Chapter Summaries

Qiangu Dongfeng, Long Yeyue, and Chen Xinjie agreed to form an alliance against Zhong Shenxiu and Doulong Technology, but immediately clashed over who would lead it. They settled on Shrek coordinating the alliance and planned to contact the Tang Sect, while their mistrust left the coalition fragile as Chen Xinjie prepared to warn the Sun-Moon Federation.

• Qiangu Dongfeng proposed that the Spirit Pagoda lead an alliance because it had extensive resources and intelligence, but Long Yeyue insisted Shrek deserved leadership.
• Qiangu Dongfeng and Long Yeyue argued over their factions’ strength and losses until Chen Xinjie intervened and steered the discussion in Shrek’s favor.
• Qiangu Dongfeng yielded the coordinating role to Shrek while privately planning to contribute as little as possible and let Shrek and the Sun-Moon Federation face Doulong Technology.
• Long Yeyue dismissed Qiangu Dongfeng as an opportunist and viewed cooperation with the Spirit Pagoda as a necessity rather than a choice.
• The three agreed to contact the Tang Sect and consolidate established factions against Doulong Technology, while Chen Xinjie planned to report Zhong Shenxiu and the Twelve Star Dragons to the Sun-Moon Federation.

Tang Wulin and his companions hid in a Black Hand Clan stronghold, where Tang Wulin ate while Xie Xie tried to befriend Psychedelic Black Hand. Wu Siduo and Ye Xinglan discovered that the clan members carried dark auras, leaving them questioning what they knew about Zhong Shenxiu.

• Tang Wulin devoured a huge meal, prompting Psychedelic Black Hand to complain about his appetite.
• Xie Xie agreed with Psychedelic Black Hand and described Tang Wulin's strength and appetite.
• Xie Xie tried to ingratiate himself with Psychedelic Black Hand, who warned him that he could not define his relationship with The Master.
• Wu Siduo watched the Black Hand Clan members and sensed the dark aura leaking from their disguises.
• Ye Xinglan joined Wu Siduo, and they discussed how the clan members' sinister auras overturned their impressions of Zhong Shenxiu.

Zhong Shenxiu visited Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Ye Xinglan, and Wu Siduo after Shrek Academy surrendered and offered them a choice. He revealed that he could completely resolve the hidden danger within Tang Wulin if Tang Wulin stayed with Doulong Technology in Eastsea City.

• Wu Siduo and Ye Xinglan suspected the dark-aura faction was made up of Evil Soul Masters, and the Psychedelic Black Hand rebuked them for judging by appearances.
• Zhong Shenxiu arrived, and the Psychedelic Black Hand respectfully addressed him as the Master.
• Zhong Shenxiu greeted Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Ye Xinglan, and Wu Siduo as old acquaintances.
• Zhong Shenxiu told them that Shrek Academy had surrendered and would soon collect compensation and retrieve its captured people.
• Zhong Shenxiu offered the four a choice and told Tang Wulin he could resolve the hidden danger within him if he stayed with Doulong Technology in Eastsea City.

Zhong Shenxiu revealed that Tang Wulin carried the Golden Dragon King’s source bloodline, sealed by eighteen seals containing a divine consciousness that had been manipulating his emotions and perceptions. Tang Wulin was left shaken by the thought that his personality and beliefs might not have been entirely his own.

• Zhong Shenxiu told Tang Wulin that his Golden Dragon King Bloodline came from the ancient Dragon God and had been sealed eighteen times.
• Tang Wulin worried that resolving the bloodline would cost him the strength he needed to find Na'er, search for his parents, and protect his loved ones.
• Zhong Shenxiu reminded Tang Wulin of his unexplained hostility toward him at Shrek Academy and said the divine consciousness had influenced his emotions.
• Tang Wulin realized the divine consciousness might have twisted his temperament, judgment, and beliefs, including his unquestioning faith in Shrek’s authority.

