Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Chen Tian, the consciousness and Heavenly Dao of Huaxia Star, steers his planet through space while searching the cosmos. He discovers Douluo Star and the Divine Realm nearby, then turns his attention toward them.
• Chen Tian observes major events on Douluo Continent: Bibi Dong argues that Spirit Hall should capture Xiao Wu, a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, while Tang San and Xiao Wu say goodbye outside the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Chen Tian’s vast divine power sweeps across Douluo Star. The Asura God detects it and tries to locate its source, but Chen Tian breaks through his divine power, causing an explosion that shakes Slaughter City.
• A mysterious screen appears above both Douluo Star and Huaxia Star. The Asura God attacks it with the Asura Sacred Sword, but his strike passes through without causing damage. The screen’s origin remains unknown.
• The screen reveals Douluo Star as a sphere, then shows Huaxia Star speeding toward it. Chen Tian, meanwhile, decides to approach Douluo Star and meet its inhabitants.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Tian is confident, playful, and dismissive of Douluo’s powers. He admires Bibi Dong, mocks Tang San, and treats the journey toward Douluo Star like an exciting race.
• The Asura God reacts with anger and wounded authority when he cannot identify or damage the divine presence and mysterious screen. Tang Chen, possessed as the King of Slaughter, investigates the explosion by pursuing escaped criminals.
• The Evil God King and God King of Goodness discuss the immense power they sense near the Divine Realm. The Goodness God King calmly rules out the other God Kings as its source.
• Bibi Dong presses the Spirit Hall leadership to help capture Xiao Wu, while Tang San and Xiao Wu share a tender farewell.
• Douluo’s Soul Masters first marvel at seeing their world from space, then panic as Huaxia Star appears to be heading straight for them.

Significant themes

• Overwhelming, unfamiliar power: Chen Tian’s strength exceeds what Douluo’s gods can detect or resist.
• The limits of established authority: The Asura God’s failed attack unsettles confidence in divine power.
• Cosmic perspective and discovery: Seeing Douluo Star as a planet transforms its inhabitants’ understanding of their world.
• Impending danger and uncertainty: The approaching Huaxia Star and unexplained screen leave Douluo’s people facing an apparent catastrophe.

Key plot points and events

• Douluo Star’s inhabitants learn that their continent is part of a planet—and that another world, Huaxia Star, is heading toward them. The revelation shocks people across the planet.
• Qian Daoliu confirms that Douluo is spherical, lending credibility to the images. Yu Xiaogang initially dismisses them as a lie.
• A voice announces a comparison between the two planets, with rewards for the winner. Huaxia Star’s citizens and Douluo’s factions alike become confident that they will prevail.
• The announced comparison categories include the strongest individual, Martial Soul, theory, civilization, faction, and Soul Beast. People from several major factions immediately claim that their own champions or specialties will win.
• The first actual category is unexpectedly announced: the lifespan of ordinary people on each planet. Even the Evil God King questions why this matters.

Character developments

• Qian Daoliu shifts from stunned observer to accepted authority on the planetary revelation, and quietly enjoys his followers’ praise as Douluo’s strongest Soul Master.
• Yu Xiaogang quickly reverses himself: after calling the revelation impossible, he welcomes the comparison once he hears it may bring rewards.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Spirit Hall’s leaders display confidence in their sect’s Martial Soul, sword, and champion.
• Bibi Dong privately considers herself Douluo’s greatest prodigy, while Tang Hao boasts that the Clear Sky Hammer will rank first.
• Tang San doubts his father’s confidence and instead trusts his own hidden weapons; Xiao Wu enthusiastically reinforces his belief in himself.
• Oscar jokes about Yu Xiaogang’s sudden change of heart and considers how he might benefit from Ning Rongrong.

Significant themes

• Pride and rivalry: Both planets’ inhabitants assume they have the advantage before the contest even begins.
• Status and self-image: Characters use the coming comparison to promote their own abilities, factions, and achievements.
• Opportunism and comedy: Yu Xiaogang’s abrupt change of position—and Oscar’s reaction—provide humor amid the cosmic crisis.
• The unexpected: The first contest is not about combat or power, but ordinary people’s lifespans, challenging everyone’s assumptions about what makes a planet superior.

Character interactions

• Spirit Hall’s leaders discuss the revelation, with Qian Daoliu’s account persuading them that the images are genuine; they then praise him as Douluo’s strongest.
• Yu Xiaogang’s reversal amuses Oscar, who privately mocks his lack of consistency.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin each assert the superiority of their own strengths, while Bibi Dong privately measures herself against Qian Daoliu.
• Tang Hao encourages Tang San to trust the Clear Sky Hammer, but Tang San favors his hidden weapons; Xiao Wu supports Tang San without reservation.
• The Evil God King reacts skeptically to the lifespan category, echoing the general surprise at the comparison’s first subject.

Summary

The Sky Screen begins its first planetary comparison: the average lifespan of mortals. The gods dismiss the subject as unimportant and focus instead on how to claim Huaxia Star’s resources. On Douluo Continent, however, Spirit Hall and many Soul Masters believe their world is sure to win. They credit Martial Soul awakenings and Soul Master longevity for improving ordinary people’s lives, and take pride in Spirit Hall’s efforts.
Bibi Dong wonders whether the comparison includes Soul Masters, while Qian Daoliu boasts that Spirit Hall’s work has helped ordinary people live to at least fifty or sixty. Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang are likewise confident: Tang San calls the result Douluo Star’s first victory, and Yu Xiaogang tells the Shrek Seven Devils that Spirit Hall’s influence has raised the continent’s average lifespan. Many people also assume that Douluo Star’s Soul Master society must outlive Huaxia Star.
Huaxia Star’s leaders expect their own planet to fare better. Council members Xuan Yuan Tian and Shen Nong point to its widespread access to medical care and its peaceful, prosperous society. Chen Tian, who steers the planet, is especially dismissive of Douluo Star’s living conditions.
The Sky Screen reveals that Douluo Star’s average mortal lifespan is 67 years. Spirit Hall’s leaders are pleased, and Tang San and Yu Xiaogang take the figure as confirmation that Douluo Star will win. But Huaxia Star’s leaders regard 67 years as shockingly low. The final reveal overturns everyone’s expectations: Huaxia Star’s average mortal lifespan is 1,458 years. Yu Xiaogang is left stunned and wonders whether the Sky Screen made a mistake.

