Recaps

Zhao Xuan investigated reports of villages destroyed by a black mist and recognized the lingering aura as that of the Evil God he had encountered before. He suspected the deity was seeking human vitality and continued to consider its purpose.

• In spring, Zhao Xuan reflected on Spirit Hall’s growing activity and learned from Flender that black mist had killed villagers near the Heaven Dou Empire’s border.
• Zhao Xuan recalled a similar incident at Canghui Ancient Castle and worried that the Evil Gods’ disturbances might be connected to Spirit Hall’s movements.
• Zhao Xuan left to investigate the affected villages, while Flender resolved to keep cultivating toward Rank 80.
• At the southwestern border, Zhao Xuan inspected the deserted villages and the graves of more than a hundred victims.
• Zhao Xuan recognized the black mist’s lingering aura as that of the same Evil God and suspected it was targeting human vitality.

Zhao Xuan searched the Gobi for the Evil God, confirmed the enemy's identity, and returned to Yellow Sand City without finding a trace. As he cultivated at the City Lord's Manor, hundreds of dark figures raced toward the city, and a guard sounded the alarm.

• Zhao Xuan searched the Gobi for a day but found no sign of the Evil God.
• Zhao Xuan returned to Yellow Sand City and told Xia Xing that he had identified the enemy but could not track him.
• Zhao Xuan settled into the City Lord's Manor and resumed cultivating, bringing his Soul Power to level sixty-nine.
• Old Zhang told a fellow soldier that Spirit Hall was suspected of destroying the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, prompting the Empire to strengthen its defenses.
• A Soul Master on the city wall spotted hundreds of dark figures approaching and ordered the alarm sounded.

Yellow Sand City came under attack by more than five hundred Black-clothed Soul Masters, and Xia Xing and Commander Bu joined the desperate defense. Zhao Xuan detected the Evil God's aura and captured a Soul Emperor who was gathering death energy from the dead, then unleashed his killing intent across the battlefield.

• More than five hundred Black-clothed Soul Masters attacked Yellow Sand City's walls, killing many defenders before Xia Xing arrived and ordered the city's Soul Masters to counterattack.
• A bow-wielding Soul King targeted Xia Xing, but Commander Bu blocked the arrow with his shield, and Xia Xing transformed into his Forest Demon Bear form and charged into battle.
• Zhao Xuan sensed the Evil God's faint aura in the city and spotted a hidden figure collecting death energy from corpses into a small box.
• The hidden Soul Emperor tried to flee, but Zhao Xuan imprisoned him in midair, then spread a vast wave of pale white killing intent across the battlefield.

Zhao Xuan subdued the Black-clothed Soul Masters attacking Yellow Sand City and questioned their Soul Emperor about a mysterious death-energy box and the God of Death. The surviving enemies surrendered, and Zhao Xuan took the Soul Emperor away to learn more.

• Zhao Xuan spread his Divine Slaughter's Domain across the battlefield and seized the Soul Emperor's square box.
• When the Soul Emperor tried to attack, Zhao Xuan disrupted his Soul Power, causing him to fall and injure himself.
• Zhao Xuan questioned the Soul Emperor about the box and the God of Death, then threatened him with Purple Gold lightning until he agreed to talk.
• Zhao Xuan killed one Soul King with lightning, prompting the other two Soul Kings and the remaining Black-clothed Soul Masters to surrender.
• Zhao Xuan ordered Xia Xing and Commander Bu to give the prisoners Soul Sealing Powder, then told the Soul Emperor to come with him.

Zhao Xuan interrogated a captured Soul Emperor and learned that Spirit Hall had sent teams to surprise attack five Heaven Dou border cities, while a mysterious, deathly figure had assigned the captive a separate task. After Yellow Sand City repelled its attackers, an urgent report confirmed the other four cities had fallen and ordered Zhao Xuan to return to the imperial capital.

