Chapter Summaries

Gu Xingyue faced Du Bìsì while the other battles around Shrek Academy intensified. Mu En burned her lifespan to fight Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui, leaving them on the defensive as the struggle continued.

• Du Bìsì dismantled Gu Xingyue’s strongest attack and advanced on him, while Xuan Zi rushed in to help.
• Du Busì intercepted Xuan Zi, and the two women began fighting in the sky.
• The Body Sect’s Titled Douluos surrounded Shrek Academy, keeping Zhongli Wu’s Holy Spirit Church forces at a distance.
• Du Bìsì’s slap knocked Zhongli Wu from her frenzied state, and she rose from the rubble with a clear gaze.
• Mu En ignited the Flame of Life and attacked Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui, overpowering them as Long Xiaoyao shielded Ye Xishui from her blows.

Xuan Zi fought Du Busì but was overwhelmed after burning her soul rings and life force. Pinned in a crater, she recalled her burdens and resolved to stand up and fight again, making Du Busì feel movement beneath her foot.

• Xuan Zi and Du Busì exchanged hundreds of blows, with Du Busì taunting her and steadily driving her back.
• Xuan Zi activated Ring Devouring and Ultimate sublimation, then unleashed Swallowing Heaven and Devouring Earth, but Du Busì endured the attack.
• Du Busì battered Xuan Zi from the sky into a crater and pinned her beneath her foot while declaring that Shrek could not protect anything.
• As Xuan Zi's consciousness faded, she recalled her master's expectations, Mu En's trust, and her duty to protect Shrek and its students.
• Xuan Zi rejected the thought of giving up and resolved to stand and fight again, causing Du Busì's smile to falter as she felt movement beneath her foot.

Xuan Zi broke through to Limit Douluo during her battle with Du Busì, becoming the Gluttony God’s emissary and gaining control of her martial soul. She overwhelmed Du Bisi and Du Busì with her power, leaving Shrek’s enemies pinned beneath her gravity.

• Xuan Zi rose from the crater with overwhelming soul power, announced that she had broken through to Limit Douluo, and thanked Du Busì for helping her reach that state.
• Xuan Zi attacked Du Busì with a powerful punch, but Du Bisi intercepted it and was driven into a crater with her carapace shattered.
• Xuan Zi spread her gravity across the battlefield, forcing Du Bisi, Du Busì, and nearby Titled Douluos to their knees while Shrek’s students remained standing.
• Xuan Zi revealed that her nine Soul Rings had grown stronger and declared herself an emissary of the God of Gluttony, freed from her martial soul’s gluttonous instincts.
• Du Bisi admitted through her actions that she could no longer take Huo Yutong, as Shrek’s side recognized that the battle’s advantage had shifted to them.

The God of Destruction revealed her plan to establish Divine Inheritance Lands, unite the Seven Original Sin Gods, and challenge the Sea God at Jialing Pass. On the Douluo Continent, Shrek’s forces won the battle, their enemies fled, and Gu Xingyue and Huo Yutong finally rested.

• The God of Destruction told the God of Life she wanted to establish Divine Inheritance Lands and pursue a plan to expand and strengthen the Divine Realm.
• The God of Destruction proposed that the Seven Original Sin Gods find divine envoys and gather faith, then revealed that she had chosen Jialing Pass as their location to challenge the Sea God.
• Mu En laughed as Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui retreated after she defeated them in battle.
• Du Bisi ordered the Body Sect to retreat, and Xuan Zi killed half of its Titled Douluos as they escaped.
• The Holy Spirit Church fled, and Zhongli Wu cursed the absent Titled Douluos and consecrators before leaving.
• Gu Xingyue and Huo Yutong sat together after the battle, and Huo Yutong rested her head on his shoulder.

After Mu En drove Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui away, Xuan Zi revealed that the God of Gluttony had chosen her as his mortal representative and tasked her with building a Divine Hall at Jialing Pass. Mu En decided to take Jialing Pass for Shrek and prepare to find envoys for the other six Original Sin Gods.

