Chapter Summaries

The Shrek Battle Team faced the Sun Moon Battle Team in the semifinal, where Ma Xiaotao’s Nirvana Domain overwhelmed Meng Hongchen’s poison and disrupted the Sun Moon team’s control strategy. Xiao Hongchen answered with a massive, power-boosted Soul Guidance Cannon barrage, leaving the battle poised for a clash of full-strength teams.

• Ye Qingcang told Liu Erlong that the Shrek Battle Team’s plan could not overcome the gap between divine power and ordinary Soul Power.
• Meng Hongchen opened the match by spreading her Ice Toad Poison and strengthening it with her second soul skill.
• Ma Xiaotao activated her Nirvana Domain, burning away the poison mist and gaining the protection of a robe that could resurrect her.
• Xiao Hongchen realized the failed field control had left the Shrek Battle Team at full strength and unleashed hundreds of Soul Guidance Cannons.
• Xiao Hongchen used his second, third, and fourth soul skills to reduce the cannons’ consumption, multiply their number, and raise their firepower.

Ma Xiaotao and the Shrek Battle Team launched an all-out assault on the Sun Moon Battle Team, triggering a rapid exchange of attacks and counters. As Ji Juechen faced Zhang Lexuan, he amplified his soul power five times and prepared a sword strike powerful enough to rival a Titled Douluo’s.

• Ma Xiaotao charged Xiao Hongchen, but Meng Hongchen countered with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill until Ling Luochen trapped its toad phantom in an Ice Crystal Prison.
• Ji Juechen shattered the prison with a sword strike, while Xi Xi infiltrated the Sun Moon Battle Team’s rear and Dai Yueheng forced Ma Rulong back to open a path for her.
• Ghost Na Na intercepted Xi Xi, but Ling Luochen trapped Ghost Na Na in an ice prison; Xu Tianzhen broke the prison, and Zhang Lexuan forced Ghost Na Na to use her Invincible Shield.
• Both teams exchanged attacks across the battlefield as Ji Juechen fought Zhang Lexuan and drew out his potential under pressure.
• Ji Juechen activated five Soul Power Amplification skills in succession and prepared a devastating sword strike with his Tier 9 Soul Tool.

Zhang Lexuan overwhelmed the Sun Moon Battle Team with her moon-based purification ability, then both teams unleashed powerful area attacks. Xi Xi and the Hongchen siblings used Invincible Shields to withstand the opposing assaults, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Zhang Lexuan activated her Silver Moon True Body and Moon Radiance, purifying Ji Juechen's sword energy and destroying or disabling many of Xiao Hongchen's Soul Guidance Cannons.
• Qian Renxue recognized Zhang Lexuan's moonlight as purification and worried that Spirit Hall's chances against Shrek Academy might be poor.
• Xu Tianzhen launched Falling Sun at Xi Xi, who used an Invincible Shield to defend herself.
• Ling Luochen unleashed Absolute Zero at Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen, and both used Invincible Shields to protect themselves.

Ling Luochen's area attack froze Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, forcing the Shrek team and Sun Moon Battle Team into a fierce exchange as Ma Xiaotao attacked the trapped siblings. Meanwhile, Dai Yueheng held Ma Rulong back until Zhu Lu invoked divine descent and became Zhu Zhuqing, the God of Speed, who vanished from Ghost Na Na's sight.

• Ling Luochen's ultimate move froze Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, while Xi Xi endured the attack with only minor injuries.
• Xu Tianzhen fired at Ma Xiaotao to protect the frozen siblings, but Ma Xiaotao attacked them with her Ultimate Fire; Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen broke free by separating their hands and disrupting their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Dai Yueheng held Ma Rulong back and called for Zhu Lu, but Ghost Na Na intercepted her before she could reach him.
• Zhu Lu invoked divine power and became Zhu Zhuqing, the God of Speed, startling Ye Qingcang.
• Zhu Zhuqing used a blind spot to disappear from Ghost Na Na's view.

