Recaps

Tang San searched the Star Luo Imperial Family for three days, convinced Ye Xuan might be hiding there, but found no trace of him. He then encountered a devastated Oscar, who told him Bai Chenxiang had said she was tired and did not want to talk about their relationship, leaving Oscar questioning what he had done wrong.

• Tang San searched the palace and its underground passages for Ye Xuan, but detected no trace of him.
• Tang San concluded Ye Xuan might have concealed himself more carefully and began another detailed search using his spiritual power and Blue Silver Grass.
• Exhausted, Tang San ended his search and encountered Oscar leaning against a palace wall in distress.
• Oscar told Tang San that Bai Chenxiang had said she was tired and did not want to talk about love and romance.
• Oscar asked Tang San whether he had done something wrong and wondered if Bai Chenxiang had grown tired of him.

Tang San worried that Ye Xuan had controlled Bai Chenxiang after Oscar told him she had rejected him, so he rushed to investigate. Bai Chenxiang said she had only been testing Oscar’s devotion, and Tang San left reassured that she showed no signs of outside control.

• Tang San comforted Oscar and hurried to Bai Chenxiang’s residence, fearing Ye Xuan had made her a pawn.
• Tang San searched Bai Chenxiang and her courtyard with his spiritual power but found no trace of Ye Xuan or outside control.
• Tang San asked Bai Chenxiang why she had told Oscar she was tired of love and romance.
• Bai Chenxiang explained she had been testing Oscar’s feelings and wanted to teach him to cherish her.
• Tang San accepted Bai Chenxiang’s explanation and said he was relieved.

Bai Chenxiang concealed that Ye Xuan’s Life Brand forced her to deceive Tang San and hurt Oscar, while Tang San failed to detect the mark. Tang San reassured Oscar that Bai Chenxiang was testing him, but his own unease remained as Oscar set out to apologize to her.

• Bai Chenxiang acted cheerful with Tang San, then revealed inwardly that Ye Xuan’s Life Brand controlled her and forced her to follow his orders.
• Tang San searched his memories of visiting Agarwood Court but found no evidence of Ye Xuan or of Bai Chenxiang being controlled.
• Tang San told Oscar that Bai Chenxiang was testing his feelings, and Oscar’s despair turned to hope.
• Oscar resolved to apologize to Bai Chenxiang and prove his love, while a trace of solemnity returned to Tang San’s eyes.

Ye Xuan set out to control the four rank-eighty-nine patriarchs of the Four Single-Attribute Clans, beginning with the Defense Clan’s Niu Gao and the Strength Clan’s Titan. He enslaved both with the Living Being Imprint and left them awaiting his orders, while Bai Chenxiang remained in his room, uncertain of his plans.

• Bai Chenxiang bathed and wondered what Ye Xuan intended, but stayed in the room as he had ordered.
• Ye Xuan infiltrated Niu Gao’s cultivation chamber and forced the Defense Clan patriarch under his control with the Living Being Imprint.
• Ye Xuan ordered Niu Gao to remain quiet in his residence and wait for instructions.
• Ye Xuan slipped past the Strength Clan’s guards and entered Titan’s study.
• Ye Xuan implanted the Living Being Imprint in Titan, bringing the Strength Clan patriarch under his control.

Ye Xuan secretly controlled Bai He and Yang Wudi with the Living Being Imprint, completing his takeover of the four great single-attribute clans’ chiefs. He returned to Agarwood Court to recover and prepare for his next move while Bai Chenxiang remained unaware of the storm gathering around her.

• Ye Xuan ambushed Bai He during his movement practice and implanted the Living Being Imprint, ordering him to stay in his manor and await orders.
• Ye Xuan defeated Yang Wudi’s spear attacks, implanted the Living Being Imprint, and commanded him to obey.
• Ye Xuan reflected that all four chiefs of the Star Luo Empire’s great single-attribute clans were under his control without their clans knowing.
• Ye Xuan returned to Agarwood Court while Bai Chenxiang bathed, then sat on her bed to recover his Soul Power.
• Bai Chenxiang finished bathing and cautiously opened the bathroom door to find Ye Xuan cultivating on the bed.

