Recaps

Zhao Ming secured the surrender of the Heaven Dou forces and took the Vast Sea Universe Cover from the palace, intending to use it to win over Bo Saixi. As Xue Ke fled with her heart broken, Zhao Ming turned his attention to consolidating his rule and visiting Spirit Hall.

• Shrek Academy’s students and staff watched hundreds of thousands of soldiers kneel and pledge allegiance to Zhao Ming.
• Xue Ke left the Imperial Palace with a maid, believing that her relationship with Zhao Ming could only end in hatred.
• Zhao Ming appeared on the palace walls after Xue Ke departed and decided not to stop her or pursue a relationship with her.
• Zhao Ming entered the Imperial Palace, where he found Xue Ye dead and used his Spiritual Power to locate the Vast Sea Universe Cover.
• Zhao Ming took the Vast Sea Universe Cover and considered using it to approach Bo Saixi after stabilizing the Heaven Dou Empire and visiting Spirit Hall.

After taking control of the Heaven Dou Empire, Zhao Ming arranged for Zhu Yun to govern it and planned to unite it with the Star Luo Empire. At Shrek Academy, Xiao Wu revealed her grief over her mother's death, and Zhao Ming promised he could revive her if she and Bibi Dong let go of their hatred.

• Ge Long submitted five hundred thousand soldiers to Zhao Ming, and the gathered leaders agreed that Zhu Yun would manage the former Heaven Dou Empire as it prepared to unite with the Star Luo Empire.
• Zhao Ming left the banquet at Shrek Academy to find Xiao Wu, whom he discovered sitting alone on a rooftop.
• Xiao Wu told Zhao Ming that Bibi Dong had killed her mother and that she had taken human form to seek revenge.
• Zhao Ming claimed he could revive Xiao Wu's mother, but said the revival required Bibi Dong to give up the Soul Ring and Spirit Bone she had gained and for Xiao Wu to release her hatred.
• Xiao Wu said she would forgive anything if her mother could return, while Zhao Ming promised to help and tried to persuade her to spend the night with him.

Zhao Ming reassured Xiao Wu that he could revive her mother, then left Heaven Dou City to visit Zhi'er at the Clear Sky Sect. There, Zhi'er longed for Zhao Ming and rebuffed Tang Xiao, who mistook her devotion to Zhao Ming for grief over Tang Hao.

• Zhao Ming promised Xiao Wu he was completely confident he could revive her mother and spent a tender morning with her.
• After breakfast at Bronze Sparrow Manor, Zhao Ming left for the Clear Sky Sect, where Zhi'er was staying.
• Zhi'er waited at her residence, longing for Zhao Ming and reflecting that her cultivation and efforts had not yet fulfilled his tasks.
• Tang Xiao urged Zhi'er, whom he called Ah Yin, to forget Tang Hao so he could pursue her.
• Zhi'er rejected Tang Xiao's advances and went to her chamber, while Tang Xiao suggested she wear shorter dresses.

Zhao Ming reunited with Zhi'er in her bedchamber after years apart and promised to take her away from the Clear Sky Sect within half a year. After Zhi'er told him Tang Xiao had asked her to wear a short skirt, Zhao Ming planned to use the situation to show off in front of the sect master.

• Zhi'er worried that Zhao Ming had forgotten her, while he arrived unseen in her bedchamber and watched her.
• Zhao Ming embraced Zhi'er, and she tearfully told him how much she had missed him and feared he no longer wanted her.
• Zhao Ming promised to protect Zhi'er and take her away within half a year, saying he first needed time to sever her connection to Ah Yin and carry out his plans against the Clear Sky Sect.
• Zhi'er told Zhao Ming that Tang Xiao had asked her to wear a short skirt, and Zhao Ming suggested she dress up for their meeting with him.
• Zhi'er agreed to wear a short skirt because Zhao Ming wanted to see her in one.

