Chapter Summaries

Qiangu Dongfeng hired the Holy Spirit Cult to kill Jiang Xiu, while the Ghost Emperor negotiated for payment using the promised God-Slayer Class Fixed Soul Guidance Shells. The Underworld Emperor learned who had ordered the assassination and reacted with suspicion when he heard Dark Bell was also assigned.

• Qiangu Dongfeng told the Ghost Emperor that Jiang Xiu, the Body Sect genius connected to several powerful factions, had to be killed in one attempt.
• The Ghost Emperor agreed to ask the Underworld Emperor and send Dark Bell as a backup, then demanded more money until Qiangu Dongfeng threatened to withhold the God-Slayer Class Fixed Soul Guidance Shells.
• Qiangu Dongfeng told the Ghost Emperor that Long Yeyue had caused Chen Xinjie to enter secluded cultivation, weakening security around the shells, and warned that Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect would be attacked from within Shrek City.
• After Qiangu Dongfeng ended the call, the Ghost Emperor contacted the Underworld Emperor and said Qiangu Dongfeng had ordered Jiang Xiu's assassination.
• The Underworld Emperor asked who had made the request, then froze again when the Ghost Emperor said Dark Bell was the backup assassin.

The Underworld Emperor agreed to protect Jiang Xiu, while Leng Yaozhu revealed that her negotiations with Qiangu Dongfeng had won Jiang Xiu a chance to obtain a Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit. The chapter ended with Jiang Xiu recognizing Zhang Geyang’s name and recalling the Soul Spirit connected to him.

• The Underworld Emperor agreed to protect Jiang Xiu from Qiangu Dongfeng and called in a favor.
• Leng Yaozhu told Na'er and Jiang Xiu that Qiangu Dongfeng had surrendered two Spirit Pagoda Council seats.
• Leng Yaozhu revealed that Jiang Xiu could earn a Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit by challenging the Spirit Pagoda tower, with the Qiangu Family covering the costs.
• Leng Yaozhu said Qiangu Dongfeng claimed he had used the Scorpion Tiger's inner core, but she believed he was still withholding it; Na'er decided to have Di Tian rob him.
• Leng Yaozhu explained that Zhang Geyang had recalled her branch tower master from the Star Luo Continent, and Jiang Xiu remembered Zhang Geyang had a Soul Spirit connected to him.

Jiang Xiu learned how Zhang Geyang’s Thunderclap Hell Vine could be turned against him and recognized the Star Luo Empire’s Diamond Snare as a key to claiming the Sky Saint Rift Halberd. As he left to answer a call from the Underworld Emperor, Leng Yaozhu watched him and silently urged him to grow up quickly.

• Jiang Xiu explained that Zhang Geyang’s Thunderclap Hell Vine wanted to reach a hundred thousand years of cultivation and could be lured away if Jiang Xiu used his Child of Nature identity to promise help.
• Leng Yaozhu said she could not transfer Zhang Geyang from Star Luo Continent because of his ties to the Star Luo Imperial Family and the Qiangu Family.
• Jiang Xiu identified the Star Luo Empire’s Diamond Snare as a Divine Artifact that could temporarily imprison the Sky Saint Rift Halberd and restrict weapon-type Martial Souls.
• Na’er questioned why Huo Yuhao had not used the surname Dai, and Leng Yaozhu set the matter aside.
• Jiang Xiu received a call from the Underworld Emperor, excused himself, and left to answer it while Leng Yaozhu watched him.

Jiang Xiu learned that Qiangu Dongfeng wanted him killed, but told the Underworld Emperor to keep Qiangu alive until he finished transporting two God-Slayer Class Fixed Soul Guidance Shells. Jiang Xiu and Na’er arranged for the Underworld Emperor and Di Tian to obtain Qiangu’s Scorpion Tiger Inner Core, while Gu Yue revealed she would enter Shrek Academy in two years.

