Chapter Summaries

Tang Wulin and his friends struggled against the black-clad figures until he invoked Zhong Shenxiu’s name and stopped the attacks on himself and Xie Xie. Tang Wulin then claimed Ye Xinglan was Zhong Shenxiu’s old acquaintance, and the Black Hands withdrew from her as well, leaving Wu Siduo and Yuanen Yehui still fighting.

• Wu Siduo, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui fought the black-clad figures, while Ye Xinglan discovered that her starlight attacks weakened their smoke forms.
• Tang Wulin struggled to withstand Earth Phenomenon Black Hand’s powerful attacks and called himself Zhong Shenxiu’s good friend.
• Earth Phenomenon Black Hand stopped attacking Tang Wulin, questioned him, and ordered that he come along; the black-clad figures also stopped fighting Xie Xie.
• Tang Wulin told Earth Phenomenon Black Hand that Ye Xinglan and Zhong Shenxiu were old acquaintances, so the attackers withdrew from her.
• Ye Xinglan looked on in confusion as Tang Wulin waved to her, while Wu Siduo and Yuanen Yehui remained under attack.

Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Ye Xinglan, Wu Siduo, Yuanen Yehui, and Yang Nianxia were captured by the Black Hands, while Feng Wuyu reflected on Shrek Academy’s failures as he and its students were transported by train. The captives faced an uncertain fate, and Feng Wuyu doubted Shrek Academy could rescue them from Doulong Technology Co., Ltd.

• Tang Wulin tried to distract the Earth Phenomenon Black Hand, but the Black Hand punched him and ordered his men to watch the group.
• The Earth Phenomenon Black Hand defeated Yuanen Yehui and Wu Siduo, and his men knocked them unconscious.
• The Black Hands subdued the group, sealed Tang Wulin’s Soul Power with shackles, and carried the captives away.
• Aboard a Soul Guidance Train, Feng Wuyu listened to the frightened Shrek Academy students and recognized that their education had taught them strength but not how to face hardship.
• The students pleaded with Feng Wuyu to save them, but he could offer no assurance and believed Shrek Academy had met a powerful enemy in Doulong Technology Co., Ltd.

Feng Wuyu discovered that dark energy was amplifying the Shrek students’ negative emotions, leaving him afraid and helpless. Meanwhile, Tang Wulin and his companions ate aboard the train before Jinglei questioned their claimed ties to Zhong Shenxiu and threatened them if they were lying.

• Feng Wuyu noticed black smoke and dark energy influencing the students, intensifying their fear, greed, arrogance, selfishness, and cowardice.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie feasted in the carriage, insisting that Zhong Shenxiu was their friend and that they were being treated as guests.
• Wu Siduo, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui eventually joined the meal despite their uncertainty about being prisoners.
• Jinglei introduced himself as a retainer of the Zhong Family and asked whether the five were old acquaintances of his master.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie affirmed their friendship with Zhong Shenxiu, and Jinglei warned that he would kill them if he discovered they were lying.

Tang Wulin and his friends waited anxiously aboard a carriage after Thunderclap Black Hand threatened them. In Eastsea City, Leng Yaozhu tried to serve Zhong Shenxiu in a maid outfit for her sister’s sake, then reflected on how her overprotectiveness had helped drive Leng Yulai toward the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Thunderclap Black Hand warned Tang Wulin and the others to stay put, saying Yang Nianxia had been punished for his foul mouth.
• Xie Xie feared they might die, but Tang Wulin and Ye Xinglan insisted that Zhong Shenxiu would not abandon them.
• Zhong Shenxiu came home and found Leng Yaozhu wearing a maid outfit and calling him master while Leng Yulai watched through a camera.
• At dinner, Zhong Shenxiu told Leng Yaozhu that he would protect Leng Yulai and keep her by his side.
• Leng Yaozhu realized that her habit of treating Leng Yulai as someone who needed protection had helped push her younger sister toward the Holy Spirit Cult.

Leng Yaozhu hid beneath Zhong Shenxiu’s dining table when Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan arrived, desperate to keep them from seeing her dressed as his maid. Gu Yue recognized her master’s presence and discovered her hiding place, but kept the secret as the meal continued.

