Chapter Summaries

Yun Ming and Ya Li rose as Limit Douluo and shielded Shrek Academy from the Purple Skull’s deathly suppression. When Ghost Emperor unleashed a second God-Slaying shell, the couple fused their powers into a colossal twelve-winged form and hurled the Spear of Creation toward the two weapons, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Yun Ming and Ya Li reached Limit Douluo and raised a barrier of life and destruction over Shrek Academy.
• Yun Ming confronted Ghost Emperor with his Destruction-infused Sky-Propping Spear, but Ghost Emperor summoned the Devour Heaven and Earth God-Slaying shell alongside Destroy Heaven and Extinguish Earth.
• Yun Ming and Ya Li embraced and activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Life-and-Death Tribulation: Creation of the Heaven-Propping Holy Angel.
• Their fusion created a twelve-winged giant that halted the two shells’ overlapping domains above Shrek Academy.
• The giant formed the Spear of Creation and shouted “Heaven-Propping, Sun-Shooting!!!” as he hurled it at the two shells.

Yun Ming and Ya Li purified the God-Slaying shells’ explosion, but were gravely injured and faced Ghost Emperor’s renewed attack. As Yun Ming began to destroy his Demi-God Position to kill Ghost Emperor, a spatial rift opened and a familiar voice interrupted him.

• Yun Ming and Ya Li’s Spear of Creation sealed and purified the explosions of the two God-Slaying shells, leaving Shrek City unharmed.
• The Twelve-Winged Giant of Creation collapsed, revealing that Yun Ming and Ya Li had suffered severe injuries while neutralizing the shells.
• Ghost Emperor turned back to attack the wounded Yun Ming and Ya Li, but Yun Ming awakened his Demi-God Position and imprisoned Ghost Emperor by reshaping space.
• Yun Ming began self-destructing his Divine Position to destroy Ghost Emperor, while Ya Li held him close.
• A spatial rift opened beside Yun Ming, and a familiar voice asked why he was risking his life before remembering his teacher was there.

Tang Linyuan stopped Yun Ming from destroying his demi-god position and sent him and Ya Li to the Samsara Secret Realm to recover. He trapped the Ghost Emperor in Shrek City, killed eight Holy Spirit Cult Titled Douluo with one spear, and faced the Ghost Emperor as their battle began.

• Tang Linyuan used the Forbidden Rune to stabilize Yun Ming's demi-god position and sent Yun Ming and Ya Li into the Samsara Secret Realm.
• The Ghost Emperor tried to escape on the Purple Skull, but Tang Linyuan sealed the surrounding space.
• The Ghost Emperor ordered eight Holy Spirit Cult Titled Douluo to attack Tang Linyuan.
• Tang Linyuan killed all eight attackers with a single strike of the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear.
• Tang Linyuan and the Ghost Emperor gathered their power as a battle between them became imminent.

Tang Linyuan fought the Ghost Emperor after sealing off his escape, overwhelming the Limit Douluo with his spear techniques and laws. The Ghost Emperor was left badly wounded and terrified, but the battle continued as he realized he had to fight with everything he had before Tang Sect reinforcements arrived.

• The Ghost Emperor saw Tang Linyuan’s eight orange-gold Soul Rings and sensed his quasi-god-level pressure, then launched a surprise attack with Explosive Backstab.
• Tang Linyuan parried the Ghost Emperor’s claws, trapped him with Heaven-Guarding Abyss, and nearly struck him with Mountain Collapse before the Ghost Emperor turned intangible.
• The Ghost Emperor spread a curse-laden death mist, but Tang Linyuan cut it apart with Void Splitting and destroyed the Ghost Emperor’s concealed bone spikes with Heaven-Slaughtering Array.
• Tang Linyuan devoured the Ghost Emperor’s soul-drilling beam with Black Hole: Immeasurable, then pierced his bone shields with Heaven-Breaking Strike and wounded his ribs.
• The Ghost Emperor retreated to the spatial barrier, clutching his bleeding wound and fearing Tang Linyuan as he prepared to fight all out before Tang Sect reinforcements arrived.

