Chapter Summaries

After Qian Gu Dongfeng died, Gu Yue took power in the Spirit Pagoda alongside Qiangu Dieting, while Cao Xin remained at Shrek. Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan went to visit Gu Yue, but Di Tian met them and led them away after sensing Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King bloodline.

• More than a dozen Parliament members vanished, and Qian Gu Dongfeng died without leaving a body, frightening the Federation’s surviving leaders.
• Qiangu Dieting returned to the Spirit Pagoda and announced he would take charge, but Gu Yue arrived with Di Tian and secured the six Ferocious Beast seats and enough committee votes to share power.
• Cao Xin learned that Gu Yue had become vice pagoda master, while Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan went to Spirit Pagoda Headquarters to request a visit with her.
• Di Tian met the three in the lobby and sensed the Golden Dragon King bloodline within Tang Wulin, but refrained from seizing him because he feared Cao Xin’s family.
• Di Tian told Tang Wulin and his companions to follow him, and they entered the elevator with him.

Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan visited Gu Yue at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, but she treated them as mere classmates and they left awkwardly. That night, Ah Yin asked Gu Yue to help her take revenge, but Gu Yue refused because helping her would risk a confrontation with Cao Xin.

• Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Tang Wulin met Gu Yue in her office and congratulated her on becoming the Spirit Pagoda's deputy pagoda master.
• Gu Yue answered Tang Wulin's hesitant greeting coldly, and the three visitors left without resolving their awkward reunion.
• Xie Xie remarked that Gu Yue seemed like a completely different person as they left Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.
• Ah Yin came to Gu Yue's office late that night and demanded revenge, but Gu Yue refused to involve the Soul Beast clan in her personal grievance.
• Di Tian suggested joining forces with Ah Yin, but Gu Yue rejected the idea, citing the threat posed by Cao Xin.

Cao Xin accepted nominal positions as Glory Hall Master of the War God Temple and Honorary Councilor of Parliament after both groups sought his support. After reassuring Tang Wulin about Gu Yue, Tang Wulin entered a strange golden space during meditation and encountered Old Tang.

• Nangong Yi and several war gods apologized to Cao Xin and persuaded him to become the War God Temple's Glory Hall Master in name only.
• Pan Wen invited Cao Xin to serve as a Federation councilor, and Cao Xin accepted the honorary position without routine duties.
• Tang Wulin told Cao Xin he feared Gu Yue's role in the Spirit Pagoda might cause trouble, and Cao Xin reassured him.
• While meditating after visiting Cao Xin, Tang Wulin found himself in a boundless golden space and saw Old Tang appear.

Tang San revealed to Tang Wulin that he was his birth father and explained why Wulin had been left on the Douluo Continent. Tang Wulin struggled to accept the revelation and asked Tang San for time to process it.

• Tang San appeared before Tang Wulin in the star-filled void and told him that Tang Ziran and Lang Yue were his adoptive parents.
• Tang San revealed that he was Tang Wulin’s birth father, the Sea God and Asura God, and named his mother as Xiao Wu and his older sister as Tang Wutong.
• Tang San explained that the Golden Dragon King had infused its destructive essence into the newborn Tang Wulin, so he placed eighteen seals on him and left him in the mortal world.
• Tang San told Tang Wulin that Tang Wutong had left him the Golden Dragon Spear and that his family missed him.
• Tang Wulin felt that Tang Ziran and Lang Yue were his real parents and asked Tang San to give him time.

After Tang San claimed to be his biological father, Tang Wulin struggled to accept it and asked Cao Xin how to find proof. Cao Xin sent him to Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin reached Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, where Di Tian refused to let him see her.

• Tang San's fading apparition told Tang Wulin to take care of himself before vanishing, leaving Tang Wulin awake and questioning whether Tang San was truly his father.
• Tang Wulin told Cao Xin about Tang San's claim, the Golden Dragon King bloodline, and the eighteen seals.
• Cao Xin suggested that Gu Yue, the Silver Dragon King, could explain whether Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King power was connected to Tang San.
• Tang Wulin went to Spirit Pagoda Headquarters to see Gu Yue, but Di Tian told him she was busy and refused to let him through.
• Tang Wulin realized Di Tian might know something about the Golden Dragon King.

Tang Wulin asked Gu Yue about the Golden Dragon King bloodline within him, and Di Tian brought him to her after his outburst disrupted the Spirit Pagoda. Gu Yue examined Tang Wulin and discovered a seal within him, while their powers resonated and revealed the purity of his bloodline.

