Chapter Summaries

Kong Deming arrived at the ruins of Ten Thousand Stars City, spared Yan Feng and his companions, and ordered the Sun Moon army not to advance east. He explained that the exhausted empire needed to end the year-long war and begin peace talks.

• Yan Feng, Wang Xian'er, and Huang Jinxu prepared to die after Ten Thousand Stars City fell, but Kong Deming appeared and stopped them.
• Kong Deming announced that he would spare the three wounded Douluos and ordered the army not to advance east after occupying the city.
• Xu Tianyuan objected that the Sun Moon army could press its advantage, but Kong Deming pointed to its severe losses and low morale.
• Kong Deming revealed that the three-nation allied army threatened the garrisons at Luo River City, Iron Wall Pass, and Eagle Sorrow Gorge, and that he had just saved Luo River City.
• Kong Deming declared that the war had exhausted the continent and that it was time for peace talks.

Kong Deming used his power to halt the generals’ plans for war and ordered them to await Xu Tianran’s decision. Xu Tianran then arrived at Kong Deming’s residence at midnight, where Kong Xuan stopped his hidden protector from entering with him.

• Kong Deming declared that he would pursue peace talks and warned that he might intervene if Xu Tianran endangered the empire by continuing the war.
• Kong Deming rescued Yan Feng, Wang Xian'er, and Huang Jinxu, then ordered Xu Tianyuan and the generals to reorganize the troops and await Xu Tianran’s orders.
• Xu Tianyuan told the generals to repair their defenses and report the battlefield events truthfully to the emperor.
• Xu Tianran arrived at Kong Deming’s residence with Ju Zi and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Legion.
• Kong Xuan exposed Shadow Douluo Xue Chen, repelled his spiritual warning, and allowed Xu Tianran to enter without his protector.

Xu Tianran confronted Kong Deming over the Worship Hall’s interference in the war and its demand for peace talks. Kong Deming refused to back down and said ministers would press for peace at the next court assembly.

• Xu Tianran met Kong Deming at his residence and challenged him for publicly interfering in military affairs.
• Kong Deming explained that he had promised not to help start a war, not to let the war continue, and argued that the empire needed peace talks.
• Xu Tianran insisted that the Sun Moon army should exploit its victory and accused Kong Deming of letting its soldiers die by refusing to intervene.
• Kong Deming declared that Xu Tianran should issue an edict for peace talks, warning that his decision was final.
• Xu Tianran asked whether Kong Deming would kill him and install another ruler if he refused, but Kong Deming said ministers would demand peace at the next court assembly.

Kong Deming threatened Xu Tianran with forced abdication if he rejected peace talks, then proposed a federation that could make Xu its first chairman. Xu promised to give his answer at the next day’s court assembly, and Kong Deming expected him to choose peace.

• Kong Deming warned Xu Tianran that court officials could demand his abdication if he continued the war.
• Kong Deming proposed forming a federation and offered to secure Sun Moon Empire’s influence and a possible first chairmanship for Xu Tianran.
• Xu Tianran weighed the proposal and said he would answer Kong Deming at the next day’s grand court assembly.
• Ju Zi pushed Xu Tianran from the reception room while Xue Chen watched him leave unharmed.
• Kong Xuan asked what Xu Tianran would choose, and Kong Deming predicted he would order peace talks and said he would oversee them.

Xuan Zi led Shrek Academy’s delegation, including Bei Bei, to the peace talks in Qianxin City and explained why Shrek had stayed out of the war. The delegation entered amid mockery and distrust, but Xuan Zi restored his teachers’ pride by reminding them that Shrek’s strength had helped deter the Sun Moon Worship Hall.

• Xuan Zi and Bei Bei arrived in Qianxin City with Shrek Academy’s delegation for the peace talks.
• Xuan Zi warned Bei Bei to pay attention to the continent’s political situation and suspected the gathering involved more than negotiating a truce.
• Onlookers mocked Shrek Academy for failing to oppose the Sun Moon Empire, and an Inner Court teacher nearly lost his temper.
• Xuan Zi stopped the teacher and reminded the delegation that Shrek had once saved the Douluo Three Kingdoms and had needed time to recover.
• Xuan Zi explained that Shrek had also avoided joining the war because the Worship Hall might have entered the conflict to support Xu Tianran.

Kong Deming opened peace talks between the Sun Moon Empire and the original Douluo Three Kingdoms, but the negotiations immediately stalled over territory occupied by the Sun Moon Empire. The representatives threatened to resume the war, leaving Kong Deming to resolve the deadlock.