Character developments and interactions

• Spirit Hall leaders, especially Qian Daoliu, take pride in their contribution to ordinary people’s lives, though their confidence rests on a relatively modest lifespan.
• Tang San sees Douluo Star’s longevity as proof of its superiority and shares his optimism with Xiao Wu; Xiao Wu supports him and identifies increasingly with humanity.
• Yu Xiaogang confidently explains Spirit Hall’s supposed impact to the Shrek Seven Devils, only to have his certainty collapse after the comparison.
• Huaxia Star’s leaders discuss their society’s strengths, with Shen Nong offering a more measured view than Xuan Yuan Tian. Chen Tian is dismissive of Douluo Star, and the Sky Screen’s result appears to vindicate Huaxia Star’s advantage.

Significant themes

The chapter contrasts pride with evidence, as Douluo Star’s people mistake Soul Master culture and Spirit Hall’s efforts for proof of exceptional living standards. It also highlights the gods’ disregard for ordinary mortals, setting their priorities against the planetary comparison, and builds its central dramatic reversal around the vast disparity between the two worlds.

Key plot points and events

• The Sky Screen reports that ordinary people on Huaxia Star live an average of 1,458 years, stunning the Shrek Seven Devils and viewers across Douluo Star.
• Yu Xiaogang rejects the figure as a fabrication, backed by Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun. Zhu Zhuqing asks why everyone on Huaxia Star could not be a Titled Douluo, while Ning Rongrong challenges the assumption that their world must work like Douluo Star. Yu angrily insists his theories are unquestionable and that Douluo Star is perfect.
• The Sky Screen begins explaining why ordinary people on Douluo Star die young: Soul Masters abuse their power, while noble families and factions control advancement and exploit commoners. It shows examples of violence, coercion, and murder.
• Spirit Hall’s leaders are shaken. Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong blame their own weakness for failing to control Soul Masters, though the Sky Screen’s criticism of the social order prompts denial from Yu Xiaogang.
• Oscar recognizes the oppression shown as part of his own childhood, including the exploitation that led to his parents’ deaths. Zhu Zhuqing connects the nobility’s cruelty to her own constrained fate and wonders whether Huaxia Star offers a different life.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Tang Hao, and the gods show little concern for ordinary people’s suffering. Tang San and Tang Hao defend Soul Masters’ privilege, while the gods dismiss mortals as insignificant.

Character developments and interactions

• Yu Xiaogang’s certainty turns defensive and authoritarian when Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing question him; he dismisses evidence that threatens his worldview.
• Zhu Zhuqing moves from skepticism toward hope that another society might offer freedom from her predetermined fate. Oscar’s faith in the nobility is shaken as his memories conflict with what he has been taught to admire.
• Spirit Hall’s leaders acknowledge their inability to restrain powerful Soul Masters, but their response centers on their own institutional strength.
• Tang San’s indifference, encouraged by Xiao Wu’s admiration and Tang Hao’s approval, exposes how privilege shapes their view of exploitation. The gods’ apathy reinforces the distance between divine rulers and mortals.

Significant themes

• Power and exploitation: Soul Masters and nobles use their status to dominate ordinary people, making everyday life dangerous.
• Ideology versus evidence: Yu Xiaogang clings to his theories and idealized image of Douluo Star even as the Sky Screen presents counterexamples.
• Privilege and moral blindness: Tang San, Tang Hao, and the gods treat inequality as natural or irrelevant.
• Possibility of another world: Huaxia Star’s reported longevity becomes a symbol of hope—and a challenge to the belief that Douluo Star’s social order is inevitable.

Key plot points and events

• After the sky screen exposes poverty and exploitation on Douluo Star, ordinary people across the continent express anger and despair. Huaxia Star’s citizens and leaders condemn Douluo’s treatment of its people.
• The screen begins comparing the causes of the two worlds’ different average lifespans. Its first explanation is that Huaxia Star has eliminated hunger and malnutrition.
• Douluo’s leaders and Soul Masters are astonished or skeptical. Spirit Hall’s leaders debate whether the claim could be true.
• Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and several Shrek students dismiss the claim as impossible, arguing that feeding an entire planet’s population is beyond reach. Zhu Zhuqing remains cautiously hopeful.
• The screen then shows Huaxia’s vast wheat fields, where the plants are extraordinarily large, hinting at the means behind its food abundance.

Character developments

• Shen Nong reacts with particular indignation, reflecting his commitment to feeding Huaxia’s population.
• Qian Daoliu shows measured skepticism, noting that Douluo’s limitations do not prove Huaxia’s claim false.
• Yu Xiaogang doubles down on his confidence, treating the claim as foolish boasting and making an extravagant wager.
• Tang San assumes that if he could not solve hunger, nobody could—revealing his self-assurance and tendency to measure others against his own abilities.
• Ning Rongrong shows unexpected concern for ordinary people, while Zhu Zhuqing remains open to the possibility of a Huaxia “miracle.”