• Leng Yaozhu accepted Zhong Shenxiu’s offer to let Leng Yulai live with him, hoping her younger sister could return to the right path.
• Gu Yue arrived with Xu Xiaoyan after Zhong Shenxiu declined their dinner invitation, and Leng Yaozhu panicked at the prospect of being seen.
• With her Soul Power sealed, Leng Yaozhu hid beneath the table between Zhong Shenxiu’s legs as Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan came inside.
• Zhong Shenxiu told Gu Yue that Leng Yulai had cooked the meal and gone out, while Gu Yue suspected someone was hiding nearby.
• Gu Yue felt Leng Yaozhu beneath the table with her foot but said nothing, while Xu Xiaoyan praised Leng Yulai’s cooking, unaware of the secret.

Leng Yaozhu hid beneath Zhong Shenxiu’s table while Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan ate, unaware of her presence. After Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan went upstairs, Leng Yaozhu emerged, threatened Zhong Shenxiu to keep quiet, and hurried away to change; Zhong Shenxiu understood that Gu Yue and Leng Yulai had arranged the scheme to win her over.

• Leng Yaozhu stayed hidden between Zhong Shenxiu’s legs while Gu Yue repeatedly tested for her beneath the table.
• Leng Yulai watched the surveillance footage and revealed that she and Gu Yue had planned to use Leng Yaozhu’s position to gain the Spirit Pagoda’s support.
• Gu Yue invited Xu Xiaoyan to stay overnight, then took her upstairs to choose rooms.
• Leng Yaozhu crawled out after they left and warned Zhong Shenxiu not to tell anyone what had happened.
• Zhong Shenxiu promised to keep quiet and realized Gu Yue and Leng Yulai had arranged the encounter to win Leng Yaozhu over.

Zhong Shenxiu lay awake wondering what he would do after completing the Dragon Fighting Plane’s revival, then entered a primordial darkness in a dream. There, Black Death Dragon asked what he was lost about, exposing the uncertainty beneath his firm claims of destiny.

• Zhong Shenxiu questioned what purpose he would have once the plane’s revival and merger were complete.
• He fell asleep and found himself alone in a boundless primordial darkness.
• Zhong Shenxiu tried to illuminate the void with his light origin, but the darkness swallowed it.
• Black Death Dragon appeared as two blue dragon pupils and asked Zhong Shenxiu what he was lost about.
• Zhong Shenxiu insisted that the revival and plane merger were his destiny, though his confusion remained.

Black Death Dragon guided Zhong Shenxiu to confront his fear, desire, and pleasure in violence, then reassured him that his position and power were real. The chapter left Zhong Shenxiu hearing that he had been jointly chosen by Black Death Dragon and the Four Great God King Dragons.

• Black Death Dragon described Zhong Shenxiu's fear of him and his lingering distrust from their past encounters.
• Black Death Dragon named Zhong Shenxiu's desire for the girls' attention and his satisfaction at killing Ye Chen, prompting Zhong Shenxiu to recognize those feelings as his own.
• Black Death Dragon asked whether Zhong Shenxiu believed his power and achievements were merely bestowed by the Dragon Fighting Plane and whether he had lost his purpose.
• Black Death Dragon appeared in the darkness with a gentle demeanor and told Zhong Shenxiu not to be lost.
• Black Death Dragon assured Zhong Shenxiu that he had been chosen jointly by Black Death Dragon and the Four Great God King Dragons.

Zhong Shenxiu learned that the Black Death Dragon and the Four Great God King Dragons had chosen him because they believed his power could fuse their opposing paths and revive the Dragon Fighting Plane. After waking, he awakened the Myriad Creation Dragon God's power, rose to Level seventy-one, and found a mysterious seventh soul ring and the Black Death Dragon's Scepter.

• The Black Death Dragon explained that he and the Four Great God King Dragons had fought over how to save the weakening Dragon Fighting Plane, and that they chose Zhong Shenxiu because he could bring their paths together.
• The Black Death Dragon told Zhong Shenxiu that the Dream Trial began in the Ninth Year because that was when he started questioning who he was, and said he deserved what he possessed.
• Zhong Shenxiu woke from the dream and felt the Myriad Creation Dragon God's Seven Elemental Powers awaken within him.
• Zhong Shenxiu's Soul Power rose from Level sixty-six to Level seventy-one, making him a seven-ringed Soul Sage.
• Zhong Shenxiu discovered a seven-colored seventh soul ring despite having only two Soul Spirits, then summoned the Black Death Dragon's Scepter and remembered the Dream Trial.

