Recaps

Huo Yuhao unleashed Emperor Cold Heaven, Snow Dance Shining Sun and Ice Explosion Technique against Long Zhanye. Long Zhanye resisted with his sixth Soul Ring skill, God Explosion, and two Level 9 Soul Tools, but the extreme cold left his lower body frozen as he fell from the sky.

• Long Zhanye used the Soul-Absorbing Tablet to petrify the purple-gold figure blocking Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Ice Empress and Snow Empress and unleashed Emperor Cold Heaven, Snow Dance Shining Sun.
• Huo Yuhao used Ice Explosion Technique, covering the arena in extreme cold and setting off explosions around Long Zhanye.
• Long Zhanye formed and threw God Explosion while Red Dust Protection and Blood Net shielded him from the blasts.
• The explosions and freezing cold tore at Long Zhanye despite his defenses, and he fell with his lower body frozen solid.

Huo Yuhao's team was devastated by Long Zhanye's Chaos attack, which left Huo Yuhao blind and Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er badly injured. Long Zhanye then pinned Huo Yuhao down and attacked the Eye of Destiny on his forehead while the referee refused to intervene.

• Huo Yuhao used Ice Emperor Body Protection against Long Zhanye's God Explosion, but Chaos Power disintegrated his armor, wheelchair, clothes, and the Ice Empress and Snow Empress phantoms.
• The blast destroyed Huo Yuhao's vision and brought him, Wang Dong'er, and Wang Qiu'er crashing to the arena floor, while Long Zhanye used his wings to slow his own fall.
• Long Zhanye rushed to Huo Yuhao, grabbed his throat, and slammed him into the ground before demanding to know about the vertical eye on his forehead.
• Long Zhanye drove his fingers into Huo Yuhao's Eye of Destiny, making him scream as Xuan Zi called for the attack to be stopped.
• Zheng Zhan refused to intervene without Xu Tianran's order, while Jing Hongchen watched in silence.

Long Zhanye pulled the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife from Huo Yuhao’s Eye of Destiny and secured victory for the Sun Moon Team, though his own body was near collapse. As the crowd hailed him as a hero, Xu Tianran promised to place the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Legion under his command once he reached Level 9 Soul Engineer.

• Long Zhanye ripped the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife from Huo Yuhao’s forehead, and Huo Yuhao passed out from his injuries.
• Xu Tianran silently released Zheng Zhan from his restraint, and Zheng Zhan declared the Sun Moon Team victorious.
• Wang Yan and Zhou Yi rushed to treat Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Wang Qiu'er as Sun Moon supporters crowded around Long Zhanye with clothing, medicine, and Soul Tools.
• Long Zhanye accepted a Level 6 Sealed Milk Bottle and absorbed its Soul Power to recover from the cold and exhaustion.
• Xu Tianran led the stadium in applauding Long Zhanye and told Jing Hongchen he would give him command of the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Legion when he reached Level 9 Soul Engineer.

Jing Hongchen stripped Tang Sect and Shrek of their tournament results and expelled them from the Sun Moon Empire, while keeping Long Zhanye’s identity as Po Hongchen secret. Long Zhanye was escorted to Mingde Hall for urgent treatment, as the empire’s citizens celebrated Shrek and Tang Sect’s disgrace.

• Zhongli Wu objected to Po Hongchen potentially gaining military authority, but Xu Tianran persuaded him that Po Hongchen could serve both the empire and the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Jing Hongchen publicly declared Tang Sect and Shrek guilty of cheating, voided their tournament results, and ordered them to leave the Sun Moon Empire within seven days.
• Wang Yan, Zhou Yi, and Xuan Zi watched helplessly as the crowd cursed and pelted the retreating Shrek and Tang Sect members.
• Jing Hongchen praised Long Zhanye and ordered his attendants to take him to Mingde Hall for treatment without revealing that he was Po Hongchen.
• Long Zhanye left the arena wounded, supported by attendants as citizens cheered behind him.

