Chapter Summaries

Xiao Wu was killed by Qian Cheng, and the gathered Soul Masters cooked and ate her transformed body. Over the next half-year, Spirit Hall destroyed major sects and forced both empires to surrender territory, while Flender mourned the dead and despaired over the ruined world.

• Qian Cheng killed Xiao Wu, causing her to transform into a giant rabbit and leaving behind a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.
• Ye Muyun and Shui Hanyan prepared Xiao Wu's meat and broth, which Shui Bing'er, Huo Wu, Ye Lingling, and others ate.
• Spirit Hall destroyed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan after Sword Douluo, Ning Fengzhi, and Yu Yuanzhen fell.
• Qian Cheng made the Star Luo Empire cede half its territory and install a puppet emperor, while Xue Beng took the Heaven Dou throne and also ceded half its land.
• Flender drank alone in a ruined courtyard and mourned the fallen sects and members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, calling the world hell.

Tang San returned to Shrek Academy after being presumed dead and told Flender that they could become Gods to avenge their fallen friends and defeat Qian Cheng and Spirit Hall. He revealed five divine inheritance sites and assigned four of them, while telling Yu Xiaogang to stay behind because the Rakshasa God’s trial was especially dangerous.

• Dai Mubai tried to stop Flender from drinking as Flender mourned Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the other lost members of Shrek.
• Tang San appeared at the courtyard gate, proved he was alive by using Blue Silver Grass, and told Flender he had returned from hell.
• Tang San said they could become Gods, and Oscar and Yu Xiaogang joined him in urging Flender to believe him.
• Flender vowed to avenge Teacher Erlong and the children, then agreed to go with Tang San to seek divine inheritances.
• Tang San named the God of Speed, God of War, God of Food, Rakshasa God, and Asura God inheritance sites, assigning four to Flender, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and himself.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang to remain in Suotuo City because the Rakshasa God’s inheritance was especially dangerous, angering Yu Xiaogang.

Tang San sent Flender, Dai Mubai, and Oscar to undertake divine inheritance trials, while Qian Cheng trained Qian Renxue in swordsmanship and carried her toward the bedroom. Flender began his trial, and Tang San planned for the Shrek group to reunite in Spirit City in five years to destroy Spirit Hall.

• Tang San set off with Flender, Dai Mubai, and Oscar to begin their inheritance trials, and each man declared his resolve to succeed.
• Qian Cheng corrected Qian Renxue's sword technique and caught her when she fell during their practice.
• Qian Cheng teased Qian Renxue about being hungry and carried her toward the bedroom.
• Tang San told Flender that Dai Mubai and Oscar had already entered the God of Speed's inheritance site and that they would reunite in Spirit City in five years.
• Flender walked into the divine mountain to begin his trial, determined to succeed or die.

Tang San arrived over Spirit City with the Rakshasa Demon Scythe and Asura Demon Sword, joined by Flender, Dai Mubai, and Oscar, and challenged Qian Cheng. Qian Cheng and Qian Daoliu prepared to face them while Qian Renxue stayed behind, certain of their victory.

• Tang San appeared above Spirit City with two divine weapons and declared himself invincible.
• Flender, Dai Mubai, and Oscar arrived and demanded that Qian Cheng answer for his crimes.
• Yu Xiaogang envied the gods and imagined himself as the one who should have gained divine power.
• Spirit City’s residents dismissed Tang San’s threats, while Qian Cheng mocked the four gods and threatened to bury them in the Human Emperor Banner.
• Qian Daoliu agreed to fight Dai Mubai, and Qian Cheng told Qian Renxue to wait for a later battle.

Tang San and his companions confronted Qian Cheng and Qian Daoliu, but Dai Mubai’s confidence as the God of War collapsed when Qian Daoliu easily overpowered him. Dai Mubai attacked again with his White Tiger transformation and then unleashed a divine skill, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Tang San confronted Qian Cheng and revealed his combined Asura and Rakshasa divine power.
• Dai Mubai challenged Qian Daoliu, who sent him flying with a single punch.
• Dai Mubai transformed with White Tiger possession and lunged at Qian Daoliu, but Qian Daoliu dodged his claws and mocked his lack of skill.
• Dai Mubai fired his God of War Blazing Light Wave at Qian Daoliu.

