Chapter Summaries

Qian Yufeng assessed Spirit Hall’s growing strength and the political tensions in the Heaven Dou Empire as Tang San prepared to take the Shrek Seven Devils to Sea God Island. After the group departed, Xue Qinghe received their itinerary and turned his attention to reforming the empire.

• Qian Yufeng noted the rise in Title Douluo and considered how the conflict between Xue Qinghe and the nobles could destabilize Heaven Dou Empire.
• Tang San had Tai Tan deliver the first batch of hidden weapons to Xue Qinghe and prepared to take the Shrek Seven Devils back to Sea God Island for training.
• Tai Tan promised Tang San he would oversee their cooperation, then left Shrek Academy after the group departed.
• Flender reassured Yu Xiaogang that Tang San and the others would return stronger, and the two went back into the academy.
• Xue Qinghe received the Shrek Seven Devils’ travel itinerary and resolved to address Heaven Dou Empire’s problems.

Xue Qinghe discovered Emperor Xue Ye’s hidden dossiers documenting nobles’ crimes and resolved to purge them. He secretly destroyed a noble family, then publicly condemned the attack and ordered an investigation, leaving the court suspicious of his role.

• Xue Qinghe found a concealed compartment in the Imperial Study and read dossiers detailing noble houses’ crimes.
• Xue Qinghe decided the nobles threatened the empire and resolved to punish them.
• Five days later, a squad of thirty men secretly attacked Duke Mosland’s manor, killed everyone there, took its valuables, and burned it.
• Xue Qinghe denounced the massacre at court, ordered the Royal Knights to investigate, and posthumously granted Duke Mosland the title Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness.
• The nobles suspected Xue Qinghe had staged the attack, leaving the court tense and distrustful.

Prince Xue Xing hinted to Xue Beng that the nobles no longer served the Heaven Dou Empire as they once had, and Xue Beng visited his ailing father, Xue Ye. On his way home, Xue Beng met a disguised Qian Yufeng, who claimed to see dark energy between his brows and was invited to his residence.

• Prince Xue Xing warned Xue Beng that the empire's foundations would survive even if its nobles fell, and Xue Beng understood the need for the people's support.
• Xue Qinghe visited Xue Ye, concealed his ambitions, and listened as his father advised him to prioritize stability and judge plans according to the situation.
• Xue Beng brought calming soup to Xue Ye and spent about thirty minutes with him, surprising his father with his considerate behavior.
• Disguised as an old man, Qian Yufeng stopped Xue Beng near his residence and claimed that dark energy between his brows signaled trouble in his family.
• Xue Beng invited Qian Yufeng to his residence so the old man could explain his claim, while privately considering killing him if he spoke nonsense.

Qian Yufeng warned Xue Beng that Emperor Xue Ye’s sudden illness might hide a plot and urged him to investigate discreetly, then prepared Dugu Bo to diagnose the emperor. Meanwhile, Tang San began the Sea God Nine Trials on Sea God Island, setting out on his path to godhood.

• Qian Yufeng disguised himself as an old fortune-teller and told Xue Beng that he had an emperor’s fate but faced hidden danger.
• Qian Yufeng suggested that Xue Ye’s fatigue might indicate a serious problem and advised Xue Beng to arrange a secret examination by Heaven Dou City’s best physician.
• Qian Yufeng visited Dugu Bo, met Dugu Tian and Dugu Ling, and learned that the family’s younger generation had exceptional talent.
• Qian Yufeng told Dugu Bo that Xue Beng would ask him to diagnose Xue Ye and instructed him to share the truth privately with the prince.
• Tang San and the other six began their trials on Sea God Island, and Tang San triggered the Sea God Nine Trials.

Qian Yufeng’s plan led Xue Beng to seek Dugu Bo’s help in examining Emperor Xue Ye, while the Sea God and Asura God watched Tang San’s trials and worried about Qian Yufeng. Xue Qinghe learned that Dugu Bo was heading to the palace but remained confident that the emperor’s condition would go undetected.

• The Sea God and Asura God discussed Tang San’s God Test and their plan for him to inherit both divine positions, while Asura God warned that Qian Yufeng was an unpredictable threat.
• After speaking with Dugu Bo, Qian Yufeng left Xue Beng to decide how to approach his uncle, Prince Xue Xing, for help.
• Xue Beng summoned Prince Xue Xing and persuaded him to take them to Dugu Bo so the physician could examine Emperor Xue Ye.
• Dugu Bo agreed to examine the emperor, prepared his diagnostic tools, and set out for the imperial palace with Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng.
• Xue Qinghe received word of their journey and believed Dugu Bo would not detect the secret formula affecting Emperor Xue Ye.

