Recaps

Jiang Yi learned that Xu Jiawei had been assassinated by an Evil Soul Master and set off for Star Luo City. There, Dai Hao discovered that Zhu Lu had become the Princess’s Personal Guard Commander after Dai Huabin broke off their engagement.

• Zhang Lexuan told Jiang Yi that Xu Jiawei had been killed during a court assembly, apparently by Long Xiaoyao.
• Jiang Yi left for Star Luo City and asked Zhang Lexuan to warn the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Star Luo City was placed under martial law as soldiers searched for Evil Soul Masters.
• Dai Hao arrived at the city gates, where guards told him that the Princess had forbidden troops from entering.
• Zhu Lu escorted Dai Hao into the city and told him that Dai Huabin had cast her off and that she had agreed to break their engagement.
• Dai Hao silently resolved to punish Dai Huabin for ending the engagement without telling him.

With the Star Luo throne vacant and the princes too frightened to claim it, Xu Jiujiu struggled to choose a successor while the empire faced turmoil and a looming threat from the Sun Moon Empire. As Zhu Zhuqing prepared to intervene, an unknown figure appeared and urged Xu Jiujiu to become emperor herself.

• Xu Jiujiu confronted her nephews, but the princes refused to claim the throne, leaving her frustrated and uncertain.
• Xu Yun'er comforted Xu Jiujiu, who lamented that her niece would make a better ruler if she were a prince.
• Dai Hao returned to the capital without troops, mourned Xu Jiawei, and was sent to the Palace of Heavenly Purity to pay his respects.
• Xu Jiujiu asked Zhu Lu who should take the throne, but Zhu Lu said she did not know and left; Zhu Zhuqing decided she would have to step in herself.
• Xu Jiujiu mourned beside the dragon throne, and a mysterious figure appeared and told her to become emperor herself.

Jiang Yi comforted Xu Jiujiu after Xu Jiawei’s death and persuaded her to claim the Star Luo Empire’s throne, then the two became intimate in the sealed imperial hall. Outside, Zhu Zhuqing took control of Zhu Lu to advise Xu Jiujiu, only to discover Jiang Yi on the throne and panic.

• Xu Jiujiu broke down in Jiang Yi’s arms, and he urged her to become empress and placed the Imperial Heirloom Seal in her hands.
• Xu Jiujiu accepted the idea of claiming the throne, questioned Jiang Yi’s motives, and pulled him onto the dragon throne.
• Jiang Yi and Xu Jiujiu kissed and became intimate while the hall remained sealed.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained to Zhu Lu why Xu Jiujiu needed to inherit the throne, then took control of Zhu Lu when Xu Jiujiu called her inside.
• Zhu Zhuqing entered the hall, recognized Jiang Yi’s presence, and regretted taking over Zhu Lu’s body.

Xu Jiujiu brought Zhu Lu to Jiang Yi, who began inspecting her Martial Soul while Zhu Zhuqing coached her from the Divine Realm. Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong discovered she was pregnant and teased Zhu Zhuqing about motherhood, leaving her confused.

• Xu Jiujiu invited Zhu Lu into the hall, and Zhu Lu agreed to accompany her and Jiang Yi despite her initial shock.
• Xu Jiujiu pulled Zhu Lu into Jiang Yi's arms, and Jiang Yi asked her to reveal her Martial Soul.
• Zhu Zhuqing coached Zhu Lu from the Spirit Sea as Jiang Yi overwhelmed the inexperienced Zhu Lu.
• Zhu Zhuqing went to bathe, while Xiao Wu brooded over her guilt about betraying Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong discovered life energy in her abdomen and realized she was pregnant.
• Zhu Zhuqing joined Ning Rongrong in the bathing pool, and Ning Rongrong asked whether mothers needed large breasts to feed their children.

Xu Jiujiu became empress of the Star Luo Empire with Jiang Yi’s help, while Xu Tianran launched the Sun Moon Empire’s invasion of the Heaven Soul Empire. In Heaven Dou City, Vina recognized a shower of incoming Fixed-Installation Soul Tools and raced toward the palace as the attack began.