Significant themes

• The chapter contrasts Huaxia’s prosperity with Douluo’s hunger, inequality, and exploitation.
• It emphasizes food security as a basic foundation of health and longevity, rather than presenting lifespan as a purely mysterious or supernatural matter.
• The reactions expose Douluo’s limited perspective and the danger of assuming that what one society cannot achieve is impossible everywhere.

Character interactions

• Huaxia’s councilors Xuan Yuan Tian and Shen Nong jointly criticize Douluo’s treatment of ordinary people.
• Spirit Hall’s leaders discuss the claim, with Bibi Dong suspecting bias and Qian Daoliu urging open-mindedness.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang lectures the students and Ning Rongrong supports him; Zhu Zhuqing questions their certainty.
• Tang San confidently dismisses the claim to Xiao Wu, who agrees with him.

Plot points and events

• The screen reveals Huaxia Star’s vast fields of Giant Wheat, astonishing people across Douluo Star. The crop is three to four meters tall and represents the result of generations of agricultural research and seed selection.
• The screen explains that a single stalk can feed an adult for a year, and that using the whole plant provides enough food for two adults. Giant Wheat is presented as a cornerstone of Huaxia Star’s success in ending hunger.
• Huaxia Star’s people praise Shen Nong, whose research produced the crop; Chen Tian also credits it as a major influence on the planet’s development.
• On Douluo Star, ordinary people and farmers respond with awe, hope, and envy, seeing Giant Wheat as a possible solution to poverty and hunger.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang denies that the footage is real, apparently to avoid fulfilling his wager to eat a wooden house. Ning Rongrong regrets missing the spectacle, while Zhu Zhuqing wonders whether Huaxia Star has also overcome oppression.
• Tang San likewise denounces the screen as fabricated and persuades Xiao Wu and Tang Hao to doubt it.
• In the Divine Realm, the gods dismiss research into mortal food as a waste of resources and regard hunger as an ordinary fate for mortals. The next revelation on the screen begins to command their attention.

Character developments and interactions

• Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong are shaken into recognizing how little they know about the wider universe; Bibi Dong voices the idea that there are always greater worlds and people beyond one’s own.
• Shen Nong is affirmed as a celebrated contributor to Huaxia Star, while Chen Tian expresses respect for the research he supported.
• Yu Xiaogang doubles down on denial to protect himself from the consequences of his boast. The Shrek Seven Devils watch him skeptically, especially Ning Rongrong.
• Zhu Zhuqing shifts from wonder at the crop to concern about whether Huaxia Star has also solved social injustice.
• Tang San uses confident accusations to shape the views of Xiao Wu and Tang Hao, echoing Yu Xiaogang’s refusal to accept the screen.
• The gods, led by Asura and Destruction, reveal their contempt for mortal needs; their shared arrogance is challenged when the screen’s next point captures their attention.

Significant themes

• Food security and technology: Long-term research can transform agriculture and make hunger solvable.
• Inequality and perspective: The crop’s abundance inspires hope among ordinary people but indifference among gods who have never faced hardship.
• Knowledge versus denial: Some characters revise their assumptions, while Yu Xiaogang and Tang San reject evidence that threatens their pride or interests.
• The limits of status and experience: Even powerful leaders are humbled by unfamiliar advances, while the gods’ elevation has left them detached from mortal life.

Plot points and events

• The Sky Screen declares that people on Huaxia Star live longer because everyone is born equal, with no one—including gods—above others.
• The gods are outraged by the claim. The Asura God King proposes destroying Huaxia Star when it approaches Douluo Star, and the gods support him.
• On Douluo Star, the scenes of Huaxia Federation life inspire commoners and low-ranking Soul Masters. They see a society without nobles, exploitation, or oppression and begin imagining a fairer world.
• The Sun Moon Continent’s people are similarly stirred by the idea that they could build an equal society of their own.
• The Sky Screen explains that all Huaxia citizens have equal status and protected rights.
• Spirit Hall’s leaders feel ashamed by the comparison. Yue Guan urges Spirit Hall to pursue Huaxia’s example, and the leadership—including Bibi Dong—embraces it as a goal.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang attacks the idea of equality, arguing that ordinary people cannot govern and that Huaxia’s fairness may be a façade. Ma Hongjun and Oscar agree. The chapter ends as the Sky Screen begins to reveal another explanation for Huaxia’s long lifespans.

Character developments and interactions

• Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall’s leaders move from shame at their shortcomings toward renewed ambition, seeing the Huaxia Federation as a model.
• Yue Guan strongly champions equality and inspires Spirit Hall’s leadership to pursue a more perfect society.
• Zhu Zhuqing visibly longs for the life shown on Huaxia Star.
• Yu Xiaogang rejects the system, appealing to hierarchy and doubts about ordinary people’s abilities; Ma Hongjun and Oscar echo his skepticism.
• The gods react with hostility rather than curiosity, treating equality as an insult to their status and agreeing to destroy Huaxia Star.

Significant themes

• Equality versus hierarchy: The chapter contrasts Huaxia’s equal citizenship with Douluo’s noble privilege and Soul Master dominance.
• Hope and social awakening: Seeing another way of life gives oppressed people a vision of change.
• Power resisting reform: The gods’ response shows how those at the top may defend their status through violence.
• Competing interpretations: Spirit Hall sees equality as an ideal to pursue, while Yu Xiaogang dismisses it as impractical or deceptive.

