Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• After the Divine Realm meeting, Tang San suppresses his anger and leaves rather than challenge the God of Destruction, recognizing that he is outmatched and has lost the other God Kings’ support. Destruction shares control of the Divine Realm Center with the other three God Kings and removes Tang San from responsibility.
• Back in the Forest of Life, the Goddess of Life asks how Destruction learned that Tang Hao and Ah Yin were harming the plane consciousness—and why a statue of him stood on Douluo Star, despite neither God King having visited the mortal realm. Destruction explains that Chen Mo contacted him, though the origin of the ancient book’s knowledge remains a mystery.
• The plane consciousness takes refuge in Chen Mo’s Sea of Consciousness after Tang Hao is removed. Electrolux initially mistakes it for a hostile presence and attacks it, stopping only when Chen Mo explains who it is.
• Chen Mo warns that Tang San may retaliate eventually: the Divine Realm’s rules prevent Destruction from simply killing Tang Hao and Ah Yin, so their imprisonment may only provide a temporary reprieve.
• Chen Mo plans to grow strong enough to face a God King. Rather than inherit a godhood or become a Plane Master, he intends to create his own, a difficult path requiring immense strength, time, faith power, and plane resources.
• Before pursuing godhood, he plans a second awakening of his Jade-Eyed Three-Flower Pupils using the Body Sect’s body-tempering method. He asks the plane consciousness to gather faith power for him, and it agrees, then offers him the Golden Ancient Tree.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang San chooses restraint, but his defeat at the meeting leaves him sidelined and humiliated.
• The God of Destruction consolidates authority without taking complete control. He is briefly annoyed that the Goddess of Life nearly sided with Tang San, but they reconcile playfully over her promise to cook noodles.
• The Goddess of Life recognizes that Tang San manipulated her sense of filial duty and accepts her husband’s explanation about Chen Mo.
• Chen Mo shifts from immediate survival toward long-term preparation, committing to an exceptionally demanding path to self-created godhood and seeking help with his next breakthrough.
• The plane consciousness is recovering and feels safer with Chen Mo, but remains fearful of Tang San’s future power. It becomes both an ally and a potential resource for his plans.

Significant themes

• Power and political accountability: The God Kings redistribute authority and enforce limits on what Destruction can do to Tang Hao and Ah Yin.
• Preparation and ambition: Chen Mo responds to a looming threat by planning far ahead, aiming for strength beyond ordinary godhood.
• Trust and refuge: The plane consciousness seeks protection in Chen Mo’s mind, while his allies support one another despite uncertainty about the future.
• Manipulation and judgment: Tang San’s appeal to filial devotion nearly sways the Goddess of Life, exposing how good intentions can be exploited.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• The Plane Consciousness offers Chen Mo the Golden Ancient Tree, hoping to move it from Shrek Academy after Ah Yin’s arrest. The tree is the Douluo Plane’s Life Core and could greatly aid Chen Mo’s cultivation.
• The Plane Consciousness tries to take the tree, but a trident-shaped restriction left by Tang San repels it. It cannot remove the tree, but says it can secretly open a spatial rift and send Chen Mo inside. Concerned Tang San may be watching after the recent arrests, Chen Mo decides to wait before going.
• At the Clear Sky Sect, Da Ming tells Er Ming that Tang San’s parents, Tang Hao and Ah Yin, were discovered by the God of Destruction and taken to the Divine Realm for punishment. Tang San asks the two brothers to investigate the God of Destruction’s statue in the Douluo Plane.
• Xuan Zi, believing the Golden Ancient Tree enabled Ah Yin to consume the souls of past Sea God Pavilion Masters, attacks it in revenge. He cannot harm it and only injures his hands.
• After several days, Chen Mo claims he is entering secluded cultivation, goes to a hidden chamber, and asks the Plane Consciousness to send him to the Golden Ancient Tree.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mo balances his desire for the tree’s benefits against the danger of being discovered, choosing caution before finally proceeding.
• The Plane Consciousness is confident in its ability to bypass the tree’s protective restriction, though its strength is not sufficient to remove the tree outright.
• Da Ming is anxious and cautious; Er Ming is frustrated by the pair’s need to stay hidden and avoid fighting, but agrees to follow his brother’s warning.
• Xuan Zi’s devotion to Tang San shapes his interpretation of events: he refuses to believe Tang San could be involved and blames Ah Yin instead. His grief and anger toward the tree lead him to a futile attack.

Significant themes

• Power and safeguards: Tang San’s restriction protects the Golden Ancient Tree even from the Plane Consciousness.
• Loyalty and denial: Xuan Zi’s faith in Tang San prevents him from considering his ancestor’s possible responsibility.
• Caution amid danger: Chen Mo and the hidden Clear Sky Sect brothers act carefully to avoid drawing the Divine Realm’s attention.
• Sacrifice and exploitation: The revelation that the Sea God Pavilion Masters’ souls became nourishment for Ah Yin casts the tree—and Shrek’s legacy—in a troubling light.

Plot points and events

• Chen Mo reflects that the Golden Ancient Tree is central to Shrek and the Douluo Plane. He suspects Tang San manipulated Huo Yuhao during an earlier visit, using him to revive the Tang Sect.
• The Plane Consciousness teleports Chen Mo into the Golden Ancient Tree and hides his presence.
• Inside, Chen Mo finds the tree badly ravaged by Ah Yin’s long-term parasitism. Its consciousness is near death, and it cannot aid his cultivation.
• The Golden Ancient Tree explains that Chen Mo’s actions—bringing the God of Destruction to remove Tang Hao and Ah Yin—saved both it and the Plane Consciousness. Chen Mo asks to be called Xiao Mo and plans to cultivate there while the two keep watch.
• Learning that the tree needs Water of Life and gold of life to recover, Chen Mo produces both and begins treating it with the Blade of Life’s Watch.
• As he works, the blade’s power seems unusually strong. A hidden purple light disperses the trident mark on the tree, unnoticed by everyone.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mo shifts from intending to cultivate to prioritizing the tree’s recovery. He is practical and confident, but uncomfortable with the tree’s formal deference.
• The Plane Consciousness shows its gratitude and loyalty to Chen Mo, readily helping him and agreeing to support his safety.
• The Golden Ancient Tree is frail but grateful, regarding Chen Mo as its savior. Its near-hopelessness turns to renewed hope when he reveals the required materials.
• Chen Mo and the tree establish a more familiar relationship, with him insisting it call him “Xiao Mo.”

