Chapter Summaries

Chen Yu’s fiancée, Ya Li, asked to end their engagement because she felt more alive with Yun Ming than with Chen Yu. Chen Yu recalled the sacrifices he had made to protect and support her, then challenged her about the terms she had agreed to.

• Chen Yu ended his seclusion and met Ya Li in his office after Secretary-General Pan Wen announced her arrival.
• Ya Li told Chen Yu she wanted to break up and said Yun Ming took her to see the sea and watch the sunrise.
• Chen Yu remembered how he had risen from the slums and borne the responsibility for Ya Li’s safety, cultivation, and freedom.
• Chen Yu reminded Ya Li that she had agreed he would need long periods of seclusion.
• Ya Li said she wanted a lover who would always stay by her side, accompany her, and love her.

Chen Yu ended his engagement with Ya Li and demanded she repay the resources he had spent on her over the past thirty-plus years. Ya Li left the Parliament Building intending to seek Yun Ming’s support, but she found that her Federation-assigned car would not open.

• Ya Li said she had realized she did not love Chen Yu, and Chen Yu recalled how he had supported her cultivation, healing, and public reputation.
• Chen Yu summoned Pan Wen and ordered him to list Ya Li’s resource expenditures, then told her to repay them within a week.
• Chen Yu threatened to beat Yun Ming to death if Ya Li failed to return the resources, then teleported away.
• Pan Wen contacted Chen Yu for further instructions after Ya Li left the resource statements behind and hurried out.
• Ya Li left for Shrek City to complain to Yun Ming, but the door of her assigned Soul Tool car would not open.

Ya Li lost her privileges in Ming Capital after Chen Yu’s order and returned to Shrek Academy, where Yun Ming mistook her distress for mistreatment by Chen Yu. Pan Wen then delivered thirty years of Ya Li’s expense records for Yun Ming to settle, leaving him stunned by the contents.

• Ya Li’s driver refused to serve her, explaining that Chen Yu was his real employer, so Ya Li flew toward the outskirts of Ming Capital.
• A squad of mechas stopped Ya Li, announced that the Federation had revoked all her privileges, and forced her to land before she took a taxi.
• Ya Li returned to Shrek Academy, where Yun Ming saw her reddened eyes and assumed Chen Yu had harmed her.
• Ya Li tried to restrain Yun Ming, but her tearful, ambiguous explanation convinced him to seek revenge on Chen Yu.
• Pan Wen arrived with hundreds of records of Ya Li’s expenses over the past thirty years and told Yun Ming that the Speaker required him to settle them.
• Yun Ming reviewed the records with his spiritual power and turned deathly pale.

Yun Ming agreed to repay the immense resources Ya Li had used, but Pan Wen gave him only one week to settle the bill. After hearing Pan Wen's report, Chen Yu revealed that he had secretly reached the Divine Realm and reflected on his history with Ya Li and Shrek Academy.

• Yun Ming dismissed the bill for Ya Li's decades of expenses as compensation for his time as her fiancé, but Pan Wen pointed out that Chen Yu had intended those resources for his future wife.
• Ya Li pleaded with Yun Ming, and he agreed to pay the bill, only to falter when Pan Wen offered a storage device and demanded payment immediately.
• Yun Ming asked for time to take inventory, and Pan Wen gave him one week before the offer expired.
• Pan Wen reported Yun Ming's reaction to Chen Yu, who thanked him and sent him away.
• Chen Yu reflected on how he had helped Ya Li and revealed that his cultivation had entered the Divine Realm, while the world believed he was a Peak Quasi-God.
• Chen Yu considered Shrek Academy's vulnerability to the Federation, noting that two Level 12 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells could destroy it.

Chen Yu arranged to contact the Spirit Pagoda and the Central Legion while Shrek Academy’s elders struggled with Yun Ming’s promise to repay Ya Li’s enormous resource debt. The next day, Leng Yulai and Leng Yaozhu arrived at Chen Yu’s office, where Leng Yulai eagerly embraced him despite his attempts to keep his distance.

• Chen Yu decided to deal with Shrek first and asked an aide to contact Tower Master Qiangu and Commander Yu.
• Yun Ming told the Sea God Pavilion elders that he had agreed to repay Ya Li’s thirty years of resource expenses.
• Yun Ming asked the elders to pool their resources, but they feared the cost and fell silent.
• Pan Wen told Chen Yu that people from the Spirit Pagoda had arrived, and Leng Yulai rushed into Chen Yu’s office with Leng Yaozhu behind her.
• Chen Yu tried to push Leng Yulai away and warned that her behavior could reflect badly on them, but she hugged him again and argued that they were both unmarried.

