Chapter Summaries

Xu Qingjia and Elder Shen planned to expand the Netherworld Order across the Sun Moon Federation by offering life extension in exchange for political support and faith. They established an Elder Hall to protect Xu Qingjia and coordinate powerful allies, while excluding the Qian Gu Family and other corrupt factions.

• Elder Shen asked Xu Qingjia about the limits of his life-extending ability, and Xu Qingjia explained that it could theoretically extend life indefinitely at increasing cost in faith.
• Elder Shen proposed making the Netherworld Order the Federation's state religion and sharing its life-extending benefits with powerful authorities to secure their cooperation.
• Xu Qingjia agreed to the plan, and he and Elder Shen established the Netherworld Order's Elder Hall, with Elder Shen as Grand Elder and Xu Qingjia as Holy Son.
• The two decided that only Elder Hall members would learn Xu Qingjia could use faith to extend lives, protecting him through the influence of the order's powerful backers.
• Xu Qingjia told Elder Shen to exclude the Qian Gu Family and people of thoroughly rotten character, including those who colluded with the Holy Spirit Cult.

Xu Qingjia learned that his family had once considered arranging a match between him and Heavenly Phoenix Douluo Leng Yaozhu, while Elder Shen planned to charge Yu for a lifespan extension. Back home, Ye Xinglan told Xu Qingjia her father intended to send her to Shrek Academy’s Inner Court, leaving him surprised.

• Elder Shen told Xu Qingjia that Xu Ye had pursued a match with Heavenly Phoenix Douluo Leng Yaozhu to gain influence for the Xu Family in the Spirit Pagoda.
• Elder Shen asked Xu Qingjia how much power of faith he had left and planned to tell Yu it was the amount he had collected over half a year.
• Xu Qingjia returned to his estate and found Ye Xinglan troubled, then comforted her and reminded her to call him big brother.
• Ye Xinglan said Shrek Academy was far worse than she had expected, with arrogant students and unruly teachers.
• Ye Xinglan revealed that her father planned to send her to enroll in Shrek Academy’s Inner Court, and Xu Qingjia wondered whether the Ye Family had given up on gaining influence in the Federation.

Xu Qingjia promised to keep Ye Xinglan from being sent to Shrek Academy, while Na'er deceived Gu Yue about her mission and realized she was falling for Xu Qingjia. Xu Qingjia considered how to protect Na'er from being merged back into Gu Yue and resolved to grow stronger before confronting that problem.

• Ye Xinglan told Xu Qingjia she did not want to attend Shrek Academy, and he promised to ask his father to persuade Ye Yuefather to keep her at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xu Qingjia noticed Na'er was in her room and used the Book of Life and Death to contact Gu Yue.
• Na'er told Gu Yue a fabricated account of her investigation, then cried until Gu Yue believed her and asked her to investigate the Netherworld Order and use her host family's influence.
• After the call ended, Na'er admitted she had deceived Gu Yue for Xu Qingjia and wondered whether she had fallen in love with him.
• Xu Qingjia learned of Na'er's feelings through the Book of Life and Death and considered how to prevent Gu Yue from merging Na'er back into herself.
• Xu Qingjia decided to grow stronger and build faith in the Netherworld Order before dealing with Gu Yue.

Xu Qingjia's parents arranged his engagement to Ye Xinglan to protect her and respond to the Ye Family's political maneuvering, while Na'er grew jealous. Xu Ye also planned to send Xu Qingjia to the Spirit Pagoda as Leng Yaozhu's disciple, and the chapter ended with Shen Xi encouraging Na'er to pursue Qingjia herself.

