Chapter Summaries

At Shrek Academy, Turbid World explained to Shen Yi that Shrek had longstanding ties to the Star Luo Empire and that its Tang Sect branch there was implicated in corruption and Evil Spirit Master schemes. As the Federation sent the War God Temple’s top six War Gods to monitor Shrek City, Chen Xinjie and Guan Yue discussed the order’s implications while councilors in Mingdu watched the depleted temple.

• Turbid World told Shen Yi to send the young students home after they returned, then confirmed Shrek’s historical ties and technology exchanges with the Star Luo Empire.
• Turbid World said the Tang Sect branch’s corruption was undeniable and that the Federation would recall its delegation before making a final decision.
• After Shen Yi left, Turbid World worried that the Federation had sent the War God Temple to monitor Shrek Academy.
• City Lord hosted Chen Xinjie, Guan Yue, and four other veteran War Gods, then left the reception hall under pressure.
• Guan Yue questioned the Federation’s decision to watch Shrek before it had been found guilty, while Chen Xinjie and the War Gods considered the order’s purpose.
• Councilors in Mingdu watched the depleted War God Temple as the temple’s top six War Gods arrived in Shrek City.

The Holy Spirit Cult sent Devil Emperor to infiltrate the War God Temple while Qilin Douluo provided support outside. Devil Emperor posed as an ordinary challenger, but on the seventeenth level Skyfire recognized the Limit Douluo hidden behind his disguise.

• Qilin Douluo and the Holy Spirit Cult members discussed using the War God Temple’s challenge rules to bypass the Central Army.
• Devil Emperor revealed that he would enter the War God Temple alone and changed into the appearance of a person he had possessed centuries earlier.
• The challenger defeated a War God and advanced through the levels until he reached the thirteenth, where the Sixth and Eighth War Gods noted his unusual intangibility.
• The Sixth War God sent the challenger to the seventeenth level, hoping to test him and recruit him into the War God Temple.
• The Sixth War God arrived at the lava hell and found the Fire Host Clan surrounding the challenger as Skyfire accused him of being a Limit Douluo in disguise.

Skyfire confronted the Devil Emperor in the War God Temple, but the intruder overcame his fire and spear techniques and rushed toward the Eighteenth Level of Hell. The Sixth War God recognized the Devil Emperor as the supposedly dead Heaven Blessed Douluo as he tried to stop him from reaching the Eternal Heaven Kingdom.

• Skyfire summoned a law-forged spear and challenged the Devil Emperor, who revealed his nine Soul Rings and matched Skyfire's spear intent.
• The Sixth War God alerted the War God Temple and Federation, then moved to guard the entrance to the Eighteenth Level of Hell.
• The Devil Emperor redirected Skyfire's spear attacks and trapped the Sixth War God in a cage of space before heading for the eighteenth level.
• The Sixth War God broke free and unleashed icy currents to delay the Devil Emperor, who transformed into an old man.
• The Sixth War God recognized the Devil Emperor as the former Sea God Pavilion Master, Heaven Blessed Douluo, and exclaimed that he had believed him dead.

Heaven Blessed Douluo, possessed by the Devil Emperor, tried to seize Eternal Heaven Kingdom, but Skyfire wounded him with divine fire and entered the Eighteenth Level of Hell. Skyfire then followed Huo Yuhao’s contingency plan, and the Federation announced that Eternal Heaven Kingdom had been stolen.

• Yu Yang confronted Heaven Blessed Douluo, and the Devil Emperor said he was acting to protect Shrek Academy from the Federation.
• Skyfire struck the Devil Emperor with a seven-colored flaming spear, erasing part of his possessed body and forcing him to sacrifice one possession target.
• Skyfire sealed the passage to the Eighteenth Level of Hell with divine flames and went inside while the War Gods gathered to face the Devil Emperor.
• Skyfire recalled that Huo Yuhao had warned him the War God Temple might fail to protect Eternal Heaven Kingdom and had given him a device for that situation.
• As the War Gods struggled to stop the Devil Emperor, Skyfire made a decision near Eternal Heaven Kingdom’s hiding place.
• A powerful explosion erupted near the War God Temple, and the Federation announced that Eternal Heaven Kingdom had been stolen.

