Chapter Summaries

Niu Tian and Titan reported that Yan Jingzhe had gained the Sea Soul Beasts’ faith and destroyed Tang San’s remaining influence, prompting Tang San to order Yan’s assassination. After returning to Shrek Academy, Yan Jingzhe brought Snow Empress to watch the Sea God’s Matchmaking event.

• Niu Tian and Titan found the Deep Sea Demon Abyss deserted and confirmed that Demon Empress had willingly sacrificed herself; their inquiries revealed the destruction of the Mermaid Clan and Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan, with evidence pointing to Yan Jingzhe.
• Tang San learned that the Sea Soul Beasts believed in Yan Jingzhe and ordered Niu Tian and Titan to find a chance to eliminate him, though they doubted they could defeat the Limit Douluo.
• Yan Jingzhe killed groups of Evil Soul Masters on the way back to Shrek Academy and brought Ye Cheng and Ye Yu to settle in an Inner Court courtyard.
• Yan Jingzhe told Ye Yu he would take her to hunt for a Soul Ring the next morning, then led Snow Empress to Sea God Lake to watch the Sea God’s Matchmaking event.
• Yan Jingzhe explained the matchmaking tradition to Snow Empress, who teased him about whether he had attended it before as the event began.

Yan Jingzhe watched Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er reunite at the Sea God's Matchmaking Conference, then returned home to Xian Lin'er and Feng Ling. The next morning, he summoned Huo Yuhao for an important discussion, leaving Wang Dong'er alone at the cafeteria.

• Yan Jingzhe and Snow Empress watched the Sea God's Matchmaking Conference, where Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er revealed their feelings and fought together against Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and the others.
• Snow Empress remarked on Wang Dong'er's unusual aura, and Yan Jingzhe said her origins were extraordinary before Snow Empress returned to his Sea of Spirit.
• Yan Jingzhe returned home, told Xian Lin'er and Feng Ling that his second Martial Soul had reached Ninth-Ring Perfection and that he had gathered most of the Sea Soul Beasts' faith, and spent the night with them.
• Yan Jingzhe found Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er at breakfast the next morning and asked Huo Yuhao to speak with him after finishing his meal.
• Huo Yuhao followed Yan Jingzhe out of the cafeteria, while Wang Dong'er complained that Dean Yan had taken him away.

Yan Jingzhe introduced Huo Yuhao to his new junior sister, Ye Yu, and sent them to choose her Soul Spirit and explore Shrek Academy. He then consulted Electrolux about creating godhood and learned that his current faith could form a complete Second-Level Godhood in ten years.

• Yan Jingzhe introduced Ye Yu, his new disciple with a healing-type Praying Angel Martial Soul, to Huo Yuhao and asked him to guide her around Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao gave Ye Yu a communications Soul Guidance Device and took her to the Spirit Pagoda to choose a Soul Spirit.
• Yan Jingzhe entered his Sea of Spirit and observed the spirits residing there, including the steadily recovering Demon Empress.
• Yan Jingzhe asked Electrolux how to turn his gathered Power of Faith into godhood.
• Electrolux explained that pure faith could condense into a divine core and estimated that Yan Jingzhe could create a complete Second-Level Godhood in ten years.

Yan Jingzhe sought the Bright Dragon Core from Mu En to reforge his Life Soul Guidance Devices and gathered the remaining materials. With Electrolux’s guidance, he prepared to begin the difficult reforging process.

• Yan Jingzhe consulted Electrolux, who advised him to keep gathering faith while pursuing his goal of God Kinghood.
• Yan Jingzhe asked Mu En for the Bright Dragon Core so he could upgrade the Radiant Tower and Radiant Sword, and Mu En gave it to him.
• Yan Jingzhe gathered a branch from the Golden Ancient Tree and selected light-attributed Soul Bones and herbs from Shrek’s treasury.
• Yan Jingzhe arranged the Bright Dragon Core, Ice Extreme Divine Crystal, and other materials in his cultivation room, then discussed the reforging with Electrolux.
• Yan Jingzhe and Electrolux agreed that Yan Jingzhe would refine the devices’ structures while Electrolux guided the Bright Dragon Core’s source power, and Yan Jingzhe prepared himself to begin.

