Chapter Summaries

Zhong Shenxiu prepared to observe and disrupt Yun Ming’s Divine Tribulation, which drew the continent’s attention to Shrek City. As Yun Ming’s first tribulation lightning formed, a hidden attacker struck at his heart, but the blow met an unexpected metallic collision.

• Zhong Shenxiu told Leng Yaozhu to continue the infiltration and said he would go to observe Yun Ming’s tribulation in seven days.
• Seven days later, Shrek City prepared for Yun Ming’s tribulation as Long Yeyue and other experts guarded the site, while Tang Mengyin worried about the unconscious Lan Muzi.
• Yun Ming sat beneath the gathering tribulation clouds as the first purple lightning formed, confident he could achieve Godhood despite the Holy Spirit Cult’s opposition.
• A deathly gray aura emerged from twisted space and sent a gray-black blade toward Yun Ming’s heart.
• The hidden attack struck something with a sharp metallic clang.

Yun Ming fought Ha Luosa while the second tribulation lightning bolt threatened the battlefield, and their clash drew the Holy Spirit Cult and the protectors into battle around them. Yun Ming broke through Ha Luosa’s domain and channeled the lightning into his spear, bringing a devastating strike down on him.

• Yun Ming blocked Ha Luosa’s opening attacks and countered with spear techniques that forced Ha Luosa onto the defensive.
• Ha Luosa summoned Ghostblade Shadows, but Yun Ming’s Sky-Piercing Domain slowed them before Ten Thousand Spears Return to the Void destroyed them.
• Ha Luosa countered with Death Domain and Endless Tribulation Reincarnation, while the second tribulation lightning bolt and the Holy Spirit Cult’s Four Heavenly Kings plunged the perimeter into battle.
• Ha Luosa expanded Netherworld Rebirth Domain to bind Yun Ming and drain his strength, but Yun Ming tore through it with Pillar of Sky-Piercing.
• Yun Ming drew the second tribulation lightning bolt into his spear and brought the lightning-charged weapon down toward Ha Luosa.

Yun Ming fought Ha Luosa amid the Second Heavenly Tribulation, but Ha Luosa absorbed the lightning and revealed that he intended to undergo a Divine Tribulation of his own. The Ghost Emperor blocked Long Yeyue from intervening, leaving the battle's outcome uncertain.

• Ha Luosa used Netherworld Severing Void to attack Yun Ming from behind, but Yun Ming predicted the move and wounded his shoulder with a counterstrike.
• The Second Heavenly Tribulation struck, and Yun Ming endured the lightning before launching Sky-Piercing Thrust at Ha Luosa.
• Ha Luosa recited a verse and used Netherworld's Lament to refine the tribulation lightning into death energy, shocking Long Yeyue.
• The Ghost Emperor appeared and taunted Long Yeyue, revealing that the Holy Spirit Cult had planned to use Yun Ming's tribulation to trigger Ha Luosa's Divine Tribulation.
• Long Yeyue tried to rush toward the battlefield, but the Ghost Emperor attacked her with Soul-Chasing Nails, which she repelled with Radiant Dragon Breath.

Yun Ming and Ha Luosa unleashed their strongest attacks, and Ha Luosa defeated Yun Ming in their clash. Just as Ha Luosa prepared to kill him, Ya Li appeared and healed Yun Ming with the power of faith, leaving the Heavenly Tribulation undisturbed.

• Yun Ming used his Seventh Soul Skill and Ninth Soul Skill to attack Ha Luosa, who answered with King Descends and his Ninth Soul Skill, God.
• Their attacks collided, and Yun Ming was badly wounded and driven back while Ha Luosa also suffered injuries but gained the upper hand.
• Ha Luosa declared Yun Ming defeated and raised Netherworld's Lament to deliver the final blow.
• Ya Li appeared inside the Guardian God Formation and healed Yun Ming with holy light, while the Heavenly Tribulation did not target her.
• The narration explained that Ya Li's Life-Sharing Contract with Yun Ming and the faith of the people she had saved let her healing reach him without counting as outside interference.

