Chapter Summaries

Qin Sheng accepted Mu En’s apology and compensation for Shrek’s actions, then discussed Shrek’s failings and the future of Soul Tools with him. After warning that he would destroy the Holy Spirit Cult, Qin Sheng considered how to spread his name and gather faith across the continent, while wondering whether Tang San or the God Realm would intervene.

• Mu En apologized to Qin Sheng and offered Blazing Spirit Academy Soul Bones, while agreeing to confine Xuan Zi to Sea God Island for ten years.
• Qin Sheng accepted Mu En’s concession but warned that Shrek should not expect another chance if a similar incident occurred again.
• Qin Sheng and Mu En discussed Shrek’s arrogance and the resistance to Soul Tools, and Qin Sheng argued that entrenched interests—not ideology—held back their development.
• Qin Sheng told Mu En he would deal with the Holy Spirit Cult after the Soul Master Tournament and said he could defeat it alone.
• Qin Sheng sent Snow Emperor to prepare the matter of faith in the Far North, then considered reaching Soul Beasts and other continents to gather more faith.
• Qin Sheng looked to the sky and wondered whether Tang San or the God Realm would intervene.

Qin Sheng gathered support for his plan to gain Faith Power and ascend to godhood, then led representatives from Shrek and the Three Kingdoms to destroy the Holy Spirit Cult. After displaying overwhelming strength, he compelled the Sun-Moon Empire and the Three Kingdoms to hunt Evil Soul Masters while protecting children who awakened evil Martial Souls.

• Qin Sheng secured the Star Luo and Dou Ling royal families’ support by promising to cultivate three Titled Douluo for each, while Zhang Lexuan pledged Blazing Spirit Academy’s loyalty.
• Shrek’s elders discussed Qin Sheng’s attempt to become a god, but Mu En and Xuan Zi admitted that no one could stop him.
• After Blazing Spirit Academy won the Soul Master Tournament, Qin Sheng sensed Faith Power gathering and set out with Mu En, Snow Emperor, and the Three Kingdoms’ consecrators.
• Qin Sheng found the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters and instantly killed Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, and the cult’s Evil Soul Masters, while Snow Emperor stopped Evil Emperor from intervening.
• Qin Sheng ordered Kong Mingde to make the Sun-Moon Empire pursue Evil Soul Masters and instructed the Three Kingdoms not to persecute people merely for awakening evil Martial Souls.

After reaching Dao Palace Fifth Heaven and naming his Primordial Spirit-linked treasure the Human Emperor Banner, Qin Sheng took Ye Fan to search the ruins of the former Ruthless Orthodoxy. As they descended into the abyss, Ruthless watched them from the Desolate Forbidden Land and recognized a form of her scripture she had once dreamed of achieving.

• Qin Sheng completed his breakthrough to Dao Palace Fifth Heaven, inherited the Spirit-Control Banner, and renamed it the Human Emperor Banner.
• Qin Sheng told Ye Fan about his new strength and invited him to excavate the ruins of the former Ruthless Orthodoxy.
• Qin Sheng and Ye Fan traveled for ten days, entered the desolate ruins, and found no treasures or danger on the surface.
• After three days of searching, Ye Fan and Qin Sheng decided to descend into the abyss beneath the ruins.
• Ruthless observed Qin Sheng and Ye Fan from the Desolate Forbidden Land and recognized her scripture's long-imagined perfect state in Qin Sheng.

Qin Sheng and Ye Fan were swept through a mysterious stone door into the Land of Gray Fog, where they discovered the Swallowing Heaven Immortal Jar on a grave mound. Qin Sheng recognized the terrifying Emperor Weapon and wondered who was buried there.

• Ye Fan patted an indestructible stone door, which opened and sucked him and Qin Sheng into an icy current.
• Qin Sheng and Ye Fan emerged in a gray, fog-filled place and decided to explore together for a way out.
• The pair reached a clear space with blood-red ground and a black-soil grave mound.
• Qin Sheng recognized the object on the mound as the Swallowing Heaven Immortal Jar and explained its immense power to Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan imagined using the Emperor Weapon to dominate the Eastern Wilderness, while Qin Sheng wondered who lay in the grave.

