Chapter Summaries

Dragon Old exposed Li Yong’s suspected ties to Evil Soul Masters and pushed the council to investigate him, while Chen Xinjie accepted that he had lost his appearance of neutrality and committed to a purge of the council. At Shrek Academy, Xu Yuan used the Five Elements Pearl to form a Five Elements Rune and strengthen his Heaven Origin Brush’s First Soul Ring.

• Dragon Old accused Li Yong of colluding with Evil Soul Masters and connected him to the theft of the God-Slaying Missiles.
• Dragon Old asked Zhang Zhongli to authorize an investigation, and Chen Xinjie declared that Li Yong must be investigated.
• Chen Xinjie accepted that he was no longer seen as neutral and vowed to uncover the missile theft and purge corrupt councilors.
• Xu Yuan chose to use the Five Elements Pearl to create a second Heaven and Earth Rune instead of using it to form a Soul Spirit contract.
• Xu Yuan formed the Five Elements Rune and merged it into the Heaven Origin Brush’s First Soul Ring, turning the ring black.

Xu Yuan fused the Five Elements Rune into his Heaven Origin Brush First Soul Ring, which rapidly became his first Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and allowed Phantom Star to wield powerful Five Elements abilities. Meanwhile, Dragon Old’s investigation into Li Yong intensified political opposition to handing Eternal Heaven Kingdom over to Shrek.

• Xu Yuan’s First Soul Ring approached one hundred thousand years as the Five Elements Rune and Tong Yu’s bloodline insights strengthened his Five Elements control.
• Xu Yuan discovered that his First Soul Skill had changed into Five Elements Derivation and asked Phantom Star to test whether he could manipulate the rune.
• Phantom Star used the Five Elements Rune to create Five Elements True Fire, five-colored lightning, and a Five Elements Divine Light Shield.
• Phantom Star’s repeated use of Five Elements Derivation made the red markings spread across Xu Yuan’s First Soul Ring until it became a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Dragon Old used the opportunity to request an investigation into Li Yong, while Zhang Zhongli’s Neutral Faction and the Hawk Faction opposed handing Eternal Heaven Kingdom over to Shrek.

Dragon Old secured Federation concessions for Shrek, while Xu Yuan completed the Phantom Star Stone needed for his Battle Armor helmet. At Sea God Pavilion, the Federation's materials had arrived and preparations continued, but the elders still worried about Yun Ming's absence.

• Dragon Old demanded that Chen Xinjie remain at the War God Hall guarding Eternal Heaven Kingdom and that the Federation provide Rare Metals for Shrek.
• Zhang Zhongli bargained down the requested amounts, and Dragon Old ultimately obtained roughly one-third of the Federation's stock of scarce metals and sixteen tons each of more common controlled metals.
• Xu Yuan completed Phantom Star Stone after two months of Fusion Forging and began crafting the final Battle Armor piece, his helmet.
• Feng Wuyu reported that the Federation's Rare Metals had arrived and that Shrek's associations were producing defensive Soul Guidance components as the Inner Courtyard Disciples stood ready.
• Ya Li praised the Sea God Pavilion elders for their work, while Zhuo Shi asked whether there was news from Yun Ming.

Xu Yuan completed his One-Word Dou Armor, Origin, whose spiritual fluctuations rivaled an ordinary Three-Word Dou Armor and greatly increased his strength and endurance. As the Inner Courtyard and Sea God Pavilion Elders witnessed its emergence, Xu Yuan declared that he would henceforth be Yuan Xu Yuan.

• Long Yeyue and the Sea God Pavilion Elders discussed Shrek's defenses against the Holy Spirit Cult's God-Slaying Missiles and learned that Yun Ming had left the Sea God Army Corps to visit an old friend.
• A powerful fluctuation from Xu Yuan's dormitory drew the attention of the Pavilion Elders and Inner Courtyard students, who wondered how a Soul King could produce such immense power.
• Xu Yuan rose into the air as the Five Elements gathered around him, revealing his completed, multicolored One-Word Dou Armor.
• Xu Yuan felt that the completed armor more than doubled his overall strength through its power circulation, recovery, and endurance.
• Xu Yuan named his Battle Armor Origin and declared, "From this day onward, I am Yuan Xu Yuan."