Xue Beng learned that his father Xue Ye had been poisoned and confronted the danger surrounding his family, while Prince Xue Xing urged him to understand Xue Qinghe’s campaign against corrupt nobles. As Heaven Dou nobles moved to depose Xue Qinghe, Qian Xunji anticipated the Empire’s conflict.

• Prince Xue Xing brought Xue Beng and Dugu Bo to examine Xue Ye, and Dugu Bo recognized that the emperor had been poisoned with a rare mixed toxin.
• Dugu Bo concealed his suspicions from Xue Ye, advised him to rest, and gave him a list of restorative dishes.
• After Dugu Bo left, Xue Ye lamented that his sons were disappointing and feared the Heaven Dou Empire’s fate was nearing its end.
• Xue Beng accused Xue Qinghe of poisoning their father, but Prince Xue Xing explained that Xue Qinghe was trying to remove corrupt nobles and had chosen the wrong methods.
• Xue Beng resolved to stop his elder brother from continuing down the wrong path.
• Spirit Hall learned that Heaven Dou nobles planned to impeach Xue Qinghe, and Qian Xunji welcomed the coming conflict.

With Heaven Dou City in turmoil, Xue Qinghe traveled to Spirit City to seek Qian Xunji’s aid in restoring order. After Xue Qinghe cited evidence of Fallen Spirit Masters among his brothers’ noble allies, Qian Xunji agreed to send the Angel Legion back with him in three days.

• Xue Qinghe left Heaven Dou City by train while his three younger brothers divided court affairs and the nobles’ influence weakened the government.
• After ten days, Xue Qinghe arrived in Spirit City and met Qian Xunji at the Pope Palace.
• Xue Qinghe asked Qian Xunji to intervene in Heaven Dou’s crisis, but Qian Xunji initially refused on the grounds that Spirit Hall could not interfere in another empire’s internal politics.
• Xue Qinghe told Qian Xunji that Fallen Spirit Masters were among the nobles supporting his brothers and described the suspicious deaths of villagers.
• Qian Xunji agreed to send the Angel Legion Fifth Division with Xue Qinghe to Heaven Dou City in three days.

Xue Qinghe brought thirty thousand Spirit Hall soldiers to Heaven Dou City and used them to crush the nobles’ outer defenses. The nobles panicked as Spirit Hall’s backing strengthened Xue Qinghe’s position and quieted the other kingdoms.

• Qian Xunji sent thirty thousand Spirit Hall soldiers with Xue Qinghe to eliminate Fallen Spirit Masters in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xue Qinghe and the army traveled by train toward Heaven Dou City while he resolved to remove the corrupt nobles.
• Xue Luo, Xue Chen, and Xue Beng discussed Xue Qinghe’s appeal to Spirit Hall and the nobles’ growing control over the empire.
• Xue Qinghe and Snake Lance Douluo led the troops in surrounding and swiftly destroying the nobles’ defenses outside Heaven Dou City.
• The nobles inside the city panicked over Spirit Hall’s intervention, while the other kingdoms became less willing to oppose Xue Qinghe.

Xue Qinghe retook Heaven Dou City with Spirit Hall’s elite troops, crushed the nobles’ rebellion, and resumed control of the government. As he credited the Pope’s support, Spirit Hall began a new operation by surrounding the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and demanding its submission.

• Xue Qinghe ordered Snake Lance Douluo to attack Heaven Dou City, and Spirit Hall’s soldiers blasted open the city gates with explosives.
• Xue Qinghe’s hidden forces attacked the nobles’ gathering and their homes, killing many of the nobles who had rebelled against him.
• Xue Beng, the Second Prince, and the Third Prince welcomed Xue Qinghe at the palace and pleaded for forgiveness.
• Xue Qinghe took Xue Ye’s seat in the Hall of State Affairs, blamed the rebellion on corrupt nobles, and thanked the Pope for military support.
• Spirit Hall dispatched six Super Douluo and ten thousand soldiers with Thermal Soul Tools to surround the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and demand that Yu Yuanzhen submit.

With Spirit Hall’s army surrounding the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Yu Yuanzhen weighed resistance against submission and consulted his elders. The clan chose to avoid a fight and wait for Spirit Hall’s next move, leaving Yu Yuanzhen alone to consider the consequences.

• Yu Yuanzhen surveyed Spirit Hall’s forces and learned from Cang Yuan that the clan had half a day to answer the Pope’s demand.
• Yu Yuanzhen summoned eight elders to discuss how the clan should respond to Spirit Hall’s overwhelming strength.
• Yu Luomian urged Yu Yuanzhen to submit, arguing that Spirit Hall’s unification campaign could bring the clan resources and few restrictions.
• The elders agreed that the clan should avoid fighting and observe Spirit Hall’s actions, so Yu Yuanzhen sent them to reassure the clansmen.
• Yu Luomian reminded Yu Yuanzhen that Elder Qian was still alive, and Yu Yuanzhen resolved not to let the clan’s relationship with Spirit Hall grow hostile.

