Chapter Summaries

Wang Haoxuan urged Dai Tianling and En Ci to use the Myriad Spirits Blood Fiend Banner to fight for their nations’ survival against the Sun-Moon Federation. After Wang Haoxuan left, Dai Tianling and En Ci acknowledged the threat but remained alone to consider the Star Luo Empire’s options.

• Wang Haoxuan argued that the Sun-Moon Federation vastly outmatched the Star Luo Empire and Tiandou Federation, and said he would fight rather than regret letting his country fall.
• Dai Tianling and En Ci privately exchanged a look, then En Ci asked Wang Haoxuan to wait in a side hall while they discussed the matter.
• Wang Haoxuan left, believing the Star Luo Empire had no other path to take.
• Dai Tianling told En Ci he could not refute Wang Haoxuan’s argument, and En Ci agreed.
• En Ci listed the Sun-Moon Federation’s institutions and military legions as evidence of the pressure facing the Star Luo Empire.

En Ci persuaded Dai Tianling that the Star Luo Empire had to risk everything to overcome its weakness, and Dai agreed to join the plan involving the Myriad Spirits Blood Fiend Banner. Wang Haoxuan revealed that the banner required a mass blood sacrifice and proposed using war to supply its victims.

• En Ci warned Dai Tianling that the Star Luo Empire lacked the talent and strength to rival the Sun-Moon Federation, and urged him to join the gamble.
• Dai Tianling agreed to stake the empire’s future and summoned Wang Haoxuan to discuss the banner.
• Wang Haoxuan explained that the Myriad Spirits Blood Fiend Banner could refine a Dao Fruit capable of raising a Second-Level God, but required countless deaths.
• Wang Haoxuan assured Dai Tianling and En Ci that neither empire’s citizens would be sacrificed, then proposed starting a war to gather the deaths and blood the banner required.

Wang Haoxuan persuaded En Ci and Dai Tianling to ally the Star Luo Empire with the Tiandou Federation, using wars to create divine godhood Dao fruits and weaken the Sun-Moon Federation. The alliance was agreed, and Wang Haoxuan offered Star Luo the first Dao fruit while asking Tiandou to receive the second.

• Wang Haoxuan proposed attacking the Green Skull resistance organization to refine the Myriad Spirits Blood Fiend Banner and create a god for their camp.
• Dai Tianling and En Ci discussed the Sun-Moon Federation’s internal divisions and concluded that its factions could be kept occupied while the allies fought at the mortal level.
• Wang Haoxuan outlined a plan to accumulate and conceal divine godhood Dao fruits, then use them together to cripple the Federation.
• Dai Tianling formally allied the Star Luo Empire with the Tiandou Federation and agreed to follow Wang Haoxuan’s plans.
• Wang Haoxuan entrusted the Myriad Spirits Blood Fiend Banner to En Ci for safekeeping and offered Star Luo the first divine godhood Dao fruit in exchange for Tiandou receiving the second.

En Ci refused Wang Haoxuan’s offer of the first Dao Fruit, warning Dai Tianling that it would turn a promising Limit Douluo into a stagnant false god and let the Tiandou Federation gauge Star Luo’s potential. With war approaching, En Ci and Dai Tianling decided to eradicate the Green Skull Resistance Organization and its court supporters.

• En Ci declined Wang Haoxuan’s offer, and Wang Haoxuan said he would return in a week to strike with them and condense the first Dao Fruit.
• En Ci explained to Dai Tianling that consuming the Blood Fiend Dao Fruit would ruin a potential independent god and allow the Tiandou Federation to assess Star Luo’s strength.
• En Ci and Dai Tianling agreed that the Green Skull Resistance Organization had to be destroyed before war began, despite having previously allowed it to exist as a way to contain society’s dark elements.
• Dai Tianling said he knew Green Skull’s court supporters had used the organization to amass wealth and build private factions, and agreed to eliminate them.
• En Ci ordered the Offering Hall to deploy covertly while Dai Tianling mobilized troops, with plans to seize Green Skull’s supporters within three days and attack its lair within five.