Qin Sheng and Ye Fan awakened the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy in the mysterious tomb, and it chose Qin Sheng as its bearer. After realizing the weapon was only half of the Swallowing Heaven Devil Jar, they searched for a way out but remained trapped.

• Qin Sheng and Ye Fan cautiously reached for the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy, which stirred and flew into Qin Sheng's Sea of Bitterness.
• Qin Sheng confirmed that he had obtained the canopy, while Ye Fan said the Green Copper Block in his Sea of Bitterness had trembled when he touched it.
• Qin Sheng explained that the canopy was the core of the Swallowing Heaven Devil Jar and that Tu Tian in the Northern Territory held the Jar Body.
• Qin Sheng concluded that the canopy had chosen him because he was the most suitable person, having cultivated the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art to an ideal realm.
• Qin Sheng and Ye Fan searched their surroundings for an exit but found none, leaving Qin Sheng to consider using the Emperor Weapon to escape.

Qin Sheng and Ye Fan discovered that the Burial Mound Grounds nourished their bodies and Primordial Spirits, but they remained unable to escape. When Qin Sheng activated the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy, it absorbed the black burial mound into his Sea of Bitterness, and two months later a plump Daoist arrived at the Sacred Land Ruins.

• Qin Sheng found that the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy bore no imprints that prevented him from activating it.
• Ye Fan noticed that the Burial Mound Grounds contained a substance that strengthened the body, and Qin Sheng discovered that the gray mist nourished Divine Sense.
• After ten days, Qin Sheng activated the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy, which drew the black mound into his Sea of Bitterness and revealed a bloodstained garment beneath it.
• Qin Sheng and Ye Fan replaced the mound with red soil to restore the grave, then continued searching for a way out for two months.
• A plump Daoist appeared outside the Sacred Land Ruins and declared that the place was fated to meet him.

Qin Sheng and Ye Fan remained trapped in a mysterious space after Qin Sheng completed his Dao Palace cultivation, while Ye Fan wondered when he would catch up. Duan De finally arrived after surviving deadly terrain and formations, only to find the pair had entered easily and claimed the place held no treasures.

• Qin Sheng told Ye Fan he had completed the Dao Palace Fifth Heaven and could soon prepare to enter the Four Extremes Secret Realm, but the space lacked the essence needed for his breakthrough.
• Qin Sheng and Ye Fan heard footsteps and whispers in the Gray Fog, then recognized Duan De as he emerged.
• Qin Sheng and Ye Fan greeted Duan De with exaggerated warmth, and Duan De recoiled at seeing them again.
• Duan De described crossing lethal terrain, evading Yin Soldiers and ghost pawns, and surviving Dao-Mark Killing Formations before reaching the space.
• After learning Qin Sheng and Ye Fan had entered by accidentally opening a stone door, Duan De demanded a share of the treasures, but they insisted the place was empty.

Qin Sheng and Ye Fan persuaded Duan De to help refine the special substances left behind by an ancient Great Emperor’s transformation, then negotiated an equal share. After collecting the essence, they learned Duan De could lead them out, but he demanded a toll.

• Duan De searched the Emperor’s Daoist Arena and questioned Qin Sheng and Ye Fan about what they had found, while they insisted they had obtained nothing.
• Duan De explained that the red soil and clouds contained special substances created by an ancient Great Emperor’s Dao charm, and Qin Sheng suspected the site was where Ruthless transformed into a Second-Life Flawless Chaotic Body.
• Qin Sheng and Ye Fan bargained with Duan De until the three agreed to split the refined essence evenly, and Duan De inscribed Furnace Dao Patterns on them.
• After half a month, Qin Sheng and Ye Fan each received two dragon-eye-sized beads of essence, while Duan De again demanded to see their supposed treasures.
• Duan De revealed that he could take Qin Sheng and Ye Fan out of the arena for a toll, but Qin Sheng warned him that they could keep him trapped there too.

Qin Sheng and Ye Fan left the Emperor's Daoist Arena with Duan De and learned how Chaotic Ruin Dust could be paired with Immortal Materials to forge a powerful vessel. Qin Sheng revealed his coffin vessel and negotiated with Duan De for Dao-Life Mother Stone, but their outrageous demands drove Duan De to attack them.

