Recaps

Zhao Xuan fought a Giant Snake that revealed itself as a Beast God and engulfed him in darkness. As his consciousness began to fade, a pure ray of light appeared within his Sea of Consciousness.

• The Giant Snake armored itself with rock and attacked Zhao Xuan with slicing wind and a mental assault, but he recovered and blocked its tail.
• Zhao Xuan recognized the Giant Snake as a Beast God, which confirmed that humans knew of such beings.
• The Beast God swallowed Zhao Xuan in darkness, cutting off his senses and striking at him with its tail.
• Zhao Xuan bit his tongue to stay conscious and dodged a tail strike by instinct, but his awareness continued to weaken.
• A pure ray of light appeared within Zhao Xuan's Sea of Consciousness.

Zhao Xuan fought the Giant Snake in the darkness of the Killing God Mystic Realm, using the World Cleansing White Lotus and his abilities to resist its powers and wound it. After the Giant Snake unleashed a barrage of attacks, Zhao Xuan turned them aside and fled toward the exit.

• The World Cleansing White Lotus repelled the darkness and protected Zhao Xuan from the Giant Snake’s attack.
• Zhao Xuan used his First Soul Skill to stop the Giant Snake, but it revealed control over space and trapped him.
• Zhao Xuan broke free by unleashing his Demon God True Body as lava erupted beneath him.
• Zhao Xuan used Telecommunication Fraud to appear behind the Giant Snake and pierce its rocky armor with blood-gold lightning.
• The Giant Snake struck Zhao Xuan into a mountain wall, then attacked with wind, spatial currents, and extreme cold.
• Zhao Xuan used Can't Connect, Dominator, and Telecommunication Fraud to redirect the assault and rush toward the exit.

Zhao Xuan fled through Hell Road while the Giant Snake grew stronger and repeatedly attacked him. He escaped through the Killing God Mystic Realm’s exit, but the Giant Snake was stopped by Asura’s chains.

• Zhao Xuan raced toward the exit as his Data Body drained his life force, while the Giant Snake pursued and wounded him with frost spears.
• The Giant Snake absorbed blood energy from the lava and grew stronger, then used Space Power to trap Zhao Xuan near the exit.
• Zhao Xuan struck the Giant Snake with the Sword Dao and Staff Dao manifestations from his Sea of Consciousness, escaped its restraint, and continued toward the exit.
• When lava blocked his path, Zhao Xuan plunged into it, endured the heat with his lightning armor and Data Body, and was swallowed by the Giant Snake’s attack.
• Zhao Xuan burst from the lava and entered the exit, while blood-gold runic chains sealed it and the Giant Snake cried out, “Asura!!!”

After escaping the Secret Realm of the Slaughter God, Zhao Xuan woke in a desert oasis and used its life energy to mend his devastating injuries. He suspected the Rakshasa God had helped destroy the City of Slaughter to free the sealed Beast God, and feared that failing rules could let it escape.

• Zhao Xuan passed through the light gate, heard a furious roar from the Secret Realm of the Slaughter God, and collapsed unconscious in an oasis.
• Zhao Xuan woke to find an eagle had left a sticky substance on his face, then washed himself in the oasis spring.
• Zhao Xuan examined his grave injuries and used his Life Domain to draw life energy from the plants, stopping before he drained them completely.
• Zhao Xuan wondered why the Beast God had been sealed in the realm and realized its blood-filled slaughter might have nourished it.
• Zhao Xuan suspected the Rakshasa God had destroyed the City of Slaughter to free the Beast God and feared it could escape as the realm's rules failed.

Zhao Xuan returned to Heaven Dou City after surviving the Giant Snake and told Flender and Zhao Wuji about the deities and the events at the City of Slaughter. He left the report to Flender and planned to find a place to recover.