Yun Ming and Ha Luosa fought fiercely beneath the third wave of Heavenly Tribulation, each enduring lightning strikes while trying to kill the other. Their domains clashed as the battle continued, with neither willing to yield.

• Ya Li sent life force and the holy light of faith to Yun Ming, strengthening him as he charged Ha Luosa with the Sky-Piercing Spear.
• Ha Luosa accused Shrek Academy of hypocrisy for condemning Soul Masters with evil Martial Souls while training powerful ones itself.
• The third wave of Heavenly Tribulation struck as Yun Ming and Ha Luosa continued fighting through the lightning, exchanging spear and sword techniques.
• Long Yeyue reinforced the Guardian God Formation while Ghost Emperor used his Soul-Chasing Nails to block the battle's aftershocks.
• Yun Ming took Ha Luosa's deathly slash and struck him into a crater with Pillar of Sky-Piercing, but Ha Luosa rose and unleashed Death's Withering.
• Yun Ming activated Sky-Piercing Domain to suppress Ha Luosa's spreading deathly light, and their domains clashed without either giving ground.

Yun Ming and Ha Luosa used the fourth Heavenly Tribulation lightning in another exchange that ended in a draw, while the battle continued below. Lan Jinghe joined the battlefield and destroyed the Federation’s artillery formation, but an azure trident suddenly attacked her.

• Yun Ming and Ha Luosa each drew on the fourth tribulation lightning and struck at the same time, but their spear and sword met in another draw.
• Lan Jinghe and Zhong Shenxiu watched the Holy Spirit Cult retreat as the Federation and Shrek allied forces advanced.
• Lan Jinghe asked Zhong Shenxiu when his reinforcements would arrive, and he urged her to attack the allied army first.
• Lan Jinghe descended onto the battlefield and destroyed the Federation’s frontline artillery formation with abyssal lightning.
• Lan Jinghe began attacking Federation soldiers, but an azure trident suddenly flew toward her face.

Lan Jinghe confronted Chen Xinjie, whose newly revealed ascension to godhood had been part of the Sun-Moon Federation’s plan to destroy the Holy Spirit Cult. Their battle escalated into a clash of divine sea powers, and they continued fighting amid the devastation as the tribulation clouds churned overhead.

• Lan Jinghe recognized Chen Xinjie as a newly ascended sea god and revealed that the Sun-Moon Federation had used Yun Ming’s tribulation as bait for the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Chen Xinjie declared that the Holy Spirit Cult would be destroyed and attacked Lan Jinghe with a divine tidal wave.
• Lan Jinghe swallowed the tide with her abyssal prison and pierced Chen Xinjie’s divine shield with an abyssal water spear.
• Chen Xinjie summoned a Deep-Sea Giant Shark and followed with a crushing wave, but Lan Jinghe destroyed the shark and unleashed her Abyssal Sea Suppression Domain.
• Lan Jinghe and Chen Xinjie exchanged attacks across the battlefield, while nearby soldiers retreated from the destructive god-level fight.

Chen Xinjie fought Lan Jinghe after revealing his breakthrough as the God of Azure Tidewind, but she used the Space-Time God Shuttle to gain the upper hand. They carried their battle into near-Earth space, where Chen Xinjie began another attack.

• Long Yeyue and Ghost Emperor Nine Ghost King watched Chen Xinjie join the battle, and Long Yeyue realized the Federation's position had improved.
• Lan Jinghe used the Space-Time God Shuttle to trap Chen Xinjie in a distorted space-time abyss, but he summoned the Tidal Scepter and broke free with Tidal Origin.
• Lan Jinghe attacked with seawater vortices, and Chen Xinjie countered with Thousandfold Surging Waves before driving her back with Gale Overwhelms the Sea.
• Lan Jinghe and Chen Xinjie rose above the tribulation clouds and continued their battle in near-Earth space to protect the soldiers below.
• Chen Xinjie summoned two Deep-Sea Giant Sharks, and Lan Jinghe destroyed one before Chen Xinjie closed in and swung his Tidal Scepter at her.