Significant themes

• Manipulation and destiny: Chen Mo suspects Tang San used Huo Yuhao’s status as the Child of Destiny to serve the Tang Sect’s revival.
• Ecological and cosmic consequence: Ah Yin’s exploitation of the Golden Ancient Tree weakened not only the tree but the plane itself, with possible effects on human lifespans.
• Restoration and gratitude: Chen Mo’s intervention offers the damaged tree a chance to recover, while highlighting the bonds formed through rescue and mutual aid.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Mo finishes a three-day treatment of the Golden Ancient Tree, using the Water of Life and the gold of life from his Blade of Life’s Watch. The tree’s injuries have improved, but the treatment nearly exhausts both resources.
• The Golden Ancient Tree says it will need several more treatments to fully recover. Chen Mo reluctantly lets it recover further while he cultivates, though he privately resents the cost.
• In the Divine Realm, Tang San reflects on his conflict with the God of Destruction, who removed his control of the Divine Realm Center and imprisoned his parents. He also muses about wanting a son and names his imagined future child Tang Wulin.
• Tang San summons Zhou Weiqing, the God of Devastation, hoping to recruit him against the God of Destruction.
• Zhou Weiqing is wary of being forced to choose sides. He defends his master’s plan to expand the Divine Realm and notes that the God of Destruction shared control of the Center with the other divine seats rather than keeping it for himself.
• Tang San is surprised by this, but prepares to argue that the God of Destruction’s actions are not as selfless as they appear. Before he can respond, he senses that someone has removed something he had placed in the Golden Ancient Tree.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mo shows concern for the Golden Ancient Tree but is also protective of his scarce resources. He agrees to continue helping, while begrudging the tree’s request for more treatment.
• The Golden Ancient Tree addresses Chen Mo deferentially and encourages him to cultivate there, while making clear that its recovery is incomplete.
• Tang San is revealed as politically calculating and resentful of losing authority. He uses his knowledge of mortal events to build support among the gods and tries to draw Zhou Weiqing into his struggle.
• Zhou Weiqing remains loyal to the God of Destruction and resists Tang San’s pressure without openly confronting him. He explains his master’s motives in a way that leaves Tang San’s recruitment attempt unresolved.

Significant themes

• Scarcity and obligation: Chen Mo’s aid is costly, and the Golden Ancient Tree’s recovery depends on repeated sacrifice.
• Political loyalty and manipulation: Tang San tries to exploit Zhou Weiqing’s position, while Zhou weighs personal loyalty against pressure from a powerful God King.
• Power and self-interest: The dispute over the Divine Realm Center exposes competing claims about who should wield authority and why.

Plot and key events

• Tang San notices that the restrictions he placed on the Golden Ancient Tree have been broken. He suspects the God of Destruction and becomes more determined to oppose him.
• Zhou Weiqing suggests that expanding the Divine Realm could benefit everyone. Tang San counters that a looming catastrophe makes it wiser to save the Divine Realm Center’s power, presenting himself as a defender of the realm while concealing his own self-interest.
• Tang San asks Zhou Weiqing to spy on the God of Destruction. Zhou agrees to consider it but refuses to act against his master.
• Tang San tries to sway him by claiming the God of Destruction dominates the Center’s decision-making and is acting recklessly. Zhou remains doubtful, remembering Tang San’s broken promise to help him inherit the Asura God position.
• After Zhou leaves, Tang San privately threatens him, then tries to inspect the Lower Realm again. A mysterious force blocks his divine sense.
• Meanwhile, the God of Lust reports seeing Zhou visit Tang San. The God of Destruction reacts angrily, while the Goddess of Life—who is cooking—wonders whether his complaint includes her.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang San presents himself as selfless and honorable, but his private thoughts reveal that he wants Zhou as a useful subordinate and is willing to manipulate or threaten him. His distrust of the God of Destruction deepens.
• Zhou Weiqing feels indebted to Tang San but remains loyal to the God of Destruction. His recollection of Tang San’s unfulfilled offer makes him especially wary.
• The God of Destruction is alarmed to learn of Zhou’s private meeting with Tang San and vents his frustration at those around him.
• The God of Lust discreetly observes and reports the meeting; the Goddess of Life provides a brief comic reaction to the God of Destruction’s outburst.

Significant themes

• Hypocrisy and manipulation: Tang San’s claims of honesty clash with his concealed motives and past broken promise.
• Loyalty versus obligation: Zhou struggles between gratitude to Tang San and loyalty to his master.
• Power and political control: The dispute over the Divine Realm Center and the push to monitor the God of Destruction reveal an escalating factional conflict.