• At dinner, Xu Ye proposed that Xu Qingjia become engaged to Ye Xinglan, and Na'er objected while Ye Xinglan admitted she had no objections.
• Xu Ye and Shen Xi explained that the Ye Family planned to send Ye Xinglan to Shrek's Inner Court, and Xu Ye warned that the Ye Family and disloyal members of the Xu Family would face consequences.
• Xu Ye revealed that he had arranged for Xu Qingjia to become Leng Yaozhu's disciple and gain a path to power in the Spirit Pagoda, while Shen Xi rejected Xu Ye's past attempt to arrange a marriage between them.
• Xu Qingjia accepted the engagement for the time being and planned to comfort Na'er, while Xu Ye admitted he had raised the marriage idea with Leng Yaozhu to plant a seed between teacher and disciple.
• Na'er declared Ye Xinglan her enemy, but Shen Xi reassured her that Xu Qingjia's future marriage would depend on his own choice and said she was rooting for Na'er.

Xu Qingjia considered Leng Yaozhu as a possible teacher, confirmed Ye Xinglan would follow Shen Xi’s arrangements, and recruited Electrolux to help him pursue godhood. He summoned Black and White Impermanence, who appeared before him and pledged their service.

• Na'er devised a plan after watching Xu Qingjia’s bedroom door and returned to her room.
• Xu Qingjia considered Leng Yaozhu as a potential teacher and reflected on his cultivation resources and ability to protect himself.
• Ye Xinglan told Xu Qingjia that her father had agreed she would follow Shen Xi’s arrangements instead of attending Shrek Academy.
• Electrolux visited Xu Qingjia, and they discussed his prospects of recovering his strength and reaching godhood.
• Xu Qingjia summoned Black and White Impermanence, and Yue Guan and Gui Mei appeared to greet their lord.

Xu Qingjia tested whether his power would alert the Silver Dragon Reverse Scale, then summoned Yue Guan and Gui Mei as Black and White Impermanence and discussed their loyalty, revenge, and abilities. After Electrolux left to avoid an approaching visitor, Xu Qingjia wondered who was coming to see him.

• Xu Qingjia found that his domain did not attract the Silver Dragon Reverse Scale and concluded that only pure Netherworld energy or a similar god-level aura might catch her attention.
• Xu Qingjia questioned Yue Guan and Gui Mei about their loyalty and their hatred of Tang San, then promised he could revive them through the strands of their true spirits he held.
• Xu Qingjia gave Yue Guan and Gui Mei soul guidance phones and sent them to an empty guest room to learn about the present age.
• Electrolux judged Black and White Impermanence to be near the limits permitted by the world's laws, while Xu Qingjia considered their soul-focused Martial Soul Fusion Skill especially valuable.
• Electrolux declined Xu Qingjia's offer of spiritual treasures, then left after noticing someone approaching; a White-Haired Dumpling tiptoed out of her bedroom.

Na'er sneaked into Xu Qingjia's room under the pretense of protecting him from a thunderstorm, then agreed to guard him while he cultivated in the Netherworld. Once his soul had left his body, Na'er began lifting his shirt, while Ye Xinglan continued cultivating at the Ye Family estate.

• Na'er tried to sneak into Xu Qingjia's bedroom, but he caught her and questioned her excuse for being awake.
• Xu Qingjia gave Na'er snacks, and she claimed a terrible thunderstorm was coming so she could protect him.
• Xu Qingjia brought Na'er to bed and urged her to cultivate while he used the Book of Life and Death to send his soul into the Netherworld.
• After confirming Xu Qingjia's soul had departed, Na'er blushed and began pulling up his shirt.
• At the Ye Family estate, Ye Xinglan sat cross-legged on her bed and cultivated with pale golden Soul Power.

Xu Qingjia’s power to extend lifespans made him valuable to the Federation, while tensions between the Federation and Shrek escalated over Cai Yue’er’s public humiliation. As Yun Ming prepared to challenge the Federation, Xu Qingjia ordered Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo to eliminate Cai Yue’er and frame Evil Soul Masters.

