Chapter Summaries

The Divine Realm’s God Kings watched the Eighteen Levels of Hell and realized the Underworld had a system of rules and punishments that could threaten even them. The Destruction God King predicted that Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils would face serious trouble if their conflict with the Underworld continued.

• The Destruction God King and the Life God King watched the hell scenes and recognized the Underworld’s organized power as more than a collection of powerful ghost gods.
• The Life God King warned that even God Kings might struggle to endure hell if they lost their divine power and positions.
• The Destruction God King laughed at Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils’ predicament, expecting their conflict with the Underworld to worsen.
• The Evil God King wondered whether he could survive the Eighteen Levels of Hell, and the God King of Goodness said the Underworld’s rules concerned her more than a contest of divine power.

Tang San brought Yu Xiaogang to the Divine Realm to help analyze the Underworld, but the Eighteen Levels of Hell made Yu Xiaogang fear that he might be judged an evil soul. As the Shrek Seven Devils tried to comfort him, the display in the sky changed into a reward screen.

• The God Kings of Goodness and Evil reconsidered the Underworld's power after seeing the Eighteen Levels of Hell, though they still wanted to test it themselves.
• Tang San brought Yu Xiaogang to the Divine Realm, hoping his Martial Soul Theory could reveal a weakness in the Underworld's power.
• Yu Xiaogang saw the scenes of hell and worried that his past actions might cause the Underworld to judge him as an evil soul.
• Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun noticed Yu Xiaogang's distress, and the Shrek Seven Devils tried to reassure him.
• The Eighteen Levels of Hell display paused, and a new image appeared in the sky: a reward screen.

Black Impermanence Ghost Douluo received rewards that strengthened his power and gave him free passage between the Underworld and Douluo Star, alarming Tang San and raising hopes of Spirit Hall's return. Yu Xiaogang persuaded Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils to unite the Divine Realm and Douluo Continent against the Underworld, while Ghost Douluo awakened his Soul Devouring talent and asked Chen Yuan for permission to leave.

• The heavenly screen announced Black Impermanence Ghost Douluo's rewards: a Soul Power increase, an upgraded Soul-Summoning Banner, a reconstructed body, free travel to and from Douluo Star, and Soul Devouring.
• People on Douluo Continent celebrated the prospect of Spirit Hall's return, while the rulers of major factions worried about the Underworld's growing influence.
• Tang San feared Ghost Douluo's strengthened abilities and admitted that the Shrek Seven Devils needed a solution against the Underworld.
• Yu Xiaogang urged the Shrek Seven Devils to unite the Divine Realm's gods, win support among Douluo Continent's forces, and find the Underworld's weaknesses; Tang San approved the plan.
• In Fengdu Grand Hall, Ghost Douluo received the rewards and awakened Soul Devouring, which let him sense souls more clearly and draw power from suppressed evil souls.
• Ghost Douluo bowed to Chen Yuan and asked permission to take his leave.

Chen Yuan ordered Black Impermanence Ghost Douluo to establish an Underworld outpost at the ruins of Spirit City, where he reunited with White Impermanence Yue Guan. Ghost Douluo summoned the transformed Soul-Summoning Banner, drawing a tide of evil souls toward them as Douluo Star and the Divine Realm watched.

• Chen Yuan sent Black Impermanence Ghost Douluo to establish an Underworld outpost on Douluo Star, and Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong welcomed the plan to revive Spirit Hall at Spirit City.
• Black Impermanence arrived at Spirit City's ruins and reunited with Yue Guan, while Qian Renxue watched with tears and hoped Spirit Hall could rise again.
• Black Impermanence summoned the Soul-Summoning Banner, whose power awakened evil souls across Douluo Star and drew them toward the ruins in a vast black tide.
• People across Douluo Star and the gods in the Divine Realm watched the approaching evil souls, while Tang San grew wary and Yu Xiaogang tried to hide his fear.
• Yu Xiaogang told Xiao Wu and the others that Black Impermanence's survival was still uncertain.

Black Impermanence Ghost Douluo used the Soul-Summoning Banner to swiftly suppress and absorb the evil souls attacking him above Spirit City. With the threat eliminated, he and White Impermanence Yue Guan announced that the Underworld would officially rebuild in the mortal world.

