Recaps

Vina watched the Body Sect react to its first-match assignment against the Tang Sect as the Sun Moon Empire’s opening ceremony began. Xu Tianran opened the ceremony, and Jiang Yi arrived dramatically with two women and Xiao Lan, prompting Vina to tell a Body Sect disciple to take him out if he entered the competition.

• Vina explained that the Body Sect’s poor seating reflected its past feud with Virtue Hall, while Long Aotian silenced a disciple boasting about the sect’s strength.
• The Body Sect learned it would face the Tang Sect in the opening match, and Long Aotian privately worried about confronting Jiang Yi.
• Xu Tianran arrived in a wheelchair and took his place on the rostrum beside Ju Zi and Zhongli Wu, while the seat reserved for Jiang Yi remained empty.
• Xu Tianran began the ceremony without Jiang Yi, then Jiang Yi descended from the sky with two women as Xiao Lan’s pressure stunned the assembled Soul Masters.
• Vina told a Body Sect disciple to take Jiang Yi out if he entered the competition, leaving the disciple shocked.

Jiang Yi and Meng Hongchen arrived at the Sun Moon Empire tournament, where Xu Tianran and Ju Zi opened the competition. The first match began with Jiang Nannan overwhelming Hu Jie, who surrendered before her finishing kick could hit him.

• Jiang Yi greeted Xu Tianran and Jing Hongchen on the VIP platform, then sat with Meng Hongchen as she reunited with her grandfather.
• Ju Zi officially opened the Continental Youth Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, and the crowd welcomed the Body Sect Team and Tang Sect Team.
• The Body Sect sent Hu Jie to fight first, while the Tang Sect chose Jiang Nannan.
• Hu Jie rushed Jiang Nannan with his six Soul Rings, but she revealed seven Rings and used teleportation to strike him down.
• Hu Jie surrendered, and Jiang Nannan smashed the arena floor with the kick she had aimed at his head.

Jiang Nannan used her twelve-second Invincible Golden Body to defeat Body Sect disciples before facing Long Aotian, who countered her teleportation and waited for her protection to expire. Just as Long Aotian launched his Mad God Slash, Jiang Nannan summoned a Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear and combined its power with Teleportation to charge at him.

• Jiang Nannan swept aside several Body Sect disciples, and Vina realized her Invincible Golden Body lasted twelve seconds.
• Long Aotian challenged Jiang Nannan and used Unity of Heaven and Man to counter her teleporting attacks.
• Zhongli Wu taunted Jiang Yi, but the Abyssal Sage King warned Zhongli Wu that powerful presences surrounded Jiang Yi, prompting him to back down.
• Long Aotian awakened his silver-grade second awakening and launched Mad God Slash after Jiang Nannan's Invincible Golden Body expired.
• Jiang Nannan summoned a Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear, merged with it, and teleported into Long Aotian's path with a devastating charge.

Jiang Nannan and her contracted Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear defeated Long Aotian, giving the Tang Sect team another seven straight wins. After the match, Vina resolved to obtain Shrek Academy’s improved contract method, while Jiang Yi gifted high-tier Poké Balls to Xu Tianran and Jing Hongchen.

• Zheng Zhan stopped the Dark Gold Dreadclaw’s strike and declared Long Aotian eliminated after Jiang Nannan’s bear protected her with Invincible Golden Body.
• Vina conceded the remaining individual matches, and Zheng Zhan announced the Tang Sect’s victory.
• Vina watched Jiang Nannan and concluded that Shrek Academy had improved the Soul Beast Contract, resolving to obtain the method for the empire.
• Xu Tianran asked Jiang Yi about Shrek Academy’s contract method, and Jiang Yi presented him with three high-tier Poké Balls capable of contracting Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Jiang Yi also gave Jing Hongchen Poké Balls, leaving Xu Tianran’s smile stiffening when he saw Jing Hongchen receive more.

The Tang Sect crushed the Body Sect in the team match, drawing attention to its contracted soul beasts and secret art. That night, Vina sought information from Xu Jiujiu while Jiang Yi’s companions turned the hotel suite into a chaotic scene beneath the full moon.