Chen Yu proposed ending the Federation’s resource support for Shrek Academy because it had failed to eliminate the Holy Spirit Cult, and Qiangu Dongfeng agreed while offering the Spirit Pagoda’s help. The story left off as all 365 parliament members gathered to consider the proposal.

• Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai embraced Chen Yu after learning that Ya Li had given up her position as his fiancée.
• Qiangu Dongfeng arrived, saw Leng Yaozhu embracing Chen Yu, and felt despair before joining their discussion.
• Chen Yu told Qiangu Dongfeng he intended to halt Federation resource funding for Shrek Academy over its failure to eliminate the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Qiangu Dongfeng supported the proposal and offered to have the Spirit Pagoda lead the effort to clear out the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Several days later, all 365 parliament members gathered in the Ming Capital Parliament Building for a session.

Chen Yu ended the Federation’s resource support for Shrek Academy, forcing the proposal through despite fierce opposition. Shrek mobilized its allies and public opinion against the decision, while Chen Yu’s response remained unknown as the chapter ended.

• Chen Yu announced that the Federation would stop providing resources to Shrek Academy, and he forced the proposal through using his veto power and an emergency executive order.
• News of the decision spread across the continent, and Shrek Academy’s Sea God Pavilion convened an emergency meeting.
• Long Yeyue urged Yun Ming to use Shrek’s allies and influence against Chen Yu, while Yun Ming worried that he could not defeat Chen Yu in a fight.
• Yun Ming ordered the elders to use all their connections to make Chen Yu understand Shrek’s power and legacy.
• Shrek’s allied factions, including the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Clear Sky Sect, condemned the decision, while online commentators and protesters pressured the Federation Council.
• Federation council members began wavering and privately contacting Shrek as protests gathered outside the Parliament Building.

Chen Yu ordered Yu Guanzhi and the Central Legion to surround the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan after powerful clans and sects demanded that he withdraw his proposal and apologize to Shrek. The clan remained defiant as public outrage spread, and a collateral-line disciple emerged from its gates.

• Pan Wen told Chen Yu that prominent clans and sects demanded he withdraw his proposal and apologize to Shrek, and Chen Yu summoned Yu Guanzhi.
• Chen Yu showed Yu Guanzhi a file and ordered the Central Legion to surround the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, with orders to kill anyone who resisted.
• The Central Legion and other Federation legions deployed, prompting clans and sects to condemn Chen Yu and stirring public anger across the Soul Guidance Network.
• The Central Legion surrounded the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's estate with soldiers, artillery, Title Douluo experts, and mecha, while the clan elders refused to negotiate.
• A collateral-line disciple in the clan's blue robes finally emerged from the estate gates.

Yu Guanzhi’s Central Legion detained a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciple, prompting the clan to summon Long Yeyue to defend them. Long Yeyue arrived and declared that Chen Yu could not act arrogantly, while Yu Guanzhi waited for the chairman’s response.

• Yu Guanzhi ignored a branch disciple’s insults as two Soul Saint officers subdued him and took him away for detention.
• Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elders confronted Yu Guanzhi and the Central Legion, accusing them of betraying the great clans and mistreating the clan.
• Yu Yuanxiao announced that Shrek Academy had sent Long Yeyue to seek justice, restoring the elders’ confidence.
• Yu Guanzhi held the Central Legion in place and waited as dusk fell, believing the clan was headed for disaster.
• Long Yeyue arrived above the estate, and Yu Yuanxiao and the elders bowed to her.
• Long Yeyue declared that Chen Yu would not be allowed to act arrogantly, while the elders joined her in condemning him.

Long Yeyue confronted Yu Guanzhi, but a spear sent by Chen Yu killed her before she could act and devastated the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's residence. Chen Yu ordered the Central Legion to cleanse the clan, and Yu Guanzhi prepared to lead the assault as Yu Yuanxiao challenged him.

• Long Yeyue demanded that Yu Guanzhi leave or summon Chen Yu, and Yu Guanzhi called on the Speaker to suppress her.
• A silvery-white spear pierced Long Yeyue and carried her corpse into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's residence, destroying buildings in the impact.
• The clan's elders erupted into grief, anger, and panic, while Yu Guanzhi faced their accusations.
• Chen Yu ordered the Central Legion to thoroughly clean out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and ensure no guilty members escaped.
• Yu Guanzhi rallied the soldiers to obey Chen Yu's command, and Yu Yuanxiao stepped forward with his martial soul's power surging as Yu Guanzhi summoned his jade-white brush.