• Xu Ye and Shen Xi learned that Xu Qingjia could extend lifespans through faith, and Xu Ye realized the Federation’s elders would work to gather faith for their son.
• The Federation’s confrontation with Shrek became a public controversy after Cai Yue’er’s three-day punishment outside Mingdu and Yun Ming’s continued absence.
• Yun Ming told Chen Xinjie that he would return to Shrek and reclaim what it had lost, while Chen Xinjie warned that Shrek could not defy the entire Federation.
• Xu Qingjia learned from the Book of Life and Death that Cai Yue’er was moving and ordered Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo to kill her, extract her soul, and disguise the attack as the work of Evil Soul Masters.

Cai Yue'er and Long Yeyue were ambushed aboard a Soul Guidance Train by Holy Spirit Cult Quasi-Gods Yue Guan and Gui Mei. Long Yeyue fled after the attack left Cai Yue'er captured, while the train was wrecked.

• Cai Yue'er abused the train's chief attendant and vowed to make Shen Xi and her son pay for her humiliation.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei stopped the train, revealed themselves as Holy Spirit Cult Quasi-Gods, and attacked the two women.
• Gui Mei unleashed Gui Mei Phantoms, while Yue Guan used Sigh at the World's Splendor to drain their vitality and Soul Power.
• Long Yeyue transformed into her Radiant Sacred Dragon True Body and fought alongside Cai Yue'er, but the resulting blast destroyed the train and injured its passengers.
• Gui Mei captured the weakened Cai Yue'er, while Long Yeyue fled more than ten kilometers away.

Xu Qingjia’s staged attack on Shrek’s elders became a public scandal, while the Ghost Emperor denied that the attackers belonged to his cult. Xu Qingjia revealed to the captured Cai Yue'er that he had arranged the ambush and threatened the rest of Shrek’s Sea God's Pavilion.

• A viral satellite video showed Long Yeyue fleeing while Cai Yue'er was captured, and netizens mocked Long Yeyue for abandoning her junior.
• Qiangu Dongfeng questioned the Ghost Emperor about the apparent appearance of the Demon Empress and Nether Emperor, but the Ghost Emperor said they were impostors and asked Qiangu to help find them.
• Xu Qingjia ordered compensation for passengers and staff on the ambushed train, which his family operated, while privately acknowledging that he had caused the incident.
• Chrysanthemum and Ghost brought Cai Yue'er's body and soul to Xu Qingjia, who confirmed that he had sent them and said Shrek’s Sea God's Pavilion would share her fate.

Xu Qingjia transformed Cai Yue'er into a vengeful ghost and explained why he had let Long Yeyue escape. As the factions responded to the clash, Shrek Academy suffered public disgrace while Xu Qingjia focused on his next targets.

• Xu Qingjia opened the Underworld and turned Cai Yue'er's soul into a vengeful ghost, using a video to intensify her resentment.
• Xu Qingjia praised Yue Guan and Gui Mei, then explained that leaving Long Yeyue alive would damage Shrek and keep its attention on the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Xu Qingjia identified Amorous Douluo Zang Xin as a threat and resolved to eliminate him when the opportunity arose.
• The Holy Spirit Cult continued its plans, Qiangu Dongfeng investigated Ghost Emperor's Quasi-Gods, and Leng Yaozhu accepted her first direct disciple.
• The Federation welcomed the conflict between Shrek and the Holy Spirit Cult, while Shrek's reputation worsened after Long Yeyue abandoned Cai Yue'er and earned the nickname "Long Paopao."

Long Yeyue urged Yun Ming to recall more forces after the Holy Spirit Cult targeted Shrek Academy, while Xu Qingjia woke from cultivation and playfully tussled with Na'er. As Xu Qingjia gained power and gathered influential Federation leaders into the Netherworld Order, he prepared to visit Shrek City under heavy protection.

• Long Yeyue demanded that Yun Ming recall forces from the Blood God Legion, and he agreed that Shrek Academy needed more strength.
• Xu Qingjia woke to find Na'er teasing him, and they playfully tussled in his bedroom.
• Xu Qingjia raised his soul power by one level over the next few days.
• Elder Shen brought Yu Guanzhi to the Xu Family, where Yu Guanzhi joined the Netherworld Order's Elder Hall and lent Xu Qingjia Life's Benediction.
• Xu Qingjia arranged to visit Spirit Pagoda Headquarters and Shrek City, while Elder Shen planned to secure him a powerful bodyguard through the Leng Family.

