Chapter Summaries

Ye Qingcang redirected the group’s discussion toward tournament preparations as Zhang Lexuan assessed the rival teams and Shrek’s chances against the Saint Demon Battle Team. The group was left considering two contrasting battle styles and how to handle the formidable opponents.

• Violet teased Zhu Zhuqing by offering to handle deployment and coordination so Ye Qingcang could avoid going out without damaging his reputation.
• Gu Yuena argued that strength mattered more than reputation, then challenged Wang Dong'er for staying silent while she defended Ye Qingcang.
• Ye Qingcang stopped Yue Ye from biting his ear and shifted the conversation back to intelligence about the tournament teams.
• Zhang Lexuan described the strengths and lineups of Shrek, Spirit Hall, the Sun Moon Empire, Heavenly Soul, and Dou Ling.
• Zhang Lexuan warned that the Saint Demon Battle Team posed a severe threat and outlined Shrek’s possible matchups and tactical arrangements.
• Zhang Lexuan contrasted Shrek’s traditional core-led tactics with the all-blooming style, which relied on individual strength but lacked coordination.

Ye Qingcang told his team that he and Violet would mostly sit out, forcing the others to face stronger opponents and improve while he protected their chances of winning. The team accepted the challenge and advanced through the elimination rounds into the final match for the Top 128.

• Ye Qingcang announced that he and Violet would only intervene if necessary, and threatened special training if the team failed to win.
• Nan Qiuqiu accused Ye Qingcang of retaliating against them, but he explained that he wanted them to face tough opponents and grow stronger.
• Dugu Yan and the others teased each other about Ye Qingcang’s possible punishments, and he joked that Dugu Yan could double Yu Tianheng’s push-ups by helping him.
• Ye Qingcang’s team survived the elimination rounds and became one of the 111 teams advancing directly into the Top 128.
• The remaining teams were set to fight in a 112-team free-for-all for the final seventeen Top 128 places, while Ye Qingcang’s team prepared to face tougher opponents in the Top 128 match.

Violet reported the completed Top 128 team data, and Ye Qingcang warned everyone not to underestimate the independent teams. Chen Ying'er had returned to Ye Qingcang’s group after the Six Great Temples pressured her to cultivate a relationship with him, while the Individual Competition’s Top 128 selection was about to begin.

• Violet presented Ye Qingcang with the compiled data on all 128 teams, including the teams from the major factions and ninety-five independent teams.
• Ye Qingcang cautioned Violet, Jiang Nannan, Chen Ying'er, and the others that the independent teams might conceal powerful backing and should not be underestimated.
• The chapter explained that the Temple Alliance sought powerful allies such as Ye Qingcang because it feared losing leverage if peace between the Human Race and Demon Race broke down.
• After Chen Ying'er returned to the venue, Ye Qingcang brought her into his group rather than leave her trapped by pressure from the Six Great Temples.
• As the Team Competition’s replacement stage neared its end, Ye Qingcang watched the Individual Competition’s Top 128 selection approach and wondered who would draw him as an opponent.

The team competition’s top 128 was decided, and Huo Wu and Shui Bing’er’s team advanced after several difficult eliminations and a revival match. As the individual competition began, Ye Qingcang learned that his opponent was Long Haochen, the famous heir to the Demon God Emperor’s position.

• Huo Wu complained about her team’s bad luck, while Shui Bing’er encouraged her by pointing out that they had reached the final seventeen teams and advanced to the top 128.
• The team competition concluded, and workers repaired the arena while the 230 individual contestants prepared for their matches.
• Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong’er visited Ye Qingcang, while Li Xin watched from the opposing players’ lounge and supported her sworn younger brother.
• Ye Qingcang told Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong’er that his opponent was Long Haochen, the son of Long Xingyu and grandson of Long Tianyin and Feng Xiu.

Long Haochen prepared to face Ye Qingcang in the individual competition, determined to fight with everything he had despite expecting to lose. Ye Qingcang considered Long Haochen’s resolve before heading to the arena, reassuring Xiao Xiao that he would not throw the match.