Zhu Zhuqing, using Zhu Lu’s body, helped Shrek gain the advantage by striking Ghost Na Na and threatening Meng Hongchen, while the Sun Moon Battle Team struggled to protect its members. Meng Hongchen escaped elimination by using her ice mirror to return to Xu Tianzhen, and the chapter ended with Xiao Hongchen ordering her to control the battlefield with her poison.

• Zhu Zhuqing used Zhu Lu’s First Soul Skill to force Ghost Na Na out of her ghost state and send her flying toward the arena’s edge.
• Zhu Zhuqing struck Meng Hongchen toward the edge while Yao Haoxuan used Intimidation to stop the Sun Moon Battle Team’s Soul Tool Masters from intervening.
• Ghost Na Na blocked Meng Hongchen’s slide, and Xu Tianzhen melted the ice around Meng Hongchen so she could teleport beside her through an ice mirror.
• Meng Hongchen released toxic mist to drive Xi Xi and Zhu Lu back, while Zhu Zhuqing threatened Ghost Na Na and Xi Xi attacked Xu Tianzhen.
• Meng Hongchen returned to Xu Tianzhen to protect her, but a Soul Guidance Cannon Shell wounded Ghost Na Na before she could be eliminated.
• Xiao Hongchen broke free and told Meng Hongchen to control the field with her poison.

Ma Xiaotao overwhelmed Xiao Hongchen with Phoenix Divine Fire, but he used his metal abilities to keep fighting despite the gap in their strength. The chapter ended with Xiao Hongchen liquefying his body after Ma Xiaotao punched through his chest and abdomen.

• Meng Hongchen spread poisonous mist to protect the Sun Moon Battle Team and Xu Tianzhen while she endured the discomfort of her wet clothes.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed a wide sea of Phoenix Divine Fire that melted Xiao Hongchen's Soul Guidance Cannons.
• Xiao Hongchen used his third soul skill to reshape the molten metal into cannons, including ice-attributed ones, and continued resisting Ma Xiaotao's fire.
• Ma Xiaotao charged through an ice laser, smashed its cannon, and punched through Xiao Hongchen's chest and abdomen.
• Xiao Hongchen activated his fifth soul skill, Metal Longing, and liquefied his body to appear unharmed.

Ma Xiaotao struggled to break through Xiao Hongchen’s defensive, resource-heavy tactics while the two teams weighed the risks of attacking elsewhere. Zhang Lexuan’s powerful eighth Soul Skill removed Ji Juechen, and Ling Luochen and Xu Tianzhen’s final clash left the Sun Moon Battle Team defeated, though the match had not yet been officially announced.

• Xiao Hongchen used a Milk Bottle and an Invincible Shield to evade Ma Xiaotao’s boosted attack and continue recovering Soul Power.
• Ma Xiaotao recognized that Xiao Hongchen’s cannons and the Sun Moon Battle Team’s rear guard made it too risky to leave Ling Luochen exposed.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Zhang Lexuan to take over, and Zhang Lexuan’s eighth Soul Skill severed Ji Juechen’s sword and sent him out of the arena.
• Xu Tianzhen challenged Ling Luochen, and the two unleashed Sun Gaze and Ice Radiance Ring against each other.
• The collision eliminated Xu Tianzhen, Ling Luochen, Zhu Lu, and several others, leaving six fighters on the arena as the outcome became clear.

Shrek Academy defeated the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy in the semifinal after Ma Xiaotao and her teammates overwhelmed Xiao Hongchen. In the post-battle lounge, Dai Yueheng insisted that Shrek had to win its next match against Ye Qingcang’s Blue Tyrant Team, despite having fewer Invincible Shields and a disrupted plan.

• The explosion left Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Zhang Lexuan, Yao Haoxuan, Xiao Hongchen, and Gongyang Mo on the arena, while Zhu Lu, Ling Luochen, and the others were blown away.
• Xiao Hongchen chose to fight on, but Zhang Lexuan’s Moon Blades carved away much of his body before Ma Xiaotao blasted him off the arena.
• Shrek Academy won the semifinal and kept its undefeated record against the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy, though the match revealed some of Shrek’s trump cards and left it with fewer Invincible Shields.
• In the post-battle lounge, Zhu Lu worried that using the God Descent Art had disrupted their plan and reduced their options.
• Dai Yueheng told Cao Jinxuan that Shrek had to win its next match against Ye Qingcang’s Blue Tyrant Team.