Leng Yaozhu met Xu Qingjia when her father brought him and two girls to Spirit Pagoda Headquarters. Old Master Leng revealed that he had arranged for Leng Yaozhu to serve as Xu Qingjia’s personal bodyguard, leaving her stunned.

• Leng Yaozhu rushed to Spirit Pagoda Headquarters and found Old Master Leng arriving with Xu Qingjia, Na'er, and the Golden-Haired Girl.
• Old Master Leng scolded Leng Yaozhu for remaining unmarried and tried to promote her domestic skills to Xu Qingjia.
• Leng Yaozhu and Xu Qingjia discussed his reputation as the continent’s greatest genius and Shrek’s treatment of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Na'er sensed her connection with Gu Yue growing stronger and realized Gu Yue was also at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.
• Old Master Leng told Leng Yaozhu that she would become Xu Qingjia’s personal female bodyguard and remain within one li of him around the clock.

Leng Yaozhu learned that the Leng Family had joined the Netherworld Order's Elder Hall to gain lifespan-extending power, with protecting and teaching Xu Qingjia as part of the price. Xu Qingjia settled into Leng Yaozhu's quarters, where she welcomed him as her late friend's son and asked him to call her Aunt Leng.

• Old Master Leng explained that the Leng Family had joined the Elder Hall and that Xu Qingjia's protection and instruction were obligations tied to the family's new alliance.
• Leng Yaozhu accepted her father's decision because the mysterious power could prolong his life, though she worried over the Leng Family's future and her disciple's lack of Leng blood.
• Xu Qingjia toured the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters with the two girls and admired the view of Shrek City from Leng Yaozhu's private quarters.
• Old Master Leng arranged rooms for Xu Qingjia and the girls, then left after warning Leng Yaozhu to bring a man home next time.
• White-Haired Dumpling and Ye Xinglan began tidying Xu Qingjia's room, while Leng Yaozhu called him over and told him to address her as Aunt Leng.

Xu Qingjia met Leng Yaozhu, who agreed to help protect him and cultivate him, Xinglan, and Na'er during their journey. He revealed that his family had equipped him with an arsenal of powerful safeguards, including hidden allies, and left confident that Na'er could save him if needed.

• Xu Qingjia told Leng Yaozhu that his parents had discussed a possible marriage between them, leaving her embarrassed before they joked about his attraction to her.
• Leng Yaozhu shifted to business and agreed to serve as their bodyguard and oversee the cultivation of Xu Qingjia, Xinglan, and Na'er.
• Xu Qingjia explained that his family had provided him with multiple Level 9 defensive Soul Tools, an Invincible Shield, and five Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells.
• Xu Qingjia noted that Elder Yi, Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo, and ultimately Na'er were additional safeguards against threats.

Gu Yue entered Xu Qingjia’s bathroom and tried to silence him after finding him bathing, but their struggle ended with them falling into the tub and breaking it. Leng Yaozhu arrived to investigate the noise and caught the two wrestling, while another person hid behind the curtain.

• Gu Yue sensed her other self nearby and followed the presence to Xu Qingjia’s bathroom.
• Gu Yue mistook Xu Qingjia’s startled reaction for a threat and pinned him, but he pulled her into the bathtub.
• Gu Yue tried to restrain Xu Qingjia again, and they argued over her intrusion and agreed to stop together.
• Gu Yue and Xu Qingjia both refused to let go, and their struggle broke the bathtub.
• Leng Yaozhu entered to investigate and found Xu Qingjia and Gu Yue wrestling, with someone hiding behind the curtain.

Xu Qingjia and Gu Yue resolved the bathroom misunderstanding after Leng Yaozhu intervened, while Xu Qingjia learned Gu Yue’s identity as the Silver Dragon King. Gu Yue took Na’er with her, and Xu Qingjia asked Leng Yaozhu to make it up to him.

