Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xiu collected the two promised hundred-thousand-year Soul Bones from Ya Li and pretended to teach her how to control Faith Power, agreeing to cooperate in exchange for payment. He left their agreement poised to help him approach the Yuanen Family, while asking Ya Li why she had accumulated Faith Power and still failed to reach Limit Douluo.

• Jiang Xiu opened the jade boxes Ya Li offered and took the Mutated Thunder Beast Left Leg Bone and Dark Demon Dragon Right Arm Bone.
• Ya Li asked Jiang Xiu how he used Faith Power, and he claimed that his Shadow Monarch Martial Soul actively gathered it from his shadows.
• Jiang Xiu demonstrated a wisp of Faith Power with his Shadow Monarch Martial Soul, convincing Ya Li that he could help her study it.
• Ya Li proposed working together, and Jiang Xiu agreed in exchange for payment, intending to enlist her help with Yuanen Yehui and the Yuanen Family.
• Jiang Xiu asked Ya Li who she planned to use her Faith Power on and why she had not reached Limit Douluo despite possessing so much.

Jiang Xiu persuaded Yali to treat someone in exchange for a lower price, hinting that it would help Yun Ming use Faith Power. Yun Ming then handled a dispute over Gu Yue’s freshman assessment and assigned Cai Yue'er to lead Shrek Academy’s team against the Star Luo Empire, while a Shrek visitor arrived at the Yuanen family to discuss Yuanen Yehui.

• Yali told Jiang Xiu she wanted to extract her stored Faith Power, and he offered to arrange treatment for someone in exchange for a reduced price.
• Yun Ming emerged after Jiang Xiu left and wondered why Yali kept meeting with him without explaining their conversations.
• Zhuo Shi complained that Cai Yue'er had given Gu Yue zero points during the freshman assessment, but Yun Ming dismissed the dispute because Gu Yue had stayed at Shrek Academy.
• Yun Ming barred Cai Yue'er from the next freshman assessment and asked her to lead Shrek Academy's team against the Star Luo Empire; she accepted.
• A Shrek Academy representative arrived at the Yuanen family and told Yuanen Yehui's father that the visit concerned her.

Yuanen Zhentian learned that Yuanen Yehui was safe but involved with Jiang Xiu, and he decided to visit Shrek Academy himself. At the Body Sect, Jiang Xiu shared a meal with Na'er, heard about A Ruheng's new potions, and learned that Gu Yue wanted to meet them in two days.

• Yuanen Tiandang told Yuanen Zhentian that Yuanen Yehui had become involved with Jiang Xiu, whose connections impressed the patriarch.
• Yuanen Tiandang warned that Shrek Academy had urged the family to keep Yuanen Yehui close because of the Demon bloodline in her Martial Soul.
• Yuanen Zhentian refused Yuanen Tiandang's offer to go to Shrek City and left to handle the matter himself.
• Yuanen Tiandang reflected that he had long forgiven Yuanen Yehui and her mother, and wished he could find a way to restore Yuanen Tianshang's damaged foundations.
• At the Body Sect, A Ruheng showed Jiang Xiu nine new potions, but Jiang Xiu declined to try them and considered visiting Zhen Hua.
• Na'er told Jiang Xiu that Gu Yue wanted to meet them in two days, and she asked what they should do.

Jiang Xiu helped Little Tiger begin his ancestral bloodline return by refining Scorpion Tiger’s inner core, then gave Yuanen Yehui a custom Battle Armor and offered her paid forging work. Na’er and Gu Yue met outside Shrek Academy, while Yuanen Zhentian watched the academy entrance from afar.

• Na’er invited Jiang Xiu to meet Gu Yue, and she privately planned to recruit Ferocious Beasts to undermine Gu Yue.
• Jiang Xiu used the Shadow Monarch Martial Soul to refine Scorpion Tiger’s inner core, beginning Little Tiger’s transformation into a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Jiang Xiu showed Yuanen Yehui a custom One-Word Battle Armor that fit both her Titan Giant Ape and Fallen Angel Martial Souls, and agreed to let her pay later.
• Yuanen Yehui gave Jiang Xiu pastries and agreed to try earning money by forging metal for him.
• Na’er and Gu Yue met at Spirit Ice Plaza, while Yuanen Zhentian watched the entrance to Shrek Academy from afar.

