shoot Aventurine, but the revolver misfired, and his explosives failed after their fuse was found gnawed through.
• Aventurine told Scarface he had chosen his fate and left the Green Skull hideout after dealing with him.
• Topaz told Aventurine that she had succeeded in speaking with Dai Tianling, though the emperor had delayed the company’s entry into the Star Luo Continent.
• Topaz gave Aventurine a gift for his meeting with Dai Tianling the next day and left it in his hotel room.
• Aventurine opened the gift box and found a blond girl wrapped in red bandages inside.

Dai Yuner sought revenge against her father and brother after they forced her out of the Star Luo Imperial Palace, while Aventurine tried to understand why the emperor had changed. Her account pointed to a newly arrived consort as a possible cause, and Dai Yuner stayed with Aventurine despite being made to sleep on the sofa.

• Dai Yuner told Aventurine she planned to destroy the Star Luo Empire and that Topaz had funded her scheme.
• Aventurine urged Dai Yuner not to pursue revenge and asked what had happened in the palace.
• Dai Yuner explained that her father, Dai Tianling, had slapped her and her brother had watched silently after she refused to be given to the Douluo Peace Company.
• Dai Yuner recalled that Dai Tianling had recently brought back a consort, leading Aventurine to suspect that someone was manipulating the emperor.
• Aventurine told Dai Yuner to sleep on the sofa, and when she tried to approach his bed, a golden shield blocked her.

Emperor Dai Tianling brought Consort Hua into the palace while preparing the Star Luo Empire for negotiations with the Douluo Peace Company, and he believed sacrificing Dai Yuner would lessen the empire’s losses. Consort Hua secretly injected ominous black qi into him and met a mysterious figure she called the Holy Lord.

• Dai Tianling regretted the difficult choices he had made for the Star Luo Empire as he returned to his bedchamber.
• Dai Tianling recalled bringing a beautiful woman into the palace and naming her Consort Hua while inspecting preparations for the Douluo Peace Company’s arrival.
• Consort Hua massaged Dai Tianling and secretly sent black qi into his body as she persuaded him that Dai Yuner had to be sacrificed for the empire.
• Dai Tianling went to sleep, and Consort Hua injected more black qi into his mind before leaving the room.
• Consort Hua knelt before a black-and-white figure appearing in the moonlight and addressed her as the Holy Lord, who praised Hua Di.

The Abyssal Sage King praised Hua Di for taking control of Dai Tianling and ordered him to delay Douluo Peace Company. While Hua Di held them off, the Sage King planned to open a passage for the Abyssal army to invade the Star Luo Continent and eventually attack the Douluo Continent.

• The Abyssal Sage King reflected on Shrek Academy's destruction and decided to rely on powerful Abyss subordinates to conquer the Douluo Plane.
• The Abyssal Sage King used the Silver Dragon King's power to open a small passage from the Abyss Plane, allowing Hua Di to arrive on the Star Luo Continent.
• Hua Di transformed into a succubus and used his abilities to gain influence over Dai Tianling, the sleeping Star Luo emperor.
• The Abyssal Sage King ordered Hua Di to hold back Douluo Peace Company for a month while he prepared to open the passage fully.
• The Abyssal Sage King planned to use an Abyss invasion of the Star Luo Continent as a springboard for conquering the Douluo Continent.

The Shrek Seven Monsters entered the Star Luo Empire’s imperial palace for the exchange conference banquet, where Herta explained why the empire’s rulers resisted reform. Tang Wulin was shaken by a bald guest’s intimidating presence before Dan Heng identified him as Long Yue of Monster Academy.