Tang San arranged for Oscar to marry Bai Chenxiang in a month, winning Oscar’s loyalty as he continued to worry about Ye Xuan’s disappearance. Meanwhile, Ye Xuan held Bai Chenxiang captive in her bedchamber, and Oscar arrived at her door with the wedding news.

• Tang San decided to arrange Oscar and Bai Chenxiang’s wedding and promised that the Star Luo Empire would provide a grand ceremony.
• Oscar gratefully accepted the marriage and pledged his life and loyalty to Tang San.
• Tang San told Oscar to prepare for the wedding a month later and spend more time with Bai Chenxiang.
• Ye Xuan made Bai Chenxiang massage his back while she feared for herself and the Speed Clan.
• Oscar arrived at Bai Chenxiang’s door with good news, but Bai Chenxiang refused to let him inside.

Ye Xuan forced Bai Chenxiang to accept Oscar’s marriage proposal while keeping her trapped under his control. Oscar left believing she wanted to marry him, and Bai Chenxiang collapsed in despair after he was gone.

• Oscar told Bai Chenxiang that he planned a grand wedding in a month and described the peaceful life he hoped they would share.
• Bai Chenxiang silently endured Oscar’s hopes, knowing Ye Xuan controlled her and the Speed Clan through the Living Being Imprint.
• Ye Xuan ordered Bai Chenxiang to accept Oscar’s proposal while he listened from inside her room.
• Bai Chenxiang agreed to marry Oscar, and he left overjoyed, promising to protect her and treat her well.
• After Oscar’s footsteps faded, Bai Chenxiang slid to the floor and wept, apologizing to him in her heart.

Ye Xuan told Bai Chenxiang that the Spirit Hall Empire would attack the Star Luo Empire during her wedding to Oscar, with the four Single-Attribute Clans set to betray the empire. The night before the wedding, he reminded her that she was his pawn and forced her onto the bed as she begged him to stop.

• After Ye Xuan sent the Star Luo Empire's defense maps and news of the four clans' submission, the Spirit Hall Empire planned its all-out assault for Oscar and Bai Chenxiang's wedding.
• Ye Xuan learned the attack would begin in a month and welcomed the prospect of completing his Eighth Divine Trial by defeating the Star Luo Empire.
• On the eve of the wedding, Bai Chenxiang sat in her room, distressed over her role in Ye Xuan's plan and Oscar's impending fate.
• Ye Xuan confronted Bai Chenxiang, declared that the Spirit Hall army had assembled outside the city, and said the four Single-Attribute Clans would betray the Star Luo Empire at the wedding's climax.
• When Bai Chenxiang resisted and pleaded that she was Oscar's fiancée, Ye Xuan shoved her onto the bed and pinned her down as she cried and begged him to let her go.

Ye Xuan forced Bai Chenxiang to accept a Soul Mark and threatened her grandfather to ensure she obeyed at Oscar's wedding. Bai Chenxiang was left numb and despairing, with the wedding still set for the next day.

• Ye Xuan threatened Bai Chenxiang that he would kill her grandfather if she tried to interfere or reveal his plans.
• Bai Chenxiang remembered her love for Oscar and mourned the life and future she had lost under Ye Xuan's coercion.
• Ye Xuan planted a Soul Mark in Bai Chenxiang's sea of consciousness, linking it to the restriction on her grandfather and claiming it would let him control and monitor her.
• Ye Xuan warned Bai Chenxiang to obey at the wedding, and she lay motionless, convinced there was no hope of escape.