• Zhao Xuan questioned the Black-clothed Soul Emperor, who revealed that he belonged to Cheng En Hall and had been assigned a secret task by a black-robed figure bearing the Empress's token.
• The Black-clothed Soul Emperor said Spirit Hall had sent Soul Emperor-led teams to attack five border cities, and Zhao Xuan suspected the mysterious figure was the God of Death.
• Zhao Xuan gave the captive Soul Sealing Powder, and Xia Xing and Commander Bu reported the battle's casualties and captured enemies.
• Xia Xing locked up the subdued Soul Emperor after Zhao Xuan ordered him held for instructions from the empire.
• The next day, an urgent report confirmed Spirit Hall had taken the other four border cities and ordered Zhao Xuan to return to the imperial capital for deliberations.

Zhao Xuan returned to Heaven Dou City amid rumors of an attack on the empire’s borderlands and was summoned to a palace council. As the leaders debated how to resist Spirit Hall, Flender proposed an alliance with the Star Luo Empire.

• Zhao Xuan heard that the Heaven Dou Empire’s borderlands had been attacked and learned that the academy’s dean had summoned him to the imperial palace.
• A palace guard commander recognized Zhao Xuan and respectfully escorted him into the palace.
• Xue Ye asked the council how to respond to Spirit Hall, and Marshal Gelong recommended preparing the army and recruiting Soul Masters.
• Grandmaster warned that Heaven Dou’s Soul Master Corps was outnumbered and weaker than Spirit Hall, then proposed winning over Soul Masters dissatisfied with Bibi Dong.
• Xue Ye assigned the chancellor to pursue Grandmaster’s proposal, and Flender suggested joining forces with the Star Luo Empire, shocking the council.

Flender urged Heaven Dou to cooperate with the Star Luo Empire against Spirit Hall, despite their longstanding feud. Zhao Xuan arrived and agreed to contact Star Luo, securing Xue Song’s support for the alliance.

• Flender argued that Heaven Dou could not oppose Spirit Hall alone, prompting Ge Long to set aside his family’s hatred of Star Luo for the empire’s sake.
• Xue Ye questioned whether Star Luo would agree to cooperate, noting that its crown prince could not decide for the empire.
• Zhao Xuan entered and used his pressure to silence a noble who insulted him, until Xue Song intervened and identified him as Thunder Douluo.
• Xue Song asked whether Zhao Xuan could secure Star Luo’s help, and Zhao Xuan assured him that Star Luo would understand the threat Spirit Hall posed.
• Xue Song entrusted Zhao Xuan with contacting Star Luo, and Zhao Xuan agreed on Shrek Academy’s behalf.

Zhao Xuan challenged the royal family’s decision to keep Xue Song safely behind the scenes, while others warned him not to underestimate the veteran emperor. Oscar returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as a Soul Emperor and revealed that he had gained the soul skill he had sought for years.

• Zhao Xuan admitted that he had deliberately confronted Xue Song, and Bone Douluo, Dugu Bo, and Jade Lord Douluo discussed the former emperor’s strength and experience.
• Ning Fengzhi told Zhao Xuan and Flender that Oscar had returned.
• Flender chased Oscar for skipping the academy, then learned Oscar had become a Soul Emperor.
• Oscar said he had obtained his long-desired soul skill after three years of hardship, and Grandmaster recognized what kind of skill it might be.
• Zhao Xuan gave Oscar a drop of his blood, and Oscar began demonstrating his Mirror Sausage soul skill with its incantation.

Oscar demonstrated his sixth soul skill, the Mirror Image Sausage, which copied another spirit master's abilities using their blood. After it failed with Zhao Xuan, Oscar successfully copied Jade Lord Douluo Li Qing's Clear Wind Sword and revealed how the skill worked.

• Oscar revealed his six spirit rings and created a Mirror Image Sausage using Zhao Xuan's blood.
• Oscar ate the sausage but felt no change, so the Grandmaster urged him to test it on someone else.
• Li Qing gave Oscar a drop of blood, and Oscar used his sixth soul skill again.
• Oscar transformed and summoned the Clear Wind Sword, accidentally scattering sword qi that Zhao Xuan and the others destroyed.
• Oscar explained that his skill copied another spirit master's abilities for three minutes at seventy or eighty percent of his own Soul Power.

