Chapter Summaries

Bazaar tried to escape the Douluo Plane, but Jiang Xiu stopped him and pierced his heart with the Golden Dragon Spear. Wu Jie emerged from the Demon Gate to aid Bazaar, and as the two Demon Monarchs threatened Jiang Xiu and the Yuanen family, Jiang Xiu called for the Underworld Emperor, who appeared in a flash of gray light.

• Bazaar tried to retreat through the Demon Gate while Yuanen Zhentian and Yuanen Tiandang fought him and the Great Demons.
• Bazaar burned his source to distract the Yuanen elders, then attacked Jiang Xiu as he fled.
• Jiang Xiu used Time Stop and drove the Golden Dragon Spear into Bazaar's heart, but a Great Demon sacrificed itself to restore Bazaar's life force.
• Wu Jie emerged from the Demon Gate, joining Bazaar and threatening Jiang Xiu and the Yuanen family.
• As Wu Jie raised his staff to attack, Jiang Xiu called for the Underworld Emperor, who arrived in a burst of gray light.

The Underworld Emperor arrived to protect Jiang Xiu’s allies, severed Wu Jie’s fingers, and fought him as Jiang Xiu urged a quick victory before Tang Hao awakened. Wu Jie unleashed a devastating Destruction attack, but a Hell Horse rider appeared to shield the Underworld Emperor.

• The Underworld King Sword shattered Wu Jie’s staff and cut off three of his fingers before the Underworld Emperor arrived in a Bronze Coffin and confronted him.
• Jiang Xiu recognized that Tang Hao, the Plane Spirit, was awakening and urged the Underworld Emperor to finish the fight quickly so they could enter the Demon Plane.
• The Underworld Emperor battled Wu Jie while Bazaar fought Yuanen Zhentian and Yuanen Tiandang, and Jiang Xiu became interested in Wu Jie’s Destruction divine artifact.
• Wu Jie unleashed his strongest Destruction attack, but a figure riding a Hell Horse appeared and blocked it to protect the Underworld Emperor.

The Underworld Emperor nearly killed Wu Jie, but Wu Jie escaped with Bazaar into the Demon Plane. Jiang Xiu and the Underworld Emperor followed them through the Demon Passage, where the Demon Spirit faced them with its army as the Old Plane Spirit trusted Jiang Xiu’s hidden strength.

• The Underworld Emperor used a Death Knight to block Wu Jie’s attack, then struck Wu Jie down with Underworld Rebirth.
• Bazaar fled toward the Demon Gate, and Wu Jie transferred himself onto Bazaar’s back with a prepared spell.
• Jiang Xiu urged the Underworld Emperor to pursue the Demon Monarchs into the Demon Plane before Tang Hao awakened.
• Tang Hao sensed the Demon Plane’s disturbance, then returned to sleep while planning to avoid the Abyssal Sage King’s notice.
• Bazaar failed to break the reinforced Demon Passage and entered the Demon Plane with Wu Jie, followed by Jiang Xiu and the Underworld Emperor.
• The Demon Spirit mocked the two intruders before hundreds of thousands of demons, while the Old Plane Spirit trusted Jiang Xiu to summon his Shadow Legion.

Jiang Xiu and the Underworld Emperor fought Bazaar and Wu Jie in the Demon Plane, where Jiang Xiu summoned his Shadow Legion to overwhelm the demons. The Demon Spirit conceded defeat to the Old Plane Spirit, while Jiang Xiu ordered Ba Emperor to provide him with life force.

• Bazaar closed the eighteen Demon Gates and ordered his nearly four hundred thousand demons to attack Jiang Xiu and the Underworld Emperor.
• The Underworld Emperor opened his Underworld Reincarnation Domain and sent a torrent of undead against the charging demons.
• Jiang Xiu expanded his Monarch Domain and summoned the Shadow Legion, including its five leaders, who bowed to him.
• Bazaar and Wu Jie were shaken by the Shadow Legion, while the Old Plane Spirit revealed that the Demon Spirit’s defeat was inevitable.
• The Demon Spirit pleaded with the Old Plane Spirit, who refused to spare him, and Jiang Xiu raised his Golden Dragon Spear and asked Ba Emperor for life force.

The Shadow Legion turned the battle against the demons as the Ba Emperor battered Bazaar and the Underworld Emperor defeated Wu Jie. Jiang Xiu fed the Seed of Life until it sprouted, while the Demon Spirit watched its forces near defeat and wondered whether it could survive.

