Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang was abducted by Spirit Hall enforcers and forced into a corridor maze game designed by Qian Xunyi, who had altered the Soul Bone he sought. Yu Xiaogang entered Room 258 and found Dragon Brother and four other men waiting in a sauna.

• Yu Xiaogang was confronted outside the Papal Hall by Scarface, One-Eye, Dragon Brother, and Jie Ge, who took him away with his Soul Bone.
• A Jie returned the Soul Bone to Qian Xunyi, who changed the Eight-Spider Lance External Soul Bone into an Eight-Spider Spinal Bone and ordered A Jie to prepare for Yu Xiaogang's arrival.
• Yu Xiaogang woke in a corridor maze and learned that he had to choose doors, face scenarios with hidden big brothers, and find the reward room to win the Soul Bone.
• As the countdown ran out, Yu Xiaogang opened Room 258 and found Dragon Brother and four other men in a sauna.
• Dragon Brother ordered Yu Xiaogang to kneel before him.

Yu Xiaogang endured repeated ordeals in the corridor maze, surviving through empty rooms and clinging to the hope that Tang San would repay his sacrifices. After 475 choices, he had still not found the final reward room and suspected the Spirit Hall was rigging the maze.

• Yu Xiaogang escaped room 262, then entered a public bath full of recurring big brothers who forced him to stay.
• After repeated ordeals, Yu Xiaogang fainted in the corridor and A Jie carried him into a room, where he endured several more hours before being thrown out.
• Yu Xiaogang recovered in empty rooms with Spirit Spring and convinced himself Tang San would take him to the God Realm and grant him at least a First-Level Godhood.
• After the 475th choice, Yu Xiaogang discovered that only rooms 78 and 8 remained, and he angrily decided the Spirit Hall must be cheating.

Yu Xiaogang survived the corridor maze and returned to the real world with Tang San’s Eight-Spider Lance Soul Bone, intending to use his ordeal to morally pressure Tang San. Bibi Dong learned the truth about Yu Xiaogang, completed her Rakshasa God trial, and tried to kill him, but Qian Xunyi stopped her and knocked her unconscious.

• Yu Xiaogang chose Room 8, endured a year in the maze, and emerged with Tang San’s Eight-Spider Lance Soul Bone after only one day had passed in the real world.
• Yu Xiaogang hid the Soul Bone and left, vowing to demand that Tang San take him to the God Realm and grant him a First-Level God’s Godhood.
• Bibi Dong recalled Yu Xiaogang’s selfish demand for her Soul Bone, abandoned her idealized image of him, and completed the Rakshasa God’s Seventh Trial by pulling out the Rakshasa Demon Scythe.
• Bibi Dong vowed to kill Yu Xiaogang, while Huang Mian, Qing Zhang, and Red Star discussed her rage in the Papal Hall.
• Qian Xunyi stopped Bibi Dong from pursuing Yu Xiaogang, so she attacked Qian Xunyi instead; he punched her into a wall and knocked her unconscious.

The Rakshasa God descended to the Lower Realm to investigate Bibi Dong’s rapid progress and discovered Qian Xunyi’s overwhelming power in Spirit Hall. After reporting falsely to the Asura God and completing Qian Xunyi’s task, she returned to the story as Tang San suffered over his missing Soul Bone while Xiao Wu completed her first God Trial with Yu Tianheng.

• The Rakshasa God inspected Bibi Dong’s resentment and learned that Bibi Dong had obeyed Qian Xunyi’s orders to strip Tang San of his Soul Bone.
• The Rakshasa God confronted Qian Xunyi in the Papal Hall, where he and his divine allies overwhelmed her with countless Super Divine Artifacts.
• The Asura God told the Rakshasa God to slow Bibi Dong’s trial so Tang San could grow, and she assured him that the Lower Realm was normal.
• The Rakshasa God contacted Qian Xunyi and reported that she had completed his task.
• Tang San groaned over his missing Soul Bone while Xiao Wu earned 100 favorability with Yu Tianheng and completed her first God Trial, gaining older Soul Rings and a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Xiao Wu activated the Asura God Trial for Bu Le, helped him gain enough strength to enter Shrek Academy, and completed his first trial by raising her favorability to 100. Bu Le joined the academy despite Tang San’s objections, leaving Tang San surrounded by Xiao Wu’s other favored men.