Chen Xinjie summoned five Limit Douluos to discuss signs that the Tiandou Federation and Star Luo Empire were preparing for war. Their military movements gave the Sun-Moon Federation reason to take precautions, though Chen Xinjie could not determine whether they intended to attack.

• Chen Xinjie reflected on the threats and political pressures confronting the Sun-Moon Federation as he handled government affairs.
• Guan Yue, Ao Rui, Long Tianwu, Dong Zi'an, and Yin Moshang arrived after Chen Xinjie summoned them.
• Chen Xinjie told the five that intelligence from the military and Tang Sect suggested the Tiandou Federation and Star Luo Empire might strike.
• Dong Zi'an dismissed the two rival powers, while Guan Yue asked whether the intelligence was reliable.
• Chen Xinjie showed the five a map documenting fleet movements, troops gathering near borders, and supplies being assembled, and said the Federation had to prepare for the possibility of war.

Chen Xinjie prepared the Sun-Moon Federation for possible war and gave its five strongest fighters his insights into attaining godhood. At Shrek Academy, Yun Ming reassured a guilt-ridden Zhuo Shi after the deaths of disciples in the South Sea.

• Chen Xinjie ordered Dong Zi'an and Yin Moshang to station troops from the Western and Northwestern Legions in Ming Capital and told Guan Yue to prepare the War God Temple.
• Guan Yue suggested that Wang Haoxuan had involved the Star Luo Empire to help protect the Star Dragon Tower, but Chen Xinjie insisted that the Federation remain ready for war.
• Chen Xinjie gave Dong Zi'an, Yin Moshang, Guan Yue, Ao Rui, and the fifth council member booklets containing his insights into attaining godhood and urged the five to grow stronger quickly.
• At Shrek Academy, Yun Ming told Zhuo Shi that the deaths of the disciples who had gone to the South Sea were not his fault and that they had known the risks.

Zhuo Shi broke down over the deaths of twenty-five disciples at the Star Dragon Tower, but Yun Ming urged him to live on and protect Shrek. Ya Li returned from seclusion close to godhood, while Yun Ming faced the truth that Shrek had lost its former power and could no longer act without restraint.

• Zhuo Shi confessed his guilt to Yun Ming over the deaths of Shrek members in repeated attacks and the loss of twenty-five disciples at the Star Dragon Tower.
• Yun Ming told Zhuo Shi to honor the dead by living on and protecting Shrek, and Zhuo Shi vowed to keep the academy safe.
• Ya Li entered the Sea God Pavilion, revealed that she had not reached godhood but felt the barrier beginning to loosen, and Yun Ming urged her to focus on her breakthrough.
• Zhuo Shi left the pavilion in grief, and Ya Li told Yun Ming that he needed to work through his loss on his own.
• Yun Ming reflected on the Golden Ancient Tree’s loss, Shrek’s humiliation by Doulong Technology, and the Holy Spirit Cult’s bombardment, recognizing that Shrek was no longer the world’s greatest power.

Yun Ming planned to visit Long Yeyue’s secluded cultivation grounds after Ya Li raised concerns about her long absence. Meanwhile, the Star Luo Empire assembled a massive force on its western coast to launch a military campaign toward the Douluo Continent, with Emperor Dai Tianling and Imperial Preceptor En Ci overlooking the army.

• Ya Li asked Yun Ming whether Long Yeyue had emerged from seclusion, and Yun Ming admitted he did not know.
• Ya Li wondered whether something had happened to Long Yeyue, but Yun Ming believed she might be waiting for an opportunity.
• Yun Ming told Ya Li he would personally visit Long Yeyue’s secluded cultivation grounds after Ya Li returned to seclusion, and Ya Li agreed.
• The Star Luo Empire assembled mecha battalions, Soul Master divisions, Soul Engineers, and support troops at its largest naval port for an expedition to the Douluo Continent.
• A general rallied the assembled troops, who roared that they would follow him into battle.
• Emperor Dai Tianling and Imperial Preceptor En Ci stood on the command platform overlooking the million-strong army.