Lan Jinghe and Chen Xinjie fought a destructive battle in the starry sky, trading powerful attacks until both were strained. Watching from above, Zhong Shenxiu revealed his Dragon God identity and sent the Iceberg Giant Dragon and Volcano Giant Dragon to rescue the Holy Spirit Cult, leaving Long Yeyue confronting the newly arrived dragon warriors.

• Lan Jinghe and Chen Xinjie clashed in space, with their attacks shattering distant meteor fragments.
• Lan Jinghe unleashed Demon Empress's Wrath, and Chen Xinjie countered with his Vast Sea Domain and Vast Sea Annihilation, leaving both slightly injured and drained.
• Zhong Shenxiu observed the battle and revealed his nine soul rings, declaring that he was the Dragon God and had reached Rank 91 Title Douluo.
• Seeing the Holy Spirit Cult near defeat, Zhong Shenxiu ordered the Iceberg Giant Dragon and Volcano Giant Dragon to intervene so the cult would survive.
• The two giant dragons crashed into the battlefield, freezing and burning allied soldiers, and Long Yeyue recognized their dragon auras and realized Zhong Shenxiu had acted.

The Fighting Dragon Clan’s Iceberg Giant Dragon and Volcano Giant Dragon arrived, forcing the Federation and Shrek forces to split their formation and giving the Holy Spirit Cult an opening to counterattack. Ao Rui, Luo Yuhang, Mo Zihong, and Tang Mengyin engaged the two dragons, but the Iceberg Giant Dragon’s defenses remained unbroken.

• The Iceberg Giant Dragon and Volcano Giant Dragon joined the battle, prompting Long Yeyue and the allied forces to divide their strength to face them.
• The Ghost Emperor, Nine Ghost King, took advantage of the reduced pressure to counterattack as the Holy Spirit Cult fought more fiercely.
• Ao Rui blocked the Volcano Giant Dragon’s magma shells while Tang Mengyin and Mo Zihong tried to restrain the Iceberg Giant Dragon with sound attacks.
• Luo Yuhang and the Iceberg Giant Dragon exchanged attacks, while Ao Rui and the Volcano Giant Dragon fought in a clash of sun and magma power.
• The Iceberg Giant Dragon used his cold mist domain and repeatedly repaired his ice armor, leaving Luo Yuhang unable to break through.

Zhuo Shi and Ao Rui attacked the Iceberg Giant Dragon and Volcano Giant Dragon, but the dragons reunited and overwhelmed the five opponents with coordinated ice-and-fire techniques. The five were injured and forced into disarray as the two dragons drove them back.

• Zhuo Shi struck at the Iceberg Giant Dragon, but the Volcano Giant Dragon intercepted him and engaged him in a fierce exchange.
• Ao Rui launched Nine Suns Become One at the Volcano Giant Dragon, but the Iceberg Giant Dragon blocked it with an ice shield and rejoined his partner.
• The two dragons combined their powers, and the Iceberg Giant Dragon’s Extreme Cold domain and the Volcano Giant Dragon’s explosive shells blinded and scattered the five opponents.
• The dragons attacked through the steam, knocking Mo Zihong and Ao Rui back while the Volcano Giant Dragon forced Luo Yuhang into a retreating defense.
• The Iceberg Giant Dragon struck Tang Mengyin and disrupted her support, while the Volcano Giant Dragon intercepted Zhuo Shi’s attempt to help her.
• The five were left injured and separated as the two dragons pressed their advantage and drove them back.

Zang Xin, Hu Jie, and Li Yunche arrived as Tang Sect reinforcements and turned the battle against the Holy Spirit Cult. When the Icefire Twin Dragons tried to retreat, Hu Jie challenged them, but the Iceberg Giant Dragon quickly overwhelmed his defenses.