• Leng Yaozhu led Ye Xinglan away and used Phoenix Fire to dry Xu Qingjia and Gu Yue, then gave them time to dress.
• Xu Qingjia teased Na’er for watching and put the trouble on the Silver Dragon King’s tab.
• Gu Yue told Leng Yaozhu that she had mistaken Xu Qingjia for a thief, and Leng Yaozhu told her to apologize.
• Xu Qingjia accepted Gu Yue’s apology and introduced himself and Na’er, then asked Gu Yue to look after them as their senior sister.
• Gu Yue left with Na’er, and Xu Qingjia asked Leng Yaozhu whether she would make it up to him.

Leng Yaozhu gently rejected Xu Qingjia’s advances but promised to consider taking responsibility for him if he still loved her in thirty years; Xu Qingjia vowed to surpass Yun Ming and marry her. Meanwhile, Gu Yue confronted Na’er about her closeness to Xu Qingjia, and Na’er claimed she had approached him to use the Xu Family’s influence for Gu Yue’s mission.

• Leng Yaozhu told Xu Qingjia that liking someone and loving someone were different, then promised to consider him in thirty years if he still loved her.
• Xu Qingjia insisted that thirty years was too long and vowed to surpass Yun Ming before asking Leng Yaozhu to marry him.
• In Gu Yue’s room, Gu Yue used the Silver Dragon Reverse Scale to conceal their sounds and scolded Na’er for sneaking into Xu Qingjia’s bathroom.
• Gu Yue asked Na’er about Xu Qingjia and why she had come to the Spirit Pagoda.
• Na’er said she had come with Xu Qingjia to complete Gu Yue’s task, explaining that she planned to use his feelings and the Xu Family’s connections to gain influence.

Gu Yue and Na'er planned to pursue the Golden Dragon King's aura while keeping their identities secret, and Xu Qingjia discovered their destination could be dangerous. Na'er sought reassurance from Xu Qingjia, who already knew she was a dragon, while Gu Yue remained convinced their love could not last.

• Gu Yue warned Na'er not to fall for Xu Qingjia and said she had located the Golden Dragon King's aura, proposing they go together in two months.
• Na'er demonstrated spear intent in a spar with Gu Yue, while Xu Qingjia defeated Ye Xinglan by binding her with his Soul Lock Chain.
• Gu Yue suspected Xu Qingjia's power was linked to the Netherworld, and Xu Qingjia resolved to have Yue Guan and Gui Mei watch over Gu Yue and Na'er on their trip.
• Na'er went to Xu Qingjia's room during a storm and asked whether he would forgive her if he learned she had lied; he promised he would if she sincerely admitted her mistake.
• Xu Qingjia privately acknowledged that he had known Na'er was a dragon, while Gu Yue sensed Na'er's feelings and dismissed the possibility of a human and Dragon King falling in love.

Xu Qingjia discussed the possibility of human–Soul Beast coexistence with Gu Yue, while the Federation declared the Netherworld Judgment Order its state religion and faith in him surged. As that faith began transforming his body toward godhood, Tang Wulin dreamed of two figures meeting a blue figure that emerged from within him.

• Nether Moon presented Xu Qingjia with her Level 4 Soul Engineer badge, and Xu Qingjia told Gu Yue that peace between humans and Soul Beasts required changing the Soul Ring system.
• Xu Qingjia argued that humans and Soul Beasts fought for survival under the world's rules, while Gu Yue questioned whether they could coexist peacefully.
• Qiangu Dongfeng worried that the Xu, Shen, Yu, Guo, and Leng Families might be joining forces against the Spirit Pagoda.
• The Federal Parliament established the Netherworld Judgment Order as the state religion, and churches spread as believers' faith flowed toward Xu Qingjia.
• Xu Qingjia received forty units of faith power a day and sensed that his body was beginning a divine transformation.
• Tang Wulin dreamed of two figures approaching him as a blue figure emerged from his body.