Di Tian investigated the Possession Demons’ suspected infiltration of the Federation and inspected the aftermath of Heaven Blessed Douluo’s attack on the War God Temple. He discovered signs that a Soul Master and Soul Spirit had perished after a Possession Demon abandoned its host, then Skyfire asked him to pass a message to Huo Yuhao.

• Di Tian told Ji Xuanqiu that Possession Demons had likely infiltrated the Federation and arranged for the Spirit Pagoda to conduct a secret inspection.
• Di Tian explained that Heaven Blessed Douluo had attacked the War God Temple and stolen the Eternal Heaven Kingdom, while Ji Xuanqiu predicted Shrek Academy would be blamed.
• Di Tian told Ji Xuanqiu to keep the Possession Demons’ existence secret while the threat was eliminated.
• Di Tian inspected the War God Temple ruins and learned that Heaven Blessed Douluo had escaped despite reinforcements pursuing him.
• Di Tian sensed traces of a recently perished Soul Spirit near the Eighteenth Level and suspected a Possession Demon had abandoned its host after Skyfire injured it.
• Skyfire approached Di Tian and asked him to relay a message to Huo Yuhao.

The Federation Speaker accused Shrek Academy’s leadership of colluding with the Star Luo Empire and ordered a blockade, asset freeze, and investigation while offering Shrek City residents a protected way to leave. The Federation gave Shrek until three days after its delegation returned to respond and prepared its remaining forces for possible conflict.

• The Federation Speaker presented accusations that Heaven Blessed Douluo had attacked the War God Temple and seized Eternal Heaven Kingdom, while Shrek’s leaders had traded technology and Soul Spirits with the Star Luo Empire.
• The Federation Speaker announced a blockade of Shrek City, froze Shrek’s assets and research, and suspended Shrek graduates in government positions pending investigation.
• The Federation Speaker offered residents and Shrek personnel temporary protection and relocation if they left Shrek City through official channels and passed screening.
• The Federation Speaker set a deadline for Shrek to respond after the Star Luo delegation returned, and the parliament approved the resolutions without objection.
• The Federation Speaker ordered the remaining War Gods to prepare for war, asked the Spirit Pagoda to calm public fears, and summoned the Dark Department Head back to the Federation.

The Federation Speaker rejected Yun Ming’s attempt to explain Shrek’s actions and told him to prepare for Shrek’s end as the Federation began a blockade. Meanwhile, the Devil Emperor celebrated stealing Eternal Heaven Kingdom, while Huo Yuhao viewed the fallout as advancing his plans against the Holy Spirit Cult and Tang San.

• The Federation Speaker accused Shrek of supporting the Star Luo Empire and Dou Ling, and argued that Shrek’s legacy and the Sea God’s intervention had helped create the continent’s current dangers.
• Yun Ming realized the Federation regarded Shrek as a strategic problem, and Chen Xinjie warned the Speaker to mind his words.
• The Federation Speaker told Yun Ming that the Federation expected a satisfying answer and urged him to give Shrek a dignified ending.
• The Devil Emperor examined the device containing Eternal Heaven Kingdom and learned that the Federation had begun blockading Shrek.
• Huo Yuhao concluded that the theft and Shrek’s impending judgment would redirect the Holy Spirit Cult and help him clear threats from Tang San.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena studied the Dragon God’s power before the Federation delegation was recalled early from the Star Luo Empire. As Huo Yuhao’s plane approached Mingdu, tension was building over the Federation’s internal conflict.

• Gu Yuena told Huo Yuhao the Federation had ordered the delegation to return early, and she confirmed that Dragon Valley’s passages were sealed.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena used the Heart of the Dragon God to comprehend its laws, while the Snow Empress joined them.
• Two days later, the Federation delegation boarded a Soul Tool Airplane, joined unnoticed by members of the Dawn Faction who had agreed with Huo Yuhao.
• Dai Tianling ordered the Star Luo Empire to strengthen its borders without provoking the Federation, while Divine Realm Douluo warned Long Yue that Huo Yuhao and another Soul Emperor could contend with Super Douluos.
• A day and a half into the flight, Huo Yuhao saw Mingdu approaching and sensed tension in the air.

After returning to Mingdu, the Shrek delegation faced a Federation investigation over the academy’s seizure of the Eternal Heaven Kingdom, while Shrek students’ families urged them to break with the academy. Ye Xinglan and Yue Zhengyu were left confronting the cost of choosing Shrek over their families and the Federation.