Ye Xuan forced Bai Chenxiang to help the Spirit Hall Empire seize Star Luo Imperial City during her wedding, threatening her grandfather and the Speed Clan. On the wedding day, she joined Oscar at the ceremony, hiding her guilt and the betrayal she was about to carry out.

• Ye Xuan ordered Bai Chenxiang to cooperate with the Spirit Hall Empire’s people at the wedding and help capture Star Luo Imperial City, threatening to destroy her grandfather and the Speed Clan if she failed or betrayed him.
• Bai Chenxiang resolved to obey Ye Xuan to save her grandfather, despite knowing she would deceive Oscar and help ruin the Star Luo Empire.
• Bai Chenxiang spent the night overwhelmed by guilt and despair, believing she had become a puppet with no way back.
• The next day, Bai Chenxiang rode to the imperial palace square in her wedding sedan, clutching the jade pendant her grandfather had given her.
• When the auspicious hour arrived, Oscar lifted the sedan curtain, and Bai Chenxiang placed her hand in his, feeling his warmth and anticipation.

Ye Xuan forced Bai Chenxiang to help the Spirit Hall Empire seize Star Luo Imperial City during her wedding, threatening her grandfather and the Speed Clan. On the wedding day, Bai Chenxiang took Oscar’s hand while hiding her despair and betrayal.

• Ye Xuan ordered Bai Chenxiang to cooperate with the Spirit Hall Empire and attack Star Luo Imperial City from within, threatening her grandfather and the Speed Clan if she failed.
• Bai Chenxiang resolved to obey Ye Xuan to save her grandfather, despite knowing she would betray Oscar and endanger the Star Luo Empire.
• Bai Chenxiang spent the night numb with guilt and despair, believing the wedding would become the Star Luo Empire’s funeral.
• The next day, Bai Chenxiang rode to the wedding in a bridal sedan, clutching the jade pendant her grandfather had given her and silently promising to save him.
• When the auspicious hour arrived, Oscar lifted the sedan curtain and Bai Chenxiang placed her hand in his, feeling his warmth and anticipation.

At Oscar and Bai Chenxiang’s lavish wedding, Tang San and Dai Mubai prepared to boost morale and secure Oscar’s loyalty, unaware that Ye Xuan had coerced the four clan patriarchs into betraying the empire. The Spirit Hall Empire invaded just as the ceremony was about to begin, leaving the wedding in chaos as Dugu Bo attacked the border forces.

• Tang San explained that the grand wedding was meant to restore morale and bind Oscar to the Star Luo Empire, while Dai Mubai reported that the preparations and border defenses were in place.
• Titan, Niu Gao, Bai He, and Yang Wudi concealed their despair as Ye Xuan’s Living Being Imprints forced them to prepare to attack during the wedding ceremony.
• Bai Chenxiang rode toward the palace in her bridal sedan, knowing the wedding was part of Ye Xuan’s invasion plan but unable to warn Oscar under threat to their lives.
• Bloodied border commanders arrived at the wedding venue and announced that the Spirit Hall Empire had invaded and the border defenses had fallen.
• Dugu Bo attacked the Star Luo Empire’s army on the smoke-filled border battlefield with a sweeping cloud of poisonous mist.

Bo Saixi and Spirit Hall’s Great Offerings led a devastating attack on the Star Luo Empire’s border, forcing Tang San to mobilize its defenses. Ye Xuan ordered the four clan chiefs to betray Tang San on the battlefield, while Bai Chenxiang remained with Oscar in the imperial city.

• Bo Saixi, Dugu Bo, and the five Great Offerings overwhelmed the Star Luo Empire’s border defenses, killing its soldiers and forcing a retreat.
• Tang San learned of the invasion and ordered Dai Mubai to defend the imperial city while he went to the border.
• Tang San ordered Titan, Niu Gao, Bai He, and Yang Wudi to bring their clansmen to the front, and Ye Xuan commanded the four clan chiefs to turn against the Star Luo Empire once there.
• Tang San told Oscar to protect Bai Chenxiang and the imperial city, then left for the border with the four clan chiefs and their clansmen.
• Bai Chenxiang feared the coming battle and wanted to warn Oscar, but she stayed silent as Oscar promised to protect her.