Zhao Ming visited Zhi'er, whose true identity was Ah Yin, and took her out to eat while Clear Sky Sect disciples watched. After he easily defeated hundreds of disciples, Tang Xiao and the sect elders rushed to confront him.

• Zhi'er changed into a short dress, and Zhao Ming praised her before agreeing to dine with her.
• Zhao Ming held Zhi'er's hand as they walked through Clear Sky Sect, drawing angry and jealous attention from the disciples.
• Tang Jiu challenged Zhao Ming and was knocked away with one slap; Tang Ge then attacked and was also sent flying.
• Zhao Ming blasted hundreds of disciples aside and took Zhi'er to a restaurant, where she rested happily in his arms after their meal.
• Tang Xiao and the elders became furious over Zhao Ming's public closeness with Ah Yin and headed to the restaurant.

Zhao Ming brought Zhi'er before the Clear Sky Sect elders to seek the map to Sea God Island, but Tang Xiao attacked him after seeing him touch Ah Yin. Zhao Ming revealed his identity and met Tang Xiao's full-force hammer blow barehanded, leaving the sect stunned as he prepared to strike back.

• Zhao Ming left the hotel with Zhi'er, intending to obtain Tang Chen's map to Sea God Island.
• Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders confronted Zhao Ming, and a Law Enforcement Hall elder attacked him before Zhao Ming's aura forced the elder to kneel and spit blood.
• Tang Xiao saw Zhao Ming touching Ah Yin and swung his Clear Sky Hammer at him despite the elders' warnings.
• Zhao Ming revealed his identity as Zhao Ming, released his Wings of Immortality Martial Soul, and caught Tang Xiao's hammer strike with his bare hand.
• Zhao Ming challenged Tang Xiao to endure one of his moves.

Zhao Ming used his Ice and Fire Bipolar Domain to force Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders to submit, then demanded the sect’s Sea God Island map and received it. He also demanded that Zhi'er accompany him, leaving Tang Xiao torn between protecting her and safeguarding the sect as the elders turned against him.

• Zhao Ming unleashed his Ice and Fire Bipolar Domain across the Clear Sky Sect, terrifying its disciples and leaving Tang Xiao unable to stop the flames from hurting them.
• Tang Xiao apologized and bowed to Zhao Ming, who ended the domain and went with the sect leaders to the main hall.
• Zhao Ming asked Tang Xiao for the Sea God Island map, and Tang Xiao handed over the map recorded by his grandfather.
• Zhao Ming praised Zhi'er’s beauty and demanded that she accompany him for a few days, but Tang Xiao refused.
• The Clear Sky Sect elders berated Tang Xiao and threatened to reconsider his position as sect master, while he struggled with the danger to the sect and his desire to protect Ah Yin.

Zhao Ming pressured Tang Xiao into letting Zhi'er accompany him for a few days, while privately revealing that he knew she was Ah Yin, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. The chapter ended with Zhao Ming taking Ah Yin away and Tang Xiao collapsing after choosing the Clear Sky Sect's safety over protecting her.

• Zhao Ming demanded that Zhi'er accompany him, and the Clear Sky Sect elders urged Tang Xiao to agree to avoid provoking him.
• Tang Xiao hesitated over revealing Ah Yin's identity, but agreed to Zhao Ming's demand after the elders invoked the sect's past disaster over Ah Yin.
• Zhao Ming praised Tang Xiao publicly, then privately threatened him with Ah Yin's Soul Ring and Spirit Bone, making clear that he knew her identity.
• Zhao Ming took Zhi'er's hand and waist and led her away, while the Clear Sky Sect elders cursed him.
• Tang Xiao watched Ah Yin leave, spat blood, and collapsed.

Zhao Ming and Zhi'er confessed their feelings, and she chose to become his woman. Tang Xiao spent the night fearing for Ah Yin, then broke down when Zhao Ming implied they had been together; Zhao Ming left him powerless and said he would remain at the Clear Sky Sect for a few more days.