• Duan De explained that the Emperor's Daoist Arena drifted through time and space and that Chaotic Ruin Dust could enhance a vessel but turn it into a weapon of death.
• Qin Sheng showed Duan De the coffin he had refined as his vessel, then joked that he was a reincarnated Great Emperor.
• Duan De asked Qin Sheng and Ye Fan to tell him where to find Chaotic Ruin Dust, and Qin Sheng demanded Emperor Weapons or Immortal Materials in exchange.
• Duan De offered Dao-Life Mother Stone and explained that combining it with Chaotic Ruin Dust could give Qin Sheng's coffin a cycle of life and death.
• Qin Sheng and Ye Fan demanded additional Emperor Scriptures or forbidden secret arts, and Duan De charged at them in fury.

After leaving the Holy Land ruins, Qin Sheng and Ye Fan parted ways with plans to reunite after pursuing their cultivation. Qin Sheng returned to Shaking Light Holy Land, where he received resources and further teachings of the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art as he prepared to break through to the Four Extremes Secret Realm.

• Duan De departed the ruins first, and Qin Sheng and Ye Fan discussed his chances of finding the Dao-Life Mother Stone and the Chaotic Ruin Dust.
• Qin Sheng planned to return to Shaking Light Holy Land to break through, while Ye Fan chose to resume cultivating at Fire Fiend's Cave Mansion.
• Before they separated, Qin Sheng and Ye Fan promised not to hold back if either became an enemy or lost himself in the Immortal Dao.
• Qin Sheng told Elder Li that he had reached Dao Palace Perfection and requested resources for his breakthrough; the Dragon-Pattern Peak Master examined him and warned him not to cultivate too aggressively.
• The Dragon-Pattern Peak Master gave Qin Sheng the remaining Heaven Devouring Demonic Art inheritance and taught him the Great Dao Treasure Bottle, Myriad Transformations Sacred Art, and Heaven-Slaying Dao.
• Elder Li delivered Qin Sheng's breakthrough resources, leaving him ready to make his final push.

Qin Sheng began his breakthrough into the Four Extremes Secret Realm at Shaking Light Holy Land’s Ascension Immortal Pool, drawing the scrutiny of the Holy Lord and other observers. As his body and Primordial Spirit underwent a brutal rebirth into what he insisted was an Immortal Fetus, thunderclouds gathered overhead.

• The Shaking Light Holy Lord ordered Chen Han to test Qin Sheng after his breakthrough and assess whether he belonged to the Ruthless lineage.
• Qin Sheng sensed that the moment to break through had arrived and absorbed vast amounts of Source and spiritual essence at the Ascension Immortal Pool.
• Qin Sheng reflected the Void and the laws of heaven and earth as his body, blood, and Primordial Spirit transformed, stunning the watching cultivators.
• Qin Sheng used the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art to shatter and reform his flesh and bones while his Primordial Spirit entered a cocoon.
• Qin Sheng completed a brutal rebirth, which he called forging an Immortal Fetus, and faced the thunderclouds gathering above him.

Qin Sheng survived a legendary Heavenly Tribulation and broke through into the Four Extremes Secret Realm, then returned to Dragon-Pattern Peak. When Candidate Saint Son Chen Han challenged him, Qin Sheng sent out his Heart Divine Spirit, which defeated Chen Han with ease.

• Qin Sheng faced a devastating Heavenly Tribulation that also struck his Human Emperor Banner and coffin, and he began devouring the tribulation’s Origin.
• Qin Sheng endured the Chaos Heavenly Tribulation, merged his left arm with the Void, and broke through into the Four Extremes Secret Realm.
• Qin Sheng recovered from his injuries and returned to Dragon-Pattern Peak, reflecting on his breakthrough after twenty-seven years of cultivation.
• Chen Han arrived three days later and challenged Qin Sheng, who declined and sent his Heart Divine Spirit to fight instead.
• Qin Sheng’s Heart Divine Spirit defeated Chen Han in fewer than ten exchanges, leaving the Shaking Light Holy Land stunned.