Qian Daoliu effortlessly overwhelmed Dai Mubai, breaking his Divine Skill and evading his attacks before shattering his defensive barrier and wounding him with the Gilded Longsword. Qian Daoliu appeared before the fallen God of War and struck again as Dai Mubai tried to block with his arms.

• Dai Mubai launched the God of War Blazing Light Wave, but Qian Daoliu caught and crushed it with one hand.
• Dai Mubai used God of War Vajra Transformation and charged, but Qian Daoliu dodged his attacks and struck him in the abdomen with a knee.
• Dai Mubai activated God of War Bodyguard Barrier and repeatedly tried to hit Qian Daoliu, who mocked his slow speed and evaded him.
• Qian Daoliu slashed Dai Mubai with the Gilded Longsword, breaking his barrier and sending him crashing to the ground with a deep chest wound.
• Qian Daoliu appeared before Dai Mubai and swung his sword again as Dai Mubai used his remaining divine power to cross his arms and block.

Qian Daoliu killed Dai Mubai, while Qian Cheng trapped Tang San and the others inside his Chaos Domain. Dai Mubai's Remnant Soul emerged from his body, only to be seized by a mysterious banner.

• Qian Daoliu severed Dai Mubai's arms, and Flender and Oscar prepared to save him.
• Qian Cheng sealed Spirit City within his Chaos Domain and swallowed Tang San's Asura Domain without effort.
• Qian Cheng immobilized Flender and warned Tang San and the others to stay out of the fight.
• Qian Daoliu beheaded Dai Mubai, whose soul survived as a Remnant Soul.
• A black-purple banner appeared and pulled Dai Mubai's Remnant Soul toward it despite his resistance.

Qian Cheng suppressed Flender’s attack with his strange power, leaving Tang San and the others unable to understand how he could overpower gods. He prepared to kill Flender after explaining that Poseidon had feared him.

• Dai Mubai’s soul was dragged into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and Tang San and Flender reacted with rage and grief.
• Qian Daoliu thanked Qian Cheng for his guidance, while Tang San struggled to restrain himself from attacking.
• Flender transformed into a giant eagle and charged Qian Cheng, who froze him in midair with “Stagnation.”
• Oscar gave Flender three divine sausages, but they had no effect on Qian Cheng’s control.
• Qian Cheng severed Flender’s right wing, and Oscar found that black energy was corroding the wound.
• Tang San admitted he did not understand Qian Cheng’s power, and Qian Cheng said Poseidon had feared him before extending his palm toward Flender.

Qian Cheng killed Flender and Oscar with overwhelming force, then challenged Tang San to use all his strength. Tang San's Rakshasa Death Ray failed against Qian Cheng, who formed a crimson spear as the confrontation continued.

• Qian Cheng crushed Flender's Divine Body, and Oscar and Tang San mourned the dean's death.
• Qian Cheng killed Oscar by walking toward him under immense pressure, then revealed that he knew Tang San had revived through the Asura God's contingency.
• Tang San attacked Qian Cheng with the Rakshasa Death Ray, but Qian Cheng casually deflected it and the beam destroyed a nearby mountain.
• Qian Cheng gathered blood energy into a crimson spear and told Tang San that weapons and martial souls gained names through their owners' fame.

Qian Cheng easily countered Tang San’s attacks and rebuked him for failing to fuse Asura and Rakshasa powers. He began demonstrating the fusion with the God-Slaying Spear, leaving Tang San to witness the five elemental auras gathering around it.

• Qian Cheng dismissed Tang San’s opening strike and shattered his Asura sword light with a thrust of the God-Slaying Spear.
• Tang San unleashed Asura Judgment, but Qian Cheng swept it away with a single spear strike, shaking Spirit City.
• Tang San used Asura Wheel Slash to attack Qian Cheng with a blood-colored vortex, but Qian Cheng’s spear lights overwhelmed it.
• Qian Cheng told the fallen Tang San that Asura God Power and Rakshasa God Power could be fused, contrary to his belief that they were incompatible.
• Qian Cheng began demonstrating power fusion as crimson, azure-blue, golden, verdant, and earthy yellow auras gathered around his spear.