• Ghost Emperor Nine Ghost King drove a counterattack while Long Yeyue remained tied down, until Zang Xin struck him with the Passionate Sword’s regret-inflicting power.
• Zang Xin arrived with Hu Jie and Li Yunche, whose Profound Abyss Stratagem Domain restrained the Holy Spirit Cult and aided the allied soldiers.
• The Icefire Twin Dragons decided to retreat after the Tang Sect reinforcements shifted the battle’s balance.
• Hu Jie taunted the Icefire Twin Dragons and engaged the Iceberg Giant Dragon despite Tang Mengyin’s warning.
• The Iceberg Giant Dragon broke through Hu Jie’s defenses with rapid ice attacks, then endured Hu Jie’s Golden Tide Reversal using thickened ice armor.

The allied forces struggled against the Iceberg and Volcano Giant Dragons as Zhong Shenxiu threatened them with the Sun God Bow, but Chen Xinjie blocked his arrow. Lan Jinghe wounded Chen Xinjie after he returned to the battlefield, and the Ninth Heavenly Tribulation arrived.

• The Iceberg Giant Dragon tore open Hu Jie's abdomen, and Zang Xin rescued him while Li Yunche fought to contain the Volcano Giant Dragon's fire rain.
• Zhong Shenxiu aimed the Sun God Bow at the allied army, but Chen Xinjie stopped the arrow with Azure Tide Mist Concealment: Nine-Turn Corridor.
• Lan Jinghe exploited Chen Xinjie's return to the battlefield and wounded him with Lightless Undercurrent Finger.
• The Ninth Heavenly Tribulation gathered overhead as nine-colored lightning writhed through the clouds.

Yun Ming and Ha Luosa survived the Ninth Heavenly Tribulation but remained just short of completing their ascension to godhood. As the battlefield watched, Ya Li’s foundation healed through her life link with Yun Ming, allowing her to reach the Grand Archangel Aspect and restore the allied forces.

• Yun Ming and Ha Luosa each faced the ninth tribulation lightning with a powerful strike and survived, though both were gravely wounded and exhausted.
• Ya Li’s foundation rapidly healed as Yun Ming’s life source flowed through their contract.
• Ya Li awakened her Grand Archangel Aspect and used Angel’s Blessing to heal the allied soldiers and their commanders.
• Hu Jie, Mo Zihong, Tang Mengyin, Luo Yuhang, Ao Rui, Zhuo Shi, and Chen Xinjie recovered from their injuries under Ya Li’s holy light.

Ya Li reached the Quasi-God Realm, while Lan Jinghe escaped with Ha Luosa and the surviving Holy Spirit Cult forces. After the battle ended, Zhong Shenxiu returned to his headquarters, where Lan Jinghe and Lan Fozhi confronted him.

• Ya Li broke through to the Quasi-God Realm, and the allied forces’ morale surged as the Holy Spirit Cult’s position worsened.
• Lan Jinghe delayed Chen Xinjie with Demon Empress's Wrath, then used the Space-Time God Shuttle to escape with Ha Luosa, the Ghost Emperor, and the surviving Holy Spirit Cult members.
• Chen Xinjie suffered from his injuries, while Yun Ming rose with his Divine Realm achieved and reunited with Ya Li, whose cultivation had also advanced.
• Zang Xin warned that the Holy Spirit Cult and Zhong Shenxiu had become major threats, and Chen Xinjie ordered the forces to clear the battlefield and return to the city.
• Zhong Shenxiu returned to Doulong Technology Co., Ltd.'s headquarters, where Lan Jinghe and Lan Fozhi were waiting beside a shattered window.
• Zhong Shenxiu scolded Lan Jinghe for wrecking his office when she and her daughter could have stayed in the East Sea region without being treated differently.

Lan Jinghe confronted Zhong Shenxiu over his departure during the battle, then discussed the Holy Spirit Cult’s losses and their next steps. Zhong Shenxiu arranged for Tang Wulin to show Lan Fozhi around, while the two young people felt an unexpected connection.

• Lan Jinghe accused Zhong Shenxiu of abandoning their alliance during the battle, and he defended his actions as necessary support and a tactical retreat.
• Zhong Shenxiu summoned Tang Wulin and asked him to show Lan Fozhi around Doulong Technology.
• Tang Wulin and Lan Fozhi felt a warm sense of recognition when they met, then left the office together.
• Lan Jinghe teased Zhong Shenxiu about arranging the outing, and he privately hoped Tang Wulin and Lan Fozhi would grow close.
• Lan Jinghe told Zhong Shenxiu that Ha Luosa was in seclusion and the Holy Spirit Cult had suffered severe losses, then asked what he planned to do next.