Ghost Emperor transformed into his Four-Word Battle Armor and nine-headed skeleton avatar, but Tang Linyuan fused Xiao Mo and Phoenix Blade with his Two-Word Battle Armor to gain overwhelming physical strength. After destroying eight of Ghost Emperor’s heads, Tang Linyuan faced Ghost Emperor’s desperate attempt to absorb ten thousand bones and reach a death Demi-God Position.

• Ghost Emperor summoned his Four-Word Battle Armor and unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar as a nine-headed skeleton.
• Tang Linyuan activated Soul Spirit Armor Transformation, combining Xiao Mo and Phoenix Blade with his battle armor to greatly enhance his physical strength and defense.
• Tang Linyuan used the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear to smash Ghost Emperor’s central skull and destroy seven more heads, leaving him with only one.
• Ghost Emperor unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, Ten Thousand Bones Bow, and absorbed tens of thousands of bone spikes to enlarge his skeleton and approach a quasi-god level.
• Ghost Emperor’s severed necks could not regenerate because the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear had branded them with annihilation, while his death Demi-God Position flickered without fully forming.

Tang Linyuan fused his seven soul rings into his eighth and transformed into a colossal God-Demon Aspect, overpowering Ghost Emperor in Shrek City. He destroyed Ghost Emperor’s Skeleton True Body, captured his remnant soul alive, and ended the threat, though the transformation left him exhausted and injured.

• Ghost Emperor fused ten thousand bones into his body and launched a desperate strike at Tang Linyuan, branding an unstable Death Demi-God Position Rune onto his claw.
• Tang Linyuan fused his first seven soul rings into the eighth, transforming it into a Black-Gold Soul Ring and activating Law of Heaven: God-Demon Aspect.
• Tang Linyuan’s transformed body gained an eightfold increase to all attributes and faced Ghost Emperor’s Skeleton True Body above Shrek City.
• Tang Linyuan smashed Ghost Emperor’s body apart with his Tyrant Profound Divine Spear and sealed Ghost Emperor’s fleeing remnant soul in his palm.
• Tang Linyuan released the soul skill, returned to normal size, and stored Ghost Emperor’s imprisoned soul in his Star Sea Ring, but suffered exhaustion and muscle pain.

Tang Linyuan broke through to the God Origin Realm after suppressing the Ghost Emperor's remnant soul, then entered the Samsara Secret Realm to check on Yun Ming and Ya Li. He found Yun Ming beating the Seven Old Demons over embarrassing stories from his Devil Island training, and the demons scrambled to apologize after learning Tang Linyuan was Yun Ming's disciple.

• Tang Linyuan's spiritual power transformed into divine sense, and he reached the God Origin Realm with the ability to perceive and affect things across a thousand miles.
• Tang Linyuan entered the Samsara Secret Realm to check whether Yun Ming and Ya Li had suppressed the backlash from the Law of Destruction.
• Tang Linyuan found Yun Ming chasing and beating the Seven Old Demons while Ya Li watched and laughed.
• Ya Li explained that the demons had teased Yun Ming by revealing humiliating stories from his Devil Island training, prompting him to attack them.
• The Seven Old Demons learned that Tang Linyuan was Yun Ming's disciple and hurried to apologize, while Yun Ming turned away with a cold snort.

Yun Ming decided to remain in the Samsara Secret Realm with Ya Li to refine the Law of Destruction, and entrusted Shrek Academy to Tang Linyuan. After handing Ghost Emperor’s remnant soul to the Seven Old Demons for interrogation, Tang Linyuan left to manage the crisis outside as the new Sea God Pavilion Master.