• Zhao Xuan worried that the Giant Snake might grow stronger and returned from the frontier to Heaven Dou City.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji questioned Zhao Xuan about his bald head when he arrived at Shrek Academy.
• Zhao Xuan recounted the history of the deities and what had happened at the City of Slaughter.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji were stunned by Zhao Xuan's revelation, and Flender encouraged him to keep fighting.
• Zhao Xuan asked Flender to report on the City of Slaughter to Xue Ye after his return, then set off to recover.

Zhao Xuan reunited with his parents in Flower Valley and told them about the turmoil outside. Mu Qin urged him to stay in the hidden realm, but Zhao Shi explained that Zhao Xuan’s responsibilities to the Heaven Dou Empire kept him from leaving, and Mu Qin remained worried about his safety.

• Granny Flower welcomed Zhao Xuan and led him through Flower Valley, where she pointed out the home his parents had built.
• Zhao Xuan greeted Zhao Shi and Mu Qin, and their emotional reunion was interrupted when they teased him about his bald head.
• Zhao Shi served tea and pressed Zhao Xuan to explain what was happening in the outside world.
• Zhao Xuan gave his parents a softened account of the dangers beyond Flower Valley.
• Mu Qin asked Zhao Xuan to move into Flower Valley, but Zhao Shi said his role in the Heaven Dou Empire made that impossible.
• Mu Qin reflected on how Zhao Xuan’s growing strength had brought greater responsibilities and continued to worry about him.

Zhao Xuan visited the Sacred Tree in Flower Valley to seek a way to heal his injuries, and the Sacred Tree discovered that his Divine Body had been damaged. After Zhao Xuan revealed that he had fought the Abyss Master in the Asura God's inheritance grounds, the Sacred Tree confirmed it knew of the Beast God and said it could help treat him.

• Zhao Xuan left Zhao Shi and Mu Qin while Mu Qin prepared a meal, and went to visit the Sacred Tree.
• Mu Yuan noticed that Zhao Xuan was in poor health, and the Sacred Tree examined him with its Spiritual Power.
• The Sacred Tree discovered that Zhao Xuan had Divine Blood and Divine Bones, and said his Divine Body had been damaged so the life energy in his body could not merge with him.
• Zhao Xuan told the Sacred Tree that he had fought a weakened Beast God, and the Sacred Tree identified it as the Abyss Master.
• Zhao Xuan confirmed he had encountered the Abyss Master in the Asura God's inheritance grounds, and the Sacred Tree said it could help treat his injuries.

The Sacred Tree explained that Flower Valley had been formed from the Goddess of Wisdom’s severed palm bones and revealed that a divine artifact there could heal Zhao Xuan’s injured Divine Body. Granny Flower led Zhao Xuan into a forbidden area to find it, while Mu Yuan questioned the Sacred Tree about its motives and then stayed beneath it.

• The Sacred Tree told Zhao Xuan and Mu Yuan that Flower Valley had been created from the Goddess of Wisdom’s palm bones after she was injured in the war between human deities and Beast Deities.
• The Sacred Tree explained that the Goddess of Wisdom had recovered from her injuries using a special method and that a divine artifact in Flower Valley could treat Zhao Xuan’s Divine Body.
• Granny Flower arrived and led Zhao Xuan toward the depths of the forest to find the artifact.
• Mu Yuan asked the Sacred Tree why it was helping Zhao Xuan, and the Sacred Tree said it owed him a debt and feared the calamity threatening the mortal world.
• Mu Yuan sat beneath the Sacred Tree as Zhao Xuan and Granny Flower reached a forbidden area in Flower Valley.

Zhao Xuan touched the Goddess of Wisdom’s Divine Blood, activating a signal that reached the goddess in a distant land. He learned about Divine Seats and the Spring of Life, then wondered whether the pool was the goddess’s bathwater.