• In the Asura God Temple, Tang San warned Yu Xiaogang and the Shrek Seven Devils that the Divine Realm needed to recover and prepare for the Underworld's strength.
• Above the ruins of Spirit City, Black Impermanence Ghost Douluo expanded the Soul-Summoning Banner and pulled the attacking evil souls into it.
• Black Impermanence Ghost Douluo used Netherworld Laws and chains to capture the remaining souls, vanquishing the entire assault in moments.
• Yue Guan praised the Soul-Summoning Banner, while Qian Renxue watched with renewed hope for Spirit Hall's revival.
• In Fengdu Grand Hall, Chen Yuan approved of Black Impermanence Ghost Douluo's display and affirmed the Underworld's plans to enter the mortal world.
• Black Impermanence Ghost Douluo and Yue Guan announced that the Underworld would officially rebuild in the mortal world.

The Underworld announced that it would rebuild in the mortal world, stirring hope among commoners and fear among nobles and Soul Masters. The Underworld Powerhouse Ranking then revealed Hell Judge Zhong Tian, whose level 154 Soul Power and Taotie ability left Douluo Star and the Divine Realm shaken.

• Black and White Impermanence announced that the Underworld would formally rebuild in the mortal world, prompting commoners to head toward the former Spirit City and nobles to fear losing their power.
• The Underworld Powerhouse Ranking named Hell Judge Zhong Tian as its eighth-ranked powerhouse.
• Tang San grew concerned about the Divine Realm’s position and turned to Yu Xiaogang to ask him to do something, but the ranking announcement interrupted him.
• The sky revealed that Zhong Tian had level 154 Soul Power, three levels above Black Impermanence Ghost Douluo.
• Zhong Tian appeared behind a ferocious Taotie that swallowed the souls and clouds around it, and the spectacle sent Douluo Continent into an uproar.

The heavenly screen revealed that Hell Judge Zhong Tian could devour evil souls and use sin as nourishment to grow stronger, alarming the Douluo Continent and the Divine Realm. The God of Destruction and Goddess of Life began reconsidering an alliance with Tang San as the screen confirmed Zhong Tian’s ability.

• Taotie devoured countless evil souls while Zhong Tian stood behind it, leading Soul Masters to suspect that devouring fueled his cultivation.
• Tang San connected Zhong Tian’s powers to legends of Zhong Kui, and the Shrek Seven Devils worried that the Underworld’s soul-targeting abilities could threaten the Divine Realm.
• The God of Destruction and Goddess of Life recognized how dangerous Zhong Tian’s growth could become and discussed reconsidering cooperation with Tang San.
• The God of Evil and Goddess of Kindness also grew concerned as the Underworld’s strength surpassed their expectations.
• The heavenly screen stated that sin and evil spirits served as nourishment and stepping stones for Zhong Tian’s advancement.

The heavenly screen revealed how Zhong Tian rose from an ordinary commoner to a noble and discovered that powerful people could shield one another from justice. After a conspiracy targeted him for investigating his superiors, he realized that judging sin required power, and the chapter left him preparing for war against the nobles he had dared to judge.

• The Underworld ghost gods praised Zhong Tian’s strength and his role as Hell Judge, while Zhong Tian vowed to uphold the Underworld’s rules when it rebuilt the mortal world.
• The heavenly screen showed that Zhong Tian had risen from common birth to noble status through his talent and Soul Master cultivation.
• Zhong Tian investigated crimes committed by powerful people and initially won justice for some of their victims.
• His investigation implicated his superior and exposed a network of nobles and officials who covered up one another’s crimes.
• A conspiracy targeted Zhong Tian when he tried to uncover the final secrets, teaching him that determination alone could not judge sin without power.
• Zhong Tian’s Taotie Martial Soul emerged, and he prepared to face a war against the nobles who would not accept his judgment.

The sky screen revealed how nobles had persecuted Zhong Tian for judging their crimes, provoking outrage across Douluo Star and reflection among the ghosts and gods of the Underworld. Zhong Tian reaffirmed that the Underworld would judge all sinners, while the past trial showed nobles sentencing him to death.

• Common folk and Soul Masters on Douluo Star condemned the nobles for putting Zhong Tian on trial after he punished evil.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu reflected on how Zhong Tian's past suffering had shaped his resolve to oppose the powerful.
• Zhong Tian said his past was over and vowed that everyone who committed sins would face the Underworld's judgment.
• Chen Yuan approved of Zhong Tian's impartiality as the sky screen showed nobles preparing to destroy him.
• A noble accused the wounded Zhong Tian of betraying his family and kin, then sentenced him to death.

Zhong Tian was executed after swearing to judge the nobles who had condemned him, but Chen Yuan, the Great Emperor of Fengdu, appeared and offered him a place in the Underworld. Zhong Tian accepted and became the Hell Judge, ready to bring judgment to Douluo Star.