• Jiang Xiu contacted the Underworld Emperor, who warned that someone wanted to kill him, and Jiang Xiu identified Qiangu Dongfeng.
• The Underworld Emperor offered to kill Qiangu, but Jiang Xiu said Qiangu had to survive long enough to transport the shells and asked for his Scorpion Tiger Inner Core.
• The Underworld Emperor agreed to retrieve the core after Qiangu left Shrek City and said he would protect Jiang Xiu.
• Jiang Xiu considered contacting Yuanen Yehui and the Yuanen Family to help establish a route to the Demon Plane.
• After dinner with Jiang Xiu and Leng Yaozhu, Na’er called Gu Yue and asked her to have Di Tian retrieve Qiangu’s core; Gu Yue agreed.
• Gu Yue told Na’er she planned to enter Shrek Academy in two years, and Na’er ended the call after warning her to keep their promise.

After two years of training, Jiang Xiu nearly completed Marrow Cleansing while Ye Xinglan’s sword intent reached minor mastery, though she still lost every spar against him. As Jiang Xiu left for the Forging Room, Ye Xinglan resolved to keep training with him, and Xu Lizhi lamented their closeness.

• Jiang Xiu completed two years of cultivation and brought his Flawless Golden Body’s Marrow Cleansing stage close to perfection.
• Ye Xinglan challenged Jiang Xiu again and lost when he stopped her Stargod Sword between two fingers.
• Jiang Xiu praised Ye Xinglan’s progress, and she asked him to push her harder despite losing their 567th spar.
• Ye Xinglan told Jiang Xiu she would miss training to take part in the new students’ assessment, and he left for the Forging Room to meet a young woman who had saved money.
• Ye Xinglan decided to keep training and find a way to repay Jiang Xiu, while Xu Lizhi mourned her closeness to him and argued with Ning Xian that he still had a chance.

Jiang Xiu waited in his Forging Room while coordinating plans to lure the Sky Ox Emperor and considering Qiangu Dongfeng’s Scorpion Tiger Inner Core. Yuanen Yehui arrived at the Forging Hall to hire a Grandmaster-level blacksmith, while Qiangu Dongfeng left Shrek City on a covert trip to the East Sea Branch, drawing two pursuers.

• Jiang Xiu asked Ba Emperor about luring the Sky Ox Emperor to the Abyss’s 32nd Layer, and Ba Emperor requested bamboo-type spirit herbs.
• Yuanen Yehui used a discount to hire a Grandmaster-level blacksmith so she could obtain Battle Armor and work toward rescuing her father.
• Qiangu Dongfeng decided to visit the East Sea Branch after learning Leng Yaozhu wanted to replace the head Tower Master he had appointed.
• Qiangu Dongfeng left Shrek City alone, and two figures pursued him from different directions.

Qiangu Dongfeng traveled toward the East Sea Branch, unaware that Di Tian and the Underworld Emperor were both following him. On an open plain, the two Quasi-Gods joined forces against him, and Di Tian struck first with his Black Dragon Fist.

• Qiangu Dongfeng left Shrek City for the East Sea, while Di Tian and the Underworld Emperor secretly followed him.
• On a broad plain, Qiangu Dongfeng sensed a pursuer and confronted the Underworld Emperor, then Di Tian revealed himself as another Quasi-God.
• Di Tian said he wanted revenge for the Soul Beast Clan, and the Underworld Emperor said Qiangu Dongfeng had slaughtered members of his clan.
• Di Tian and the Underworld Emperor agreed to attack Qiangu Dongfeng together, leaving him frightened and outmatched.
• Qiangu Dongfeng tried to persuade Di Tian to cooperate with humans, but Di Tian rejected his promises and attacked with Black Dragon Fist.

The Underworld Emperor and Di Tian beat Qiangu Dongfeng into submission but kept him alive because his role in their plan remained useful. After the Underworld Emperor took Qiangu Dongfeng’s storage ring, he and Di Tian clashed over who would choose its contents first.

• Qiangu Dongfeng fought the Underworld Emperor and Di Tian, but they quickly disarmed and beat him.
• Qiangu Dongfeng threatened to use Mental Projection if they killed him, and the Underworld Emperor decided to keep him alive for Jiang Xiu’s plan.
• Qiangu Dongfeng offered his storage ring, and the Underworld Emperor knocked him unconscious and took it.
• Di Tian confronted the Underworld Emperor over the ring, and they argued about dividing its contents.
• Di Tian and the Underworld Emperor both demanded first choice and released their pressure against each other.