• Granny Flower showed Zhao Xuan the Spring of Life and the Goddess of Wisdom’s Divine Blood in Flower Valley’s forbidden grounds.
• Zhao Xuan touched the Divine Blood with his divine sense, causing it to shine and send information into the void.
• The Goddess of Wisdom received the signal and wondered who had triggered her inheritance, but dismissed the possibility of choosing Zhao Xuan because he already had a god’s aura.
• Granny Flower explained that the glowing Divine Blood was an inheritance item, while the Sacred Tree said a Divine Seat let its bearer transcend mortal limits.
• The Sacred Tree told Zhao Xuan to soak in the Spring of Life, and Zhao Xuan wondered if it was the Goddess’s bathwater before asking whether she had been beautiful.

Zhao Xuan spent half a year healing in the Spring of Life, restoring his Divine Body and growing stronger, then learned that Spirit Hall had driven the Heaven Dou Empire back to its final defenses. He left the chapter weighing his chances against the Abyss Master while Ling Yun Pass faced imminent danger.

• Zhao Xuan entered the Spring of Life and used its life force to heal his injuries and strengthen himself.
• After half a year, Zhao Xuan repaired his final injury, reached physical level ninety-eight, and increased his divine sense and Soul Power.
• Zhao Xuan used his Second Spirit to calculate his chances against the Abyss Master and found that they remained below thirty percent.
• Mu Yuan reported that Spirit Hall had taken Heaven Gate Pass and was threatening Ling Yun Pass while the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire retreated.
• Zhao Xuan realized the Heaven Dou Empire might soon have to fall back to Jialing Pass, its last gateway.

After learning that Spirit Hall had taken Heaven Gate Pass and was threatening Ling Yun Pass, Zhao Xuan left seclusion to join the war. Flower Valley sent Hua Ying and its powerful experts to help him, and Zhao Xuan led the gathered forces out of the secret realm to confront Spirit Hall.

• Zhao Xuan learned that Bibi Dong had founded the Spirit Hall Empire and that Ling Yun Pass might soon fall to her army.
• Zhao Xuan decided to leave seclusion with the Soul Emperor-level and stronger members of the valley.
• The Sacred Tree introduced Hua Ying and twelve Soul Douluos, who offered to join Zhao Xuan after Hua Ying revealed that she had inherited the former Valley Lords' cultivation.
• Zhao Xuan accepted Flower Valley's help and said farewell to Zhao Shi and Mu Qin.
• Mu Yuan gathered fifty-eight remaining Ascetic Hall disciples, and Zhao Xuan led them out of the secret realm toward the war.

At Ling Yun Pass, Grandmaster and Marshal Gelong watched Spirit Hall’s forces assemble after months of surrounding the fortress, while worrying about the absence of Zhao Xuan. Spirit Hall prepared an assault with Elephant Armored Sect disciples carrying iron shields to counter the Tang Sect’s weapons, leaving the defenders expecting a difficult battle.

• Grandmaster and Marshal Gelong discussed Spirit Hall’s prolonged encirclement and lamented that Zhao Xuan had been gone for half a year.
• A distant boom sounded behind Ling Yun Pass, and Marshal Gelong ordered an investigation.
• Grandmaster saw Spirit Hall’s forces assembling and summoned the other Titled Douluo to the wall.
• Grandmaster and Marshal Gelong recognized that Elephant Armored Sect disciples were carrying iron shields to blunt the Tang Sect’s crossbows and firearms.
• Yang Wudi judged that Ling Yun Pass’s rugged terrain would make the Tang Sect’s weapons and ambushes difficult to use effectively.
• Marshal Gelong ordered every unit in the city to prepare for combat and a possible sortie.

Spirit Hall attacked Ling Yun Pass with a shielded army, but Tang Sect traps and weapons inflicted heavy casualties before the battle became a deadlock. Bibi Dong sent Titled Douluo into the fight, and two more arrived to reinforce them as Bone Douluo and the others struggled to hold on.

