Chapter Summaries

Tang Xuan completed the Thunder God's sixth trial by surviving a fierce battle against Lei En, though he was left badly exhausted. After the Thunder God announced his reward, Lei En asked Tang Xuan to agree to a deal.

• Tang Xuan and Lei En exchanged powerful attacks, including Lei En's World-Destroying Thunder Tribulation and Tang Xuan's God-Demon Phantom strike.
• Tang Xuan endured Lei En's final lightning attacks with the Godslayer Sword and Clear Sky Hammer until Lei En stopped, confirming that Tang Xuan had passed the trial.
• The Thunder God announced that Tang Xuan had earned a God-Given Soul Ring and four thousand additional years for all his soul rings.
• Tang Hao and Ah Yin checked on Tang Xuan as he recovered, while the Thunder God spoke with Lei En about his readiness to hold the trial.
• Lei En reminded Tang Xuan of his promise and asked him to agree to a deal.

Tang Xuan accepted Lei En’s sacrifice, gained a powerful sixth soul ring, and promised to resurrect him in the Divine Realm. After meeting Tang San at Hell Road’s exit, Tang Xuan and Tang Hao waited with him before calling the King of Slaughter out of Slaughter City.

• Lei En explained that he feared dying in his third tribulation and offered to sacrifice himself in exchange for Tang Xuan resurrecting him in the Divine Realm; Tang Xuan agreed.
• Lei En sacrificed himself, and Tang Xuan absorbed his soul ring and soul bone, breaking through to rank sixty-five and awakening the Godslayer Domain.
• Tang Xuan promised the Thunder God that he would resurrect Lei En, then hurried with Tang Hao toward Slaughter City.
• Tang San and Hu Liena emerged from Hell Road, but Tang San rejected her invitation and left to reunite with Tang Xuan and Tang Hao.
• Tang Xuan gave Tang San the Saint Origin Grass and explained their plan; then Tang Hao called for the King of Slaughter, who left his palace as the blood-colored river began to change.

Tang Hao, Tang Xuan, and Tang San fought the King of Slaughter outside Slaughter City, using their domains and coordinated attacks to weaken him. After Tang San revealed that he had placed a Blood Swan Kiss in the Blood-Colored River, the group gained the advantage and began suppressing the King of Slaughter with the Saint Origin Grass.

• Tang Hao, Tang Xuan, and Tang San confronted the King of Slaughter at the exit of Hell Road, and he used his Slaughter Domain to suppress them.
• Tang Xuan's Godslayer Domain overwhelmed the King of Slaughter's domain, allowing Tang Hao and Tang San to launch a coordinated assault.
• The King of Slaughter defended himself with the Asura Demon Sword, but he staggered when Tang San revealed he had placed a Blood Swan Kiss in the Blood-Colored River.
• Tang Xuan struck the King of Slaughter with successive soul skills while Tang Hao pinned him down with the Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Tang Xuan bound the King of Slaughter with lightning chains and strengthened the suppression with his God-Demon Phantom.
• Tang San infused the King of Slaughter with the Saint Origin Grass, causing him to writhe in pain.

Tang Xuan, Tang San, and Tang Hao freed Tang Chen from the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King and learned that his body was failing from divine power and poison. Tang Chen took the Saint Origin Grass and Water of Life to heal, while the Asura God privately approved him as a potential successor and promised Tang Xuan a reward.

• Tang Xuan and Tang San powered the Saint Origin Grass as Tang Hao and Tang Xuan suppressed the King of Slaughter until the King transformed back into Tang Chen.
• Tang Hao reunited with Tang Chen, and Tang Xuan and Tang San introduced themselves as his great-grandsons.
• Tang Xuan and Tang San told Tang Chen how Tang Hao had been expelled from the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Chen condemned the sect's treatment of him before giving Tang Xuan the Clear Sky Token.
• Tang Chen revealed that the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King's poison and his body's inability to withstand divine power were killing him, so Tang Xuan gave him Saint Origin Grass and Water of Life.
• Tang Chen consumed the remedies and began recovering as Tang Hao, Tang Xuan, and Tang San guarded him.
• The Asura God told Tang Xuan that Tang Chen qualified to become his successor and promised Tang Xuan a ten-thousand-year soul ring reward and one God-Given Soul Ring.