• Jiang Yi gave Jing Hongchen five high-grade Poké Balls, prompting Xu Tianran to suspect Jing Hongchen of betraying him.
• Vina led the Body Sect into the team match, but Gu Qiu'er and Huo Yutong helped the Tang Sect defeat them overwhelmingly.
• A cloaked girl recognized Huo Yutong as her senior sister, while her black-robed teacher said there was no rush to meet her.
• Vina visited Xu Jiujiu to ask about Shrek's Contract Secret Art, and Xu Jiujiu whispered an idea to help her.
• Jiang Yi caught Tang Wutong, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yutong watching him and Jiang Nannan, then disciplined Huo Yutong as the others fled or watched.
• Tang Wutong returned to Jiang Yi's room, and Xiao Xiao joined her and Huo Yutong in a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

After the Tang Sect and Shrek drew attention with their tournament performances, Jiang Yi met Xu Jiujiu and Vina in Bright City to discuss the Soul Beast Contract. The chapter left both princesses waiting to hear whether he would sell them the technique.

• Xiao Xiao, Little Butterfly, and Huo Yutong lost their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and fell asleep after reuniting with Jiang Yi.
• The next morning, Huo Yutong told Xiao Xiao that Jiang Yi had given them the day off and Qiu'er would handle the match.
• The Tang Sect and Shrek impressed the audience with their powerful teams, while Jiang Nannan and the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear stirred excitement across the Soul Master World.
• Jiang Yi accepted a lucrative offer and met Xu Jiujiu and Vina in an underground Bright City auction hall.
• Xu Jiujiu urged Jiang Yi to sell the Soul Beast Contract, and Vina waited expectantly, prepared to offer more money.

Jiang Yi persuaded Xu Jiujiu and Vina to supply spirit metal for the Tang Sect to make high-grade contract Poké Balls, using a fabricated dream of the Sea God and an approaching Abyss calamity to win their trust. After Vina left, Jiang Yi and Xu Jiujiu resumed their private encounter, and the auction’s Golden Blade made a scale inside one of his Master Balls glow.

• Jiang Yi explained that high-grade Poké Balls required scarce spirit metal, and Xu Jiujiu and Vina offered to provide metal for custom-made balls.
• Jiang Yi claimed the Sea God had warned him in a dream about a future Abyss calamity and asked the princesses to urge their emperors to spare civilians in any war.
• Xu Jiujiu and Vina agreed to the arrangement and paid a processing fee of one hundred and fifty thousand per ball.
• Vina left the private room, and Xu Jiujiu threw herself at Jiang Yi while he watched the auction during a pause.
• The auctioneer displayed a Golden Blade, and a scale inside one of Jiang Yi’s Master Balls began to glow.

Jiang Yi bought the mysterious golden blade at auction and discovered it was the Dragon-Slaying Blade, which showed him a vision of the Dragon God forging it. After the Dragon God sensed Jiang Yi across time, Jiang Yi returned to the auction room more determined to pursue his own power and Gu Yuena.

• Xu Jiujiu explained the golden blade's history, and Jiang Yi bought it for 2.8 million.
• Jiang Yi poured the Silver Dragon King's elemental power into the blade and was transported into a vision of the Divine Realm.
• Jiang Yi watched the Dragon God forge the Dragon-Slaying Blade and split heaven and earth with a single strike.
• The Dragon God sensed Jiang Yi's shadow and wondered whether he might lose, but resolved to lead the Dragon Clan to rule the God Star.
• Jiang Yi returned to his body and decided he could pursue both his Self-Created Godhood and Gu Yuena as his Dragon God Spear sheath.

Jiang Yi spent time with Xu Jiujiu before meeting Keke, who delivered a letter from Ju Zi inviting him to East China Gate. He then reunited with Electrolux and met Ye Guyi, whom he took to the Yuelai Hotel to meet Huo Yutong.