• Mu En struck Long Xiaoyao and pursued him and Ye Xishui until they escaped beyond the horizon.
• Xuan Zi told Mu En that the God of Gluttony had chosen her as his representative and tasked her with building a Divine Hall at Jialing Pass.
• Xuan Zi explained that the seven Original Sin Gods wanted Divine Halls and envoys across the continent, with trials that could strengthen soul masters.
• Gu Xingyue wondered whether the God of Destruction had sent the Original Sin Gods to intervene in the Divine Realm's affairs and take notice of Huo Yutong.
• Mu En decided to take Jialing Pass, instructed Xuan Zi to choose a site for the Gluttony Divine Hall, and said the other six envoys must be selected carefully.

Mu En decided Shrek would build a Divine Hall for the God of Gluttony and seek the remaining Original Sin Gods’ envoys, while preparing to take Jialing Pass. The chapter ended with Shrek’s elders accepting her plans and Mu En declaring that the academy would stand at the forefront of the age.

• Mu En and Xuan Zi agreed not to rush the search for envoys and to wait for the gods to reveal their preferences.
• Gu Xingyue wondered about the Divine Realm’s conflict, Huo Yutong’s possible future, and why no god had chosen him as an envoy.
• Xuan Zi easily defeated an Evil Soul Master and his outlaw group after they blocked Shrek’s return journey.
• Mu En told Shrek’s elders that Xuan Zi had become the God of Gluttony’s divine envoy and that Shrek would build a Divine Hall at Jialing Pass.
• Mu En declared that she would take Jialing Pass and ordered Yan Shaozhe to compile a list of the academy’s younger generation for her review.
• Mu En urged the elders to lead the age, and they accepted her plans without objection.

Mu En assembled a Shrek delegation to travel to the Heavenly Soul Empire, hunt Evil Soul Masters, and help Gu Xingyue obtain a Soul Ring. Before the delegation left, Huo Yutong defeated Ji Xueyi in a duel, while Gu Xingyue watched from the sidelines.

• Mu En appointed Yan Shaozhe, Cai Gang, and Song Yunzhi to lead a delegation to the Heavenly Soul Empire and ordered them to eliminate Evil Soul Master strongholds along the way.
• Mu En arranged for the delegation to help Gu Xingyue hunt a Soul Ring, and Huo Yutong chose to accompany him.
• Gu Xingyue and Huo Yutong encountered Ji Xueyi practicing by Sea God Lake, where Ji Xueyi challenged Gu Xingyue to a fight.
• Gu Xingyue agreed to fight Ji Xueyi after she first defeated Huo Yutong, and the three went to the Outer Court training grounds.
• Huo Yutong used her Ice Jade Scorpion Emperor abilities, Spiritual Power, and freezing mist to trap Ji Xueyi in the Eternal Frozen Domain.
• Gu Xingyue broke the ice cage, and Ji Xueyi admitted defeat before standing up without taking Huo Yutong's offered hand.

After Shrek’s delegation assembled to travel to the Heavenly Soul Empire, it detoured to the Great Star Dou Forest so Gu Xingyue could hunt for a ten-thousand-year soul ring. The group entered the dangerous core region, where even Zhang Lexuan remained wary of hundred-thousand-year soul beasts.

• Ji Xueyi accepted her defeat to Huo Yutong and set herself a new goal: improving enough to defeat the girl beside Gu Xingyue.
• Yan Shaozhe led Shrek’s delegation toward the Heavenly Soul Empire, accompanied by Sun Moon Empire exchange students who hoped Shrek would weaken Heavenly Soul.
• Jin Hongchen learned that Shrek was targeting a city in the Heavenly Soul Empire and considered using a conflict to invade from the Sun Moon Empire’s border.
• Yan Shaozhe diverted the delegation to the Great Star Dou Forest so Gu Xingyue could hunt for a soul ring before continuing to Heavenly Soul.
• Gu Xingyue entered the forest’s core region to seek a ten-thousand-year soul ring, while Zhang Lexuan stayed alert to the danger of hundred-thousand-year soul beasts.