Qian Cheng defeated Tang San, destroyed his divine artifacts, and forced Tang San’s soul into a stray dog. Spirit City celebrated the Gods’ defeat while Yu Xiaogang was struck by a mysterious red beam.

• Qian Cheng’s Five Elements spear attack cracked and shattered Tang San’s Asura Demon Sword and Rakshasa Demon Scythe, leaving Tang San gravely wounded.
• Qian Cheng revealed that he had used only ten percent of his power and crushed Tang San’s body with a blood-colored palm.
• Qian Cheng sent Tang San’s weakened soul into a nearby stray dog, which staggered into a garbage heap.
• Spirit City’s residents and soul masters cheered Qian Cheng’s victory and called the defeated Gods evil demons.
• Yu Xiaogang watched in terror, then a thin red beam pierced him and left him feeling that something had been taken away.

Yu Xiaogang wandered hungry and cold through Spirit City after the gods’ defeat, confronting the warmth he had lost and hearing ordinary people mock the defeated sects and Tang San. When he entered a hotpot restaurant, a server recognized him.

• Yu Xiaogang huddled in a dark alley, hungry and freezing as he tried to cling to plans for food, a room, and a hot bath.
• Yu Xiaogang saw a family sharing a hotpot meal and was struck by memories of the family warmth he had once taken for granted.
• Yu Xiaogang entered the hotpot restaurant and heard servers and customers praise Spirit Hall while condemning the defeated sects and Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang resented the customers’ interest in the conflict and dismissed them as lowly workers.
• A server approached Yu Xiaogang, froze when she recognized his disheveled face, and stared at him.

Yu Xiaogang endured contempt and humiliation at a hotpot restaurant after the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan fell. When he tried to preserve his pride by ordering expensive food, both of his bank cards were declined, leaving him exposed as penniless before the entire restaurant.

• A waitress sent Yu Xiaogang to a foul-smelling seat beside the restroom, and he swallowed his anger because hunger and cold left him with nowhere else to go.
• Other diners recognized Yu Xiaogang and mocked him for fleeing after the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was destroyed.
• A well-dressed young man taunted Yu Xiaogang, who backed down after realizing his clan was gone and his cultivation remained at level 29.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered the most expensive dishes to defend his dignity, but his first payment attempt failed for insufficient funds.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted he had used the wrong card and tried another, but that payment also failed as the restaurant laughed at him.

After every bank card Yu Xiaogang tried was declined, he realized his family's wealth was gone and fled the hot pot restaurant penniless. He spent the night seeking shelter beneath a bridge, where a hunched figure arrived dragging a sack of bottles and cans.

• Yu Xiaogang tried all his bank cards, but each payment failed for insufficient funds.
• The restaurant patrons mocked Yu Xiaogang and chanted for him to kneel and kowtow, so he ran out without paying.
• Yu Xiaogang realized the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's assets were gone and that he had spent years relying on Flender's money.
• Yu Xiaogang wandered through the night and curled up beneath an abandoned bridge, hungry and cold.
• As Yu Xiaogang drifted toward sleep, a hunched figure approached the bridge carrying a bulging sack of bottles and cans.

Yu Xiaogang, now powerless and homeless, was beaten and humiliated by a beggar after seeking shelter in a culvert. He fled to a streetlamp and huddled through the cold night, where the rumble of wheels reached his ears.

• A homeless man returned to his culvert and kicked Yu Xiaogang for occupying his territory.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to summon Luo Sanpao but realized his martial soul was gone, then charged the homeless man in rage.
• The homeless man slapped Yu Xiaogang, spat phlegm onto his face, and drove him out of the culvert.
• Yu Xiaogang fled beneath a streetlamp and rubbed his face raw while lamenting that his only jacket was ruined.
• Yu Xiaogang huddled in the shadows against the cold, and the sound of wheels rolling over stone reached him.

