Chapter Summaries

Gu Yuena and Qiangu Qitian defeated Tang Hao after he boasted of Tang San’s plans and demanded that Gu Yuena submit. As Tang Hao lay dying, Qiangu Qitian searched his memories and learned about Tang San’s techniques, forces, and strength.

• Tang Hao urged Di Tian and Gu Yuena to submit to Tang San’s plan, provoking Gu Yuena into drawing the Silver Dragon Spear.
• Gu Yuena trapped Tang Hao with Elemental Tide, overcame his Great Sumeru Hammer, and pierced him repeatedly with spear radiance.
• Qiangu Qitian arrived, picked up Tang Hao’s fallen Clear Sky Hammer, and struck the near-defeated god into the ground with his Coiling Dragon Staff.
• Qiangu Qitian searched Tang Hao’s failing consciousness and learned about Ring Detonation, the Great Sumeru Hammer, Tang San’s forces in the God Realm, and Tang San’s current strength.

Qiangu Qitian killed Tang Hao and communicated with the Plane Master, learning how Tang San had weakened and threatened the Plane. The Plane Master promised the next Child of Luck to the Qiangu Clan and revealed clues about the Angel God and Rakshasa God Godhoods before Qiangu Qitian prepared to return to Shrek Academy and oversee the Spirit Pagoda.

• Qiangu Qitian mastered Ring Detonation, then snapped Tang Hao's neck, destroyed his consciousness, and took his God Core.
• The Plane Will summoned Qiangu Qitian, and the Plane Master thanked him for preventing Tang Hao from taking control of the Plane Core.
• The Plane Master explained how Tang San had weakened him, killed his chosen Child of Luck, and helped Tang Hao threaten to replace him.
• The Plane Master promised that the next Child of Luck would belong to the Qiangu Clan and warned Qiangu Qitian that someone had taken the Rakshasa God's shattered Godhood.
• The Plane Master told Qiangu Qitian that Qian Renxue had appeared at the ancient battlefield at Jialing Pass before her death.
• Qiangu Qitian planned to return to Shrek Academy and oversee the Spirit Pagoda, while Gu Yuena and Di Tian planned to return to the Star Dou Great Forest and leave King of Ten Thousand Demons and Zi Ji at the Spirit Pagoda.

Qiangu Qitian returned to Shrek with Tang Hao and Ah Yin’s corpses, explaining how he would use their divine remains to preserve the Academy’s Heaven-Earth origin energy. After learning of Tang San’s plan to control Douluo Continent, Mu En and the elders moved to sever Shrek’s ties with the Original Shrek Seven Devils.

• Qiangu Qitian asked Di Tian to arrange identities for King of Ten Thousand Demons and Zi Ji, and to tell Xiong Jun that he wanted his right arm bone for his God Armor.
• Qiangu Qitian offered to revive Xiong Jun as a divine beast after ascending, but Di Tian said Xiong Jun would refuse and asked Qiangu Qitian to give him a quick death.
• Qiangu Qitian returned to Shrek carrying Tang Hao and Ah Yin’s corpses, intending to process their divine bodies and God Cores into sources of Heaven-Earth origin energy and Soul Power.
• Qiangu Qitian explained Tang San’s plan to seize Douluo Continent’s Plane Core and turn his parents into the Plane Master and Core of Life, shocking the Shrek elders.
• Mu En proposed expelling Tang San and stripping him of the Shrek Seven Devils title, while another elder called for removing all of the Original Shrek Seven Devils from Shrek’s records and destroying their statues.

Mu En led Shrek Academy in abolishing the Shrek Seven Devils title and severing its ties to Sea God Tang San, whose past actions were publicly exposed across the continent. After restoring Shrek’s energy supply, Qiangu Qitian prepared to leave and presented Mu En with a divine Clear Sky Hammer.

• Yan Shaozhe, Cai Mei'er, Elder Song, and the other elders unanimously approved Mu En’s motion to abolish the Shrek Seven Devils title and remove Sea God-related names and designations.
• Mu En renamed the Sea God Pavilion and its positions, and Shrek tore down the Seven Devils statues and publicly revealed Tang San’s deeds, destroying his reputation and further damaging the Tang Sect.
• Mu En stopped Beibei from leaving to comfort Tang Ya, knocking him unconscious and insisting that he focus on cultivation.
• Qiangu Qitian and Electrolux used the bodies of two Second-tier Gods to restore Shrek’s spiritual energy and Soul Power, then Qiangu buried the bodies in the Outer and Inner Academies.
• Qiangu told Mu En that he would leave with Sister Lexuan and Guyi to oversee the Spirit Pagoda, then revealed a seven-colored Clear Sky Hammer that Mu En recognized as a divine artifact.