Xu Yuan completed Origin, a One-Word Dou Armor forged entirely from perfect alloys, and prepared to upgrade his Mecha before entering the Demon Plane. Meanwhile, news spread that Yun Ming had fought a Quasi-God-level Evil Soul Master for three days and nights, with their battle reaching the Deep Sea.

• Ya Li explained that Xu Yuan's Origin surpassed ordinary One-Word Dou Armor and might be the first Red Level Battle Armor in history.
• Xu Yuan named his Battle Armor Origin and agreed to delay registering it with the Spirit Pagoda to avoid alerting Qian Gu Dongfeng.
• With Origin complete, Xu Yuan reached Soul Douluo-level combat strength and decided to upgrade his Mecha before attempting to condense his Soul Core.
• A battle between Yun Ming and a death-aura-wreathed Evil Soul Master raged from the West Coast to the South Coast and then into the Deep Sea.
• The continent was shaken by news that the Quasi-God-level Evil Soul Master had fought Yun Ming continuously for three days and three nights.

The Federation identified the Quasi-God Evil Soul Master who fought Yun Ming as the Ghost Emperor, while Sea God Pavilion learned that a mysterious Quasi-God woman had helped him escape. After upgrading his Mecha, Xu Yuan prepared for the Seven Monsters Ranking Tournament and turned down Xu Lizhi’s request to team up.

• The Federation identified the Ghost Emperor and learned that Yun Ming had driven him from the West Coast to the South Coast and into the sea, where a Quasi-God woman helped him escape.
• Long Yeyue and Cai Yue'er discussed the unknown woman’s alliance with the Ghost Emperor and feared that she might be even stronger than an ordinary Quasi-God.
• Xu Yuan upgraded his Mecha with Spirit Forged Spiritual Alloy and Two-Word Dou Armor-level Core Arrays, bringing its enhancement close to Three-Word Dou Armor.
• Xu Lizhi asked Xu Yuan to team up for the Seven Monsters Ranking Tournament, but Xu Yuan refused because he intended to take first place.
• Xu Yuan advised Xu Lizhi to focus on his own strengths and flew toward Sea God Pavilion.

Xu Yuan arrived at Sea God Pavilion as Yun Ming explained that Yuanen Yehui’s Fallen Angel Martial Soul could open a passage to the Demon Plane. The Shrek Seven Devils learned they would trigger an early crossing and enter the Demon Plane, with a ranking tournament deciding their order and evaluating their contributions.

• Xu Yuan flew to Sea God Island by using his Battle Armor fusion and his ability to control the Power of Heaven and Earth.
• Cai Yue'er welcomed Xu Yuan and the other Seven Monsters into Sea God Pavilion, where Yun Ming announced a meeting about their ranking tournament and Yuanen Yehui’s Martial Soul.
• Yun Ming revealed that Yuanen Yehui’s Fallen Angel Martial Soul anchored the Demon Plane and could eventually open a gate for a demonic invasion.
• Yun Ming said the Academy would forcibly activate the anchor early and help create a passage so the group could counter-invade the Demon Plane.
• Yun Ming explained that the tournament would rank the eight by their contributions in an initial battle and then by the merits of their exploration of the Demon Plane.

Shrek Academy opened a passage to the Demon Plane on Sea God Island to explore it and gather intelligence. Yuanen Yehui opened the Demon Gate and, while resisting the Demon Monarch’s influence, summoned demons through nine gates.

• Xu Yuan learned that the academy’s ranking system would assess the Demon Plane’s value through exploration and intelligence gathering.
• Yun Ming asked Yuanen Yehui to help open the Demon Gate on Sea God Island, and Shrek Academy sealed off the Inner Courtyard from the Outer Courtyard.
• Yuanen Yehui’s Fallen Angel Martial Soul awakened its Space Power, and Yun Ming and Tree Elder helped open a passage large enough for a Super Douluo to cross.
• The Demon Monarch granted Yuanen Yehui a Purple-Gold Bloodline and tried to corrupt her, but Yun Ming’s intimidation and Xu Yuan’s Mental Link helped her resist.
• Yuanen Yehui summoned her demon legion, dividing the Demon Gate into nine gates as demons began descending.