Gu Xingyue and the Shrek group discovered an Emerald Swan, but the Auspicious Beast arrived and Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe seized it. The Red King came to demand its release, and Xuan Zi negotiated for two soul beasts instead.

• Gu Xingyue and Zhang Lexuan spotted an Emerald Swan standing on a dragon-type soul beast in a secluded meadow.
• Yan Shaozhe decided the Emerald Swan could benefit Gu Xingyue's Evergreen Life Vine martial soul and prepared to act.
• The Auspicious Beast appeared, and Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe pinned it down before Gu Xingyue could determine its sex.
• The Red King arrived and demanded that Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe release the Auspicious Beast, warning that the Great Star Dou Forest would destroy Shrek if it was harmed.
• Yan Shaozhe demanded a hundred-thousand-year Emerald Swan, but the Red King refused, so Xuan Zi demanded a Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine and a spiritual-type soul beast instead.

Xuan Zi held the Auspicious Beast while Gu Xingyue completed Attribute Guidance and established a Soul Contract with her. The Auspicious Beast became his summonable Legendary Pokémon, and she woke to find Gu Xingyue grinning as he rubbed her head.

• The Red King left after warning Xuan Zi not to hurt the Auspicious Beast.
• Xuan Zi ordered Gu Xingyue to complete Attribute Guidance with the captive Auspicious Beast.
• Gu Xingyue and the Auspicious Beast drew close without resisting each other's auras, and a golden beam appeared as the system offered a Soul Contract.
• Gu Xingyue accepted the contract, which let him command the Auspicious Beast and summon her regardless of distance.
• The Auspicious Beast recovered from the influx of information and saw Gu Xingyue smiling as he rubbed her head.

Gu Xingyue used the Soul Contract to command the Auspicious Beast, then relied on her good fortune to help the group find suitable Soul Beasts with ease. After a barbecue, Gu Xingyue and Huo Yutong slept on the Auspicious Beast’s back, while she resigned herself to obeying her new master.

• The Auspicious Beast absorbed Gu Xingyue’s memories and became affectionate toward him, while Huo Yutong wondered whether he liked cats.
• Xuan Zi watched Gu Xingyue pet the Auspicious Beast and privately worried about his obsession with Soul Beasts.
• The group decided to help the students find Soul Rings while the Red King was away, and Gu Xingyue ordered the Auspicious Beast to use Good Luck.
• The Auspicious Beast’s fortune brought the group suitable, weakened Soul Beasts and an easy crossing through a swamp, and she frightened one Soul Beast into submission.
• Gu Xingyue grilled the hunted Soul Beasts, teased the ravenous Auspicious Beast, and Xuan Zi stormed off after suspecting he had called her a rice bucket.
• Gu Xingyue and Huo Yutong lay on the Auspicious Beast’s back beneath the stars, and she accepted her role as their mattress because the Soul Contract compelled her to obey.

After the Red King returned with the Thunderclap Hell Soarer, the soul plant willingly sacrificed itself to Gu Xingyue. He absorbed its ten-thousand-year soul ring and gained Elementalization, leaving him with a powerful new ability.

• The Red King returned exhausted with the dying Thunderclap Hell Soarer and first checked that the auspicious beast was safe.
• The Thunderclap Hell Soarer sensed Gu Xingyue's immense life aura and chose to sacrifice itself to him.
• Gu Xingyue absorbed the ten-thousand-year soul ring with ease as the onlookers marveled at the plant's willing sacrifice.
• Gu Xingyue revealed that his new soul skill was Elementalization, letting him transform into lightning and resist physical and energy attacks.

Gu Xingyue gained an evolving external soul bone, the Thunder Spear, whose attacks could guarantee a hit, and the group traveled to the Heavenly Soul Empire after Huo Yutong completed her absorption. In the royal city, Gu Xingyue pinned the lecherous Feng Ling to the ground, just as the City Guard arrived and challenged the group.