• The Shadow Legion attacked the Demon Army, and the Guardian Ox shielded its allies as the Ba Emperor charged Bazaar.
• Bazaar tried to surrender, but the Ba Emperor struck him and began beating him while Wu Jie attempted to flee.
• The Underworld Emperor confronted Wu Jie, rejected his plea for mercy, and killed demons in the Demon Palace.
• Jiang Xiu used the Golden Dragon Spear to gather life force for the Seed of Life, which sprouted into a small tree.
• At Shrek Academy, Elder Jin sensed the sprout and linked it to Jiang Xiu's mission with the Underworld Emperor; outside Xuanwu Gate, Yuanen Yehui and her family waited for Jiang Xiu to return.
• The Shadow Legion continued slaughtering demons as Bazaar wondered why its ranks were growing, and the Demon Spirit feared for its survival.

Jiang Xiu turned the surrendered Demon Monarchs Bazaar and Wu Liao into members of his Sixth Legion and ordered them to help eliminate the remaining demons. Wu Liao’s account of Devil Island revealed that it held fragments of the Law of Life, giving Jiang Xiu hope of establishing his Dragon Shadow Legion.

• Ba Emperor defeated Bazaar, then charged into the Demon Army and slaughtered demons until the army was wiped out.
• Bazaar and Wu Liao surrendered to Jiang Xiu, who used Extraction to transform them into Demon Shadows of the Sixth Legion.
• Wu Liao and Bazaar competed to help Jiang Xiu find the remaining Demon Monarchs, and Jiang Xiu ordered Wu Liao to summon the seven Great Demons while Bazaar turned the fallen demons into Demon Shadow Soldiers.
• Jiang Xiu asked Wu Liao about the divine weapon in his brow, and Wu Liao explained that he had forged it using a God Level Destruction Law Fragment from an archipelago on the Douluo Plane.
• Wu Liao revealed that the archipelago also held fragments of the Law of Life and belonged to Shrek Academy, prompting Jiang Xiu to consider how they could help establish his Dragon Shadow Legion.

Jiang Xiu learned that a lingering divine sense remained on Devil Island and brought the Underworld Emperor to the Demon Plane to seek a path to godhood. The Old Plane Spirit secretly prepared to use the Demon Plane’s spirit as material to raise the Underworld Emperor’s divine level, and Jiang Xiu was stunned to find the Old Plane Spirit alive.

• Wu Jie told Jiang Xiu that taking the Destruction Law Fragment had stirred a powerful lingering divine sense on Devil Island, strengthening Jiang Xiu’s resolve to visit.
• Jiang Xiu prioritized helping the Underworld Emperor become a god and entered the Demon Palace with him.
• The Underworld Emperor concluded that killing powerful Demon Monarchs and gathering enough undead power could let him withstand the Demon Plane’s pressure and break through to godhood.
• The Old Plane Spirit argued with the Demon Spirit, then opened the seal around the purple orb and revealed his plan to use the Demon Spirit to raise the Underworld Emperor’s God Level.
• The Underworld Emperor sensed an opportunity and carried Jiang Xiu through space to a purple-energy realm, where Jiang Xiu recognized the Old Plane Spirit and exclaimed that he thought the senior was dead.

Jiang Xiu and the Underworld Emperor found the supposedly vanished Old Plane Spirit alive at the Demon Plane’s core, where he had taken control of part of the plane’s origin. After Wu Jie lured the remaining Demon Monarchs to them, the Old Plane Spirit gathered them and the Demon Spirit to forge the Underworld Emperor into a god.

• Jiang Xiu recognized the Old Plane Spirit, who explained that a hidden wisp of his divine consciousness had entered the Demon Plane’s core and recovered using its origin.
• The Old Plane Spirit told Jiang Xiu and the Underworld Emperor to wait for the remaining Demon Monarchs, since the Demon Spirit alone would not be enough to strengthen the Underworld Emperor’s godhood.
• Wu Jie lured seven Demon Monarchs to Bazaar’s Demon Palace, then summoned his master, who seized them and carried them to the Demon Plane’s core.
• The Old Plane Spirit enclosed the seven Demon Monarchs in a demonic cauldron and threw the Demon Spirit inside, while the Underworld Emperor added his Bronze Coffin.
• The Old Plane Spirit gathered the laws of heaven and earth around the cauldron and began forging the Underworld Emperor into a god.