• Xiao Wu drew Bu Le into the Asura God Trial, whose first objective was to win her heart.
• Bu Le reached 100 favorability with Xiao Wu and received a Soul Power boost to level 44, improved Soul Rings, and a new Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Flender initially rejected Bu Le’s application but admitted him after seeing his cultivation and considering the academy’s need for another tournament team member.
• Tang San recognized Bu Le and objected to his admission, but Yu Tianheng and Xiao Wu defended him, and Flender let him enroll.
• Bu Le joined Shrek Academy and was assigned a dormitory position that helped surround Tang San’s room with Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, and Da Ming.

Tang San recovered the Eight-Spider Lance Soul Bone from Yu Xiaogang, only to discover that it was a spinal bone rather than the valuable External Soul Bone he expected. After beating Yu Xiaogang, Tang San decided to keep him alive and use his connection to Bibi Dong to create trouble within Spirit Hall.

• Tang San told Tang Hao that he kept dreaming about a green grassland, and Tang Hao advised him to rest and win Xiao Wu over.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to Shrek Academy and gave Tang San the Eight-Spider Lance Soul Bone he had retrieved.
• Tang San began absorbing the Soul Bone and realized it was an Eight-Spider Lance Spinal Bone, permanently taking up his spinal bone slot.
• Tang San questioned Yu Xiaogang, learned how he had retrieved the Soul Bone, and beat him after discovering he had been given the wrong one.
• Tang San spared Yu Xiaogang because he feared provoking Bibi Dong and planned to use him to sow discord within Spirit Hall.

Tang San attacked Yu Tianheng after seeing a Soft Bone Rabbit mark on his Martial Soul, then had to kneel and apologize under Xiao Wu’s orders to regain some of her favor. Meanwhile, Qian Xunyi prepared to send the evolved Seven-Cannon Team to Suotuo City, but refused Bibi Dong’s request to lead them.

• Tang San returned to Shrek and noticed Soft Bone Rabbit emblems on Yu Tianheng’s Martial Soul and Da Ming’s forehead.
• Tang San shot Yu Tianheng with a Dragon Beard Needle, and Xiao Wu healed Yu Tianheng with Asura Divine Power.
• Xiao Wu demanded Tang San apologize to Yu Tianheng, so Tang San knelt and apologized before promising not to use Hidden Weapons in front of her.
• The Seven-Cannon Team reached Soul Elder strength, and Luo San became a complete Golden Holy Dragon.
• Qian Xunyi decided to send the Seven-Cannon Team to Suotuo City, but rejected Bibi Dong’s offer to lead them.

Qian Xunyi chose Yue Guan and Gui Mei for a mission, while the Shrek Seven Monsters prepared to face Spirit Hall’s Seven-Cannon Team. The teams met in the arena, where Luo San became suspicious that Tang San was familiar, and the match was about to begin.

• Qian Xunyi dismissed Bibi Dong’s objection and selected Yue Guan and Gui Mei for the mission.
• Flender accepted a challenge from the Seven-Cannon Team after learning they were all Soul Elders.
• Yu Xiaogang dismissed Spirit Hall’s success in cultivating Luo Sanpao, but Ning Rongrong and Yu Tianheng told him the team’s Martial Souls were evolving toward dragons.
• At the Suotuo City arena, the Shrek Seven Monsters and the Seven-Cannon Team entered the stage before a packed audience.
• Luo San introduced himself to Bu Le, noticed Tang San, and sensed that he had encountered him before.

The Seven-Cannon Team revealed that each member could summon a powerful dragon and fight as a Dragon Knight, stunning Yu Xiaogang and provoking Yu Tianheng's envy. The match began with the dragons taking to the air and disrupting Shrek's formation, while Luo San targeted Tang San and recognized his Tang Sect technique.