Oscar revealed that Spirit Hall had searched for him in the Extreme Cold Forest, prompting Zhao Xuan and his allies to prepare for threats against their people. Zhao Xuan sent Qin Ming to seek an alliance with the Star Luo Empire, helped mobilize recruits across Heaven Dou, and brought Xiao Wu back to Shrek Academy.

• Oscar demonstrated his Mirror Sausage and explained that it could not copy soul bone or domain skills and might have other limitations.
• Oscar revealed that Spirit Hall agents had searched for him in the Extreme Cold Forest using portraits, and Ning Fengzhi and Zhao Xuan suspected they planned to threaten their allies.
• Zhao Xuan urged Ning Fengzhi to recall vulnerable Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples and decided to bring Xiao Wu back to the imperial capital.
• Zhao Xuan sent Qin Ming to the Star Luo Empire with a letter and Dai Mubai's gold token to propose an alliance.
• Heaven Dou's recruitment notices drew ordinary people to the new recruit camps, and Zhao Xuan returned to the Star Dou Forest to bring Xiao Wu to Shrek Academy.

Zhao Xuan brought Xiao Wu back to Shrek Academy, where she hoped to see Tang San soon. After discovering Xue Qingqing had reached level thirty by taking Dugu Bo’s medicine, Zhao Xuan checked her condition, scolded her, and ordered her to leave with him for Sunset Forest the next morning.

• Zhao Xuan explained to Xiao Wu that Heaven Dou City was quieter because the empire was preparing for war and trade had stopped, and he assured her that Tang San was safe and would return soon.
• Zhao Xuan and Xiao Wu arrived at Shrek Academy, where Xiao Wu reminisced about the familiar grounds and teased Zhao Xuan about Xue Qingqing.
• Xue Qingqing told Zhao Xuan that her Soul Power had reached level thirty, and Guli explained that Dugu Bo’s Soul-Boosting Powder had increased it by one and a half levels.
• Zhao Xuan examined Xue Qingqing’s meridians, confirmed they were unharmed, and scolded her for taking medicine from Dugu Bo.
• Zhao Xuan told Xue Qingqing to pack and leave with him for Sunset Forest the following morning.

Zhao Xuan took Xue Qingqing and Guli to Sunset Forest so Xue Qingqing could obtain a spirit ring. After traveling to a town near the forest and warning off a recruiter who approached them, the group entered the forest at dawn.

• Xue Qingqing and Guli worried Zhao Xuan would confront Dugu Bo, but he told them they were going to hunt for a spirit ring.
• Xue Qingqing and Guli traveled with Zhao Xuan by carriage from Heaven Dou City toward Sunset Forest, enjoying the journey before growing tired.
• The group reached a town outside Sunset Forest in the evening, where local recruiters eyed them as wealthy, inexperienced targets.
• Zhao Xuan frightened off Old Zhang with a cold warning, and the onlookers mistook him for an old monster.
• After resting overnight at an inn, Zhao Xuan led Xue Qingqing and Guli into Sunset Forest at dawn.

Zhao Xuan trained Xue Qingqing in Sunset Forest, making her fight Spirit Beasts instead of rushing to obtain a soul ring. After she overcame her fear of a ten-year Bambusa and learned to defeat weaker beasts, he ordered her to face the hundred-year Spirit Beasts herself.

• A bamboo arrow shot at Xue Qingqing, but Guli cut it in two with the Scythe of the Death God.
• Zhao Xuan exposed the ten-year Bambusa that had fired the arrow, then chose to spare it and teased Xue Qingqing for freezing up.
• Zhao Xuan led Xue Qingqing around the forest outskirts all day, repeatedly putting her into battles so she could turn her theoretical skills into practical fighting.
• Xue Qingqing progressed from panicking at a ten-year Spirit Beast to defeating one, and Zhao Xuan mocked her pride in the achievement.
• Zhao Xuan told Xue Qingqing to handle any hundred-year Spirit Beasts they encountered, while Guli watched in confusion and Xue Qingqing blushed at his crude remark.