• Yu Guanzhi welcomed the delegation and ordered its members to report what they knew, while Shrek teachers were detained and students were taken to a separate hall.
• Yue Zhengen summoned Yue Zhengyu and told him to return home, while Ye Xiaoyuan confronted Ye Xinglan about remaining devoted to Shrek.
• Tang Wulin found a report claiming Shrek had forced its way into the War God Temple and stolen the Federation’s Level 12 Godslayer weapon, the Eternal Heaven Kingdom.
• Ye Xiaoyuan told Ye Xinglan that the evidence showed Shrek had set itself against the Federation and offered her a choice between leaving the academy or being cut off from the Ye Family.
• Yue Zhengen warned Yue Zhengyu that returning to Shrek would cost him his place as the family’s next heir, and Yue Zhengyu said he understood.

Ye Xinglan learned from Starlight Sword Bamboo that Shrek had betrayed the Federation and fostered blind loyalty among its students, causing her faith in the academy to collapse. She rejected returning to Shrek and left with her family, while Huo Yuhao revealed that the Federation had sealed off the city and would have prevented her from going anyway.

• Ye Xinglan asked Ye Xiaoyuan why Shrek’s troubles had begun, and Starlight Sword Bamboo explained the academy’s history of supporting the Star Luo Empire and concealing its role in the Eternal Heaven Kingdom incident.
• Starlight Sword Bamboo argued that Shrek’s culture of blind loyalty had led students and graduates to put the academy above their duties, and Ye Xinglan recognized how her own trust had distorted her judgment.
• Ye Xinglan apologized to Starlight Sword Bamboo for abandoning her family responsibility and declined Ye Xiaoyuan’s offer to return to Shrek.
• Starlight Sword Bamboo invited Ye Xinglan home, and Ye Xinglan left with Ye Xiaoyuan and the Ye family.
• Xie Xie and the others discussed Ye Xinglan’s change of heart, while Huo Yuhao explained that the Federation had sealed off Shrek City and would have stopped her from going there.

The Federation’s sanctions against Shrek gained broad public support, while Gu Ruiqiu and the others discussed Huo Yuhao’s cultivation and ways to identify Possession Demons. Huo Yuhao remained in seclusion, and a battle and trial inside the Throne of Seal reached their climax.

• Shrek’s supporters faced public backlash as people repeated accusations about the Eternal Heaven Kingdom, aid to the Star Luo Empire, and past grievances against the academy.
• Some Soul Spirits opposed their partners’ support for Shrek, and the Federation began watching and acting against the academy’s most devoted supporters.
• Gu Ruiqiu asked Snow Empress when Huo Yuhao would emerge, and Snow Empress said he was breaking through to Soul Saint and condensing his second soul core.
• Gu Yuena urged Gu Ruiqiu to cultivate or help identify Possession Demons, and Gu Ruiqiu suggested investigating supporters of the popularization of Soul Spirits.
• Snow Empress explained that the Star Luo Empire might acquire more Soul Spirits through smuggling or the Holy Spirit Cult, making the proposal a useful lead on Possession Demons.
• A battle and trial within the space of the Throne of Seal reached their most intense moment.

Huo Yuhao defeated the Holy Dragon in the Throne of Seal trial by using his domains, undead allies, and spiritual and ice attacks, then forced the dragon to concede before their clash became fatal. The creatures of the Eternal Domain bestowed their power on Huo Yuhao, completing his second soul core and raising his cultivation to rank seventy.

• The Holy Dragon tested Huo Yuhao, who fought him while summoning three undead Battle Armor Masters and revealing that Electrolux was his teacher.
• Huo Yuhao used Thorn Halo to disrupt the Holy Dragon’s dragon-language magic, then froze him in place.
• Huo Yuhao threatened the Holy Dragon with a combination involving the Seven-Colored Lotus, and the dragon conceded that Huo Yuhao had passed the trial.
• The Holy Dragon called on the beings of the Eternal Domain to give Huo Yuhao the power of life.
• The gathered power completed Huo Yuhao’s spiritual soul core and raised his cultivation to rank seventy.

