Recaps

Xu Yanli unified the continent, dismantled Shrek, built a family and secured the throne for Xu Cheng'an, who later reformed the empire into a republic. After ascending to the Divine Realm, Xu Yanli defeated Tang San and killed the Golden Dragon King, leaving Gu Yuena to question why he gave her the dragon’s Divine Core.

• Xu Yanli was crowned emperor and secretly resolved to enter the Divine Realm and settle his scores with Tang San and the other gods.
• Xu Yanli learned that Xu Tianran could inherit the Godhood of Ruin, then defeated the remaining resistance, killed Xuan Zi, abolished Shrek Academy, and brought Yan Shaozhe to Long Xiaoyao.
• Xu Tianran accepted the Godhood of Destruction, while Xu Yanli married Ye Guyi despite Gu Yuena, Zhang Lexuan, Xiao Xiao, Meng Hongchen, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion declaring their feelings for him.
• Xu Yanli and Xu Tianran welcomed Xu Cheng'an, whose twin divine Martial Souls led to his appointment as Crown Prince and, at fifteen, his breakthrough to Limit Douluo and succession to the throne.
• Xu Cheng'an ended aristocratic land ownership, established civil service examinations, reached godhood, and later announced that he would abolish the monarchy and establish a republic.
• Decades later, Xu Yanli ascended to the Divine Realm and defeated Tang San in the Sea God Temple, killing him to avenge his mother, Xu Wangshu.
• Xu Yanli freed the Golden Dragon King from his eighteen chains, then killed him and caught his origin Divine Core.
• Gu Yuena arrived and questioned Xu Yanli for giving her the Divine Core's power instead of using it to advance his own Martial Soul.