• Xu Jiujiu ascended the throne after Jiang Yi secretly created a celestial sign that persuaded the imperial clan to accept her rule.
• Xu Tianran ordered the Sun Moon Empire’s forces across the Mingdou Mountain Range and declared war on the Heaven Soul Empire.
• Vina watched civilians flee Heaven Dou City and reflected on how the imperial family had sidelined her after Long Aotian’s death.
• Vina recognized the stars appearing over Heaven Dou City as Fixed-Installation Soul Tools and fled toward the palace with Mu Xue.
• Figures flew into the sky as someone shouted that the city was under attack.

Sun Moon Empire forces and the Holy Spirit Cult attacked Heaven Dou City, and Vina escaped the palace as the Heaven Soul emperor stayed behind and died. Vina vowed to take her family to Shrek City and preserve the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells devastated the palace district, while Jin Peng and other Body Sect elders fought the Fire Phoenix and Evil Eye Soul Engineer Corps.
• Vina and Mu Xue returned to the palace, discovered Evil Soul Masters slaughtering guards, and used a secret passage to reach the Heaven Soul emperor.
• The emperor refused to flee, believing his death would protect Vina, and ordered her to take her younger siblings to Shrek.
• Vina left with Mu Xue, and the emperor died when the palace hall collapsed around him and the Evil Soul Masters.
• After the passage collapsed behind them, Vina vowed to take her family to Shrek City and led Mu Xue toward the city’s outskirts.

After the Sun Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult captured Heaven Dou City, Ju Zi questioned the massacre of its civilians and tried to stop the slaughter. Vina and the Heaven Soul Imperial Family were cornered in the forest, but blazing red and blue figures arrived to confront the Evil Soul Masters.

• Zhongli Wu reported Heaven Dou City's fall to Ju Zi and celebrated the massacre.
• Ju Zi rescued a girl from an Evil Soul Master and questioned whether her revenge justified killing innocents.
• Ju Zi persuaded Zhongli Wu to end the slaughter early, while the Evil Soul Masters hunted down the Heaven Soul Imperial Family.
• Vina led the fleeing royals toward Shrek City, but Evil Soul Masters surrounded them and killed most of their guards.
• As Vina and the survivors faced capture, more than a dozen streaks of light descended, and red and blue powers struck the attackers.

After Shrek rescued Vina and the Heaven Soul survivors, the Sun Moon Empire conquered Heaven Dou City and drove Heaven Soul’s forces into retreat. With the Heaven Soul Empress healed at Shrek, Vina knelt before Jiang Yi and begged him to save Heaven Soul.

• Vina and Mu Xue helped Ma Xiaotao and her companion defeat the Evil Soul Masters and rescue the Heaven Soul royals, then Shrek’s group carried them to safety.
• At Shrek, Vina’s younger sister blamed the rescuers for arriving too late, and Vina slapped her before Ling Luochеn offered the survivors refuge.
• Zhongli Wu, Ju Zi, and Kong Deming discussed Shrek’s intervention and the war as the Sun Moon Empire pressed its campaign against Heaven Soul.
• The Sun Moon Empire captured Heaven Dou City, prompting panic, defections, and a retreat by Du Busi’s army under attacks that included linked Soul Tools.
• Bi Ji healed the Heaven Soul Empress at Shrek, and Vina knelt before Jiang Yi to ask him to save Heaven Soul.

Jiang Yi rejected Vina’s request for Shrek’s help because she lacked the authority to represent Heaven Soul, prompting her to resolve to take power. After Heaven Soul’s army collapsed and Du Busi fell, Jiang Yi ordered Shrek to rescue the routed troops and prepare the academy for war.

