Chapter Summaries

Xuan Zi allowed Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, Zhongli Wu, and the Holy Spirit Cult to enter Shrek City to honor Mu En. At Tang San’s statue, the cultists claimed him as their patriarch and argued that their history made the Holy Spirit Cult and Shrek partners in spreading faith in the Sea God.

• Xuan Zi granted Ye Xishui and the others permission to enter Shrek City, and Ye Xishui vowed that the cult would never harm the city Mu En had loved.
• Tang Ya knelt before Tang San’s statue and introduced herself as the Tang Sect master, a branch of the Holy Spirit Cult, before paying respects to its ancestor.
• Ye Xishui led the cultists in declaring Tang San the Holy Spirit Cult’s patriarch, prompting Niu Tian, Tai Tan, and Shrek’s representatives to object.
• Zhongli Wu claimed Tang San had freed the cult’s ancestors by destroying Slaughter City and Spirit Hall, and Ye Xishui argued that anyone could worship the Sea God.
• Ye Xishui pointed out that the Holy Spirit Cult had never threatened Shrek’s foundations and had survived Shrek’s purges, while Zhongli Wu concluded that the cult and Shrek were one family serving complementary roles.

The Holy Spirit Cult accused Shrek of secretly driving recruits toward them and using the cult to strengthen Sea God Faith, while Yan Shaozhe denied any ties to Feng Ling. The accusations sparked a confrontation in Shrek City, but Qian Xunyi and others brokered a pause so the cult could pay its respects to Mu En.

• Zhongli Wu argued that Shrek benefited from the Holy Spirit Cult's attacks in regions where Sea God Faith was weak, and Xu Tianran praised the Sea God for accepting Evil Soul Masters.
• Feng Ling claimed that Shrek had sent many promising people to the Holy Spirit Cult, then showed Yan Shaozhe's letter recommending Tang Ya and accused him of being her true love.
• Yan Shaozhe denied knowing Feng Ling, while Zhongli Wu offered to give her up to him; Niu Tian and Tai Tan then demanded that the cult leave Shrek's sacred ground.
• Shrek, the Clear Sky Sect, and the Holy Spirit Cult unleashed their Martial Souls, bringing Shrek City to the brink of battle.
• Qian Xunyi, Du Busi, and Kong Deming intervened, and Qian Xunyi urged both sides to avoid fighting in Shrek City and let the cult pay its respects to Mu En first.
• The sides deactivated their Martial Souls, and Xuan Zi led the group toward Sea God's Pavilion.

At Mu En’s funeral, Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao shocked the mourners by weeping over his coffin and claiming a close connection to Yan Shaozhe. Yan Shaozhe denied being related to Ye Xishui, but she began to reveal a secret about him.

• Shrek held a funeral for Mu En, and factions from across the continent offered condolences before the Holy Spirit Cult entered.
• Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao threw themselves over Mu En’s coffin and mourned him, while the Holy Spirit Cult members joined in their display of grief.
• Yan Shaozhe ordered Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui to stop, and Long Xiaoyao accused him of insulting his own great-grandmother.
• Ye Xishui revealed that her former name was Yan Xishui, and Long Xiaoyao declared her to be Yan Shaozhe’s great-grandmother.
• Yan Shaozhe denied the relationship and argued that his Light Phoenix Martial Soul could not have come from Ye Xishui’s Blood Soul Demon Puppet.
• Ye Xishui began to explain a secret about Yan Shaozhe, leaving him uneasy.

Ye Xishui revealed that she possessed a Light Phoenix martial soul, prompting accusations that Yan Shaozhe was descended from the Holy Spirit Cult. A blood test confirmed his ties to Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, and Zhongli Wu, and he ended the chapter denying the results after Long Xiaoyao slapped him.

• Ye Xishui revealed her Light Phoenix martial soul, and Yan Shaozhe and the guests suspected she was his ancestor.
• Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, Zhongli Wu, and Feng Ling claimed their tangled family ties to Yan Shaozhe, leaving him distraught.
• Yan Shaozhe rejected the claims, and Kong Deming proposed using a Soul Tool to test their blood relations.
• The test confirmed that Yan Shaozhe was related to Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, and Zhongli Wu.
• Yan Shaozhe smashed the Soul Tool and called the results slander, so Long Xiaoyao slapped him across the hall.