• Yu Xiaogang saw the Seven-Cannon Team's thousand-year second Soul Rings and watched its members summon seven enormous dragons, including Luo San's Golden Holy Dragon.
• Tang San and the Shrek team summoned their Martial Souls, while Tang San reacted furiously to the pink rabbit insignias on Dai Mubai's and other teammates' Martial Souls.
• The Seven-Cannon Team mounted their dragons, and the match began as Ning Rongrong and Luo Cai supported their teams with light.
• Tu Liuzi churned the arena floor with his Earth Dragon, stopping Shrek's charge and scattering the team across the arena.
• Bu Le tried to trap Bing Si's dragon with his Heavenly Gauze Twin Covers, but its icy breath pierced the covers and caught him off guard.
• Luo San attacked Tang San with Holy Dragon Light Rain, and Tang San dodged using the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, making Luo San suspect he belonged to the Tang Sect.

Tang San was eliminated after Luo San used Tang Sect secret arts through Sanpao, while Xiao Wu and Yu Tianheng revealed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill against the Seven-Cannon Team. The Seven-Cannon Team won, leaving Tang Hao furious and Yu Xiaogang questioning his past choice to erase Sanpao’s intelligence.

• Luo San used Tang Sect secret arts through Sanpao to catch Tang San, who escaped by releasing poisonous fog but was thrown out of the arena.
• Dark Sacred Dragon eliminated Ning Rongrong as Xiao Wu, Yu Tianheng, Dai Mubai, and Da Ming fought to hold off the seven dragons.
• Xiao Wu and Yu Tianheng fused their Martial Souls into the Rabbit Dragon, while Da Ming and Dai Mubai were eliminated.
• The Rabbit Dragon fought the seven dragons but was overwhelmed, and the Seven-Cannon Team won the match.
• Tang Hao watched Xiao Wu and Yu Tianheng’s fusion and became enraged, while Flender led the defeated Shrek team away for treatment.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned whether he had been wrong to erase Sanpao’s intelligence in his previous Lifetime, then blamed Sanpao for his failures.

Tang San explained Luo Sanpao’s potential as an External Martial Spirit and warned Tang Hao that Spirit Hall’s cultivation method could make its Seven-Cannon Team dangerous. Tang Hao ambushed the team on their journey, but a familiar voice and Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum stopped his attack and left him shocked.

• Yu Xiaogang rejected Spirit Hall’s explanation of the Seven-Cannon Team’s Martial Soul transformation and imagined himself riding the Golden Holy Dragon.
• Tang Hao visited Tang San in the hospital, and Tang San asked him to wait until after the Soul Master Tournament before dealing with Yu Tianheng.
• Tang San told Tang Hao that Luo Sanpao had been a powerful External Martial Spirit whose potential Yu Xiaogang had suppressed, and warned him that Spirit Hall’s seven Soul Masters posed a threat.
• Tang Hao left the hospital and intercepted Spirit Hall’s convoy in a forest, summoning his Clear Sky Hammer and nine red Soul Rings.
• Luo San readied his Hidden Weapon as Tang Hao attacked, but a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum blocked the hammer and a familiar voice called Tang Hao a rat carrying a broken hammer.
• Tang Hao looked toward the voice and was shocked.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei defeated Tang Hao, who fled after the Asura God failed to answer his calls. Back at the Papal Hall, Qian Xunyi revealed Tang San’s connection to Tang Hao and rewarded Luo San and the Seven-Cannon Team with access to the Icefire Yin Yang Well’s Immortal Herbs.

• Yue Guan stopped Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer and defeated him with a storm of blade-like chrysanthemum petals while Gui Mei watched over the fight.
• Tang Hao called for the Asura God, received no answer, and fled after Gui Mei reminded Yue Guan that Tang Hao was an important breeding tool for the Pope.
• Luo San returned to the Papal Hall with the Seven-Cannon Team, and Qian Xunyi confirmed that Tang San’s other Martial Soul was the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Qian Xunyi took Luo San and the others to the Icefire Yin Yang Well and allowed them to choose suitable Immortal Herbs, with Luo San permitted to absorb at least three.