Yuanen Zhentian arrived at Shrek Academy to meet Jiang Xiu and discuss his granddaughter, Yuanen Yehui, while Na'er and Gu Yue competed for Jiang Xiu’s attention. After the group left to talk, Long Yeyue revealed that she had arranged the meeting to manipulate the Yuanen Family and weaken the Body Sect.

• Yuanen Zhentian waited outside Shrek Academy, hoping to judge Jiang Xiu’s talent and warn him to keep his distance from Yuanen Yehui.
• Na'er and Gu Yue traded barbs, then agreed that Xiong Jun would help Na'er in exchange for compensation over the lost core.
• Jiang Xiu met Na'er and Gu Yue outside the academy, and the three prepared to go to a hotel together.
• Yuanen Zhentian introduced himself as Yuanen Yehui’s grandfather and asked Jiang Xiu to talk about her, so Gu Yue invited him along.
• Long Yeyue watched the group leave and revealed that she had arranged the meeting to pressure the Yuanen Family, keep Yuanen Yehui at Shrek Academy, and undermine the Body Sect.

Jiang Xiu tried to recruit Yuanen Zhentian and the Yuanen Family to protect the Body Sect, then challenged Zhentian’s belief that Yuanen Yehui was safest at Shrek Academy. The chapter ended with Zhentian learning that Yehui had been sweeping a plaza to earn money for her Battle Armor and becoming furious.

• Yuanen Zhentian warned Jiang Xiu to keep his distance from Yuanen Yehui because of her Fallen Angel Martial Soul and the disaster tied to it.
• Jiang Xiu revealed that his other master, Fierce Wolf, commanded the Federation’s Western Legion and said he knew about the danger.
• Jiang Xiu asked Yuanen Zhentian to lead the Yuanen Family in temporarily protecting the Body Sect, and Zhentian initially refused because his family preferred seclusion.
• Jiang Xiu showed Yuanen Zhentian Heaven-Forged Metal as payment, prompting Zhentian to reconsider and agree to discuss the proposal.
• Jiang Xiu questioned whether Shrek Academy truly protected Yuanen Yehui and explained that she had earned her Battle Armor money herself by working.
• Na'er recalled that Yuanen Yehui swept Spirit Ice Plaza, and Yuanen Zhentian turned red with rage upon learning it.

After learning that Yuanen Yehui had been left to support herself at Shrek Academy, Yuanen Zhentian resolved to work with Jiang Xiu and the Body Sect. The alliance was tentatively established, and Jiang Xiu suggested Yuanen Tiandang might be healed, though the chapter left the contract details and his recovery unsettled.

• Yuanen Zhentian grew furious when Jiang Xiu confirmed that Yuanen Yehui had earned her own resources at Shrek Academy, but he hesitated to approach her because of their painful history.
• Yuanen Zhentian agreed to discuss an alliance with the Body Sect, and Jiang Xiu promised Battle Armor for the Yuanen Family’s Titled Douluo and Limit Douluo.
• Yuanen Zhentian revealed that his eldest son, Yuanen Tiandang, had once been a prodigy but became muddleheaded after his foundation was damaged.
• Jiang Xiu suggested Yuanen Tiandang might be healed, then Yuanen Zhentian proposed a modest annual Battle Armor arrangement in exchange for the family’s support.
• Yuanen Zhentian took Jiang Xiu to draft a contract, while Na'er told Gu Yue that Yuanen Zhentian was not human.

Gu Yue concealed what she knew about the Titan Giant Ape Soul Beasts while Jiang Xiu agreed to look after Yuanen Yehui and Yuanen Zhentian headed for Shrek Academy. At the Work-Study Student Dormitory, Yuanen Yehui wrote about Jiang Xiu in her diary as someone watched her from the shadows, trembling.

• Na'er and Gu Yue discussed the Titan Giant Ape bloodline and whether its descendants were human, then Na'er asked where the Soul Beast was; Gu Yue claimed she did not know.
• Jiang Xiu agreed that the Yuanen Family would move to Shrek City within half a month and promised to look after Yuanen Yehui.
• Yuanen Zhentian decided to visit Yuanen Yehui from a distance, learned she lived in Shrek's worst dormitory, and left for the academy.
• Yuanen Yehui wrote in her notebook that Jiang Xiu had helped her with forging and ended the entry by renewing her vow to rescue her father.
• A trembling figure watched Yuanen Yehui writing in the dim dormitory.