Tang Chen confronted Bo Saixi and the Super Douluo who had appeared over Star Luo Imperial City, only to recognize the woman he had loved decades ago. As he wondered why she had returned and sensed a divine power around her, he realized she seemed distant and her companions treated her as their master.

• Bo Saixi and five Super Douluo pressured Star Luo Imperial City until Tang Chen emerged to defend it.
• Tang Chen recognized Bo Saixi beneath her green radiance and was stunned by her youthful appearance.
• Bo Saixi greeted Tang Chen, and he recalled their battle on Sea God Island and her promise to marry whoever became a god.
• Tang Chen remembered how the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King had cursed and controlled him in Slaughter City, keeping him from returning to Bo Saixi.
• Tang Chen sensed divine power around Bo Saixi and noticed the five Super Douluo revered her, then asked why she had come.

Bo Saixi confronted Tang Chen in Star Luo Imperial City and told him she had chosen Ye Xuan as her master and would ascend to godhood with him. Tang Chen, devastated and enraged, attacked her, and their battle continued as the city shook around them.

• Bo Saixi told Tang Chen she had come to protect Ye Xuan and planned to ascend to the God Realm with him.
• Tang Chen accused Bo Saixi of betraying their old agreement, but she said she had believed him dead and now considered him her enemy.
• Bo Saixi revealed that the Life God King had restored her youth and helped her approach godhood, while Tang Chen planned to help his great-great-grandson become the Asura God.
• Tang Chen lost control and lunged at Bo Saixi, prompting her to summon the Life Scepter as the five Super Douluo tried to block him.
• Tang Chen and Bo Saixi clashed with the Asura Demon Sword and Life Scepter, damaging Star Luo Imperial City as Tang San watched.

Tang San fought Spirit Hall’s five Worships while the Four Single-Attribute Clans attacked the soldiers and noble scions below. After learning the clans had changed sides, he unleashed Asura’s power and drove the Worships back, but the battle continued.

• Tang San used the Asura Divine Sword and Clear Sky Hammer to battle Azure Luan Douluo, Mighty Lion Douluo, Guang Ling Douluo, Thousand Jun Douluo, and Falling Devil Douluo.
• Tang San’s Asura Slash wounded Guang Ling Douluo and forced Mighty Lion Douluo back, though the five Worships continued to press him.
• Tang San saw Bai He, Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Titan leading their clans in slaughter and demanded to know why they had betrayed him.
• The four patriarchs said they had turned to survive and that Niu Gao would not have obeyed Tang San if the old sect master had not returned.
• The five Worships attacked while Tang San was distracted, and Tang San held nothing back, summoning an Asura phantom that staggered them and damaged their weapons.

Tang San fought off the five great pontiffs while Ye Xuan forced Bai Chenxiang to mutilate the unconscious Oscar to spare his life. Tang San arrived at the underground palace and found Oscar bleeding, Bai Chenxiang sobbing, and Ye Xuan provoking him.

• Tang San struck at the five great pontiffs with the Asura Divine Sword, while Oscar led Bai Chenxiang toward an escape passage beneath the Star Luo Imperial Family palace.
• Bai Chenxiang knocked Oscar unconscious and apologized to him as Ye Xuan appeared and ordered her to kill him.
• Bai Chenxiang refused to kill Oscar, so Ye Xuan threatened them and offered to spare Oscar if she mutilated him.
• Bai Chenxiang stabbed Oscar between the legs, leaving him bleeding as she collapsed in tears.
• Tang San rushed into the underground palace after injuring the five pontiffs, saw Oscar's condition, and erupted in fury at Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan taunted Tang San while holding Bai Chenxiang under the control of a Life Brand, provoking Tang San to attack. The Asura God stopped Tang San from falling into the trap, and Ye Xuan revealed that Bai Chenxiang and the Speed Clan were under his control.