Tang Chen recovered his body and stabilized his demigod strength, then returned to Slaughter City to contain its breach and pursue an old promise. Tang Xuan refused Asura God's inheritance and arranged for Tang San to become the successor, while the brothers set out for Heaven Dou City and Li Youran continued training at Shrek Academy.

• Tang Xuan's soul rings became one black and five red after his divine-trial rewards increased their ages, while Tang Chen's rising demigod aura drew the attention of Qian Daoliu, Bo Saixi, and Bibi Dong.
• Tang Chen recovered fully and reached stable demigod strength, then learned that Tang Hao had inherited Thunder God's trials and that Tang Xuan intended to become a god through his own cultivation.
• Tang Xuan revealed that he had recommended Tang San for Asura God's inheritance, and the Asura Demon Sword entered Tang San to make him the successor.
• Tang Chen decided to remain in Slaughter City to stabilize its breach and later fulfill an old promise, while Tang Hao returned to the Thunder God Secret Realm.
• Tang Xuan and Tang San set out for Heaven Dou City so Tang San could manage the Tang Sect, and Grandmaster praised Li Youran's progress at Shrek Academy.

Tang Xuan ordered the Heaven Sect to launch a coordinated assault on the Heaven Dou Empire’s forces surrounding its cities. The attack began after midnight, and Marshal Ge Long’s army outside Heaven City was thrown into chaos by the Heaven Sect’s weapons and flying soldiers.

• Tang Xuan reviewed the Heaven Sect’s forces and learned that the Heaven Dou Empire had stationed over five hundred thousand troops around its cities.
• Tang Xuan ordered four legions to attack the enemy forces outside their cities, the Heavenly Wolf Legion to advance toward the kingdoms, and the three soul-guided legions to strike under Luo Bing’s command.
• Tang Xuan approved Ye An’s request to accompany the soul-guided forces and ordered the rest of the Heaven Sect to stand by for deployment.
• Marshal Ge Long’s generals complained about their prolonged deployment and inadequate supplies, but Ge Long ordered them to obey their commands.
• Explosions and fires erupted in the Heaven Dou camp outside Heaven City as Heaven Sect forces attacked from the air and ground.
• Marshal Ge Long tried to rally his panicked troops while Heaven Sect soldiers attacked in coordinated shifts and cannons continued firing.

Tang Xuan’s forces annihilated Heaven Dou’s army and began coordinated offensives while preparing to defend against Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire. Tang Xuan set out for Heaven Dou City, while Wang Wei arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with a letter for Ning Fengzhi.

• Tang Xuan’s legions routed Marshal Ge Long’s two-hundred-thousand-strong army, and Ge Long killed himself rather than surrender.
• Tang Xuan learned that the other legions had defeated their enemies and ordered forces to attack the kingdoms, advance on Heaven Dou City, and defend the border against Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire.
• Tang Xuan sent Wang Wei to deliver a letter to Ning Fengzhi, then left for Heaven Dou City with Su Qing, Xiao Cheng, and five thousand Soul Masters while Lin Ao stayed to oversee headquarters.
• Wang Wei arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and announced that the Heaven Sect’s fifth elder, Soul-Suppressing Douluo, had come to see Ning Fengzhi.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong hurried to the main hall, where they discussed Wang Wei’s formidable rank and prepared to meet him.

Wang Wei delivered Tang Xuan’s letter to Ning Fengzhi as news arrived that the Heaven Dou Empire’s armies had been annihilated, forcing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to consider its loyalties. As Xue Qinghe gathered the empire’s remaining forces to defend Heaven Dou City, Tang Xuan’s army advanced toward the city and paused to coordinate with its legions.

• Wang Wei delivered Tang Xuan’s letter to Ning Fengzhi, who learned that the Heaven Dou Empire’s forces around the Heavenly Journey Merchant Guild’s cities had been wiped out.
• Ning Fengzhi decided the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would make no public statement, then left Ning Rongrong in charge while he withdrew with Chen Xin and Gu Rong.
• Xue Ye rebuked Xue Qinghe for the empire’s devastating losses and ordered him to gather forces to defend Heaven Dou City while Chris addressed the economic crisis.
• Xue Qinghe ordered nearby garrisons to converge on Heaven Dou City, intending to make a last stand against the Heavenly Journey Merchant Guild.
• Tang Xuan explained that the enemy was pulling back toward Heaven Dou City and ordered his army to rest, slow its march, and seek the positions of the Dragon Flame and Tiger Valor Legions.