The Underworld Emperor tricked Di Tian into letting him escape with Qiangu Dongfeng’s inner core, while Di Tian believed the core would eventually reach Jiang Xiu. Di Tian and King of Ten Thousand Demons discovered a Spirit Pagoda report about a hidden world that might shelter living Soul Beasts, and Di Tian stayed behind to confront the awakened Qiangu Dongfeng.

• Di Tian and the Underworld Emperor agreed to race for the Storage Ring, but the Underworld Emperor skipped counting two, summoned a Death Knight to delay Di Tian, and escaped with the inner core.
• The Underworld Emperor scattered the Storage Ring’s other contents and told Di Tian that his honesty made him easy to exploit.
• King of Ten Thousand Demons joined Di Tian, who explained that he believed the inner core would ultimately reach Jiang Xiu and fulfill their mission.
• King of Ten Thousand Demons found a secret Spirit Pagoda report about an unknown Small World that might contain living Soul Beasts, and Di Tian ordered him to take the information to their Lord.
• Qiangu Dongfeng woke and pretended to be unconscious, but Di Tian sent King of Ten Thousand Demons away and approached him, warning that he was in a terrible mood.

Di Tian beat Qiangu Dongfeng and secretly planted dragon blood in him before leaving to investigate the reported Small World. In Shrek City, Yuanen Yehui met Jiang Xiu to arrange her One-Word Battle Armor, and he examined her Twin Martial Souls, including her Fallen Angel.

• Di Tian beat the unconscious Qiangu Dongfeng, took his Storage Soul Tool, and planted dark golden dragon blood near his Soul Core.
• Qiangu Dongfeng woke, realized his resources were gone, suspected Zhang Ting might have betrayed him, and headed back to the Spirit Pagoda while badly injured.
• Yuanen Yehui arrived at Jiang Xiu's Forging Hall room to arrange for him to forge her One-Word Battle Armor.
• Jiang Xiu recognized Yuanen Yehui's online username and asked about the metal and attributes she needed for her armor.
• Yuanen Yehui showed Jiang Xiu her Titan Giant Ape and Fallen Angel Martial Souls, and he accepted her explanation that she could control the latter.

Jiang Xiu examined Yuanen Yehui’s Fallen Angel Martial Soul and agreed to forge Battle Armor for her at a discount. He planned to use her connection to the Demon Plane to advance his own plans, and decided that bringing the Demon Plane down early might be necessary.

• Yuanen Yehui revealed her Fallen Angel Martial Soul, and Jiang Xiu recognized its demonic bloodline and suspected it could open a passage to the Demon Plane.
• Yuanen Yehui asked whether Jiang Xiu could forge Battle Armor suited to both her Martial Souls, and he agreed to use Evil Spirit Tear Demon Metal.
• Jiang Xiu offered Yuanen Yehui a twenty-percent discount, and she accepted while considering a small gift in return.
• Yuanen Yehui left the Forging Hall thinking of buying pastries and remained determined to save her father by gaining Battle Armor.
• After Yuanen Yehui left, Jiang Xiu resolved to find the Myriad Beast Small World and deal with Er Ming, then considered bringing the Demon Plane down early.

Jiang Xiu met Underworld Emperor to receive the Scorpion Tiger Inner Core and discussed their plans to enter the Demon Plane and travel to the Star Luo Empire. After Dark Hummingbird reported seeing Underworld Emperor in Shrek City, Ghost Emperor mistakenly concluded that Underworld Emperor had been waiting there to ambush Jiang Xiu.

• Underworld Emperor gave Jiang Xiu the Scorpion Tiger Inner Core and said Qiangu Dongfeng had not discovered his identity.
• Underworld Emperor told Jiang Xiu that Di Tian had also pursued Qiangu Dongfeng for something, and Jiang Xiu suspected Na'er had sent Di Tian after the inner core.
• Jiang Xiu told Underworld Emperor that the Demon Plane could be drawn to Douluo Continent, and Underworld Emperor planned to crush any Demon Monarchs who resisted them.
• Jiang Xiu asked Underworld Emperor to help him in the Star Luo Empire, and Underworld Emperor suggested that he seek Na Nali there.
• Dark Hummingbird reported to Ghost Emperor that Underworld Emperor had appeared in Shrek City repeatedly, and Ghost Emperor assumed Underworld Emperor was waiting to ambush Jiang Xiu.

