Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao completed the framework of the Undead Holy Magic Cult and freed Zhang Lexuan after she apologized and learned the truth about Luoyun Village. He then recruited Zhang Peng as the cult’s prospective deputy leader, leaving the new organization poised to expand.

• Electrolux praised Huo Yuhao’s resolve, and Huo Yuhao explained that he had created the Heart-Questioning Jade to help people with evil martial souls gain acceptance, not to bind them.
• Huo Yuhao told Zhang Lexuan she was free to leave, then explained why he had not defended himself against her accusations; after she apologized, he returned the eight inner court disciples’ corpses and warned her not to provoke him again.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Holy Dragon Cult, where General Chi and General Zi had captured and beaten Zhang Peng after he tried to flee.
• Huo Yuhao introduced himself as leader of the Undead Holy Magic Cult and offered Zhang Peng the vacant deputy leader position if he passed a test.
• Impressed by Electrolux’s strength and the cult’s power, Zhang Peng swore to serve the Holy Church unto death.

Huo Yuhao tested Zhang Peng with the Heart-Questioning Jade and recruited him into the Undead Holy Magic Cult after he passed. Zhang Peng pledged his allegiance and prepared to undergo a cultivation boost from Electrolux.

• Huo Yuhao warned Zhang Peng that failing the Heart-Questioning Jade test would cost him his life, then explained the cult's doctrine and offered him a leadership role and compensation if he passed.
• Zhang Peng accepted the jade and relived his past, after which it glowed faintly white with a thread of crimson and confirmed he had passed.
• Huo Yuhao offered Zhang Peng the choice to leave or stay as deputy leader, and Zhang Peng asked whether the cult was establishing a Sage Sect.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the cult welcomed Evil Soul Masters who passed the test and promised to help Zhang Peng strengthen his evil Martial Soul without committing evil.
• Zhang Peng pledged to shed his blood for the Holy Church, and Huo Yuhao told him to focus instead on developing the cult.
• Huo Yuhao handed Zhang Peng over to Electrolux, who instructed him to release his Soul Rings and not resist.

Electrolux performed Ring Inscription on Zhang Peng, transforming all nine Soul Rings into Magic Rings and raising his Soul Power to rank ninety-seven. Huo Yuhao explained that the technique could help Evil Martial Soul users cultivate without killing, as the Undead Holy Magic Cult prepared to recruit them.

• Electrolux told Zhang Peng to maximize his Soul Power output without activating his Soul Skills, then began inscribing his Soul Rings.
• Zhang Peng’s nine Soul Rings became pitch-black Magic Rings infused with powerful Necromancy spells, and his Soul Power rose two ranks to rank ninety-seven.
• Zhang Peng thanked Electrolux and pledged his loyalty to the Holy Church.
• Huo Yuhao explained that Ring Inscription supplied negative energy through the Magic Rings and greatly increased Zhang Peng’s combat strength.
• Huo Yuhao declared that the Undead Holy Magic Cult would use Heart-Questioning Jade and Ring Inscription to let people with Evil Martial Souls live in the sunlight.

Zhang Peng tested his newly enhanced Magic Rings by fighting General Chi in the Undead Demiplane, where abundant negative energy let him unleash Necromancy spells without restraint. After Huo Yuhao ended the spar, Zhang Peng reported what he knew about the Holy Spirit Cult and received an undercover assignment.

• Zhang Peng used his nine Magic Rings to absorb negative energy, strengthening his Soul Power and transforming his Martial Soul.
• Zhang Peng trapped General Chi with the Twelve Sacred Beast Envoys and bombarded him with Necromancy spells, while General Chi fought back.
• Huo Yuhao recalled General Chi after Zhang Peng had vented his anger and warned him not to use the same tactics outside the Undead Demiplane.
• Zhang Peng told Huo Yuhao what he knew about the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Huo Yuhao sent Zhang Peng undercover in the Holy Spirit Cult under the codename Scorpion King and said Zhang Peng could call him the Underworld King.