• Long Haochen and Ye Qingcang both predicted that they would face each other, while Li Xin tried to reassure Long Haochen that he might draw someone else.
• Long Haochen recalled how long he had wanted to fight Ye Qingcang, readied his armor, shield, and swords, and said he hoped to test Ye Qingcang’s strength before defeating him someday.
• Ye Qingcang noticed Long Haochen approaching, and Wang Dong'er recognized his strong resolve as he headed for the arena.
• Xiao Xiao asked whether Long Haochen could beat Ye Qingcang, and Ye Qingcang joked that he could if he went easy on him.
• Xiao Xiao begged Ye Qingcang not to lose because she had bet on him, and he reassured her before walking toward the arena.

Ye Qingcang and Long Haochen began their match early, and Ye Qingcang effortlessly dispersed Long Haochen’s opening attack. Ye Qingcang then pressed Long Haochen to say which questions he wanted answered.

• Ye Qingcang and Long Haochen agreed to begin their match ahead of schedule after the referee confirmed their consent.
• Long Haochen confronted Ye Qingcang over Hao Yue’s capture and other past decisions, while powerful observers noticed his hostility.
• Ye Qingcang asked the referee to start the match, and Long Haochen agreed and prepared to fight.
• Long Haochen launched a spinning Cross Slash from a distance, but Ye Qingcang’s Three Feet Forbidden Zone drained its power and shattered it.
• Ye Qingcang walked forward and asked Long Haochen which of his questions he wanted answered.

Long Haochen attacked Ye Qingcang while demanding answers about Hao Yue, Yang Wenzhao, and Chen Ying'er. Ye Qingcang explained his bargain over Hao Yue and claimed the Six Great Temples had used Chen Ying'er as a link to secure guaranteed happiness for Yang Wenzhao; Long Haochen was left shaken by the revelation.

• Long Haochen unleashed Hurricane Shield and Judgment, but Ye Qingcang's Life Stance dispersed the storm and shattered the sword light.
• Ye Qingcang explained that he identified Hao Yue as Austin Griffin through a divinity-sensitive object and a weakened form of prophecy, then handed him over to secure peace and sever Cai'er's ties to the Six Great Temples.
• Long Haochen charged Ye Qingcang and demanded an explanation for Yang Wenzhao and Chen Ying'er, while Ye Qingcang said Long Haochen understood the necessity of sacrificing Hao Yue but could not accept what had happened to his friend.
• Ye Qingcang said the Six Great Temples had treated Chen Ying'er as a link to obtain guaranteed happiness for Yang Wenzhao, and Long Haochen's sword broke as his hand bled and his heart trembled.

Ye Qingcang subdued Long Haochen while warning the temple leaders through their confrontation to stop schemes involving Chen Ying'er and Wang Yuanyuan. He defeated Long Haochen and called on the referee to announce the result, hoping to reach another match in time.

• Ye Qingcang unsettled Long Haochen with his words, while Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu explained to the spectators that Ye Qingcang was warning the temple higher-ups to withdraw their plans involving Chen Ying'er and Wang Yuanyuan.
• Ye Qingcang's Life Stance turned Long Haochen's attacks back on him, sending him skidding across the arena and leaving him bloody.
• Long Haochen rallied and unleashed Gathering Force, Holy Sword, and Rising Dragon Strike in a combo.
• Ye Qingcang stepped on the summoned dragon, then used Rising Dragon Strike to launch Long Haochen out of the arena and into a huge crater.
• Ye Qingcang asked the referee to announce the result so he could watch the other match.

After defeating his opponent, Ye Qingcang declined the referee’s invitation to speak and left the arena with Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er. Curious about Huo Yuhao’s upcoming match against a formidable opponent, they teleported to watch it.

• Ye Qingcang won his match, declined to address the crowd, and returned to the Players' Lounge exit.
• Ye Qingcang invited Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er to watch other matches, and they chose to see Huo Yuhao fight first.
• The miniature Ice Empress joined them and said she wanted to see Huo Yuhao’s opponent as well.
• Ye Qingcang explained that Huo Yuhao’s opponent was no ordinary person and teleported himself, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong'er to the match.