Ghost Emperor learned that Dark Hummingbird had infiltrated Shrek City's defenses and prepared a bombing plot against Shrek Academy and Tang Sect Headquarters. Qiangu Dongfeng refused to compensate the Holy Spirit Cult, warned Ghost Emperor about the Sea God Legion and War God Temple, and ordered Underworld Emperor withdrawn as he pursued a new plan for Jiang Xiu.

• Dark Hummingbird reported that he had recruited Shrek City self-defense forces and hidden two God-Slayer Class Fixed Soul Guidance Shells and soul-collecting vessels near the city.
• Ghost Emperor praised Dark Hummingbird, promised him a chance to advance to Limit Douluo, and privately manipulated his rivalry with Dark Blood Demon.
• Ghost Emperor called Qiangu Dongfeng to demand compensation for Underworld Emperor, but Qiangu Dongfeng angrily refused because Jiang Xiu remained alive after two years.
• Qiangu Dongfeng told Ghost Emperor that the God-Slayer Class Fixed Soul Guidance Shells would arrive on schedule and warned him that Chen Xinjie had returned to the Sea God Legion and the War God Temple was making moves.
• Qiangu Dongfeng admitted that a Limit Douluo had ambushed him and asked Ghost Emperor to investigate the attacker, while claiming he had defeated the assailant.
• Qiangu Dongfeng told Ghost Emperor to withdraw Underworld Emperor from Shrek City because he had a new plan for Jiang Xiu.

Qiangu Dongfeng arranged for the Holy Spirit Cult’s Dark Bell to assassinate Jiang Xiu during Shrek Academy’s exchange program, while the Ghost Emperor prioritized transporting two God-Slayer Class Fixed Soul Guidance Shells. In Shrek City, the Underworld Emperor warned the Dark Hummingbird that Ya Li had returned, and four young travelers arrived at the station.

• Qiangu Dongfeng persuaded the Ghost Emperor to send the Dark Bell after Jiang Xiu when he left Shrek City, while insisting the God-Slayer Class Fixed Soul Guidance Shells be delivered on schedule.
• Qiangu Dongfeng flew toward Shrek City, dismissed the idea of asking Qiangu Qingfeng for help, and resolved to watch Leng Yaozhu.
• The Dark Hummingbird sensed a young woman with an evil aura, but the Underworld Emperor appeared and told him Ya Li had returned and Shrek City’s security would tighten before the entrance examination.
• The Dark Hummingbird noticed the young woman’s Shrek Academy badge and considered the upcoming examination, while she disappeared from sight.
• A Soul Guidance Train stopped at Shrek City Station, and two young men and two young women stepped off.

Gu Yue arrived in Shrek City with Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan for the freshman assessment, while Ya Li prepared to approach Jiang Xiu about controlling Faith Power. At the Body Sect, Na'er sensed Gu Yue's arrival and put her Soul Spirits on alert.

• Gu Yue arrived in Shrek City with Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan, intending to excel in the freshman assessment and climb the Spirit Pagoda.
• Yun Ming gave Ya Li two hundred-thousand-year Soul Bones promised to Jiang Xiu, and Ya Li planned to ask him how to control Faith Power.
• Ya Li declined Yun Ming's request to cultivate with Faith Power and asked whether Cai Yue'er would proctor the freshman assessment again.
• Jiang Xiu returned to the Body Sect and overheard Na'er ordering Spirit Dragon and Void Phantom Dragon to prepare for Gu Yue's arrival.

Jiang Xiu reassured Na'er that nobody could take her away, easing her fear that Gu Yue would come between them. The next day, Cai Yue'er emerged from the Sea God Pavilion after nearly three years in seclusion.

• Na'er nervously asked Jiang Xiu what he would do if someone tried to take her away, and he promised that person would be asking for death.
• Na'er told Jiang Xiu that Gu Yue's faction was willing to help the Leng Family fight the Qiangu Family, and they went to eat A Ruheng's chicken soup.
• Jiang Xiu decided to ask Elder Jin about Yuanen Yehui's Demon Bloodline and bringing the Demon Plane into the world early to help the Underworld Emperor become a god.
• Cai Yue'er left the Sea God Pavilion after nearly three years and declared that she had returned to Shrek Academy.