• Jiang Yi told Vina she could not negotiate on Heaven Soul’s behalf, then kissed her before leaving her to resolve to gain authority.
• Xue Lian overheard Vina and decided to seek help from her older sister so her daughter would not face Heaven Soul’s crisis alone.
• Tang Ya reported that Du Busi’s forces had suffered devastating losses and Sun Moon’s soul engineer corps were advancing through Heaven Soul’s cities.
• A messenger announced that Xu Tianran had used himself as bait, the Body Douluo had fallen, and Heaven Soul’s army had routed.
• Jiang Yi ordered Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe to gather the surviving troops without engaging the enemy, and directed Shrek to prepare its defenses and contact Star Luo and Dou Ling.

Xu Jiujiu sent Zhu Lu and the Northern Legion to support Shrek as the Sun Moon Empire conquered most of Heaven Dou. Xu Tianran installed Heaven Dou's third prince as a puppet emperor to undermine the resistance, while Vina grieved over her family's deaths until a familiar face offered her another choice.

• Xu Jiujiu ordered Zhu Lu to lead the Northern Legion to Shrek City and authorized her to enter Heaven Dou and draw on the Northwest Group Army if needed.
• The Sun Moon Empire seized nearly two-thirds of Heaven Dou, while Vina rallied its routed troops with Shrek's help and held a third of the territory around Shrek City.
• Xu Tianran persuaded the captured third prince of Heaven Dou to become emperor and join him in suppressing the rebels.
• The third prince proclaimed himself emperor, blamed his dead eldest brother for rebellion, and demanded that Shrek return the Heaven Soul Imperial Family members in its care.
• Jiang Yi dismissed the puppet emperor's demand and considered using another prince or princess in response.
• Vina mourned her dead eldest brother and Uncle Xue Yu until a familiar face told her she still had another choice.

After the Third Prince surrendered to the Sun Moon Empire, Vina accepted the Heaven Soul Imperial Seal and her mother’s support to claim the throne. She was crowned empress outside Shrek City, vowing to reclaim lost territory, rescue abducted people, and defeat the false emperor.

• Vina angrily condemned the Third Prince’s surrender and hesitated when Jiang Yi asked whether she wanted to become sovereign.
• Jiang Yi left the Heaven Soul Imperial Seal with Vina, and she feared her mother was in danger until he explained that the empress had given it to him willingly.
• Jiang Yi spoke with Xue Lian, who backed Vina’s succession and urged him to bring the treacherous Third Prince to justice.
• Two days later, Vina ascended the throne at Heaven Soul’s military camp outside Shrek City, holding the Late Emperor’s Edict.
• Vina vowed to reclaim the fallen lands, recover abducted people, and strike down the false emperor, as officials hailed her as empress.

The Sun Moon Empire attacked Shrek City, with Xu Tianran using Heaven Soul’s third prince as a pretext to besiege it. Vina wounded the prince with a crossbow, but Shrek’s golden barrier stopped the empire’s opening linked Soul Tool assault, and Xu Tianran recognized Jing Hongchen among the defenders.

• Xu Tianran marched a three-hundred-thousand-strong army toward Shrek City and ordered Heaven Soul’s third prince to provoke its defenders.
• Vina used a custom Godly Zhuge Crossbow to shoot the third prince after he demanded Shrek surrender.
• Xu Tianran declared that Shrek was sheltering rebels and ordered the Sun Moon forces to attack from three directions.
• Kong Deming led the Royal Soul Engineer Corps in a linked Soul Tool assault, but Shrek’s golden barrier absorbed the blast.
• Xu Tianran spotted Jing Hongchen on Shrek’s walls and realized he had revealed the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tool technology.

Shrek City’s defenders repelled the Sun Moon Empire’s assault with the Golden Tree’s shield, Soul Tools, and powerful Soul Masters. Frustrated by the deadlock, Xu Tianran sent Zhongli Wu to attack, and Zhongli Wu summoned his mother and Long Xiaoyao before Long Xiaoyao struck at Jing Hongchen.