After the Blue Tyrant Team advanced to the finals, Ye Qingcang and Qian Renxue discussed the divine conflict and the next day’s match. Qian Renxue teased him about facing women close to him, while Ye Qingcang insisted that only Zhang Lexuan was his fiancée.

• Ye Qingcang and the Blue Tyrant Team advanced to the finals after Spirit Hall Team fought without trying to exhaust them.
• Qian Renxue invited Ye Qingcang and the others to a dinner gathering, and she and Ye Qingcang later slipped onto a balcony to talk.
• Qian Renxue asked whether they would win the game between the Gods, and Ye Qingcang gave uncertain odds while warning that the outcome was not settled.
• Qian Renxue vowed to kill every Tang San across the star systems, and Ye Qingcang argued that she should also consider their families and descendants.
• Qian Renxue questioned how Ye Qingcang would handle facing Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen in the final, and he clarified that Zhang Lexuan was his fiancée while the other two were acquaintances.

Ye Qingcang prepared to face Zhang Lexuan’s team, while Sheng Cai’er stayed close to him and was kept off the roster to protect her from scrutiny. Zhang Lexuan revealed that Ma Xiaotao, Violet, and several God Trial Takers would be assigned to challenge Ye Qingcang and his allies.

• Ye Qingcang woke beside Sheng Cai’er, and they washed up and ate breakfast together.
• Zhang Lexuan greeted Ye Qingcang in the teams’ lounges and said Ma Xiaotao wanted to fight him to the bitter end.
• Zhang Lexuan said Violet would face Ma Xiaotao, while Violet would deal with Zhang Lexuan.
• Ye Qingcang deduced that Zhang Lexuan’s plan also required Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, and Xi Xi to challenge him.
• Ye Qingcang and Zhang Lexuan acknowledged that the match would come down to their teams’ raw strength.

Ye Qingcang and Violet discussed the match lineup and his plan to exploit Poseidon Tang San’s likely move involving his daughter, while Liu Erlong and Shui Feng talked about family, guilt, and relationships. The Blue Tyrant Team and Shrek Battle Team then entered the arena as the match was about to begin.

• Zhang Lexuan relayed Mu En’s warning that unrest was growing and urged Ye Qingcang to watch for a move against him or those around him.
• Ye Qingcang told Violet he expected Poseidon Tang San to use his daughter as an angle and intended to turn that opening to his advantage.
• Ye Qingcang and Violet reviewed the requested lineup, including Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and Bai Chenxiang, and agreed to let the team compete with it.
• In the private box, Shui Feng told Liu Erlong about her two husbands’ deaths and urged her to overcome her reservations about Ye Qingcang.
• The Blue Tyrant Team and Shrek Battle Team entered the arena, where Ma Xiaotao and Ye Qingcang faced each other before the introductions and countdown.

Blue Tyrant Academy seized the initiative against the Shrek Battle Team with Violet’s battlefield-altering magic and Ye Qingcang’s control over the elements. After Dai Yueheng and Zhu Lu’s fusion was severed and Ye Qingcang reversed Ling Luochen’s ice attack, Xiao Hongchen concluded that Shrek had already lost its chance to win.

• Violet transformed the arena and unleashed an elemental storm, while Ma Xiaotao answered with a golden-red sea of flames and Ye Qingcang raised a waterfall to contain it.
• Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, and Xi Xi entered the God Descent State as both teams prepared to clash.
• A Heaven Ranking student’s Heart Proof slash separated Dai Yueheng and Zhu Lu, then Violet displaced Dai Yueheng’s attack and left him unable to avoid the student’s sword strike.
• Cao Jinxuan reversed time to restore Dai Yueheng’s severed arm, while Ling Luochen froze Violet’s redirected mist.
• Ye Qingcang stopped Ling Luochen’s advancing ice and reversed it toward the Shrek Battle Team, prompting Xiao Hongchen to declare that Shrek had lost after failing to defeat him in its first assault.

