Recaps

Tang San and Destruction learned that the Ancient Plane held a suspected surviving Dragon King and a powerful Ancient God Realm organization, while the God Realm prepared for war before the planes collided. On Ancient Star, the Ancient God Realm's High Priest learned that extraterrestrial experts were aiding Chen Xiaoyue's forces and decided the organization no longer needed sacrifices in Beiyan Prefecture.

• Zhou Weiqing secretly reported the suspected surviving Dragon King in the Ancient Plane to Tang San, who read the letter and grew alarmed.
• Destruction and Life reviewed the investigation report, learned the Ancient God Realm's experts rivaled high-ranking gods, and decided a divine war was unavoidable.
• Destruction ordered Lie Yan and Ji Dong to join him in destroying the Ancient God Realm before the planes collided and to widen the distance between the Douluo Plane and the Ancient Plane.
• A report informed the High Priest that three Heavenly God Rank experts and one fifth-level God Rank expert were aiding Chen Xiaoyue's forces in Beiyan Prefecture.
• The High Priest allowed the elders in the Star Sea to be notified and ordered his followers to stop using sacrifices in Beiyan Prefecture because their objective had been achieved.

Rus Wang began the Kingdom of Locke’s campaign to unify Douluo Star, while Thranduil’s forces destroyed the Tang Sect and recruited Isaiah to consider Locke’s rule. As Isaiah decided to investigate the Kingdom’s Mental Contract Law, a gigantic being appeared, astonishing her and the Void Light Phantom Dragon.

• Rus Wang addressed his army and announced that the Kingdom of Locke would unite Douluo Star, beginning a new Star Era Calendar.
• The Kingdom of Locke launched orbital strikes against the Sun Moon Empire and moved to seize control of Douluo Continent’s major forces.
• Thranduil and Grey Feather Division agents destroyed the Tang Sect headquarters, and Isaiah joined them despite her former ties to Shrek Academy.
• Thranduil gave Isaiah a postwar governance plan centered on the Mental Contract Law and explained that Zhang Ruoheng would govern the Douluo Continent Autonomous Prefecture.
• Isaiah decided to visit Xihong Town to investigate the Mental Contract Law and seek a way to free the Void Light Phantom Dragon.
• A massive tremor forced Isaiah and the Void Light Phantom Dragon outside, where they saw an enormous being that the dragon identified as a million-year great savior.

The author addressed reader concerns about combat power, pacing, continuity, and characterization, and explained how the internship had slowed updates. The author said the story would move toward Rus Wang killing Tang Hao and unifying Douluo Planet, then toward a confrontation with the God King of Destruction over the Ancient Plane.

• The author said Rus Wang had already defeated the Silver Dragon King and was being adjusted to make Tang Hao a more exciting opponent.
• The author responded to questions about weak beast combat power, shorter updates, awkward prose, the Tang Sect battle, the Whale Pearl, the Kingdom of Locke, Jia Lin, Mental Contracts, Rus Wang's evolution, characterization, and the Light Dragon King's condition.
• The author explained that an internship had reduced writing time and slowed the third volume's plot.
• The author said Tang Hao's matter and Douluo Planet's unification would come before Rus Wang met the God King of Destruction over the Ancient Plane.

As the Elves conquered Shrek City, its headmaster endured the destruction while trying to ensure the current Shrek Seven Devils had escaped. Bakus led a squad to deal with a hidden human Limit Douluo and joined his comrades in destroying the remaining statue of Shrek’s first-generation Seven Devils.

• The headmaster recalled Shrek Academy’s history and the devastating Star Dou Forest war as the Elves invaded Shrek City.
• The headmaster watched a blue dragon destroy six statues of Shrek’s first-generation Seven Devils and waited to confirm that the current Seven Devils had escaped.
• Rus Wang warned Bakus that a Limit Douluo was hiding on a hill and ordered him to dispose of the human.
• Bakus redirected his squad to handle the Limit Douluo’s corpse, whose Spirit Bones could be reused by humans.
• A squad member asked Bakus why one statue remained, so Bakus destroyed it.

Rus Wang killed Tang Hao and Ah Yin after Tang Hao blamed him for Ah Yin’s collapse, then rejected the planar power Tang Hao had gathered and let it return to the earth. As the Elves took control of the continent and Shrek City fell, the Ancient God asked the High Priest to preserve their bloodline and carry their cause into a new world.