While recovering from his battle with Huo Yuhao, Long Zhanye examined the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and advised the Hongchen siblings on cultivation. He asked Jing Hongchen to obtain a Soul Power-increasing medicine for research, leaving the ward intent on studying how to remove its harmful side effects.

• Long Zhanye failed to fuse the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife with his Heavenly Eye and concluded that the blade had a special connection to Huo Yuhao.
• Jing Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen visited Long Zhanye and brought him rare tonics and nourishing food.
• Meng Hongchen asked how Long Zhanye had defeated Huo Yuhao, but Long Zhanye kept the secrets of his Spiritual Soul Core and Sixth Soul Skill to himself.
• Long Zhanye advised Xiao Hongchen to consume metal-type Soul Beast flesh and essence blood to support his metal Martial Soul and Soul Power Solidification.
• Long Zhanye asked Jing Hongchen to provide the medicine Xiao Hongchen had used to increase his Soul Power, explaining that he wanted to study its side effects and possibly make it safe.
• Jing Hongchen agreed to send the medicine after Long Zhanye promised not to test it on himself, then urged him to focus on recovering.

Sun Moon Team and Holy Spirit Sect reached the finals after crushing Star Luo Royal Academy and narrowly defeating Snow Demon Sect. Xu Tianran, Zhongli Wu, and Jing Hongchen arranged a fixed match between the finalists, which ended in a draw.

• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen swept Star Luo Royal Academy, sending Sun Moon Team to the finals without a team battle.
• Long Aotian won three individual matches against Holy Spirit Sect, but its Evil Soul Masters took the next four and put Snow Demon Sect behind.
• Vina used seven Pseudo Sun Moon God Needles to kill three Evil Soul Masters and wound Yan Feng, but she collapsed, and Holy Spirit Sect won after Long Aotian was overwhelmed.
• Xu Tianran, Zhongli Wu, and Jing Hongchen agreed to protect their interests by arranging a fixed match between Sun Moon Team and Holy Spirit Sect.
• Po Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen fought Tang Ya, Yan Feng, and two Evil Soul Masters in a staged battle, and Zheng Zhan declared the final a draw.

Xu Tianran declared the tournament a shared championship for the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and the Holy Spirit Sect, then prepared defenses for an expected confrontation. Huo Yuhao woke after six days unconscious, badly injured and surrounded by his Shrek companions.

• Zheng Zhan announced that the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and the Holy Spirit Sect would share the championship, prompting furious protests from spectators.
• Xu Tianran celebrated the result by declaring ten days of festivities across the nation.
• Long Zhanye sat alone in a Mingde Hall laboratory with the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and medicines from Jing Hongchen.
• Xu Tianran learned that defenses and Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells were ready in all four directions, and hoped his opponents would choose the west.
• Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and Wang Dong'er watched over the gravely injured Huo Yuhao as he remained unconscious for six days.
• Huo Yuhao woke in the Tang Sect and Shrek group's room, his Spirit Eyes dim and his forehead still marked by a severe wound.

After waking, Huo Yuhao learned that several Shrek and Tang Sect members had vanished, and Wang Qiu'er identified Po Hongchen as the kidnapper. Huo Yuhao blamed Long Zhanye for his continued suffering, while Wang Dong'er helped calm him; the group planned to return to Shrek and seek the elders' decision.

• Huo Yuhao woke and asked about Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan, but Beibei said they had disappeared without a trace.
• Beibei listed Zhu Lu, Ning Tian, Lan Luoluo, and Lan Susu as earlier members who had also vanished, and said the Sun Moon Empire authorities had not investigated seriously.
• Wang Qiu'er said Po Hongchen had abducted the missing teammates, explaining that she had sensed his gray-white aura near Mingyue Hotel and recognized it from the tournament.
• Huo Yuhao angrily recalled Long Zhanye's hostility, his imprisonment in Mingde Hall, and the loss of his Eye of Destiny.
• Wang Dong'er held Huo Yuhao's hand and told him the group would return to Shrek and consult the Sea God Pavilion elders while continuing to search for their teammates.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er found a warning from Juzi that the west was temporarily safe and the Sun Moon Empire was preparing to attack them. They decided to join the Body Sect and Star Luo Empire in a western breakout, with Huo Yuhao ready to use the Undead Semi-Plane if disaster struck.