Huo Yuhao formed a life-based seventh Soul Ring, awakened his Golden Rank Spirit Eyes and Reincarnation Domain, and gained the strength to challenge a Limit Douluo. Meanwhile, Wu Zhangkong failed to persuade the Crimson Dragon Douluo to abandon Shrek, leaving the academy’s fate unresolved as the Federation’s ultimatum drew near.

• At the Holy Dragon’s instruction, Huo Yuhao used Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew’s power and the power of life to create a seventh Soul Ring that could continue to grow.
• The new Soul Ring triggered Huo Yuhao’s Golden Rank Secondary Awakening, raised his Soul Power and spiritual power, and helped awaken his Reincarnation Domain.
• The Lord of Eternity explained why Huo Yuhao could resonate with the universe origin of reincarnation, and Huo Yuhao acknowledged that he had only reached a new starting point.
• Huo Yuhao completed his breakthrough, gained the ability to use his Ice Emperor Martial Soul Avatar, and left the Eternal Domain prepared to plan his next steps.
• Two days later, Wu Zhangkong contacted the Crimson Dragon Douluo and urged him to decide what to do before the Federation’s ultimatum expired.
• The Crimson Dragon Douluo refused to abandon Shrek and said he would perish alongside it, then ended the call before Wu Zhangkong could respond.

Wu Zhangkong and Long Bing searched for a way to persuade Turbid World to leave Shrek, while Shadow Bee Douluo agreed to help for his daughter’s sake and Shrek’s resistance. As the Federation’s deadline neared, Turbid World was outside Shrek City with Wu Zhangkong and Long Bing trying to stop him from going back.

• Wu Zhangkong and Long Bing discussed Turbid World's refusal to leave Shrek and considered asking Shadow Bee Douluo for help.
• Wu Zhangkong recalled how his relationship with Long Bing had led to a fight between Turbid World and Shadow Bee, leaving him badly injured and prompting him to leave Shrek.
• Long Bing called Shadow Bee Douluo, who set out to meet Passionate Douluo and saw Turbid World's defection as a way to weaken Shrek's resolve.
• The Federation reinforced its blockade of Shrek as invited powerhouses, including Huo Yuhao, arrived.
• Huo Yuhao saw Turbid World trying to return to Shrek City while Wu Zhangkong and Long Bing tried to dissuade him and another person mocked him.

Turbid World was tricked into leaving Shrek City, then pressured to abandon his resistance and consider Wu Zhangkong’s future. Shadow Bee’s probing made Turbid World reveal that Shrek had a trump card left by the Sea God, leaving him to realize he had become the Federation’s undercover agent.

• Long Bing admitted that she and the others had deceived Turbid World into leaving Shrek by faking Wu Zhangkong’s injury.
• Turbid World insisted that he could not abandon Shrek, while Shadow Bee warned that his defiance could damage Wu Zhangkong’s future.
• Xiong Jun urged Turbid World to build a bridge for Shrek from outside and tempted him with the prospect of watching Wu Zhangkong and Long Bing’s family grow.
• Shadow Bee challenged Turbid World about Shrek’s hidden defenses, and Turbid World accidentally revealed the Sea God’s trump card.
• A War God asked Turbid World to disclose Shrek’s plans, and Turbid World realized the Federation had effectively made him its undercover agent.

Turbid World revealed that Shrek Academy’s greatest advantage was its divine backing, though Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena reasoned that the power was restricted and likely drawn from the plane. The chapter ended with Turbid World explaining that some Shrek elders wanted to leave the Federation and carry out the Sea God’s Ten Thousand Year Plan.

• Turbid World admitted Shrek was at its weakest point in history but said its ties to the gods remained its greatest advantage.
• The Federation’s powerhouses grew wary of the possibility that Shrek still had a True God backing it, while Xiong Jun took comfort in Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena’s calm expressions.
• Gu Yuena asked Huo Yuhao what kind of divine power stood behind Shrek, and he judged that it was likely the plane’s power rather than a god freely acting in person.
• Shadow Bee concluded that Shrek’s divine protection had severe restrictions, since the academy had stayed on the defensive instead of negotiating with the Federation.
• Turbid World described Shrek’s divided factions and revealed that some hoped to leave the Federation and carry out the Sea God’s Ten Thousand Year Plan.

Turbid World revealed that the Sea God's ten thousand year plan could let Limit Douluos break through to God Rank, stirring both excitement and suspicion among the Federation forces. As the Federation prepared to confront Shrek Academy, Di Tian volunteered to face any True God who intervened, and Yu Guanzhi ordered Shrek to receive its final notice.