• Nature’s spread of Zheer Continent’s plants gravely wounded Ah Yin, and Tang Hao mistook Rus Wang for the culprit.
• Rus Wang defeated Tang Hao with Dragon Claw and killed him and the unconscious Ah Yin, then rejected the planar power Tang Hao had accumulated.
• An illusion of Toriya appeared, and Rus Wang answered her question about cultivation before separating the planar power from himself and returning it to the earth.
• Di Tian reported that A Cao had become the new Blue Silver Emperor as Rus Wang left the city’s future administration to its autonomous government.
• The Elves captured Shrek City and cities across the continent, ending Shrek City’s former role as a Soul Master stronghold.
• The Ancient God asked the High Priest to take their bloodline away and survive to welcome a new world, and she agreed.

Bakus was reassigned from the airborne division to help Zhang Ruoheng govern Shrek City and manage the Douluo Continent Human Autonomous Prefecture. He learned that the postwar work would prioritize reassuring civilians and addressing soul master gangs, whose roles varied from oppressive criminals to community protectors.

• Bakus watched his airborne squad leave for patrol and went to confront Zhang Ruoheng about his reassignment.
• Zhang Ruoheng explained that Rus Wang had recommended Bakus to help govern the prefecture and promised him two days off each week.
• Bakus accepted the assignment rather than risk being pushed toward the crown prince position, then asked how they would handle the aftermath.
• Zhang Ruoheng said the first priorities were reassuring civilians, planning railway construction, and resolving problems in Shrek City, including soul master gangs.
• Zhang Ruoheng explained that some gangs exploited ordinary people, while others had formed to protect their neighborhoods and children from the brutal soul master society.

Rus Wang investigated why Douluo Planet’s dimensional ascension had stalled while the Kingdom of Locke struggled to stabilize its newly unified territories. The Wind Dragon King recalled ancient human powerhouses who surpassed the fifth level of God Rank, leading Rus Wang to suspect that the Ancient Plane’s movements and stolen energy were tied to a long-running Tang Clan scheme.

• Rus Wang considered the Ancient Plane’s retreat and postponed attacking the God Realm while its gods were preventing a collision between planes.
• The Silver Dragon King urged the Dragon Clan to attack the God Realm, but Rus Wang rejected the idea as the Kingdom of Locke faced unrest and resistance across its newly unified territories.
• The Wind Dragon King reported that the Demon Empress sensed only slight relief from the Douluo Plane’s suppression of powerful beings after Tang Hao’s death.
• Rus Wang asked the Dragon Clan leaders to explain why the planet had not responded to his efforts to restore its energy and advance its dimensional level.
• The Wind Dragon King recounted how God Rank powerhouses had once flourished and then declined in the Ancient Plane, before recalling ancient human experts who surpassed the fifth level of God Rank.
• Rus Wang connected the ancient human powerhouses to the Ancient Plane’s movement and energy theft, suspecting a ten-thousand-year Tang Clan scheme.

After the Divine Realm’s gods helped humanity defeat the Ancient God Realm’s army, God King of Destruction and Goddess of Life discussed incorporating the Ancient Plane into the Divine Realm with Chen Xiaoyue. Chen Xiaoyue remained cautious but said she would support the plan if it proved feasible.

• Chen Xiaoyue gave Destruction a War Ark and star chart in gratitude for the gods’ help in the war.
• Chen Xiaoyue asked Goddess of Life about Zhou Weiqing and learned that he had awakened but could not fight for a while.
• Destruction asked his wife, Goddess of Life, to explain their plan to Chen Xiaoyue in private.
• Goddess of Life described the Divine Realm’s decline after Dragon God’s war and said incorporating the Ancient Plane could replenish both worlds.
• Chen Xiaoyue said she lacked authority over the whole Ancient Plane and would consult Rus Wang, but would support the plan if it was possible.

Rus Wang agreed to join the effort against the Ancient Plane’s advance, but refused to risk a collision with the Douluo Plane. Meanwhile, the Ancient God advanced on the Demon Race and betrayed the High Priest, leaving his forces poised to destroy the Demon Race’s stronghold.