At Mu En’s funeral, the Holy Spirit Cult exposed Yan Shaozhe’s family ties and accused Shrek of a long history of cooperation with them. Xuan Zi rejected the accusations, but Zhongli Wu’s claims about Shrek’s gifted students and Mu En’s requests left Zhang Lexuan shaken and the allegations unresolved.

• Long Xiaoyao confronted Yan Shaozhe about his Evil Soul Master relatives, while Ye Xishui urged him to keep his distance from them.
• Xu Tianran and others used Yan Shaozhe’s background to accuse Shrek and Tang San of colluding with the Holy Spirit Cult, prompting Tai Tan and Niu Tian to protest.
• Kong Deming and members of the Body Sect and Sun Moon Empire threatened Tai Tan and Niu Tian, forcing them to sit back down.
• Xuan Zi arrived and declared that Shrek would no longer welcome the Holy Spirit Cult, but Zhongli Wu claimed the cult had shared many collaborations with Mu En’s Shrek.
• Zhongli Wu accused the Holy Spirit Cult of secretly directing promising talents to Shrek and claimed Mu En had asked the cult to help find him a successor after his injury.
• Xuan Zi denied the allegations, while Zhang Lexuan fell silent after hearing Zhongli Wu’s claims about geniuses whose families had been destroyed.

Zhongli Wu accused Elder Mu and Shrek of conspiring with the Holy Spirit Cult to destroy the Zhang family and secure a gifted girl for Shrek and the Mu family. Kong Deming realized the girl’s Moon Martial Soul connected her to him, while a tearful woman in the corner stared at his revealed Silver Moon martial soul.

• Zhongli Wu claimed Elder Mu had asked the Holy Spirit Cult to wipe out the Zhang family so a full soul power genius would join Shrek and become Bei Bei’s mother.
• Bei Bei was horrified by the implications, while Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi denied the accusation and demanded evidence.
• Feng Ling said Elder Mu’s letter ordering the Zhang family’s destruction had passed through Yan Shaozhe and her hands before reaching Yan Shaozhe’s grandparents.
• Kong Deming questioned Zhongli Wu about the girl’s martial soul, and Zhongli Wu answered that she had the Moon Martial Soul.
• Kong Deming summoned his Silver Moon martial soul and declared that his own martial soul was the moon.
• A woman kneeling in the corner stared at Kong Deming’s silver moon as blood flowed from her eyes.

At Mu En’s funeral, Kong Deming accused Mu En of orchestrating the Zhang family’s destruction and prepared to attack Shrek and the Holy Spirit Cult. Qian Xunyi and Niu Tian stopped the confrontation, and Qian Xunyi reminded Kong Deming that he still had a great-granddaughter.

• Kong Deming revealed that his granddaughter had married into the Zhang family, which was later exterminated, and accused Mu En of planning the massacre.
• Kong Deming activated his Soul Tools and threatened the people from Shrek and the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao defended both factions, while Ye Xishui claimed that Mu En’s plan had benefited Kong Deming’s granddaughter and her daughter.
• Ye Xishui and Zhongli Wu declared that the Holy Spirit Cult would protect Shrek, enraging Shrek’s elders.
• Niu Tian and Qian Xunyi intervened to prevent a fight, and Qian Xunyi reminded Kong Deming that his great-granddaughter was still alive.

Kong Deming recognized Zhang Lexuan as his great-granddaughter, and she began questioning Shrek’s account of her past. When she tried to leave with him, Xuan Zi and others surrounded them to keep her at Shrek.

• Zhang Lexuan revealed her moon martial soul, confirming her bloodline to Kong Deming, and called him her great-grandfather.
• Kong Deming invited Zhang Lexuan to return with him, while Yan Shaozhe and Bei Bei pleaded with her to stay at Shrek.
• Zhang Lexuan said she would investigate the truth and would reject her oath to Elder Mu if he had killed her family and deceived her.
• Xuan Zi enlisted Niu Tian, Tai Tan, and members of the Holy Spirit Cult to block Kong Deming, Zhang Lexuan, and Xu Tianran from leaving.
• Kong Deming condemned Shrek for dropping its pretense and joining forces with the Holy Spirit Cult.