Zhong Shenxiu helped Tang Wulin recognize that the Golden Dragon King Bloodline might be a trap, while Ye Xinglan challenged his criticism of Shrek Academy. Zhong Shenxiu began explaining that Shrek’s real problems lay in its claim to flawless orthodoxy and its double standards.

• Zhong Shenxiu asked Tang Wulin whether all his power came from the Golden Dragon King Bloodline, breaking through his self-doubt.
• Tang Wulin reconsidered whether power was worth being controlled, and Xie Xie realized the bloodline might be part of a conspiracy.
• Ye Xinglan lost her composure and demanded to know what Shrek Academy had done wrong.
• Ye Xinglan defended Shrek as just and righteous, explaining how deeply its teachings had shaped her beliefs.
• Zhong Shenxiu told Ye Xinglan that Shrek’s flaws came from its claim to be flawless and its ingrained double standards.

Zhong Shenxiu challenged Shrek Academy’s claims of justice by accusing it of hypocrisy, exploitation, and double standards. Ye Xinglan’s faith in Shrek faltered, while Tang Wulin understood its values as hegemony before a cold golden divine presence overtook him.

• Zhong Shenxiu argued that Shrek monopolized resources and excused its own abuses while condemning other factions for the same behavior.
• Ye Xinglan could not refute Zhong Shenxiu’s accusations, and Wu Siduo and Xie Xie reconsidered Shrek’s reputation for justice.
• Zhong Shenxiu acknowledged Shrek’s past protection of the continent but said its merits did not excuse its present hypocrisy and dominance.
• Ye Xinglan’s faith in Shrek shattered, and Tang Wulin realized that its teachings had shaped his distorted views of power and justice.
• A cold golden divine light covered Tang Wulin’s eyes, and an ancient, lofty presence seemed to take over his body.

Zhong Shenxiu confronted Chen Xinjie and Qiangu Dongfeng over their failure to answer for past offenses, while Leng Yaozhu provoked Gu Yue by openly pursuing Zhong Shenxiu. Qiangu Dongfeng offered the Spirit Pagoda’s core technologies to appease him, but Zhong Shenxiu rejected his excuses and ordered him to leave.

• Leng Yaozhu sat on Zhong Shenxiu’s lap to provoke Gu Yue, then declared their master-disciple bond severed when Gu Yue protested.
• Gu Yue lunged at Leng Yaozhu, but Leng Yaozhu pinned her down with her physical strength despite having sealed her Soul Power.
• Chen Xinjie pushed Qiangu Dongfeng forward and left him to explain the Spirit Pagoda’s position to Zhong Shenxiu.
• Qiangu Dongfeng offered the Spirit Pagoda’s Soul Beast resurrection gene technology and spatial expansion technology as a gesture of cooperation.
• Zhong Shenxiu reminded Qiangu Dongfeng that he had previously stalled and shown no sincerity, then told him to get lost.

Zhong Shenxiu unleashed his Myriad Creation Dragon God power and relentlessly battered Tang Wulin, who was possessed by Tang San’s divine sense. Tang San shattered three Golden Dragon King seals and raised Tang Wulin’s cultivation to Title Douluo level, preparing to fight back.

• Zhong Shenxiu transformed his body and punched Tang Wulin through the underground base, exposing the facility as he pursued him into the sky.
• Zhong Shenxiu transformed into the Radiant King Dragon and struck Tang Wulin with a concentrated beam, blasting him toward the East Sea.
• Tang San shattered Tang Wulin’s tenth, eleventh, and twelfth Golden Dragon King seals, flooding him with Bloodline Power.
• Tang Wulin’s cultivation surged to Title Douluo level, and a Golden Dragon Spear appeared in his grasp, helping him halt his flight and withstand Zhong Shenxiu’s attack.

Zhong Shenxiu attacked Tang San’s consciousness with the Sea Dragon Cannon, then fought him while Tang San unleashed Tang Wulin’s sealed power. The chapter ended with Tang San summoning a sky full of Golden Thirteen Halberds to strike Zhong Shenxiu.