• Ye Xuan held Bai Chenxiang beside the unconscious Oscar and taunted Tang San with insulting words and gestures.
• Tang San nearly attacked Ye Xuan with the Asura Divine Sword, but the Asura God forcibly calmed him.
• The Asura God watched the confrontation through a water mirror and realized Ye Xuan was trying to make Tang San strike first.
• Tang San restrained his fury as he saw Bai Chenxiang's silence and Oscar lying unconscious.
• Ye Xuan mocked Tang San, revealed that he had placed a Life Brand on Bai Chenxiang, and threatened the more than three hundred members of the Speed Clan.

Ye Xuan threatened Tang San with Bai Chenxiang and the Speed Clan, demanding that Tang San abandon the Asura God's inheritance and submit. Tang San refused, and after Ye Xuan took Bai Chenxiang away, he turned to treating the gravely injured Oscar as the Star Luo Empire's army lay routed outside.

• Ye Xuan demanded that Tang San surrender the Asura God's inheritance and submit, threatening Bai Chenxiang and the Speed Clan if he refused.
• The Asura God urged Tang San to stay calm and buy time, and Tang San rejected Ye Xuan's demand.
• Ye Xuan carried Bai Chenxiang away and gave Tang San three days to provide his final answer, leaving Oscar gravely injured in the underground palace.
• Tang San swore to kill Ye Xuan, then used Asura power to treat Oscar's damaged body.

Tang Chen rescued Tang San, Oscar, and Dai Mubai from the collapsing palace as the Spirit Hall Empire routed the Star Luo forces. He learned Tang Xiao had been captured and confronted Bo Saixi, who refused to release him, leaving Tang Chen on the verge of fighting her and Guang Ling Douluo.

• Tang Chen seized Tang San and Dai Mubai and carried them away, while Tang San saw the Star Luo army collapse and the Spirit Hall Empire’s banners rise over the battlefield.
• Tang Chen explained that Bo Saixi and the Grand Pontiffs had broken the Star Luo forces, and Tang San saw Tang Xiao pinned to a pillar by Guang Ling Douluo.
• Bo Saixi told Tang Xiao she supported Ye Xuan to fulfill the Goddess of Life’s decree and help him pass the Eighth Divine Trial.
• Tang Chen stopped when he sensed Tang Xiao weakening, but Tang San warned him that fighting Bo Saixi and Guang Ling Douluo would be dangerous.
• Bo Saixi refused to let Tang Chen take Tang Xiao, and Tang Chen roared and activated his first three Soul Rings.

Tang Chen escaped the imperial palace with Tang San, Oscar, and Dai Mubai, intending to seize the dormant divine inheritance hidden within Dai Mubai. After defeating a mysterious group of attackers in a secret passage, Tang Chen brought them to Slaughter City to hide from the Spirit Hall Empire.

• Dai Mubai begged Tang Chen to save him, but Tang Chen rejected his offer and escaped with Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Oscar through a hidden passage.
• Bo Saixi told Guang Ling Douluo not to pursue Tang Chen and ordered him to defeat Tang Xiao and secure the remaining Star Luo forces for Ye Xuan's divine trial.
• Tang Chen revealed he sensed a dormant divine inheritance within Dai Mubai and began drawing its power into himself.
• A masked Titled Douluo and dozens of black-clad soul masters ambushed the group, but Tang Chen, Tang San, and Oscar defeated them; the masked Douluo spoke of a Divine Lord before Tang Chen killed him.
• Tang Chen led Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Oscar out of the passage to Slaughter City, where Dai Mubai submitted after Tang Chen threatened to kill him.

After unifying the continent, Ye Xuan was disappointed by the eighth trial’s reward and sought another way to break through to godhood. The Goddess of Life struck a deal with the Asura God, then activated Ye Xuan’s ninth trial: help Tang San inherit the Asura God position.