Huo Yuhao struggled to contain his hatred after discovering Dai Yueheng was his opponent and seeing Dai Hao with a woman. Ye Qingcang forcibly calmed him and asked him to describe what he had seen objectively, leaving him to confront the truth himself.

• Huo Yuhao covered his face in the players' lounge as hatred overwhelmed him, while Sky Dream Ice Worm and Electrolux argued over whether he should act on it or learn to let it go.
• Sky Dream Ice Worm argued that Huo Yuhao needed revenge as a reason to keep going, while Electrolux warned that hatred could trap him in emptiness after victory.
• Ye Qingcang arrived with Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao, startling Huo Yuhao and the spirits in his Spiritual Space with how silently he had approached.
• Huo Yuhao said Dai Yueheng was his opponent and recalled seeing Dai Hao and a woman, then grabbed at his hair in distress.
• Ye Qingcang stopped Huo Yuhao from hurting himself and used his abilities to calm him, then ordered him to recount what he had seen objectively.
• Sky Dream Ice Worm tried to explain, but Ye Qingcang silenced him and said he wanted to judge whether Huo Yuhao could acknowledge and speak the truth himself.

Huo Yuhao reevaluated his family’s past and his desire for revenge after Ye Qingcang forced him to confront his anger and his mother’s choices. He resolved to seek revenge without destroying himself and prepared to face Dai Yueheng in the arena.

• Huo Yuhao told Ye Qingcang that the White Tiger Duke’s wife had recognized and insulted him, while Wang Dong’er angrily tried to confront her.
• Ye Qingcang slapped Huo Yuhao and challenged him to consider whether he could defend his mother’s honor without the strength to back it up.
• Ye Qingcang recounted how a child endured his family’s slaughter and later took revenge, urging Huo Yuhao to survive and choose between immediate vengeance and a future chance to act.
• Huo Yuhao reconsidered Dai Hao’s role in his mother’s death and acknowledged that his mother might have cared more about Dai Hao than about his wellbeing, while still recognizing her debt in raising him.
• Ye Qingcang urged Huo Yuhao to find reasons to live, and Huo Yuhao resolved to take revenge without staking his life on it.
• Ye Qingcang reminded Huo Yuhao that Dai Yueheng was waiting for an emotionally shaken opponent, and Huo Yuhao prepared to leave for the match with a steadier resolve.

Huo Yuhao faced his half-brother Dai Yueheng in the tournament, determined to fight despite the enormous difference in their strength. After Dai Yueheng asked him to surrender and promised to take responsibility for their family grievances, Huo Yuhao opened the battle with an attack.

• Xiao Xiao doubted Ye Qingcang's decision to send Rank 31 Huo Yuhao against Rank 68 Dai Yueheng, while Wang Dong'er argued that he should not avoid the fight.
• Ye Qingcang, Electrolux, and Sky Dream Ice Worm watched to judge Huo Yuhao's limits, and Electrolux claimed the spiritual power Ye Qingcang had injected into him.
• Du Busi and Princess Vina discussed Huo Yuhao's unusual gaze and his connection to the White Tiger Duke's family and Xu Jiujiu.
• Huo Yuhao invoked the arena rules to end Dai Yueheng's pre-match conversation, and the referee left the arena.
• Dai Yueheng asked Huo Yuhao to surrender and swore to take responsibility for grievances involving their mother, father, and Hua Bin.
• Huo Yuhao refused to back down and began the match by sending a rain of stone spikes at Dai Yueheng.

Huo Yuhao faced Dai Yueheng in an individual match, using Earth Control Art and clever defenses to survive Dai Yueheng’s overwhelming attacks. Just as Dai Yueheng nearly struck him down, a mysterious gray power disrupted the attack, allowing Huo Yuhao to counter and send him flying.