Dugu Bo discovered that Xue Ye had been poisoned by the palace incense, while the crown prince’s orders and Dugu Bo’s suspicions pointed toward Xue Qinghe. Outside Heaven Dou City, the Heaven Sect Army defeated an ambush and prepared to besiege the city; after sensing a Titled Douluo battle inside, Tang Xuan and Tang San flew toward the imperial palace to investigate.

• Dugu Bo found a slow-acting poison in Xue Ye’s incense, and Xue Qinghe’s fragrance and order to confine people in the palace made Dugu Bo suspect him.
• Prince Xue Xing suggested Xue Qinghe might be responsible for the earlier princes’ deaths, causing Xue Ye to spit blood and faint; Dugu Bo said the poison might kill him within two days.
• Tang Xuan’s Heaven Sect Army destroyed a Heaven Dou ambush, bombarded the city walls, and set up camp outside Heaven Dou City.
• Tang San arrived at the command tent with Tai Tan, Bai He, Niu Gao, and Yang Wudi, and Tang Xuan planned a three-sided siege for the next day.
• Tang Xuan sensed a Titled Douluo battle inside Heaven Dou City and flew toward the palace with Tang San and several allies to investigate.

Tang Xuan and his allies interrupted Qian Renxue’s attempt to kill Xue Ye, defeated her forces, and forced the Spirit Hall Douluos to retreat. Tang Xuan then demanded that the Heaven Dou Empire choose between surrendering to the Heaven Sect or facing destruction, leaving Xue Ye to consider the empire’s fate.

• Xue Qinghe revealed herself as Qian Renxue and ordered Demon Subduing Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo to kill Dugu Bo, Xue Ye, and Prince Xue Xing.
• Tang Xuan and his companions arrived, rescued Dugu Bo, and exposed Qian Renxue’s identity; Su Qing, Xiao Cheng, and Wang Wei engaged the enemy Douluos.
• Tang Xuan overwhelmed Qian Renxue in battle, while Demon Subduing Douluo shielded her and Ghost Leopard Douluo rescued Snake Lance Douluo.
• The Spirit Hall Douluos fled with the injured Qian Renxue, and Tang Xuan gave Dugu Bo a seventh-grade Healing Pill.
• Tang Xuan identified himself as the president of the Heavenly Journey Merchant Guild and sect master of the Heaven Sect, then offered Xue Ye surrender or war.
• Dugu Bo withdrew after declaring that he had repaid his debt to Heaven Dou, and Xue Ye weighed Tang Xuan’s warning that resistance would end in defeat.

Tang Xuan accepted Heaven Dou’s surrender, founded the Wanling Empire, and led the Heaven Sect in confronting Star Luo forces at the border. The Star Luo army withdrew after Tang Xuan demonstrated his strength and demanded its retreat.

• Xue Ye surrendered Heaven Dou to Tang Xuan, who promised the imperial family noble titles and stipends but no fiefs.
• Heaven Dou’s defenders laid down their weapons, and Tang Xuan entered the city as the empire fell in 2649 of the Douluo Calendar.
• Lin Ao told Shrek Academy that the new Wanling Empire would be governed by a Chief Executive, Executives, and an Imperial Assembly, and brought Li Youran to join the Heaven Sect.
• Tang Xuan learned that Dai Weisi commanded Star Luo forces at the border and sent Su Qing and three elders to attack their reinforcements.
• Tang Xuan and his elders repelled the Star Luo vanguard, while Song Ming defeated an Evil-Eyed White Tiger soul master.
• Dai Weisi agreed to withdraw his army after Tang Xuan threatened its destruction, and Tang Xuan warned the Star Luo Emperor not to provoke him.

Tang Xuan and Tang San returned to the Clear Sky Sect with Tang Hao and Ah Yin, where the elders challenged their right to come back. Tang San defeated the sect’s chief disciple, and Tang Xuan prepared to fight the Seventh Elder.