Key plot points and events

• The God of Destruction suspects Tang San is trying to recruit Zhou Weiqing, his second-generation God of Devastation. He orders the God of Envy to finish his mission in the Lower Realm and bring back the retired Previous God of Devastation to investigate Zhou. If Zhou is loyal, Destruction intends to keep him as a trusted aide and reward him after the Divine Realm’s expansion.
• Two months later, Chen Mo has the Golden Ancient Tree moved from Shrek Academy to the Body Sect’s hidden realm. The Plane Consciousness discovers the tree’s restriction has disappeared, allowing it to leave; its Underground World and 108 Meditation Chambers are moved with it.
• Du Busi recognizes the tree and learns that Chen Mo brought it from Shrek. Though he doubts the Body Sect can use it, Chen Mo reveals that it has accepted him as its master and demonstrates his ability to activate it.
• Chen Mo explains that he became the child of the plane. Du Busi is impressed and proud. Chen then announces plans for his martial soul’s second awakening, and Du Busi agrees to prepare for it.
• Returning to the Academy, Chen Mo is immediately challenged by Ji Juechen to fight in the Soul Fighting Arena.
• At Shrek, Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin’er, and the elders discover that the Golden Ancient Tree has vanished and are stunned.

Character developments and interactions

• God of Destruction shows caution and political calculation: he investigates Zhou Weiqing rather than immediately condemning him, while keeping open the possibility of restoring the retired God of Devastation.
• Chen Mo demonstrates increasing influence and confidence. He has earned the Golden Ancient Tree’s allegiance, become the child of the plane, and is preparing for a major martial soul breakthrough.
• Du Busi shifts from scolding Chen Mo for sneaking away and taking Shrek’s tree to pride in his disciple’s new status. Their exchange is affectionate and teasing, though Du remains focused on Chen’s training.
• Ji Juechen remains eager to test himself against Chen Mo, springing a challenge on him as soon as he returns.
• Shrek’s senior figures are left bewildered by the tree’s disappearance, setting up likely conflict or fallout.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and suspicion: The God of Destruction must determine whether Zhou Weiqing can still be trusted.
• Power, inheritance, and belonging: The Golden Ancient Tree leaves Shrek and chooses Chen Mo, challenging assumptions about who can command sacred power.
• Mentorship and pride: Du Busi’s sternness gives way to pride as Chen Mo grows stronger.
• Consequences of ambition: The tree’s removal benefits the Body Sect but leaves Shrek’s leaders confronting a startling loss.

Plot points and events

• Ji Juechen confronts Chen Mo for a rematch, explaining that he had waited at the academy gates for Chen Mo to return from two months of seclusion.
• Ji opens with Seven Kills, a powerful sword technique he developed through practicing the Sword Art. Chen Mo counters with his newly created Light Shines on the Nine Provinces, using its light-based defense and spiritual attack to disrupt Ji before knocking him unconscious with a knife-hand strike.
• After Chen Mo’s victory, Huo Yuhao immediately challenges him, hoping to win before his exchange-student period ends. Chen accepts on the condition that Huo survive one move.
• Huo surrounds himself with layers of ice, but Chen shatters them and knocks him unconscious in a single attack. The system rewards Chen with 10,000 destiny points, more than usual for defeating Huo.

Character developments and interactions

• Ji Juechen has grown much stronger and more skilled, but his eagerness to fight Chen reveals how intensely he has anticipated the rematch. Despite his defeat, Chen helps carry him away.
• Chen Mo demonstrates how much he has advanced during seclusion, revealing a versatile new technique that can attack, defend, and fight at range. He remains confident and accepts Huo’s challenge without hesitation.
• Huo Yuhao is frustrated by the widening gap between himself and Chen and is desperate for one victory before leaving the academy. He tries to provoke Chen and exploit his recent fight, but is quickly defeated.
• Meng Hongchen and other spectators defend Chen, accusing Huo of challenging him unfairly. Bei Bei rushes to check on Huo after the fight. Jing Hongchen officiates Ji’s match and declares Chen the winner.

Significant themes

• Rapid growth and widening power gaps: Chen’s progress during seclusion leaves even formidable opponents unable to keep pace.
• Ambition and obsession: Ji’s constant search for opponents and Huo’s need to beat Chen show how deeply competition drives them.
• Confidence versus overconfidence: Chen’s bold one-move challenge is backed by overwhelming ability, while Huo’s confidence in surviving it proves misplaced.

Plot points and events

• Chen Mo studies the Body Sect’s secret method for triggering a body martial soul’s second awakening. The process stimulates a soul master’s potential and can raise the martial soul’s combat power; its four grades range from black iron to gold.
• Ju Zi warns Chen Mo that the Holy Spirit Cult is pressuring Crown Prince Xu Tianran to enlist Elder Kong to make them level-nine soul tools. Chen Mo recognizes the danger and asks his teacher, Jing Hongchen, to speak to Elder Kong and block the plan.
• Chen Mo returns to the Body Sect, where Du Busi begins his second awakening using the dangerous “Ultimate Impact Awakening” technique. The procedure requires uninterrupted, precisely controlled soul-power strikes against the body part linked to the martial soul.
• After a month of treatment, Chen Mo reaches a critical point in the awakening. Du Busi stops before further scouring risks damaging the martial soul, confident that his disciple may achieve an unprecedented awakening level.

Character developments

• Chen Mo is thoughtful and prepared, studying the awakening method before undergoing it. He also acts quickly and decisively when Ju Zi reveals the Holy Spirit Cult’s plans.
• Ju Zi continues to trust Chen Mo, sharing intelligence about Xu Tianran and the Holy Spirit Cult. Her earlier attempt to lure him into Xu’s camp instead developed into a close, affectionate bond.
• Du Busi demonstrates both his expertise and deep personal concern for Chen Mo by performing the risky awakening himself.
• Jing Hongchen takes the threat seriously and agrees to intervene with Elder Kong.

Character interactions

• Ju Zi privately informs Chen Mo about the Holy Spirit Cult’s new demand; Chen Mo reassures her that he will address it.
• Chen Mo reports the matter to Jing Hongchen, who promises to stop Elder Kong from making the soul tools.
• Du Busi guides Chen Mo through the awakening, while Chen Mo initially questions the lack of preparation but ultimately trusts his master.