• Zhong Shenxiu fired the Sea Dragon Cannon at Tang San, who used Unfixed Storm to block much of its force but was still driven back.
• Tang San released the twelve Golden Dragon King seals and raised Tang Wulin’s body to peak Titled Douluo combat power.
• Tang San charged Zhong Shenxiu with the Golden Dragon Spear, but Zhong Shenxiu met the attack with his Light-Imperial Ninja Blade.
• Tang San and Zhong Shenxiu exchanged more than a hundred blows before Zhong Shenxiu punched Tang San backward.
• Tang San unleashed the second form of the Golden Thirteen Halberds, sending countless golden halberd shadows crashing toward Zhong Shenxiu.

Zhong Shenxiu overwhelmed Tang San in their battle at the East Sea, forcing Tang San to break the thirteenth Golden Dragon King seal and unleash Sea God's Star. Zhong Shenxiu answered with his Myriad Calamity Burning Heaven Prison domain, suppressing Tang San and leaving him shocked as their clash continued.

• Zhong Shenxiu broke through Tang San's defenses with his Burning Heaven Holy Flame and struck him into the sea.
• Tang San raised a massive wave with Overturning Mountains and Seas, but Zhong Shenxiu countered with the Vast Sea Power and charged through the waves.
• Tang San trapped Zhong Shenxiu with Waves Rising Without Wind and attacked with Silver Sea Blooming Flowers, but Zhong Shenxiu shattered the bindings and endured the water blades.
• Zhong Shenxiu drove Tang San back with a relentless barrage, forcing Tang San to break the thirteenth Golden Dragon King seal and unleash Sea God's Star.
• Zhong Shenxiu activated Myriad Calamity Burning Heaven Prison, suppressing Tang San's attack and slowing the flow of his Divine Power.

Zhong Shenxiu nearly destroyed Tang San’s divine sense in the East Sea, but Tang San escaped after detonating part of it. Zhong Shenxiu pursued him and trapped him in Dayless Darkness just before he reached land.

• Zhong Shenxiu overwhelmed Tang San with successive punches and wounded him with Holy Dragon Sky-Severing Slash, but Tang San blocked part of the strike with Unfixed Storm.
• Tang San launched the Golden Dragon Spear with Never to Return, but Zhong Shenxiu deflected it with Dragon Dawn Evil-Breaking Stab.
• Zhong Shenxiu seized Tang San by the throat and used Darkness Theft to drain his divine power and divine sense.
• Tang San detonated part of his divine sense to escape, while Zhong Shenxiu crushed the fragments left in his palm and pursued him across the East Sea.
• As Tang San approached the coastline, Zhong Shenxiu unleashed Dayless Darkness, cutting off Tang San’s senses and engulfing him.

Zhong Shenxiu used the Dark Scepter to tear Tang San’s divine sense out of Tang Wulin and trap it in a Demon Array. He caught the mortally injured Tang Wulin, whose broken seals and rampaging Golden Dragon King bloodline left him with less than half an hour to live.

• Zhong Shenxiu appeared inside the darkness and used Darkness Engulf to pull Tang San’s divine sense from Tang Wulin.
• Tang San’s divine sense was torn free as Tang Wulin’s body convulsed and suffered the backlash from his broken seals.
• Zhong Shenxiu caught Tang Wulin before he hit the ground, then trapped Tang San’s divine sense in a Demon Array and stored it in the Dark Scepter.
• Zhong Shenxiu let the darkness recede and assessed Tang Wulin’s catastrophic injuries and rampaging bloodline, realizing he would die within half an hour without help.

Qiangu Dongfeng, Long Yeyue, and Chen Xinjie formed a fragile alliance against Zhong Shenxiu and Doulong Technology, but their competing interests left it riddled with distrust. Zhong Shenxiu then revealed that Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King bloodline contained eighteen seals and a divine consciousness that had influenced his emotions and judgment, leaving Tang Wulin shaken and questioning how much of himself had been under its control.