• Xuan Zi arrived at the peace-talk hall with the Shrek delegation and found Du Busi and the unexpected presence of Beast God Di Tian among the assembled powers.
• Ju Zi wheeled Xu Tianran into the hall, and Kong Deming appeared to open the talks.
• Kong Deming urged the four nations to end the war, and Xu Jiawei agreed to a ceasefire while demanding the return of Star Luo and Heavenly Soul lands.
• Xu Tianran refused to return the occupied territory, and Xu Jiawei and Emperor Weixin threatened to abandon the talks and continue fighting.

Kong Deming proposed a federation of the continent’s major powers, prompting support from non-state factions and alarm among the four empires. As Xu Tianran unexpectedly declared territorial ownership negotiable, Kong Deming suddenly donned his armor and unleashed the pressure of a Limit Douluo, leaving the assembled empires’ guards scrambling to protect their rulers.

• Kong Deming argued that the continent needed a federation to prevent future wars and enable cooperation among empires, factions, and Soul Beast communities.
• Kong Deming explained that the proposed federation would preserve its members’ internal autonomy while placing continental affairs under shared laws and a Supreme Council.
• Soul Master factions welcomed the prospect of gaining council seats, while the emperors feared losing authority and influence.
• Xu Jiawei said the three original Douluo nations would not discuss a federation until the Sun Moon Empire returned their seized territories.
• Xu Tianran unexpectedly said territorial ownership was negotiable, disrupting Xu Jiawei’s plan to make him the proposal’s opponent.
• Kong Deming donned a silver suit of armor and unleashed the pressure of a Limit Douluo, prompting the three nations’ Super Douluos to shield their emperors.

Kong Deming demonstrated a domain that briefly immobilized everyone at the peace talks, then revealed it came from his Three-Word Battle Armor. He announced that the Worship Hall’s latest armor could raise a Soul Saint’s power to the Titled Douluo level and grant its wearer a domain.

• Kong Deming briefly froze everyone in the hall and across Qianxin City with an invisible force, then released them without attacking.
• Heavenly Sun Douluo challenged Kong Deming, while Xuan Zi identified the effect as a domain.
• Kong Deming explained that none of his nine Soul Skills was a domain and revealed that his armor was the source of the power.
• Kong Deming described the Worship Hall’s progression from One-Word and Two-Word Battle Armor to Three-Word Battle Armor.
• Kong Deming announced that Three-Word Battle Armor could raise a Soul Saint’s Soul Power to the Titled Douluo level and grant its wearer a domain.

Kong Deming offered to share the Sun Moon Empire’s battle armor technology through a federation, winning support from powerful sects and Shrek Academy. With the tide of support surging, the former Douluo Three Kingdoms’ representatives faced political isolation.

• Kong Deming said the Worship Hall would contribute battle armor technology to a federation’s joint research system.
• Xu Tianran regretted that sharing battle armor and Soul Spirit technology would prevent the Sun Moon Empire from monopolizing them.
• Du Busi declared that the Body Sect supported establishing a unified federation.
• Ning Yuanshan announced the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s support, provoking anger from Dou Ling Empire officials.
• Numerous sects and clans voiced support for the federation, and Xuan Zi declared that Shrek Academy seconded the motion.
• Shrek’s support left the former Douluo Three Kingdoms’ representatives feeling isolated as opposition to the federation gathered momentum.

The original Douluo Three Kingdoms agreed to join the Federation, and Xu Jiawei became its first chairman after negotiations over territory and leadership. More than a year later, Cai Mei'er led Wang Dong and others into the Star Dou Great Forest, where Wang Dong sensed a powerful pull toward the forbidden Core Zone.

• Kong Deming announced that the Worship Hall would spread battle armor technology across Sun Moon territory, prompting Xu Jiawei and then the emperors of Heavenly Soul and Dou Ling to support the Federation.
• Xu Tianran and the other leaders negotiated territorial concessions, and Xu Jiawei won the Federation's first four-year chairmanship despite Xu Tianran's ambitions.
• More than a year after the Federation's establishment, civilian soul tools had begun changing life across the original Douluo Three Kingdoms, while soul spirits remained too scarce to replace traditional soul hunting.
• Cai Mei'er led a five-person team into the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain soul rings, and Wang Dong was the only student still seeking one.
• Wang Dong told Cai Mei'er that something powerful was drawing him toward the forest, and Zhang Lexuan warned that the pull came from the forbidden Core Zone.