Ma Xiaotao abandoned her direct assault on Ye Qingcang and led an attack on Ye Lingling, while Zhang Lexuan summoned Yue Shen’s power to support the strike. Ye Qingcang drew the Asura God Sword and Judged the attackers, dropping most of Shrek’s team and ending Zhang Lexuan’s God Descent State.

• Ma Xiaotao ruled out Violet, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Bai Chenxiang as targets, then chose Ye Lingling as the easiest Blue Tyrant Team member to eliminate.
• Ma Xiaotao ordered Dai Yueheng and Xi Xi to support her attack on Ye Lingling, and Zhang Lexuan withdrew from her duel with Violet to help.
• Zhang Lexuan summoned Yue Shen’s power, darkened the sky, drew her Moon Scythe, and sent crescent blades at Violet and Ye Qingcang.
• Ye Qingcang drew the Asura God Sword and slashed, Judging Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Xi Xi, Ling Luochen, and the others into unconsciousness.
• Ye Qingcang’s Judgement also deactivated Zhang Lexuan’s God Descent State, leaving the battlefield briefly cleared.

After the Seventh Division, the Douling Empire’s ministers realized that the remaining championships and the continent’s political balance offered them no path to safety. They debated unification and surrender, but concluded that Ye Qingcang and Shrek Academy would accept neither, leaving the empire with no clear way out.

• The Douling Empire’s emperor declared that Ye Qingcang and Shrek Academy had never intended to leave the empire any chance of survival, and the ministers abandoned their hopes for a championship.
• A young marquis proposed reuniting the Douling Empire with the Heaven Dou Empire, but the emperor asked who would rule the rebuilt nation, and no one answered.
• The ministers recognized that Shrek Academy, Blue Tyrant Academy, and Spirit Hall controlled the continent’s major political forces, while the Douling Empire had become a piece in their struggle.
• The Douling Empire’s ministers considered surrender, but concluded that Ye Qingcang and Shrek Academy would not accept it, and they could find no other power to whom they could safely yield.

After learning that a Titled Douluo could inherit a God Trial Taker’s status by killing one, Ye Qingcang ordered Violet to warn Qian Renxue and secure Blue Tyrant Academy. Qian Renxue brought the intelligence to Bibidong, who called her back to protect her as God Trial Takers became targets.

• Ye Qingcang received news that the Douling Empire’s five Titled Douluo had killed a Soul Saint-level God Trial Taker, and he warned Violet that the killing had begun.
• Ye Qingcang ordered Violet to deliver the intelligence to Qian Renxue, stop Blue Tyrant Academy from accepting God Trial Takers, warn its existing trial takers, activate its defenses, and recall Zhu Qing and the others.
• Violet delivered the report to Qian Renxue and left without saying anything else, prompting Qian Renxue to rush to Spirit Hall’s box.
• Qian Renxue showed the report to Bibidong and cleared the room of people she considered irrelevant.
• Bibidong announced that the Titled Douluo who killed the God Trial Taker inherited his status and gained power by killing more trial takers, then called Qian Renxue back for her safety.

Qian Renxue rejected Bibidong’s suggestion that she retreat, insisting she could not abandon the people and forces who depended on her. Bibidong arranged escorts for her, and Qian Renxue proposed that Golden Crocodile Douluo stay behind to support Bibidong.

• Bibidong urged Qian Renxue to lie low rather than risk being hunted, but Qian Renxue said she would not retreat while others needed her to stand as a banner.
• Qian Renxue told Bibidong she trusted Ye Qingcang and would not let her withdrawal endanger him or the forces under his command.
• Bibidong assigned Second Worship, Third Elder, Fourth Elder, and Fifth Elder to accompany Qian Renxue, while Golden Crocodile Douluo agreed with the plan.
• Qian Renxue suggested that Third Elder and Fourth Elder accompany her and that Golden Crocodile Douluo remain behind to support Bibidong.