• Huo Yuhao detected a note that had appeared on the tea table, and Wang Dong'er helped him open it.
• The unsigned letter warned them to leave quickly and said the west was safe for now; Huo Yuhao recognized Juzi's mark.
• Wang Dong'er teased Huo Yuhao about Juzi, then agreed that the warning showed the danger was serious.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the Sun Moon Empire had heavily armed the east, south, and north with Level 9 Soul Engineers and Fixed Soul Guidance Shells.
• Huo Yuhao decided the Tang Sect should join the Body Sect and Star Luo Empire's western breakout, using the Undead Semi-Plane as a last resort.

After learning that Xu Tianran planned to eliminate the tournament teams, Long Zhanye warned his allies and broke the Seal Lock suppressing his cultivation, rising to Level 77. Meanwhile, Xu Tianran’s “leaked” plan was revealed as a trap meant to lure the resisting forces into an encirclement in the west.

• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen secretly told Long Zhanye that Xu Tianran had ordered a cleanup operation against the participating teams.
• Long Zhanye sent a Puppet to the Snow Demon Sect’s quarters and found Vina, Long Aotian, and others conferring with Xu Jiujiu and Xuan Zi’s Shrek group.
• Long Zhanye decided the factions could protect one another and sent a Puppet to monitor them while he prepared for danger.
• Long Zhanye broke the Seal Lock at his dantian, releasing his suppressed cultivation and advancing from the peak of Soul Emperor to Level 77 Soul Saint.
• Xu Tianran’s cleanup information was revealed to have been deliberately leaked to frighten his enemies and guide them into an encirclement prepared in the west.

After Long Zhanye and others sensed catastrophic tremors in Ming Capital, the chapter revealed that Huo Yuhao had detonated the empire’s Underground Warehouse in revenge for his defeat and humiliation. The blast devastated more than a third of the city, leaving Du Busi and the others struggling to shield themselves from the destruction.

• Long Zhanye sensed a terrifying presence and fled Mingde Hall with Ye Guyi and the Hongchen Siblings as tremors spread through the city.
• Du Busi and Xuan Zi recognized the tremors came from the eastern district, near the place where Huo Yuhao had signaled for a rendezvous.
• After losing the tournament, Huo Yuhao infiltrated Ming Capital’s Underground Warehouse and chose to destroy its vast stockpile of Soul Tools, Rare Metals, and Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonballs.
• Huo Yuhao detonated the warehouse, unleashing an enormous explosion that formed a dark-red mushroom cloud and shook Ming Capital.
• Du Busi shielded Vina, Wang Yanfeng, and the others as the blast flattened buildings and devastated more than a third of the city.

Huo Yuhao’s revenge triggers a catastrophic explosion that devastates much of Ming Capital and kills countless civilians. Xuan Zi rescues Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er, orders Huo Yuhao to conceal his responsibility, and flees as Shrek’s reputation is ruined.

• The explosion tears through Ming Capital, leaving Du Busi horrified and Huo Yuhao stunned by the destruction and deaths.
• Xuan Zi reaches Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er through the shockwaves and carries them away from the ruins.
• Xuan Zi asks whether Huo Yuhao caused the disaster, and Huo Yuhao instinctively admits that he did.
• Xuan Zi warns Huo Yuhao never to reveal his role, fearing Shrek will be condemned along with him.
• Huo Yuhao flees with Xuan Zi, while the Tang Sect members remain pale and terrified amid the destruction.