Qin Sheng became a Candidate Saint Son of Shaking Light Holy Land and received powerful treasures after his Four Extremes breakthrough raised his reputation across the Eastern Wilderness. On Douluo Continent, he gained new insights but waited for more Faith Power before pursuing a high-ranking Godhood, then sensed a mysterious force drawing him toward Jialing Pass.

• The Jiang Family and other major factions heard of Qin Sheng’s Heavenly Tribulation and trusted their own young prodigies to rival him.
• The Dragon-Pattern Peak Master officially made Qin Sheng a Candidate Saint Son and rewarded him with an Imitation Dragon-patterned Black Gold Cauldron, a Heaven-Evading Pearl, and a Void-Escape Divine Talisman.
• Qin Sheng refined the pearl and talisman, assessed his combat foundations, and planned to master secret arts including the Great Dao Treasure Bottle.
• After seven days of enlightenment on Douluo Continent, Qin Sheng realized he needed more Faith Power to form the powerful Godhood he wanted.
• Qin Sheng sensed an attraction near Jialing Pass, opened space at its source, and saw holy light.

Qin Sheng recovered a fragment of the Angel Godhood and awakened Qian Renxue’s fading consciousness, learning how she had survived within it. Studying the fragment revealed a path to faster divine comprehension, and he resolved to grant Soul Power to mortals across the continent.

• Qin Sheng retrieved an Angel Godhood Fragment from spatial currents and discovered a dormant remnant of consciousness within it.
• Qin Sheng used Faith Power to awaken Qian Renxue, who explained that the fragment had preserved her soul after her death.
• Qian Renxue learned from Qin Sheng that Spirit Hall and most Angel Martial Souls had disappeared, then left with Zhang Lexuan to learn about the present era.
• Qin Sheng studied the fragment’s laws and realized that granting Soul Rings and Soul Power to mortals could rapidly gather faith.
• Qin Sheng resolved to give all living beings the opportunity to become soul masters and undergo Dragon Transformation.

Qin Sheng summoned the four great empires and Shrek Academy to announce a plan to teach everyone a cultivation method that could make them Soul Masters. He secured their agreement to spread the method and his Soul Ring Condensation Method, setting the continent on the path toward a new era.

• Qin Sheng explained to Zhang Lexuan that Spirit Hall had once helped children awaken their Martial Souls and supported Soul Master subsidies alongside the empires, while also having its own dark sides.
• Qian Renxue asked Qin Sheng whether he would change the world after becoming a god, and he pointed to his defeat of the Holy Spirit Cult as evidence of his contributions.
• Qin Sheng summoned representatives of the four great empires and Shrek Academy, then announced that he had created a cultivation method anyone could use to become a Soul Master.
• Qin Sheng threatened to purge nobles, destroy sects, and confront nations that obstructed his plan to spread the method across the continent.
• Qin Sheng revealed that he had also created a way to condense Soul Rings without killing Soul Beasts and said he would negotiate with the major Soul Beast territories.
• The four empires and Mu En agreed to cooperate with Qin Sheng and send people to Blazing Spirit Academy to learn both methods.

Qin Sheng began organizing Soul Beasts to provide bloodline samples so he could create Soul Rings without hunting them, offering a way to avert their extinction in exchange for their faith. After winning the cooperation of Di Tian and the Evil Emperor, he set out to extend the plan across the continent.

• Qian Renxue told Qin Sheng that Godhood Fragments could hold Faith Power, and Qin Sheng agreed to seek them out.
• Qin Sheng demonstrated to Snow Emperor that a Soul Beast’s blood could provide the information needed to create a Soul Ring, then proposed using Soul Tools to make the process widely available.
• Snow Emperor brought Qin Sheng to the Star Dou Great Forest, where he subdued Lord Bear and Di Tian, demonstrated his method, and secured the Fierce Beasts’ agreement to provide bloodline samples and faith.
• Di Tian agreed to support Qin Sheng’s plan after Qin Sheng promised to help Snow Emperor become the Ice God, and Qin Sheng refined the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s attributes before leaving.
• Qin Sheng and Snow Emperor went to the Evil Demon Forest, where the Evil Emperor agreed to manage the Soul Beasts in the Sun-Moon Empire and offered to help negotiate with Di Tian.