Bibidong and Qian Renxue discussed Spirit Hall’s forces and the danger of getting drawn into conflict among the Dou Two Star System’s empires. Bibidong concluded that war was inevitable and Spirit Hall would have no choice but to get involved, though how it would act remained unresolved.

• Bibidong agreed to let the Third Elder and Fourth Elder be reassigned, keeping the Second Worship and Fifth Elder as protection against a possible attack.
• Qian Renxue told Bibidong that her ally could handle his own troubles and offered four newly gained Titled Douluo if Spirit Hall needed reinforcements.
• Bibidong assessed the weaknesses of the Douling, Star Luo, and Heaven Dou Empires and predicted that a three-sided war was inevitable.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo questioned whether Spirit Hall should stay out of the fighting, and Golden Crocodile Douluo asked how the Douling Empire could survive against stronger enemies.
• Bibidong explained that the Douling Empire might draw outside forces into the conflict to weaken its rivals, then declared that Spirit Hall had no choice but to get involved.

Ye Qingcang sought Mu En’s help in containing the Douling Empire’s escalating scheme and proposed that the empires agree on rules to prevent open conflict. Mu En agreed to help set a shared bottom line, while Ye Qingcang promised Shrek Academy would retain its position on Douluo Continent; afterward, Mu En called the Shrek elders and students in.

• Ye Qingcang told Mu En that the Douling Empire planned to muddy the waters, and Mu En calmly considered the news.
• Ye Qingcang argued that the chaos could spur human progress but said he wanted to limit its effects on his plans.
• Ye Qingcang asked Mu En to bring the Star Luo and Heaven Dou Empires together to establish rules and consequences for attacks on God Trial Takers.
• Mu En questioned whether the empires would listen, and Ye Qingcang explained that the proposed limits would protect their people and serve the Douling Empire’s interests too.
• Mu En asked what Shrek Academy would gain, and Ye Qingcang promised not to interfere with Shrek’s position as long as it did not lose.
• Mu En agreed that Spirit Hall, the Six Great Temples, and the Demon Race could still interfere, then asked Ye Qingcang to send Xiaotao and the others to him.

Ye Qingcang warned Zhang Lexuan that a major crisis was brewing, and she recognized he had already lost the initiative in dealing with it. After explaining his complicated engagement with her to Liu Erlong, he warned the Tianshui Team that killing a God Trial Taker could transfer that identity to the killer, making them potential targets.

• Zhang Lexuan asked Ye Qingcang about the trouble, and he revealed that their enemies would grow in number and strength because Poseidon Tang San had taken drastic action.
• Ye Qingcang asked Zhang Lexuan to choose between him and Shrek Academy, and she said she could not give up either him or Mu En and would rather die than be forced to choose.
• Zhang Lexuan inferred that Ye Qingcang had lost the initiative, declined to join his discussion, and returned to Shrek Academy's private room.
• Ye Qingcang told Liu Erlong that Zhang Lexuan was his fiancée by arrangement but that he would respect her choice and would not let the engagement bind him.
• Ye Qingcang warned Shui Feng, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and the others that killing a God Trial Taker could transfer their identity and urged them to avoid going out alone.

Ye Qingcang learned that Tianshui Academy's God Trial Takers were in danger and advised them to stay safe, then handled Blue Tyrant Academy's affairs while Violet was away. Xiao Wu suddenly reported that Wang Dong'er had fainted, leaving Ye Qingcang wondering whether Poseidon Tang San had somehow acted against her without detection.

• Ye Qingcang told Shui Feng and the Tianshui Academy group that only God Trial Takers were in danger, and they decided to stay in Heaven Dou City rather than risk the upcoming matches.
• Violet left for Blue Tyrant Academy with Ye Lingling and Bai Chenxiang, leaving Ye Qingcang to manage the remaining paperwork and arrangements.
• Xiao Wu rushed in and told Ye Qingcang that Wang Dong'er had suddenly fainted.
• Ye Qingcang feared Poseidon Tang San might be targeting Wang Dong'er, but he could not explain how an attack had escaped his perception.