Huo Yuhao learned of a rumored forbidden presence within the Holy Spirit Cult and prepared for the possibility that its three legendary beings were real. At Shrek Academy, a Sea God Pavilion Meeting focused on Di Tian’s ultimatum, with only half a month remaining before he would unleash a beast tide.

• Huo Yuhao heard Zhang Peng’s account of the Holy Spirit Cult’s three supposed founding ancestors and decided to treat them as threats stronger than Limit Douluos.
• Huo Xingling sensed that powerful figures had gathered at Shrek Academy and suspected that a storm might bring an opportunity.
• Mu En presided over a Sea God Pavilion Meeting attended by Shrek leaders and members of the Inspection Corps.
• Xuan Zi reminded the meeting that half a month remained to answer Di Tian’s ultimatum or face a beast tide.
• Di Tian suspected the Scarlet King and Zi JI had vanished into a spatial rift, while Shrek Academy prepared for the possibility of a beast tide.

Shrek Academy prepared for the coming beast tide as Mu En organized its defenders and allied forces. The chapter ended with Mu En preparing to confront Beast God Di Tian with Xuan Zi and Elder Zhuang.

• Shrek Academy secretly purchased offensive soul cannons, summoned alumni, and sought aid from major powers while keeping its preparations hidden.
• Yan Shaozhe read Du Busi’s message that the Body Sect would build on Shrek’s ruins after the beast tide, but Mu En concluded that the sect would join the battle to repay its debt.
• Qian Duoduo reported that the empires had been secretly notified and were mobilizing troops and commanders.
• Mu En assigned Elder Song to hold off Xiong Jun, Elder Lin to face the Myriad Demon King, and Yan Shaozhe, Qian Duoduo, Mei’er, and Lin’er to deal with Bi Ji.
• Mu En entrusted the northern border beyond Shrek City to the allied experts and warned that at least thirty hundred-thousand-year soul beasts could join the beast tide.
• Mu En’s remaining plan centered on joining Xuan Zi and Elder Zhuang to face Beast God Di Tian.

Mu En prepared to confront Di Tian and warned that Shrek Academy could rely only on itself, while Huo Yuhao continued building the Undead Holy Magic Cult with Zhang Lexuan staying at his side. Xu Jiujiu arrived at the cult with Huang Jinxu, leaving Huo Yuhao about to meet her.

• Mu En assigned Xuan Zi and Elder Zhuang to help him hold back Di Tian, then revealed he planned to use the Dragon Core, Shrek Academy’s resources, and the Sea God’s Light to trap him.
• Mu En rejected Xuan Zi’s hope that Huo Yuhao might change the battle and admitted his anger over Zhang Lexuan’s death could make him attack Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao wrote plans for the Undead Holy Magic Cult while Zhang Lexuan remained with him to see whether he could create his promised Ideal World.
• Huo Yuhao told Zhang Lexuan to bring him tea, then went with Zero to meet Xu Jiujiu after sensing her arrival.
• Xu Jiujiu waited in the reception hall with Huang Jinxu, who criticized the cult, while she looked forward to seeing Huo Yuhao again.

Huo Yuhao seized Xu Jiujiu and Huang Jinxu, revealing that his earlier rescue of Xu Jiujiu had been an act and that he intended to use her as leverage against Xu Jiawei. He left Xu Jiujiu heartbroken after explaining that her brother had given him cause for enmity.

• Xu Jiujiu welcomed Huo Yuhao and questioned whether she had arrived at a bad time when she saw Zhang Lexuan and Zero with him.
• Huo Yuhao grabbed Xu Jiujiu by the neck, then blocked Huang Jinxu’s attack and lifted him into the air as well.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Huang Jinxu as the Heavenly Fiend Douluo he had sensed in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xu Jiujiu asked why Huo Yuhao was attacking her, and he said her brother had displeased him.
• Huo Yuhao admitted that his rescue of Xu Jiujiu a year earlier had been staged and that he planned to use her and Xu Jiawei as bargaining chips.
• Xu Jiujiu lost her romantic hopes for Huo Yuhao as he made clear that there could be no future between them.