Significant themes

• Power and risk: A second awakening offers tremendous potential but can destroy the martial soul—and possibly the soul master—if mishandled.
• Trust and loyalty: Chen Mo relies on Du Busi’s skill, while Ju Zi’s loyalty to Chen Mo overrides Xu Tianran’s manipulation.
• Preparation and responsibility: Chen Mo uses his research to prepare for a major personal trial and responds promptly to a broader political and military threat.

Key plot points and events

• Xu Tianran’s request for a Level 9 Soul Tool is rejected by Kong Deming, who warns him to watch his step. Xu suspects someone has exposed his secret cooperation with the Holy Spirit Cult.
• He orders Ju Zi to investigate those around him and kill any suspected traitors. After she leaves, he secretly orders the Shadow Guard to investigate Ju Zi as well.
• Xu asks about Ju Zi’s progress with Chen Mo and urges her to win Chen’s affection, promising rewards and a chance to personally avenge her father by killing Dai Hao.
• At the Body Sect, Chen Mo completes a forty-nine-day Martial Soul Second Awakening at the gold grade. His transformed Spiritual Power briefly overwhelms Du Busi with its presence.
• Chen tests his new power against his master. Their clash shows that his Spiritual Power is now comparable to Du Busi’s, though Du insists Chen still has years of practice before he can defeat him.

Character developments

• Xu Tianran grows increasingly suspicious and ruthless, seeing even Ju Zi as a possible threat despite relying on her.
• Ju Zi outwardly remains loyal, but her betrayal is already underway. Her feelings for Chen have become sincere: his concern recalls her late father, and she enjoys being close to him.
• Chen Mo emerges from awakening vastly strengthened and more confident, while remaining playfully modest.
• Du Busi is proud of Chen’s achievement but maintains their familiar teasing, competitive teacher–student relationship.

Significant themes

• Deception and divided loyalty: Xu manipulates Ju Zi, while Ju Zi conceals her true allegiance and emotions.
• Power and ambition: Xu’s political schemes contrast with Chen’s dramatic increase in personal strength.
• Trust and affection: Ju Zi’s growing attachment to Chen stands against Xu’s view of her as merely a tool.
• Mastery and growth: Chen’s awakening marks a major advance, but Du Busi emphasizes that power still requires training.

Character interactions

• Xu and Ju Zi exchange carefully managed words: she reassures him while hiding her betrayal, and he uses promises of vengeance to keep her obedient.
• Xu’s secret order against Ju Zi reveals that their relationship is built on mutual suspicion rather than trust.
• Chen and Du Busi test Chen’s new abilities through a playful but forceful spar, mixing affection, pride, and rivalry.

Summary

• The exchange program nears its end. The day before the students are due to return to Shrek, Bei Bei packs his things and reflects on his two and a half years at Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. Though he looks forward to seeing familiar friends, he feels reluctant to leave because he has not learned enough Soul Tool technology to rebuild the Tang Sect—and, above all, has still not found Tang Ya.
• Bei Bei’s longing for Tang Ya deepens. Exhausted by sleepless nights and demanding study, he wonders whether Evil Soul Masters have taken her. He convinces himself she must be alive and held as a hostage, and vows to find her and rebuild the Tang Sect with her.
• The Shrek students attend a farewell ceremony. Ye Xiaoyang, a fellow exchange student and Level 6 Soul Engineer, invites Bei Bei to help gather the group. At the academy square, Jing Hongchen delivers an extravagant speech praising the Shrek students’ achievements as the result of Sun Moon’s education, conveniently ignoring Shrek’s theft from the Illustrious Virtue Hall. Chen Mo recognizes the hypocrisy, while He Caitou, who had promised to act as Chen Mo’s informant, awkwardly avoids his gaze.
• Huo Yuhao remains determined to defeat Chen Mo. Frustrated that he has lost to Chen Mo in every contest over the past two and a half years, Yuhao is ready to challenge him again. Jing Hongchen’s rule against Soul Fighting challenges during the celebration forces him to hold back.
• The Holy Spirit Cult prepares an ambush. After learning that the exchange students will travel home the next day, Zhongli Wu orders four powerful subordinates—Wanhun, Abomination, Scorpion Tiger, and Crow—to intercept and kill both Shrek and Sun Moon students. He also wants Chen Mo captured, blaming him for the death of his wife, Feng Ling, despite knowing a mysterious Limit Douluo actually killed her. When warned that Chen Mo is Du Busi’s disciple and that the four attackers may not be enough, Zhongli Wu adds the recently recovered Long Xiaoyao to the mission.

Character developments and interactions

• Bei Bei is caught between hope for returning to Shrek and grief over Tang Ya’s disappearance; his determination to find her and restore the Tang Sect remains firm.
• Ye Xiaoyang acts as Bei Bei’s companion and encourages him to join the farewell gathering.
• Chen Mo and He Caitou share a tense, unspoken interaction shaped by Caitou’s secret role as Chen Mo’s informant.
• Huo Yuhao’s rivalry with Chen Mo has become an obsession, intensified by his repeated defeats.
• Zhongli Wu turns personal revenge and the Holy Spirit Cult’s losses into a broader campaign against Shrek, Sun Moon, and the Body Sect.

Significant themes

The chapter contrasts nostalgia and unresolved loss with the promise of a new journey. It also highlights rivalry, secrecy, and institutional hypocrisy, while the looming ambush creates tension around the students’ return and foreshadows conflict between the major factions.