• Yun Ming showed Tang Linyuan how the Law of Destruction was damaging his body and said he would stay with Ya Li until he refined it and reshaped his godhood.
• Yun Ming entrusted the Sea God Pavilion and Shrek Academy to Tang Linyuan, who accepted the responsibility.
• Tang Linyuan revealed that he had sealed Ghost Emperor’s remnant soul, and Yun Ming said they needed to extract evidence of the Spirit Pagoda’s involvement in the attack.
• Tang Linyuan gave Ghost Emperor to the Seven Old Demons and ordered them to torture him for information without killing him.
• Ya Li wished Tang Linyuan well, and Yun Ming addressed him as Pavilion Master Tang before Tang Linyuan opened a spatial passage and left the Samsara Secret Realm.

Tang Linyuan took command of the Sea God Pavilion after Shrek survived the Holy Spirit Cult’s attack and ordered measures to calm the city, confront the Federation, and turn public outrage against its leaders. He revealed that he had captured the Ghost Emperor alive, then asked where Long Yeyue had gone, but the elders had no answer.

• Tang Linyuan arrived at the council chamber, received the elders’ salute, and took the vacant seat as Pavilion Master.
• He assigned Elder Li to calm Shrek City’s residents and ordered the elders to challenge the Federation, demand a crisis conference, and spread the account of the attack to spur public outrage.
• Zhuo Shi accused the Spirit Pagoda of avoiding the attack and raised suspicions of secret collusion with the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Tang Linyuan revealed that he had captured the Ghost Emperor alive and planned to obtain evidence against the Spirit Pagoda.
• As the meeting ended, Tang Linyuan asked where Vice Pavilion Master Long Yeyue had gone, but the elders could not answer.

Tang Linyuan used the Star Sundial Rune to reveal that Long Yeyue had fled Shrek during the Holy Spirit Cult’s attack. He stripped her of her posts and expelled her, then ordered the elders to restore Shrek City before sunrise.

• Tang Linyuan led the elders to Long Yeyue’s empty cultivation courtyard to investigate her disappearance.
• Tang Linyuan reversed time in the courtyard and showed that Long Yeyue had torn open a spatial passage and fled when Ghost Emperor attacked Shrek.
• Zhuo Shi, Feng Wuyu, and the other elders condemned Long Yeyue for abandoning Shrek while Yun Ming and Ya Li fought to protect it.
• Tang Linyuan stripped Long Yeyue of her positions as Deputy Pavilion Master and Sea God Pavilion Elder and expelled her from Shrek Academy.
• Tang Linyuan ordered the elders to seal Long Yeyue’s courtyard and restore Shrek City before sunrise.

Tang Linyuan publicized Shrek Academy’s defeat of the attack on Shrek City and used Ghost Emperor’s capture and the missing God-Slaying shell to turn public outrage against the Federation. As protests spread and councilors demanded accountability, Qiangu Dongfeng feared that Ghost Emperor would expose Spirit Pagoda’s role in the plot.

• Tang Linyuan ordered the announcement to state that Ghost Emperor had been captured alive so his knowledge could pressure those involved.
• Shrek Academy revealed how it had stopped the attack and warned that one Federation God-Slaying Fixed Soul Guidance Shell remained missing.
• Citizens across major cities protested and demanded investigations, explanations, and the Federation Speaker’s resignation.
• Qiangu Dongfeng realized Ghost Emperor could expose Spirit Pagoda’s assistance and panicked over the threat to the organization.
• Councilors in Ming Capital used the attack and public anger to confront the Federation Speaker and demand that the final God-Slaying shell be placed under Shrek’s protection.

After Shrek City survived the attack, Shrek Academy used its rescue efforts and Tang Linyuan’s defeat of Ghost Emperor to build public support for a continent-wide Crisis Summary Conference. Three days later, Tang Linyuan arrived at the Federal Council Building and took his seat as the gathered leaders watched warily.

• The Federal Council set the Crisis Summary Conference for three days later in Ming Capital, requiring the major commanders and leaders to attend.
• Tang Linyuan guided Shrek City’s publicity campaign, which publicized the city’s defense, Shrek’s rescue work, and his defeat and capture of Ghost Emperor.
• Shrek City became a refuge in the public imagination, while Tang Linyuan’s fame and reputation spread across the continent.
• Tang Linyuan traveled alone to the conference as legion commanders and leaders of the major powers gathered in the Federal Council Building.
• Tang Linyuan’s arrival filled the conference room with pressure, and he sat in the Sea God Pavilion Master’s seat.