Wang Dong’s intuition led Cai Mei'er and the Shrek party toward the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Circle, where they encountered a fleeing Radiant Armored Rhinoceros Beast and the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion stopped to inspect the group, and the chapter left them facing one another in the forest.

• Wang Dong sensed a mysterious summons from the forest, and Cai Mei'er agreed to search nearby while forbidding the party from entering the Core Circle.
• The Shrek party cautiously approached the Core Circle as Cai Mei'er detected a powerful presence racing toward them.
• Jiang Nannan identified the charging beast as a Radiant Armored Rhinoceros Beast, and Cai Mei'er sensed that two formidable presences were pursuing it.
• The Radiant Armored Rhinoceros Beast fled past the group, followed by the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who stopped to study the Shrek party.

Wang Dong became transfixed by the Emperor Auspicious Beast as the Shrek group encountered her protector, the Scarlet King. When the Scarlet King attacked Wang Dong, a golden trident mark appeared on his forehead and repelled the Ferocious Beast, leaving him stunned and wary.

• Cai Mei'er and Zhang Lexuan recognized the golden Soul Beast as the Emperor Auspicious Beast and realized the Scarlet King might be nearby.
• The Scarlet King emerged from the forest, shielded the Auspicious Beast, and warned the humans to leave.
• Cai Mei'er ordered the group to withdraw, but Wang Dong stayed behind, captivated by the Auspicious Beast.
• The Emperor Auspicious Beast said Wang Dong seemed different from other humans, prompting the Scarlet King to attack him.
• A golden trident mark appeared on Wang Dong's forehead and released a beam that halted and drove back the Scarlet King.

Tang San learned that the Douluo Continent had fallen into chaos and decided to bring his daughter Xiao Qi back to the Divine Realm. His divine thought followed the bloodline connection to Wang Dong in the Star Dou Great Forest, where it appeared before her and left her wondering who he was.

• Tang San used the Divine Realm Core and his anchors to learn that the Spirit Pagoda, the Douluo Federation, Shrek, and the Tang Sect had changed drastically.
• Tang San decided to retrieve Xiao Qi and used their bloodline connection to draw Wang Dong toward the Emperor Auspicious Beast.
• Wang Dong's golden trident mark repelled the Scarlet King and then projected Tang San's divine thought avatar into the forest.
• The Scarlet King retreated while Cai Mei'er signaled Shrek's students to stay quiet and watched Tang San cautiously.
• Wang Dong felt an inexplicable closeness to Tang San, stepped toward him, and asked who he was.

Tang San seized the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and tried to retrieve the half of his daughter’s soul sealed in her Sea of Consciousness. Gu Yuena appeared inside the Auspicious Beast’s consciousness to stop him, and Tang San asked who she was and why she hated him.

• Tang San used Divine Power to pull the Three-Eyed Golden Lion toward him and sent the Scarlet King crashing through ancient trees when he charged to defend her.
• Tang San told the Three-Eyed Golden Lion he had come to retrieve something that did not belong to her, then searched her Sea of Consciousness for his daughter’s sealed half-soul.
• The wounded Scarlet King rose and warned Tang San that harming the Auspicious Beast would make him an enemy of the Star Dou Great Forest and all Soul Beasts.
• Gu Yuena manifested inside the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s Sea of Consciousness and confronted Tang San, revealing that she had used the sealed soul as bait to draw him out.
• Tang San recognized Gu Yuena from Wang Dong’s memories but sensed her unusual power, and he asked why she bore him such hostility.

Gu Yuena destroyed Tang San’s divine-sense avatar, ending its attack on the Emperor Auspicious Beast. Di Tian let the Shrek group leave but ordered Wang Dong to stay, leaving Cai Mei'er torn between rescuing him and protecting the others.

• Gu Yuena pierced Tang San’s divine-sense avatar with her Silver Dragon Spear, causing it to vanish and freeing the Emperor Auspicious Beast.
• The Emperor Auspicious Beast returned to the Scarlet King as the Shrek group and the Star Dou Forest’s forces faced off.
• Di Tian appeared, and the Scarlet King told him that the Shrek group had attacked the Auspicious Beast.
• Di Tian told the Shrek group they could leave, and Cai Mei'er began leading the students back to the academy.
• Di Tian ordered Wang Dong to stay and warned Cai Mei'er that the others would also be detained if she stayed with him.
• Cai Mei'er hesitated, weighing Wang Dong’s danger against the lives of the other students.