The Old Plane Spirit refined the Demon Spirit and Demon Monarchs into power for Underworld Emperor’s ascension, and Underworld Emperor began forging his own godhood through the Undead Law. As Underworld Emperor cultivated, Jiang Xiu spoke with the Old Plane Spirit, while Ya Li awakened in the Monarch Domain.

• The Old Plane Spirit strengthened the cauldron and refined the Demon Spirit and Demon Monarchs, while Ba Emperor’s Shadow Legion attacked their Demon Palaces.
• Jiang Xiu refrained from using Extraction on the Demon Monarchs so their origins would remain whole for Underworld Emperor’s ascension.
• The Old Plane Spirit refined the Demon Spirit into a bead, which merged into Underworld Emperor’s heart as he climbed the Bone Staircase and condensed the Undead Law.
• The Old Plane Spirit told Jiang Xiu that Underworld Emperor would reach at least Divine Official level, then offered to advise him about the Douluo Plane and promised him a gift.
• Ya Li slowly awakened in the Monarch Domain and wondered where she was.

Ya Li woke in Jiang Xiu’s protected domain and learned that the battle was nearly over, while Jiang Xiu and the Old Plane Spirit plotted to exploit two Level 12 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells to capture Ah Yin. The chapter left Jiang Xiu preparing to act when the shells struck Shrek Academy and Tang Sect Headquarters.

• Blood Pupil explained that Jiang Xiu had brought Ya Li to his domain for her protection, and Ya Li agreed to wait until the battle ended before treating the wounded.
• Yuanen Zhentian spotted Federation-marked Soul Guidance Mechas approaching the Yuanen Family’s camp at Xuanwu Gate.
• Jiang Xiu told the Old Plane Spirit that he planned to imprison and extract Ah Yin from the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Jiang Xiu revealed that two Level 12 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells were being moved toward Shrek Academy and Tang Sect Headquarters, and proposed using the attack to wound Ah Yin.
• The Old Plane Spirit agreed to Jiang Xiu’s plan, and Jiang Xiu considered escaping with resources from both headquarters during the explosion.

Jiang Xiu agreed to use the aftershocks from the two God-Slayer Class Fixed Soul Guidance Shells to target an Abyss Emperor while diverting the destruction to the Abyss Plane. Sage Emperor proposed Scythe Emperor as their next target, leaving Jiang Xiu intent on controlling both the Abyss Enforcer and the Abyss Overseer.

• Jiang Xiu told the Old Plane Spirit that he wanted to target Black Empress but would have to wait until he could reach the Abyssal Passage.
• Sage Emperor proposed using Jiang Xiu’s [Advent] authority to redirect the aftershocks from the two shells that exploded in Shrek City into the Abyss Plane and wound an Emperor.
• Sage Emperor argued that the Abyssal Sage King would keep attacking even if he discovered the plan, and that the Holy Spirit Cult could be blamed for the shells’ arrival.
• Jiang Xiu accepted Sage Emperor’s plan, and Sage Emperor recommended bringing Scythe Emperor under Jiang Xiu’s control.
• Jiang Xiu recalled that Scythe Emperor was the Abyssal Sage King’s appointed Abyss Enforcer and realized that controlling him alongside Sage Emperor would leave the Abyssal Sage King isolated.

Jiang Xiu received warnings and resources from the Old Plane Spirit as he prepared to face Tang Hao and the Abyss Plane. The Old Plane Spirit revealed that a powerful expert might still be reachable, though only a wisp of his true spirit remained.

• The Old Plane Spirit warned Jiang Xiu that Tang Hao could wield First-Class God-level power within the Douluo Plane, and Jiang Xiu resolved to become a player rather than a chess piece.
• Jiang Xiu asked about the Ender Dragon, and the Old Plane Spirit said its pure Dragon Clan bloodline would benefit him.
• The Old Plane Spirit gave Jiang Xiu Demon Protection, which could block one god-level attack and open a passage to the Demon Plane, but warned him not to use it except in a crisis.
• Sage Emperor appealed to the Old Plane Spirit's guilt to secure more help for Jiang Xiu, who obtained cultivation methods and other useful knowledge.
• Jiang Xiu asked who could protect Shrek Academy if the Level 12 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell struck before the Underworld Emperor left seclusion, and the Old Plane Spirit described a powerful expert whose divine consciousness had burned away, leaving only a wisp of true spirit.