Key plot points and events

• Three days before the exchange students are due back, Xuan Zi tells Yan Shaozhe to take Bei Bei and the others somewhere safe immediately after collecting them.
• Xuan Zi reveals his plan: disguised as an Evil Soul Master, he intends to attack the Sun Moon exchange students and provoke a conflict between the Sun Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult. Shrek would then avoid blame and benefit from the resulting chaos.
• Yan Shaozhe worries that the plan is dangerous and could destroy Shrek’s reputation if Xuan Zi’s involvement is discovered. He also raises the possibility that Du Busi, now a Limit Douluo, might intervene.
• Xuan Zi dismisses the concern, believing Du Busi will stay away, and argues that Shrek must weaken the Sun Moon Empire to protect its own standing and deter future war.
• Yan Shaozhe agrees to move Shrek’s returning students to safety and promises to protect Xiao Hongchen and the other Sun Moon students while they remain at the academy. Xuan Zi hints that he has recruited an unnamed helper.

Character developments and interactions

• Xuan Zi emerges as calculating and increasingly ruthless. He cloaks personal resentment and concern for Shrek’s prestige in claims about protecting continental peace, and is willing to sacrifice young students to achieve his aims.
• Yan Shaozhe initially questions the morality and risks of the scheme but ultimately yields to Xuan Zi’s authority. He remains confident in Bei Bei, Yuhao, and their teammates’ abilities.
• Their exchange highlights the power imbalance between them: Yan Shaozhe voices doubts, while Xuan Zi frames aggression as necessary strength and keeps key details secret.

Significant themes

• Power versus righteousness: Xuan Zi argues that strength and victory, not moral conduct, determine who is seen as righteous.
• Hypocrisy and self-interest: Shrek’s public ideals of peace and honor contrast with its past cheating and Xuan Zi’s planned assassination.
• Prestige, rivalry, and fear: Shrek’s concern over the Sun Moon Empire’s growing strength and possible retaliation drives the plot.
• Escalation toward conflict: The planned attack risks inflaming tensions between major powers and turning institutional rivalry into open violence.

Key plot points and events

• The system rewards Chen Mo for completing his mission to suppress Huo Yuhao, granting him major boosts to comprehension, physique, spiritual power, and endurance. It also awards him the Great Wilderness Prison Finger, a large piece of gold of life, and access to the Destiny Store.
• In the inheritance space, Chen Mo learns the Great Wilderness Prison Finger from a mysterious phantom, who teaches him the technique’s overwhelming move: “One finger imprisons heaven and earth!”
• Chen Mo explains the gold of life to Electrolux by falsely claiming the God of Destruction gave it to him as thanks for reporting Tang Hao and Ah Yin. Electrolux is excited, believing it can restore and potentially evolve Chen Mo’s Blade of Life’s Watch.
• Chen Mo browses the Destiny Store, finds its best items far beyond his budget, and spends 70,000 destiny points on medicinal herb seeds intended for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• In the Divine Realm, Tang San discovers that the faith power gathered for him is far less than expected. He blames the sea soul beasts and orders Sea God Douluo to intensify their forced religious indoctrination, dismissing warnings that the beasts may resist.
• Tang San senses that his ability to observe the Lower Realm has strengthened and decides he needs a new representative. He turns his attention to a black-robed figure.

Character developments

• Chen Mo gains a powerful new martial art and plans to use his new resources strategically, though he is frustrated by the Destiny Store’s high prices.
• Electrolux becomes hopeful that the gold of life may restore or advance Chen Mo’s weapon.
• Tang San is shown as increasingly authoritarian and self-serving: he treats worship as a debt owed to him and views resistance as betrayal.

Significant themes

• Power and its cost: Chen Mo’s strength grows through rewards, while Tang San seeks power through faith.
• Manipulation and deception: Chen Mo invents a convenient explanation for the gold of life; Tang San uses religious authority to control others.
• Entitlement and tyranny: Tang San’s belief that sea creatures owe him worship exposes the gap between his public image of justice and his private conduct.

Character interactions

• Chen Mo deceives Electrolux about the gold of life’s origin, while Electrolux responds with excitement and optimism.
• Tang San commands Sea God Douluo to pressure the sea soul beasts into worship. Though the subordinate raises concerns, he ultimately obeys.
• Tang San’s decision to seek a new Lower Realm representative sets up a likely confrontation or new scheme involving the black-robed figure.

Key events

• Xuan Zi waits near the Mingdou Mountains to ambush the Sun Moon exchange students, intending to make the Holy Spirit Cult take the blame.
• He discovers a large group of Evil Soul Masters, including Long Xiaoyao. Long refuses to follow the cult leader’s order to attack Shrek, saying he is only there to target the Sun Moon students.
• Yan Shaozhe and the other Shrek leaders wait along the exchange route to receive their students and leave quickly.
• Chen Mo spots suspicious figures on the mountainside from the approaching airship. He advises Jing Hongchen to call for military support and have Ye Yulin fire the Sun Moon Divine Needle before withdrawing.
• The Divine Needle obliterates much of the mountain and kills most of the hidden Evil Soul Masters. Xuan Zi and Long Xiaoyao escape, while Zhang Peng, Wanhun, Abomination, and Crow are injured.
• The blast alarms Yan Shaozhe and the others, who fear that Xuan Zi has attacked early—but Yan realizes the power behind it exceeds Xuan Zi’s abilities.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mo demonstrates sharp observation and tactical judgment, identifying the ambush before the airship reaches it and proposing a cautious response.
• Jing Hongchen trusts Chen Mo’s warning and acts quickly, while Ye Yulin carries out the decisive strike.
• Xuan Zi is startled to find the Holy Spirit Cult present and assumes Yan Shaozhe could not have betrayed him. He narrowly escapes the blast.
• Long Xiaoyao remains independent of the cult’s authority. His loyalty to Mu En’s request to protect Shrek from the shadows contrasts with his willingness to hunt the Sun Moon students.
• Yan Shaozhe remains vigilant and quickly questions the explosion’s source, recognizing that it could not have come from Xuan Zi.