Qin Sheng advanced the Universal Soul Master Plan across Douluo Continent, arranging free Martial Soul awakenings and Soul Ring research while seeking unusual Soul Skills to study. As commoners’ lives began to change, their gratitude gathered as Faith Power around Qin Sheng, who welcomed a new era of peace.

• Qin Sheng told Zhang Lexuan that the Soul Beasts had accepted his plan and asked her to recruit people with unusual Soul Skills for research at Blazing Spirit Academy.
• Nations, academies, sects, and clans sent people to learn cultivation methods, while Soul Beasts supplied bloodline samples for Soul Ring Makers.
• Soul Masters awakened villagers’ Martial Souls in a remote Dou Ling Empire village and promised free Soul Rings once they reached level ten.
• The villagers thanked Qin Sheng, and a commoner Soul Master urged them to stand tall and live facing the sun.
• People across the continent began venerating or resenting Qin Sheng as the Universal Soul Master Plan changed their lives, and sincere Faith Power gathered around him.

Qin Sheng adapted the principles of Douluo Continent soul skills into Law Secret Patterns for the Shrouding Method, successfully creating damage-reducing patterns. He considered how to make them durable and resolved to keep refining his work.

• Qin Sheng inscribed Law Secret Patterns on his left arm, endured repeated failures, and eventually reduced magical-power damage by roughly one-fifth.
• Qin Sheng named the patterns the Wushang Secret Patterns after Wushang the Undying King and recognized that attacks gradually wore them away.
• Qin Sheng successfully inscribed two more sets of patterns that reduced Primordial Spirit damage and physical damage.
• Qin Sheng concluded that his patterns needed a more durable material, but Immortal Elixir and Immortal Metal were beyond his means.
• Qin Sheng considered the Saint Dao Laws as a future solution and continued sensing the Infinite Land, hoping another version of himself would appear.

Qin Sheng contemplated Shaking Light Holy Land’s Dragon-patterned Black Gold Cauldron and witnessed a vision of its transformation into an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon. The vision stirred the cauldron and alarmed the Holy Land’s powerful figures, while the Dragon-Pattern Peak Master declared Qin Sheng had the bearing of a Great Emperor.

• The Dragon-Pattern Peak Master brought Qin Sheng to the Dragon-patterned Black Gold Cauldron and explained its history as Shaking Light Holy Land’s Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon.
• Qin Sheng sat beneath the cauldron to contemplate its Emperor Patterns, and the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy trembled within his Sea of Bitterness.
• Qin Sheng saw a stormy-night vision of the cauldron enduring Heavenly Retribution as its Dao Patterns formed and it transformed into an Emperor Weapon.
• The cauldron stirred and black dragons roared, drawing the attention of powerful figures across Shaking Light Holy Land and troubling the Shaking Light Holy Lord.
• Qin Sheng’s vision ended, and he realized he had witnessed the cauldron’s transformation; the Dragon-Pattern Peak Master praised him as having the bearing of a Great Emperor.

After the Dragon-patterned Black Gold Cauldron stirred at Qin Sheng, Shaking Light gave him greater attention but did not hand over the Emperor Weapon. Qin Sheng traveled to the Northern Territory and, while heading for Divine City, began to believe he might forge a new path to becoming a Battle Immortal.

• Shaking Light's upper ranks debated the Dragon-patterned Black Gold Cauldron's reaction to Qin Sheng and decided to improve his treatment and watch his growth.
• Qin Sheng asked about the Domain Gate and learned that Shaking Light was sending mortals to the Northern Territory to mine Source Stone.
• Supreme Elder Zhang opened the Domain Gate, and Qin Sheng traveled with several dozen disciples to the barren Northern Territory.
• Qin Sheng declined to join the mining group and set off alone for Divine City.
• As he reflected on the Fighting Saint Emperor's failed Battle Immortal path, Qin Sheng realized that his own abilities might let him pursue an unprecedented route to becoming a Battle Immortal.