As the Demon Creatures poured onto Sea God Island, Xu Yuan discovered that the Golden Ancient Tree amplified his Heaven Origin Five Elements Spear’s devouring ability and refined the creatures’ energy into nourishment for him. The battle revealed that Xu Yuan’s harvesting was also helping the Golden Ancient Tree recover, while Tang Wulin struggled to refine the Life Energy he absorbed.

• Yun Ming ordered the Inner Courtyard students and Xu Yuan's group to attack the Demon Creatures for Merit Points.
• Xu Yuan charged into the densest part of the legion and found that the Golden Ancient Tree was helping him devour and refine the Hellhounds’ energy.
• Xu Yuan noticed Tang Wulin fighting with the Golden Dragon Spear, whose devouring power was strong but whose Life Essence accumulated faster than Tang Wulin could refine it.
• Yun Ming realized Xu Yuan was acting as an intermediary for the Golden Ancient Tree and saw that the tree’s power was recovering.
• Xu Yuan’s Heaven Devouring Earth Eating Great Art and Jue’s devouring ability reached peak efficiency as he continued harvesting the Demon Creatures.

Xu Yuan and Shrek’s forces battled the demons pouring through the Demon Gate while Yun Ming restrained nine Greater Demons and sent a Grade 9 Soul Cannon Shell into the Demon Plane. The elders and Inner Courtyard students then charged through the gate, while Qian Gu Dongfeng sensed the spatial disturbance from Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.

• Xu Yuan used the Heaven Devouring Earth Eating Great Art to absorb Life Essence as nine Greater Demons emerged and stabilized the Demon Gate.
• Xu Yuan transformed into a five-meter-tall Mecha and led the fighting, while the Golden Ancient Tree absorbed the demons’ Life Energy and corpses.
• Yun Ming bound the nine Greater Demons, fused the nine gates of light, and sent a Grade 9 Soul Cannon Shell through the passage.
• Ya Li, Zhuo Shi, Feng Wuyu, and Cai Yue'er charged into the Demon Gate, followed by Xu Yuan and the Inner Courtyard students.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng sensed intense spatial fluctuations at Sea God Island and wondered what Shrek was doing.

Qian Gu Dongfeng struggled to understand Shrek’s powerful spatial fluctuations and feared that both Shrek and the Holy Spirit Cult were acting against him. Meanwhile, Shrek’s forces entered the Demon Plane, where Ya Li and three Sea God Pavilion elders held off Demon Monarch Alba through a Four-in-One Fusion Technique.

• Qian Gu Dongfeng suspected Shrek was using spatial power to resist the God-Slaying Missile or move its people, but he could not determine its plan and grew wary of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• At Sea God Island, Yun Ming used his Essence, Qi, and Spirit, aided by the Golden Ancient Tree, to extend his control into the passage while Shrek’s vanguard entered the Demon Gate.
• Xu Yuan and the others emerged into the Demon Plane, where Demon Monarch Alba attacked the four elders led by Ya Li.
• Ya Li, Cai Yue'er, Zhuo Shi, and Feng Wuyu linked their Three-Word Dou Armor and combined their strength through the Four-in-One Fusion Technique to block Alba’s attack.

Alba’s attempt to open a passage from the Demon Plane was countered by Ya Li and three others from Douluo, who forced him to retreat. Shrek’s Inner Courtyard secured the area and began preparing to explore the hostile Demon Plane, with Xu Yuan and Tang Wulin expected to venture beyond the Golden Ancient Tree’s protection.

• Alba realized the humans had counter-invaded through the fragile passage and fought Ya Li for ten exchanges before retreating.
• Alba decided to warn the other Demon Monarchs and threatened to unleash the hell passage against the invaders.
• Ya Li and the others directed Shrek’s Inner Courtyard to establish strongholds around the passage and deploy a Soul Guidance Array.
• The Golden Ancient Tree filtered some of the Demon Plane’s violent energy and began absorbing it, allowing its reserves to recover.
• Ya Li warned Xu Yuan that exploration beyond the transformed area was dangerous, and Xu Yuan recognized that he and Tang Wulin would need to explore.