Zhong Shenxiu awakened to a transformed power that united the Seven Elemental Powers and the Myriad Creation Dragon God’s will, then summoned the Star Dragons to march on Shrek City. As they flew toward the city, Qiangu Dongfeng sat in his office at the Spirit Pagoda headquarters.

• Zhong Shenxiu sensed his new power and flew to the headquarters of Doulong Technology Co., Ltd.
• Libra Star Dragon, Sagittarius Star Dragon, and Taurus Star Dragon appeared and took a defensive position around Zhong Shenxiu.
• Zhong Shenxiu asked the three Star Dragons to charge into Shrek City, and they knelt and pledged to obey.
• Zhong Shenxiu led the three Star Dragons toward Shrek City.
• Qiangu Dongfeng sat in his office at the top of the Spirit Pagoda headquarters, looking displeased.

Dark Blood Demon persuaded Qiangu Dongfeng to approve a five-year plan to steal two God-Slaying Fixed Soul Guidance Shells from the Ming Capital Research Institute for the Holy Spirit Cult. Their agreement was interrupted when Zhong Shenxiu blasted into Qiangu Dongfeng's office and accused him of colluding with the cult.

• Dark Blood Demon told Qiangu Dongfeng that the Holy Spirit Cult had infiltrators inside the Ming Capital Research Institute and knew the shells' location and defenses.
• Dark Blood Demon said the theft would take at least five years, and Qiangu Dongfeng argued that Shrek Academy's current decline might not last long enough for the plan.
• Dark Blood Demon reminded Qiangu Dongfeng that exposure of his ties to the Holy Spirit Cult could destroy him, and he endured Qiangu Dongfeng's threatening aura without backing down.
• Qiangu Dongfeng agreed to the five-year plan and warned Dark Blood Demon that he would pay if anything went wrong.
• Zhong Shenxiu shattered the Spirit Pagoda's reinforced window and barrier with a beam of light, then accused Qiangu Dongfeng of dealing with the Holy Spirit Cult.

Zhong Shenxiu confronted Qiangu Dongfeng and a Holy Spirit Cult member at the Spirit Pagoda headquarters, while Qiangu tried to frame the Dark Blood Demon and escape blame. As Shrek City and Tang Sect powerhouses arrived, Zhong Shenxiu declared that he had a debt to settle with Qiangu.

• Qiangu Dongfeng attacked the Dark Blood Demon and tried to make him appear responsible for the crimes at the Spirit Pagoda.
• The Dark Blood Demon tried to flee, but the Libra Star Dragon sealed the space around the office and forced him back.
• Zhong Shenxiu entered the shattered office, accused Qiangu Dongfeng of acting, and identified the silent Dark Blood Demon as someone from the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Shrek City's guards surrounded the Spirit Pagoda as Yun Ming, Long Yeyue, and Guo Xiaoxu arrived.
• Yun Ming asked Zhong Shenxiu what he was trying to do, and Zhong Shenxiu said he had a debt to settle with Qiangu Dongfeng.

Zhong Shenxiu launched a sudden assault on Qiangu Dongfeng, revealing that he had reached Soul Sage level and wielding powerful flame, light, and darkness abilities. He fought Qiangu Dongfeng’s overwhelming Demigod strength but began to falter, while Long Yeyue judged his challenge reckless.

• Zhong Shenxiu laughed and struck Qiangu Dongfeng with a flaming slash before anyone expected him to attack.
• Yun Ming, Long Yeyue, and Guo Xiaoxu realized Zhong Shenxiu had advanced from Soul King to level seventy-one Soul Sage in a few months.
• Libra Star Dragon worried that Zhong Shenxiu’s aura and fighting style resembled the Black Death Dragon, but Taurus Star Dragon angrily ordered her to stop criticizing their Master.
• Zhong Shenxiu attacked Qiangu Dongfeng with the Light-Imperial Ninja Blade and Dark Scepter, combining flame and darkness as Qiangu Dongfeng recovered and countered with his Coiling Dragon Staff.
• Qiangu Dongfeng unleashed his nine Soul Rings and Demigod pressure, gradually overpowering Zhong Shenxiu until his scales cracked and he began to bleed.
• Long Yeyue called Zhong Shenxiu’s attempt to fight a Limit Douluo reckless and arrogant.