Summary

• The equality system is reaffirmed: Huaxia Star’s citizens and present-day Federation councilors take pride in their egalitarian society, which they credit to Chen Tian’s national policy. They contrast it favorably with Douluo Star’s class system. Chen Tian agrees that equality makes Huaxia a better society, but clarifies that it is not the true reason its ordinary citizens live so long.
• The Sky Screen reveals its third explanation for Huaxia’s longevity: Every person on Huaxia Star can become a Soul Master. The claim shocks observers across Douluo Star, who doubt that a society could provide Soul Rings for an entire population when Soul Beasts are limited.
• Spirit Hall leaders debate the claim: Ghost Douluo argues that universal Soul Master status is impossible because there would not be enough Soul Beasts. Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu initially agree, but Qian Daoliu points out that the Sky Screen’s previous claims—including Huaxia’s thousand-year average lifespan—have seemed credible. His reasoning leaves the group waiting for further evidence.
• Yu Xiaogang dismisses the revelation: At Shrek Academy, he insists the Sky Screen is fabricating its claims and tells the Seven Devils that ordinary people have no chance to become Soul Masters. Ning Rongrong shows some doubt, while Oscar and Ma Hongjun—despite being common-born Soul Masters themselves—also reject the idea.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu echo that skepticism: Tang San calls Huaxia’s equality system and universal Soul Master access fake, revealing his attachment to upper-class privilege. Xiao Wu agrees with him without hesitation. Tang Hao wants to challenge them but cannot find a convincing response.
• The wider population remains doubtful but hopeful: People across both continents question whether those with no innate Soul Power could ever become Soul Masters. Still, many quietly wish the claim were true.
• The Soul Beasts are skeptical too: Di Tian declares the claim impossible, worrying about the consequences for Soul Beasts. Bi Ji suggests Huaxia might nevertheless possess powers that could improve their future. Di Tian becomes interested in the possibility of visiting Huaxia, especially as it approaches Douluo Star.

Character developments and themes

The chapter contrasts Huaxia’s confidence in equality with Douluo Star’s entrenched skepticism and hierarchy. Tang San’s rejection is tied not just to disbelief but to his desire to preserve privilege; Yu Xiaogang likewise uses his authority to insist the claim is false. Meanwhile, Qian Daoliu, Ning Rongrong, and Bi Ji show greater openness to unfamiliar possibilities. The central tension is between limited opportunity and universal potential, with the chapter ending on anticipation as Huaxia Soul Masters begin sharing their own stories.

Key plot points and events

• The Sky Screen reveals that Huaxia Star’s population consists of Soul Masters, including people with ordinary or supposedly “useless” Martial Souls—and even six-year-old children with Soul Rings.
• The people of Douluo Star are stunned, particularly those who were previously unable to become Soul Masters. Spirit Hall’s leaders accept that Huaxia Star may truly have billions of Soul Masters and recognize the danger of its combined power and resources.
• Bibi Dong orders Spirit Hall to monitor Huaxia Star and record everything, while Qian Daoliu warns that contact could spell disaster for the five Douluo Stars.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang denounces the Sky Screen and Huaxia Star, insisting that its Soul Masters are not legitimate. Zhu Zhuqing questions his expertise; Oscar points out that Huaxia Star is approaching, so the truth may soon be verifiable.
• Tang San privately resents Huaxia Star’s success and dismisses its people, while Xiao Wu tries to reassure him that the report might be false. Tang San readily adopts that explanation.
• The Sky Screen declares Huaxia Star the winner of the ordinary-lifespan comparison and grants it the Everlasting Longevity trait and access to the Universal Virtual World Exchange Forum.

Character developments and interactions

• Spirit Hall: Bibi Dong shifts from skepticism to strategic concern, treating Huaxia Star as a potential ally while ordering close surveillance. Qian Daoliu voices the threat it could pose.
• Yu Xiaogang: His confidence and authority are undermined when the evidence contradicts his claims. He reacts defensively and angrily.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar: Zhu Zhuqing openly doubts Yu Xiaogang’s credibility; Oscar’s practical observation that Huaxia Star is approaching further unsettles him.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu: Tang San’s wounded pride turns into hostility toward Huaxia Star. Xiao Wu comforts him, and he clings to her suggestion that the report is fake. Tang Hao notices his son’s poor judgment but says little.

Significant themes

• Unequal development: Douluo Star’s people struggle to understand how Huaxia Star enables people with low or zero innate Soul Power to become Soul Masters.
• Evidence versus prejudice: The Sky Screen’s images challenge established assumptions, but Yu Xiaogang and Tang San respond with denial and contempt.
• Power and survival: Spirit Hall recognizes that Huaxia Star’s vast population of Soul Masters, combined with its resources, could overwhelm the Douluo Stars.
• Recognition and reward: Huaxia Star’s victory brings further advantages, suggesting that its prosperity and longevity will continue to grow.

Key plot points and events

• The Sky Screen reveals two rewards for Huaxia Star: Everlasting Longevity, which can extend every living being’s lifespan up to ten thousand years, and a Universal Virtual World Communication System, allowing people on two planets to connect and interact through their consciousness.
• The longevity effect renews the vitality of elderly Huaxia Star citizens, restoring strength to people near the end of their lives. Chen Tian confirms that the change comes from within them.
• Huaxia Star’s citizens explore the virtual world and are amazed by it. Councilor Zhurong becomes so excited that his flames flare up, prompting Xuan Yuan Tian to warn him not to burn the planet.
• On Douluo Star, factions and individuals envy the longevity reward and hope their world will receive something comparable. Spirit Hall elders, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Yu Xiaogang all express confidence in Douluo Star’s prospects.
• Tang San vows to Xiao Wu that he can defeat Huaxia Star and promises they will remain together forever. Tang Hao privately worries about his son’s arrogance.
• Having learned to use the virtual-world forum, Chen Tian sends links toward Douluo Star, intending to give it a shock.