• Turbid World told Shadow Bee and the others that the Sea God's ten thousand year plan aimed to help Limit Douluos reach God Rank, while Huo Yuhao considered the plan risky and dependent on uncertain events.
• Shadow Bee warned that Shrek Academy could not be trusted to deliver godhood and questioned why the Sea God had not carried out the plan himself.
• Beast God Di Tian, Yue Tian Douluo Guan Yue, Vast Sea Douluo Chen Xinjie, Divine Brush Douluo Yu Guanzhi, and Fierce Wolf Douluo Dong Zi'an arrived with a large Federation force.
• Yu Guanzhi declared that the Federation's immediate mission was to punish Shrek Academy and ordered the forces to focus on that task rather than the ten thousand year plan.
• Di Tian explained the gulf between True Gods and mortals, then promised to handle any True God who tried to stop the Federation.
• Yu Guanzhi said the Federation had countermeasures against True Gods and ordered Shrek Academy to receive its final notice as the time limit expired.

Yun Ming rejected the Federation’s ultimatum and prepared to defend Shrek City, while former Sea God Pavilion Elder Cao Dezhi challenged Guan Yue to spare him from attacking his old academy. Yun Ming relinquished his Pavilion Master token and used the Golden Tree’s power to become a True God at the cost of his life, then confronted the Federation’s forces.

• Yun Ming told the Sea God Pavilion Elders that they could choose whether to leave, while he would take responsibility for Shrek’s resistance.
• Cao Dezhi declared that he would settle his debt to Shrek, then challenged Guan Yue to a duel outside the city; the two fought in their respective domains.
• Yun Ming gave the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to Long Yeyue and warned her not to continue the Sea God’s plan or add another stain to Shrek’s name.
• Yun Ming fused with the Golden Tree’s power and became a True God, knowing the transformation would consume the tree’s origin and likely cost him his life.
• Yun Ming appeared above Shrek City and challenged the Federation’s forces to face him.

Di Tian used the Heart of the Dragon God to empower his Four-Word Battle Armor and reach God Rank, allowing him to face Yun Ming without interference from the plane. Their battle began with Yun Ming’s Spear of Divine Consciousness, but Di Tian’s immense Spiritual Consciousness blocked it.

• Di Tian explained that Yun Ming had temporarily reached God Rank by burning his incomplete Divine Position, while privately reflecting on the tribulation that kept him from becoming a god.
• Gu Yuena gave Di Tian the Heart of the Dragon God and urged him to win; he merged it into his Four-Word Battle Armor, gaining the power to fight at God Rank.
• Xiong Jun explained that the divine tool had elevated Di Tian’s Battle Armor, and Gu Yuena told Huo Yuhao how its power concealed Di Tian from the plane’s punishment.
• Divine Brush Douluo and Dong Zi'an went to secure Shrek Academy while the other powerhouses watched Yun Ming and Di Tian prepare to fight.
• Yun Ming and Di Tian exchanged vows of respect and anticipation before Yun Ming opened the battle with a Spear of Divine Consciousness aimed at Di Tian’s mind.
• Di Tian repelled Yun Ming’s spiritual attack with his powerful Spiritual Consciousness and struck back with a fist that swallowed the divine and spiritual power on the Atlas Spear.

Yun Ming and Di Tian fought an evenly matched battle of gods, testing their power while Di Tian gradually gained control. Huo Yuhao left the spectators and appeared on Sea God Island, where he spotted Cai Yue'er as he searched for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

• Yun Ming realized Di Tian's immense Spiritual Consciousness made him difficult to attack spiritually, then focused his power into a piercing spear thrust.
• Di Tian countered Yun Ming with his Ultimate Darkness and Black Dragon Sword, and the two began clashing high above the city.
• Yun Ming and Di Tian held back to study each other's divine power, but Di Tian gradually increased the pressure as Yun Ming's reserves ran low.
• Huo Yuhao concluded that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was likely at Shrek Academy and used the Power of Space to travel there.
• Turbid World questioned Gu Yuena about Huo Yuhao's destination, and she told him that Huo Yuhao wanted to test his strength against Shrek's people.
• Huo Yuhao arrived on Sea God Island and saw Cai Yue'er.