Chapter Summaries

After Lu Ren killed Tang Hao and Ah Yin, Xu Tianran panicked and ordered the Sun Moon Empire forces to retreat, while Kong Deming admitted they had almost no chance of defeating Lu Ren. Lu Ren returned to the Spirit Pagoda’s gathering, where the crowd celebrated his victory.

• Xu Tianran ordered the civilians and guards to return to Mingdu after seeing Lu Ren kill the two God Officials.
• Xu Tianran asked Kong Deming whether Mingdu’s Soul Tools and military could stop Lu Ren, and Kong Deming said their chance of winning head-on was almost zero.
• Xu Tianran proposed hiding among the civilians while Kong Deming delayed Lu Ren, and Kong Deming reluctantly agreed to do his utmost.
• The Sun Moon Empire forces hurried toward Mingdu, while Jing Hongchen remained calm because of his good relationship with Lu Ren.
• Lu Ren surveyed the battlefield, confirmed no opponents remained, and teleported to the Spirit Pagoda gathering.
• Wuyun and the Spirit Pagoda crowd cheered Lu Ren, and Du Busi praised him before Lu Ren credited the group for holding the rear.

After Lu Ren’s victory over the Holy Spirit Cult, he organized the Spirit Pagoda and reassured his allies that Xu Tianran could not escape him. In Mingdu, Xu Tianran’s terror drove him into a murderous decline, and the chapter ended with the Prime Minister urging him to secure an heir.

• Du Busi and the others celebrated Lu Ren’s victory, and Lu Ren said Xu Tianran could remain in Mingdu for now because he would eventually reach him.
• Lu Ren entrusted Spirit Pagoda affairs to his allies, offered Du Busi the post of Chief Offering, and invited Zhang Peng to help manage external relations and the Soul Master system.
• Lu Ren sensed that many of those present had begun giving him Faith Power after placing their absolute trust in him.
• Several days later, Xu Tianran returned to the Imperial Palace in Mingdu and became increasingly fearful and violent, killing attendants and guards over minor offenses.
• Ju Zi and Kong Deming stayed silent as Xu Tianran’s paranoia worsened, while Kong Deming believed surrender was the only sensible course and that Lu Ren could not be stopped.
• Xu Tianran summoned his officials, and the Prime Minister urged him to fill the imperial harem or have an heir with the empress to secure the empire.

Xu Tianran reacted to news of Shrek Academy’s destruction with shock after nearly executing his court, while the chapter revealed Lu Ren hovering over Shrek City before its annihilation. Ju Zi concluded that fear had already broken Xu Tianran, and Lu Ren prepared to wipe Shrek City out.

• The prime minister urged Xu Tianran to secure an heir, and Xu Tianran had him beheaded before ordering the execution of other ministers.
• Kong Deming stopped Xu Tianran from attacking the guards, and Ju Zi saw how completely fear had undermined the emperor.
• A dust-covered messenger reported that a purple beam had razed Sea God Island and destroyed Shrek Academy.
• Xu Tianran realized Lu Ren had struck Shrek first, while Kong Deming and Ju Zi recognized that no force remained to balance Lu Ren.
• An hour earlier, Lu Ren hovered above Shrek City, surveyed it with his Six Eyes, and declared his intent to wipe it out.

Lu Ren warned Shrek City’s residents to evacuate within seven days, but they mocked him, prompting him to kill the Soul Masters who confronted him and defeat City Lord Shi Xing. When Elder Song and the other Sea God Pavilion elders arrived, Lu Ren revealed that he was the Lu Ren Mu En had tried to kill.

• Lu Ren released his presence over Shrek City, warned its residents to leave within seven days, and healed injuries caused by the disturbance.
• Shrek City’s residents dismissed Lu Ren’s warning, and a group of Soul Saints and Soul Douluos rose to challenge him.
• Lu Ren killed the challengers with Dismantle, then defeated City Lord Shi Xing with a Black Flash punch.
• Elder Song, Lin Huiqun, Cai Mei'er, and two other Sea God Pavilion elders arrived and questioned Lu Ren about Shi Xing’s death.
• Lu Ren identified himself as the Lu Ren Mu En had tried to kill, and said Mu En had died instead.