• Zhong Tian defied the nobles and swore that he would pursue and judge them even after death.
• The nobles ordered the execution, and Zhong Tian was killed as the people of Douluo Star reacted with grief and fury.
• Chen Yuan appeared before Zhong Tian's soul, stunning people across Douluo Star and the Divine Realm with his presence.
• Chen Yuan offered Zhong Tian the post of judge in the Underworld, and Zhong Tian accepted, becoming the Hell Judge.

Chen Yuan appointed Zhong Tian as the Hell Judge, restoring him to life as a ghostly deity who could judge the dead. As Zhong Tian exposed the crimes of the powerful and vindicated wronged souls, people across Douluo Star celebrated his return, and he declared he had endured thirty years to pass judgment again.

• Citizens and low-ranking Soul Masters on Douluo Star cheered when Chen Yuan offered Zhong Tian the chance to return and judge the wicked.
• Zhong Tian accepted the office of judge, received the Judge's Divine Seal, and became the Hell Judge.
• In the Underworld's hall of judgment, Zhong Tian used the Book of Life and Death and the Judge's Brush to expose the murder of an innocent commoner and punish the guilty soul.
• Zhong Tian judged corrupt officials, murderous young nobles, and other wicked souls, while the people of Douluo Star celebrated his actions.
• Zhong Tian declared that he had slept on brushwood and tasted gall for thirty years so he could pass judgment again.

Zhong Tian’s return as an Underworld judge terrified the Douluo Star nobles who had helped condemn him, while Ma Hongjun praised his courage and Tang San considered exploiting the nobles’ fear. The heavenly screen announced Zhong Tian’s four rewards, which then began to descend.

• The nobles who had taken part in Zhong Tian’s trial panicked when they saw him return as a judge of the Underworld.
• Ma Hongjun admired Zhong Tian’s courage, and Dai Mubai and Yu Xiaogang rebuked him for praising an enemy.
• Tang San considered recruiting the frightened nobles to oppose the Underworld, while Xiao Wu cautioned him to avoid corrupt allies.
• The heavenly screen announced that Zhong Tian would receive four levels of Soul Power, a reconstructed body, a Good and Evil Reward and Punishment Token, and free travel to and from Douluo Star.
• Netherworld radiance spread across the screen as Zhong Tian’s rewards descended.

Zhong Tian received the right to return to Douluo Star as the Hell Judge, stirring hope among common people and fear among nobles and Shrek Academy. In Fengdu Hall, the ghosts and gods prepared for him to lead the Underworld’s return to the mortal world.

• Zhong Tian was granted the right to return to Douluo Star, and oppressed commoners welcomed the prospect of his judgments.
• A nobleman ordered his family to hide incriminating records and contact other noble families after realizing Zhong Tian might expose their crimes.
• Flender, Liu Erlong, and Shrek Academy’s teachers feared the Underworld would judge them for their past actions.
• Zhong Tian focused on his return to the mortal world, while Yue Guan and Gui Mei affirmed that the Hell Judge should be the first to take that step.

Chen Yuan charged Zhong Tian with impartially judging the evildoers of Douluo Star, and Zhong Tian received the power and token needed to carry out that duty. After the Underworld established the City of Wrongful Death on the former site of Spirit City, Zhong Tian arrived on Douluo Star and declared that its judgment would begin.

• Chen Yuan ordered Zhong Tian to judge proven criminals without regard for status or strength, and Zhong Tian pledged to obey.
• The heavenly screen granted Zhong Tian four levels of Soul Power, a reforged body, the Good and Evil Reward and Punishment Token, and the right to travel freely between Douluo Star and the Underworld.
• The Underworld established the City of Wrongful Death in the ruins of Spirit City, and Yue Guan told Qian Renxue that Zhong Tian's judgment would determine what came next.
• Zhong Tian appeared on Douluo Star, raised the Good and Evil Reward and Punishment Token, and announced the start of its moment of judgment.
• Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils watched Zhong Tian on the heavenly screen and sensed that a storm was about to sweep across Douluo Star.

In the Divine Realm, Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils feared that Zhong Tian’s new role as Hell Judge would bring the Underworld’s judgment to noble families and powers across Douluo Continent. Zhong Tian began his judgment in the City of Wrongful Death, determined to punish proven wrongdoing regardless of status.

• Tang San warned the Shrek Seven Devils that Zhong Tian could use the Good and Evil Reward and Punishment Token to scrutinize all of Douluo Continent and challenge its old order.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing worried that the Star Luo imperial family and the Zhu Family would face judgment for their past deeds.
• Ma Hongjun supported punishing evil nobles, and Yu Xiaogang grew alarmed that the Yu Family, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, and Shrek Academy might also be investigated.
• In the City of Wrongful Death, Zhong Tian sensed that the token could reveal concealed crimes and judge people by their deeds rather than their status.
• Zhong Tian raised the Good and Evil Reward and Punishment Token and declared that he would begin his judgment in the City of Wrongful Death.

