Chapter Summaries

The seven Original Sin Gods agreed to compete to win Huo Yutong as their inheritor. At Jialing Pass, all seven gods bestowed their Divine-Level Nine Trials on her at once, leaving the gathered soul masters stunned.

• The God of Desire proposed that the Original Sin Gods each try to win Huo Yutong over, and they agreed not to sabotage one another.
• The God of Gluttony gave Xuan Zi no response when she prayed at his hall, but the divine statues suddenly began shining as Huo Yutong prepared to rest.
• Xuan Zi brought Huo Yutong to the array beneath the God of Gluttony's statue, where a golden formation appeared and the God of Gluttony revealed that she had received Divine-Level Nine Trials.
• The six neighboring Original Sin Gods' halls lit up, and all seven gods' trials converged on Huo Yutong.
• Gu Xingyue watched Huo Yutong stand surrounded by divine light and inwardly envied her treatment.

The Seven Original Sin Gods descended together and offered Huo Yutong their Divine Trials, each trying to persuade her to inherit their Divine Seat. Guided by Electrolux’s suggestion that the seven powers shared a source, Huo Yutong chose them all, drawing the God of Pride’s interest.

• The Seven Original Sin Gods descended and invited Huo Yutong to choose a Divine Seat, while Xuan Zi watched in astonishment.
• The gods of Gluttony, Greed, Desire, Wrath, Sloth, Envy, and Pride argued and pitched their powers to Huo Yutong.
• Inside Huo Yutong’s Spiritual Sea, Tianmeng, the Ice Empress, and Electrolux discussed the gods’ arrival and the possibility of inheriting all seven Divine Seats.
• Electrolux advised Huo Yutong that the seven powers shared a source and that she could try to claim them all.
• Huo Yutong declared that she wanted all seven Divine Seats, and the God of Pride responded with interest.

Huo Yutong secured the Seven Original Sins Joint Divine Examination, with the chance to become the Overlord of the Seven Sins by passing all seven tests. After the gods sealed their covenant, Gu Xingyue set out for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to gather and eat its immortal herbs.

• The God of Pride argued that Huo Yutong's desire for all seven divine seats came from pride, and the other gods debated whether to accept her.
• The Seven Sins offered Huo Yutong a joint examination: passing all seven tests would make her the Overlord of the Seven Sins, while failing any would deny her every divine seat.
• Xuan Zi celebrated the prospect of rising to Chief Divine Envoy, while Gu Xingyue wondered why Huo Yutong had received no joint examination from the God of Life and the God of Destruction.
• The Seven Sins proclaimed and sealed their covenant, and seven colored pillars of light burst through the Divine Hall's ceiling.
• Gu Xingyue decided to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and feast on its immortal herbs.

After Huo Yutong received divine trials from all seven Original Sin Gods, Xuan Zi sent Shrek’s Reserve Team to seek trials of their own. Gu Xingyue then told Xuan Zi about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and arranged for them to travel there the next morning.

• Xuan Zi accepted that Huo Yutong had become the Sovereign of the Seven Sins and urged Bei Bei, Xu Shanshi, Wang Dong, and Jiang Nan to visit the other Divine Halls for trials.
• Tang the Bodhisattva privately resented Shrek’s growing ties to the Original Sin Gods and plotted to draw Huo Yutong toward Rong Nianbing and other allies.
• Gu Xingyue decided he would accept only an inheritance on the level of the God of Life or the God of Destruction, or forge his own divine seat.
• Gu Xingyue told Xuan Zi that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well lay in the Setting Sun Forest and held dozens of powerful immortal herbs.
• Xuan Zi agreed to leave with Gu Xingyue the next morning and return within three to five days.

Gu Xingyue and Xuan Zi traveled to the Setting Sun Forest to find the treasure land Xuan Zi’s ancestor had hidden. At the valley’s poisonous outskirts, Gu Xingyue identified the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as the source of the rare poisonous flowers, and Xuan Zi led them onward.

• Gu Xingyue said goodbye to Huo Yutong, and Xuan Zi teleported them toward the Setting Sun Forest.
• After making repeated spatial jumps, Xuan Zi brought Gu Xingyue to the forest’s outskirts, where poisonous miasma blocked their way.
• Xuan Zi explained that jade-scaled seven-extremity flowers covered the valley and that jade-scaled nine-extremity flowers grew deeper inside.
• Gu Xingyue deduced that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well nourished the poisonous plants.
• Xuan Zi headed toward the poisonous miasma, eager to reach the treasures ahead.

Gu Xingyue and Xuan Zi reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the immortal herbs tried to hide from them. Xuan Zi crushed their resistance with her Limit Douluo pressure and made them agree to obey, then invited Gu Xingyue to choose herbs first.

• Gu Xingyue and Xuan Zi descended into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, startling the immortal herbs gathered there.
• The immortal herbs sensed Xuan Zi’s overwhelming aura and pretended to be ordinary plants.
• Gu Xingyue suspected the herbs were playing dead and whispered a plan to Xuan Zi.
• Xuan Zi unleashed her pressure, forcing the herbs to abandon their act and beg her to stop.
• The Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Product promised the herbs would comply, and Xuan Zi withdrew her pressure.
• Xuan Zi told Gu Xingyue to choose whichever immortal herbs he wanted first.

Gu Xingyue forced the immortal herbs in the valley to surrender their treasures and agree to regular essence payments in exchange for his protection. The herbs accepted his rule, leaving him to decide how to manage his new assets.

• Gu Xingyue exposed Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Product's deception, took the hidden book, and demanded her vital essence in exchange for sparing her.
• Gu Xingyue used the book to identify the Eight-cornered Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Apricot Delicate Sprout, then took their essences with Xuan Zi's help.
• Gu Xingyue declared that the valley would be under his protection in return for regular payments of essence.
• The Eight-cornered Mysterious Ice Grass, Infernal Apricot Delicate Sprout, and the other immortal herbs agreed to follow Gu Xingyue as he considered how to manage them.