A catastrophic explosion devastated eastern Ming Capital, destroying much of the city and crippling the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial palace. As Xu Jiujiu and Vina watched in horror and Zhongli Wu welcomed the souls and resentment, Xuan Zi led the surviving Shrek and Tang Sect disciples toward West Mountain, while the explosion’s cause pointed back to Shrek.

• Xu Jiujiu and Vina emerged from the underground escape route and realized the enormous explosion had struck near Mingyue Hotel, where Shrek and the Tang Sect had stayed.
• Ju Zi dragged the injured Xu Tianran from the imperial palace ruins as they saw the destruction of Ming Capital and heard the suffering of its citizens.
• Zhongli Wu and the Holy Spirit Cult’s Evil Soul Masters gathered over the ruins, celebrating the chance to feed on the souls and resentment of the dead.
• Xuan Zi led the surviving Shrek and Tang Sect disciples toward West Mountain while most of them remained unaware of what had caused the explosion.
• Du Busi and the Body Sect’s powerful figures concluded that Shrek was the likeliest source of the disaster.

Huo Yuhao’s timed explosives triggered sixteen hidden Level 9 shells, devastating Ming Capital and killing countless civilians. In the West Mountain forest, he confessed to Elder Xuan and asked to face punishment after helping the group reach safety.

• Huo Yuhao’s destruction of the warehouse triggered sixteen Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells and a chain of explosions that devastated Ming Capital.
• The Shrek Academy group fled into the forests of West Mountain and stopped to recover.
• Elder Xuan summoned Huo Yuhao, Wang Qiu'er, Lexuan, and the Tang Sect members to demand an explanation.
• Huo Yuhao confessed that he had planted the explosives among the warehouse’s ammunition and accepted responsibility for the disaster.
• Elder Xuan condemned Huo Yuhao for the civilian casualties, and Huo Yuhao asked to be punished after he helped everyone reach safety.

Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er defended Huo Yuhao to Xuan Zi after the underground warehouse explosion caused a catastrophe in Ming Capital. Huo Yuhao accepted responsibility for the plan and feared the blast had triggered hidden strategic stockpiles, while Xuan Zi said he believed them and ordered the group to leave in fifteen minutes.

• Wang Dong'er shielded Huo Yuhao and told Xuan Zi that the explosion had been an accident caused by explosives they had not known were in the Underground Warehouse.
• Wang Qiu'er said she and Wang Dong'er had placed the timed explosives and offered to accept punishment in Huo Yuhao's place.
• Huo Yuhao rejected their efforts to take the blame and admitted that his plan may have triggered explosions in hidden warehouses beneath Mingde Hall.
• Huo Yuhao feared the disaster had caused massive civilian casualties in crowded Ming Capital and blamed his haste for overlooking the risks.
• Xuan Zi said he understood the events and believed Huo Yuhao, then told everyone to rest before leaving in fifteen minutes.

After the explosion devastated Ming Capital, Huo Yuhao defended his actions as an attempt to hasten the end of war, while Beibei suggested concealing the Tang Sect’s involvement. Xu Tianran faced the destruction of Mingde Hall and the empire’s strategic reserves, and ordered an all-out search for the mastermind.

• Huo Yuhao apologized to Ming Capital but said he did not regret his actions, which he believed could spare more people from war.
• Beibei proposed keeping the Tang Sect out of the investigation and letting suspicion fall on the Body Sect, and Xu Sanshi admitted he liked the idea.
• Xu Tianran surveyed the imperial palace ruins as rescue workers searched for survivors and reports of casualties arrived.
• Xu Tianran learned the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, Mingde Hall, and the underground warehouse of Rare Metal, Soul Tools, and strategic supplies had been destroyed.
• Xu Tianran ordered his people to find the mastermind and vowed to make them pay, while Ju Zi watched in fear.

The explosion at Mingde Hall devastated Jing Hongchen, who feared his grandchildren had died and learned that the Sun Moon Emperor had passed away. Long Zhanye, Ye Guyi, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen emerged alive, and Jing Hongchen reunited with his grandchildren amid the ruins.