Xu Jiawei went to the Golden Hall and found Huo Yuhao sitting on the imperial throne beside the Limit Douluo Electrolux. Huo Yuhao revealed his White Tiger bloodline and challenged Xu Jiawei over the throne, leaving their confrontation poised to begin.

• Xu Jiawei reflected on the White Tiger Duke Dai Hao's influence and the threat it posed to his rule.
• Xu Jiawei entered the Golden Hall, where the doors shut behind him and Huo Yuhao and Electrolux appeared.
• Xu Jiawei recognized Electrolux as a Limit Douluo and demanded that Huo Yuhao leave the throne.
• Huo Yuhao activated Martial Soul Possession, revealed his White Tiger bloodline, and asked Xu Jiawei what he would do about Huo Yuhao sitting there.

Huo Yuhao revealed his White Tiger bloodline and told Xu Jiawei that Dai Hao was his biological father, forcing the emperor to recall Huo Yuhao’s forgotten past. He left Xu Jiawei thinking he had returned for revenge, while Huo Yuhao planned to ruin the White Tiger lineage’s reputation and destroy the family on his own terms.

• Xu Jiawei panicked when he recognized Huo Yuhao’s powerful White Tiger bloodline and demanded to know who he was.
• Huo Yuhao claimed ties to the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion, and Xu Jiawei disclosed that the White Tiger Duchess was preparing to rebel.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that Dai Hao was his biological father, but Xu Jiawei initially dismissed the claim.
• Huo Yuhao condemned Dai Hao and the White Tiger Duchess for his mother’s death, prompting Xu Jiawei to remember him as Dai Hao’s son with a maid.
• Xu Jiawei assumed Huo Yuhao had returned to avenge his mother, while Huo Yuhao resolved to destroy the White Tiger lineage’s reputation and punish the family.

Huo Yuhao forced Xu Jiawei to negotiate by revealing that he had subdued the Star Luo palace’s defenders and taken Xu Jiujiu captive. He demanded a decree protecting youths with evil martial souls and establishing the Undead Holy Magic Cult as the state religion.

• Huo Yuhao offered Xu Jiawei a deal in exchange for his life, then swiftly appeared behind him and showed that he could neutralize the emperor’s defenses.
• Huo Yuhao summoned Xu Jiujiu, Huang Jinxu, and the palace’s eight Guardian Douluos and three Xu Family elders, all of whom he had captured.
• Xu Jiawei gave up resistance and asked what he had to do to save himself, his sister, and his subordinates.
• Huo Yuhao assured Xu Jiawei that he had no intention of rebelling and explained that he did not want the Star Luo throne.
• Huo Yuhao introduced himself and demanded that Xu Jiawei forbid the killing of youths with evil martial souls, send them to the Undead Holy Magic Cult, and establish the cult as the state religion with full citizen rights for its members.

Huo Yuhao persuaded Xu Jiawei to legalize Evil Soul Masters and make the Undead Holy Magic Cult the Star Luo Empire’s state religion, then negotiated for military authority and a noble title for his mother. He began outlining his third condition, but the chapter ended before he stated the fourth.

• Huo Yuhao threatened Xu Jiawei into considering the legalization of Evil Soul Masters, then explained how the Heart-Questioning Jade could make the policy viable.
• Xu Jiawei agreed to make the Undead Holy Magic Cult the state religion and appoint Huo Yuhao Imperial Preceptor.
• Huo Yuhao asked to become Grand Marshal and take command of the Western Frontier, and Xu Jiawei agreed subject to Huo Yuhao earning sufficient merit and winning Dai Hao’s troops himself.
• Huo Yuhao promised to defend the Northern Frontier against the approaching Beast Tide and said he would never become emperor of the Star Luo Empire, easing Xu Jiawei’s concerns.
• Huo Yuhao asked Xu Jiawei to grant his mother, Huo Yun'er, the empire’s highest noble title after the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament final.