• Rus Wang told Chen Xiaoyue he would help stop the Ancient Plane from colliding with the Douluo Plane, while remaining hidden from the Divine Realm until the Ancient God Realm organization appeared.
• Chen Xiaoyue assessed the unrest and war damage on Ancient Star, then worried that Beiyan Prefecture might not remain peaceful through the year.
• The Ancient God’s army pushed through the Demon Race’s spatial tunnel toward its core city, and he asked the High Priest to confirm that the Demon Race souls had been preserved.
• The Ancient God tricked the High Priest into a teleportation array and cut off its power, declaring that he now had no weaknesses.
• The Ancient God prepared to kill the Demon Race defending its stronghold and preserve their souls, while vowing to protect the Ancient Plane and surpass the Dragon God’s Divine Dragon Realm.

Rus Wang and Toriya set out to protect ordinary people on Douluo Planet, while God King of Destruction discovered the Ancient God Realm was attacking the Demon Race and rushed to stop it. Destruction resolved to prevent the Ancient Plane from being ruled by one god and to prove his Dao.

• Rus Wang explained to Toriya that the Ancient God Realm had pursued Chen Xiaoyue to find the Wind Dragon Clan's homeland and later tried to extract energy from the Douluo Plane.
• Toriya reasoned that the Ancient Plane itself might have willingly sacrificed itself, with the supposed Ancient God acting as its pawn, and urged Rus Wang to help save Douluo Planet.
• Rus Wang agreed to join Toriya in protecting the ordinary people living in the collision zone between the two planes.
• Destruction learned that his forces had defeated another group of Ancient God Realm troops but found no useful clues about their main forces.
• After a navigator reported that Demon Race War Skiffs had broken through a defense zone, Destruction ordered everyone back to their ships and realized the Ancient God Realm was attacking the Demon Race.
• Destruction set out to stop the Ancient God, determined not to let the Ancient Plane be ruled by a single god or crash into the Douluo Plane.

Bi Lan complained about her homework and argued with Yin Bao'er over their different origins and identities. After Bi Lan shut herself in her bedroom to study, Bi Ji told Yin Bao'er to apologize once Bi Lan had calmed down.

• Bi Lan struggled with her Elf teacher's homework and reflected on the Kingdom of Locke's demanding school system.
• Yin Bao'er ate chips in Bi Lan's room, and Bi Lan scolded her for laughing instead of eating elsewhere.
• Yin Bao'er argued that she and Bi Lan were different because Bi Lan was a Three-Eyed Golden Beast while Yin Bao'er was a Silver Dragon.
• Bi Lan explained that she was a Dark Three-Eyed Golden Beast whose body had been reconstructed from contributions by Rus Wang, Di Tian, Bi Ji, and Wang Qiuji's Skull of Destiny.
• Bi Lan tossed Yin Bao'er onto the living-room sofa and returned to her bedroom to study.
• Bi Ji asked Yin Bao'er to sincerely apologize to Bi Lan after she had cooled off, and Yin Bao'er agreed.

The Ancient Plane began moving toward the Douluo Plane, and calculations showed the planes would collide in a month. Toriya and Rus Wang sought the Goddess of Life’s help, and she agreed to meet with Toriya in Rongyang City.

• Rus Wang calculated that the Ancient Plane and the Douluo Plane would collide in a month and told Toriya there was no time to evacuate survivors to the Distant Planet Base.
• Rus Wang asked Toriya to contact Chen Xiaoyue and arrange a meeting with the Goddess of Life, arguing that she would help prevent the destruction of two planes.
• Chen Xiaoyue left the First Sacred Land after the Ancient Plane shook and contacted Rus Wang, who took responsibility for bringing the Ancient Plane toward the Douluo Plane.
• Toriya arrived through a Dragon Crystal and gave Chen Xiaoyue two crystals for communication and emergencies.
• Chen Xiaoyue and Toriya found the Goddess of Life in Rongyang City caring for wounded gods, and the Goddess agreed to hear Toriya’s urgent request.

Chen Xiaoyue and Toriya warned the Goddess of Life about the Ancient God Realm and the Ancient Plane’s history. Rus Wang revealed that his breakthrough had helped trigger the coming conflict and promised to face it alongside the Divine Realm.