• Xu Jiujiu joked with Jiang Yi about marriage, then left after the auction while Qingya supported her to her carriage.
• Jiang Yi confronted Keke in an alley, and she gave him a letter from Ju Zi inviting him to East China Gate at noon the day after tomorrow.
• Electrolux appeared with Ye Guyi, introduced her as his disciple and Jiang Yi's junior sister, then left her in Jiang Yi's care.
• Jiang Yi brought Ye Guyi to the Yuelai Hotel to meet Huo Yutong, who was surprised to learn she was the senior sister.

Huo Yutong welcomed Ye Guyi as her junior sister and introduced her to Shrek Academy. Meanwhile, Meng Hongchen urged Jing Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen to flee to Shrek for safety, and Jiang Yi arrived to give Gu Yuena a gift.

• Ye Guyi nervously greeted Huo Yutong as her senior sister, and Huo Yutong accepted her and explained Shrek Academy's departments.
• Xiao Hongchen complained that Meng Hongchen had given herself to Jiang Yi, while Jing Hongchen supported her choice and advised her to stay at Shrek.
• Meng Hongchen warned Jing Hongchen that Xu Tianran would eventually target the Hongchen Family and urged him and Xiao Hongchen to move to Shrek.
• Meng Hongchen gave Jing Hongchen a Tang Sect token and told him to bring the family to the Western Mountain Range near Bright City in seven days if he decided to leave.
• Jiang Yi entered Gu Yuena's room, said he had a gift for her, and walked toward her.

Jiang Yi returned the Dragon-Slaying Blade to Gu Yuena, then kissed her after they woke up together. Meanwhile, Xu Tianran prepared an ambush against the sects and sent Ju Zi to arrange Prince Yu’s death, while Ju Zi privately awaited news from Keke.

• Jiang Yi gave Gu Yuena the Dragon-Slaying Blade and held her while they slept, claiming it would help them play partners convincingly.
• Gu Yuena woke in Jiang Yi’s arms, and he kissed her before leaving; she angrily mauled a pillow and wondered why the kiss had felt different.
• Zhongli Wu reported that the ambush against the sects was ready, and Xu Tianran ordered him to avoid harming Shrek Academy’s Soul Masters.
• Xu Tianran dismissed Ju Zi, then asked whom she had chosen; Ju Zi named Prince Yu as a target whose death would not implicate the emperor.
• Xu Tianran raged after Ju Zi left, while she waited outside before heading to her chambers and anticipating Keke’s answer.

Tang Wutong’s group defeated Shrek in the tournament, while Jiang Yi punished Tang Wutong for hiding the halberd’s origins. Elsewhere, Evil Soul Masters ambushed the Body Sect party; Vina’s survivors fled, and she concluded their attackers had another target near Bright City.

• Tang Wutong and the other Tang Sect sisters defeated Dai Huabin, Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi, while the Tang Sect won the team match against Shrek.
• Zhang Lexuan scolded Shrek’s dejected team, and Jiang Yi questioned Tang Wutong about her halberd before punishing her at the Yuelai Hotel for lying.
• Evil Soul Masters ambushed the Body Sect party near the Mingdou Mountain Range, forcing Mu Xue and the surviving disciples to flee with Vina as Long Aotian was captured alive.
• The Fourth Elder arrived with the captured Body Sect elder and confirmed that the higher-ups had specifically requested Long Aotian.
• Vina proposed returning to Bright City and reasoned that the ambush near the border was incidental because the Evil Soul Masters had been targeting something else.

Vina decided to return to Bright City with the Body Sect survivors to warn the major sects about the Sun Moon Empire’s possible attack. Jiang Yi learned that Xixi had failed to report Tang Sect deployments, then met Ju Zi in the Empress’s Bedchamber, where she warned him that Xu Tianran was outside.

• Vina concluded that the Sun Moon Empire might be targeting the major sects in Bright City and chose to return there with the Body Sect survivors.
• Jiang Yi visited Xixi’s bookshop, learned she had missed Tang Sect deployments, and ordered her to copy the rules a hundred times.
• Jiang Yi left to relocate every Tang Sect outpost and went to the Imperial City’s East Gate to meet Ju Zi.
• Keke led Jiang Yi through a secret passage into the Empress’s Bedchamber, where Ju Zi had dragged an unconscious prince aside.
• Ju Zi covered Jiang Yi’s mouth and warned him that Xu Tianran was right outside.