• Jing Hongchen learned that Mingde Hall had been destroyed and collapsed in grief, fearing Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen were inside.
• A servant told Xu Tianran that the emperor had died, and Xu Tianran secretly welcomed the news as an opportunity to claim the throne.
• Xu Tianran knelt and publicly wailed for his father while Evil Soul Masters gathered and devoured souls nearby.
• Long Zhanye, Ye Guyi, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen staggered out of the ruins alive.
• Jing Hongchen embraced Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, and the family wept together in relief.

Long Zhanye saved Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Ye Guyi from the destruction of Mingde Hall, but mourned the loss of his research and worried about his fellow Body Sect disciples. Meanwhile, Xuan Zi led the surviving members of Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect west along the route in Ju Zi’s letter, leaving their survival uncertain.

• Long Zhanye recounted how he had sensed the underground danger and led Ye Guyi, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen out of Mingde Hall before the explosion, though the shockwave injured him and destroyed his Puppet avatar.
• Jing Hongchen knelt before Long Zhanye and thanked him for saving his grandchildren, and Long Zhanye helped him stand.
• Long Zhanye left the ruins to search for his fellow Body Sect disciples, and Ye Guyi quietly followed him.
• Xuan Zi ordered the surviving members of Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect to continue west through the mountains along the route in Ju Zi’s letter.
• The survivors pressed on toward their only apparent escape as the explosion threatened to trigger a continent-wide war.

After the destruction of Ming Capital swung Sun Moon Empire public opinion toward war, Xuan Zi’s group continued through West Mountain and realized they had been trapped in an illusion that made them walk in circles. Unable to investigate accurately in the darkness, they camped until dawn, with Zhang Lexuan organizing a watch to protect the wounded and younger members.

• The deaths and injuries caused by the mushroom cloud over Ming Capital turned Sun Moon Empire citizens against peace and toward revenge and war.
• After hearing Wang Dong'er, Wang Qiu'er, and the others explain the damage, Xuan Zi decided the operation had achieved its strategic goal despite the civilian casualties.
• Huo Yuhao recognized that the group had returned to a place they had passed before and told Xuan Zi that his spiritual imprints proved it.
• Xuan Zi realized an illusion formation was deceiving even their senses and agreed with Huo Yuhao to wait until dawn before investigating further.
• Xuan Zi ordered everyone to stay together and rest while Zhang Lexuan arranged shelters and Titled Douluo watch shifts around the wounded.

After the destruction of Ming Capital, Xu Tianran ordered relief efforts and a crackdown while planning to blame Shrek Academy for the explosion. Zhongli Wu reported that Shrek and the allied empires had escaped underground, leaving Xu Tianran furious and demanding tighter surveillance.

• Huo Yuhao entered deep meditation after losing the Eye of Destiny and the Blade of Life's Watch, while a strange, decaying mist began spreading through West Mountain.
• Xu Tianran ordered rescue operations, military patrols, a national day of mourning, and secrecy about the emperor's death.
• Xu Tianran directed the Minister of Defense to blame the explosion on Shrek Academy and portray it as the continent's enemy.
• Zhongli Wu told Xu Tianran that the disaster's resentment and soul power had helped several Evil Soul Master Sect powerhouses break through their bottlenecks.
• Zhongli Wu reported that Shrek and the Heaven Dou and Star Luo forces had escaped Ming Capital through underground passages using Burrowing Soul Guidance Devices.
• Xu Tianran ordered underground surveillance strengthened and blamed the escapees for the Underground Warehouse explosion.

Xu Tianran and Zhongli Wu agreed to delay the war while consolidating the Sun Moon Empire, and Zhongli Wu revealed his plan to trap Shrek Academy’s elites at West Mountain. At dawn, Huo Yuhao recovered much of his spiritual power at the campsite.