• Spirit Hall advanced toward Ling Yun Pass behind massive steel shields while Yang Wudi and Grandmaster waited for the troops to reach the hidden traps.
• Earth Gushing Golden Lotus mechanisms fired poisoned needles into the advancing army, and Ge Long ordered the defenders to shoot as Spirit Hall's forces charged the pass.
• Heaven Dou cavalry rode out from the gates to attack the fallen troops while Soul Masters fought to keep Spirit Hall from scaling the walls.
• Bibi Dong sent several Titled Douluo to Ling Yun Pass, and Bone Douluo and the others flew out to intercept them.
• Two more Titled Douluo joined the fight, leaving Bone Douluo and his allies outnumbered, when a familiar voice told them to hold their opponents off.

Zhao Xuan and Mu Yuan arrived at Ling Yun Pass as the Heaven Dou side struggled against Spirit Hall, and Mu Yuan restored the allied Titled Douluo with his Life Domain. Bibi Dong confronted Zhao Xuan in her Death Spider Emperor form, revealing strength near level ninety-nine as their battle began.

• Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo drove Bone Douluo back, while Jade Lord Douluo continued fighting Thousand Eyes Douluo.
• Mu Yuan released his Life Domain and replenished the Heaven Dou side's Titled Douluo, prompting relief among them and anger from Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong spread her Purple-Winged Spider Emperor wings and tried to charge at Mu Yuan, but Zhao Xuan restrained her with lightning and spatial force.
• Bibi Dong transformed into the Death Spider Emperor and attacked Zhao Xuan with spider silk, which he blocked with a net of Purple Heaven Divine Lightning.
• Zhao Xuan realized Bibi Dong's strength had reached level ninety-nine and faced her as she closed in.

Zhao Xuan battled Bibi Dong at Spirit Hall's main camp, where they exchanged soul skills and tested each other's strength. Bibi Dong's clone destroyed Zhao Xuan's Illusionary Body, while her armored main body prepared to fight him at close range.

• Bibi Dong struck first, but Zhao Xuan used his Second Soul Skill to block her Soul Power and force her to retreat.
• Bibi Dong fired poisonous webs and slashed at Zhao Xuan with her spider legs, but he cut through the webs and countered with a powerful palm strike.
• Zhao Xuan discovered that Bibi Dong possessed divine sense, and she used it to conceal her position before attacking from above.
• Zhao Xuan noticed a second Death Spider Emperor and summoned an Illusionary Body to fight the clone while he faced Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong activated Thorn Spider Armor and transformed her hands into scythes, while her Death Spider Emperor tore apart Zhao Xuan's Illusionary Body and charged at him.

Zhao Xuan fought Bibi Dong and her Death Spider Emperor clone, driving Bibi Dong into a cliff while his lightning spiders battled the clone. He remained wary when Bibi Dong’s aura showed no change after his punch.

• Zhao Xuan used his Thunder Domain to summon lightning spiders against the Death Spider Emperor clone while divine lightning struck at Bibi Dong.
• Zhao Xuan strengthened his body with Thunder Runes and punched Bibi Dong through the air, sending her crashing into a distant cliff.
• Bone Douluo blocked Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo as they tried to retreat, and Bibi Dong told them she was unharmed and to keep fighting.
• Zhao Xuan used his Computer Spirit and Profound Micro Construction Method to refine new lightning spiders as the Death Spider Emperor destroyed them.
• Zhao Xuan watched the half-collapsed cliff and wondered why Bibi Dong’s aura had not changed after his punch.

Zhao Xuan and Bibi Dong fought at Ling Yun Pass, each surviving the other's devastating attacks. Bibi Dong ordered her forces to leave, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Bibi Dong emerged unharmed from Zhao Xuan's full-force punch and attacked him with Divine Slaughter's Domain and her black scythe.
• Zhao Xuan trapped Bibi Dong in a lightning vortex and tried to crush her with his First Soul Skill, Burial.
• Bibi Dong activated her Ninth Soul Ring and exploded, unleashing an energy storm that erased everything across a vast area around Spirit Hall's camp.
• Bibi Dong survived the blast in a white cloak, and Zhao Xuan crawled out of the earth alive.
• Thousand Jun Douluo and the others gathered behind Bibi Dong while Bone Douluo and Zhao Xuan's allies joined him.
• Bibi Dong looked at Zhao Xuan and ordered her forces to leave.