• Chen Xiaoyue gave the Goddess of Life records about the Ancient Plane and the Ancient God Realm’s long history of swallowing other planes.
• Chen Xiaoyue described the Wind Dragon Clan’s arrival on the Ancient Plane and its records of the plane’s rising vital energy.
• The Goddess of Life contacted her husband to warn him about the Ancient God and said she trusted Toriya’s willingness to cooperate.
• Rus Wang appeared through Toriya’s Dragon Crystal and explained that his breakthrough had caused the Wind Dragon Clan’s artifact to resonate, leading Chen Xiaoyue to the Douluo Plane.
• Rus Wang apologized for his role in the conflict, acknowledged the Dragon Race’s past crimes, and promised to fight alongside the Goddess of Life without selfish motives or lies.

Rus Wang told the Goddess of Life that God Realm schemers had targeted the Douluo Plane, the Dragon Race, and Toriya, and he joined the God Realm’s effort to stop the Ancient Plane from colliding with Douluo. The Goddess of Life took Toriya and the wounded gods to safety, leaving Rus Wang and Destruction to face the threat in the alternate space.

• Rus Wang warned the Goddess of Life that hidden God Realm forces had pursued the Dragon Race’s treasures and tried to steal the elf race’s fate energy through Toriya.
• Rus Wang described how he had sealed the Silver Dragon King, allied with Di Tian and the Wind Dragon clan, and returned stolen resources and fate energy to Douluo Planet.
• After receiving his wife’s message, Destruction accepted Rus Wang as an ally and announced that attacking the new Dragon God would count as attacking a companion.
• Destruction ordered Toriya and the injured gods to stay back, and the Goddess of Life led them to establish an emergency treatment area.
• Rus Wang and Destruction faced each other in the starry sky, and Rus Wang asked whether the Ancient God was inside the alternate space.

Rus Wang and Destruction led their forces into the Ancient Plane to stop its collision with the Douluo Plane, with only seventy-two hours remaining. After Rus Wang broke through the Ancient God’s defenses, he and Destruction faced the animated Heavenly God Rank beings sent to delay them.

• Rus Wang told Destruction to gather his strongest allies aboard the War Skiff so they could enter the Ancient Plane together, and Destruction warned that the collision could happen within seventy-two hours.
• Rus Wang revealed his colossal dragon form and carried Destruction and the Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Elemental Gods through the obstruction into the Ancient Plane’s alternate space.
• The Ancient God drove the Demon Race from its ancestral land and sent animated beings to defend the plane, while he continued steering it toward the Douluo Plane.
• Rus Wang crashed through the Ancient God’s defensive line, flipping the War Skiff and leaving Destruction and his subordinates battered.
• Destruction joined Rus Wang against the animated Heavenly God Rank beings, and they agreed to press on without delay.

Rus Wang and Destruction battled the Ancient God’s Four Horsemen in the alternate space, with Rus Wang facing Pestilence and Famine and Destruction taking on War and Death. After both sides survived their opening clashes, Destruction called the Horsemen the Ancient God’s marionettes.

• Rus Wang and Destruction charged toward the strongest aura, but a god-king-level elemental spear struck their path and Destruction shielded them with a lightning cage.
• The Seven Deadly Sins saw a red blast rise over the Demon Race’s city as the Four Horsemen of the Ancient God appeared to stop the invaders.
• Rus Wang and Destruction agreed that Rus Wang would fight Pestilence and Famine while Destruction handled War and Death.
• Rus Wang clashed with Pestilence and Famine, suffering virus-eaten wounds and supernatural hunger before dispelling their effects with a roar.
• Destruction tested War and Death, determined their fusion attack could injure him but not reach his source, and called them the Ancient God’s marionettes.

Destruction and Rus Wang struggled to stop the Ancient God from driving the Ancient Plane into the Douluo Plane, but the Ancient God’s attacks pushed them to the brink. Rus Wang prepared to use the Dragon God Core to enter Starlight Rus Wang mode for up to five minutes, intending to trade his life for victory and revive afterward.

• Destruction quickly defeated Death and War, then saw the Ancient God ambush Rus Wang and leave him badly wounded.
• The Ancient God attacked Rus Wang again while controlling Famine and Pestilence, briefly halting the Ancient Plane’s movement.
• Destruction prepared to release his Divine Flame, but Rus Wang shielded them both with water and refused to let Destruction take the brunt of the attack.
• Rus Wang created planes to stretch the distance between himself and the Ancient God, narrowly blocking the Ancient God’s World-Ending Thrust at the cost of most of his Health Bar.
• Destruction asked about the Ancient God’s connection to the first Primordial Ancient God, but the Ancient God attacked Rus Wang again without answering.
• Rus Wang checked his system and prepared to use the Dragon God Core to enter Starlight Rus Wang mode for a maximum of five minutes.