Lu Ren destroyed Sea God Island with Hollow Technique: Imaginary Mass, killing its defenders and wiping out Shrek Academy’s Inner Court. He gave Shrek City seven days to evacuate while the Spirit Pagoda moved to recruit Shrek’s students and teachers, and Zhou Yi openly rejected its offer.

• Elder Song and Lin Huiqun fled to Sea God Island with three others after recognizing Lu Ren, but Lu Ren unleashed Hollow Technique: Imaginary Mass and erased the island, the Golden Ancient Tree, and the five elders, including Shrek’s last two Rank 97 Super Douluos.
• Shrek’s survivors and the people of Shrek City witnessed the destruction, and panic spread as residents realized Sea God Island and much of Shrek Academy’s core strength were gone.
• Lu Ren announced that ordinary civilians and unaffiliated independent cultivators had seven days to leave Shrek City, while registered Shrek staff, students, and remaining city defense troops were forbidden to leave.
• Residents began fleeing, and the Spirit Pagoda entered Shrek Academy, declared it dissolved, and offered students a safe exit and outstanding teachers generous terms to join its teaching system.
• Zhou Yi confronted the Spirit Pagoda staff, condemned them for recruiting at Shrek after its destruction, and urged her colleagues not to accept their offers.

Nana arrived at Shrek Academy to recruit teachers for the Spirit Pagoda as Lu Ren and his allies crushed the academy’s remaining fighters. She declared Shrek Academy finished, offered its teachers a choice, and publicly rejected Zhou Yi as an unfit teacher.

• Nana arrived with Ye Guyi, Ji Juechen, and Wuyun, and learned that Zhou Yi and Fan Yu had persuaded several teachers to remain loyal to Shrek.
• Shrek’s remaining Soul Saints and Soul Douluos attacked Lu Ren, but Wuyun and Zhang Peng subdued them; Zhang Peng spared Zhang Lexuan after learning she had been raised by Mu En.
• Zhang Peng ordered Shrek’s fighters to surrender, and those who resisted were killed while the others were forced to choose whether to stand aside.
• Nana told the teachers that Shrek Academy no longer existed, offered them seven days to leave, and invited only those willing to teach sincerely to join the Spirit Pagoda.
• Nana confronted Zhou Yi over expelling struggling students and relying on harsh training, then told her the Spirit Pagoda would not recruit her.

Ji Juechen killed Zhou Yi and Fan Yu, while Nana offered Shrek's teachers a choice between joining the Spirit Pagoda and leaving the city. As Zhang Lexuan fled with the surviving inner court disciples, Wuyun killed them, and Ji Juechen and Ye Guyi stopped Zhang Lexuan and demanded she cripple her cultivation.

• Ji Juechen killed Zhou Yi and Fan Yu inside his domain, and Ye Guyi threatened the other teachers into backing down.
• Nana gave the teachers seven days to leave Shrek City or the chance to join the Spirit Pagoda, and many joined while older teachers departed.
• Zhang Lexuan led the surviving inner court disciples away, but Wuyun killed the disciples before they could escape.
• Lu Ren told Zhang Lexuan that she could leave only because Zhang Peng had spared her, and she left grieving the fall of Shrek.
• Ji Juechen and Ye Guyi blocked Zhang Lexuan and demanded that she cripple her cultivation, revealing that both possessed Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Zhang Lexuan prepared to fight, and Ji Juechen ordered her to cripple herself or face him.

Ye Guyi and Ji Juechen defeated Zhang Lexuan and destroyed her cultivation while Lu Ren considered Shrek Academy’s remaining fate. Tang Wutong tried to negotiate with Lu Ren, but he recognized Tang San’s Divine Power protecting her and rejected her appeal, leaving her embarrassed and insisting she had not used a honey trap.