Zhong Shenxiu awakened the full authority of the Myriad Creation Dragon God Martial Soul and turned the battle against Qiangu Dongfeng. After overwhelming Qiangu Dongfeng, Zhong Shenxiu left him badly wounded as Yun Ming ordered someone to move.

• Guo Xiaoxu and Yun Ming doubted Zhong Shenxiu's decision to fight Qiangu Dongfeng alone, while the Libra and Taurus Star Dragons prepared to intervene.
• The Sagittarius Star Dragon stopped Taurus, and all three Star Dragons sensed a terrifying power awakening within Zhong Shenxiu.
• Qiangu Dongfeng unleashed his eighth Soul Skill, Coiling Dragon World-Suppressing, but Zhong Shenxiu caught the Coiling Dragon Staff's phantom with his bare hand.
• The seven elemental source powers gathered around Zhong Shenxiu as his Myriad Creation Dragon God authority fully awakened, revealing that he had used the battle to draw out his hidden power.
• Zhong Shenxiu sealed Qiangu Dongfeng's connection to his martial soul and struck him through the Spirit Pagoda's defenses, sending him crashing into the tower roof.
• Yun Ming watched Qiangu Dongfeng's defeat and shouted, "Move!"

Zhong Shenxiu fought Qiangu Dongfeng while the Star Dragons kept Yun Ming, Long Yeyue, and Guo Xiaoxu from joining the battle. Qiangu Dongfeng powered up with his Battle Armor and Coiling Dragon True Body, but Zhong Shenxiu’s light and darkness abilities overwhelmed him.

• Yun Ming charged at Zhong Shenxiu, but Sagittarius Star Dragon intercepted him with a Death God Rocket and engaged him in battle.
• Long Yeyue tried to aid Qiangu Dongfeng, but Libra Star Dragon trapped her in a space-time domain.
• Guo Xiaoxu moved to intervene, but Taurus Star Dragon attacked him with the Heavenly Mansion Axe.
• Qiangu Dongfeng activated his Four-Word Battle Armor and Coiling Dragon True Body, then charged Zhong Shenxiu with his Coiling Dragon Staff.
• Zhong Shenxiu met Qiangu Dongfeng’s staff strike without yielding, then burned his soul with the East Sun Burning Heaven Holy Flame and drained his Soul Power with Darkness Engulf and Darkness Theft.

Zhong Shenxiu faced Qiangu Dongfeng’s strongest attacks at the summit of the Spirit Pagoda, while Qiangu Dongfeng wrongly believed his power was fading and saw an opening to win. Zhong Shenxiu revealed that the apparent decline was merely him refining his power, then unleashed a vast domain that trapped the summit.

• Qiangu Dongfeng used Coiling Dragon Earth-Splitting, but Zhong Shenxiu’s Myriad Creation Domain held firm and drained away Qiangu Dongfeng’s Soul Power.
• Zhong Shenxiu struck Qiangu Dongfeng with Holy Light Judgment, disrupting his assault and searing his body and soul.
• Qiangu Dongfeng’s Coiling Dragon World-Breaking struck Zhong Shenxiu’s scales without leaving a mark, and Qiangu Dongfeng believed Zhong Shenxiu’s power was fading.
• Qiangu Dongfeng unleashed Coiling Dragon World-Suppressing while Yun Ming, Long Yeyue, and Guo Xiaoxu remained unable to intervene.
• Zhong Shenxiu revealed that his true strength was not fading and activated Myriad Calamity Burning Heaven Prison, covering the Spirit Pagoda summit in a domain that stilled space and Soul Power.

Zhong Shenxiu nearly killed Qiangu Dongfeng, but Qiangu Dieting intervened and halted the finishing blow. With his power from the Dragon Fighting Plane fading, Zhong Shenxiu challenged Qiangu Dieting and unleashed the Sky-Wing Lion King Demon-Breaking Fist.