Yuanen Zhentian discovered how little support Yuanen Yehui had received at Shrek Academy and confronted Yun Ming and Cai Yue'er about the promised cultivation resources. He restrained himself from attacking Cai Yue'er in Sea God Pavilion, but planned to ambush her after she left the academy.

• Yuanen Zhentian watched Yuanen Yehui struggle with poverty in the work-study dormitory and learned she had spent her savings on One-Word Battle Armor and could not afford a second Soul Spirit.
• Yun Ming invited Yuanen Zhentian to Sea God Pavilion, where Yuanen Zhentian asked whether the academy had fulfilled its promise to provide Yuanen Yehui with cultivation resources.
• Cai Yue'er explained that Yuanen Yehui had to earn resources by completing tasks and received no extra pay, while living in the work-study dormitory under Cai Yue'er's arrangement.
• Yuanen Zhentian grew furious, but Yun Ming stepped between him and Cai Yue'er and reminded him of their alliance against the Demon Plane.
• Yuanen Zhentian held back to avoid harming Yuanen Yehui's standing at Shrek Academy and planned to disguise himself as a Holy Spirit Cult member to attack Cai Yue'er after she left.

Yuanen Zhentian left Shrek Academy after losing faith in it, while Yun Ming dealt with the fallout and considered pursuing godhood. Gu Yue ordered Di Tian to locate the Small World and assigned Xiong Jun to spy on Na'er, while also planning to enter Dragon Valley.

• Yuanen Zhentian rejected Yun Ming's attempt to keep him at Shrek Academy and resolved to bring Yuanen Yehui out of the academy.
• Yun Ming scolded Cai Yue'er for ruining relations with the Yuanen Family, then dismissed her and later failed to persuade Ya Li to cultivate with him.
• Yun Ming considered condensing a godhood, while Elder Jin watched Ah Yin and thought about helping Ha Luosa find a chance to become a god.
• Gu Yue asked Di Tian to find the Small World discovered by the Spirit Pagoda and planned to speak with the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Di Tian told Gu Yue he had found a route into Dragon Valley, and Gu Yue considered using a future trip to Star Luo Continent to enter it secretly.
• Gu Yue ordered Xiong Jun to serve Na'er and secretly report intelligence to her, leaving Xiong Jun stunned.

Gu Yue sent Xiong Jun to serve undercover beside Na’er while Di Tian prepared to deal with Cai Yue’er. As Jiang Xiu carried Na’er home through the Magpie Bridge Festival, Yuanen Zhentian and Di Tian crossed paths outside Shrek Academy and sensed an inexplicable familiarity.

• Gu Yue ordered Xiong Jun to join Na’er’s side, and Xiong Jun secretly considered whether to become loyal to Na’er instead.
• Gu Yue told Di Tian to watch Cai Yue’er and make her understand the consequences of opposing her.
• Na’er pretended to be drunk so Jiang Xiu would carry her home, and the two shared a tender moment beneath the festival lanterns.
• Yuanen Zhentian decided to arrange a Soul Spirit for Yuanen Yehui and resolved to teach Cai Yue’er a lesson.
• Di Tian and Yuanen Zhentian met eyes outside Shrek Academy and both felt as if they had encountered an old friend.

Jiang Xiu learned that Yu Guanzhi had won the position of Second Legion Commander, strengthening the alliance supporting Dong Zi'an’s military ambitions. As Jiang Xiu waited for a chance to move against Chen Xinjie and the War God Temple, an old man began to emerge in the Demon Plane.

• Yu Guanzhi called Jiang Xiu to share that he had secured the position of Second Legion Commander and thanked Jiang Xiu and the Western Legion for their support.
• Yu Guanzhi wondered whether Dong Zi'an intended to pursue the top military post, then dismissed the idea before recalling that Chen Xinjie had taken resources from the Federal Treasury without improving the Sea God Legion.
• Jiang Xiu planned to wait until the God-Slayer Class Fixed Soul Guidance Shell was moved so Dong Zi'an could seize the top military position and restrain Chen Xinjie's Sea God Legion.
• Jiang Xiu considered taking control of the War God Temple, identified Yue Tian Douluo as an obstacle, and decided to subdue the Sky Ox Emperor first.
• In the Demon Plane, a gray glow absorbed purplish-black currents and formed the faint silhouette of an old man.