• Gu Xingyue received the Thunder Spear from the Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine and revealed its lightning attacks and guaranteed-hit ability to Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe.
• The Red King carried off the Auspicious Beast, who looked back at Gu Xingyue with a feeling that they would meet again soon.
• Huo Yutong finished absorbing her soul ring, and the group flew to the Heavenly Soul Empire in a Mimetic Aircraft.
• In the royal city, Feng Ling charged at the group on horseback, and Yan Shaozhe knocked him and his horse into a roadside stall.
• After Feng Ling threatened the women in the group, Gu Xingyue pinned him to the ground with the Thunder Spear, and Xuan Zi called it a righteous act of courage.
• The City Guard arrived and demanded to know who had attacked Feng Ling.

Gu Xingyue and Xuan Zi forced their way into the Heavenly Soul Empire’s palace to demand Jialing Pass, while the emperor tried to stall and summoned the Body Sect for support. The Body Sect had sealed its gates and refused to get involved, leaving the emperor with no help as Xuan Zi’s demand remained unanswered.

• Zhao Yan tried to arrest Gu Xingyue’s group, but Xuan Zi killed the guards, and Gu Xingyue killed Feng Ling with a lightning strike.
• Xuan Zi led the group toward the imperial palace and said they should demand Jialing Pass from the emperor.
• The emperor ordered Wei Na to fetch Du Bisi of the Body Sect, hoping its strength would deter Shrek.
• Xuan Zi entered the palace, intimidated the emperor with her soul rings, and demanded that he hand over Jialing Pass.
• The emperor tried to delay the decision, but Wei Na returned and reported that the Body Sect had sealed its gates and would not help.

The Heavenly Soul Emperor ceded Jialing Pass to Shrek after Xuan Zi arrived, and the group celebrated at a palace banquet. As Gu Xingyue helped a drunken Huo Yutong back to her room, Tang Bodhisattva mistook Gu Xingyue for the child of Destruction and Life and began planning a divine countermeasure.

• The Heavenly Soul Emperor changed his stance and promised Xuan Zi Jialing Pass, then handed her the sealed transfer document at the banquet.
• Gu Xingyue and Huo Yutong joked about the emperor yielding to whoever had the strongest fists, while Zhang Lexuan handled the banquet's socializing for the Shrek group.
• Bei Bei urged Gu Xingyue to take the tipsy Huo Yutong to her room, prompting Xu Shanshi to reflect on her feelings about Jiang Nan and her reluctance to pursue love.
• Tang Bodhisattva concluded that Gu Xingyue was the child of Destruction and Life and decided to send Xiao Qing and A Yuan to the mortal world while strengthening his son's prospects.
• Gu Xingyue carried Huo Yutong to her room, where she clung to him, called him good-looking, and fell asleep after he tucked her into bed.

Gu Xingyue and the Shrek party secured Jialing Pass from the Heavenly Soul Empire and set out to take possession of it. On the road, Xuan Zi brought Zhang Lexuan and the students to destroy an Evil Soul Master hideout, warning them about the cruelty they would encounter.

• Bei Bei teased Gu Xingyue about Huo Yutong and told him Xuan Zi expected everyone in the main hall early the next morning.
• The Heavenly Soul Emperor presented Xuan Zi with the sealed document ceding Jialing Pass to Shrek Academy.
• Yan Shaozhe announced Shrek would coordinate the handover, and Xuan Zi led the party out of the palace toward Jialing Pass.
• Huo Yutong sat opposite Gu Xingyue in the carriage, blushing and avoiding his gaze as they traveled.
• Xuan Zi told the party she was taking Zhang Lexuan to wipe out an Evil Soul Master nest and recounted a Soul Sage's massacre of a city lord's family, leaving the students horrified.