Character developments and interactions

• Di Tian initially assumes Huaxia Star must have slaughtered countless Soul Beasts, revealing his anger and concern for his kind. Bi Ji reasons that Huaxia Star may create Soul Rings artificially, and Xiong Jun backs her up; Di Tian then worries that their brethren might instead be enslaved.
• Chen Tian recognizes the longevity reward’s effects and prepares to use the communication system to reach Douluo Star.
• Zhurong’s impulsive enthusiasm for research is played for humor, while Xuan Yuan Tian and the other councilors react with familiar exasperation and laughter.
• Douluo Star’s leaders and factions respond to Huaxia Star’s advantages with a mixture of envy, hope, and competitive bravado. The Shrek Seven Devils are less convinced by Yu Xiaogang’s confidence, and Oscar privately questions whether he truly measures up.

Significant themes

• Mortality and renewal: Extended life represents a powerful reward, especially to those already old or aspiring to immortality.
• Competition and insecurity: Douluo Star’s people try to reassure themselves that they can still rival Huaxia Star, even as its advantages unsettle them.
• Technology and connection: The virtual system promises contact across worlds, opening a new channel between the planets.
• Duty and compassion: Di Tian’s concern for Soul Beasts reflects his responsibility as their Beast God.

Key plot points and events

• As Douluo Star’s gods object to Huaxia Star’s reward of boundless longevity for mortals, Chen Tian sends a link to the Virtual World Communication Forum into the minds of people across Douluo Star.
• The gods try to intercept his divine power but fail to locate or stop it. Douluo’s Soul Masters eagerly log in, hoping to meet people from Huaxia Star.
• Bibi Dong has Spirit Hall’s senior members join so they can learn about the other planet.
• The Evil God King proposes that the gods gather intelligence for a coming war. Their plans are derailed when they realize Chen Tian did not invite any of them to the forum.
• Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Xiao Wu eagerly enter the virtual world. Shrek’s students worry Yu Xiaogang may provoke Huaxia Star, while Tang San boasts that he will win its people over. Tang Hao quietly laments his son’s behavior.
• The Sky Screen announces the next comparison: the strongest support Martial Soul of the two planets.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Tian demonstrates his power and control by connecting ordinary people across Douluo Star while bypassing its gods.
• The Douluo gods are exposed as both powerless to stop him and dismissive of mortals. The God Kings of Goodness and Evil even endorse destroying mortals rather than allowing them boundless life. The Evil God King shifts from rage to a call for preparation, then erupts again when excluded from the forum.
• Bibi Dong responds pragmatically, using the forum to investigate Huaxia Star.
• Yu Xiaogang is consumed by excitement, prompting Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar to worry that he will provoke a conflict.
• Tang San displays his usual arrogance, with Xiao Wu encouraging him; Tang Hao’s resignation underscores his disappointment in his son.

Significant themes

• Divine arrogance versus mortal worth: the gods resent a benefit intended for mortals and treat ordinary life as expendable.
• Power and helplessness: Chen Tian’s effortless action humiliates the gods and leaves them unable to control access to the new connection.
• Curiosity versus hubris: many Douluo residents seek knowledge, but Yu Xiaogang and Tang San approach the encounter with combative confidence.
• Communication as a path to conflict: the forum promises contact between worlds, yet the gods already frame the connection as preparation for war.

Plot and key events

• After the Sky Screen announces a comparison of support Martial Souls, Ning Fengzhi confidently expects the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to win for Douluo Star.
• Ning Fengzhi and other powerful figures from Douluo Star log into a new Virtual World Forum. People from both planets soon gather there, and Chen Tian organizes them into separate groups while enabling communication between them.
• Yu Xiaogang declares that the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda is unquestionably the strongest support Martial Soul. Ning Fengzhi, Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and others support his claim.
• A Huaxia Star participant then reveals an offensive Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, shocking Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and the other Douluo Star participants. Yu Xiaogang calls it fake, but his authority is undermined.
• The Sky Screen settles the matter: Douluo Star’s strongest support Martial Soul is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, while Huaxia Star’s is the Shennong Cauldron. The comparison begins.

Character developments and interactions

• Ning Fengzhi starts out certain of victory but is stunned when he sees Huaxia Star’s offensive Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Yu Xiaogang gains broad support as an authority, then reacts defensively when confronted with evidence that challenges his assumptions.
• Ning Rongrong and Tang San back Yu Xiaogang and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, while Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu also endorse his expertise.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong support Ning Fengzhi’s confidence, then share his shock at the rival pagoda.
• Chen Tian manages the cross-planet forum, enabling the exchange that exposes Douluo Star’s limited expectations.

Significant themes

• Pride versus uncertainty: Douluo Star’s confidence is challenged by unfamiliar abilities from Huaxia Star.
• Knowledge and authority: Yu Xiaogang’s reputation is tested when his claims encounter contradictory evidence.
• Cross-cultural exchange: The virtual forum brings the two planets into direct contact, revealing both similarities and surprising differences.

Key plot points and events

• The Sky Screen reveals that Huaxia Star’s strongest support Martial Soul is the Shennong Cauldron, not the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. This astonishes Soul Masters on Douluo Star, who assumed the Nine Treasure Pagoda would be unmatched.
• Bibi Dong tries to preserve Yu Xiaogang’s reputation, arguing that he is only Douluo Star’s leading Martial Soul researcher. At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang begins taking notes on the Nine Treasure Pagoda and promises to investigate it—and possibly help Ning Rongrong improve hers.
• The Sky Screen explains that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda can evolve into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda through the immortal herb Aromatic Silk Beauty. It can amplify allies’ abilities and, with a different Soul Ring combination, function as an offensive Martial Soul.
• Ning Fengzhi is thrilled by the possibility of evolution and orders a widespread search for the herb. Ning Rongrong is more captivated by the Pagoda’s potential as a weapon.
• Yu Xiaogang insists that the Pagoda could never be offensive. The Sky Screen directly contradicts him, showing Li Jing using a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to crush a hundred-meter mountain. Yu Xiaogang is left shaken and unable to maintain his confidence.
• The chapter ends as the Sky Screen begins introducing the Shennong Cauldron, describing it as a force that spreads bounty and nourishes life.