Yan Jingzhe reforged the Radiant Tower and Radiant Sword into a linked set of divine artifacts, though they remained short of Transcendent Divine Artifacts. After leaving seclusion, he learned that Ye Yu had obtained an Emerald Swan Soul Spirit.

• Yan Jingzhe used the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal and Bright Dragon Core, with Electrolux guiding the process, to reforge the Radiant Tower and Radiant Sword.
• Yan Jingzhe refined the artifacts with materials from the Golden Ancient Tree, light-attribute Soul Bones, and top-grade spirit herbs until both became divine artifacts.
• Electrolux told Yan Jingzhe that reaching the level of Transcendent Divine Artifacts would require a stable divine position and limitless Power of Faith.
• Yan Jingzhe left seclusion and found Feng Ling and Ye Yu together at the dining table.
• Ye Yu summoned her new Soul Spirit, and Yan Jingzhe recognized it as an Emerald Swan, a top-tier healing-type Soul Beast.

Yan Jingzhe confirmed Ye Yu's Emerald Swan Soul Spirit and explained how her Wish Angel Martial Soul gained power from faith. He then proposed merging Shrek's Martial Soul and Soul Guidance departments, leaving the elders stunned by the divine-tier Life Soul Guidance Devices he revealed.

• Yan Jingzhe examined Ye Yu and confirmed that her Soul Power had stabilized at Rank 11 with the Emerald Swan as her companion.
• Yan Jingzhe told Feng Ling that the Wish Angel Martial Soul grew stronger by gathering the Power of Faith from people Ye Yu helped.
• Yan Jingzhe called a temporary Sea God Pavilion meeting and proposed fully integrating the Martial Soul Department and Soul Guidance Department into a unified Outer Court and Inner Court.
• Yan Shaozhe objected that Soul Tools were external objects that could not match high-level Soul Masters.
• Yan Jingzhe placed the Radiant Tower and Radiant Sword on the table, and the elders sensed their divine-tier aura.

Yan Jingzhe convinced Mu En to merge Shrek Academy’s Martial Soul and Soul Guidance departments into a unified Outer Court, then began implementing a curriculum that taught students both fields before they chose a specialty. The new first-year classes began, and the reform expanded to the upper grades with introductory courses in both subjects required for graduation.

• Yan Jingzhe showed the Sea God Pavilion elders his two divine-artifact Soul Tools and argued that students should learn both Martial Soul cultivation and Soul Tools before choosing a direction.
• Yan Shaozhe opposed the reform, but Mu En approved merging the Martial Soul Department and Soul Guidance Department into the Outer Court and assigned Yan Jingzhe to lead the change.
• Yan Jingzhe drafted a unified curriculum in which students studied both fields for their first three years and chose a major direction in their fourth year.
• Yan Jingzhe paired teachers from the former departments, reorganized classrooms into integrated spaces, and launched the first-year classes.
• Yan Jingzhe inspected the new classes and saw Martial Soul and Soul Guidance teachers jointly teaching students.
• Yan Jingzhe extended the curriculum adjustments to upper grades, requiring students to complete introductory courses from both fields even after choosing a major.

Yan Jingzhe reviewed the ongoing school reforms as news arrived that the Pan-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament would once again admit sects and families. Shrek Academy summoned Huo Yuhao’s generation for intense training against three Inner Court seniors, and Wu Ming challenged the assembled juniors as they prepared to begin.