• Ye Xuan completed the eighth Life God's Trial, restored the devastated Star Luo Empire, and lamented the modest reward.
• The Asura God offered the Goddess of Life responsibility for Ye Xuan’s ninth-trial reward and one-third of his godhood’s origin divine power in exchange for helping Tang San ascend first.
• The Goddess of Life agreed on the condition that Tang San take no hostile action against Ye Xuan before Ye Xuan became a god.
• The Goddess of Life activated Ye Xuan’s ninth trial, ordering him to assist Tang San’s inheritance and witness his ascension, with one-third of the Asura Godhood’s origin power as a reward.

Ye Xuan accepted the Goddess of Life’s generous reward, suspecting it was meant to help Tang San complete the Asura inheritance, and flew to Slaughter City. There, Tang San tended to his battered allies and received authority over Slaughter City from Tang Chen as he vowed to rebuild and oppose Ye Xuan.

• Ye Xuan guessed the Asura God had arranged his rewards to support Tang San’s inheritance and decided to assist while still obstructing Tang San’s path to godhood.
• Tang Chen, Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Oscar were found injured in Slaughter City, where Tang Chen said the city’s aura would keep Oscar alive until he could treat him.
• Tang Chen explained that Bo Saixi had aided Ye Xuan to pursue her own chance at godhood, while Tang San condemned the gods’ trials for costing so many lives.
• Tang San promised to inherit the Asura God’s position, rescue Tang Xiao and Bai Chenxiang, and avenge the dead.
• Tang Chen gave Tang San the Slaughter King’s token, allowing him to command Slaughter City and purge its traitors.
• Tang Chen warned that Oscar’s damaged foundation might prevent him from advancing and began to address Dai Mubai’s condition.

Tang Chen tried to extract the divine inheritance hidden within Dai Mubai, hoping to use it to reach godhood and help Tang San stand against Ye Xuan. His dangerous attempt provoked a powerful backlash, while Oscar remained dependent on Yellow Springs Dew in a nearby hall.

• Tang San urged Tang Chen to investigate the divinity within Dai Mubai, and Tang Chen told Tang San to inherit Slaughter City while he healed and prepared for Ye Xuan.
• Over the next two days, Tang Chen and Oscar recovered using Yellow Springs Dew, though Oscar had to keep drinking it to suppress the killing intent in his body.
• Tang Chen pinned Dai Mubai beneath the council hall platform and began drawing out the hidden divinity, which Tang San recognized as the Evil Eye Holy King's inheritance.
• Tang Chen wrapped Dai Mubai in a black cocoon and tried to purify the inheritance with Asura divine power, but the power violently resisted him.
• Tang San silently protected the hall as Tang Chen struggled with the backlash, while Oscar clutched a bowl of Yellow Springs Dew in a side hall.

Tang San encouraged Oscar to overcome his addiction to Yellow Springs Dew, then investigated the failed attempt to control the Evil Eye Holy King's divinity in Dai Mubai. As Tang Chen faced the limits of his power, Little Holy King's voice unexpectedly appeared in the hall beside Ye Xuan.

• Oscar drank Yellow Springs Dew despite Tang San urging him to stop, and Tang San promised to help him comprehend Divine Slaughter's Domain and overcome his dependence.
• Oscar accepted Tang San's support and resolved to recover, seek revenge on Ye Xuan, and protect Xiangxiang.
• A blast shook Slaughter City, and Tang San found Dai Mubai gravely injured after Tang Chen failed to control the clashing divinities within him.
• Tang San urged Tang Chen to let Dai Mubai awaken the Evil Eye Holy King's power naturally, but Tang Chen worried Ye Xuan would attack before they had time.
• An icy voice mocked Tang Chen's attempt to seize a god's power, and Little Holy King recognized the voice as a contingency he had left in the outside world.