• Zhi'er asked Zhao Ming to stay longer and told him she wanted to become his woman, and he carried her to her chamber.
• Zhao Ming and Zhi'er spent a day and a night together, after which she lay exhausted and he promised to bring her food.
• Tang Xiao waited outside Ah Yin's chamber all night, grew distraught over Zhao Ming's sealed room, and repeatedly coughed blood.
• Zhao Ming told Tang Xiao that Ah Yin was unwell from being tired and taunted him with the suggestion that she had begged him the previous day.
• Tang Xiao threatened Zhao Ming, but Zhao Ming warned him that any attack could put Ah Yin and the Clear Sky Sect at risk.
• Zhao Ming returned to Ah Yin's chamber and said he would leave the Clear Sky Sect after a few more days.

After spending three days with Zhi'er in the Clear Sky Sect, Zhao Ming left for Spirit Hall, intending to complete a mission that would take him and Bibi Dong to the past. He planned to win Bibi Dong over there and considered how to prepare for Spirit Hall's powerful experts before meeting her.

• Zhao Ming called Zhi'er his wife, told her to call him Husband, and comforted her as she ate pastries.
• Zhao Ming spent three days cultivating and being affectionate with Zhi'er in the Clear Sky Sect, then left without provoking Tang Xiao.
• Zhao Ming planned to travel to the past with Bibi Dong and win her over before Qian Xunji or Yu Xiaogang could affect her fate.
• The system warned Zhao Ming that changing Bibi Dong's fate could affect the present and advised him not to cause a pregnancy during the mission.
• Zhao Ming decided to stabilize his cultivation and preferably reach Soul Emperor before going to Spirit Hall, where he also considered asking Qian Daoliu for Qian Renxue's hand.

After Zhu Zhuyun unified the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires as the Heaven's Mandate Empire, Zhao Ming's many partners gathered for an awkward banquet that gradually became playful. Zhao Ming joined them and tried to ease their resentful attention while Zhu Zhuyun carried the burden of governing the newly united empire.

• Zhu Zhuyun merged the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire, renamed them the Heaven's Mandate Empire, and became its Empress.
• Bi Ji encouraged the gathered women to support one another as sisters, and Zhu Zhuyun asked her to look after her.
• Ning Rongrong teased Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran about their intimacy with Zhao Ming, prompting them to pin and tickle her as the women laughed.
• Zhao Ming followed the women's auras to the harem, where he embraced Zhu Zhuyun and acknowledged her hard work governing the empire.
• Zhu Zhuyun and the other women gave Zhao Ming resentful looks, so he awkwardly asked how everyone had been and told them not to overwork themselves.

Zhao Ming assigned Yun Yun, Medusa, and Angel Yan important roles in managing and training the newly founded Heaven's Mandate Empire. After the other women left, he kept Dugu Yan with him, and the chapter ended as he promised to marry her.

• Zhao Ming asked Bi Ji about Tianyi Pavilion, and she reported that it had avoided major losses and was returning to normal operations.
• Zhao Ming assigned Yun Yun and Medusa to help Zhu Yun govern the empire and Angel Yan to train its army.
• Zhao Ming finished giving the women their duties, and Bi Ji and the others left the hall one by one.
• Zhao Ming stopped Dugu Yan as she was leaving and asked her to warm his bed.
• Zhao Ming held Dugu Yan in bed, told her he would take care of her, and promised to marry her.

Zhao Ming confronted Qian Renxue about her insistence that they had no relationship, then promised to repair the damage to her cultivation and help her grow stronger. He began teaching her his Self-Created Soul Skill, leaving her embarrassed but willing to continue training.

• Zhao Ming woke beside Dugu Yan, checked on her pain, and left her to rest.
• Qian Renxue rejected Zhao Ming's claims that they belonged together, but he kissed her and insisted their relationship had begun.
• Zhao Ming examined Qian Renxue and explained that her attempted self-destruction had weakened her meridians and foundation.
• Zhao Ming promised to help Qian Renxue recover and reach Soul Saint before they returned to Spirit Hall.
• Zhao Ming arranged Qian Renxue into a posture for the Divine Foot Sutra and taught her its circulation route, while she warned him not to touch her carelessly.

