Recaps

Zhongli established himself as a powerful guest official in Heaven Dou City and formed ties with the Crown Prince and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After accepting the Sea God’s Heart, he followed Qian Renxue into the Star Dou Great Forest, where a stronger Soul Beast approached as she fought the Bright Tiger King.

• Zhongli and Paimon met Xue Qinghe over tofu pudding, and Zhongli analyzed Spirit Hall before accepting a guest-official position at the Crown Prince’s Mansion.
• Dai Mubai threatened Zhongli and Paimon, but Zhongli revealed his overwhelming power and made Dai Mubai punish himself before dismissing him.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin visited Zhongli to apologize for Ning Rongrong and offered him gifts, a sect token, and their friendship.
• Xue Ye bestowed wealth and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud on Zhongli, who recognized it as the Sea God’s Heart and explained its connection to the Sea God’s inheritance.
• Zhongli accepted the Sea God’s Heart, then told Paimon he would take her to the Star Dou Great Forest after Xue Qinghe had traveled farther away.
• Zhongli and Paimon followed Qian Renxue into the forest after she departed in disguise, and Zhongli explained Soul Beast age indicators along the way.
• Qian Renxue drew the Bright Tiger King into battle, while Zhongli assured Paimon she could defeat it and sensed a more powerful Soul Beast approaching.

Zhongli saved Qian Renxue and Ci Xue from the Beast Kings, then gave Wang Chen the power to defend his village. Back in Heaven Dou City, Zhongli’s advice drew Qian Renxue closer while Tang San and Xiao Wu entered an auction where Chen Xin recognized Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Shapeshifting Soul Beast.

• Zhongli killed the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, then Qian Renxue absorbed the Bright Tiger King’s soul ring and revealed her true identity to Zhongli and Paimon.
• Zhongli and Paimon met Wang Chen and gave him a Geo Elemental God’s Eye, which Wang Chen used to defeat the Wolf Bandits threatening his village.
• Tang San learned that Dugu Bo’s poison had once been cured by the same man he had encountered in Heaven Dou City, while Dai Mubai struggled with his feelings about Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhongli, Paimon, and Zhu Zhuqing met at the Seven Treasure Hotel, and Qian Renxue and Spirit Hall learned of Zhongli’s return and sought to meet or recruit him.
• Zhongli bought a stone containing a Soul Bone and later met Qian Renxue, who thanked him and invited him and Paimon to the Heaven Dou City Grand Auction House.
• Zhongli advised Qian Renxue on ways to make the empire prosperous, while Tang San and Xiao Wu entered the auction house to offer an item for appraisal.
• Chen Xin recognized Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Shapeshifting Soul Beast, but the auction began with a bid on Hidden Arrow Shooting Shadow.

Zhongli rescued the Cat Girl Chiyu, helped her gain powerful Soul Rings, and sent her to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. As Chiyu began her studies, Spirit Hall’s Yue Guan arrived in Heaven Dou City and sought an important conversation with Zhongli.

• Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe bid for the caged Cat Girl until Xue Xing paid two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins to give her to Zhongli, who named her Xiao Feilian with Chiyu as her courtesy name.
• After Chen Xin revealed Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin confronted Tang Hao, while Zhongli took Chiyu to Sunset Forest to help her.
• Zhongli gave Chiyu Immortal Herbs, then guided her through gaining powerful Soul Rings until she reached Level Forty-Eight and chose not to absorb a Lightning Rabbit soul bone.
• Xue Qinghe arranged Chiyu’s enrollment at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where her four Soul Rings stunned the education committee and its members offered to teach her.
• Noble families and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect learned of Chiyu’s strength, while Xiao Wu swallowed Shapeshifting Grass to conceal her identity and Zhongli watched her.
• Yue Guan arrived in Heaven Dou City with Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, then met Zhongli and befriended Paimon at a teahouse.
• Yue Guan asked Zhongli to discuss an important matter, and the group went to the Seven Treasure Hotel for dinner.

Zhongli revealed overwhelming strength to Spirit Hall and the gathered powers, while Chiyu gained the Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s support and a powerful Soul Bone. At the academy’s challenge, Chiyu defeated Dai Mubai and fought Tang San, whose Clear Sky Hammer shattered against her sword, leaving the Shrek group to carry him away.

• Zhongli defeated Yue Guan in a spar, displaying a strength that astonished Spirit Hall’s observers and spread across the continent.
• Bibi Dong ordered Ghostly and Yue Guan to keep Zhongli’s connection to Qian Renxue secret, while Chiyu quickly advanced her studies at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin presented Chiyu with a rare left-leg Soul Bone and declared her their shared disciple.
• Dai Mubai challenged Chiyu, but she struck him down and declared she would keep growing beyond his reach.
• Tang San challenged Chiyu, and Zhongli explained that her unusual Soul Rings came from her mutated Innate Martial Soul and an immortal herb.
• Zhongli crushed a mountain peak to demonstrate his power, then left as Tang San prepared to fight Chiyu with a weapon.
• Chiyu used Zhongli’s amber sword to withstand Tang San’s attacks, including his hidden weapons and Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer shattered against Chiyu’s sword, and the Shrek group argued with the academy before Yu Xiaogang carried Tang San away.