Zhong Shenxiu and Lan Jinghe planned to weaken the Federation and Shrek gradually while discussing the abandoned God Realm inheritance sites. Lan Jinghe pointed out that the unexplored ocean might hold intact inheritances, and Zhong Shenxiu pressed her to help search it, reminding her of their agreement as his power filled the room.

• Zhong Shenxiu told Lan Jinghe that the Holy Spirit Cult should recover and undermine the Federation while Doulong Technology expanded through covert trade.
• Zhong Shenxiu asked Lan Jinghe to explain the God Realm Inheritance Ruins, and she described the old Divine Trials, the sites' ruin, and the rise of hidden families.
• Lan Jinghe said the land-based ruins had been explored but that most of the Douluo Plane was ocean, prompting Zhong Shenxiu to consider searching the deep sea for inheritances.
• Zhong Shenxiu asked Lan Jinghe, whose true form was the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, to use her knowledge of the ocean to find the ruins.
• Lan Jinghe teased Zhong Shenxiu for needing her help, and he reminded her that their agreement was for her to scout while he provided people and effort, with the gains split.

Zhong Shenxiu and Lan Jinghe negotiated their shares and risks for exploring a God Realm Legacy, then agreed to meet at East Sea Harbor in three days. Lan Jinghe left her daughter, Lan Fozhi, in Tang Wulin’s care while she prepared for the expedition.

• Lan Jinghe challenged Zhong Shenxiu over their even split, then secured first pick of anything they found and made him take the greater exploration risks.
• Tang Wulin entered with Lan Fozhi and found Zhong Shenxiu and Lan Jinghe in a tense office with a shattered window.
• Lan Jinghe reassured Lan Fozhi that her business with Zhong Shenxiu was not dangerous, and Tang Wulin agreed to show her around Eastsea City at the company’s expense.
• Lan Jinghe arranged to meet Zhong Shenxiu before dawn in three days at the abandoned lighthouse on the easternmost side of East Sea Harbor.
• Lan Jinghe left through the broken window, and Zhong Shenxiu looked out toward the sea.

Zhong Shenxiu and Lan Jinghe traveled across the East Sea in a dragon-patterned flying boat and broke through a powerful storm restriction. They reached a newly surfaced island of ancient ruins, where a broken tower still emanated ancient Divine Power.

• Lan Jinghe questioned Zhong Shenxiu about the flying boat, and he described the Dragon Fighting Plane’s history of warfare and its powerful origin artifacts.
• Lan Jinghe identified a storm zone where she had sensed ancient Divine Power beneath the sea, and Zhong Shenxiu steered the flying boat toward it.
• Zhong Shenxiu expanded the flying boat’s barrier and led it through the lightning-filled restriction as the storm battered the craft.
• Zhong Shenxiu and Lan Jinghe emerged from the storm and saw an island surrounded by whirlpools and protected by a rune-covered barrier.
• They spotted ancient ruins across the island and a broken tower at its highest point that still radiated ancient Divine Power.

Zhong Shenxiu and Lan Jinghe explored a submerged island that appeared to hold a powerful god’s inheritance. At the tower entrance, Zhong Shenxiu began devouring its lightning-and-ocean restriction, while Lan Jinghe watched in surprise.

• Zhong Shenxiu and Lan Jinghe landed on the island and endured the powerful pressure of its ancient restriction.
• They found fragments of divine armor and inferred that the ruins belonged to a First-Level God’s inheritance site.
• Zhong Shenxiu stopped Lan Jinghe from rushing toward the core, and they cautiously approached the central tower.
• Lan Jinghe failed to breach the tower’s ocean-and-lightning membrane, which countered her divine authority.
• Zhong Shenxiu used the Eternal Myriad Dragon Source Art to devour the restriction’s power and summoned all nine of his soul rings to increase his absorption.