Qiangu Qitian gave the Clear Sky Hammer to Mu En as a foundation for Shrek Academy, and the academy’s leaders argued over where to keep it. Mu En settled the dispute by ordering it stored in Shrek’s depths under the control of future Shrek Council Presidents.

• Qiangu Qitian explained that his Coiling Dragon Staff was already a divine artifact and gave the Clear Sky Hammer to Mu En for Shrek Academy.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Mu En to place the Clear Sky Hammer in the Martial Soul Academy, while Xian Lin'er argued that the Soul Engineering Academy should study it.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er traded insults as each tried to claim the artifact for their academy.
• Mu En silenced them and ruled that the Clear Sky Hammer would be stored in Shrek’s depths, with limited opportunities for exceptional disciples to comprehend it.
• Mu En promised to seek Ye Xishui and bring back information for Xian Lin'er, then ordered everyone to keep the artifact secret.

Qiangu Qitian visited Beibei before leaving with Sister Lexuan and Ye Guyi, urging his adopted brother not to let love for Tang Ya divide them. After Beibei pledged his loyalty, Qiangu Qitian gave him a powerful Bright Sacred Dragon Soul Spirit, and Tang San later felt uneasy in the God Realm as he looked toward the Douluo Continent.

• Qiangu Qitian told Sister Lexuan and Ye Guyi he would take them to the Spirit Pagoda to cultivate, then went to visit Beibei.
• Qiangu Qitian warned Beibei that he and Tang San had become enemies and asked Beibei not to side against him for Tang Ya’s sake.
• Beibei promised he would stand by Qiangu Qitian and avenge him if Tang San ever harmed him.
• Qiangu Qitian gave Beibei a Bright Sacred Dragon Soul Spirit with over two hundred thousand years of cultivation, and Beibei resolved to cultivate toward godhood.
• After Qiangu Qitian departed, Tang San felt restless in the God Realm and turned his attention toward the Douluo Continent.

Tang San discovered that his parents had died at Shrek Academy and believed Qiangu Qitian had turned their bodies into human candles. Enraged, he set out to kill Qiangu Qitian, but the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life blocked his way, leaving him unable to act.

• Tang San searched the Douluo Continent and sensed his parents at Shrek Academy.
• Tang San saw that his parents were dead and believed Qiangu Qitian had used their corpses to replace the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Tang San transformed into the Asura God, took up the Asura Demon Sword, and rushed toward the Douluo Continent to kill Qiangu Qitian.
• The God of Destruction stopped Tang San with a thunderstorm and warned him not to advance.
• The Goddess of Life joined the God of Destruction, and Tang San froze, unwilling to face their combined power.

Tang San demanded that the God of Destruction let him return to the Douluo Continent to retrieve his parents’ bodies, but Life and Destruction refused and warned him to return to his hall. Back at the Sea God Hall, he told Xiao Wu that Qiangu Qitian had killed and humiliated his parents, and the two vowed to make him pay.

• Tang San asked the God of Destruction for permission to leave the God Realm and retrieve his parents’ bodies, but the God of Destruction condemned his interference in the lower realm.
• The Goddess of Life joined the God of Destruction in ordering Tang San back to his divine hall, and Tang San left after threatening to confront Qiangu Qitian when he ascended.
• At the Sea God Hall, Xiao Wu asked Tang San what had happened, and he told her Qiangu Qitian had killed his parents and left their bodies beneath Shrek City.
• Tang San claimed Qiangu Qitian had joined Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King after believing rumors, and Xiao Wu vowed that they would avenge his parents and make Qiangu Qitian pay.

Tang San asked Ning Rongrong to help him carry out a plan for revenge against Qiangu Qitian, while Qiangu Qitian secured the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect’s support for the Spirit Pagoda by offering Aromatic Silk Beauty essence and promising a rare Soul Spirit. Ning Yufeng and Ning Tian eagerly agreed to cooperate.

• Tang San told Xiao Wu he planned to pass down his Godhood and leave the God Realm with her and Xiao Qi, but first intended to avenge his parents.
• Tang San asked Xiao Wu to bring Ning Rongrong to him, then revealed his plan to Rongrong and won her agreement to help.
• Qiangu Qitian asked Ning Yufeng and Ning Tian to fund the Spirit Pagoda’s new branches in exchange for Aromatic Silk Beauty essence.
• Qiangu Qitian promised to sell the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect his one-hundred-thousand-year Aromatic Silk Beauty Soul Spirit at a low price after the partnership was established.
• Ning Yufeng and Ning Tian enthusiastically agreed to support the Spirit Pagoda and follow Qiangu Qitian’s lead.