• Ye Guyi and Ji Juechen overwhelmed Zhang Lexuan, severed her wrist meridians, and forced Ye Guyi to destroy her Dantian and cultivation.
• After crippling Zhang Lexuan, Ye Guyi and Ji Juechen returned to the academy, leaving her to depart the ruins alone.
• Tang Wutong called out to Lu Ren and asked him to spare Shrek’s inner court disciples and teachers, but he refused and continued walking away.
• Tang Wutong offered to let Lu Ren do whatever he wanted if he would spare Shrek, prompting Ye Guyi to block her from approaching him.
• Lu Ren warned that Tang Wutong carried Divine Power from Tang San and accused her of attempting a honey trap, while Tang Wutong denied it.

Lu Ren completed the Spirit Pagoda’s takeover of Shrek City and left Wuyun to manage the cleanup before heading to Mingdu. When Shrek survivors attacked Nana, a powerful Special Grade Cursed Spirit appeared behind her and crushed their assault.

• Lu Ren rejected Tang Wutong’s appeal, ordered Ye Guyi to watch her, and let Tang Wutong leave for the Divine Realm.
• Wuyun reported that the Spirit Pagoda had recruited Shrek teachers, taken control of the city defenses, and seized Shrek’s resources, including many valuable Soul Bones.
• Lu Ren ordered Wuyun to assess whether Shrek City should be destroyed or converted into a Spirit Pagoda branch, then departed for Mingdu to confront Xu Tianran.
• Several Shrek survivors attacked Nana while she was alone in the square, hoping to kill the young Pagoda Master.
• A colossal Special Grade Cursed Spirit appeared behind Nana, destroyed the attackers’ Soul Skills and Soul Tool, and terrified the would-be assailants into helplessness.

Nana ordered the Spirit Pagoda’s forces to wipe out Shrek Academy, while Tang San discovered the destruction and vowed to punish Lu Ren when he ascended to the Divine Realm. Lu Ren then appeared in Xu Tianran’s palace, where Kong Deming tried to negotiate, but Lu Ren rejected the offer and challenged them to stop him.

• Nana ordered the special grade cursed spirit to kill Shrek Academy’s holdouts, and it slaughtered defenders and destroyed buildings across the academy.
• A Spirit Pagoda staff member reported to Nana, who ordered the remaining holdouts dealt with and the academy sealed off.
• Tang San discovered that Lu Ren’s forces had destroyed Shrek Academy and Sea God Island, then suppressed his anger because he had promised the Destruction God King not to interfere in mortal affairs.
• Tang San recalled that Lu Ren had avoided Tang Wutong and concluded he would wait for Lu Ren to ascend to the Divine Realm before taking revenge.
• After news of Shrek Academy’s destruction reached Xu Tianran’s meeting, Lu Ren appeared in the imperial hall while eating fruit.
• Kong Deming admitted the Sun Moon Empire’s fault and offered compensation, but Lu Ren rejected the offer and asked whether Kong Deming could stop him.

Lu Ren killed Xu Tianran in the imperial hall, then declared that he would support the Sun Moon Empire’s unification of the continent without ruling it himself. He chose the timid Xu Mochén as the next emperor, leaving Xu Mochén stunned by the sudden appointment.

• Kong Deming offered the Sun Moon Empire’s resources and asked Lu Ren to spare the imperial bloodline and civilians, but Lu Ren insisted he would not massacre them.
• Lu Ren crushed Xu Tianran’s defensive Soul Tools with his spiritual pressure, then killed him by detonating his body from within.
• Lu Ren said he would not interfere with the war and would help the Sun Moon Empire unify the continent, but refused the officials’ proposal to make him emperor.
• Lu Ren required an imperial descendant to take the throne and named Xu Mochén as his candidate.
• Xu Mochén arrived at the hall, recognized Lu Ren from their past encounter, and bowed in fear before Lu Ren declared him emperor.

Lu Ren forced Xu Mochén to accept the Sun Moon Empire’s throne and laid down conditions for its rule and war against the Original Three Nations. He appointed Ju Zi marshal and backed her campaign, while Ju Zi remained wary of his unexplained support and focused on taking revenge on the White Tiger Duke.