Significant themes

• Deception and misattributed blame: Xuan Zi plans to frame the Holy Spirit Cult, but the ambush is interrupted before his scheme can unfold.
• Conflicting loyalties: Long Xiaoyao’s personal obligations and refusal to obey Zhongli Wu complicate the cult’s plans.
• Technology and overwhelming force: The Sun Moon Divine Needle changes the situation instantly, showing the devastating power of advanced soul tools.
• Caution under uncertainty: Chen Mo’s decision to verify danger, call for reinforcements, and strike from a distance prevents the party from blundering into the ambush.

Key plot points and events

• After firing the Sun Moon Divine Needle at an enemy ambush, Jing Hongchen’s group reaches the meeting site and exchanges students with Shrek Academy.
• Jing Hongchen confirms the attack. Yan Shaozhe worries about Xuan Zi but takes Bei Bei and the other Shrek students away immediately, following his agreement with Xuan Zi.
• Xiao Hongchen reunites with Chen Mo and complains about Shrek’s broken promise to let the exchange students visit the Underground World and its ineffective daily running exercises. Chen Mo knows the Underground World’s Golden Ancient Tree did disappear—because he stole it and took it to the Body Sect.
• Xuan Zi, forced to abandon his assassination attempt, is confronted by Ye Yulin. To conceal his identity, he uses Holy Spirit Banners and poses as an Evil Soul Master. Ye Yulin attacks him with Soul Tools and Soul Skills.
• As the Sun Moon group prepares to leave, a blast destroys their airship. Jing Hongchen identifies the attacker as Long Xiaoyao.

Character developments and interactions

• Xiao Hongchen is relieved to be reunited with Chen Mo, though he hides his hurt that Meng Hongchen did not come. Chen Mo explains he kept her away for safety.
• Yan Shaozhe is anxious about Xuan Zi and acts hurriedly, prioritizing the Shrek students’ escape.
• Xuan Zi shows that he will use sinister tools and disguise himself rather than risk revealing his identity.
• Jing Hongchen remains composed through the exchange, but becomes the students’ sole defender after Ye Yulin leaves to investigate.

Significant themes

• Deception and concealment: Xuan Zi disguises his intentions and identity; Shrek’s training promises and explanations are also questioned.
• Loyalty and protection: Chen Mo keeps Meng Hongchen away from danger, while both academies rush to safeguard their students.
• Moral hypocrisy: Xuan Zi justifies using objects associated with Evil Soul Masters by claiming his own cause is righteous.
• Rising danger: The failed ambush does not end the threat; Long Xiaoyao’s sudden attack leaves the Sun Moon party vulnerable.

Key plot points and events

• Yan Shaozhe rushes Bei Bei and the other Shrek students away from danger, but a spreading bank of storm clouds follows them.
• The clouds reveal Zhang Peng, the Scorpion Tiger Douluo and a Holy Spirit Cult member. He says he will spare Yan Shaozhe because of a promise to Mu En, but threatens the students.
• Xian Lin'er arrives and attacks Zhang Peng. The two powerful fighters clash, with Lin'er using her Azure Flame Dragon martial soul and a Level Eight Soul Tool Spear against Zhang Peng’s poisonous scorpion-tail attacks.
• While they fight, three more Holy Spirit Cult Titled Douluos—Crow, Myriad Souls, and Abomination—appear, intending to target the Shrek students.
• Yan Shaozhe realizes he cannot protect the students while facing all three enemies. Qian Duoduo and Cai Mei'er arrive as reinforcements, and Shaozhe sends up a signal flare to summon Xuan Zi.

Character developments and interactions

• Yan Shaozhe puts himself between the students and the attackers. Despite his confidence in Xian Lin’er, he recognizes that the ambush puts everyone in serious danger.
• Xian Lin’er responds fiercely to Zhang Peng’s threat and taunts. Their encounter also surfaces her unresolved history with Shaozhe: they were childhood sweethearts, but she ended their relationship because of his womanizing. She later married Qian Duoduo in name, though they have not lived as a true couple.
• Zhang Peng presents himself as bound by his old promise to Mu En, but uses that promise only to spare Shaozhe; he remains intent on attacking the students. He also deliberately provokes Lin’er to gain an advantage, particularly because he is already injured.
• Bei Bei and the other students are vulnerable witnesses to the confrontation, with Bei Bei voicing concern for Lin’er.

Significant themes

• Old loyalties and broken promises: Zhang Peng’s vow to Mu En has ended with Mu En’s death, while Shrek’s leaders act to protect the academy’s students.
• Personal history amid crisis: Lin’er’s past with Shaozhe is weaponized by Zhang Peng, but the immediate danger takes precedence.
• Protection and sacrifice: The senior Shrek fighters risk themselves to shield the younger students as the enemy’s numbers grow.

Key plot points and events

• Yan Shaozhe tells Qian Duoduo and Cai Mei’er that Xuan Zi is nearby and has been summoned by a distress signal. The claim briefly reassures the Shrek group and unsettles the attacking Evil Soul Masters.
• Ling Luochеn, Bei Bei, and Huo Yuhao doubt that Xuan Zi is actually close. Their suspicions prove justified: Yan Shaozhe knows Xuan Zi is away, and Huo Yuhao has been warned of this by the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• As the Evil Soul Masters prepare to attack in earnest, Xuan Zi is still fighting Ye Yulin’s group, disguised as an Evil Soul Master and enjoying the power of two Holy Spirit Banners. He notices the distant flares, is distracted, and loses both banners to concentrated fire.
• Xuan Zi reveals his identity and breaks free to rush to Yan Shaozhe’s aid. Ye Yulin does not pursue, fearing Shrek may have more forces nearby, and instead returns to protect the Sun Moon group.
• Elsewhere, Long Xiaoyao threatens the students Jing Hongchen is protecting. Jing refuses to abandon them, even at the risk of his life. Chen Mo confronts Long Xiaoyao, and just as Long dismisses him, an unidentified older man joins the challenge.