After Bibi Dong withdrew from her devastating clash with Zhao Xuan, he returned to Ling Yun Pass and reunited with Grandmaster. The allied forces assessed their heavy casualties while Zhao Xuan and the others wondered why Bibi Dong was willing to sacrifice so many Spirit Hall fighters to conquer the continent.

• Bibi Dong's group departed after her explosive attack left both her and Zhao Xuan weakened, and Zhao Xuan suspected she had been testing his strength.
• Mu Yuan used his Life Domain to help repair Zhao Xuan's injuries, and Zhao Xuan and his companions headed back to Ling Yun Pass.
• Zhao Xuan introduced Hua Ying to the Title Douluo at Ling Yun Pass, and the group welcomed her after witnessing her defeat an opponent.
• Grandmaster thanked Zhao Xuan for saving Ling Yun Pass, and Zhao Xuan credited the allied fighters who had held off Spirit Hall's other Title Douluo.
• Grandmaster estimated Spirit Hall had lost at least thirty percent of its Spirit Masters, leaving Zhao Xuan and the others puzzled about Bibi Dong's motives.

After Spirit Hall's army retreated, Zhao Xuan inspected the Tang Sect's newly developed firearms and learned how the sect had grown during his absence. Yang Wudi then described three suspicious disasters, and Zhao Xuan reacted sharply when he heard the last had occurred in Sunset Forest.

• Zhao Xuan examined and test-fired the Tang Sect's firearm, then said it would become standard equipment for outer disciples.
• Yang Wudi reported that the Tang Sect had more than thirteen hundred inner disciples, nearly two thousand outer disciples, and a merchant alliance earning at least one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins each month.
• Zhao Xuan learned that the war had cost the Tang Sect more than three hundred disciples and confirmed their families were receiving support.
• Yang Wudi described a sudden blizzard in the northern province and a tsunami in the Eastern Sea, both of which caused heavy losses.
• Yang Wudi said the third disaster had occurred in Sunset Forest near Heaven Dou City, and Zhao Xuan asked him to repeat the location.

After learning that a mysterious fire had devastated part of Sunset Forest, Zhao Xuan suspected it was connected to the enormous abyss he had found there and went to investigate. Da Ming and Er Ming revealed that the being within the abyss exerted bloodline pressure on them, leaving Zhao Xuan wondering whether it might be a Beast God.

• Yang Wudi told Zhao Xuan that a sudden fire had affected thousands of square kilometers of Sunset Forest two months earlier.
• Zhao Xuan recalled the abyss and its faint heartbeat, then explained the danger to Grandmaster before heading to Sunset Forest.
• Zhao Xuan found Dugu Bo absent and went to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Da Ming and Er Ming greeted him.
• Da Ming told Zhao Xuan that he and Er Ming sensed bloodline pressure coming from the abyss.
• Zhao Xuan concluded that the being was likely a Spirit Beast and wondered whether it could be a Beast God.

Zhao Xuan secluded himself near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to deduce his Eighth Spirit Skill, wary of a possible Beast God hidden in Sunset Forest. After his aura spread throughout the world and the Sky Azure Bull Python sensed his presence in heaven and earth, Zhao Xuan emerged and said his new ability could be called either a Spirit Skill or a domain.

• Zhao Xuan weighed the dangers of a hidden Beast God or Evil God and decided to deduce his Eighth Spirit Skill before investigating Sunset Forest.
• Zhao Xuan told the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape about his plan, then entered seclusion in a nearby cave.
• After six days, the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape sensed that Zhao Xuan's aura had spread throughout heaven and earth.
• Zhao Xuan emerged from the cave, and the Sky Azure Bull Python asked whether the change had come from his new Spirit Skill.
• Zhao Xuan said the ability could be called a Spirit Skill or a domain, leaving the Titan Giant Ape confused.