Rus Wang unleashed the Dragon God Core’s Starlight mode and fought the Ancient God to stop the Ancient World from colliding with the Douluo Plane. The Ancient God sacrificed himself to save his world, but Rus Wang killed him, ended the collision, and prepared to face the God Realm.

• Rus Wang removed the Dragon God Core’s safety restrictions, transformed into Starlight Rus Wang, and overwhelmed the Ancient God with his newfound power.
• Rus Wang used Starfall to annihilate the Ancient God’s upper body, but the Ancient God regenerated, drew power from the Ancient World, and dispersed himself through its space.
• The Ancient God’s time erosion weakened Rus Wang, but Rus Wang’s Soul Seal reset his condition and let him bind the Ancient God and wound him with a Star Burst Bomb.
• Rus Wang and the Ancient God fought across the ruined city until both were near collapse, and the Ancient God prepared a final strike that could destroy the Douluo World.
• The Ancient God drove his Chaos Spear into the earth to replenish the Ancient World, and Rus Wang pierced and killed him while the Ancient God continued sacrificing himself.
• Rus Wang’s Starlight mode ended after the Ancient Plane stopped moving toward the Douluo Plane, and he declared that he would face the God Realm’s remaining enemies.

Rus Wang and the God King of Destruction recovered from their battle and discussed the Ancient God's sacrifice, the revived creations, and the energy gathering elsewhere in the Ancient Plane. Destruction admitted he knew a different being called the Ancient God, but could not say whether it was connected to this world.

• Rus Wang and Destruction compared their injuries and discussed why the God Realm had no worthy successors and why the Five God Verdict had failed.
• Destruction questioned whether the Ancient God had chosen to die, and Rus Wang said the Ancient God was truly dead without explaining what had happened.
• Rus Wang pointed out that the Ancient God's sacrifice had repaired the Ancient Plane and restored the souls and bodies of the puppets, while remaining energy gathered in one direction.
• Rus Wang asked Destruction what he meant by connecting the Ancient God to the Primordial Ancient God, and Destruction recalled that the Ancient God he knew was a female being unlike the fallen Ancient God.
• Rus Wang said he and Destruction remained allies until the Ancient World matter was resolved, but warned Destruction not to interfere in his dispute with Tang San.
• Destruction admitted that he knew the true Ancient God but could not say whether his guess was connected to this world.

Rus Wang and Destruction postponed investigating the Ancient Plane’s energy flow until they could recover and gather allies, while Toriya arrived with help. They planned a joint God Realm–Dragon Race meeting and agreed to investigate the Ancient God’s motives for Chen Xiaoyue.

• Rus Wang and Destruction concluded that their injuries prevented them from moving the Ancient Plane or confronting the mysterious being absorbing its energy, so they decided to recover and call for reinforcements.
• The Ancient God’s death freed surviving puppets from control, and the Demon Race’s defenses collapsed as the armies stopped fighting.
• Toriya arrived with the Goddess of Life and other God Realm figures, gave Rus Wang a recovery potion, and heard his account of the energy streams and the possible true Ancient God.
• Rus Wang and Destruction agreed to convene a meeting of god-level fighters from the God Realm and Dragon Race in both their names to begin repairing relations.
• Toriya relayed Chen Xiaoyue’s request to investigate the Ancient God’s motives, and Rus Wang agreed to find the truth and give the living beings of her world an answer.

Luo Yinyao and Lina discovered that the Ancient Plane’s universe was hollow and assembled from fragments held together by a powerful force. They sent their findings to Rus Wang, uncertain whether the structure was maintained by the true Ancient God Destruction or by a fragile balance between its fragments.