Xu Tianran threatened war after Shrek confronted him, but Du Busi and Qian Xunyi sided with the Sun Moon Empire to help Kong Deming and Zhang Lexuan leave. Kong Deming wounded Bei Bei as the group departed, and Du Busi left Shrek disgusted by what he had learned about Mu En.

• Xu Tianran warned that his death would trigger a continental war, while Zhongli Wu attacked him in the Sea God's name.
• Du Busi stopped Zhongli Wu, and Qian Xunyi joined him in defending the Sun Moon Empire and demanding that Shrek let Kong Deming and Zhang Lexuan go.
• Niu Tian withdrew the Clear Sky Sect from the dispute, and Xuan Zi allowed Zhang Lexuan to leave; she ignored Bei Bei's plea to stay.
• Kong Deming struck Bei Bei and ended his bloodline, then accused Shrek and the Holy Spirit Cult of conspiring against the Zhang family and threatened to destroy Shrek.
• The Sun Moon Empire group left Shrek Academy, and Du Busi condemned Mu En before departing as well.

The funeral at Shrek ended in accusations and a battle between the Clear Sky Sect and the Holy Spirit Cult, leaving Shrek Academy in ruins. Qian Xunyi then arranged to publicize a recording of the fight and claim that Sea God Tang San was the Holy Spirit Cult’s ancestor.

• Qian Xunyi and the Heaven Soul Empire’s emperor questioned Shrek’s ties to the Holy Spirit Cult, and the factions left the funeral without an alliance.
• Yan Shaozhe confronted Ye Xishui over the damage to his reputation, and Long Xiaoyao struck him and defended Ye Xishui.
• Niu Tian demanded to know who had slandered Tang San, while Zhongli Wu recorded Tai Tan revealing the secret balance between Shrek and the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Niu Tian and Tai Tan fought the Holy Spirit Cult’s experts in Shrek City, and the battle killed students and devastated Shrek Academy before both sides withdrew.
• Qian Xunyi told Xu Tianran to turn the recording into news claiming Tang San was the Holy Spirit Cult’s ancestor.

The Sun Moon Empire exposed Shrek and the Holy Spirit Cult’s shared connection to Tang San, turning public opinion against Sea God Faith and forcing Tang San’s affiliated forces into crisis. As the Holy Spirit Cult defended Tang San, accusations against him spread across the continent.

• Xu Tianran broadcast the funeral footage and revelations about Tang San, Shrek, and the Holy Spirit Cult throughout the Sun Moon Empire.
• Sun Moon citizens rejected Sea God Faith, formed defense squads, and drove the Shrek Merchant Association, the Clear Sky Sect Blacksmith Association, and other Tang San-affiliated groups across the border.
• The Heaven Soul Empire allowed reports about Tang San and Shrek to spread, while the Dou Ling and Star Luo Empires tried to suppress them without success.
• The Sun Moon Empire published historical investigations blaming Tang San’s destruction of Slaughter City and Spirit Hall for the rise of Evil Soul Masters, provoking public outrage.
• Tang Ya joined the Holy Spirit Cult and declared the Tang Sect bound to it, while Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, Niu Tian, and Tai Tan failed to answer the growing backlash.
• The Holy Spirit Cult publicly defended Tang San, with one Evil Soul Master claiming he had freed Evil Soul Masters from the angels’ oppression.

The Holy Spirit Cult terrorized people into worshipping Sea God Tang San and became known as the Sea God Military Police. As Shrek struggled with the aftermath of its destruction and the Cult’s growing influence, its leaders hoped Tang San would intervene.