Character developments and interactions

• Yu Xiaogang doubles down on his claims despite his earlier embarrassment, then loses confidence when the Sky Screen demonstrates the Pagoda’s offensive power.
• Ning Rongrong shifts from skepticism about Yu Xiaogang to imagining how powerful her own Pagoda might become.
• Ning Fengzhi sees the immortal herb as an opportunity to strengthen the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and mobilizes its resources to find it.
• Bibi Dong continues defending Yu Xiaogang, while Golden Crocodile Douluo privately sees her support as excessive. Qian Daoliu views the revelations as a sign of an era-changing transformation.
• The Shrek Seven Devils connect the name “Shennong” to the creator of Giant Wheat, anticipating a connection between the Cauldron and Shen Nong.

Significant themes

• Knowledge challenged by new evidence: Yu Xiaogang’s confidence in his theories falters as the Sky Screen exposes what he does not know.
• Innovation and transformation: The Pagoda’s evolution and offensive use show that Martial Souls can develop beyond their familiar roles.
• Ambition and discovery: The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Shrek group respond to the revelations with plans, curiosity, and hope.

Key plot points and events

• The Sky Screen shifts from the evolved Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to Huaxia Star’s Shennong Cauldron, an ancient bronze Martial Soul radiating life-giving energy.
• Huaxia Star citizens explain that the cauldron can reconstruct and improve plants and animals. It has produced giant crops and helps Soul Beasts reproduce safely, with their offspring growing faster.
• The Sky Screen reveals that the Shennong Cauldron can also evolve Martial Souls: it repairs flaws, unlocks new abilities, and vastly expands their potential.
• In the demonstration, Shen Nong uses the cauldron to nourish Soul Masters’ Martial Souls. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolves into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Spirit Hall’s leaders recognize the implications and fear that Huaxia Star could produce vastly more powerful Soul Masters. Bibi Dong wonders whether the cauldron could even solve the problems associated with Twin Martial Souls.
• The gods, especially the God King of Goodness and the Life God King, covet the cauldron and argue that it should belong to them. Their interest adds another motive for attacking Huaxia Star.
• The chapter ends by hinting that the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts have noticed another power of the cauldron.

Character developments and interactions

• Ning Fengzhi is astonished that the evolved pagoda can attack as well as support. Chen Xin and Gu Rong joke that such a powerful pagoda could make their support roles unnecessary.
• Qian Daoliu proposes that the cauldron might promote Martial Soul evolution; the Sky Screen’s demonstration confirms his suspicion.
• Bibi Dong moves from amazement to apprehension, imagining how the cauldron could strengthen Huaxia Star and possibly address Twin Martial Soul difficulties.
• The gods shift from curiosity to open greed, with the Life God King’s argument persuading the others that they should seize the treasure.

Significant themes

• Transformation and potential: Martial Souls are not fixed; flaws can be repaired and abilities greatly expanded.
• Power and competition: The cauldron could dramatically alter the balance between Huaxia Star and Douluo Star.
• Greed and control: Mortal leaders and gods alike respond to the treasure’s benefits with fear or a desire to possess it.
• Life and renewal: The cauldron’s influence extends beyond combat, supporting crops, creatures, and reproduction.

Key plot points and events

• After seeing the Shennong Cauldron awaken Martial Soul potential, Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts wonder if its power can also benefit Soul Beasts.
• The Sky Screen names Shen Nong the “Life God” of Soul Beasts. It shows the Shennong Cauldron spreading green energy through a vast forest, accelerating Soul Beasts’ growth and reproduction and even evolving their bloodlines.
• The revelation amazes Douluo Star’s residents and makes the Divine Realm gods covet the Cauldron. They declare Shen Nong a threat and put him on their list of targets.
• People speculate that the Cauldron’s power may explain why everyone on Huaxia Star is a Soul Master. Bibi Dong doubts that Soul Beast growth alone could supply enough Soul Rings and returns to the virtual forum to investigate.
• Huaxia Federation councilors praise Shen Nong, who modestly credits the Creation God. The Sky Screen then declares Huaxia Star the winner and awards the Cauldron wielder ten Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, along with the Shen Nong Domain for Huaxia Star.

Character developments and interactions

• Di Tian, Bi Ji, and Xiong Jun move from curiosity to hopeful admiration, imagining how the Cauldron could strengthen Soul Beasts and increase their numbers.
• Yu Xiaogang is shaken by another challenge to his Martial Soul Theory but throws himself into recording and studying the evidence. Liu Erlong encourages and supports him.
• Zhu Zhuqing privately hopes the Cauldron could further evolve her Nether Civet Martial Soul, freeing her from dependence on the White Tiger.
• Ma Hongjun argues that the Cauldron might cure the remaining flaws in his Evil Fire Phoenix; Dai Mubai disagrees, insisting he still needs an Immortal Herb.
• Ning Rongrong is astonished that the Cauldron can affect Soul Beasts as well as Martial Souls.
• Bibi Dong sees Shen Nong’s importance but suspects another, more decisive factor explains Huaxia Star’s widespread Soul Master status.
• The Huaxia councilors tease Shen Nong for his humble, flattering response, while he credits the Creation God.

Significant themes

• The Cauldron represents life’s power to foster growth, reproduction, and evolution—not merely improve Martial Souls.
• Its benefits inspire hope among Soul Beasts and Soul Masters, but also provoke fear and envy among the Divine Realm gods.
• The chapter contrasts Douluo Star’s astonishment with Huaxia Star’s confidence, while leaving the true reason for Huaxia Star’s universal Soul Master status unresolved.