Xue Qingqing defeated a six-hundred-year Flame Monkey, but Zhao Xuan continued leading her through Sunset Forest instead of searching for her soul ring. They reached Dugu Bo’s territory, where Zhao Xuan questioned him about the medicine he had given her and learned that two Spirit Beasts were cultivating at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Xue Qingqing used her Falling Flowers attack to wound the Flame Monkey, and Zhao Xuan stopped her from pursuing it.
• Xue Qingqing asked when they would hunt for her soul ring, but Zhao Xuan led the group onward to find an avian Spirit Beast.
• In Dugu Bo’s poisonous territory, Xue Qingqing screamed at the sight of a snake, and Zhao Xuan tossed it away and told her it was harmless to her.
• Dugu Bo admitted he had given Xue Qingqing medicine and said its remaining dose was reserved for Yanzi; he explained that its ingredients were too scarce for mass production.
• Zhao Xuan asked after two Spirit Beasts at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Dugu Bo complained that their presence made him nervous.
• Zhao Xuan said the two Spirit Beasts were Xiao San’s brothers-in-law and that the well counted as family property, leaving Dugu Bo stunned.

After finding a suitable soul ring for Xue Qingqing, Zhao Xuan used his divine sense to detect a large Spirit Hall camp hidden in Sunset Forest. The chapter left him observing the camp as his voice rang out, warning that the dead would not return.

• Zhao Xuan found a two-thousand-year Ethereal Goose for Xue Qingqing, whose new Third Soul Skill fired piercing light waves and increased her speed.
• Zhao Xuan connected Xue Qingqing and Guli to his divine sense network, letting them sense across sixteen thousand meters, then carried them toward a disturbance.
• Zhao Xuan discovered a concealed camp containing more than fifteen hundred Spirit Hall soul masters and watched its occupants from above.
• Bishop Mo argued with Bishops Sang and the feminine-looking bishop about delayed reinforcements and the coming plan.
• Bishop Sang explained that Heaven Dou Empire investigations threatened Spirit Hall's branches, while he and the other bishops had kept trusted people outside to protect their influence.
• Zhao Xuan's voice reached the camp, warning that the dead might not return.

Zhao Xuan appeared before a Spirit Hall camp and unleashed his Thunder Domain, wiping out most of its soul masters. After the lightning dissipated, he turned his attention to the three bishops whose movements he had disrupted.

• Zhao Xuan revealed himself with Guli and Xue Qingqing, and Bishop Mo recognized him as Thunder Douluo.
• Bishop Mo ordered the camp to scatter and flee, while he and the other two bishops ran in different directions.
• Zhao Xuan spread his domain and used Ten Thousand Thunders... Sound as One, filling the camp with lightning that killed hundreds or thousands of soul masters.
• Guli closed her eyes as Zhao Xuan urged her not to watch, while Xue Qingqing kept her eyes open despite her distress.
• Zhao Xuan stopped the lightning after it devastated the camp, then looked toward the three bishops whose actions he had made strange.

Zhao Xuan ended the illusion realm and gave the surviving Spirit Hall soul masters a choice between surrendering and dying. After Bishop Mo attacked and was defeated by a single punch, Bishop Sang chose to join the survivors on Zhao Xuan’s left.

• Zhao Xuan snapped his fingers, ending the illusion realm and revealing the battlefield strewn with corpses to Bishop Mo, Bishop Sang, and the other survivors.
• Bishop Mo asked Zhao Xuan about his martial soul, but Zhao Xuan refused to reveal his abilities and offered the Spirit Hall survivors a choice to live or die.
• Bishop Mo warned Bishop Sang and the other bishop against betraying Spirit Hall, causing them to hesitate until Zhao Xuan threatened them.
• Bishop Mo attacked Zhao Xuan with his halberd, but Zhao Xuan shattered the space before him with a punch and sent Bishop Mo crashing into a pit.
• Bishop Sang hurried to join the survivors who had chosen to live.