Character developments and interactions

• Yan Shaozhe uses Xuan Zi’s supposed proximity to steady his allies, but grows increasingly anxious as help fails to arrive.
• Ling Luochеn, Bei Bei, and Huo Yuhao remain wary rather than reassured, each recognizing signs that Xuan Zi is absent.
• Xuan Zi is shown as powerful but easily distracted by his enjoyment of the Holy Spirit Banners. Once he sees the distress signal, however, he abandons the fight and hurries to help.
• Jing Hongchen stands firm against Long Xiaoyao to protect his students, while Chen Mo boldly challenges the much stronger opponent.
• The chapter sets up two urgent confrontations: Xuan Zi racing to aid the Shrek team, and Long Xiaoyao facing Chen Mo and the newly arrived ally.

Significant themes

• Responsibility versus distraction: Xuan Zi’s delay puts allies in danger, though he ultimately responds when he realizes they need him.
• Trust and uncertainty: The group’s confidence in Xuan Zi clashes with the more experienced characters’ doubts.
• Protective loyalty and courage: Jing Hongchen risks his life for his students, and Chen Mo confronts a formidable enemy despite the odds.

Key plot points and events

• Du Busi arrives to confront Long Xiaoyao, whom he mocks as a “lapdog” and accuses of ambushing people. Their taunts turn into a fight, with Du Busi firing his three Level 9 Soul Tools at Long Xiaoyao.
• Chen Mo wants to help Du Busi, but Golden Body Douluo and Demon Fist Douluo restrain him, warning that he cannot safely join a battle between Ultimate Douluos. Chen instead occasionally disrupts Long Xiaoyao with mental attacks.
• Elsewhere, Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei’er fight the attackers while Xian Lin’er and Qian Duoduo struggle against the stronger Zhang Peng. Yan Shaozhe becomes distracted by concern for his former lover, Xian Lin’er.
• Myriad Souls Douluo and Abomination Douluo exploit the distraction. Myriad Souls Douluo sends Soul Douluo-level vengeful spirits toward the Shrek students, then sacrifices them by making them explode.
• Fan Yu shields Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao, He Caitou, and Ling Luochеn. They survive with minor injuries, but Fan Yu is gravely wounded. The other students are killed. Ye Xiaoyang briefly survives with catastrophic injuries, then dies.

Character developments and interactions

• Du Busi and Long Xiaoyao resume their bitter rivalry, trading insults before Du Busi attacks with Soul Tools. Long objects to Du’s use of them but has none of his own.
• Chen Mo is eager to protect his master and finish Long Xiaoyao, but accepts his elders’ intervention and stays back.
• Yan Shaozhe reveals that feelings for Xian Lin’er still affect his judgment. His distraction gives the enemy an opening, and he is left confronting the devastating consequences.
• Fan Yu demonstrates self-sacrifice by protecting the four students at great personal cost.
• Myriad Souls Douluo hesitates before destroying his valuable vengeful spirits, but follows the order to kill the exchange students. Cai Mei’er is knocked down while trying to intervene.

Significant themes

• The cost of distraction and divided loyalties: Yan Shaozhe’s lingering feelings leave the students vulnerable.
• Sacrifice and protection: Fan Yu risks his life to save the students, while Myriad Souls Douluo sacrifices his own assets to carry out his mission.
• War’s brutality: The attack turns a confrontation into a massacre, emphasizing the human cost of the conflict.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Myriad Souls Douluo uses up most of the powerful vengeful spirits in his banner to kill Shrek’s exchange students, leaving himself weakened. Xian Lin’er attacks him in a rage and wounds his shoulder, but Zhang Peng and Abomination Douluo intervene.
• Cai Mei’er joins the fight, forcing the injured Myriad Souls Douluo to target the surviving Shrek students instead. He sends his remaining vengeful spirits toward Bei Bei and the others.
• Zhang Peng initially attacks the students, but Yan Shaozhe reveals that Bei Bei is Mu En’s great-great-grandson and Huo Yuhao was Mu En’s final disciple. Zhang Peng destroys the spirits threatening them and refuses to let those two be harmed, saying he owes them a debt of gratitude.
• Zhang Peng urges the Holy Spirit Cult members to withdraw because Shrek reinforcements are approaching. The group retreats, but says it intends to help Chief Long ambush the Sun Moon exchange students.
• Xian Lin’er wants to pursue the attackers, but Yan Shaozhe stops her to protect the four surviving students: Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao, He Caitou, and Ling Luochen.
• Xuan Zi arrives after the battle. On learning that most of the exchange students have died, he blames himself for arriving too late. Xian Lin’er angrily confronts him for failing to respond sooner to the distress signal.

Character developments and interactions

• Xian Lin’er is overwhelmed by grief and anger over the deaths of students she and Qian Duoduo trained. She nearly kills Myriad Souls Douluo, and later directs her fury at Xuan Zi.
• Yan Shaozhe mourns the dead but stays focused on protecting the survivors, stopping Xian Lin’er from pursuing the retreating enemies. He also uses Mu En’s connection to Bei Bei and Huo Yuhao to influence Zhang Peng.
• Zhang Peng unexpectedly protects Bei Bei and Huo Yuhao, prioritizing his debt of gratitude over the Cult Leader’s order. He says he will explain his choice later.
• Myriad Souls Douluo becomes increasingly desperate as his spirit reserves are depleted and he is wounded. His attempt to attack the survivors fails, further weakening him.
• Xuan Zi arrives too late and is consumed by guilt. Xian Lin’er’s accusation exposes the tension between his delayed response and the students’ deaths.
• Cai Mei’er and Qian Duoduo support the fight against the Holy Spirit Cult members, while Abomination Douluo and Crow Douluo engage Shrek’s defenders.

