Chapter Summaries

Di Tian sent Pale Azure Qi to Elder Jin, who recognized the message and welcomed Di Tian’s group into Shrek. The Golden Tree then whipped Long Yeyue when she attacked, while Qiangu Dieting ordered an investigation into Di Tian and his forces.

• Di Tian sent a barrier containing Pale Azure Qi to the Golden Tree, and Elder Jin received a message that made it eagerly anticipate the arrival of a helper.
• The Golden Tree formed a bridge and invited Di Tian, Xiong Jun, Mu Ye, and the two sisters to gather at Shrek.
• Zhuo Shi slapped Feng Wuyu to check whether they were dreaming, and the two elders began fighting as the Sea God Pavilion elders watched in disbelief.
• Long Yeyue charged at Di Tian’s group, but the Golden Tree struck her across the face with a vine and sent her flying into Cai Yue'er’s arms.
• Qiangu Dieting told Qiangu Dongfeng to investigate Di Tian’s group, noting that Di Tian was a powerhouse at least as strong as himself.

Elder Jin led Di Tian, Mu Ye, Xiong Jun, and the others into Shrek's treasure vault, where they uncovered the Body Sect's stolen original manual and gathered copies and treasures. Meanwhile, Tang Qingye awoke powerless in a strange void filled with reflections of himself, and his sense of identity began to fade.

• Elder Jin appeared at the Sea God Pavilion and confirmed that Shrek had kept the Body Sect's original Secret of the Body after returning only a copy.
• Mu Ye grew furious at Shrek's betrayal, and Elder Jin opened a gate to the treasure vault for the group.
• Mu Ye copied the Secret of the Body and returned the original, while Di Tian copied documents, Xiong Jun collected rare metals, and the sisters ate Spirit Herbs.
• Tang Qingye awoke in a dark void surrounded by fragments showing alternate versions of himself, with his powers and Jiu'er absent.
• Tang Qingye wandered through the endless void until time and his sense of self began to blur.

After the Evil Soul Masters devastated the Tang Sect headquarters, Zang Xin rallied the survivors to preserve the sect and seek revenge. The Federation’s commendation and news that Tang Sect researchers had been abducted deepened the survivors’ anger, while the mastermind remained missing.

• The Federation army found civilians alive in the Tang Sect’s underground shelter and began investigating the attack as Zang Xin arrived at the ruined headquarters after being delayed by powerful interlopers.
• Zang Xin mourned the destruction, blamed the Tang Sect’s enemies for conspiring against it, and urged the survivors to fight discreetly, preserve their legacy, and take revenge.
• A steward presented Zang Xin with a Federation banner praising the Tang Sect for protecting civilians, along with bereavement payments for its dead, angering the survivors.
• The steward reported that the Federation had cleared the Tang Sect’s reputation and that Qiangu Dongfeng had praised it, but also said Tang Sect researchers at the Federation Hospital had been abducted.
• The researchers’ abduction was linked to Youming, who had taken them away after Ya Li was lured out, while Shrek’s elders learned Yun Ming was injured and unconscious and were told to prepare compensation.
• The mastermind vanished, and Gu Yuena’s Dragon Scales, Big Baby, Second Baby, and Sanwa could no longer sense its presence.

Yun Ming recovered in Federation Hospital and discussed the attacks on Shrek and the Tang Sect with Guan Yue, suspecting that separate forces might be acting as part of a hidden plan. He learned that Ya Li had left to search for abducted Tang Sect researchers—and that she had unexpectedly become a Level 99 Limit Douluo, despite the Life Contract that should have prevented her breakthrough.

• Yun Ming told Guan Yue that an unknown attacker connected to Dark Phoenix had nearly defeated him, and they discussed whether the attackers on Shrek were connected to the Golden Tree and the Sea God Family.
• Guan Yue suggested meeting Affectionate Zang Xin for information about the Holy Spirit Cult's attack on the Tang Sect, while Yun Ming worried that someone might be directing both attacks.
• Yun Ming asked where Ya Li was, and Guan Yue said she had left Federation Hospital to search for Tang Sect researchers abducted during a hospital raid.
• Guan Yue revealed that Ya Li had reached Level 99 and become a Limit Douluo after healing Yun Ming and leaving the hospital.
• Yun Ming realized Ya Li's breakthrough should have been impossible because their Life Contract had drained her Power of Faith and blocked her path to the limit.

After Mu Ye and his powerful allies left Shrek, Long Yeyue publicly denounced Qiangu Dongfeng for watching the attack without intervening. Furious, Qiangu Dongfeng secretly contacted the Ghost Emperor and began plotting to destroy Shrek with God-Slaying shells.