• Tang Hao brought Tang Xuan, Tang San, and Ah Yin to the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Xuan and Tang San flew up the cliff instead of climbing the chains.
• Tang Xiao tested the brothers with his pressure, and Tang Xuan countered with his Godslayer Domain before withdrawing it.
• The five elders confronted the brothers, and Tang Xuan rebuked them for insulting his family and challenged the Seventh Elder to a fight.
• The Seventh Elder sent Tang Hu to fight Tang Xuan, but Tang San stepped in and defeated Tang Hu, revealing his hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
• Tang Xuan challenged the Seventh Elder directly, and the group left the hall to begin their fight.

Tang Xuan fought the Seventh Elder of the Clear Sky Sect, overwhelming him with his speed, strength, and powerful soul skills. He ended the chapter poised to escalate the battle after the Seventh Elder barely repelled a bolt of tribulation lightning.

• Tang Xuan struck the Seventh Elder hard enough to send him crashing into a mountainside, while Tang San revealed that his brother had reached level sixty-nine and had once killed Porcupinefish Douluo alone.
• Tang Xuan summoned the Godslayer Sword and revealed one black and five red soul rings, then countered the Seventh Elder's hammer attacks and soul skills.
• Tang Xuan trapped the Seventh Elder beneath a relentless rain of sword phantoms and briefly weakened him with the Godslayer Domain.
• The Seventh Elder unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar, but Tang Xuan shattered it with Annihilation Sword Light.
• Tang Xuan summoned tribulation thunder and struck the Seventh Elder with lightning, which the elder barely managed to repel using Soul-Splitting Heavy Hammer.

Tang Xuan and Tang San confronted the Clear Sky Sect elders over their treatment of Tang Hao, and Tang Hao returned to settle the dispute himself. After defeating the elders, Tang Hao was welcomed back into the sect, and the family went to pay respects at his father’s grave.

• Tang Xuan defeated the Seventh Elder’s attacks, and the other elders intervened to stop his thunderbolt before admitting defeat.
• Tang Xuan and Tang San challenged the elders’ condemnation of Tang Hao and accused them of abandoning him and the sect’s affiliated clans.
• The elders formed an array against Tang Xuan, but Tang Hao arrived with Ah Yin and stopped his son from attacking.
• Ah Yin reunited with Tang San, Tang Xiao, and Tang Yuehua while Tang Hao confronted the five elders over the sect’s failure to protect him and his wife.
• Tang Hao revealed his level-ninety-eight strength and defeated the elders’ combined hammer array.
• Tang Xuan used Tang Chen’s Clear Sky Token to secure the elders’ submission, and Tang Hao officially returned to the Clear Sky Sect before the family visited his father’s grave.

The Shrek Eight Monsters reunited at Shrek Academy and displayed how much their strength had grown over five years. After learning that Spirit Hall had attacked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Tang Xuan mobilized support and sent the others ahead to Sea God Island.

• Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Tang San, and Xiao Wu reunited at Shrek Academy with Tang Xuan and their teachers.
• The Shrek Eight Monsters and their teachers revealed their cultivation levels, and Tang Xuan showed his six Soul Rings and overwhelming pressure despite remaining at level sixty-nine.
• Tang Xuan asked Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing how they would respond to a future campaign against the Star Luo Empire, and Dai Mubai asked him to spare its people.
• Tang Xuan proposed that the Shrek Seven Monsters travel to Sea God Island to train, and they agreed to go.
• Xiao Cheng reported Spirit Hall's attacks on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, along with its forces gathering at the border.
• Tang Xuan ordered reinforcements and asked Grandmaster to visit the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then gave Tang San the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and flew away to handle the crisis.

Tang Chen challenged Qian Daoliu in Spirit City to avenge Spirit Hall’s attack on the Clear Sky Sect and decisively defeated him. He left the conflict with Spirit Hall to his descendants, while Qian Daoliu returned injured and warned Qian Renxue how close Tang Chen’s strength was to a god’s.

• The Wanling Empire’s allied forces defeated Spirit Hall’s army at the border, killing four of its Titled Douluos and forcing the survivors to retreat.
• After sealing Slaughter City’s breaches, Tang Chen traveled to Spirit Hall and demanded that Qian Daoliu face him.
• Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu fought above Spirit City, then moved beyond its walls to spare the city from their attacks.
• Tang Chen struck Qian Daoliu with the Great Sumeru Hammer, shattered his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, and won the exchange.
• Tang Chen declared that his descendants would settle the Clear Sky Sect’s grievances with Spirit Hall, then departed as Qian Daoliu returned injured.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue that Tang Chen had surpassed him and was likely approaching the strength of a god.