Spirit Hall’s coordinated revolt isolated Xue Qinghe in Heaven Dou City as its forces moved to seize the Heaven Dou Empire. Meanwhile, the Star Luo Emperor accepted Spirit Hall’s rule, and Qian Yufeng ordered his intelligence network to help complete the takeover.

• Yu Yuanzhen accepted the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s incorporation into Spirit Hall, and Cang Yuan Douluo gave him a ring from Qian Yufeng before leaving.
• Spirit Hall branches and local Soul Master factions launched uprisings across the Heaven Dou Empire, winning civilian support and punishing corrupt nobles.
• Xue Qinghe learned that Snake Lance Douluo had cut off Heaven Dou City and that Spirit Hall was moving troops into major cities to annex the empire.
• Qian Xunji ordered the Star Luo Empire renamed Star Luo Province under Spirit Hall while retaining substantial autonomy.
• Qian Renting delivered the directive to the Star Luo Emperor, who accepted it and asked Dai Mubai to persuade his elder brother.
• Qian Yufeng mobilized his intelligence network to help Spirit Hall take over every province of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Qian Yufeng secured the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s acceptance of Spirit Hall’s reorganization by promising to limit bloodshed and offering Ning Fengzhi an evolution pill. Meanwhile, Xue Qinghe rejected Spirit Hall’s demand to surrender Heaven Dou City, and Porcupinefish Douluo ordered an assault.

• Qian Yufeng introduced Qian Renxue to Ning Fengzhi and explained that Spirit Hall had brought the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan under its jurisdiction and controlled most of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to accept Spirit Hall’s reorganization, asking only that it avoid excessive bloodshed in Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Yufeng gave Ning Fengzhi a pill that could evolve his Martial Soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Xue Qinghe confronted Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo from Heaven Dou City’s wall and refused to open the gates.
• Porcupinefish Douluo ordered Spirit Hall’s soldiers to attack the city.

Spirit Hall defeated Heaven Dou City's defenses with Mysterious Jade Hand and mortars, captured Xue Qinghe, and brought the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires under its control. At a continent-wide meeting, Qian Yufeng surprised the gathered representatives by saying they had come to choose a name for the newly unified continent.

• Snake Lance Douluo sent a thousand masked Spirit Hall soldiers to block the defenders' Godly Zhuge Crossbow bolts with Mysterious Jade Hand, then ordered the assault on Heaven Dou City.
• Spirit Hall's mortars shattered the city's defenses, and its soldiers blew open the gates and captured the resisting defenders.
• Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo stopped Xue Qinghe as he tried to flee and told him to lead them to the imperial palace.
• After Spirit Hall occupied Heaven Dou, the Star Luo Empire accepted its reorganization, ending the rule of both empires.
• Spirit Hall invited powerful Title Douluo and Soul Master clan leaders to a meeting, and 4,200 representatives gathered ten days later.
• Qian Yufeng told the representatives that the meeting's sole purpose was to discuss a unified name for the continent.

Spirit Hall established plans for the Douluo Federation and outlined a continent-wide development program, including future research into Artificial Soul Rings and Soul Spirits. Five days later, citizens across the continent began electing parliament members, and Spirit Hall’s new federation gained widespread public support.

• Spirit Hall announced that it would unite the continent under the Douluo Federation, with a Federal Parliament overseeing thirty-seven provinces and citizens electing its members.
• Qian Xunji told Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and Tang Xiao about Spirit Hall’s Millennium Development Plan, and the three sect leaders pledged their support.
• Qian Yufeng declined to participate in selecting parliament members and urged the Pontiffs to focus on reaching Level 100 and preparing for research into Artificial Soul Rings and Soul Spirits.
• Five days later, Spirit Hall posted election notices across the continent, and citizens welcomed the plans to replace kingdoms, duchies, and empires with a unified federation.

The Douluo Federation was officially established under Spirit Hall, while Qian Renxue began the Angel God’s Ninth Trial. She passed the trial and inherited the Angel God Position, leaving Qian Daoliu’s soul waiting for her return.

• The Federal Parliament named Qian Xunji the first Federal Council Chief and announced plans to build Qiyuan City as the federation’s capital.
• Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu opened the final trial formation, and Qian Daoliu sacrificed his life force to send her into the trial.
• Qian Renxue entered the divine hall, where the Angel God Suit merged with her as she lost consciousness.
• Qian Renxue repeatedly killed an unfamiliar blue-haired man in what she believed was an illusion, completing the Divine Heart Trial after eighty-one deaths.
• Qian Renxue passed the Angel God Ninth Trial, reached one hundred percent Divine Power affinity, and inherited the Angel God Position.