Zhong Tian activated the Good and Evil Reward and Punishment Token, spreading its reach across a thousand li and beginning to judge the people beneath it. The Underworld’s intervention gave oppressed commoners hope, and the Douluo Tribunal’s first judgment began before the entire continent.

• Zhong Tian used the token to cover the City of Wrongful Death and the surrounding thousand li, announcing that good deeds would be rewarded and evil deeds punished.
• The token drew souls from people across the region and revealed them as white-lit or black-wreathed, while the celestial screen broadcast the judgment across Douluo Continent.
• Oppressed commoners celebrated Zhong Tian as Douluo’s Upright Judge and welcomed the Noble Tribunal’s opening.
• Chen Yuan approved Zhong Tian’s actions from the Fengdu Grand Hall, and Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and the other Underworld figures acknowledged the judgment.
• The celestial screen showed cities, noble territories, and their inhabitants as the Douluo Tribunal’s first judgment officially began.

Zhong Tian used the Edict of Good and Evil, Reward and Punishment to begin judging the souls of the Douluo Continent, terrifying nobles who could no longer hide their crimes. The edict exposed scenes of nobles and Soul Masters abusing ordinary people, and the judgment continued as the public watched.

• The Edict of Good and Evil, Reward and Punishment spread its divine light across the continent, prompting nobles to flee, contact allies, or try to conceal their past crimes.
• Zhong Tian explained that the edict revealed each soul's memories and vowed to punish those who oppressed people and harmed the innocent.
• The edict showed a young nobleman forcibly taking a poor family's field, provoking fury among those who witnessed the memory.
• A second memory revealed Soul Masters destroying a vendor's stall, stealing his money, and beating him when he resisted.
• People across the continent condemned the abuses exposed by the edict as Zhong Tian's judgment continued.

Zhong Tian’s Good and Evil Reward and Punishment Token exposed nobles’ crimes across the Douluo Continent, strengthening support for the Underworld and alarming the Divine Realm. Tang San raged at the trials for threatening the existing order as Zhong Tian prepared to pronounce judgment.

• The exposed crimes caused public anger to boil over, and more people began supporting Zhong Tian and demanding judgment.
• The gods realized the trials could shake both the nobles’ authority and the Divine Realm’s influence over the Douluo Continent.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar condemned the nobles’ abuses and said they should face punishment, while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing stayed silent despite worrying about their families.
• Tang San denounced the trials, recognizing that they were increasing the Underworld’s influence and challenging the existing power structure.
• Zhong Tian gathered divine light in the token and revealed more crimes as he prepared to decide the nobles’ fate.

Zhong Tian dismissed the nobles’ pleas after the Good and Evil Reward and Punishment Token exposed their crimes, and prepared to deliver their final punishment. He opened the Eighteen Levels of Hell above the City of Wrongful Death, shocking the Douluo Continent and the gods of the Divine Realm.

• The nobles inside the Good and Evil Reward and Punishment Token begged Zhong Tian for mercy, but he condemned their false repentance and refused to spare them.
• Zhong Tian used the token to mark the nobles’ crimes, bringing the judgment to its final stage.
• Nobles across the Douluo Continent panicked and considered fleeing or seeking a way to resist as they watched Zhong Tian refuse the captured nobles’ pleas.
• Zhong Tian opened a massive portal and declared that the Eighteen Levels of Hell would deliver the final judgment.
• The gods of the Divine Realm realized that the Underworld was beginning actual punishment and displaying its authority to the mortal world.

Zhong Tian sent the condemned nobles into the Eighteen Levels of Hell, sparking celebration across the Douluo Continent and despair among nobles who feared they would be judged next. Watching from the Divine Realm, Tang San saw their fear as an opportunity to gather them against the Underworld and decided to act.

• Zhong Tian declared the nobles’ punishment and used black chains to drag their souls into the Eighteen Levels of Hell.
• The sky screen showed the condemned nobles suffering in different layers of hell as their cries faded away.
• People across the Douluo Continent cheered Zhong Tian’s judgment, while hidden nobles realized their status and wealth would not protect them.
• Tang San watched from the Asura God Temple and recognized that the judgment could destabilize the connection between the noble class and the Divine Realm.
• Tang San decided to approach the frightened nobles and make himself their protector against the Underworld.