Xu Yuan and Tang Wulin agreed to explore the Demon Plane, where its violent energy made venturing beyond the Golden Ancient Tree’s influence dangerous. As Xu Yuan pushed deep into the plane, he detected a Greater Lord and sent Phantom Star ahead in a demon body to scout its territory.

• Ya Li explained that Demon Plane energy could damage even Lan Muzi and Tang Yinmeng, and that Soul Masters needed time to adapt before exploring safely.
• Xu Yuan told Tang Wulin about the risks, and Tang Wulin agreed to explore and hunt Demon Creatures with him.
• The Food-Type Soul Masters prepared food to support the students as Lan Muzi, Tang Yinmeng, Xu Yuan, and Tang Wulin left the Golden Ancient Tree’s protected area.
• Xu Yuan traveled more than a hundred kilometers into the Demon Plane, killing creatures and improving his ability to devour their energy.
• Xu Yuan sensed a Greater Lord, created a demon body with the Heaven Origin Brush, and sent Phantom Star to scout its territory while he watched through their Mental Link.

Phantom Star, controlling a demon with Imperial Family Bloodline, entered Na Lundo’s territory and gathered information for Xu Yuan. Na Lundo disclosed his forces and criticized a neighboring Overlord, Kai Yi, as Xu Yuan assessed the demons’ hierarchy and military strength.

• Phantom Star reflected that cultivation with Xu Yuan had strengthened his racial abilities, and Xu Yuan’s Brain Martial Soul had helped give the Soul Spirits creativity.
• Phantom Star entered Na Lundo’s territory in a demon body with Imperial Family Bloodline, and Na Lundo welcomed him with deference.
• At Xu Yuan’s direction, Phantom Star told Na Lundo that Demon Monarch Alba’s forces had discovered a life-filled world and asked about available troops.
• Na Lundo reported that he could mobilize twenty thousand transcendent troops, five hundred commanders, and twenty lords.
• Na Lundo described the strength of nearby territories and argued that Kai Yi was unfit to remain an Overlord because his forces had suffered losses.

Xu Yuan sent Phantom Star to Na Lundo’s city to seek reinforcements for Alba, but Na Lundo recognized the ruse and attacked him. Xu Yuan fled toward Lan Muzi, and as Na Lundo caught up despite a Grade 9 Soul Cannon Shell blast, Xu Yuan prepared to fight back.

• Xu Yuan learned that Na Lundo was an Overlord and ordered him to gather troops to support Alba, but Na Lundo rejected the order and accused Phantom Star of sowing discord.
• Na Lundo attacked Phantom Star, forcing Xu Yuan to recall it and flee in his Mecha toward Lan Muzi’s location.
• Na Lundo pursued Xu Yuan, who burned Vital Energy to escape and detonated a Grade 9 Soul Cannon Shell against him.
• Na Lundo survived the blast and caught up with Xu Yuan, who turned to face him and gathered his martial abilities into a five-element spear.

Xu Yuan used a Grade 9 Soul Cannon Shell to force Na Lundo to ignite his Bloodline Power, then stalled until Lan Muzi arrived. With Lan Muzi blocking the two approaching Demon Overlords, Xu Yuan charged back at Na Lundo wearing armor that had merged with his Dou Armor and spear.

• Xu Yuan's Grade 9 Soul Cannon Shell failed to severely injure Na Lundo, but Na Lundo ignited his Bloodline Power to survive the blast and pursue him.
• Xu Yuan sensed two Demon Overlords approaching and spent three minutes trading brief clashes with Na Lundo while waiting for Lan Muzi.
• Na Lundo realized that Alba's aura was absent and hesitated as Lan Muzi arrived in Three-Word Dou Armor.
• Xu Yuan stopped fleeing and charged Na Lundo, asking Lan Muzi to hold off the other two Overlords.
• Lan Muzi struck from a distance to stop the two Overlords, while Xu Yuan formed a new armor layer over his Dou Armor and enhanced his Heaven Origin Five Elements Spear.