Zhao Xuan killed the Spirit Hall soul masters who refused to surrender and forced the survivors to help dispose of the bodies. He learned that the group had taken part in the siege of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then escorted the survivors and the captured Bishop Mo toward Heaven Dou City.

• Zhao Xuan used Purple Heaven Divine Lightning to kill the Spirit Hall soul masters who refused to surrender and ordered the survivors to bury them.
• Bishop Sang and Bishop Mo fed the unconscious Bishop Mo Soul Sealing Powder, while Zhao Xuan kept him alive for questioning.
• Bishop Sang identified himself as Sang Yang, red-clad bishop of Santana City, and Bishop Mo identified himself as Mo Yan, red-clad bishop of Longyun City.
• Sang Yang revealed that their team had participated in the siege of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and had been ordered to hide in Sunset Forest; he said he did not know where the other teams were.
• The survivors cleared the battlefield and buried the dead, then Zhao Xuan escorted them back toward Heaven Dou City.

Zhao Xuan and Grandmaster discussed the royal family’s plan to control the captured Spirit Hall forces, while Spirit Hall reacted angrily to its losses. After more than a month, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing returned to Shrek Academy and reunited with their friends, where Zhao Xuan pointed out that one woman had been left behind as the girls walked away.

• Flender praised Zhao Xuan for helping the royal family defeat and capture Spirit Hall forces, and Grandmaster thanked him for avenging the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Grandmaster told Zhao Xuan that the royal family planned to control the captives with Dugu Bo’s poison, which caused unbearable pain every seven days without an antidote.
• Bibi Dong learned that Spirit Hall had lost over a thousand Soul Masters and issued orders that increased pressure across the continent, especially around the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qin Ming returned to Shrek Academy with Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing after spending more than a month in the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Mubai stopped Ma Hongjun from rushing to hug Zhu Zhuqing, then reunited with Zhao Xuan, Oscar, and the others.
• The girls left together, and Zhao Xuan asked whether they were going to ignore the remaining woman.

Tang San returned to Shrek Academy after a year of cultivation, reunited with Xiao Wu and the Shrek group, and revealed that the Clear Sky Sect would send disciples to gather information. Grandmaster proposed a spar to help everyone get reacquainted, and the group turned their attention to Zhao Xuan.

• Zhao Xuan teased the newcomers about being forgotten, and Tang San revealed himself to Xiao Wu and the gathered Shrek group.
• Xiao Wu embraced Tang San, while Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Hermione, and Dai Mubai welcomed him back and reacted to his changed appearance.
• Tang San reunited with Grandmaster, Flender, and the others, explaining that he had spent the past year cultivating and had not known how complicated events outside had become.
• Dai Mubai remembered the state letter for Xue Ye, and Grandmaster offered to deliver it the next morning.
• Tang San reported that the Clear Sky Sect's Howling Sky Douluo planned to send disciples down the mountain to gather information.
• Grandmaster suggested a spar to help the reunited Shrek group get reacquainted, and everyone looked toward Zhao Xuan.

Zhao Xuan faced Tang San and the other Shrek members in a team battle on the back mountain, while Grandmaster wanted to see how much they had grown. The fight began with Ning Rongrong boosting her teammates, and Zhao Xuan waited for their first attacks.

• Ma Hongjun revealed that Zhao Xuan had single-handedly wiped out more than fifteen hundred Spirit Hall Soul Masters, stunning Dai Mubai and Tang San.
• Grandmaster ordered Zhao Xuan to watch his strength while drawing out the Shrek members' abilities.
• Tang San arranged the eight Shrek members into their familiar formation, and Zhao Wuji started the match.
• Ning Rongrong strengthened the team with her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda while Oscar offered her a sausage.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun launched the White Tiger Blazing Light Wave and Phoenix Howl Heaven Strike at Zhao Xuan.