• Dai Yueheng unleashed White Tiger Destruction Kill and White Tiger Meteor Shower, breaking Huo Yuhao’s stone spears and forcing him to reveal himself after using a water-vapor substitute and Dustless Art.
• Di Tian recognized Tian Meng’s aura in Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection, while Dai Hao and his wife discussed their past treatment of Huo Yuhao as they watched the match.
• Huo Yuhao used an Overload Reaction with lightning and fire shields to deflect Dai Yueheng’s close-range attack, but Dai Yueheng emerged unharmed and charged him.
• Dai Yueheng’s punch shattered Huo Yuhao’s spiritual shield, but a mysterious gray power disrupted Dai Yueheng, letting Huo Yuhao strike his weak point and send him flying.

Electrolux, possessing Huo Yuhao, overwhelmed Dai Yueheng in the arena and revealed that he considered Huo Yuhao his disciple. The Xingluo Emperor and Xu Jiujiu seized on the moment to turn the White Tiger Duke’s rejection of Huo Yuhao into a political liability.

• Electrolux struck Dai Yueheng with overwhelming spiritual power, sending him flying and leaving him stunned by Huo Yuhao’s changed eyes.
• Dai Yueheng recognized an aura stronger than the God of War’s Divine Sense and realized that the intelligence reports had not prepared him for his opponent.
• Electrolux spared Dai Yueheng for now, saying Huo Yuhao might capture him and those behind him once his disciple grew stronger.
• Dai Hao, the spectators, and Xu Jiawei were shocked when Electrolux called Huo Yuhao his disciple.
• Xu Jiujiu suggested that Xu Jiawei grant Dai Yueheng a barony and Dai Huabin a viscountcy, placing them in positions that would weaken the White Tiger Duke’s influence.

Xingluo Emperor Xu Jiawei approved Xu Jiujiu’s plan to reward Huo Yuhao and use the honor to keep White Tiger Duke Dai Hao’s family in check. On the arena, Huo Yuhao struck Dai Yueheng with deathly power, but the God of War Dai Mubai took over Dai Yueheng’s body and challenged Electrolux.

• Xu Jiujiu proposed using a justified reward for Huo Yuhao to pressure White Tiger Duke Dai Hao and divide his sons, and Xu Jiawei ordered the eunuch to write the decree.
• Xu Jiujiu watched Huo Yuhao face Dai Yueheng as gray flames revealed Huo Yuhao’s formidable control over dark, death-aligned power.
• Electrolux sent a gray ray across the arena and struck Dai Yueheng in the forehead, leaving him bleeding and unsteady.
• A pillar of light descended, and Dai Yueheng’s eyes changed as the God of War Dai Mubai took control of his body.
• Ling Luochen identified Dai Mubai, who challenged Electrolux and questioned whether he was permitted to fight through Dai Yueheng.

Electrolux, controlling Huo Yuhao, revealed that he had been a ninth-rank, ninth-level mage from another world, shocking observers across the God Seal Star systems. He remained face to face with God of War Dai Mubai, who questioned his identity, while the crowd recognized Electrolux as a figure from their own world’s history.

• Electrolux heard Ling Luochen’s whispered explanation and examined Dai Yueheng, realizing Dai Mubai was controlling his body.
• Dai Mubai called Electrolux a possible false god because he was absent from Divine Realm records, and Electrolux clarified that he had been a human demigod, not a god.
• Electrolux’s claim to have reached the ninth-rank, ninth-level mage realm caused an uproar across the God Seal Star systems and Saint Demon Federation.
• Observers compared Electrolux’s power with the limits of their own extraordinary system and identified him as someone born on God Seal Star.
• The chapter ended with observers wondering why the famed mage was possessing a young man on Douluo Continent, while Electrolux privately recalled ending the Glorious Age.

Electrolux used his Undead Domain to face Dai Mubai’s Divine Sense Clone, who had taken over Dai Yueheng’s body, and defeated him with ease. After Dai Yueheng was thrown from the platform, Electrolux withdrew to digest the power he had seized, while Huo Yuhao emerged calmer and far less consumed by hatred.