Huo Yuhao arranged for the Star Luo Empire to publicize the coming beast tide and sent Scarlet King and Zi JI to provoke Di Tian. Di Tian learned Shrek Academy was prepared for war, declared he would launch a true beast tide, and summoned the Black Dragon Clan.

• Xu Jiawei agreed to Huo Yuhao's conditions, including bringing the White Tiger Duke and his sister to the tournament finals.
• Xu Jiawei issued empire-wide decrees naming Huo Yuhao grand marshal and warning that a beast tide was approaching.
• Huo Yuhao sent Scarlet King and Zi JI to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Di Tian captured them and questioned their unseen controller.
• Huo Yuhao taunted Di Tian and claimed the Holy Spirit Cult intended to kill him and take his corpse, while Di Tian vowed to fight the humans.
• Myriad Demon King confirmed that Shrek Academy was heavily fortified, and Di Tian resolved to unleash a true beast tide against it.
• Di Tian summoned the Black Dragon Clan, whose members arrived and reported that the whole clan was present.

Di Tian organized a massive Beast Tide against Shrek Academy, while Feng Ling returned to the Holy Spirit Cult and Zhongli Wu asked about developments at Shrek and the Star Dou Great Forest. The chapter ended with Zhongli Wu reacting to a mysterious warning that Di Tian would die at Shrek.

• Di Tian ordered Soul Beasts across the Star Dou Great Forest to mobilize, assigning Bi Ji, Myriad Demon King, and Xiong Jun their battlefield roles.
• Di Tian told Xiong Jun and Myriad Demon King to lead the hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts against Shrek Academy while he confronted the human powerhouses.
• Di Tian ordered his forces to kill Evil Soul Masters first and declared that the Beast Tide was beginning.
• Feng Ling arrived at the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters, where Zhongli Wu asked whether anything unusual had happened at Shrek Academy or in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhongli Wu recalled receiving a letter warning that the Beast Tide was coming, Di Tian would die at Shrek, and the Holy Spirit Cult should arrive before his corpse cooled.

Zhongli Wu mobilized the Holy Spirit Cult to seize Di Tian’s beast spirit as a massive beast tide gathered, while Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao prepared to pursue their own opportunity. At Shrek Academy, the elders faced the growing panic and warned that the tide could erupt at any moment.

• After learning that the Star Dou Great Forest was preparing for an unprecedented beast tide, Zhongli Wu ordered the Holy Spirit Cult’s elders and stronger disciples to march there.
• Zhongli Wu went to the Evil Demon Forest to recruit the Evil Emperor, offering Di Tian’s flesh and soul bones in exchange for the beast spirit.
• Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao determined that Zhongli Wu had been lured into the conflict and agreed that Long Xiaoyao would follow to secure Di Tian’s beast spirit.
• At Shrek Academy, Xuan Zi and the senior elders discussed the panic spreading across the continent and the danger to cities and villages.
• Yan Shaozhe reported that the beast tide forces had been gathering for two days, with tremors growing stronger along the forest’s borders.

As Di Tian prepared a nighttime Beast Tide against Shrek, Shrek Academy and Shrek City mobilized their defenses while armies gathered at the forest’s borders. White Tiger Duke Dai Hao refused to reinforce the threatened northern border and instead ordered an attack on the Sun Moon Empire as night approached.

• Mu En warned that Di Tian would likely launch the Beast Tide at night and urged the Sea God Pavilion elders to defend Shrek.
• Shrek City assembled its defense army, deployed soul tools, and joined forces with students, teachers, and arriving sects.
• Dai Hao’s generals asked him to send troops to protect border villages, but he cited the danger of weakening his own border.
• Dai Hao ordered the Western Suppression Army Group to attack the Mingdou Mountains and capture Rising Sun City at night.
• As darkness approached, armies and soul beasts across Douluo Star waited for the Beast Tide to begin.