Zhao Xuan tested Tang San and the others by letting them attack an Illusionary Body he had created. The group realized the clone’s power was overwhelming, leaving Tang San to take some comfort in facing it instead of Zhao Xuan himself.

• Dai Mubai, Hermione, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu combined their Soul Skills to attack Zhao Xuan, while Flender watched the arena suffer damage.
• Zhao Xuan avoided the attacks by leaving an Illusionary Body in his place and forming a protective structure from spiritual-sense bricks.
• Zhao Xuan revealed from outside the arena that the figure fighting them was his new skill, and Tang San explained that it was an Illusionary Body.
• Tang San and the others recognized that the clone’s strength far exceeded theirs, while Zhao Xuan watched them test themselves against it.
• Tang San accepted that fighting the spiritual Illusionary Body was better than facing Zhao Xuan himself.

Shrek's team shattered the mental house around Illusionary Body Zhao Xuan and launched a coordinated assault, but his consciousness-derived defense and evasive ability frustrated them. Tang San adjusted the team's approach and joined the fight, while Zhao Xuan assessed the limits of his defensive technique.

• Ma Hongjun's Flame Lord and Hermione's Extreme Cold Storm combined to destroy the mental house surrounding Illusionary Body Zhao Xuan.
• Ning Rongrong supported the vanguard as Dai Mubai struck Illusionary Body Zhao Xuan with his White Tiger Annihilation Kill, but a turtle-shell-like defense absorbed the attack.
• Zhao Xuan determined that his consciousness-derived defense could currently block attacks around the level of a newly advanced Soul Sage.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu attacked Illusionary Body Zhao Xuan, but he repeatedly evaded their movements.
• Tang San told Hermione to withdraw her rock spikes and Blue Silver Grass, then instructed Ning Rongrong and Oscar to support from the rear.
• Tang San charged into the fight, and Master relaxed as he saw Tang San regain his composure.

Tang San used his Blue Silver Domain to interfere with Zhao Xuan’s divine sense during a fight on Shrek Academy’s back mountain. Zhao Xuan’s illusory swords overwhelmed the group until Grandmaster called a halt, leaving the others aware of the widening gap between them and Zhao Xuan.

• Tang San spread his Blue Silver Domain across the back mountain, surprising Grandmaster, Flender, and Sword Douluo Li Qing.
• Tang San used the domain to interfere with Zhao Xuan’s perception, prompting Zhao Xuan to stop dodging and let the group attack.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San attacked Zhao Xuan from four directions while Hermione joined them from the air.
• Zhao Xuan summoned countless divine sense swords that pierced through the group’s Soul Skills, and Tang San used his Purple Demon Eye and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to evade them.
• Grandmaster stopped the fight, Zhao Xuan’s Illusionary Body dissipated, and Dai Mubai and the others recognized how much the gap had widened.

After Tang San's group was decisively defeated by Zhao Xuan's Illusionary Body, Shrek Academy celebrated their tournament victory. Tang San then told Zhao Xuan he wanted to establish a sect founded on Hidden Weapons and poison arts, claiming its strongest weapons could kill a Titled Douluo.

• Zhao Xuan's Illusionary Body defeated Tang San's group of eight, and they recovered from the spiritual-sense swords that had shaken their Seas of Consciousness.
• Shrek Academy held a celebration for the tournament-winning little monsters, while Zhao Xuan advised Xue Qingqing to slow her Soul Power cultivation and stabilize her strength.
• Tang San told Zhao Xuan that he wanted to establish a sect and build it around Hidden Weapons, supported by poison arts.
• Tang San explained that the empire might support his sect because Hidden Weapons could help counter Spirit Hall's many soul masters.
• Tang San claimed he possessed methods to craft Hidden Weapons powerful enough to kill a Titled Douluo, leaving Zhao Xuan astonished.