Key plot points and events

• The Sky Screen announces that the Shen Nong Domain will bless all of Huaxia Star, prompting intense curiosity on both Huaxia and Douluo Stars.
• The blessing takes effect: a green light envelops Huaxia Star, strengthening its people and transforming the planet’s life force. Soul Masters and Soul Beasts sense changes to their Soul Power, bloodlines, and even Martial Souls.
• Chen Tian, observing from space, recognizes that Huaxia Star is undergoing a profound transformation—almost as if its laws of life have changed.
• The gods of the Divine Realm are startled by the planet’s surging life force. The Life God King is astonished, while the Destruction God King senses that Huaxia Star may suppress his power—and that destroying it might benefit him.
• Shen Nong discovers that the blessing has transformed the Shennong Cauldron. Empowered by his ten hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings, he believes it can now advance Martial Soul Evolution into a second stage.
• He demonstrates the cauldron at a Martial Soul Awakening hall, enveloping newly awakened children in green light. Their Soul Power testing crystal shines brilliantly, leaving observers waiting to see what the cauldron has accomplished.

Character developments

• Shen Nong gains a deeper understanding of the transformed cauldron and grows confident enough to demonstrate its new potential.
• Chen Tian realizes that the Domain is changing Huaxia Star on a fundamental level, expanding his understanding of its power.
• Yu Xiaogang becomes intensely absorbed in the phenomenon, recording observations for his Martial Soul Theory and hoping to find a way to improve his own Martial Soul.
• Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar begin reconsidering their own cultivation paths in light of what they can learn from Huaxia Star.
• The Destruction God King becomes intrigued—and potentially dangerous—after sensing the benefits he might gain from destroying Huaxia Star.

Significant themes

• Evolution and transformation: The Domain affects individuals, their abilities, and the planet itself.
• Knowledge and adaptation: Characters across both worlds study Huaxia Star’s changes for insights into their own powers.
• Power and danger: The blessing inspires wonder, but its immense force also attracts the attention of the gods and may create new threats.

Character interactions

• People across Huaxia Star react collectively to the Sky Screen’s announcement and feel the blessing’s effects.
• On Douluo Star, Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall’s senior members speculate about the Domain, while the Shrek Seven Devils and Yu Xiaogang study it for practical lessons.
• Chen Tian observes the planet’s evolution from space, while the Divine Realm gods watch from afar and react with alarm.
• Shen Nong presents the transformed cauldron to the newly awakened children, drawing the attention of viewers on both planets.

Key events

• Shen Nong demonstrates that the awakening miracle can be repeated: everyone undergoing a Martial Soul awakening on Huaxia Star receives Innate Full Soul Power. The feat excites Huaxia’s Soul Masters, leaders, and even Spirit Hall figures on Douluo Star.
• Shen Nong’s influence appears to herald a golden age for Huaxia Star. As its potential rises, Chen Tian senses his own power growing and accelerates Huaxia Star toward Douluo Star.
• Yu Xiaogang collects Huaxia Star’s Martial Soul research, hoping it will advance his own work and help him evolve.
• Shen Nong also uses the Shennong Cauldron’s power on Soul Beasts. Emerald Swans evolve the Slaughter Domain, turning their healing abilities into a way to drain life from enemies.
• The Sky Screen concludes the demonstration and announces a new contest: compare the two planets’ strongest Martial Soul research. The winning researcher and their planet will receive rewards.

Character developments and interactions

• Huaxia Star’s councilors and federation speaker Xuan Yuan Tian openly praise Shen Nong, convinced he will strengthen their world.
• Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Qian Daoliu react with disbelief and longing, imagining what Shen Nong’s power could mean for Spirit Hall.
• Tang San envies Huaxia Star’s widespread Innate Full Soul Power and resents Shen Nong, whom he sees as a threat to his claim of exceptional genius. He vows to visit Huaxia Star and eliminate anyone stronger than himself. Xiao Wu continues to admire him, while Tang Hao privately questions Tang San’s shamelessness.
• Bi Ji is startled by the Emerald Swans’ newly revealed lethal potential. Di Tian comments on her change, and Xiong Jun panics when he suspects she may use him as a test subject.

Significant themes

• Power and progress: Shen Nong’s abilities promise sweeping development for Huaxia Star and provoke envy elsewhere.
• The limits of genius: Tang San’s identity as a rare talent is undermined by a world where Innate Full Soul Power can become commonplace.
• Unexpected duality: The Emerald Swans’ evolution blurs the boundary between healing and killing.
• Competition and ambition: The upcoming research comparison sets up a contest over knowledge as well as power.

Chapter 18 Summary

Key plot points and events

• The Sky Screen announces a comparison of the strongest Martial Soul theories, drawing the attention of the Ferocious Beasts and Spirit Hall.
• Bi Ji and Di Tian reconsider whether human research might be valuable, particularly after recalling how the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda gained offensive power. Curious, they log on to the Virtual World Forum to ask Huaxia Star’s people about its research.
• Spirit Hall’s leaders remember Yu Xiaogang’s work on topics such as Soul Ring limits and Martial Soul classifications. Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo identify him, and Bibi Dong confirms that he has real ability and is a leading Martial Soul researcher on Douluo Star.
• Yu Xiaogang hears the announcement and assumes it must concern him. Convinced that no one on Huaxia Star can surpass him, he boasts that his “Three Martial Soul Laws” and years of research are superior to their achievements.
• He challenges Huaxia Star on the Virtual World Forum. Its people eagerly accept, while legislators in the Tianjing Federation prepare to let the Sky Screen expose the difference in their knowledge.
• The Sky Screen begins the contest, naming Yu Xiaogang and his Ten Martial Soul Laws as the first subject—despite Yu Xiaogang having referred to “Three” laws.