Xuan Zi led the students and Shrek’s strongest fighters to hunt down the Death God Envoy, an Evil Soul Master who had massacred people in the mountains. Yan Shaozhe killed him instantly, and the group left for Jialing Pass after confirming there were no survivors in his cave.

• Xuan Zi gave each student two single-use invincibility barriers and ordered the Imperial Guard to stand watch while she and three Hyper Douluos scouted ahead.
• The group found a valley full of mutilated corpses, and Xuan Zi explained that the Death God Envoy had fled the Star Luo Empire and was cultivating there.
• Xuan Zi tore open the cave entrance, and Yan Shaozhe vaporized the Death God Envoy with golden phoenix flames before he could use his Corpse Explosion Technique.
• Xuan Zi told Zhang Lexuan and two Imperial Guards to search the cave, and Zhang Lexuan reported that more than twenty people had died inside.
• Xuan Zi ordered the group to return to the convoy and continue toward Jialing Pass.

Shrek took control of Jialing Pass and began organizing its defenses while Gu Xingyue and Huo Yutong shared a quiet moment on the walls. In Wang Dong’s spiritual sea, the Sea God plotted to interfere with the Seven Original Sin Gods and make a puppet to control Gu Xingyue.

• Xuan Zi arrived at Jialing Pass, where the garrison general welcomed Shrek and offered the defense documents, troop maps, and soul-tool inventories for handover.
• Zhang Lexuan led Inner Court disciples in completing the handover while Gu Xingyue inspected the walls with Yan Shaozhe and Cai Gang.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Xuan Zi about the offerings and rites for the God of Gluttony’s Divine Hall, and Xuan Zi said they would learn more after its completion.
• Gu Xingyue and Huo Yutong stood together on the wall while Wang Dong watched nearby and Tang Bodhisattva plotted in his spiritual sea.
• Tang Bodhisattva considered creating a puppet to control Gu Xingyue and using the Divine Realm Center to block information about the Seven Original Sin Gods from reaching the lower realm.
• Gu Xingyue suggested that he and Huo Yutong stay at Jialing Pass after the Divine Hall was built, saying a god might choose her for a Divine Trial.

Huo Yutong wondered whether a god would choose her, and Gu Xingyue assured her that one would. After her companions discussed her chances and Electrolux warned that Gu Xingyue’s mysterious Power of Creation might bring him a unique trial, Huo Yutong resolved to become a god and keep pace with him.

• Tianmeng and the Ice Empress discussed Huo Yutong’s exceptional potential, while Electrolux advised her that she had the character, talent, and perseverance to face a divine trial.
• Electrolux said he could not see through Gu Xingyue’s fate and speculated that his Power of Creation might lead to trials unlike any other.
• Huo Yutong told Gu Xingyue she would work hard to become a god, and he joked that he would rely on her once they reached the Divine Realm.
• Bei Bei called Gu Xingyue and Huo Yutong to dinner, and Gu Xingyue took Huo Yutong’s hand as they headed down from the wall.

Jialing Pass was transformed into a city of divine halls, where Xuan Zi prayed to the God of Gluttony. In the Divine Realm, the Original Sin Gods discussed using their lower-realm inheritances to choose successors and potentially leave the Divine Realm, while the God of Desire set her sights on Gu Xingyue.

• Shrek's craftsmen and soul engineers transformed Jialing Pass and built seven divine halls around the Gluttony Divine Hall.
• Xuan Zi prayed beneath the God of Gluttony's statue, using the hall's connection to receive divine decrees.
• The God of Gluttony decided to create a set of inheritance soul bones for Xuan Zi, hoping to impress the God of Destruction.
• The six other Original Sin Gods arrived at the God of Gluttony's hall for a party, and the God of Greed suggested that they use succession as a chance to leave the Divine Realm.
• The God of Envy supported the plan, while the God of Pride reminded the others that successors must be free to choose their divine positions.
• The God of Desire privately resolved to pursue Gu Xingyue as her successor because she believed the girl had great potential and fortune.