Huo Yuhao prepared a force of coerced criminals and Undead Holy Magic Cult members to pose as rescuers during the Beast Tide and win ordinary people’s faith. The Beast Tide then descended on Shrek City at a scale far beyond the previous one, while Huo Yuhao’s forces were positioned to carry out their plan.

• Huo Yuhao assembled nearly five hundred death-row criminals in Luoyun Village, threatened them into obeying their squad leaders, and warned them not to harm ordinary people.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the criminals would help escort civilians to safety and later die as heroes, while the Undead Holy Magic Cult used the rescue to gain public support.
• Huo Yuhao assigned the twenty squads to their positions, encouraged Zero, Feng Dong, and the other cult members, then departed with the Crimson-Purple General and Elder Yi.
• Half a day later, a massive Beast Tide swept toward Shrek City, terrifying the defenders on the southern wall, including Mu En.

The Beast Tide reached Shrek City, and Mu En tried to confront Di Tian before the attack began. Di Tian rejected negotiation, breached the southern wall, and began burning Shrek’s defenses as the defenders prepared to fight.

• Mu En called out to Di Tian and asked whether the conflict could still be resolved, but Di Tian refused and ordered the Star Dou soul beasts to attack.
• The Beast Tide charged Shrek City, and Mu En, Xuan Zi, and Elder Zhuang moved into position according to their plan.
• Di Tian smashed through the southern wall and destroyed defensive soul tools with his black flames.
• Xuan Zi pursued Di Tian while Elder Zhuang supported him, but Di Tian’s speed forced Xuan Zi to block his attacks instead of catching him.
• Di Tian’s Myriad Dragon Flame burned through the southern defenses, and Shrek’s ice- and water-type soul masters failed to extinguish it.

As Di Tian’s beast tide struck Shrek City, Xuan Zi and Elder Zhuang tried to hold him back while Mu En completed his transformation. The battle left Shrek’s defenders fighting for their homes as conflicts spread across the borderlands.

• Di Tian tried to stop Mu En from drawing on the Golden Tree, but Xuan Zi and Elder Zhuang intervened to buy Mu En time.
• Xuan Zi charged Di Tian while Elder Zhuang strengthened him, but Di Tian tore off the Godly Taotie Bull’s horns and swallowed Xuan Zi in dark clouds.
• Di Tian’s battle above southern Shrek City shook the city and damaged its defenses as the beast tide reached the walls.
• The Star Dou Great Forest’s three Soul Beast Legions and their cannon-fodder vanguard attacked Shrek City, where defenders fought to protect the civilians behind them.
• The beast tide’s battle coincided with Sun Moon Empire forces invading Heaven Dou frontier cities and Dai Hao’s Star Luo army plundering Rising Sun City.

Electrolux used ninety-nine teleportation gates to unleash the Undead Army against the Beast Tides on the eastern, western, and southern borders of the Star Dou Great Forest. The undead overwhelmed the soul beasts and collected their corpses and soul rings, while Electrolux kept his attention on the aura at the forest’s heart and awaited the Silver Dragon King.

• The Beast Tides surged from all four frontiers of the Star Dou Great Forest, with high-level forces following waves of weaker soul beasts.
• Electrolux opened ninety-nine Vortex Gates and sent undead armies to block the Beast Tides on the eastern, western, and southern borders.
• The undead armies fought the soul beasts, while high-rank undead held off the hundred-thousand-year Beast Kings and the Black Dragon Clan attacked with Dragon Flame.
• Scavenger undead swallowed corpses and soul rings and carried them into the Undead Demiplane, where the dead were turned into new undead.
• Electrolux watched the aura at the heart of the forest, anticipating the Silver Dragon King’s appearance.