• Electrolux recognized familiar professional auras in the stands but dismissed them and focused on Dai Yueheng.
• Electrolux activated his Undead Domain, and Dai Mubai took control of Dai Yueheng and countered with the God of War Domain and White Tiger Destruction Kill.
• Electrolux shattered Dai Mubai’s attack with a simple gesture, then expelled and killed the Divine Sense Clone.
• Electrolux absorbed the clone’s scattered spiritual power and sent Dai Yueheng tumbling off the platform.
• Electrolux withdrew to digest his gains, and Huo Yuhao opened his eyes with most of his hatred gone.

After Huo Yuhao’s upset victory made him famous, the Heavenly Soul Emperor and Du Busi discussed whether the Heaven Dou Empire should approach the gods and decided to wait while Du Busi tried to recruit Huo Yuhao. Du Busi then found that leaders and representatives from many powerful factions had gathered to compete for Huo Yuhao, including Dai Hao’s Little Tiger.

• Huo Yuhao’s victory over Dai Yueheng made him famous, and the battle revealed that Deities could oppose and defeat one another.
• The Heavenly Soul Emperor asked Du Busi whether the Heaven Dou Empire should offer its faith to a god, and Du Busi warned that the empire should weigh its attitude, interests, and the risks of choosing sides.
• Du Busi advised the Heavenly Soul Emperor to wait and see while he approached Huo Yuhao as a representative of the Body Sect, hoping to recruit the Spirit Eyes wielder.
• The Heavenly Soul Emperor and Princess Vina bowed as Du Busi left, while Long Aotian followed him.
• Du Busi and Long Aotian encountered representatives from the Temple Alliance, Magic Temple, Spirit Hall, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Star Luo Empire, Shrek Academy, and other factions who had gathered to pursue Huo Yuhao.
• Du Busi recognized commanders from the Sun Moon Empire’s soul tool forces and Dai Hao’s Little Tiger among the assembled figures.

Huo Yuhao struggled to decide how to handle powerful factions seeking meetings, so he asked Ye Qingcang for guidance. Ye Qingcang urged him to protect his independence and gain enough strength to control his own story, while Dai Hao waited outside hoping to bring him back to the Duke's Mansion.

• Dai Hao noticed Long Aotian's contempt but restrained his hostility after recognizing Du Busi, then resolved to use Huo Yuhao's grievances to persuade him to return to the Duke's Mansion.
• Huo Yuhao asked Ye Qingcang how to respond to the invitations from powerful figures gathered outside the Players' Lounge.
• Xiao Xiao worried that refusing to choose a side would make the competing factions target Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong'er argued that his strength and allies let him remain neutral.
• Wang Dong'er proposed an extreme plan to seize the throne and the White Tiger Duke's estate, drawing shocked reactions from Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Electrolux.
• Ye Qingcang praised Wang Dong'er's adaptation, then told Huo Yuhao that becoming powerful enough to shape public opinion mattered more than gaining recognition from Dai Hao or the Xingluo Royal Family.

Huo Yuhao reconsidered his ambitions after Ye Qingcang challenged him to distinguish what he truly wanted from the strength needed to obtain it. He began assessing which powers he could trust, while Ye Qingcang warned Wang Dong'er that she might someday have to face Tang Wutong.

• Huo Yuhao thanked Ye Qingcang, Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and the Ice Empress, then said he had to follow his own will rather than accept the world's assumptions.
• Ye Qingcang questioned Huo Yuhao about whether he wanted status, power over life and death, fame, wealth, or something else.
• Huo Yuhao concluded that he ultimately wanted strength so he could pursue Great Freedom, but agreed that he would have to build it step by step.
• Huo Yuhao began ranking potential allies, placing the Sun Moon Empire in the first tier while expressing reservations about the Human Race, the Demon Race, and other empires and sects.
• Wang Dong'er asked Ye Qingcang to give Huo Yuhao the answer, but Ye Qingcang said Huo Yuhao should think for himself and asked how she would feel if she had to fight Tang Wutong in the future.