Qian Renxue enjoyed the benefits of Zhao Ming’s self-created cultivation skill as they teased each other and spent time together in the imperial garden. After Zhao Ming asked her to marry him, she accepted, leaving them committed to a future together.

• Qian Renxue praised Zhao Ming’s soul skill for improving her cultivation speed and physical strength, then accused him of being shameless for creating it.
• Zhao Ming claimed the soul skill was intended as a betrothal gift to Qian Daoliu and teased Qian Renxue about becoming his wife.
• Zhao Ming took Qian Renxue to the imperial garden, where she reflected on how happy and carefree she felt with him.
• Zhao Ming pinned Qian Renxue among the flowers and asked her to marry him when he proposed to Qian Daoliu at Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue quietly agreed to marry Zhao Ming, and he asked her to confirm that she was serious.

Zhao Ming told Qian Renxue about his mixed human and Soul Beast nature and his plan to end the conflict between humans and Soul Beasts by changing the rules after he became a god. He took her toward Star Dou Forest to meet its Fierce Beasts and seek a powerful Spirit Bone, a Soul Ring, and possibly a Soul Spirit for her.

• Qian Renxue worried that her grandfather and Spirit Hall would oppose their relationship, but Zhao Ming promised no one could keep them apart.
• Zhao Ming revealed that he was both human and Soul Beast, and Qian Renxue accepted him without hesitation.
• Zhao Ming explained that he wanted to abolish the rules forcing Soul Masters to kill Soul Beasts, and Qian Renxue promised to support him.
• Zhao Ming planned to take Qian Renxue to Star Dou Forest for a suitable External Soul Bone and seventh Soul Ring, while exploring whether Soul Spirits could offer a peaceful alternative to killing Soul Beasts.
• As they traveled, Zhao Ming told Qian Renxue about powerful Soul Beasts and considered whether Di Tian and the other Fierce Beasts might become his Soul Spirits.

Zhao Ming reunited with Wang Qiu'er in the Star Dou Forest and introduced her to Qian Renxue before Di Tian and the other Fierce Beasts arrived to pay their respects. He intended to use the display of soul beast power to influence Spirit Hall, and led everyone toward the Lake of Life to discuss his plans.

• Wang Qiu'er rushed into Zhao Ming's arms and agreed to use the name he gave her.
• Zhao Ming introduced Wang Qiu'er and Qian Renxue, who greeted each other despite Qian Renxue's jealousy.
• Di Tian, Myriad Demon King, Scarlet King, Xiong Jun, the Titan Giant Ape, and the Sky Azure Bull Python appeared and saluted Zhao Ming as their Master.
• Qian Renxue sensed the Fierce Beasts' power and realized Spirit Hall would struggle to oppose Zhao Ming and his forces.
• Zhao Ming reassured Qian Renxue and led the group toward the Lake of Life to give the Fierce Beasts instructions.

Zhao Ming brought Qian Renxue to the Lake of Life and ordered the Fierce Beasts to unite Soul Beast forces under the Beast God Hall. Wang Qiu'er gave Qian Renxue a pair of Light Holy Dragon claw bones, and Qian Renxue began absorbing them as Zhao Ming and Wang Qiu'er stood guard.

• Zhao Ming brought Qian Renxue and the Fierce Beasts to the Lake of Life so she could recover in its Life Aura.
• Zhao Ming ordered Di Tian to subdue Soul Beast forces across the continent and establish the Beast God Hall, naming himself Hall Master and Wang Qiu'er its Sacred Beast.
• Zhao Ming asked the Fierce Beasts to find sacred light-attribute Spirit Bones for Qian Renxue, and Wang Qiu'er volunteered to help using her Extreme Light attribute.
• Wang Qiu'er revealed a pair of External Soul Bones from the last Light Holy Dragon and handed them to Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue accepted the Light Holy Dragon claw bones and began absorbing them while Zhao Ming and Wang Qiu'er protected her.