Tang Xuan fought a five-hundred-thousand-year Sword-Toothed Dragon Shark at sea, then met the Sea God and agreed to kill the beast in exchange for trial rewards and extra soul rings for his companions. On Sea God Island, the others received their assessments, and Tang San’s trial produced an unprecedented clash of rainbow and blood-red light that shook all seven sacred pillars.

• Tang Xuan encountered the Sword-Toothed Dragon Shark at sea and battled it with powerful soul skills as Tang San and the others watched the storm from Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi calmed the waves near the island, while the Sea God and Asura God discussed Tang Xuan’s refusal of an inheritance.
• After the battle ended, the Sea God brought Tang Xuan into a misty space and offered him trial rewards if he agreed to kill the Sword-Toothed Dragon Shark; Tang Xuan also secured extra God-Given Soul Rings for those who received black-level trials.
• Tang Xuan resumed his flight to Sea God Island as Bai Chenxiang received yellow-level trials, Oscar and the others received black-level six trials, and Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong received top-tier seven trials.
• Tang San stepped onto the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, where rainbow and blood-red light intertwined and all seven sacred pillars began shaking.

Bo Saixi confirmed Tang San’s Sea God trials had combined with his Asura inheritance into a dual god trial, while Tang Xuan received the Sea God’s eight trials after destroying and then helping restore the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar. The brothers discussed their paths to godhood, and the chapter ended with the Thunder God repairing a failing seal and hoping Tang Hao or Tang Xuan could return in time.

• Bo Saixi stabilized the Seven Sacred Pillars and learned from Tang Xuan that Tang San had received a dual god trial to inherit both the Sea God and Asura God godhoods.
• Tang Xuan began his own test, resisted the Sea God’s interference, and shattered the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar with a punch.
• Bo Saixi declared that Tang Xuan had received the Sea God’s eight trials, restored the pillar, and ordered Sea Horse Douluo to host the group in Seahorse City.
• Tang Xuan explained to Tang San why he had arranged the dual god trial and said Tang San would need to fuse both godhoods to forge his own path.
• The Thunder God repaired cracks in a formation containing a trapped presence and feared that its seal would soon fail.

Tang Xuan rapidly completed the first four Sea God Trials before entering a long seclusion to break through level seventy and advance his physical cultivation. His body was reborn and reforged, leaving him with a divine-level physique and power beginning to transform into divine power.

• Tang Xuan completed the first three Sea God Trials in little more than a month, punching Xiao Bai so hard that she hid underwater for three days.
• Tang Xuan defeated all seven Sacred Pillar guardians over seven days, then returned to the Sea God's Light to break through.
• Tang San and his companions completed their first two trials as Tang San reached level seventy-six, while Tang Xuan remained in seclusion.
• Tang Chen arrived on Sea God Island, and Bo Saixi attacked him before the two returned to the Sea God Hall together.
• Tang Xuan's body exploded during his breakthrough, but Tang Chen stopped Tang San and the others from interfering as Tang Xuan's flesh, bones, and blood were reconstructed.
• Tang Xuan reached level seventy and the sixth turn of the Nine-Turn God-Slaying Art, emerging with a divine-level body and a life force that ordinary injuries could not extinguish.

Tang Xuan fought and killed the five-hundred-thousand-year-old Sword-Toothed Dragon Shark to complete his trial and claim its soul ring. After absorbing it, his soul power broke through to rank seventy-nine, while its soul bone failed to merge with his body.

• Tang Xuan accepted the God-Given Soul Ring but set it aside, then followed the Sea God's guidance to find the Sword-Toothed Dragon Shark.
• Tang Xuan battled the Sword-Toothed Dragon Shark, using his God-Demon Phantom and newly comprehended Heaven and Earth-One Sword to overwhelm it as powerful sea beasts watched.
• Tang Chen led the Shrek Seven Monsters to watch the fight, while the Sea God and Asura God observed from the Divine Realm.
• The Sword-Toothed Dragon Shark unleashed its blood-mark attack and tried to self-destruct, but Tang Xuan restrained it with his Godslayer Domain and erased it.
• Tang Xuan absorbed the Sword-Toothed Dragon Shark's soul ring; its soul bone could not merge with him, and his soul power rose to rank seventy-nine.