Cai Yue'er was released early to help with Shrek Academy's new student assessments, while Jiang Xiu visited Sea God Pavilion to discuss his plans with Elder Jin. After agreeing to meet Ya Li that night about controlling Faith Power, Jiang Xiu asked Elder Jin to help him subdue the Sky Ox Emperor.

• Cai Yue'er left Sea God Pavilion for Shrek Academy's new student assessment after Yun Ming ended her confinement early.
• Gu Yue sensed a foreboding at the assessment line, while Jiang Xiu noticed her arrival and considered how Cai Yue'er might humble her.
• Ya Li gave Jiang Xiu the two hundred-thousand-year Soul Bones she had promised and arranged to meet him that night to discuss Faith Power.
• Elder Jin warned Jiang Xiu to handle Ya Li's interest in Faith Power carefully.
• Jiang Xiu asked Elder Jin to help him subdue the Sky Ox Emperor.

Jiang Xiu planned to use Elder Jin’s stored source power to kill the Sky Ox Emperor and learned how to make the Demon Plane descend early. Long Yeyue returned to the Sea God Pavilion seeking revenge on the Body Sect, while Gu Yue was left staring at a red zero in the Fifth Trial’s hall.

• Jiang Xiu told Elder Jin he would attack the Sky Ox Emperor within a year and asked to use the source power stored in the Seed of Life.
• Elder Jin agreed to lend Jiang Xiu the power, warning that he would have one chance to kill the Sky Ox Emperor with a single blow.
• Elder Jin explained that he could send a message to the Demon Plane once a Fallen Angel Soul Master reached Soul King cultivation, without harming their foundation.
• Jiang Xiu said his growing force needed a powerful family’s protection and planned to earn Yuanen Yehui’s trust and lure the Sky Ox Emperor.
• Long Yeyue returned to the Sea God Pavilion after two and a half years and secretly sent a message to an Elder who had been watching the Body Sect and Jiang Xiu.
• Gu Yue stood stunned in the Fifth Trial’s great hall, staring at a bright red zero.

Gu Yue refused Cai Yue'er’s offer to become her disciple, so Cai Yue'er retaliated by giving her a failing score on the fifth trial. Zhuo Shi tried to challenge the decision, while Gu Yue left with Shen Yi and the others promising Cai Yue'er would face consequences.

• Gu Yue demonstrated precise elemental control, and Cai Yue'er offered to take her as a disciple.
• Gu Yue refused Cai Yue'er twice and asked her to announce the group’s scores.
• Cai Yue'er gave Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Tang Wulin passing scores, but awarded Gu Yue zero and declared that she had failed.
• Xu Xiaoyan protested, and Zhuo Shi arrived to confront Cai Yue'er as Gu Yue struggled to contain her anger.
• Zhuo Shi sent Shen Yi to lead the students onward, and Gu Yue warned Cai Yue'er to prepare for the consequences before leaving with the others.
• Zhuo Shi failed to persuade Cai Yue'er to change the score and went to report her to Pavilion Master Yun Ming.

Gu Yue ordered Di Tian to target Cai Yue'er, while Long Yeyue returned to Shrek Academy and plotted to use the Yuanen Family against Jiang Xiu and the Body Sect. Jiang Xiu learned Long Yeyue was back and went to meet Ya Li about his Soul Bones and Faith Power.

• Gu Yue called Di Tian and ordered him to watch Cai Yue'er, then told him to bring Xiong Jun and King of Ten Thousand Demons along.
• Long Yeyue questioned Elder Li about Jiang Xiu and the Body Sect, then sent him to tell Yuanen Zhentian about Yuanen Yehui and Jiang Xiu's backing.
• Elder Li agreed to embellish Long Yeyue's story and left to contact Yuanen Zhentian.
• Ba Emperor told Jiang Xiu that Long Yeyue had returned and that her Black Dark Sacred Dragon essence had recovered.
• Jiang Xiu promised Ba Emperor a share, then went to meet Ya Li about his two hundred-thousand-year Soul Bones and Faith Power.