• Yan Jingzhe monitored the academy’s teaching reforms while also attending to the Spirit Pagoda under construction by the sea.
• The Sun Moon Empire announced that sects and family factions could enter the tournament, and the continent’s nations agreed to restore the ancient tradition.
• Yan Jingzhe considered how the expanded field of experienced sect and family elites would make the tournament far more difficult to win.
• The Sea God Pavilion ordered Huo Yuhao’s generation into high-intensity closed-door training with Han Ruoruo, Wu Ming, and Chu Qingtian as sparring partners.
• The Shrek Seven Monsters and the Reserve Team gathered on the western Sea God Lake platform, where Wu Ming grinned and asked whether they had come to get beaten up.

The Shrek Seven Monsters faced Han Ruoruo, Wu Ming, and Chu Qingtian in a sparring match, where Huo Yuhao resisted Han Ruoruo’s spiritual lock but the team ultimately lost. Yan Jingzhe praised their teamwork and ordered both sides to train together every day until the Bright City Tournament, prompting the students to complain.

• Yan Jingzhe had both teams introduce their cultivation and Martial Souls, then gave them three minutes to discuss tactics.
• Han Ruoruo used a spiritual lock to target Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao broke through it with his spiritual power.
• The sparring match began, and the Shrek Seven Monsters eliminated Wu Ming and Chu Qingtian before Han Ruoruo defeated them.
• Huo Yuhao conceded, and Yan Jingzhe praised the Seven Monsters’ coordination while noting the opponents’ rusty teamwork.
• Yan Jingzhe ordered everyone to attend daily intensive training until the Bright City Tournament, and the Seven Monsters protested.

After months of intense training, Huo Yuhao and his teammates prepared to leave for the Continental Elite Tournament in Bright City, where the Sun Moon Empire had arranged lavish prizes and a dangerous political backdrop. Xu Tianran planned to let Shrek Academy compete and depart safely, while Shrek secretly sent powerful protectors alongside its team.

• Huo Yuhao and the other six exhausted participants finished months of training against Inner Court seniors and Yan Jingzhe, and they vowed to win the championship.
• Yan Jingzhe told the team that Xuan Zi would lead their departure, then privately revealed that he, Xian Lin'er, and Feng Ling would also accompany them as protectors alongside Elder Xuan, Yan Shaozhe, and Cai Meier.
• The tournament organizers required sect teams to include at least five members above the four-ring level, and 167 teams qualified for the event in Bright City.
• The Sun Moon Empire replaced Soul Bone prizes with high-level Soul Guidance Devices, including a Level-Nine device for the champions.
• Xu Tianran discussed the tournament with Ju Zi, ordered her not to provoke Shrek Academy and to let its team leave safely after the event, then asked her to summon Zhongli.

Shrek Academy’s tournament teams departed for Bright City, where they paused outside the city and encountered the Heavenly Armor Sect’s team. Yan Jingzhe, Xian Lin'er, and Feng Ling followed the group after it had left.

• Ye Yu joined Huo Yuhao’s group as a Reserve Team member, and he secured her with a safety rope before they flew out from Shrek City.
• Elder Xuan led the Shrek Seven Monsters and Reserve Team toward Bright City, while Yan Jingzhe, Xian Lin'er, and Feng Ling set off after them once they were gone.
• The Shrek group descended about a hundred kilometers from Bright City and stopped for lunch to avoid the city’s defensive systems.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection to spot fourteen riders approaching on Hornscale Horses.
• Yan Shaozhe introduced himself to the riders’ leader, Han Zhenghu of the Heavenly Armor Sect, and gave him permission to rest nearby.

Yan Jingzhe and his companions watched the Shrek group encounter the Heavenly Layer Sect on the road, then followed them to Bright City. The city’s immense prosperity left the newcomers awed and weighed down by the Sun Moon Empire’s strength.