Qian Xunyi let Luo San’s Seven-Cannon Team take Immortal Herbs and Soul Bones, while Tang San sent Tang Hao to manipulate the Holy Spirit Cult and restore faith in the Sea God. Tang Hao instead openly empowered the cult and named Ye Xishui his spokesperson, shattering the prisoners’ faith in Tang San.

• Qian Xunyi ended his restraint of the Seven-Cannon Team and let Luo San lead them to choose Immortal Herbs and absorb them.
• Tang San complained to Tang Hao that the Holy Spirit Cult’s actions were destroying faith in the Sea God, and Tang Hao said he was ready to act.
• Tang San instructed Tang Hao to appear before the world, destroy the Holy Spirit Cult, and rescue its prisoners while leaving some Evil Soul Masters alive.
• Tang Hao appeared at Holy Spirit Cult headquarters and used the Sea God’s Light to strengthen the Evil Soul Masters, declaring them executors of the Sea God’s will.
• Tang Hao crowned Ye Xishui the Sea God’s mortal spokesperson and ordered her to spread the Sea God’s faith and punish disbelievers.
• The prisoners watched Tang Hao endorse the Holy Spirit Cult and concluded that the Sea God had deceived them, turning their faith into hatred.

Ye Xishui used the Sea God's authority to recruit Evil Soul Masters into the Holy Spirit Cult, while prisoners who discovered the Sea God's deception planned and carried out an escape. With the Body Sect's help, they fled to spread what they had learned about Tang San across the continent.

• Ye Xishui ordered 15,675 newly registered Evil Soul Masters to undergo Black Fury's baptism and become emissaries of the Sea God.
• Prisoners in the Holy Spirit Cult realized the Sea God had manipulated Shrek and the cult, and a Body Sect member shared a detailed map of the underground palace.
• The prisoners agreed to escape together and expose the Sea God's role in the Evil Soul Master Rebellions.
• Ye Xishui learned the prisoners had escaped and sent Black Fury subordinates after them.
• Du Busi and Body Sect reinforcements defeated the pursuers, then helped the escapees travel across the continent to spread the truth about Tang San.

Tang San defended Tang Hao’s descent to the Lower Realm before the God Realm Committee and bet that the God of Destruction could not prove Tang Hao had committed a crime. After Tang San’s efforts to conceal their connection to the Plane Authority seemed to succeed, the committee reconvened, and the God of Destruction’s confidence left Tang San uneasy.

• Four God Officials arrested Tang Hao and brought him before the God Realm Committee.
• Tang San claimed Tang Hao had relinquished his Godhood before descending and said the Life Core had granted him access to Plane Authority.
• Tang San bet that the God of Destruction had three days to prove Tang Hao’s guilt, while requiring the God of Kindness and the God of Evil to witness any questioning.
• Tang San arranged for Ah Yin to mislead the God of Destruction and relied on Zhou Weiqing to pass information to Tang Hao.
• Three days later, Tang San arrived confidently at the committee meeting, but the God of Destruction’s assured manner made him fear that the Plane Spirit had been contacted.

Destruction God showed the gods Tang Hao’s confession, exposing Tang San’s plans to seize Douluo Star’s Plane Spirit and turn the God Realm into the Tang Family’s domain. With God of Kindness and God of Evil confirming that Tang Hao spoke voluntarily, Tang San lost his chance to deny the charges, and Destruction God prepared to present further evidence from the Plane Spirit.

• Destruction God displayed a recording of the four God Kings questioning Tang Hao about why he had descended to the Lower Realm.
• Tang Hao openly revealed Tang San’s plan to seize Douluo Star’s Plane Spirit and use the planet’s fortune to build Tang Family control over the God Realm.
• Tang Hao answered further questions, exposing Tang San’s collusion with Zhou Weiqing and his schemes involving the God Kings’ godhoods.
• Destruction God accused Tang San, who claimed Tang Hao had been coerced and accused Destruction God of framing him.
• Ji Dong and Lie Yan confirmed they had supervised the questioning and that Tang Hao had confessed voluntarily, leaving Tang San unable to defend himself.
• Destruction God asked Life Goddess to connect to Douluo Continent’s Plane Spirit so it could reveal Tang San’s actions there.