The Old Plane Spirit awakened in the Demon Plane’s Core Area and attacked the unborn Demon Spirit to keep it from threatening Jiang Xiu and Ha Luosa. He broke through its shell using the Demon Plane’s own power and began beating it from within.

• The Old Plane Spirit realized his remnant soul had been drawn to the Demon Plane’s Core Area and decided to restrain its unborn Plane Spirit.
• He spread a domain to conceal his presence, seized the purple orb, and claimed to be the Demon Spirit’s father.
• The Demon Spirit recognized the Old Plane Spirit but taunted him for having only a wisp of divine consciousness left.
• The Old Plane Spirit used absorbed demonic power to bypass the orb’s defenses and punched the Demon Spirit inside it.
• The Demon Spirit justified the Demon Plane’s past invasion and its desire to Devour him, so the Old Plane Spirit prepared to strike with his full strength.

The Old Plane Spirit trapped himself inside the Demon Spirit’s purple sphere and triggered its hibernation mechanism to delay the Demon Plane’s attack on the Douluo Continent. As both fell into hibernation, the Demon Spirit’s warning to Bazaar was cut off and distorted.

• The Demon Spirit pulled the Old Plane Spirit into his purple sphere, believing he could force him to hibernate.
• The Old Plane Spirit revealed that he had deliberately provoked the Demon Spirit so he could enter the sphere and hold him back while reinforcements reached the Demon Plane.
• The Demon Spirit realized the Old Plane Spirit intended to lure the Demon Monarchs into opening a Demon Passage for people from the Douluo Continent.
• The Old Plane Spirit triggered the sphere’s hibernation mechanism, and both he and the Demon Spirit began to fall asleep.
• The Demon Spirit sent Bazaar a warning not to go to the Douluo Continent, but the barrier cut it down to a message that sounded like an order to go and steal resources.

Bazaar prepared to lead the entire demon race through a widened Demon Passage to plunder the Douluo Continent. As the Yuanen Family prepared to relocate to Shrek City, Yuanen Tianshang confronted his imprisoned brother Yuanen Tiandang and stirred his concern for Little Yehui.

• Bazaar ordered Ba'er to bring the castle guards, old demons, and Lesser Demons on the invasion, and authorized the use of the Demon Castle's Hidden Back Energy to widen the Demon Passage.
• Yuanen Zhentian told Yuanen Tianshang that the Yuanen Family's preparations to relocate were nearly complete, then left the decision to bring Yuanen Tiandang behind to his second son.
• Yuanen Tianshang entered Yuanen Tiandang's prison and told him the family was moving to Shrek City, but Yuanen Tiandang asked to be left behind.
• Yuanen Tianshang rebuked Yuanen Tiandang for giving up after the calamity and reminded him of the burdens his despair had placed on their family.
• Yuanen Tianshang told Yuanen Tiandang that he should feel especially sorry toward Little Yehui, prompting Yuanen Tiandang to ask what had happened to his daughter.

Yuanen Tianshang pushed Yuanen Tiandang to leave his ruinous isolation and go to Shrek City, while Jiang Xiu prepared to hunt the Sky Ox Emperor with Elder Jin. The chapter ended with Ba Emperor luring Niu Jun with a promise of Spirit Bamboo in the Abyss Plane.

• Yuanen Tianshang told Yuanen Tiandang he was unfit to be a father, and Yuanen Tiandang resolved to go to Shrek City after fearing for Yuanen Yehui.
• Jiang Xiu finished discussing Faith Power with Ya Li and left for the Sea God Pavilion to join Elder Jin in hunting the Sky Ox Emperor.
• Jiang Xiu learned that Yue Zhengyu had returned to Shrek Academy after receiving his inheritance, while Ye Xinglan canceled their sparring session to handle personal matters.
• Ye Xinglan recalled that her father had forbidden her from leaving Shrek Academy after graduation, leaving her to wonder whether her family had sold her to the academy.
• Ba Emperor assured Niu Jun that he had Spirit Bamboo where he lived and invited him to visit.