Jiang Xiu learned that Electrolux’s dormant true spirit could be awakened with a powerful Law of Life and set out to retrieve it from the Clear Sky Sect. After returning through the Demon Passage with Ya Li, he found a Federation Mecha squad waiting outside Xuanwu Gate alongside members of the Yuanen Family.

• The Old Plane Spirit told Jiang Xiu that Electrolux’s true spirit was sleeping and would need a powerful Law of Life to awaken.
• Jiang Xiu learned that Electrolux’s true spirit had been left inside the Clear Sky Sect and said he would retrieve it.
• Jiang Xiu departed from the Underworld Emperor, and the Old Plane Spirit entrusted the future of the Douluo Plane to him.
• Bazaar prayed for God Level strength after deciding his earlier prayers for an undying body had been answered.
• Jiang Xiu reunited with Ya Li in the Demon Passage, and they teased each other about his control of Faith Power.
• Jiang Xiu and Ya Li reached the end of the Demon Passage and found members of the Yuanen Family and a Federation Mecha squad outside Xuanwu Gate.

Jiang Xiu returned safely to the Yuanen Family camp, where he used his connection to Yu Guanzhi to end a standoff with the Central Legion. He then struck a political bargain with Yu Guanzhi that could help Dong Zi'an rise in the military, though each man believed he had secured the better deal.

• Yuanen Yehui rushed into Jiang Xiu's arms when he returned, while Yuanen Tiandang and Ya Li reacted to their closeness.
• Jiang Xiu learned that the Central Legion had surrounded the camp to investigate the destruction of Xuanwu Gate and the traces of a Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell.
• Jiang Xiu called Yu Guanzhi, who ordered the Mecha brigade captain to give Jiang Xiu full authority and withdraw his troops.
• Jiang Xiu privately told Yu Guanzhi that Dong Zi'an could help shoulder the military's burdens, and Yu Guanzhi agreed to preserve their alliance ahead of the Federation election.
• Jiang Xiu and Yu Guanzhi agreed that Yu Guanzhi would remain second-in-command and lend Dong Zi'an a hand, each thinking the arrangement favored him.

Jiang Xiu told the Yuanen Family that the Demon Plane threat had ended and the Fallen Angel Martial Soul’s shackles were broken, then accepted Yuanen Zhentian’s request to seek Titan Giant Ape blood essence. As the family departed for Shrek City, Yuanen Yehui drew closer to Jiang Xiu while Ya Li privately claimed his attention, and Yu Guanzhi watched from afar without revealing what he knew.

• Jiang Xiu told Yu Guanzhi that the Demon Monarchs had agreed not to invade again, then informed Yuanen Zhentian that the Fallen Angel Martial Soul’s shackles had been broken.
• Yuanen Zhentian asked Jiang Xiu to find the blood essence of a hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape and entrusted him with a red God-Rank Mecha as payment.
• Jiang Xiu accepted the storage ring and privately considered using God-Level blood essence from the two surviving beasts as Shadow Soldiers.
• Yuanen Yehui asked Jiang Xiu not to face danger alone, and he agreed on the condition that she work hard at cultivating.
• Ya Li stopped Yuanen Yehui from inviting Jiang Xiu to ride with her and insisted that he ride in Ya Li’s mecha so they could discuss Faith Power.
• Yu Guanzhi explained to his adjutants that he had stayed away to avoid making Jiang Xiu wary, while the Yuanen Family departed for Shrek City.

Yu Guanzhi covered up the battle damage and approved supplies for Dong Zi'an while weighing his alliance with Jiang Xiu. At the Sea God Family, Chen Xinjie struggled to treat Long Yeyue, whose Martial Soul had become a pig, and his devotion to her strained his relationship with his son as his own Martial Soul Origin began to crack.

• Yu Guanzhi ordered the battle site and Xuanwu Gate restored, approved Dong Zi'an's request for military supplies, and kept Chen Xinjie uninformed while he was in seclusion.
• Yuanen Yehui wrote in her diary about the broken curse, Jiang Xiu's help, and her hopes for their future, while Yuanen Tiandang privately mused about her.
• Chen Xinjie told Long Yeyue that he could only maintain her cultivation at the quasi-demigod level, and she discovered that her Dark Sacred Dragon Martial Soul had become a pig.
• Long Yeyue blamed the Body Sect for her injuries and asked Chen Xinjie to lend her a Level 12 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell; he promised to help her take revenge and offered Eternal Heaven.
• Chen Shaojie confronted his father's absence from the Sea God Legion and resented his relationship with Long Yeyue, then left without speaking his anger aloud.
• Chen Xinjie resumed treating Long Yeyue after her condition worsened, unknowingly causing a tiny crack in his already overdrawn Martial Soul Origin.