The gods condemned Tang San for possessing the Plane Spirit and stripped him of his God Realm authority, sentencing him to a thousand years in Sea God's Hall. Though imprisoned, Tang San believed he could still exploit a future crisis to regain power, while Qian Xunyi and the God of Destruction celebrated the judgment and agreed to let him watch his influence fade.

• The Plane Spirit, the Goddess of Jealousy, and other gods accused Tang San of exploiting the Plane Spirit and depriving Douluo Star of resources, while Zhou Weiqing publicly returned the Evil God Pearl and disavowed him.
• The God of Destruction read out Tang San's violations and led the gods to strip him of his God Realm Core authority and sentence him to one thousand years in Sea God's Hall.
• Tang San surrendered his authority and was taken to prison, but he resolved that retaining his Sea God and Asura God powers would let him stage a comeback.
• Tang San privately planned to exploit the coming Temporal Turbulence, the Gold Dragon King's escape, and Tang Wulin to seize greater power in the God Realm.
• Qian Xunyi drank with the God of Destruction through the Mystic Light Mirror, and the two agreed to let Tang San watch his possessions and influence slip away rather than strip him of his Godhood immediately.

As Shrek prepared to welcome a mysterious guest, Xuan Zi revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult was Shrek’s ally under the Sea God’s orders. The chapter ended with Yan Shaozhe rejecting his grandparents and Long Xiaoyao taking out a whip to discipline him.

• Yan Shaozhe failed to silence rumors about his Evil Soul Master grandparents and went to Sea God’s Pavilion to ask Xuan Zi for help.
• Xuan Zi told Yan Shaozhe that Ye Xishui had been appointed the Sea God’s emissary and ordered Shrek to prepare a welcoming ceremony.
• Long Xiaoyao, Ye Xishui, Zhongli Wu, Feng Ling, and other Holy Spirit Cult members arrived at Shrek City, where Xuan Zi welcomed them as distinguished guests.
• Xuan Zi and Ye Xishui declared that Shrek and the Holy Spirit Cult should unite as the Sea God’s orthodox lineages.
• Yan Shaozhe denounced the alliance, and Xuan Zi slapped him before Long Xiaoyao claimed the right to discipline his unfilial grandson and drew a whip.

Xuan Zi forged an alliance between Shrek Academy and the Holy Spirit Cult, claiming it was the Sea God’s decree. The alliance drove merchants, students, and staff away, and Elder Song left Shrek after rejecting what she saw as its abandonment of the academy’s spirit.

• Long Xiaoyao beat Yan Shaozhe for disrespecting Ye Xishui, then stopped at her request.
• Zhongli Wu gave Xuan Zi an honorary Holy Spirit Cult token, and Xuan Zi gave Long Xiaoyao, Ye Xishui, and Zhongli Wu honorary Sea God's Pavilion elder tokens.
• Xuan Zi promised the Holy Spirit Cult a branch hall in Shrek City and places for its members as teachers and students, publicly binding Shrek and the cult together.
• News of the alliance sparked an exodus of merchants and students from Shrek City and Shrek Academy, while teachers and elders also considered leaving.
• Elder Song asked Xuan Zi whether the alliance was truly the Sea God's decree, then left after declaring that Shrek's spirit was gone.

Xiao Wu brought Wang Dong'er to Qian Xunyi, who extracted Tang San's Divine Sense and revealed that Tang San had split Xiao Qi's soul into three. Qian Xunyi explained that the original Xiao Qi could not be restored and offered Xiao Wu a choice, leaving her to ask about the second option.

• Xiao Wu brought Wang Dong'er to Qian Xunyi for treatment after Wang Dong'er felt that she had forgotten someone important.
• Qian Xunyi used his God-Binding Ropes to pull Tang San's Divine Sense out of Wang Dong'er's Mental Sea.
• Xiao Wu confronted Tang San over splitting Xiao Qi's soul, and Qian Xunyi trapped Tang San's Divine Sense in the Black Fury Tower.
• Qian Xunyi told Xiao Wu that the original Xiao Qi no longer existed and that fusing the three soul fragments would make Wang Dong'er disappear.
• Xiao Wu asked Qian Xunyi what the second option was.