• Tang Wulin told Di Tian he wanted to ask Gu Yue about his Golden Dragon King bloodline, and Di Tian's aura caused chaos in the Spirit Pagoda before Qiangu Dieting calmed everyone.
• Di Tian took Tang Wulin to the top floor and questioned him, but Tang Wulin said he did not know where his bloodline came from.
• Gu Yue asked Tang Wulin where he had heard of the Golden Dragon King, and he refused to reveal that Tang San had told him.
• Gu Yue examined Tang Wulin with her Soul Power, causing his Golden Dragon King aura to emerge and making Di Tian instinctively recoil.
• Gu Yue's seven-colored light answered Tang Wulin's golden radiance, and she detected a seal within him.

Gu Yue told Tang Wulin that he was the Golden Dragon King, but her explanation only deepened his confusion about his identity. After Tang Wulin recounted the conversation to Cao Xin, Cao Xin advised him that he did not need to believe either Gu Yue or Tang San.

• Gu Yue identified Tang Wulin as the Golden Dragon King and explained that they were the two halves of the Dragon God, while Di Tian greeted the revelation with respect.
• Overwhelmed by the competing claims about his origins, Tang Wulin left the Spirit Pagoda without Gu Yue stopping him.
• Di Tian asked why Gu Yue had let Tang Wulin go, and she said he might recover his memories as he broke through more seals.
• Tang Wulin returned to Shrek Academy, found Cao Xin beneath the Golden Ancient Tree, and told him everything Gu Yue had said.
• Cao Xin said Tang Wulin might have been the Golden Dragon King in a past life, then told him he did not need to believe either explanation.

Tang Wulin set out to find his parents and encountered an Evil Soul Master attack on a train, where he fought alongside conductor Mo Lan. Shrek Academy, the Tang Sect, and the Federation suppressed the attacks, enraging the Ghost Emperor in the Far North.

• Cao Xin urged Tang Wulin to find Tang Ziran and Lang Yue to learn the truth about his identity, and Tang Wulin decided to return to Aolai City to ask Mang Tian where they were.
• Evil Soul Masters attacked Tang Wulin's Soul Guidance Train, and he and Mo Lan worked together to defeat them.
• Cao Xin recognized Mo Lan's appearance as a correction of destiny after learning about the train attack.
• After Pan Wen ordered the army on combat readiness, Cao Xin sent Shrek students to assist, while Zang Xin ordered the Tang Sect to support the Federation.
• Shrek and the Tang Sect helped cut Evil Soul Master attacks by more than half in two weeks, prompting the Ghost Emperor to curse them for disrupting his plans.

After Shrek and the Tang Sect crippled the Holy Spirit Cult’s operations on the Douluo Continent, the Demon Empress went to the Dou Ling Continent to gather materials for the Blood River God-Slaying Array. Three months later, the array activated, and Cao Xin sensed the catastrophe from Shrek City.

• The Ghost Emperor ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to abandon exposed bases and suspend operations against Shrek and the Tang Sect.
• The Demon Empress decided to gather the remaining materials on the Dou Ling Continent, where Shrek had no presence and no Limit Douluo could oppose her.
• The Demon Empress sacrificed cities across the Dou Ling Continent, killing tens of millions and feeding their lives and souls into the array beneath the continent.
• Three months later, the Blood River God-Slaying Array activated, turning the skies over the Dou Ling Continent bloodred and staining the night above Shrek City.
• Cao Xin used the Destiny Law’s resonance to see what was happening on the distant continent and realized that the Demon Empress had gone there.

Cao Xin arrived on the Dou Ling Continent to stop the Demon Empress from using the Blood River God-Slaying Array to become a god through tens of millions of sacrifices. After rejecting her offer to rule the world together, he faced her attempt to force her ascension and raised the Ruthless Sword.

• Cao Xin appeared over the ruined Dou Ling Continent and sensed the Blood River God-Slaying Array feeding the Demon Empress with sacrificed lives.
• Cao Xin summoned a continent-spanning snowfall that restored the blood-stained land and slowed the array.
• The Demon Empress attacked Cao Xin with a colossal blood-red hand, and he met it with a sword strike that split the sky between blood-red and silver-white.
• The Demon Empress offered to share power and rule the Douluo Plane with Cao Xin, but he rejected her and said she was not worthy.
• The Demon Empress poured the array's remaining energy into herself to force her ascension, and Cao Xin raised the Ruthless Sword as its four-season radiance bloomed.