• Luo Yinyao examined the probe’s scan and concluded that the Ancient Plane’s universe was hollow, with a spherical outer wall surrounding its interior.
• Luo Yinyao and Lina analyzed thousands of cracks in the inner wall and found that the fragments were forcibly fused but had not collapsed.
• Luo Yinyao proposed that the universe was a patchwork of worlds bound together, while Lina questioned whether the dead Ancient God had been maintaining it.
• Luo Yinyao outlined two possibilities: the true Ancient God Destruction was sustaining the universe, or its fragments had developed a fragile self-balancing mechanism.
• Lina packaged the scan data and sent it to Rus Wang after Luo Yinyao told her to report their discovery.

Rus Wang and the God Realm negotiated the Ancient Plane’s future and agreed the Golden Dragon King would remain sealed until he could control his power. Destruction and Life declined to act against Tang San for now, but accepted that Rus Wang could respond if Tang San later attacked the Dragon Race or broke the God Realm’s laws.

• Rus Wang explained that the Ancient Plane had been stitched together around a core and proposed placing it under the God Realm’s jurisdiction while leaving the Dragon Race’s settled territory on the Douluo Plane to the dragons.
• Rus Wang agreed not to demand the Golden Dragon King’s release until he could control the First Generation Dragon God’s power without losing his reason, and Destruction accepted the term.
• Rus Wang, Destruction, and Life discussed the Ancient God’s role in preserving the shattered plane and whether the God Realm would deal with Tang San.
• Destruction and Life said they could not dispose of Tang San yet because of the God Realm’s authority, Xiao Wu’s fate, and the consequences for the Sea God and Asura God positions.
• Rus Wang secured Destruction and Life’s agreement that he could act if Tang San later harmed a dragon or violated the God Realm’s laws, and his intelligent Soul Tool recorded their conversation.

The God Realm Committee debated how to incorporate the Ancient Plane’s powerful God Rank experts, but Tang San blocked a vote to expand the God Realm. Afterward, Destruction, Life, and the Ancient God secretly planned to collect the plane’s God Realm fragments and lock Tang San away, unaware that a Thunder Dragon had overheard them.

• The Ancient God explained that the Ancient Plane’s God Rank experts rivaled second-rank and third-rank gods because the plane had been stabilized with fragments of the God Realm.
• Tang San rejected Destruction’s proposal to expand the God Realm and insisted that any decision required an expanded committee meeting.
• The Goddess of Life told Tang San that his family might soon gain a new member, and the committee agreed to strengthen patrols and divine succession reviews.
• Destruction, Life, and the Ancient God secretly discussed Tang San’s opposition, Rus Wang’s power, and their plan to collect the Ancient Plane’s fragments and lock Tang San away.
• A Thunder Dragon overheard the three gods’ conversation, waited a day after they left, and then approached the Forbidden God Land.

The Golden Dragon King learned that Rus Wang had become the New Dragon God and planned to exploit the God Realm’s internal conflict to escape his seal. Meanwhile, Rus Wang reviewed the growth of the Locke Empire’s dragon population and decided to let a newly founded Shrek Academy continue operating.

• The Golden Dragon King considered Rus Wang unfit to lead the Dragon Race and learned from Thunder Dragon that the God King of Destruction wanted to imprison Tang San.
• The Golden Dragon King resolved to wait for the God Realm’s turmoil and Space-Time Turbulence before breaking his seal and escaping.
• Rus Wang visited the New Dragon God Plane, where the Wind Dragon King reported that the dragon population had grown to nearly two million.
• Rus Wang reviewed a report about a new Shrek Academy and rejected the proposal to demolish it or arrest its staff and students.

Toriya Rus presided over Locke Empire policies while its officials discussed artificial soul rings and Soul Beast poaching. In the God Realm, Tang San’s forces fought Destruction’s faction, and the Golden Dragon King agreed to let Tang San draw on his energy to destabilize the realm and aid his escape.

• Toriya Rus and the empire’s officials discussed standardizing gym battle tournaments, cracking down on Soul Beast trafficking, and researching hundred-thousand-year artificial soul rings.
• Zhang Ruoheng asked Di Tian about Sea Soul Beasts, and Di Tian said they could be left alone unless they caused trouble.
• Tang San led the Shrek Six Monsters and the Butterfly God against Destruction and the Seven Deadly Sins, while the Goddess of Life and the Ancient God stayed outside the battle.
• Tang San saw his side losing and decided to draw on the Golden Dragon King’s power.
• The Golden Dragon King sensed the demand through the Thunder Dragon and began inscribing a secret technique to make the God Realm more unstable and help him escape.