Qiangu Qitian secured the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect’s cooperation by offering treasures connected to the Aromatic Silk Beauty, then returned to the Spirit Pagoda and spent time with Zhang Lexuan and Ye Guyi. The next day, Xuan Zi complained about his extended assignment as King of Ten Thousand Demons brought Qiangu Qitian a list of factions seeking meetings.

• Qiangu Qitian offered Ning Yufeng and Ning Tian an Aromatic Silk Beauty Soul Spirit, essence, and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and they agreed to cooperate with the Spirit Pagoda.
• Qiangu Qitian appointed King of Ten Thousand Demons to oversee the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect’s work building Spirit Pagoda branches.
• Qiangu Qitian returned to Spirit City and shared a meal with Zhang Lexuan and Ye Guyi before staying the night.
• Xuan Zi complained that Qiangu Qitian had kept him at the Spirit Pagoda and said he wanted to return to Shrek Academy.
• King of Ten Thousand Demons entered with a list of visiting factions and told Qiangu Qitian to meet with them.

Qiangu Qitian met with Jing Hongchen, who sought Soul Spirit trade with the Spirit Pagoda and asked for Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to join it. Qiangu Qitian accepted the two young talents and offered them free Soul Spirits, while King of Ten Thousand Demons was assigned to oversee the construction of branch offices.

• King of Ten Thousand Demons gave Qiangu Qitian documents from factions interested in Soul Spirits, and Qiangu Qitian asked to meet Jing Hongchen.
• Qiangu Qitian tasked King of Ten Thousand Demons with building Spirit Pagoda branch offices after reaching an agreement with the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect.
• Qiangu Qitian asked Xuanzi to continue overseeing the Spirit Pagoda, but Xuanzi left to eat instead.
• Jing Hongchen met Qiangu Qitian and said he wanted to introduce Soul Spirits to the Sun Moon Empire and have Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen join the Spirit Pagoda.
• Qiangu Qitian agreed to accept Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen and promised to provide their required Soul Spirits free of charge.

Jing Hongchen entrusted smile and Meng to the Spirit Pagoda and arranged for it to bring Soul Spirits into the Sun Moon Empire. Xu Tianran and Ye Xishui launched their campaign against the Heaven Dou Empire, and Xu ascended the throne as Sun Moon forces invaded.

• Jing Hongchen asked Qiangu Qitian to protect his grandchildren and sent them to the Spirit Pagoda, which agreed to establish a branch in the Sun Moon Empire and introduce Soul Spirits there.
• Xu Tianran learned of the Spirit Pagoda's neutrality and decided to attack the three great empires before dealing with Shrek and the Spirit Pagoda.
• Ye Xishui, still consumed by hatred for Di Tian and Mu En, agreed to begin the war against the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xu Tianran ordered Elder Xue to begin the operation while planning to remove Ye Xishui after conquering the continent.
• Three days later, Xu Tianran ascended the throne as the former emperor died of illness, then declared war and sent the Sun Moon Empire's army against the Heaven Dou Empire.
• The Sun Moon Empire's Soul Tools overwhelmed the Heaven Dou Empire, and its forces captured vast stretches of territory.

Qiangu Qitian welcomed Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen into the Spirit Pagoda and promised them elite mentors and cultivation resources. When Xuanzi refused to teach Xiao Hongchen, Qiangu Qitian pressured him by threatening to involve his teacher and Shrek’s councilors, leaving Xuanzi cornered.

• Qiangu Qitian welcomed Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen after Jing Hongchen sent them to the Spirit Pagoda with his experience.
• Qiangu Qitian offered Xiao Hongchen guidance from a Level 99 expert and arranged for the Ice Empress and Snow Empress to guide Meng Hongchen.
• Xiao Hongchen enthusiastically pledged himself and Meng Hongchen to the Spirit Pagoda and asked Qiangu Qitian to introduce their mentors.
• Xuanzi refused to teach Xiao Hongchen, saying he would not train an arrogant student from the Sun Moon Empire.
• Qiangu Qitian threatened to contact his teacher and raise the fate of Xuanzi’s Godly Taotie Bull Martial Soul with Shrek’s councilors.
• Xuanzi blocked the door and pleaded with Qiangu Qitian to stop pressuring him, but Qiangu Qitian insisted he was acting for Xuanzi’s own good.