Zhao Xuan, the Sky Azure Bull Python, and the Titan Giant Ape crossed a scorched wasteland in Sunset Forest to find the source of the extraordinary fire. At the edge of a vast magma-filled abyss, Zhao Xuan detected something hidden at its center and prepared to probe it with lightning.

• Zhao Xuan and the Sky Azure Bull Python set out with the Titan Giant Ape, finding more and stronger Spirit Beasts in Sunset Forest before the two beasts drove them away with their pressure.
• Zhao Xuan led the group into a lifeless expanse of blackened earth and ash, where no greenery remained and even Spirit Beast corpses had been burned beyond recognition.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Er Ming noticed that the ground grew hotter and drier as they approached the abyss, and Zhao Xuan warned them to stay alert.
• Zhao Xuan and the two beasts found that the abyss had expanded into a magma-filled chasm more than a thousand meters wide.
• Zhao Xuan discovered that his divine sense could enter most of the magma but was burned away at its center, where he suspected their target was hiding.
• Zhao Xuan flew over the magma lake and unleashed lightning toward the hidden center.

Zhao Xuan pierced the enormous egg beneath the lava lake with lightning spears, causing the Sun God Bird to emerge in blazing golden flames. After learning from Da Ming that the bird was an ancient supreme Spirit Beast, Zhao Xuan faced its contempt and prepared to fight.

• Zhao Xuan struck the egg beneath the lava lake with lightning and sword-infused Thunder Long Spears.
• The pierced egg released scorching golden flames, and Zhao Xuan moved away as a lava column burst from the lake.
• The Sun God Bird emerged from the lava and recognized Da Ming, then regarded Zhao Xuan with disdain.
• Da Ming told Zhao Xuan that the Sun God Bird was a supreme Spirit Beast with golden flames that could eventually burn the void and destroy laws.
• The Sun God Bird called Da Ming a traitor and said humans had once been food, prompting Zhao Xuan to turn hostile.

Zhao Xuan fought the Sun God Bird, using lightning and his soul skills while the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape helped restrain it. He realized the bird was replenishing its strength from the lava lake and began testing a new ability that competed with it for fire-element power.

• Zhao Xuan's Purple Heaven Divine Lightning clashed evenly with the Sun God Bird's golden flames before his soul skills immobilized the bird and his punch wounded it.
• The Sun God Bird split into three copies and destroyed Zhao Xuan's illusionary body, but Zhao Xuan struck it from behind.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape used their domains and stone pillars to trap the Sun God Bird, but its flames melted the cage.
• Zhao Xuan noticed the Sun God Bird was stalling to absorb fire-element power from the lava lake.
• The Sun God Bird sensed Zhao Xuan competing with it for the surrounding fire-element power.

Zhao Xuan used his Eighth Spirit Skill, Heaven and Earth Great Unity, to draw on the fire elements around him and confront the Sun God Bird. After a fierce battle, he broke through its golden flames and struck it into the magma lake.

• Zhao Xuan manifested fire elements with Heaven and Earth Great Unity, alarming the Sun God Bird and revealing his ability to communicate with the world.
• The Sun God Bird raised a sea of golden flames from the magma lake, and Zhao Xuan ordered Da Ming and Er Ming to retreat.
• Zhao Xuan activated the Thunder Rune and reached the peak of the mortal realm as the Sun God Bird transformed into a giant mass of golden flame.
• Zhao Xuan evaded the Sun God Bird's attacks and used the World Cleansing White Lotus to dispel its innate golden flames.
• Zhao Xuan layered several rules onto his Thunder Long Spear and struck the Sun God Bird, scattering its giant form and sending a smaller one into the magma lake.