Ba Emperor lured Sky Ox Emperor toward the 32nd Layer of the Abyss while Sage Emperor followed to investigate. At Shrek Academy, Long Yeyue planned to have Jiang Xiu killed during the upcoming trip to Star Luo Continent, as a woman within the Golden Ancient Tree noticed a new barrier concealing spiritual perception.

• Ba Emperor convinced Sky Ox Emperor that they were brothers, and Sky Ox Emperor hurried them toward the 32nd Layer to eat Spirit Bamboo.
• Sage Emperor suspected Ba Emperor and Sky Ox Emperor were up to something and followed them, worried they might violate the Abyssal Sage King's instructions or Abyss laws.
• Long Yeyue argued with Elder Li over Jiang Xiu absorbing the Golden Ancient Tree's essence and discussed the Yuanen Family's alliance with the Body Sect.
• Long Yeyue decided to exploit the upcoming inter-academy competition on Star Luo Continent to arrange Jiang Xiu's death, possibly through a Holy Spirit Cult assassination.
• A woman inside the Golden Ancient Tree sensed a new barrier concealing spiritual perception and examined it without touching it.

Ah Yin resolved to replace the Golden Ancient Tree when the right opportunity came, while Jiang Xiu prepared to hunt the Sky Ox Emperor with Elder Jin’s powerful strike and the Shadow Legion. The ambush began on the Abyss Plane’s 32nd Layer, where Sage Emperor arrived unaware that the Ant Emperor was hiding beneath him.

• Ah Yin reflected that replacing the Golden Ancient Tree was necessary to save Douluo Continent, but waited for the opportunity to arrive.
• Jiang Xiu borrowed seventy percent of Elder Jin’s Origin and received the God Level attack Annihilation: Heavenly Kingdom Sorrowful Rainbow to use against the Sky Ox Emperor.
• Jiang Xiu met the Ant Emperor and Six-Claw Demon Emperor on the Abyss Plane’s 32nd Layer, confirmed their preparations, and withdrew the Shadow Legion into his Monarch Domain.
• Sage Emperor arrived at the planned meeting place ahead of Ba Emperor and the Sky Ox Emperor, hid in the wilderness, and failed to notice the Ant Emperor beneath his feet.

Jiang Xiu’s ambush for Sky Ox Emperor and Ba Emperor drew in Sage Emperor, whom Jiang Xiu also intended to capture. Sage Emperor opened his Nine-Grid Array and divided the combatants, leaving Jiang Xiu alone with him as the battle began.

• Jiang Xiu rejected Ant Emperor’s suggestion to postpone the hunt and ordered Six-Claw Demon Emperor to block the escape route with Abyss Source.
• Ba Emperor lured Sky Ox Emperor to the wilderness, where Jiang Xiu appeared and offered him Spirit Bamboo and spirit herbs in exchange for submission.
• Sky Ox Emperor refused to serve Jiang Xiu, so Ba Emperor and Ant Emperor attacked him while Sage Emperor watched from concealment.
• Sage Emperor emerged to help Sky Ox Emperor, but Jiang Xiu revealed that Six-Claw Demon Emperor had sealed the escape route and challenged Sage Emperor to summon Abyssal Sage King.
• Sage Emperor opened the Nine-Grid Array, separating Jiang Xiu from Ba Emperor and Ant Emperor, then assigned Sky Ox Emperor to fight them while he faced Jiang Xiu.

Jiang Xiu unleashed the Heavenly Kingdom Rainbow against Sage Emperor after Ba Emperor revealed that the Abyss Source had sealed the plane. Sage Emperor's escape failed, leaving him trapped with Sky Ox Emperor as Jiang Xiu prepared to annihilate them.

• Sky Ox Emperor fought Ant Emperor and Ba Emperor while Sage Emperor challenged Jiang Xiu one-on-one.
• Jiang Xiu used the Seed of Life to raise his power beyond the divine-level chasm and formed the Heavenly Kingdom Rainbow.
• Sage Emperor dispelled the Nine-Grid Array and fled toward Sky Ox Emperor, but Ba Emperor revealed that the Abyss Source had sealed the plane.
• Sage Emperor tried to escape east, but the Plane Enclosure Barrier and Shadow Soldiers blocked his way, forcing him back to Sky Ox Emperor.
• Sage Emperor pleaded for mercy as Jiang Xiu released Annihilation: Heavenly Kingdom Rainbow.