• Feng Ling and Xian Lin'er explained the Heavenly Armor Sect’s history, defensive specialties, and standing as a second-rate force.
• The Heavenly Layer Sect arrived beside Shrek’s resting place, and its hungry disciple demanded food from them.
• Cai Meier released her nine Soul Rings, forcing the fat disciple to his knees and the Heavenly Layer Sect to apologize and leave.
• The Heavenly Armor Sect and then Shrek Academy departed, while Yan Jingzhe, Feng Ling, and Xian Lin'er watched from above.
• Three hours later, Shrek Academy reached Bright City, where the newcomers were struck by its scale and prosperity.

After encountering Tang Ya, now an Evil Soul Master, Yan Jingzhe warned Yan Shaozhe about the Holy Spirit Cult. Yan Shaozhe convened representatives of the three great empires and revealed that the cult was backed by the Sun Moon Empire and included powerful Evil Soul Masters, including Long Xiaoyao.

• The Shrek Seven Monsters reached Bright Joy Hotel in Bright City to complete their tournament registration.
• The group encountered Tang Ya, and Yan Jingzhe saw Bei Bei's pain before deciding he would help her if he could.
• Yan Jingzhe sent Yan Shaozhe a mental message about the Holy Spirit Cult and urged him to contact the three great empires.
• Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier met with Xu Jiujiu, Vina, and the Dou Ling Empire representative that night.
• Yan Shaozhe told the representatives that the Holy Spirit Cult was a Sun Moon Empire-backed organization of Evil Soul Masters with Limit Douluo and Super Douluo.
• Yan Shaozhe confirmed that Long Xiaoyao belonged to the Holy Spirit Cult, shocking the representatives.

Yan Shaozhe revealed that Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao had joined the Holy Spirit Cult, prompting the assembled representatives to assess the danger the Sun Moon Empire posed. Shrek and the three empires disclosed their forces and agreed to protect themselves while preparing to rescue the tournament’s young competitors if they were captured.

• Lang Zhi questioned whether Shrek’s intelligence about Long Xiaoyao joining the Holy Spirit Cult was reliable, and Yan Shaozhe confirmed that Yan Jingzhe had personally provided it.
• Vina and Xu Jiujiu considered whether the Sun Moon Empire planned to capture the visiting tournament teams, while Yan Shaozhe warned that the empire might soon act openly.
• Yan Shaozhe revealed that Shrek had six Super Douluo in Bright City, and the empire representatives listed their own Titled Douluo, bringing their combined force to fourteen.
• Yan Shaozhe said the Sun Moon Empire was likely to take the competing teams hostage and proposed rescuing them after the tournament once their location was known.
• When Xu Jiujiu asked whether Yan Jingzhe could defeat Long Xiaoyao, Yan Shaozhe said that if Long Xiaoyao fought to the death, he would certainly die.

Yan Jingzhe recognized Ye Guyi in Bright City and watched her fight an Evil Soul Master in an underground arena. Ye Guyi’s holy attacks destroyed his opening Soul Skill, and she launched Holy Light Judgment at him.

• Princess Vina, Xu Jiujiu, and the Dou Ling representative offered Shrek Academy access to their intelligence contacts in Bright City, and Yan Shaozhe arranged for liaison officers to coordinate with them.
• Yan Jingzhe sensed Ye Guyi’s familiar aura after entering Bright City, escorted the Shrek group to their hotel, and went alone to find her.
• Yan Jingzhe found Ye Guyi fighting the Corpse Puppet Master, a Soul Saint and Evil Soul Master, in an underground duel arena.
• The Corpse Puppet Master attacked Ye Guyi with Grudge Threads Entangling Soul, but her Holy Angel Martial Soul’s light burned the threads away.
• Ye Guyi formed her Light-Forged Sacred Sword and fired Holy Light Judgment at the Corpse Puppet Master.

Ye Guyi defeated a Corpse Puppet Master with her Holy Angel powers at the competition, drawing the attention of two Evil Soul Master Titled Douluos. Yan Jingzhe recognized their threat and watched as they planned to attack her.