Yu Guanzhi led the Central Legion in destroying the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while news of Chen Yu’s killing of Long Yeyue left Shrek Academy’s Sea God Pavilion in shock and fear. The elders ended the chapter silently confronting the scale of Chen Yu’s power and wondering how Shrek could respond.

• Yu Guanzhi used the character “Suppress” to immobilize Yu Yuanxiao as the Central Legion launched its assault on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan estate.
• The Central Legion’s mechas, cannon platforms, and soldiers overcame the clan’s defenders and reduced the estate to ruins after five hours of fighting.
• The soldiers imprisoned the clan members and spent three days and nights confiscating the clan’s accumulated wealth; Chen Yu gave Yu Guanzhi thirty percent to distribute, and Yu Guanzhi shared half of it among the troops.
• News of the clan’s destruction shocked the Federation, silenced Shrek’s political allies, and raised the question of how Shrek Academy would respond.
• At the Sea God Pavilion, the elders reacted with fury and fear after learning Chen Yu had killed Long Yeyue with a spear strike from far away.

After Long Yeyue was killed by Chen Yu in one spear, the Sea God Pavilion elders struggled to understand how he could wield such power. Yun Ming reassured them that Chen Yu could not be a God and proposed joining forces with Chen Xinjie to confront him.

• The Sea God Pavilion elders debated whether Chen Yu had killed Long Yeyue with a powerful soul tool or overwhelming strength.
• Zhuo Shi asked Yun Ming whether he could kill a Demigod with one strike, and Yun Ming admitted he could not.
• Yun Ming reasoned that the Plane Will prevented Gods from existing on the Douluo Plane and convinced himself Chen Yu's spear might be a Level Ten Soul Tool.
• Yun Ming calmed the elders by insisting Chen Yu could not become a God and would not easily defeat him.
• Yun Ming proposed joining forces with Chen Xinjie, the War God Temple Hall Master, to make Chen Yu retreat.

Yun Ming restored the elders’ confidence that Shrek could withstand its enemies, while Chen Yu received the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s seized wealth for his Private Laboratory and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. When Pan Wen mistook Chen Yu’s identical silver spears for Level Ten Soul Tools, Chen Yu revealed they were made of Extraterrestrial Meteorite Iron.

• Yun Ming’s words eased the Sea God Pavilion elders’ fears, and they believed he and Chen Xinjie could stand against their foes.
• Pan Wen reported that thirty percent of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s illegal gains had gone to Chen Yu’s Private Laboratory and ten percent to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
• Chen Yu wiped a silver-white spear in his office as Pan Wen noticed it resembled the weapon that had killed Long Yeyue.
• Chen Yu opened a cabinet to reveal at least twenty or thirty identical spears, shocking Pan Wen.
• Pan Wen asked where Chen Yu had obtained so many Level Ten Soul Tools, and Chen Yu explained that the spears were made of Extraterrestrial Meteorite Iron.

Chen Yu explained that the spears he used against the Light and Dark Douluo were forged from Extraterrestrial Meteorite Iron, not Level Ten Soul Tools. After ordering Shrek Academy to repay its debt, he selected Tang Sect as his next target.

• Pan Wen told Chen Yu that Shrek Academy claimed he had won by using a Level Ten Soul Tool.
• Chen Yu explained that he had gathered Extraterrestrial Meteorite Iron himself and forged the spears, using his body’s strength and forging talent.
• Chen Yu ordered Pan Wen to urge Shrek Academy to repay its money sooner.
• Chen Yu studied a map of the Federation and threw a dart that landed on Tang Sect, choosing it as his next target.

Chen Yu uncovered records showing that the Tang Sect had secretly moved military-grade Soul Tools and blueprints to a hidden facility in Skysea City, and accused the sect of treason for supplying foreign powers. He presented the evidence to the Federation Council, leaving the council members to confront the charge.

• Chen Yu ordered an operative inside Xuanshi Tang Sect Technology Co., Ltd. to retrieve five years of transaction records and trace the destination of its Soul Tools and blueprints.
• The operative delivered detailed records showing that Tang Sect purchases had been sent to a secret location in Skysea City.
• Chen Yu connected the shipments to a hidden Tang Sect facility used to develop ships and submarines for transporting supplies to the Star Luo Empire and Dou Ling Empire.
• Chen Yu convened the Federation Council and displayed the transaction records and evidence of the Skysea City facility.
• Chen Yu told the council that the Tang Sect's shipments had gone to Skysea City and challenged the members to guess the purpose of its ships and submarines.