• An Evil Soul Master massacred the Piercing Duke’s family for failing to make an offering to Tang San, then forced the duke to kowtow and thank the Sea God.
• The Evil Soul Master threatened captives with death until they declared faith in Tang San and promised regular worship and offerings.
• At Shrek, Yan Shaozhe, Xuan Zi, and the other Sea’s God’s Pavilion experts soothed families and sects whose students had died without paying compensation.
• The Sun Moon Empire launched propaganda against Shrek and Tang San, while the Holy Spirit Cult proclaimed Tang San its patriarch and began coercing people into worship.
• The Holy Spirit Cult reorganized under Ye Xishui and Zhongli Wu, established Heresy Tribunals, and prompted some people to flee toward the Sun-Moon Continent.
• Shrek concluded that only a divine miracle from Tang San could destroy the Holy Spirit Cult and quiet the public.

Tang San discovered that his faith and Sea Godhood were weakening because the Holy Spirit Cult had claimed to follow him and the Sun Moon Empire worshipped the Angel God. When he tried to descend to the Lower Realm to restore his reputation, the God of Destruction blocked him, and the Life Goddess and Xiao Wu sided with the rules.

• Tang San agreed to the God of Destruction's proposal and ended the God Realm Committee session after his faith began to drain away.
• Tang San found that the Sun Moon Empire worshipped the Angel God and that the Holy Spirit Cult had acted in the Sea God's name, damaging his image and faith.
• Tang San questioned Niu Tian and Tai Tan about events in the Lower Realm and blamed them for letting the Holy Spirit Cult implicate him.
• Tang San sent a strand of Divine Sense toward Douluo Continent to condemn the Holy Spirit Cult and link it to the Sun Moon Empire, but the God of Destruction seized it.
• Tang San appealed to the Life Goddess to support his descent, but she upheld the rules, and Xiao Wu also agreed that he must not break them.

Tang San was punished by the God Realm Conference for interfering in the Lower Realm, while his allies and enemies maneuvered over the Holy Spirit Cult and the Plane Will. At Shrek, Bei Bei resolved to win Zhang Lexuan back before Kong Deming arrived with a challenge.

• The God Realm Conference stripped Tang San of his authority over the God Realm Core and placed him under the God of Destruction's supervision, while Xiao Wu apologized for supporting the judgment.
• Tang San blamed the God of Destruction and told Niu Tian and Tai Tan to watch the Clear Sky Sect, then asked Ah Yin and Tang Hao to deal with the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Ah Yin and Qian Xunyi decided to send Tang Hao on the task after he refined more of the Plane Will's authority, leaving Tang Hao to fear for Tang San and mourn Ah Yin's closeness with Qian Xunyi.
• Bei Bei reflected on losing Zhang Lexuan and decided he wanted both her and Xiao Ya, then vowed to win Zhang Lexuan back.
• Kong Deming arrived at Shrek with Zhang Lexuan, Jing Hongchen, and others and called out Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe.

Zhang Lexuan publicly severed ties with Shrek after learning that Mu En had arranged her family's murder to bind her to the academy. The truth spread across the continent, damaging Shrek's reputation and prompting students to reconsider or leave.

• Xuan Zi welcomed Sea God's Light's power before meeting the Sun Moon Empire delegation outside Shrek City.
• Zhang Lexuan accused Mu En of using Evil Soul Masters to destroy her family and exploit her gratitude, then declared that she was no longer part of Shrek.
• Kong Deming led Zhang Lexuan and the delegation away, while Xuan Zi blamed Yan Shaozhe and called Zhang Lexuan ungrateful.
• The Sun Moon Empire publicized the case across Shrek City and the continent, worsening Shrek's reputation and contributing to a drop in recruitment.
• Ling Luochan applied to withdraw from Shrek as other students also began seeking to leave.

Xuan Zi stopped Shrek students from withdrawing by demanding repayment of their Soul Rings, Soul Bones, and resources, while Qian Xunyi strengthened Spirit Hall with propaganda and access to a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast secret realm. After returning to Soul Land I and giving the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler a godhood, Qian Xunyi left Bibi Dong overwhelmed by work and mistreatment.