• Qiangu Dongfeng, Long Yeyue, and Chen Xinjie agreed to oppose Doulong Technology, then argued over who would lead their alliance.
• Qiangu Dongfeng yielded to Shrek’s temporary leadership while secretly planning to withhold the Spirit Pagoda’s support and preserve its strength.
• The three factions agreed to contact the Tang Sect and form a four-party alliance, while Chen Xinjie worried that their distrust would make it collapse.
• Tang Wulin asked Zhong Shenxiu whether the problem with his bloodline was real, and Zhong Shenxiu explained that it was the sealed origin bloodline of the Golden Dragon King.
• Zhong Shenxiu told Tang Wulin that a divine consciousness within the eighteen seals had influenced his temperament and judgment, including his hostility at Shrek Academy.
• Tang Wulin recalled how rigidly he had viewed Shrek’s authority and became horrified that the hidden consciousness might have distorted his thoughts and worldview.

At a Federation conference, leaders from the Spirit Pagoda, Shrek Academy, Tang Sect, and the military agreed that Doulong Technology had become an uncontrollable threat. Chen Xinjie prepared to set rules for confronting it.

• Qiangu Dongfeng said the Spirit Pagoda had been shut out of Eastsea and accused Doulong Technology of possibly colluding with Evil Soul Masters, despite having no evidence.
• Zhuo Shi reported that an organized force had swiftly defeated Shrek Outer Court teams and that Doulong Technology possessed a large, highly trained Soul Master legion.
• Guo Xiaoxu said Tang Sect had lost twelve strongholds and eight branch halls in Eastsea, with 327 people missing.
• The conference members turned to Chen Xinjie, who recognized their shared desire to suppress Doulong Technology and proposed setting rules.

Chen Xinjie united the Federation’s major forces and ordered a three-pronged invasion of Doulong Technology’s territory, while its leaders prepared their forces for war. In Eastsea City, Aquarius Star Dragon warned Zhong Lingyue that the Fighting Dragon Clan remained weakened and outnumbered.

• Chen Xinjie declared war on Doulong Technology and assigned Shrek, Spirit Pagoda, Tang Sect, the War God Temple, and three Federation legions to advance toward Eastsea along three routes.
• Qiangu Dongfeng told a Spirit Pagoda elder that the Military Department and Shrek would bear the brunt of the fighting while Spirit Pagoda sought to reclaim its Eastsea market.
• Zhuo Shi told Lan Muzi that Shrek would follow the Federation’s campaign to protect its interests, while Guo Xiaoxu ordered Tang Sect disciples of yellow rank or above to assemble.
• The Central Legion began mobilizing its 150,000 troops, vehicles, mechas, soldiers, and airships for a march to the Eastsea border within three days.
• Aquarius Star Dragon warned Zhong Lingyue that the Fighting Dragon Clan had few members and had not recovered its strength after the devastation of the battle between Black Death Dragon and the Four Great God King Dragons.

Zhong Lingyue persuaded the Fighting Dragon Clan leaders that their first move against the Sun-Moon Federation had to secure public legitimacy as well as military advantage. He ordered the Star Dragons to lead forces to the East Sea borders the next morning and seize Federation outposts after the Skysea Alliance declared independence.

• The Aquarius Star Dragon warned that the clan's small numbers and unrecovered cultivation made a direct war costly, while the Scorpio Star Dragon urged them to fight back.
• Zhong Lingyue explained that striking first without justification would let the Federation brand the Skysea Alliance as rebels and Evil Soul Master allies, turning the people against them.
• Zhong Lingyue proposed declaring independence and cited unequal taxation, Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect's armed activity, and the Federation's failure to protect the East Sea as reasons.
• Zhong Lingyue asked the four Star Dragons to lead their teams to the northern, central, and southern East Sea borders the next morning and remove Federation sentry posts after the declaration.
• Zhong Lingyue predicted the Federation's internal disputes would delay its response, giving the Skysea Alliance time to fortify the borders.

Zhong Lingyue finalized Eastsea's war preparations as the Sun-Moon Federation mobilized, while Zhong Shenxiu removed Tang Wulin's remaining Golden Dragon King Bloodline. Tang Wulin was left wondering whether he would again be a slow-cultivating Blue Silver Grass Soul Master.