• Tang Wulin and the Shrek Seven Monsters marveled at the imperial palace, and Herta told them that Star Luo’s powerful rulers would not willingly surrender their authority through reform.
• Topaz and Aventurine welcomed Herta, and the Douluo Peace Academy and Shrek Academy entered the banquet together.
• The banquet guests’ stares made Tang Wulin nervous, while Xing calmly began eating cake.
• Tang Wulin noticed a bald man stuffing food into his mouth and wondered if he was Dai Yueyan.
• The bald man’s pressure overwhelmed Tang Wulin until Dan Heng placed a hand on his shoulder and identified him as Long Yue from Monster Academy.

Dan Heng challenged Long Yue while Hanabi met Herta at the banquet and handed over a jar of True Stingworms, a weapon intended for use against the Abyss. Hanabi vanished, leaving Herta with the jar and hoping the Abyss Plane would hold out until her experiment succeeded.

• Dan Heng accepted Long Yue's challenge to test their strength as Tang Wulin watched nervously.
• Monster Academy members approached students from Douluo Peace Academy and Shrek Academy, while a gray-haired girl inspected a Trash Can.
• Hanabi appeared beside Herta, teased her, and demonstrated that she was shifting her power from Martial Soul cultivation to the Path System.
• Hanabi showed Herta a mask she called her Aha and said she had made it her pet.
• Hanabi gave Herta a jar containing True Stingworms, a dangerous weapon developed with Ruan Mei to fight the Abyss.
• Hanabi vanished, and Herta looked at the Worm Jar and hoped the Abyss Plane would hold out.

The Star Luo Empire merged its Continental Young Elite Soul Master Competition with the Douluo Peace Company’s exchange event, bringing students from Star Luo and Douluo continents together in a livestreamed tournament. As the matches began, Qian Gu Dongfeng watched from the shadows, knowing Shrek Academy had been destroyed and anticipating the students’ return.

• Dai Tianling arranged for the tournament and the exchange event to be merged, hoping Monster Academy would win without provoking the Douluo Peace Company.
• Xing claimed Douluo Peace Academy had a ninety-eight percent chance of winning, and March 7th and Dan Heng backed her confidence.
• The Douluo Peace Academy students chose to focus on the one-on-one and two-on-two matches, while Shrek’s seven members entered the one-on-one event and skipped two-on-two.
• The competition opened in Star Luo City’s stadium and was livestreamed across all three continents.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng watched the tournament and revealed that Shrek Academy had been destroyed, then looked forward to the students discovering the truth.

Xing faced Li Chun of the Sword Control Sect in the competition’s opening match, and the two Soul Kings fought evenly with their weapons. As Xing prepared to unleash a powerful attack, Tang Wulin watched from the contestants’ lounge, hoping to learn her strengths and weaknesses.

• Bing Bing and Shui Shui introduced Li Chun and Xing before the referee started their match.
• Li Chun challenged Xing to a serious contest, and she lazily summoned her bat Martial Soul before charging at him.
• Xing and Li Chun traded weapon blows using only technique and strength, then briefly pulled apart after a heavy clash.
• Tang Wulin watched the match and considered it a chance to study Xing’s fighting style before he might face her.
• Xing recalled how she trained by visiting all 648 Trash Cans at Douluo Peace Academy and climbing the Ambrosial Arbor with one to watch the sunset.
• Xing declared that she would unleash a powerful attack to repay her teachers’ expectations.

Xing defeated Li Chun with the Power of Destruction after he unleashed his strongest sword strike. Yao Lan revealed that the blow had damaged Li Chun’s Martial Soul to help him evolve, and Xing’s victory drew cheers from the audience.

• Xing and Li Chun launched their strongest attacks, with Li Chun summoning a blizzard around his Frost Iron Sword.
• Xing’s Power of Destruction erased Li Chun’s icy sword aura, and Li Chun recognized that he had lost.
• Yao Lan took control of Xing’s body and struck Li Chun, cracking his Frost Iron Sword before he was knocked unconscious.
• Yao Lan explained that the damage was meant to free Li Chun from the limits of his Martial Soul and help him sense the Paths.
• Xing regained control and was declared the winner, prompting cheers from the audience.