Character developments and interactions

• Bi Ji and Di Tian move from dismissing human research to genuine curiosity, prompted by the transformed support-type Martial Soul.
• Spirit Hall’s leaders collectively recognize Yu Xiaogang’s reputation, while Bibi Dong’s response suggests his name carries personal emotional weight for her.
• Yu Xiaogang displays considerable confidence—and apparent arrogance—by challenging an entire world of researchers before seeing their work.
• Huaxia Star’s people respond to his provocation with enthusiasm, treating the challenge as an opportunity to demonstrate their education.
• Xuan Yuan Tian restrains his colleagues from directly attacking Yu Xiaogang, preferring to let the Sky Screen reveal the truth.

Significant themes

• Intellectual pride versus evidence: Yu Xiaogang trusts his reputation and theories, while the coming comparison will test them.
• The value of research: The beasts’ curiosity and Spirit Hall’s recognition show that Martial Soul theory can influence how people understand and use their abilities.
• Knowledge and education: Huaxia Star’s citizens are ready to answer because Martial Soul Theory is part of their schooling.

• Yu Xiaogang steps forward: The Sky Screen announces Yu Xiaogang’s “Ten Ultimate Martial Soul Theories,” prompting factions across Douluo Star to take notice. His Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan feels a guarded pride, while ordinary people hope he can answer Huaxia Star’s earlier display—though many distrust his extravagant confidence.
• Huaxia Star awaits his work: Ning Fengzhi and his advisers question whether Yu can match Huaxia Star’s level. Chen Xin identifies the weakness in his approach as a lack of humility. Huaxia’s forum users respond politely but skeptically, while Chen Tian expects Yu’s challenge to end in embarrassment.
• The theories are revealed: The list includes claims about innate Soul Power and Martial Soul quality, Martial Soul mimicry, limits on Soul Ring absorption age, and Soul Power accumulating beyond the Soul Ring bottleneck. Yu immediately boasts that no one can rival his theories.
• Huaxia Star is unimpressed: Its people ridicule the ideas as elementary and far below what they expected from a planet’s leading research. Their disappointment reinforces the view among Huaxia officials that Douluo Star is intellectually stagnant. Chen Tian likewise dismisses Douluo’s prospects.
• The gods take the opposite view: Douluo’s gods praise Yu as a rare talent, focusing less on the substance of his theories than on his confidence in confronting Huaxia Star. They quietly decide to give him special support.
• Other Douluo figures remain doubtful: Bibi Dong questions whether the theories can win, and Qian Daoliu judges them crude by Huaxia’s standards. The chapter ends as the first response to Yu’s challenge appears.
  Character developments and interactions: Yu’s self-assurance grows into open mockery of Huaxia, while Huaxia’s observers shift from anticipation to contempt. Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Bibi Dong, and Qian Daoliu voice reservations; in contrast, the gods rally behind Yu, treating his boldness as a source of hope for Douluo.
  Themes: The chapter contrasts confidence with genuine expertise, exposes the gap between the two planets’ levels of knowledge, and shows how different expectations shape judgment. Yu’s boastful challenge also creates dramatic irony: the gods see a champion, while Huaxia sees an embarrassment.

Key plot points and events

• Huaxia Star citizens flood Yu Xiaogang’s Virtual World Exchange Forum and ridicule his Martial Soul theories as elementary and outdated.
• Yu Xiaogang reacts with anger and insults the critics, insisting that he is Douluo Star’s foremost researcher and that his work represents a lifetime of study.
• His outburst becomes a public spectacle. Chen Tian, the federal councilors, and the Shrek Seven Devils watch as his reputation crumbles.
• Leaders across Douluo Star begin questioning Yu Xiaogang’s credibility. Ning Fengzhi decides to bring Ning Rongrong home, since her Martial Soul has already evolved and Shrek Academy has little more to offer her.
• Spirit Hall’s leaders and the Star Dou Great Forest’s Ferocious Beasts also follow the debate, eager to judge Huaxia Star’s research.
• The Sky Screen announces Huaxia Star’s leading Martial Soul researcher: Councilor Frightening Confucius. His immense, muscular build surprises Douluo Star’s viewers, who mistake him for a combat-focused Soul Master.

Character developments and interactions

• Yu Xiaogang shifts from pride in the Sky Screen’s praise to furious defensiveness when challenged. His insults make him appear unstable and weaken others’ confidence in him.
• Ma Hongjun bluntly warns Yu Xiaogang to check the forum; Oscar and Ning Rongrong back him up. The Shrek Seven Devils then watch the confrontation unfold.
• Ning Fengzhi becomes increasingly doubtful of Yu Xiaogang and prioritizes Rongrong’s safety, asking Chen Xin to bring her home. Chen Xin agrees, anticipating upheaval on the continent.
• Chen Tian enjoys Yu Xiaogang’s collapse, while officials, Spirit Hall leaders, and Di Tian assess what Huaxia Star’s knowledge may reveal.
• Frightening Confucius is introduced through a striking contrast: a scholar’s face atop a powerful, heavily muscled body.

Significant themes

• Expertise versus reputation: Yu Xiaogang’s title and self-confidence are tested against public criticism and Huaxia Star’s apparent superior knowledge.
• Humility and intellectual openness: His refusal to engage calmly makes him look less credible, while others begin reconsidering what they thought they knew.
• Knowledge as power: Martial Soul theory is presented as a source of strength and influence, and Huaxia Star’s arrival promises to disrupt Douluo Star’s established order.
• Appearances can mislead: Confucius’s physique confounds expectations about what a scholar and researcher should look like.