• Aries Star Dragon, Libra Star Dragon, and Scorpio Star Dragon divided the southern, northern, and central routes, and Zhong Lingyue ordered an independence announcement followed by a dawn attack on Federation border strongholds.
• Wu Siduo and Ye Xinglan chose to leave Eastsea with the remaining Shrek students and return to Shrek Academy.
• Zhong Shenxiu used the Dark Scepter to extract Tang Wulin's remaining Golden Dragon King Bloodline and reinforce its seal.
• Tang Wulin felt his overwhelming strength fade and found only his familiar Blue Silver Grass Soul Power remained.
• Xie Xie took Tang Wulin to watch the stars from a balcony, where Tang Wulin worried that his cultivation would become slow again.

Xie Xie reassured Tang Wulin that his perseverance and character mattered more than the Golden Dragon King Bloodline, helping him regain confidence in rebuilding his strength. The heartfelt moment ended when Xie Xie asked to see Tang Wulin dressed in women’s clothes, and Tang Wulin punched him.

• Xie Xie told Tang Wulin that he valued his toughness, determination, and concern for others rather than his talent or bloodline.
• Xie Xie reminded Tang Wulin that he had pursued strength and worked hard before learning about the Golden Dragon King Bloodline, and promised to help him start over.
• Tang Wulin accepted that he could rebuild his strength through his own efforts and declared that he would become a powerful Soul Master.
• Tang Wulin thanked Xie Xie, who called him a brother and suggested Zhong Shenxiu could guide them.
• Xie Xie pretended to reveal a serious wish, then asked to see Tang Wulin in women’s clothes, prompting Tang Wulin to punch his shoulder.

The Skysea Alliance declared independence from the Sun-Moon Federation, and fighting erupted as both sides launched surprise attacks in the Azure Cloud Mountains. Shrek Academy and the War God Temple met Doulong Technology's four Star Dragons head-on, and the clash began with Zhuo Shi targeting Libra Star Dragon.

• The Skysea Alliance Council announced that the eastern coastal prefectures had broken away from the Sun-Moon Federation and would defend themselves against invasion.
• Qiangu Dongfeng and other Federation officials reacted furiously, then received reports that the northern border vanguards had already clashed.
• Libra Star Dragon led Sagittarius Star Dragon, Gemini Star Dragon, and Taurus Star Dragon toward Federation outposts in the Azure Cloud Mountains.
• Long Yeyue, Zhuo Shi, Lan Muzi, Tang Mengyin, Ji Chi, Shi Mengshan, Nangong Yi, and Jiang Zhanheng emerged from the mist, revealing that both forces had launched surprise attacks at dawn.
• Long Yeyue ordered her allies to split up the four Star Dragons, and Zhuo Shi attacked Libra Star Dragon with his Blazing Dragon Scorches the Heavens technique.
• Libra Star Dragon used Mirror-Spirit Flow to create reflections, and two of them sent vines around Zhuo Shi's ankles.

Long Yeyue and Tang Mengyin teamed up to restrain Libra Star Dragon, whose time and space abilities kept them locked in a stalemate. On the second battlefield, Lan Muzi opened an attack on Sagittarius Star Dragon, who faced the blow without retreating.

• Long Yeyue destroyed Libra Star Dragon’s remaining projections with her Light and Dark dragon breaths and attacked him while Tang Mengyin disrupted his Soul Power with her xun.
• Long Yeyue broke free of Libra Star Dragon’s Libra Timing Needle with her Dragon Emperor True Body, while Tang Mengyin used the Illusory Sound Realm to impede his teleportation.
• Libra Star Dragon shattered Tang Mengyin’s illusion and repeatedly used time control, forcing Long Yeyue and Tang Mengyin to keep him occupied rather than leave their battlefield.
• Sagittarius Star Dragon confronted the experts on the second battlefield as Lan Muzi struck at him with Three Suns Opening Prosperity.
• Sagittarius Star Dragon sneered and did not retreat from Lan Muzi’s incoming attack.