• Lu Ren pressured Xu Mochén into accepting the throne, and Kong Deming and the court officials urged him to comply.
• Lu Ren ordered the empire to continue its unification policy and war while minimizing harm to civilians and improving life in occupied territories.
• Lu Ren appointed Ju Zi marshal and revealed that he knew she sought revenge on the White Tiger Duke; Ju Zi was shocked by his knowledge.
• Lu Ren required Xu Mochén to promote his deeds and legends, warned the court against disobedience, and told Kong Deming to oversee the new emperor.
• Xu Mochén promised not to interfere with Ju Zi, and Lu Ren vanished from the hall.
• Kong Deming began preparations for the enthronement and military briefings as Ju Zi resolved to keep pursuing the White Tiger Duke.

Lu Ren dismissed the need for the Snow Empress to provide his ninth Soul Ring and chose the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler as his target. He traveled to the Evil Demon Forest, found the abandoned Holy Spirit Cult headquarters, and decided to destroy it.

• The Snow Empress explained that Lu Ren could ascend to godhood without a God Position, while Electrolux hinted that he was preparing a surprise to help Lu Ren achieve godhood.
• Lu Ren named the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler in the Evil Demon Forest as his ninth Soul Ring target and teased the Ice Empress, who blushed and denied falling for him.
• Lu Ren used his Cursed Technique to travel to the Evil Demon Forest, where his presence frightened the Soul Beasts into hiding.
• Lu Ren used his Spiritual Power and Six Eyes to locate the abandoned Holy Spirit Cult headquarters and found that its surviving members had fled.
• Lu Ren searched the headquarters, found leftover Rare Metals and Gold Soul Coins in its looted storeroom, and decided to destroy the place.

Lu Ren destroyed the Holy Spirit Cult's headquarters and confronted the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler, easily defeating its attack before proposing a partnership. The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler questioned whether Lu Ren was mocking it after he promised to end its fear of Heavenly Tribulation and help it ascend to the Divine Realm.

• Lu Ren erased the Holy Spirit Cult's headquarters with Hollow Technique: Imaginary Mass, awakening the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler appeared above the Evil Demon Forest and attacked Lu Ren with a dark-red spiritual and spatial assault.
• Lu Ren swept away the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler's attack and demonstrated that he was stronger than the Ferocious Beast.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler asked why Lu Ren had come, and Lu Ren said he wanted to discuss a partnership.
• Lu Ren offered to free the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler from Heavenly Tribulation and help it reach the Divine Realm, prompting it to ask if he was making fun of it.

Lu Ren tried to recruit the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler as his ninth soul spirit, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress appeared to prove that soul spirits could retain their consciousness and cultivation. Still unwilling to accept Lu Ren’s offer without a fight, the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler challenged him, and Lu Ren agreed as their battle began.

• Lu Ren summoned the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, whose presence shocked the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler.
• The Snow Empress explained the soul spirit system, and the Ice Empress confirmed that they had willingly followed Lu Ren with their origins and consciousness intact.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler learned that Lu Ren was only Level 90 and questioned why he needed a ninth soul ring.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler refused to submit without proof of Lu Ren’s strength and demanded a fight, promising to follow him if defeated.
• Lu Ren accepted the challenge, and the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler gathered its spiritual power to begin the battle.

Lu Ren overwhelmed the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler with Limitless and his Cursed Techniques, shrugging off its attacks and expanding his spatial defense across the battlefield. The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler then used its ultimate Light of Time and Space to pierce the defense and strike Lu Ren.

• The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler attacked Lu Ren with its eighty-one tentacles, but Limitless stopped them before they could reach him.
• Lu Ren dragged the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler down and smashed it into the ground, then shattered its thorny Spiritual Power wheel with a punch.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler fired a black beam and its strongest crimson pillar, but Limitless stopped the beam and Cursed Technique Reversal: Red overpowered the pillar and wounded it.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler struck Lu Ren with Light of Destruction, but his Head Soul Bone’s Mental Immunity left him unharmed.
• Lu Ren expanded Limitless over a vast area, prompting the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler to unleash Light of Time and Space, which pierced a small opening in the spatial defense and hit Lu Ren.