At the Federation crisis meeting, Tang Linyuan blamed military insiders for the attack on Shrek City and warned the legion commanders he would investigate them. He then proposed independent Inspectorates jointly staffed by the Federal Council and Shrek Academy, provoking alarm among the military leaders.

• The Federation Speaker opened the meeting to address responsibility for the Shrek City attack and the stolen God-Slaying Fixed Soul Guidance Shells.
• Tang Linyuan said he would obtain transaction and personnel details from Ghost Emperor and personally investigate each legion.
• Tang Linyuan’s gaze unsettled Qiangu Dongfeng, who feared that the Spirit Pagoda’s role in the attack might be exposed.
• Tang Linyuan announced Shrek Academy’s first demand: independent Inspectorates in every major legion, jointly staffed by the Federal Council and Shrek Academy.
• The legion commanders reacted with alarm as Tang Linyuan’s proposal challenged their control over military affairs.

Tang Linyuan confronted Yue Zhengen and Chen Xinjie over opposition to a joint Federation–Shrek Inspectorate in the major legions, forcing both commanders into silence. The Federation Speaker called for a full vote on the proposal.

• Zhang Huanyun, Yu Guanzhi, Shen Yicheng, Yue Zhengen, and Chen Xinjie reacted differently to Tang Linyuan’s Inspectorate proposal.
• Yue Zhengen argued that outside inspectors would disrupt the Southern Legion and threaten border stability.
• Tang Linyuan accused Yue Zhengen of protecting corruption and private family armies, leaving him unable to respond.
• Chen Xinjie urged delay, but Tang Linyuan challenged him to accept responsibility for any future Soul Guidance Shell attack, and Chen fell silent.
• The Federation Speaker invoked the highest conference’s legal procedures and began a full vote on establishing joint Inspectorates in the major legions.

After the Federation Council approved Inspectorates in the major legions, Tang Linyuan demanded that Shrek Academy take custody of Eternal Heaven. When Chen Xinjie challenged Shrek’s ability to protect it, Tang Linyuan attacked him and the opposing legion commanders in the conference room.

• The Federation Council passed the proposal to establish Inspectorates in the major legions, leaving Yue Zhengen and Chen Xinjie to accept the decision.
• Tang Linyuan demanded that the final God-Slaying Fixed Soul Guidance Shell, Eternal Heaven, be entrusted to Shrek Academy.
• Qiangu Dongfeng and several legion commanders opposed the demand, while Tang Linyuan accused the military of failing to protect its weapons and citizens.
• Chen Xinjie argued that Shrek lacked enough strength and offered to safeguard Eternal Heaven through the War God Hall.
• Tang Linyuan challenged Chen Xinjie to fight and unleashed his Tyrant Profound Divine Spear’s pressure against him and the nearby legion commanders.
• Chen Xinjie summoned the phantom of the deep Ocean to defend himself as Dong Zi'an and Yue Zhengen also released their powers.

Tang Linyuan challenged Chen Xinjie to a public duel for control of Eternal Heaven, and the Federation named it the Eternal War. The continent erupted with anticipation as the three-day countdown began, while Qiangu Dongfeng resolved to seek help from Qiangu Dieting.

• Tang Linyuan and Chen Xinjie ended their aura clash, and Tang proposed a Federation-wide livestreamed duel to decide who would take Eternal Heaven.
• Chen Xinjie accepted Tang Linyuan’s challenge for a duel in three days, and the Federation Speaker named it the Eternal War.
• Tang Linyuan left the conference room through a spatial passage, while Qiangu Dongfeng decided to ask Qiangu Dieting to leave seclusion.
• The Federation launched a publicity campaign, and news and posters for the Eternal War spread across Douluo Continent.
• People across the continent eagerly discussed the coming battle, and Shrek City students cheered for Tang Linyuan.