• Xuan Zi ordered students seeking to leave Shrek to repay the Soul Rings, Soul Bones, and cultivation resources they had received, causing most to remain.
• Xu Tianran reported that Sun Moon Empire propaganda had linked Shrek with the Holy Spirit Cult and improved the Empire's image, and Qian Xunyi changed Xu Tianran's Seventh Soul Ring from black to red.
• Kong Deming said Zhang Lexuan would train as a Soul Engineer while continuing her Soul Master cultivation, and Qian Xunyi opened a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast secret realm for her, Xu Tianran, and Kong Deming to use.
• Qian Xunyi returned to Soul Land I with Jialing, Leng Yue, Qian Renxi, and Qian Renshuang, then gave the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler a First-Level God Seed.
• While Qian Xunyi was away, Bibi Dong handled his government affairs and was treated like a servant by Spirit Hall members.

Qian Xunyi returned to Spirit Hall, rewarded its elders with secret-realm tokens, and used collected Soul Bones to forge a vast arsenal of Divine Artifacts. Meanwhile, Oscar remained imprisoned and abused by slave merchants, and the chapter left him captured again after another failed escape.

• Huang Mian threatened Bibi Dong with Yu Xiaogang’s safety, and she endured his taunts until Qian Xunyi’s presence was sensed.
• Qian Xunyi returned to the Papal Hall, granted Bibi Dong two months of leave, and awarded the elders Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Secret Realm Tokens.
• Qian Xunyi set Soul Bone exchange rates for godhoods, collected over a thousand Soul Bones, and forged hundreds of Divine Artifacts.
• Oscar recalled being sold into slavery two years earlier and described how repeated escape attempts had ended in his recapture.
• A slave merchant whipped Oscar in the prison cell and berated him for refusing to accept his status as a slave.

Oscar was captured by the Slave Merchants Guild and hoped that awakening his Martial Soul would help him escape. After he awakened a Sausage Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power, the chairman had it destroyed, leaving Oscar crippled and at the guild’s mercy.

• A servant dragged Oscar before the Slave Merchants Guild chairman, who questioned him about his repeated escapes from the Slave Concentration Camp.
• Oscar pleaded for a Martial Soul Awakening, and the chairman ordered the Awakening Master to use the equipment.
• Oscar awakened a Sausage Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power, shocking the chairman and servants.
• The chairman ordered the servants to force a bubbling green liquid down Oscar’s throat, destroying his Martial Soul and Soul Power.
• The chairman told the despairing Oscar that he had destroyed his Martial Soul because Oscar was not obedient.

Oscar learned the Slave Concentration Camp had destroyed his Martial Soul to prevent him from gaining power and taking revenge, then was sold to Count Huron and forced to work a mill. In Sacred Soul Village, Tang San awakened a Clear Sky Hammer and an unexpected giant lizard Martial Soul, leaving both him and Tang Hao baffled about its origin.

• The chairman told Oscar that the camp had destroyed his Martial Soul because they feared his talent and future vengeance.
• Months later, Oscar was sold to Count Huron and harnessed to turn a millstone while a slave overseer whipped him.
• Tang San refused to attend the village awakening and asked Tang Hao to awaken his Martial Souls instead.
• Tang San awakened a foul-smelling giant lizard Martial Soul, shocking both himself and Tang Hao.
• Tang San summoned his second Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, but he and Tang Hao remained confused about why the giant lizard had appeared.

Tang San decided his Scabby Giant Lizard Martial Soul was arranged by the Asura God and planned how to use Gangzi. Meanwhile, Xiao Wu entered the Asura Godhood inheritance space, became the Spirit of the Asura God Scabbard, and returned to ask Da Ming for help avenging her mother and Er Ming.

• Tang San and Tang Hao concluded that the Asura God had arranged Tang San's Scabby Giant Lizard Martial Soul, and Tang San planned to keep Gangzi as his master while changing his treatment of him.
• Xiao Wu rejected Niu Tian's attempt to keep her in the Star Dou Great Forest and followed a mysterious voice into the Asura Godhood inheritance space.
• Xiao Wu entered the blood pool and merged with the Asura Scabbard, learning that she could nominate one of six candidates for the Asura Godhood and conceal her Soul Beast aura.
• Xiao Wu returned to the Star Dou Great Forest and told Da Ming she still intended to avenge her mother and Er Ming.
• Da Ming suspected Xiao Wu had been tricked by a pyramid scheme, so Xiao Wu showed him the Asura God Scabbard emerging from her chest.