Lu Ren defeated the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler without being touched, then healed its grievous injuries and formed a fair Soul Spirit Contract with it. The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler became Lu Ren’s third Soul Spirit, granting him his ninth Soul Ring and Left Leg Bone.

• The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler used Light of Time and Space, but Lu Ren evaded it with his speed and appeared unharmed above it.
• Lu Ren expanded Limitless to crush the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler into a deep crater until it conceded defeat.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler agreed to form a fair Soul Spirit Contract after Lu Ren promised not to enslave it.
• Lu Ren healed the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler with the Positive Energy of Reverse Cursed Technique, restoring its injuries and spent life force.
• Lu Ren and the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler completed their Soul Spirit Contract, making it his third Soul Spirit and giving him his ninth Soul Ring and Left Leg Bone.

Lu Ren absorbed the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone, reaching level 95 and gaining powerful spatial abilities and new Soul Skills. After joking about which skills he would use as Binding Vow collateral, he reaffirmed his promise to the Evil Emperor and asked what it wanted.

• Lu Ren’s nine Soul Rings lit up as he absorbed the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler’s power, and his cultivation surged from level 90 to level 95.
• The Evil Emperor settled into Lu Ren’s Sea of Consciousness and explained that its Soul Skills included Light of Time and Space, Thorn Halo, and an enhancement skill.
• The Ice Empress complained that Lu Ren had traded away the Soul Skills she and the Snow Empress gave him, while Lu Ren explained why the Evil Emperor’s first two skills were useful enough to keep.
• Lu Ren decided to use the Evil Emperor’s fixed-strength enhancement skill for a Binding Vow loan, prompting the Evil Emperor to learn that Lu Ren had many percentage-based boosts and had killed God Officials.
• Lu Ren told the Evil Emperor that his promise remained unchanged and asked what requests it had.

Lu Ren traveled to Dragon City to assess the Sun Moon Empire’s rule and learned from a local woman that the occupation had left civilians largely safe while bringing order and useful Soul Tools. After returning to the Ice Empress and Snow Empress, he was urged to rest in the peaceful city for the night.

• The Evil Emperor agreed to accompany Lu Ren after he promised to help raise a new guardian for the Evil Eye Clan once he reached rank ninety-nine.
• Lu Ren brought the Ice Empress and Snow Empress to Dragon City, where he bypassed the Sun Moon Empire’s detectors using Limitless.
• Lu Ren questioned a local woman, who described the Sun Moon Empire’s orderly occupation, aid to civilians, and removal of Soul Master sects from the city.
• Lu Ren gave the woman a hundred Gold Soul Coins and fled when she invited him home, then returned to the tea stall where the Ice Empress teased him.
• The Snow Empress explained that Lu Ren had been gathering information about Ju Zi’s rule and suggested that they find lodging so he could rest.

Lu Ren explained his plan to use Soul Tools and technology to undermine the aristocratic system, then revealed that he could take the Snow Empress and Ice Empress to the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Cave. At the Earth Dragon Sect’s abandoned grounds, he left a Cursed Spirit to alert him if the sect returned so he could still offer compensation and arrange a fair trade.

• Lu Ren told the Snow Empress and Ice Empress that he intended to weaken aristocratic power by spreading Soul Tools, awakening Martial Souls, and advancing technology.
• Lu Ren revealed that he would take them to the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Cave, and the Ice Empress excitedly urged him to leave at once.
• Lu Ren paid for the tea and transported the group to the Earth Dragon Sect’s rear courtyard, where he found the grounds deserted and ruined.
• Lu Ren placed a Grade 1 Cursed Spirit in the ruins to watch for the Earth Dragon Sect’s return, promising to come back with compensation and trade resources.