Qiangu Dongfeng told Ghost Emperor that he had secured the God-Slayer Class Level 12 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell Heaven-Destroying and Earth-Extinguishing and was working to obtain the second shell. Jiang Xiu arrived at the Spirit Pagoda with Ya Li, who went to meet Leng Yaozhu while Jiang Xiu was escorted to challenge the Soul Spirit Tower.

• Qiangu Dongfeng told Ghost Emperor that he had secured Heaven-Destroying and Earth-Extinguishing and promised to obtain Heaven-Swallowing and Earth-Devouring as well.
• Qiangu Dongfeng and Ghost Emperor discussed destroying Shrek Academy and Tang Sect Headquarters and killing Jiang Xiu and Long Yeyue.
• Qiangu Dongfeng learned that Jiang Xiu had arrived with Ya Li and suspected Jiang Xiu had come for the Ender Dragon.
• Jiang Xiu agreed to follow Leng Yaozhu's steward to challenge the Soul Spirit Tower while Ya Li went to Leng Yaozhu's office.
• Ya Li noticed a fiery-red phoenix-shaped plant on Leng Yaozhu's desk.

Ya Li visited Leng Yaozhu to discuss extending Jiang Xiu’s exchange at Shrek Academy, but Leng Yaozhu insisted he should leave when the agreed period ended. After Ya Li departed, Leng Yaozhu hinted that Yun Ming’s accurate predictions in his battle with Mu Ye might point to a secret hidden beneath Shrek Academy.

• Ya Li recognized Leng Yaozhu’s Phoenix Tail Butterfly Crown Flower as a plant from the Star Luo Continent and mistakenly concluded that Na'er had given it to her.
• Ya Li praised Na'er, then asked Leng Yaozhu whether Jiang Xiu’s exchange period at Shrek Academy could be extended.
• Leng Yaozhu refused the extension, saying Jiang Xiu should leave Shrek Academy when the exchange ended, and reminded Ya Li to arrange his promised training on Devil Island.
• Leng Yaozhu questioned Ya Li about Yun Ming’s ability to predict Mu Ye’s moves and warned her not to trust appearances.
• After Ya Li left with Na'er, Leng Yaozhu wondered what secrets lay beneath Shrek Academy.

Jiang Xiu advanced through the Soul Spirit Tower and encountered the imprisoned Titan Snow Demon King, A-Tai. After Ba Emperor subdued him, Jiang Xiu began considering how to deceive A-Tai and recruit him for future plans.

• Ya Li praised Na'er as a good disciple and remarked that the Phoenix Tail Butterfly Crown Flower suited her master, leaving Na'er surprised.
• Jiang Xiu entered the Soul Spirit Tower and swiftly defeated its trials, using Ba Emperor to clear the hundred-thousand-year Soul Spirit levels.
• Jiang Xiu reached Titan Snow Demon King, A-Tai, and realized Leng Yaozhu had arranged for him to see the imprisoned Soul Beast.
• A-Tai raged at Jiang Xiu and the Spirit Pagoda, so Ba Emperor entered the sealed area and knocked him to the ground with one punch.
• As A-Tai recovered, Jiang Xiu considered deceiving him and using him as a future trump card against the Ice and Snow Two Emperors.

Jiang Xiu made A-Tai promise to testify about Huo Yuhao in exchange for helping him escape the Spirit Pagoda, then prepared to absorb the Ender Dragon Soul Spirit. The Ender Dragon emerged and resisted Jiang Xiu’s Dragon Might with a golden domain.

• Jiang Xiu negotiated with A-Tai, who agreed to testify about seeing Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong in exchange for help escaping the Spirit Pagoda.
• A-Tai swore by the Ice God to keep his promise, and Jiang Xiu swore by the Sea God and the Asura God to help him leave.
• A-Tai said he blamed himself, Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Huo Yuhao for the Far North’s decline before the silver-white gate closed.
• Jiang Xiu and Ba Emperor approached the gate holding the Ender Dragon Soul Spirit, and the dragon emerged amid darkness and powerful Dragon Might.
• Jiang Xiu used his Crimson Golden Dragon Eyes and Dragon Might against the Ender Dragon, but its Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff bloodline awakened a golden domain that blocked the pressure.