Ju Zi persuaded Jiang Yi to help her conceive a child, revealing that Xu Tianran wanted her to bear an heir with another man because of his physical condition. As Xu Tianran waited outside the soundproofed hall, Jiang Yi and Ju Zi began their encounter, and the hall doors shifted.

• Xu Tianran waited outside the hall and ordered Eunuch Tang to bring him memorials while Ju Zi was inside.
• Ju Zi threatened to expose the Tang Sect’s deeds to secure Jiang Yi’s help, then explained Xu Tianran’s plan for her to conceive a child with another man.
• Ju Zi admitted she had loved Jiang Yi since they parted in the Jingyang Mountain Range three years earlier and said she had chosen him because she liked him.
• Ju Zi drank wine laced with Bliss Powder, leaned against Jiang Yi, and pleaded with him not to let another man defile her.
• Jiang Yi warned Ju Zi not to regret her choice, while Xu Tianran continued reviewing memorials outside the soundproofed hall.
• The hall doors shifted almost imperceptibly as Xu Tianran finished another memorial.

Xu Tianran tortured Long Aotian after ordering him castrated, while Vina fled toward Bright City and vowed revenge. After spending the night with Jiang Yi, Ju Zi refused to leave with him and kept a hidden Soul Tool as part of her plan against Xu Tianran.

• Xu Tianran summoned Long Aotian, ordered him castrated, and had him thrown into the Heavenly Prison.
• Vina sensed that something had happened to Long Aotian, then continued toward Bright City and swore to avenge him.
• Jiang Yi offered to take Ju Zi away, but she refused because she still wanted revenge through the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ju Zi revealed that she had secretly obtained a Soul Tool as a backup plan and ordered Keke to remove the dead eighth prince.
• Ju Zi left the bedchamber to report to Xu Tianran.

Vina reached Shrek with Xu Jiujiu and asked Jiang Yi for help after Evil Soul Masters killed her companions. As Bright City remained sealed off, Jiang Yi heard their plan to survive the crisis and confront the Sun Moon Empire.

• Xu Jiujiu and the disguised Vina arrived at Shrek and asked to see Jiang Yi, who was resting in his bedroom.
• Vina waited anxiously until Jiang Yi emerged and led her and Xu Jiujiu to his room to discuss an urgent matter.
• Vina broke down and told Xu Jiujiu and Jiang Yi that Evil Soul Masters had killed her friends and Long Aotian.
• Xu Jiujiu said Bright City was surrounded and proposed striking back against the Sun Moon Empire, but Jiang Yi demanded that she explain her plan.

Jiang Yi proposed a feint against the Sun Moon Imperial Palace while he attacked a Holy Spirit Cult branch in Bright City, and Xu Jiujiu and Vina organized the allied forces. As the coalition approached the palace, Xu Tianran and Zhongli Wu revealed they had anticipated the attack and prepared an ambush for Jiang Yi.

• Zhang Lexuan objected to attacking the Sun Moon Imperial Palace first, so Jiang Yi proposed targeting the Holy Spirit Cult instead and showed the others its Bright City branch on a map.
• Jiang Yi assigned Xu Jiujiu and Zhang Lexuan to lead a feint against the palace while he handled the Holy Spirit Cult base, and he reassured Xu Jiujiu that he could face its two Limit Douluos.
• Xu Jiujiu and Vina secretly contacted factions across the Three Kingdoms and gathered several hundred Soul Masters, including Shrek Academy members.
• Two days later, Soul Masters from the Three Kingdoms converged on the Sun Moon Imperial Palace under cover of darkness.
• Xu Tianran, Zhongli Wu, Ju Zi, and Long Xiaoyao watched from a palace terrace as Zhongli Wu revealed that they had prepared a trap for the attackers and were waiting to ambush Jiang Yi.

Jiang Yi led an assault on the Xishui Alliance headquarters, where he defeated Feng Ling and confronted Ye Xishui. Meanwhile, Long Xiaoyao realized the Sun Moon Empire had been deceived, and Xu Tianran learned that Shrek Soul Masters had arrived to help Bright City.