Qian Renxue confronted Yu Xiaogang and rejected his desperate pleas for mercy, leaving him a watch she called his life countdown. After waking at six o’clock, Yu Xiaogang wandered the alleys, weakened by hunger, exhaustion, and the city’s noise.

• Qian Renxue arrived in a carriage, and Yu Xiaogang realized she had arranged the misfortunes that had brought him so low.
• Yu Xiaogang begged Qian Renxue to spare him, offering to become her dog, but she regarded him with contempt.
• Qian Renxue tossed Yu Xiaogang a watch, called it his life countdown, and returned to her carriage without showing pity.
• Yu Xiaogang woke at dawn with the watch showing six o’clock and, exhausted and hungry, fled the noisy street for a quiet alley.
• Children and passersby disturbed Yu Xiaogang’s brief rest, so he rose and wandered through the alleys looking for another refuge.

Yu Xiaogang, disgraced and starving, sought shelter and then begged a breakfast-shop owner for a fallen steamed bun. After the owner's wife exposed his identity, the owner fed the bun to a stray dog instead, leaving Yu Xiaogang humiliated and too weak to protest.

• Yu Xiaogang endured public scorn as he searched for somewhere to rest, then slept behind trash cans in a secluded alley.
• Waking with painful hunger, Yu Xiaogang went to a breakfast shop and asked for a dusty steamed bun that had fallen on the floor.
• The owner's wife recognized Yu Xiaogang and condemned him as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's disgrace and a fraud.
• The owner threw the bun to a stray dog, telling Yu Xiaogang he would rather feed the dog than him.
• Yu Xiaogang burned with anger but could only let out a powerless sob.

Yu Xiaogang, starving and rejected throughout Spirit City, tried to find food in a dumpster but was driven away by sanitation workers. He suspected Qian Renxue had arranged for the city’s trash to be cleared so he would starve, and ended the night back beneath the bridge.

• A breakfast shop owner drove Yu Xiaogang away, and he found no one willing to help him as he wandered the streets hungry.
• Yu Xiaogang saw a couple throw away a garbage bag and overcame his shame to search the dumpster for food.
• Two sanitation workers caught Yu Xiaogang rummaging through the trash and shoved him away; after recognizing him, Yu Xiaogang fled without his food.
• Yu Xiaogang noticed sanitation workers quickly removing trash across the city and suspected Qian Renxue had arranged it to starve him.
• As night fell, Yu Xiaogang returned to the dark, damp space beneath the bridge.

Yu Xiaogang encountered Miles, a disgraced former Spirit Hall bishop, beneath a bridge in Spirit City. Desperate with hunger and afraid to die, Yu Xiaogang accepted Miles’s offer to join his group of prisoners, surrendering to the grim fate Miles described.

• Miles recognized Yu Xiaogang and tempted him with two steamed buns while Yu Xiaogang struggled against his hunger.
• Miles introduced himself as a former bishop of Gengxin City whose position and martial soul had been taken from him.
• Miles told Yu Xiaogang that he could either die or join a group of seven male prisoners who survived by serving the group in a degrading way.
• Yu Xiaogang considered the price of joining but chose survival over dignity and agreed to join Miles’s group.

Qian Cheng warned Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo that the God Realm was preparing to attack, driven by the Slime Seven Monsters’ inheritances and its refusal to tolerate rivals. He ordered them to power Lou Gao’s Azure Dragon Seven Mansions Grand Array as Ghost Douluo arrived with urgent news.

• Qian Cheng told Spirit Hall’s leaders that a battle with the God Realm was inevitable because the Slime Seven Monsters inherited eight god positions and the Gods would not tolerate anyone surpassing them.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo, Qingluan Douluo, and Mighty Lion Douluo offered to fight, but Qian Cheng said they could not interfere in a battle at the god level.
• Qian Cheng asked Lou Gao about his completed research, then ordered all Titled Douluo to channel Soul Power into the Azure Dragon Seven Mansions Grand Array in the seven main cities.
• Qian Cheng revealed that Gods had attacked ordinary people and abducted loved ones in a conflict eight hundred years earlier, explaining the decline of the Shui and Ye families.
• Ghost Douluo rushed into Papal Hall with urgent news, and Qian Cheng asked whether a city had been massacred.