Wang Dong was taken to the Lake of Life under Di Tian’s orders, while Kong Xuan attended the federation’s assembly in Yong’an as the celebrated Equal to Heaven Douluo. After the meeting, Gu Yuena urgently told Kong Xuan that Tang San had made his move.

• Wang Dong asked Cai Mei'er to lead the Shrek group away, and she left after identifying him as the Clear Sky Sect’s young sect master and appealing to Di Tian for mercy.
• Di Tian ordered the Scarlet King to take Wang Dong to the Lake of Life, explaining that it was the Lord’s wish.
• Kong Xuan arrived in Yong’an with the Sun Moon Empire’s representatives and received cheers as the Spirit Pagoda’s master and Equal to Heaven Douluo.
• Kong Deming praised Kong Xuan’s potential to become a god, while Xu Tianran privately reflected on Kong Xuan’s indifference to political power.
• After the parliamentary session, Gu Yuena appeared before Kong Xuan and told him that Tang San had made his move.

At the Lake of Life, Kong Xuan revealed to Wang Dong that Sea God Tang San was his biological father and had split his soul in two as part of a scheme involving the Emperor Auspicious Beast. Wang Dong was left reeling after learning that fusing the soul halves would create Tang San’s daughter, Tang Wutong, and erase him.

• Di Tian greeted Kong Xuan and Gu Yuena as his lord when they arrived at the Lake of Life.
• Kong Xuan told Wang Dong that the man who had attacked the Auspicious Beast was Sea God Tang San, his biological father.
• Gu Yuena assured Wang Dong that the Soul Beasts had never intended to kill him.
• Kong Xuan revealed that Tang San had split Wang Dong’s soul, leaving the other half sealed inside the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Kong Xuan explained that Tang San had tried to reclaim the sealed soul half so their fusion would create Tang Wutong and replace Wang Dong.

Wang Dong learned that Tang San was his birth father and had split his soul, then discovered Da Ming had known and hidden the truth. He fled the Clear Sky Sect, leaving his family ties shattered as Kong Xuan and Gu Yuena planned to turn the revelation against Tang San.

• Kong Xuan revealed the truth to Wang Dong, who wept and flew away from the Lake of Life; Gu Yuena ordered Di Tian to escort him out of Star Dou.
• Kong Xuan told Gu Yuena he intended to expose Tang San and make him suffer abandonment by his followers and kin.
• At the Clear Sky Sect, Wang Dong confronted Da Ming and asked whether Tang San was his birth father.
• Da Ming's shock confirmed Wang Dong's suspicions that Tang San had split his soul and that Da Ming had known.
• Wang Dong told Da Ming, "I hate you all!" and ran from the room, desperate to escape.

Tang San withdrew from the lower realm after his divine-sense avatar was destroyed, while Kong Xuan entered seclusion to break through to Level 100. The Sea-Calming Divine Needle created a pure golden tenth Soul Ring, and Kong Xuan's presence began its transformation toward godhood.

• Tang San questioned the identity of the silver figure who had destroyed his divine-sense avatar, then set aside his plans in the lower realm to focus on his conflict with the God of Destruction.
• Kong Xuan's companions gathered in Mingdu, where he reassured them that reaching godhood would not mean he could never return from the Divine Realm.
• Kong Xuan entered his underground cultivation chamber and began breaking through, while Yun Ming and Electrolux watched over him from his Sea of Consciousness.
• The Sea-Calming Divine Needle erupted with golden light and swept through Kong Xuan's Sea of Consciousness.
• A pure golden tenth Soul Ring appeared above Kong Xuan's nine rings, and his presence began to rise toward godhood.

Kong Xuan crossed level one hundred and became a god, then received the Body of Suffering from the Sea-Calming Divine Needle and transformed his physical body. He emerged from the cultivation chamber to find his waiting friends amazed by his calm, unchanged appearance.

• Kong Xuan's tenth Soul Ring formed, and the divine presence of his breakthrough convinced Meng Hongchen, Huo Yuhao, Kong Ling, and the others that he had succeeded.
• Kong Xuan descended into his Sea of Consciousness and told Electrolux and Yun Ming that he had become a god, drawing their pride and congratulations.
• The Sea-Calming Divine Needle sent Kong Xuan the Body of Suffering, which he fused into his body.
• The Body of Suffering transformed Kong Xuan's flesh and bones, giving him physical strength enough to contend with gods.
• Kong Xuan returned to the courtyard, where the waiting group examined his tranquil appearance and found little outward sign of his transformation.