• Long Xiaoyao realized the attackers had tricked them and rushed toward another part of Bright City, while Ju Zi watched the plan unfold.
• Xu Tianran sent a guard to check the city gates and learned that Shrek Soul Masters had arrived to help against an Evil Soul Master attack.
• Jiang Yi used his Domination Domain to overwhelm the Evil Soul Masters at the Xishui Alliance estate, and Ye Guyi killed them and rose to rank seventy.
• Feng Ling tried to seduce Jiang Yi, but he slapped her away and mocked her age, provoking her to use Evil Phoenix True Body.
• Jiang Yi struck Feng Ling's Evil Phoenix with Emperor Palm: Great Cold Without Snow, and Ye Xishui appeared to shield her.
• Ye Xishui confronted Jiang Yi, who called her too old.

Jiang Yi confronted Ye Xishui over her deception of his teacher and protected Bright City from her attack. He summoned the Ice Empress and Snow Empress to fight Ye Xishui and the Evil Soul Masters, leaving the Snow Empress facing the remaining enemies.

• Jiang Yi accused Ye Xishui of deceiving his teacher and revealed that she had a descendant at Shrek, prompting her to attack him.
• Jiang Yi blocked Ye Xishui's strike, but she unleashed bloody rain that destroyed buildings and threatened Bright City's citizens.
• Jiang Yi emerged from the ruins with Ye Guyi and destroyed the blood clouds, becoming the city's apparent savior.
• Ye Xishui summoned more than a dozen Titled Douluo Evil Soul Masters to attack Jiang Yi, but the Ice Empress and Snow Empress appeared beside him.
• The Ice Empress fought Ye Xishui while the Snow Empress turned to face the other Evil Soul Masters, who tried to use Feng Ling as a shield.

The Snow Empress and Long Xiaoyao fought while Jiang Yi intervened against the Holy Spirit Cult, and Xu Tianran watched the battle unfold over Bright City. Meanwhile, Xu Jiujiu led Shrek’s group toward West Mountain, and Jing Hongchen prepared to defect from the Sun Moon Empire with much of the Sun Moon Royal Academy and Virtue Hall.

• Long Xiaoyao rescued the wounded Feng Ling from the Snow Empress and sent Nangong Wan and the others to help Ye Xishui before battling the Snow Empress himself.
• Jiang Yi struck down Nangong Wan while protecting Ye Guyi and joined the fight against the Evil Soul Masters.
• Xu Tianran watched the battles with Zhongli Wu and Ju Zi, while Zhongli Wu refused to join the fighting and stayed to guard the emperor.
• Zhang Lexuan told Xu Jiujiu that the troops had been moved near the imperial palace, and Xu Jiujiu led their group toward West Mountain.
• Jing Hongchen oversaw the dismantling of the Sun Moon Royal Academy and Virtue Hall as students and instructors prepared to defect to Shrek.
• Jing Hongchen told Xuan Zi to help pack up before Xu Tianran discovered the defection, while revealing that he had imprisoned holdouts and sacrificed spies to the Machine Soul.

Jiang Yi helped drive off the Holy Spirit Cult’s forces in Bright City, froze their remaining base, and gained the people’s faith as Shrek’s reputation rose. He then blocked Xu Tianran’s forces from pursuing the fleeing academies, leaving the Sun Moon Empire’s escapees protected behind him.

• Jiang Yi and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress helped force Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, and the surviving Evil Soul Masters to retreat when Bright City’s stationary Soul Tools threatened the battle.
• Jiang Yi froze the Holy Spirit Cult’s base and its remaining Evil Soul Masters, while a Sun Moon Empire official publicly thanked Shrek for helping Bright City.
• Bright City’s citizens cheered for Jiang Yi, and he saw their golden power of faith gather around him as Ye Guyi noticed his glow.
• Xu Tianran rebuked the official for praising Shrek, then ordered his guard to pursue the fleeing Star Luo Empire and Heaven Soul academies while sparing Shrek.
• Jiang Yi arrived at the imperial city gates, carved a massive rift in the ground, and blocked the pursuit until the hour of the tiger.