Qian Renxue absorbed the Light Holy Dragon Spirit Bone, awakening her Angel Domain and evolving her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul to Extreme Light. She thanked Zhao Ming and Wang Qiu'er, then joined Qiu'er in refusing Zhao Ming's advances for the night.

• Zhao Ming rested with his head on Wang Qiu'er's lap while she massaged his shoulders and Qian Renxue absorbed the Light Holy Dragon Spirit Bone.
• Qian Renxue activated her Angel Domain, grew sturdier meridians, and evolved her Martial Soul to Extreme Light.
• Wang Qiu'er recognized Qian Renxue's Martial Soul evolution, and Zhao Ming said her talent would let her become a god.
• Qian Renxue thanked Zhao Ming and Wang Qiu'er for helping her, then Zhao Ming asked what reward she would give him.
• Wang Qiu'er said she and Qian Renxue would sleep together and warned Zhao Ming to sleep outside without trying anything.

Zhao Ming broke through to level sixty and learned of a sign-in mission that would reward him with Ling Qingzhu. He then told Qian Renxue about Soul Spirits and prepared to help her obtain one for her seventh Soul Ring.

• Qian Renxue and Wang Qiu'er discussed their feelings for Zhao Ming and teased each other in the pavilion room.
• Zhao Ming broke through to level sixty, and the system assigned him a mission to sign in at Bibi Dong's bedroom for Ling Qingzhu.
• Zhao Ming found Qian Renxue and Wang Qiu'er asleep together, and the two girls blushed as they got dressed.
• Zhao Ming explained that Qian Renxue could gain a Soul Spirit from a willing soul beast instead of hunting it for a Soul Ring.
• Zhao Ming said Di Tian had found a Divine Heavenly Spirit Tiger unable to survive its upcoming tribulation, which could become Qian Renxue's Soul Spirit.

Zhao Ming successfully turned Tian'er, the Divine Heavenly Spirit Tiger, into Qian Renxue's Soul Spirit, granting her a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring while preserving Tian'er's consciousness. The Fierce Beasts learned Zhao Ming would take them to the higher realm after becoming a god, but he told them to first finish their assigned work and help unify the continent.

• Di Tian explained that the Fierce Beasts might become Zhao Ming's Soul Spirits and gain a chance to break free of their limits when he became a god.
• Zhao Ming met Tian'er, the Divine Heavenly Spirit Tiger, and she agreed to become Qian Renxue's Soul Spirit.
• Zhao Ming performed the Soul Spirit contract, and Tian'er transformed into a Soul Spirit as a blood-red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring appeared beneath Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue tested Tian'er's power, rode her across the plains, and struck the ground with enough force to leave a deep palm print.
• The Fierce Beasts bowed to Zhao Ming, who promised to take them to the higher realm after becoming a god and ordered them to continue working toward unifying the continent.
• Qian Renxue thanked Zhao Ming, and she accepted his claim that she was his woman without objecting.

Zhao Ming reassured Qian Renxue after her Soul Saint breakthrough, then secretly visited Gu Yue Na and revealed that he had inherited the Emperor God. He promised to help her reclaim her power and enter the God Realm within two years, and Gu Yue Na agreed to wait for him and marry him once she became the Dragon God.

• Tian'er said her Heavenly Spirit Tiger bloodline had grown purer, and Zhao Ming told Qian Renxue to learn how to fight with her new Soul Spirit.
• Zhao Ming left Qian Renxue and Wang Qiu'er and went to see Gu Yue Na at the Palace beneath the Lake of Life.
• Zhao Ming promised Gu Yue Na he would help her reclaim what she had lost, and she agreed to kiss him before he revealed his plan.
• Zhao Ming showed Gu Yue Na his Emperor God Domain and explained that he had inherited the Emperor God, whose power could suppress other deities.
• Zhao Ming promised to take Gu Yue Na into the God Realm within two years, and she agreed to marry him after becoming the Dragon God.