• Jing Hongchen explained that Shrek City’s defensive shield absorbed attacks, while Heaven Soul’s ruler and ministers took comfort in the Golden Tree’s protection.
• The Sun Moon Empire launched a three-sided assault, but Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, other defenders, and the city’s Soul Tool cannons inflicted heavy casualties.
• Xiao Xiao and Huo Yutong defended the eastern wall with undead skeletons that self-destructed against the attacking soldiers.
• Xu Tianran blamed Jing Hongchen for the empire’s difficulties and asked Zhongli Wu to capture Shrek City, promising him three days to slaughter its residents.
• Zhongli Wu flew to Shrek City, summoned his mother and Long Xiaoyao, and ordered Long Xiaoyao to attack Jing Hongchen.

Jiang Yi arrived on Di Tian to turn the battle around, then fought Zhongli Wu and his puppets as the Abyssal Sage King warned Zhongli Wu to flee. Zhongli Wu escaped with a burst of powerful purple light, leaving Jiang Yi to suspect the Abyssal Sage King was still alive.

• Jing Hongchen nearly died when Long Xiaoyao attacked, but Di Tian appeared and knocked Long Xiaoyao out of his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Jiang Yi arrived atop Di Tian, earning cheers from Shrek's side, while Zhongli Wu revealed that Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao had become his puppets.
• Jiang Yi invoked Unity of Heaven and Man with Ah Yin, prompting the Abyssal Sage King's remnant soul to identify him as the Son of the Plane and order Zhongli Wu to escape.
• Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao blocked Jiang Yi as Zhongli Wu fled, but Jiang Yi shattered the Death God Tower and cleaved Ye Xishui in two.
• Di Tian forced Zhongli Wu out of a spatial rift, but Zhongli Wu escaped again in purple light that broke through Di Tian's seal.
• Jiang Yi noticed the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd resonated with the purple power and suspected the Abyssal Sage King had survived.

As Di Tian and a beast tide broke the Sun Moon army’s assault, Xu Tianran retreated under the protection of his elite forces. Zhu Zhuqing, empowered by Zhu Lu’s Teacher Possession, broke through the troops and attacked Xu Tianran, then faced Kong Deming’s counterattack.

• Di Tian’s beast tide threw the Sun Moon army into chaos, forcing Xu Tianran to order a retreat and abandon the conscripted soldiers.
• Zhu Lu led silver-armored cavalry through the army toward Xu Tianran, but the Terror Claw Soul Engineer Legion stopped their charge.
• Zhu Zhuqing left the cavalry formation, evaded Liao Mengkai’s strike, and pierced Xu Tianran’s waist through his defensive soul tools.
• Kong Deming attacked Zhu Zhuqing with a spatial lockdown and a powerful beam of silver light, but she survived the blow and taunted him.
• Jiang Yi watched Zhu Zhuqing confront Kong Deming and wondered at her strength as a Soul Emperor.

After Shrek defeated the Sun Moon Empire’s army, the front settled into a temporary truce while both sides recovered. At Shrek Academy, Vina drew close to Jiang Yi, and the two ended the night together in what history called Fireside Night Talk.

• Kong Deming used the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield to escape with the gravely injured Xu Tianran, while the Sun Moon Empire’s remaining troops fled and Shrek’s defenders pursued them.
• Jiang Yi found Zhu Zhuqing after the battle and realized she was not Zhu Lu; Zhu Zhuqing switched their consciousness, and Zhu Lu shyly greeted him.
• The Sun Moon Empire suffered a crushing defeat, surrendered territory, and withdrew to defend Heaven Dou City as both sides paused to recover.
• Ju Zi persuaded Xu Tianran to recall the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps, and he agreed before returning to Bright City to recuperate.
• At Shrek Academy, Vina discussed the Heaven Dou Empire’s recovery with Jiang Yi, then confessed her desire for him and kissed him.
• Jiang Yi and Vina spent the night together, an encounter later known as Fireside Night Talk.

Two years into the war, Huo Yutong led Shrek’s White Tiger Army in capturing Heaven Dou City while Vina’s Heaven Soul forces reclaimed it. Vina ordered humane treatment for the prisoners, many of whom chose to join Heaven Soul, and credited the Pavilion Master’s advice for her approach.