• Qiangu Dongfeng burned his remaining Soul Power and martial-soul origin to unleash Myriad Dragon World-Suppressing Universe, but Zhong Shenxiu's Myriad Calamity Burning Heaven Prison annihilated the dragon shadows.
• Zhong Shenxiu pierced through Qiangu Dongfeng's defenses with Dragon Dawn Evil-Breaking Stab, aiming for his heart.
• Qiangu Dieting appeared and struck Zhong Shenxiu from behind, forcing him to abandon the killing blow and block with Holy Dragon Sky-Severing Slash.
• Qiangu Dieting confronted Zhong Shenxiu over his attack on Qiangu Dongfeng, while Qiangu Dongfeng recovered from the threat to his life.
• As his plane power waned, Zhong Shenxiu combined the Flashing Wing and Lion King's power and launched the Sky-Wing Lion King Demon-Breaking Fist at Qiangu Dieting.

Zhong Shenxiu fought Qiangu Dieting and Qiangu Dongfeng above the ruined Spirit Pagoda, wielding power from the Dragon Fighting Plane against their overwhelming strength. As Qiangu father and son closed in together, Zhong Shenxiu drew his blades and charged at them.

• Zhong Shenxiu’s fist clashed with Qiangu Dieting’s ninth Soul Skill, and their forces devastated the Spirit Pagoda and shook Shrek City.
• Qiangu Dieting recognized that Zhong Shenxiu’s power came from another plane, while Zhong Shenxiu pressed on despite the Douluo Plane’s rejection of his origin power.
• Zhong Shenxiu opened his Myriad Creation Dragon God Domain and summoned the Sea Dragon Cannon to unleash Galaxy Storm at Qiangu Dieting.
• Qiangu Dieting activated his four-word Battle Armor and resisted Galaxy Storm as Qiangu Dongfeng recovered enough to join the attack.
• After the Sea Dragon Cannon withdrew, Zhong Shenxiu drew the Light-Imperial Ninja Blade and summoned the Sword Saint Dual Blades, then charged Qiangu Dieting and Qiangu Dongfeng.

Zhong Shenxiu fought Qiangu Dieting and Qiangu Dongfeng with twin blades, then unleashed Thor's Hammer and Myriad Calamity Burning Heaven Prison against them. The clashes devastated Shrek City and the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, leaving the Qiangu Family's rule in ruins.

• Zhong Shenxiu attacked Qiangu Dieting and the wounded Qiangu Dongfeng with a rapid twin-blade assault, forcing Qiangu Dongfeng onto the defensive.
• Qiangu Dieting held his ground and gathered strength while waiting for an opening to strike Zhong Shenxiu.
• Zhong Shenxiu summoned Thor's Hammer and hurled it at Qiangu Dieting as Qiangu Dongfeng charged in from the side.
• Zhong Shenxiu trapped Qiangu Dongfeng in Myriad Calamity Burning Heaven Prison while Qiangu Dieting met Thor's Hammer with his Coiling Dragon Staff.
• The three powers collided, shaking Shrek City and further destroying the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, while the Qiangu Family's authority collapsed.

Yun Ming and Long Yeyue fought the Sagittarius and Libra Star Dragons above Shrek as the two planes’ rising limits strengthened the continent’s top fighters. Yun Ming destroyed the Sagittarius Star Dragon’s attacks, but the Libra Star Dragon turned the battlefield into a shifting trap, leaving Long Yeyue to shield them from endless flames.

• The rising limits of the Dragon Fighting Plane and Douluo Plane loosened Yun Ming’s cultivation barrier, bringing him one step from Self-Created Godhood.
• The Sagittarius, Libra, and Taurus Star Dragons encircled Yun Ming, Long Yeyue, and Guo Xiaoxu, dividing the Shrek battlefield among them.
• Yun Ming used Sky-Piercing and Sun Shooting to stop the Sagittarius Star Dragon’s flames and destroy his Death God Rockets.
• The Libra Star Dragon used Space-Time Shift to twist the battlefield and make the scattered flames explode around Yun Ming and Long Yeyue.
• Long Yeyue unleashed Bipolar Explosion, using the Holy Light Dragon and Dark Holy Dragon to clear the flames and briefly stabilize the battlefield.
• The Libra Star Dragon’s control of time and space overcame their suppression, while the Sagittarius Star Dragon continued sending flaming arrows through shifting rifts.