Zhao Ming left Wang Qiu'er in the Star Dou Forest and traveled with Qian Renxue toward Spirit City, where he planned to check in and help Bibi Dong. On the way, he learned Spirit Hall was selecting a Saint Son and decided to compete, while Qian Renxue went ahead to tell her grandfather about his arrival.

• Zhao Ming comforted Wang Qiu'er, promised to return, and left her in charge of the Star Dou Forest.
• Zhao Ming and Qian Renxue traveled toward Spirit City as people discussed Spirit Hall Academy's recruitment and the selection of a Saint Son.
• After learning the Saint Son candidates had to be under fifteen with peerless talent, Zhao Ming decided he was suited to compete for the position.
• Zhao Ming drove away two girls who approached them by declaring Qian Renxue his lover and kissing her.
• Qian Renxue agreed Hu Liena was an exception to Zhao Ming's promise not to flirt with Spirit Hall women and said she would return to Spirit Hall first.
• Zhao Ming gave Qian Renxue a Storage Ring containing a Light Holy Dragon corpse and a Divine Heavenly Spirit Tiger Spirit Bone for her grandfather.

Zhao Ming arrived at Spirit Hall Academy to see Hu Liena and declared that she was his wife, provoking her admirers. Hu Liena recognized him, while Yan and Xie Yue approached to confront him, leaving Zhao Ming surrounded by hostile students.

• Qian Renxue parted from Zhao Ming in Spirit City and went to Spirit Hall, while Zhao Ming headed to Spirit Hall Academy.
• Hu Liena tested prospective students alongside Xie Yue and Yan as crowds gathered to see Spirit Hall's Saintess.
• Zhao Ming told nearby youths he had come to see his wife Nana, then sent more than a dozen students flying with a single slap when they challenged him.
• Hu Liena heard that someone claimed to be her boyfriend, looked toward Zhao Ming, and froze upon recognizing him.
• Yan went to confront Zhao Ming, and Xie Yue followed, suspecting that Zhao Ming was the person Hu Liena loved.

Zhao Ming defeated Yan after Yan attacked him over his claims about Hu Liena, then Hu Liena publicly called Zhao Ming her boyfriend to help protect him. She left with Zhao Ming, who teased her about keeping up their supposed relationship as they headed toward her dormitory.

• Yan confronted Zhao Ming over his claims about Hu Liena and unleashed his ten-thousand-year Soul Skill, Flying Sand Raging Flame.
• Zhao Ming stopped Yan's flames with one finger, turned them into a fireball, and blasted Yan until he was badly burned.
• Hu Liena rushed to Zhao Ming and warned him that hurting Yan could put him in danger.
• Zhao Ming embraced Hu Liena, and she told the gathered students that he was her boyfriend, leaving Yan heartbroken and unconscious.
• Hu Liena took Zhao Ming away from the crowd while he teased her about going to her room and maintaining their cover.

Zhao Ming visited Hu Liena in her Spirit Hall Academy residence after publicly pretending they were lovers, and she worried that the academy would punish him for injuring Yan. He reassured her with affectionate memories of their first meeting, then embarrassed her with a suggestive remark, leaving her blushing in his arms.

• Hu Liena confronted Zhao Ming about claiming in public that she was his woman, and he insisted that their relationship was real.
• Hu Liena warned Zhao Ming that Spirit Hall Academy's teachers might come after him for injuring Yan, but he refused to leave Spirit City and pulled her into his arms.
• Zhao Ming recalled first seeing Hu Liena after arriving in Douluo Continent and told her he had wanted her from that day.
• Zhao Ming teased Hu Liena about how her figure had changed, and she turned crimson after he explained his meaning.