After Chen Yu exposed the Tang Sect's secret support for the Star Luo and Dou Ling Empires, the Federal Council approved an investigation, asset freeze, and arrests. Zang Xin went to Shrek Academy and denounced Chen Yu's accusation before its elders, insisting the Tang Sect had acted justly.

• Chen Yu presented evidence that the Tang Sect had transported resources to the Star Luo and Dou Ling Empires, and the council voted to investigate the sect, freeze its Federation assets, and arrest those involved.
• Federation citizens condemned the Tang Sect, while Zang Xin watched the accusations spread and struggled to understand how its secrets had leaked.
• Chen Yu returned to his office and regarded the Tang Sect case as only beginning.
• Zang Xin hurried to Shrek Academy and joined Yun Ming and the elders in Sea God Pavilion.
• Zang Xin argued that the Tang Sect had aided fellow Douluo people and opposed the Sun Moon Empire's conspiracy, then accused Chen Yu of twisting its goodwill into treason.

Shrek’s elders condemned the Federation and Chen Yu for destroying the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but Yun Ming knew they could not defeat him. Zhuo Shi urged them to unite the continent’s factions against Chen Yu, leaving the elders considering a collective response.

• Shrek’s elders recalled how the Federation’s Level 12 Fixed Soul Tool Shells had forced the academy to yield for thousands of years.
• The elders denounced Chen Yu for killing Long Yeyue and wiping out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while fearing his power.
• Yun Ming silently weighed whether Shrek could fight Chen Yu or continue enduring the Federation’s pressure.
• Zhuo Shi called on the elders to remember Shrek’s commitment to the greater good and justice.
• Zhuo Shi argued that the great families and sects feared Chen Yu and could resist him if they united.

After the ancient powers rallied behind Zhuo Shi’s plan to pressure Chen Yu, they launched a coordinated campaign to defend the Tang Sect and sway public opinion. Chen Yu watched the backlash calmly and prepared to strike at the families behind it, taking out their own Record of Martial Soul Families.

• The elders left the Sea God Pavilion confident that Zhuo Shi’s plan to unite the ancient powers would force Chen Yu to hesitate, though Yun Ming remained uneasy.
• Experts flooded the Soul Guidance Network with arguments that the Tang Sect had helped fellow members of the Great Douluo Co-Prosperity Sphere, prompting civilians to petition and protest against the Federation’s decision.
• Chen Yu reviewed the wave of pro-Tang Sect posts while Pan Wen feared the consequences of Shrek’s intervention.
• Chen Yu warned that the ancient families’ numbers would not protect them and said they had forgotten that an ordinary man could still kill.
• Chen Yu pulled out the Record of Martial Soul Families, a book compiled by the great families to celebrate their own standing.

Chen Yu ordered seven Federation legions to surround Shrek City and deploy near Skysea City, threatening to use Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells against anyone who resisted him. At the Central Legion’s cafeteria, soldiers praised Chen Yu for improving their pay and living conditions and pledged to defend him.

• Chen Yu ordered the Central, Southern, Western, and Northwestern Legions to surround Shrek City and the Tianhai, Donghai, and Beihai Navies to station themselves in Skysea City.
• Pan Wen accepted Chen Yu’s orders and left to relay them through the Federation’s military command system.
• Central Legion soldiers celebrated improved meals and two subsidies funded by Chen Yu and the resources seized from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• A veteran recalled how the Central Legion’s pay, equipment, and meals had improved since Chen Yu took office.
• A young soldier and the gathered soldiers swore to fight anyone who threatened Chen Yu.

Yu Guanzhi learned that the Speaker had ordered a move against Shrek and raised the alarm, prompting the Seven Great Legions to assemble. Chen Yu appeared before the assembled troops, whose fervent cries greeted him.

• Yu Guanzhi read the top-secret order and learned that the Speaker planned to move against Shrek.
• Yu Guanzhi sounded the alarm at West Mountain Barracks, and the soldiers assembled, ready to fight for the Speaker.
• Yue Zhengen oversaw the Southern Legion's rapid assembly as soldiers across the other legions also gathered.
• Soldiers from all Seven Great Legions discussed the benefits they hoped to receive, while a veteran urged them to win the battle first.
• Chen Yu appeared by holographic projection before the assembled legions, and the soldiers shouted their greetings.