Significant themes

• Grief and responsibility: The deaths devastate the teachers, while Xuan Zi’s guilt and Xian Lin’er’s anger raise questions about who is accountable.
• Loyalty and gratitude: Zhang Peng’s refusal to harm Bei Bei and Huo Yuhao shows that personal obligation can override allegiance and orders.
• The cost of battle: The students’ deaths and Myriad Souls Douluo’s spent spirits show that every side suffers losses and depletion.
• Protection versus vengeance: Xian Lin’er seeks revenge, but Yan Shaozhe insists that protecting the living must come first.

Key plot points and events

• Long Xiaoyao and Du Busi continue their fierce duel. After taking a punch, Long Xiaoyao activates his Dark Holy Dragon Avatar and fights back at full strength, though Du Busi remains slightly disadvantaged in their contest of physical power.
• Zhang Peng and three Holy Spirit Cult allies—Crow, Abomination, and Myriad Souls Douluo—arrive after ambushing Shrek. Zhang orders them to draw away the Sun Moon Empire’s powerful fighters while Myriad Souls attacks the exchange students.
• Jing Hongchen, Golden Body Douluo, and Demon Fist Douluo spot the group and engage Zhang Peng, Abomination, and Crow, leaving Myriad Souls free to attack the students.
• Chen Mo uses Electrolux’s undead magic to purify the wave of vengeful spirits, destroying them and severely weakening Myriad Souls.
• Myriad Souls invites Chen Mo to join the Holy Spirit Cult, unaware of his true power. Chen Mo reveals eight soul rings, including four 100,000-year rings, and unleashes the Great Wilderness Prison Finger.
• Chen Mo’s colossal attack obliterates Myriad Souls and destroys the Myriad Souls Banner.

Character development

• Long Xiaoyao stops holding back and reveals more of his strength, while showing concern for Chen Mo by warning Myriad Souls about him.
• Chen Mo demonstrates both unusual spiritual abilities and overwhelming combat power. He calmly protects the others before confronting Myriad Souls, and entrusts Xiao Hongchen with Hongchen’s Protection.
• Myriad Souls Douluo goes from arrogant confidence to disbelief when Chen Mo purifies his spirits and reveals a strength far beyond what he expected.
• Xiao Hongchen is unsettled by Chen Mo’s deathlike aura but trusts him enough to accept responsibility for protecting the group.

Significant themes

• Underestimating opponents: Myriad Souls’ dismissal of Chen Mo proves fatal.
• Purification versus corruption: Chen Mo’s cleansing magic directly counters the vengeful spirits and the Holy Spirit Cult’s sinister methods.
• Hidden strength and escalation: Long Xiaoyao and Chen Mo each reveal power beyond what their enemies—or allies—had anticipated.

Character interactions

• Long Xiaoyao and Du Busi trade taunts and heavy blows, with their rivalry shaping the opening battle.
• Zhang Peng coordinates the Holy Spirit Cult’s attack, assigning allies to distract the Sun Moon experts while Myriad Souls targets the students.
• Chen Mo reassures Xiao Hongchen, lends him Hongchen’s Protection, and then confronts Myriad Souls, rejecting his recruitment offer with an attack.
• Long Xiaoyao’s warning comes too late: Myriad Souls remains overconfident and is killed by Chen Mo.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Mo kills Myriad Souls Douluo with his partly mastered Great Wilderness Prison Finger, astonishing the assembled Titled Douluos. He reflects that the technique still needs practice.
• The Holy Spirit Cult forces try to retreat as the battle turns against them. Chen Mo helps the Sun Moon side gain ground, assisting Demon Fist Douluo, Jing Hongchen, and Golden Body Douluo against their opponents.
• Du Busi gradually turns the tide against Long Xiaoyao as the latter’s stamina and explosive power fade.
• Da Ming and Er Ming arrive disguised as Holy Spirit Cult members. They have been recruited by Xuan Zi to ambush the Sun Moon exchange students, but Xuan Zi has already fled.
• Chen Mo spots the newcomers and intercepts their attack on the students, using the Snow Empress and Ice Empress to fight them. Their unexpected strength—and the two disguised beasts’ concealed identities—creates confusion among the combatants.
• With the Snow Empress and Ice Empress matching them, Da Ming and Er Ming decide to stop holding back. The battlefield becomes a chaotic clash of multiple high-level fighters.

Character developments

• Chen Mo demonstrates a major leap in combat ability, while his comment about his unfinished technique reveals his continued ambition to improve. He also takes responsibility for protecting the exchange students.
• Zhang Peng is shaken by Myriad Souls Douluo’s death and fears the consequences of losing a key fighter under his command.
• Long Xiaoyao begins to lose his advantage as fatigue sets in, while Du Busi regains control of their duel.
• Da Ming and Er Ming are shown balancing the desire to fight with the need to conceal their true identities and avoid drawing the Divine Realm’s attention.

Significant themes

• Power and mastery: Chen Mo’s formidable attack is still incomplete, emphasizing that strength can coexist with a drive for further growth.
• Shifting fortunes in battle: Fatigue, reinforcements, and sudden interventions repeatedly change who holds the advantage.
• Concealment and mistaken identity: Da Ming and Er Ming’s disguises, hidden strength, and secret motives complicate an already crowded conflict.
• Protection and responsibility: Chen Mo’s intervention places the exchange students’ safety ahead of pursuing other battlefield targets.

Character interactions

• Chen Mo’s attack shocks both his master, Du Busi, and his teacher, Jing Hongchen, who had never seen him use the technique.
• Chen Mo’s support turns several duels into coordinated two-on-one fights, strengthening the Sun Moon side.
• Da Ming and Er Ming openly divide their targets, but Chen Mo blocks them, bringing the Snow Empress and Ice Empress into the battle.
• Du Busi and Long Xiaoyao trade taunts while fighting, and their duel’s momentum gradually shifts in Du Busi’s favor.