Jiang Yi forced Xu Tianran to tolerate his presence at the palace, then departed with Ye Guyi as the empire learned Jing Hongchen had defected with the Sun Moon Royal Academy and emptied Virtue Hall. Elsewhere, Ye Xishui confessed her past deception to Long Xiaoyao, but Zhongli Wu revealed himself as a Limit Douluo and attacked them with the Abyss’s chains.

• Xu Tianran ordered Zhongli Wu to seize Jiang Yi, but Zhongli Wu fled, and Ju Zi volunteered before Xu Tianran instead ordered the imperial guards to assist Jiang Yi in protecting the palace.
• Jiang Yi teased Ye Guyi in a grove outside the imperial city, then carried her away as dawn broke.
• Xu Tianran learned that Jing Hongchen had defected with the Sun Moon Royal Academy and emptied Virtue Hall, and he collapsed after spitting blood.
• Ye Xishui confessed to Long Xiaoyao that she had deceived him and Mu En, then revealed that she had borne Long Xiaoyao a child; Long Xiaoyao forgave her after learning their descendant was at Shrek.
• Zhongli Wu entered the underground palace, revealed his Limit Douluo strength, and unleashed the Abyss’s chains on Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao.

The Abyssal Sage King ordered Zhongli Wu to foment conflict while he plotted to seize the Douluo Plane’s core, and Zhongli Wu turned Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao into puppets. Jiang Yi reunited with the survivors near Bright City and welcomed Jing Hongchen’s Sun Moon Royal Academy faction into Shrek, while Xu Jiujiu and Vina considered the political gains ahead.

• The Abyssal Sage King told Zhongli Wu to spread turmoil and slaughter so he could seize the Douluo Plane’s core and sever its link to the Divine Realm.
• Zhongli Wu revealed that he had refined Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao into puppets, then left with them to take control of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Jiang Yi arrived at the Western Mountain Range camp with Ye Guyi and confirmed that the survivors had escaped Bright City.
• Jiang Yi welcomed Jing Hongchen and the Sun Moon Royal Academy students and instructors into Shrek, promising support for their families and education.
• Xu Jiujiu and Vina reflected on Jing Hongchen’s defection and the advantages their empires might gain through cooperation with Shrek.

After the tournament collapsed, Xu Tianran recovered and prepared to accelerate his plans while Jing Hongchen settled into life at Shrek. The chapter ended with the Demon Empress angrily rejecting Jiang Yi as he approached her and Lan Fozhi.

• Xu Jiujiu and Vina said farewell to Jiang Yi and left with their groups, while Shrek and the Tang Sect returned home.
• Xu Tianran woke after his anger-induced collapse, learned Jing Hongchen had defected, and ordered that he be taken to Elder Kong to advance his plans.
• The tournament ended without a declared champion, and Sun Moon placed a massive bounty on Jing Hongchen’s head.
• At Shrek, Xuan Zi and Jing Hongchen brawled after Xuan Zi claimed victory at Five-in-a-Row, while Xiao Hongchen hurried to the Combat Zone after receiving a challenge.
• The Demon Empress watched Lan Fozhi playing near the Golden Tree, then angrily rebuffed Jiang Yi and accused him of pursuing Tang Wutong for access to the Divine Realm.

Jiang Yi teased the Demon Empress while accepting her determination to seek revenge, then considered his path to reaching the Divine Realm. Meanwhile, Long Xiaoyao infiltrated the Star Luo imperial palace and began a massacre.

• Jiang Yi held the Demon Empress, demanded payment for the immortal herb Lan Fozhi had eaten, and teased her while Lan Fozhi played nearby.
• Lan Fozhi returned to the pavilion, spoke with Jiang Yi, and left after he reminded her to report to the Outer Academy soon.
• The Demon Empress insisted she would pursue revenge, and Jiang Yi promised to save her when the time came.
• Jiang Yi thought about becoming a Limit Douluo and contacting the Divine Realm while Tang San remained constrained by the God of Destruction.
• Long Xiaoyao emerged from a vortex in the Star Luo imperial palace, killed an old man, absorbed his life, and began slaughtering those inside.