Cao Xin shattered the Demon Empress’s Blood River God-Slaying Array and stopped her forced ascent toward godhood. After condemning her slaughter of tens of millions, he faced her full, furious attack as the battle continued.

• Cao Xin used the Four Seasons Cycle to destroy the Blood River God-Slaying Array, causing the Demon Empress’s elevated aura to collapse.
• The Demon Empress transformed into a half-human, half-beast form and attacked Cao Xin, but he dodged and cut through her afterimages.
• Cao Xin confronted the Demon Empress about seeking revenge on Tang San by killing tens of millions of ordinary people.
• The Demon Empress transformed into a gigantic whale and fired a dark-purple beam, which Cao Xin split with his sword.
• After Cao Xin called her a coward, the Demon Empress unleashed beams from every scale and charged at him as he readied the power of the four seasons.

Cao Xin defeated the Demon Empress, then tracked down and destroyed the Holy Spirit Cult Headquarters in the Far North. With the Ghost Emperor and the cult gone, he left the Federation’s future to Parliament and Shrek Academy’s Inspection Corps.

• Cao Xin killed the Demon Empress, whose final thoughts returned to the deep sea and a figure from her past.
• Cao Xin found the Holy Spirit Cult Headquarters beneath an ancient ice pit in the Far North.
• The Ghost Emperor fled as nine green-flamed skulls, but Cao Xin pursued and destroyed all nine with sword lights.
• Cao Xin obliterated the Holy Spirit Cult Headquarters and purified the resentment and blood energy trapped there.
• The sacrificed souls rose free as motes of light, and Cao Xin walked south, leaving the Federation’s future to Parliament and Shrek Academy’s Inspection Corps.

Tang San appeared in Tang Wulin’s Sea of Spirit and gave him a secret technique to contact Tang Hao, whom he said had vanished. Unsure whether to trust Tang San or Gu Yue, Tang Wulin kept the technique unused, then learned his parents were safe on the Dou Ling Continent and traveled there to find them.

• Tang San told Tang Wulin that Tang Hao was the Plane Lord and that he could no longer sense or contact him, then left a secret technique for Tang Wulin to use if he reached the Spirit Domain Realm.
• Tang Wulin stored the technique without deciding whether to use it and asked Cao Xin for advice.
• Cao Xin told Tang Wulin that Tang Ziran and Lang Yue were safe on the Dou Ling Continent and arranged a Tang Sect ship to take him there.
• Two months later, Tang Wulin reached the Dou Ling Continent, where Tang Sect branch members led by Li Wenzhe were waiting to take him to his parents.

Tang Wulin traveled with Li Wenzhe and the Tang Sect disciples to Spiritwave City, where his bloodline led him to his parents inside the local Spirit Pagoda. Li Yunche warned that the tower concealed a secret weapons research facility, so Tang Wulin agreed to wait while they investigated.

• Tang Wulin rode toward Spiritwave City and observed the Dou Ling Continent's sparse, underdeveloped landscape.
• Tang Wulin sensed his parents' bloodline connection upon arriving in Spiritwave City and followed it through the streets.
• Tang Wulin reached the city's Spirit Pagoda and realized his parents were beneath it.
• Li Yunche stopped Tang Wulin from entering and explained that the tower held a secret underground facility researching high-powered weapons.
• Li Yunche proposed investigating the facility before attempting entry, and Tang Wulin agreed to wait.

Tang Wulin learned that his parents had been imprisoned in the Spirit Pagoda’s underground research facility, where the Spirit Pagoda was cooperating with Evil Soul Masters. Li Wenzhe led a Tang Sect raid to rescue them, and Tang Wulin secretly followed as the battle turned against the raiders.

• Li Wenzhe told Tang Wulin that the Spirit Pagoda had deceived his parents into traveling to the Dou Ling Continent and imprisoned them in its Spiritwave City research facility.
• Li Wenzhe revealed that Evil Soul Masters, including Soul Sages or stronger, were involved in the facility’s research, and Tang Wulin agreed to stay behind during the rescue.
• At midnight, Li Wenzhe led twenty Tang Sect Soul Masters in a simultaneous assault on the Spirit Pagoda’s three entrances.
• Hua Tao confronted the raiders in a corridor and called for help, summoning Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters who shifted the battle in the Spirit Pagoda’s favor.
• Tang Wulin secretly left the Tang Sect branch and arrived alone at the Spirit Pagoda.

Tang Wulin and Cao Xin rescued Tang Wulin’s parents from an underground laboratory beneath the Spirit Pagoda. Tang Ziran and Lang Yue survived three years of imprisonment and revealed they had been forced to develop weapons that spread wraiths.