• Qiangu Dongfeng arrived as Mu Ye, Di Tian, and their group prepared to leave, while Hu Jie kept Tang Sect reinforcements from departing for Heaven Dou.
• Qiangu Dongfeng tried to persuade Mu Ye’s group to stay, but they ignored him and departed, warning they would return.
• After Di Tian’s group left, Long Yeyue accused Qiangu Dongfeng before Shrek City of standing by during the battle and pretending to care afterward.
• Back at his desk, Qiangu Dongfeng called the Ghost Emperor and proposed using God-Slaying shells to destroy Shrek.
• The Ghost Emperor agreed to consider the plan but demanded information, funds, and the death of a Sea God Pavilion elder as proof of Qiangu Dongfeng’s commitment.
• The Ghost Emperor said he would add Qiangu Dongfeng to a group where he might find allies.

Ling Zichen woke in Dean Xu’s laboratory after he abducted her family, then listened as he attacked the Tang Sect and offered her a chance to continue her research. She learned the Sun Moon Royal Academy had captured them and found that her parents had signed a contract enrolling her family as specialist researchers.

• Ling Zichen woke in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s basement and demanded to know where her parents were.
• Dean Xu said her parents were safe for now and threatened to make them participate in experiments if she refused to cooperate.
• Dean Xu accused the Tang Sect of reckless experiments and arms dealing, and Ling Zichen became shaken by his claims.
• Dean Xu revealed that he was the academy’s dean and that the Tang Sect had been bombed and stripped of its resources.
• Dean Xu offered Ling Zichen’s family special approval to continue experiments, then showed her the contract her parents had signed for her.

Ya Li brought the unconscious Tang Qingye to Shrek, hoping Elder Jin could explain why his aura was fading and help resolve his conflict with Yun Ming. Long Yeyue, furious that Ya Li had brought an outsider onto Sea God Island, ordered a public trial, while Elder Jin appeared and recognized Tang Qingye as someone an old acquaintance had favored.

• At Sea God Pavilion, Cai Yue'er told Long Yeyue that Ya Li had returned carrying an outsider, and Long Yeyue ordered the elders assembled to put Ya Li on trial.
• Ya Li brought Tang Qingye to the Golden Tree after healing his wounds failed to wake him and his aura began to weaken.
• Ya Li reasoned that Tang Qingye had fought Yun Ming and hoped Elder Jin could help him, repair their conflict, and aid Shrek.
• Ya Li laid Tang Qingye beneath the Golden Tree and asked Elder Jin for help.
• Elder Jin appeared, recognized Tang Qingye's aura, and wondered how he had ended up in that condition.

Tang Qingye defeated the resentful soul illusions, including a false Tang San, then faced a vision of his parents and their home. He rejected the comforting illusion, affirmed his resolve to forge his own path, and watched it vanish as the darkness and uncanny sounds returned.

• More than a thousand ghost souls accused Tang Qingye of killing them, but he intimidated them with his will and mocked the false Tang San.
• The false Tang San attacked with the Sea God Trident, and Tang Qingye answered with a punch that destroyed the apparition and the resentful souls.
• Tang Ziran and Lang Yue appeared and drew Tang Qingye into a vision of their home in Aolai City and his childhood.
• Tang Qingye remembered his worries about his talent, then resolved to make his own way forward and said Wulin would help him.
• Tang Qingye told his parents he would not give up, and their figures disappeared as the evening light faded and the darkness returned.

Elder Jin decided to trust Tang Qingye and poured the Golden Ancient Tree’s energy into him, hoping to use the higher-dimensional Life Origin within him to suppress the Blue Silver Emperor. Ya Li learned that Yun Ming had deceived her about Life Sharing, while Long Yeyue was knocked into Sea God Lake after confronting Elder Jin.

• Elder Jin examined Tang Qingye’s intact lifesaving mark and chose to give him a major opportunity, believing the Plane Spirit had trusted him for a reason.
• Elder Jin told Ya Li that Tang Qingye had cleared the shackles preventing her breakthrough and that Yun Ming had siphoned her power of faith; Ya Li suspected their Life Sharing bond had been fake.
• Elder Jin drew the Seed of Life from his true body and concentrated the Golden Ancient Tree’s energy on Tang Qingye, allowing Ya Li to benefit as well.
• Long Yeyue rushed to confront Elder Jin and reclaim the tree’s energy, but a branch struck her into Sea God Lake.
• Cai Yue'er prepared to appear and rescue Long Yeyue.

Ling Zichen pursued a plan to create a divine-grade mecha while Elder Xu hurried to the Tilting Moon Pavilion to receive a Foundation-Nurturing Pill. The pill restored Elder Xu’s vitality and health, and he confirmed that it had worked.

• Ling Zichen conceived a plan to combine a Source Spring core, mecha technology, and battle armor arrays into a mecha that ordinary people could use.
• Elder Xu received a message from Gu Yuena and rushed with his son to the Tilting Moon Pavilion to absorb his pill.
• Gu Yuena and Di Tian welcomed Elder Xu and explained that the pill could heal his hidden injuries and extend his lifespan by nearly a hundred years.
• Elder Xu swallowed the pill and circulated his soul power as Xu Changjing guarded him and a recording device documented the effects.
• The pill cleared Elder Xu’s injuries, restored his vitality, and made him look and feel younger, prompting him to exclaim that it had worked.