Qian Renxue became the Angel God, learned that Qian Daoliu had begun a ritual to regain his body, and agreed to succeed Qian Xunji as Pope of Spirit Hall. On Sea God Island, Tang San learned that Spirit Hall had unified the continent, prompting the Sea God to decide that Tang San must ascend faster and remain on the island.

• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that she had become the Angel God, and he left to undergo the resurrection ritual, promising to meet her in seven days.
• Qian Yufeng helped Qian Daoliu merge with a newly forged body while Qian Renxue returned to Spirit Hall and told Qian Xunji she had completed her God Test.
• Qian Xunji asked Qian Renxue to become the next Pope, and she agreed to learn from him before taking over in one month.
• Xiao Bai brought Tang San a letter from Prince Xue Qinghe, and Tang San told the Shrek Seven Devils that Spirit Hall had unified the continent.
• Tang San urged his companions to stay on Sea God Island and cultivate, while the Sea God resolved to accelerate Tang San's godhood and prevent the group from returning to the continent.

Qian Yufeng brought Ao Qingqing to meet the Silver Dragon King and discuss resolving the conflict between humans and Soul Beasts. He revealed that Spirit Hall had already developed an experimental Artificial Soul Spirit, shocking the Silver Dragon King and her group.

• Qian Yufeng brought Ao Qingqing to the Star Dou Great Forest to discuss cooperation with the Silver Dragon King and deter the Soul Beasts with Ao Qingqing's powerful bloodline.
• Qian Yufeng met the Silver Dragon King and explained that Spirit Hall had unified humanity and wanted to plan for the future conflict between humans and Soul Beasts.
• The Silver Dragon King and Di Tian warned that human population growth could threaten Soul Beasts before new solutions were ready.
• Qian Yufeng revealed that his experiments had created Artificial Soul Spirits using Soul Beast blood samples and genes.
• Qian Yufeng summoned Xiao Bing, an Ice Jade Scorpion Spirit created from Ice Empress's bloodline, and explained that growth-type Soul Spirits could mature while other types were easier to produce.

Qian Yufeng healed the Silver Dragon King and secured her promise to prevent future Beast Tides, then set out with her to meet the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. He introduced himself to the whale king, who was shocked by the power of his companion.

• Qian Yufeng proposed finding a separate habitat for Soul Beasts, and the Silver Dragon King agreed to travel with him and see it for herself.
• Qian Yufeng used the Source of Life to restore the Silver Dragon King's Origin Force, and she promised that Soul Beasts would never launch another Beast Tide.
• Qian Yufeng told the Silver Dragon King he intended to help the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King overcome his weaknesses and oppose the Sea God.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King sensed Qian Yufeng and the Silver Dragon King approaching, left his wife and child, and went to meet them on an island.
• Qian Yufeng greeted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, who asked his name and purpose while feeling overwhelmed by the Silver Dragon King's presence.

Qian Yufeng and the Silver Dragon King visited the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King to warn him that a new Sea God was coming and offer help against the inheritor. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King accepted their partnership and used a Transformation Pill, while Qian Yufeng raised the safety of his wife and child.

• Qian Yufeng and the Silver Dragon King met the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King at his island home and warned him that Poseidon had chosen a new Sea God inheritor.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King boasted that his strength would let him withstand the inheritor, but Qian Yufeng questioned whether he could fight effectively in human form.
• The Silver Dragon King offered to help him transform perfectly, and Qian Yufeng presented a Transformation Pill that could conceal his Soul Beast nature.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King agreed to cooperate with them against the Sea God's inheritor and swallowed the pill, transforming into a human man.
• Qian Yufeng offered two more pills for the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's wife and child and urged him to take them to the human world, leaving the whale king silent.

Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils prepared for his Eighth Sea God Trial, which required killing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. Qian Yufeng arranged for Qian Renxue to protect the whale king, while Tang San's group reached the Deep Sea Demon Whale Waters and discovered their opponent had taken complete human form.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King sensed the Sea God's contingency plan approaching and wondered how the new Sea God heir compared with Poseidon.
• Tang San told the other six Devils that his Eighth Trial was their final trial and that they needed a month to prepare to kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Qian Yufeng reassured the Demon Empress that he had sent Qian Renxue to help her husband survive, with Ao Qingqing and A-Bi following Qian Renxue in secret.
• After a month of preparations, Tang San and the other six Devils traveled with the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan to the Deep Sea Demon Whale Waters.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King urged Tang San's group to leave, but Tang San declared they would defeat him; the whale king then revealed his complete human form, making Tang San fear the battle would be difficult.