• The Corpse Puppet Master summoned three Rotting Corpses and used Heaven-and-Earth Corpse Burial against Ye Guyi.
• Ye Guyi erased his corpse mist with Holy Purification Domain, then killed him with Final Judgment, purifying his body and Soul Core completely.
• Ye Guyi's Soul Power rose another level, while Yan Jingzhe worried that she had revealed her Angel Martial Soul too openly.
• Yan Jingzhe spotted two Evil Soul Master Titled Douluos watching Ye Guyi from a distant platform.
• The white-robed Evil Soul Master suspected a trap, but the gray-robed one said three more Titled Douluos were coming, and both expressed a desire to devour Ye Guyi's Angel Martial Soul.

Ye Guyi was escorted from the dueling arena by three Rank-9 Soul Engineers, but five Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo ambushed their carriage. As the battle was about to begin, Shangguan Weier sensed that Ye Guyi was in danger and prepared to go to her aid.

• Ye Guyi followed a Plain Alliance escort into a concealed carriage after leaving the dueling arena.
• The Rank-9 Soul Engineer escort sensed sinister Soul Power closing in and alerted the Plain Alliance, bringing two more Rank-9 Soul Engineers to the carriage.
• A man in white and an old man in gray confronted Ye Guyi and the Soul Engineers, then summoned three more Titled Douluo to join them.
• The five Titled Douluo unleashed their pressure against the Soul Engineers' defenses, and a battle threatened to erupt.
• Shangguan Weier felt an inexplicable dread about Ye Guyi and ordered the Plain Alliance's people to assemble so she could provide support.

Five Evil Soul Titled Douluo attacked Ye Guyi’s carriage, and three Rank-9 Soul Engineers fought to protect her. The engineers activated the Star Furnace to hold off the attackers while Yan Jingzhe watched from above, expecting their defense to fail.

• Five Evil Soul Titled Douluo arrived and attacked the three Rank-9 Soul Engineers guarding Ye Guyi’s carriage.
• The Soul Engineers fought back with purification beams, a defensive shield, and a golden Soul Guidance net, but the Evil Soul Masters’ combined attacks overwhelmed their defenses.
• The five Evil Soul Titled Douluo unleashed their Martial Soul Avatars and forced the injured Soul Engineers to spend their remaining strength defending the carriage.
• The petite Soul Engineer activated her Star Furnace and gathered her companions’ Soul Power to reinforce their barrier.
• Yan Jingzhe watched the battle from a thousand meters above, planning to rescue Ye Guyi when she was in greater danger.

The five Holy Spirit Cult Titled Douluo destroyed the Star Radiance Barrier and cornered Ye Guyi, but Yan Jingzhe arrived just as the white-robed Evil Titled Douluo reached for her. He froze the attacker’s Soul Power and challenged the group.

• The five Evil Soul Titled Douluo combined their attacks and shattered the Star Radiance Barrier, exhausting and injuring the three Rank-9 Soul Engineers.
• The Evil Soul Masters exposed Ye Guyi in the carriage, and the white-robed Evil Titled Douluo reached for her throat.
• Yan Jingzhe appeared above the carriage and sealed the Soul Power in the white-robed Evil Titled Douluo’s right arm with spatial power.
• Yan Jingzhe criticized the Holy Spirit Cult for sending five Titled Douluo after Ye Guyi, and Ye Guyi recognized him with surprise and delight.

Yan Jingzhe killed the white-robed Evil Titled Douluo with Ultimate Light Soul Power and forced the remaining four Evil Titled Douluo to flee. He activated the Light Phoenix Domain, whose vast golden-white wings spread across the night sky.

• Yan Jingzhe greeted Ye Guyi and turned his attention to the Evil Soul Masters surrounding the carriage.
• Yan Jingzhe crushed the white-robed Evil Titled Douluo’s arm and erased his body with golden-white light.
• The gray-robed old man recognized the power of Light and ordered the remaining Evil Titled Douluo to run in four directions.
• Yan Jingzhe raised his hand and activated the Light Phoenix Domain, spreading enormous wings of light across the sky.