Tang Linyuan brought Zang Xin into the Samsara Secret Realm, where Yun Ming revealed that the Law of Destruction still threatened to consume his body. After hearing how Tang Linyuan had overpowered the military at the Federal Council, Yun Ming asked what he had done with the final God-Slaying Level Soul Guidance Shell, Eternal Heaven.

• Tang Linyuan opened a passage to the Samsara Secret Realm and led Zang Xin to the Purple Bamboo Courtyard.
• Zang Xin reunited with Yun Ming, who showed him the destructive cracks in his arm and explained that the secret realm's Law of Life was keeping his body intact.
• Zang Xin told Yun Ming how Tang Linyuan had defeated Yue Zhengen's and Chen Xinjie's objections at the Federal Council and asserted Shrek's authority.
• Yun Ming asked Tang Linyuan how he had arranged the final God-Slaying Level Soul Guidance Shell, Eternal Heaven.

Tang Linyuan explained why he had forced the dispute over Eternal Heaven into a public battle, while Yun Ming and Zang Xin warned that the Federal Council would give Chen Xinjie the advantage of fighting at sea. After three days of exchanging cultivation insights, the four prepared for the televised confrontation as the continent waited for the two contenders to arrive.

• Tang Linyuan told Yun Ming that a public battle would decide who controlled Eternal Heaven and prevent the Federation from handing it back to War God Hall.
• Yun Ming explained that Chen Xinjie’s ocean-linked Martial Soul made him especially dangerous at sea, but Tang Linyuan insisted he could win anywhere.
• Zang Xin predicted that the Federal Council would choose an ocean battlefield to favor Chen Xinjie, and the Council did so three days later.
• Yun Ming, Ya Li, Zang Xin, and Tang Linyuan exchanged insights in the Samsara Secret Realm, refining Tang Linyuan’s spiritual power and cultivation.
• The Federation prepared a heavily fortified maritime arena and broadcast it across the continent as officials and citizens awaited Tang Linyuan and Chen Xinjie.

Tang Linyuan and Chen Xinjie began their highly publicized Eternal War, with Chen unleashing his Four-Word Battle Armor and Tang answering with Dragon-Phoenix Soul Spirit Armor Transformation. Tang’s opening spear strike sent Chen flying across the sea, leaving the Federation stunned.

• The Federation Speaker declared the Eternal War begun as Tang Linyuan and Chen Xinjie faced each other above the sea.
• Chen Xinjie released his Martial Soul and Four-Word Battle Armor, Vast Ocean Universe, planning to use his equipment advantage to end the fight quickly.
• Tang Linyuan formed his Two-Word Battle Armor, transformed it with Xiao Mo and Phoenix Blade, and summoned the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear.
• Tang Linyuan crossed the distance at incredible speed and struck Chen Xinjie with Calamity Annihilation, First Form—Sea Severing.
• Chen Xinjie’s defenses failed to stop the blow, and Tang’s spear sent him skidding across the sea as viewers and the commentator reacted in shock.

Tang Linyuan overwhelmed Chen Xinjie with a relentless spear assault until Chen Xinjie summoned the Sea God Helmet. Its divine defense let Chen Xinjie unleash his Ocean Avatar and command nine colossal Water Dragons against Tang Linyuan.

• Tang Linyuan used the first four forms of Calamity Annihilation to batter Chen Xinjie between the sea and sky, while Chen Xinjie redirected much of the force but could not break free from the assault.
• Chen Xinjie summoned the Sea God Helmet, the Sea God family's divine artifact, after deciding he needed his final trump card to escape Tang Linyuan's suppression.
• Tang Linyuan struck Chen Xinjie's face with Void Splitting, but the helmet's azure barrier completely nullified the attack.
• Chen Xinjie used the helmet's power to release his Ocean Avatar and draw seawater from across the ocean.
• Chen Xinjie formed nine enormous Water Dragons and sent them lunging at Tang Linyuan.