• Xu Tianran considered using the destruction of the supplies as justification for war, but Zhongli Wu refused to commit the Holy Spirit Cult openly and urged him to prepare first.
• Xu Tianran planned to stabilize the country and purge those he blamed for the disaster, while promising that the Holy Spirit Cult would become the State Protector Sect if the empire conquered the continent.
• Zhongli Wu told Xu Tianran that he had activated a mysterious place at West Mountain to wear down Shrek Academy’s elites and stationed Xiao Feng and four elders to kill anyone who escaped.
• At dawn, Huo Yuhao woke at the West Mountain campsite with his spiritual power largely replenished and his energy restored.

Huo Yuhao and the others woke to find West Mountain enveloped by a strange fog that suppressed their senses and trapped them underground. Huo Yuhao concluded they had been transported into an ancient testing ground activated by the Sun Moon Empire or the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Huo Yuhao noticed the dense, strangely colored fog hanging above the camp and entered his Humanoid Soul Tool with Wang Dong'er's help.
• Huo Yuhao discovered that his Spirit Detection was limited to ten meters and that an eerie force swallowed his spiritual power beyond that range.
• Xuan Zi explained that the fog blocked flight and that the earth had become too hard for him to control or dig through.
• Xu Sanshi proposed splitting up to investigate, but Beibei warned that the hidden Holy Spirit Cult might attack them separately.
• Huo Yuhao reasoned that the phenomenon was a naturally formed ancient domain and that the group had been transported into a testing ground.

Xuan Zi led Shrek Academy’s group through West Mountain’s silent, fog-shrouded maze while Long Zhanye pursued them into the forbidden land with Ye Guyi. After Ye Guyi described the legend of the fallen Love God and the Valley of Universe Love Inquiry, Long Zhanye became excited by the chance of finding a divine opportunity.

• Xuan Zi divided the Shrek Academy group into three teams and led the front team as they marked plants and searched for a way out of West Mountain.
• Xu Sanshi felt uneasy in the mountain’s oppressive silence and was relieved that the group had not split up to scout.
• Long Zhanye found scorched earth where his Puppet had been destroyed and headed into West Mountain, prompting Ye Guyi to warn him that it was a forbidden land.
• Long Zhanye persuaded Ye Guyi to follow him by reminding her that Master Kong Deming was still alive and could guide her.
• Ye Guyi recounted legends that West Mountain was the burial place of the fallen Love God, also called the Valley of Universe Love Inquiry, and Long Zhanye grew excited at the prospect of a divine opportunity.

Huo Yuhao and the Shrek group escaped the forest maze and hoped to cross the mountain range, but a strange golden-silver light engulfed their camp. An overwhelming force began dragging them away, leaving them helpless against an unknown power.

• Huo Yuhao and Xuan Zi confirmed that the group was no longer retracing its steps through the maze.
• Xuan Zi led the group onward, estimating they could reach the border in another day or day and a half.
• The group rested and shared provisions, while Beibei warned that the trap set by the Sun Moon Empire, Xu Tianran, and the Holy Spirit Cult might not let them escape easily.
• A golden-silver radiance swept over the camp and passed through everyone's defenses, leaving a strange glow on their bodies.
• An immense pulling force erupted from the light and dragged Nan Qiuqiu and other weaker students away.

Xuan Zi and the Shrek Academy group were dragged through the dense mist by an irresistible golden-silver force despite their defenses. After about fifteen minutes, they emerged into a fantastical world that left everyone stunned.

• Xuan Zi shielded the group with a yellow barrier as the golden-silver force dragged it across the ground.
• Xian Lin'er attacked the source of the glow, but her Soul Power vanished into the mist without a trace.
• Xuan Zi gathered everyone into a protective sphere, and the force pulled them into the mist and carried them away.
• Huo Yuhao searched his memories for clues about the golden-silver light while Xuan Zi transformed into the Godly Taotie Bull and slowed their journey.
• After about fifteen minutes, the group burst through the mist and saw a bizarre world beyond it.