Xu Yuan overwhelmed Na Lundo with his spear while Lan Muzi held the other two Overlords at bay. After Na Lundo tried to flee, Lan Muzi struck him down, and Xu Yuan gave Lan Muzi Vital Energy to help him recover.

• Xu Yuan used his fused Mecha and Battle Armor to unleash a series of powerful spear strikes that drove Na Lundo into the ground.
• Na Lundo fought back with his greatsword and purple-flamed punch, but Xu Yuan continued matching him with his spear and Bloodline Power.
• Na Lundo tried to escape, but Lan Muzi used his eighth Soul Skill, Sunlit Road, to close the distance and slash him with Setting Sun.
• Lan Muzi struck Na Lundo with more than ten blade lights, then faced Sas and Kai Yi as they stayed guarded and dared not flee.
• Xu Yuan retreated behind Lan Muzi and sent Vital Energy into his Meridians to help him recover.

Xu Yuan and Lan Muzi captured two Demon Plane Overlords and learned that Alba had fled, while the Hell Lord threatened Alba’s territory and Shrek’s stronghold. After resting, Xu Yuan set out to explore again but sensed a familiar surge of energy before leaving the stronghold.

• Xu Yuan restored Lan Muzi’s damaged meridians with Vital Energy, and Lan Muzi ordered Xu Yuan to escort two surrendered Overlords back to the stronghold.
• The Overlords confirmed that Alba had fled, revealing that the outsiders had power on the level of a Demon Monarch.
• Ya Li and the Pavilion Elders learned about the Hell Lord, who had broken away from Alba and was waging war against him across the Hell passage.
• Xu Yuan reflected on the limits of combining his Mecha and Battle Armor, then planned to explore for a month before returning to Sea God Island to break through to Soul Emperor.
• After resting for two days, Xu Yuan sensed a familiar, enormous energy fluctuation as he prepared to leave the stronghold.

Xu Yuan planned to explore the Northern Three Kings' territory and the Hell Plane passage, while Ya Li arranged support for Tang Wulin after he detonated a Grade 9 Soul Cannon Shell. At Shrek, Na Er told Gu Yue she saw herself as a new life rather than merely part of her, and Gu Yue left as Na Er waited for Yun Ming.

• Ya Li worried that Tang Wulin's Grade 9 Soul Cannon Shell would draw nearby Overlords and arranged for Lan Muzi to support him.
• Xu Yuan told Ya Li he would continue exploring and investigate the Hell Plane passage in the Northern Three Kings' territory.
• Ya Li said Na Er wanted to train and asked Xu Yuan to take her along.
• Na Er told Gu Yue that she considered herself an independent new life and recalled Xu Yuan's thoughts about children and mothers.
• Na Er said she had felt excluded from a recent Inner Courtyard event and wanted to take part as a disciple and Tang Wulin's junior sister.
• Gu Yue vanished before Yun Ming appeared, and Na Er greeted him happily.

Xu Yuan reflected on how cultivators helped a Realm grow as he waited at the outpost for Na Er. When Lan Muzi returned with Tang Yinmeng and injured Tang Wulin, he learned that Tang Wulin had used his Grade 9 Soul Cannon Shell to escape a Demon Overlord and resolved not to stray far from the outpost.

• Xu Yuan reasoned that cultivators could spur a Realm to absorb more Star Power, creating a cycle that benefited the Realm when their energy returned after death.
• Lan Muzi returned to the outpost with Tang Yinmeng and Tang Wulin, whose blood loss and weakened Bloodline Power showed how badly he had been injured.
• Lan Muzi explained that Tang Wulin had encountered a Demon Overlord a hundred kilometers away and fired his Grade 9 Soul Cannon Shell while fleeing its pursuit.
• Tang Wulin admitted he would stay closer to the outpost because he had used his only Grade 9 Soul Cannon Shell and no longer trusted his ability to escape another Overlord.