• Tang Wulin rushed into the battle, but Hua Tao ordered the Evil Soul Masters to destroy the laboratory, and they fled underground while Hua Tao kept Li Wenzhe from following.
• Tang Wulin called for Cao Xin, who appeared and turned the Evil Soul Masters in the passage to ash; he told Tang Wulin that his parents were alive below.
• Cao Xin and Tang Wulin descended through the passage and found Tang Ziran and Lang Yue bound in the laboratory.
• Tang Wulin freed Lang Yue and learned from Cao Xin and Tang Ziran that the Spirit Pagoda had forced his parents to research Soul Guidance Shells that released wraiths across a wide area.
• Tang Ziran recognized Cao Xin as being from the Tang Sect, then rested his hand on Tang Wulin’s head and told him he had grown up.

Tang Wulin reunited with Tang Ziran and Lang Yue, then Cao Xin confronted Hua Tao and the Spirit Pagoda forces. Cao Xin killed Hua Tao and eliminated the Evil Soul Masters, leaving the Spirit Pagoda guards unconscious.

• Tang Wulin broke down in tears when Cao Xin placed a hand on his head, and Tang Ziran and Lang Yue followed them upstairs.
• Cao Xin emerged with Tang Wulin and his parents as Li Wenzhe and the opposing forces faced off in the corridor.
• Cao Xin identified himself as the Tang Sect's Young Sect Master and accused Hua Tao of working with the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Hua Tao attacked Cao Xin with blades of compressed air, but Cao Xin shattered them and hurled Hua Tao into the wall.
• Cao Xin killed Hua Tao with a silvery-white beam, then turned the Evil Soul Masters to ash and knocked the Spirit Pagoda guards unconscious.

After rescuing Tang Wulin’s parents and returning to Aolai City, Tang Wulin learned from Tang Ziran that he had been born without the Golden Dragon King’s essence. Tang Ziran affirmed that Tang Wulin was his son, leaving the essence’s true origin unknown.

• Cao Xin left the Spirit Pagoda with Tang Wulin and his parents, while Li Wenzhe stayed behind to oversee the cleanup.
• Tang Wulin accompanied Tang Ziran and Lang Yue home to Aolai City after their two-month voyage, then cleaned and restocked their house.
• Tang San appeared in Tang Wulin’s sea of spirit and urged him to use a secret technique to contact Tang Hao once his spiritual power reached the divine origin realm.
• Tang Wulin told Tang Ziran about Tang San’s claims, Gu Yue’s words, and the recent events on the Dou Ling Continent.
• Tang Ziran said Tang Wulin had been an ordinary newborn and that no Golden Dragon King’s essence had been inside him at birth.
• Tang Ziran reassured Tang Wulin that he was his son, though neither of them knew where the essence had come from.

The Abyssal Sage King shattered the seal between the Abyss Plane and the Douluo Continent, unleashing an invasion against the Blood God Legion. Cao Dezhi held the defensive line and confronted the Devil Emperor as the battle continued.

• The Abyssal Sage King broke the barrier sealing the Abyss Passage after deciding he could no longer wait.
• The seal shattered, and waves of abyssal creatures poured through the breach toward the Blood God Legion.
• Cao Dezhi arrived at the front, rallied the soldiers, and ordered them to hold their positions.
• The Devil Emperor crossed into the Douluo Continent, and his aura overwhelmed the soldiers with fear.
• Cao Dezhi attacked the Devil Emperor with the Ruthless Sword, and the two began a fierce battle on the frozen plain.

Cao Xin arrived at the Far North battlefield and killed the Devil Emperor after Cao Dezhi called for reinforcements. With the Devil Emperor gone, Cao Xin stayed to help Cao Dezhi fight the abyssal creatures pouring from the Abyss Passage.

• Cao Dezhi asked Zhang Huanyun to contact Parliament, Shrek, and the Tang Sect for reinforcements while he continued fighting the Devil Emperor.
• After receiving the urgent report, Cao Xin crossed from Sea God Pavilion to the Far North and struck the Devil Emperor with the Ruthless Sword.
• The Devil Emperor recognized Cao Xin as a god and fled toward the Abyss Passage, but Cao Xin pierced and destroyed him with a second sword strike.
• Cao Xin joined Cao Dezhi, who was wounded but steady, and agreed to stay while abyssal creatures continued pouring from the passage.
• Cao Xin unleashed silver-white sword light into the Abyss Passage, crushing the emerging creatures.