• Sun Moon Empire soldiers on Heaven Dou City’s walls received meager porridge and insulting gifts, then faced an approaching Heaven Soul army.
• Huo Yutong led the White Tiger Army in an assault on Heaven Dou City, while Adjutant Dai guided the unit through the gates after the defenders surrendered.
• Huo Yutong captured Liao Mengkai, and the Terror Claw Soul Engineer Legion was taken prisoner as Heaven Soul forces secured the city.
• Vina entered Heaven Dou City and ordered that prisoners who wished to stay could become citizens, while those wanting to go home received travel money.
• Former Sun Moon Empire soldiers recognized relatives among the prisoners and chose to join Heaven Soul, praising Vina as a benevolent ruler.

Huo Yutong returned to Shrek City, where Jiang Yi’s cultivation had advanced enough to awaken Ah Yin’s true consciousness. Ah Yin warned him that his divine body and divine sense brought him close to a godhood tribulation, then withdrew into the Master Ball as visitors arrived.

• Vina urged Huo Yutong to stay overnight in Heaven Dou City, but Huo Yutong declined and left for Shrek with her companions.
• Xixi entertained a storytelling hall with tales of Jiang Yi until Huo Yutong returned and took her to the Sea God Pavilion.
• Inside the Golden Tree, Ah Yin awakened in control of her avatar and reacted awkwardly when Jiang Yi mistook her for the avatar and kissed her.
• Ah Yin sensed that Jiang Yi’s spiritual power had reached the divine origin realm and warned him to prepare for the godhood tribulation.
• Ah Yin returned control to her avatar and slipped into the Master Ball, while Xixi greeted Jiang Yi outside and declared it was their turn that night.

Jiang Yi comforted Huo Yutong as she postponed confronting Dai Hao until the war ended, while the Sun Moon Empire’s Xu Tianran dismissed the fall of Heaven Dou City and continued relying on the Holy Spirit Cult. Kong Deming left the palace convinced Xu Tianran was beyond saving and resolved to make other plans.

• Jiang Yi teased Xixi about her cultivation and sent her into the Golden Tree to cultivate.
• Jiang Yi comforted Huo Yutong, who refused to let her personal grudge against Dai Hao affect the war, and the two shared an intimate moment beneath the Golden Tree.
• Xu Tianran entertained himself in the palace until Kong Deming arrived with a report that Heaven Dou City had fallen.
• Xu Tianran dismissed the loss and insisted that the Imperial Preceptor would help them reclaim the city, while Kong Deming condemned the Holy Spirit Cult’s growing influence.
• Kong Deming left Xu Tianran to resume his revelry and decided to start a new account.

Ju Zi allied with Kong Deming to plan a campaign against the Holy Spirit Cult while secretly positioning herself to take control of the Sun Moon Empire. Meanwhile, Vina urged Xu Jiujiu to join Heaven Soul in an invasion as the Sun Moon Empire continued losing ground.

• Ju Zi left her daughter Xin'er with Keke and met Kong Deming, who urged her to help remove the Holy Spirit Cult from court.
• Ju Zi agreed to Kong Deming's plan for Ancestor Worship Day and offered to prevent the frontline troops from being drawn into a civil war.
• After Kong Deming left, Ju Zi gave Keke a letter and prepared medicinal soup for Xu Tianran.
• Vina captured more than a dozen cities after taking Heaven Dou City, pushing the Sun Moon Empire back to the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• Xu Jiujiu considered Vina's proposal for a joint army and asked Jiang Yi for his opinion.

Jiang Yi persuaded Xu Jiujiu to support a joint campaign against the Holy Spirit Cult using a Sun Moon Empire defense map. Later, he recognized that the woman with him was Zhu Zhuqing, and she fell asleep in his arms without pretending to be Zhu Lu.

• Jiang Yi showed Xu Jiujiu a letter containing the Sun Moon Empire's border defenses, troop handover dates, and passwords.
• Xu Jiujiu approved a plan for Star Luo and Heaven Soul to pin down the Sun Moon Empire's forces while Shrek fought the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Xu Jiujiu left to handle affairs of state, and Jiang Yi turned his attention to Zhu Lu.
• Zhu Zhuqing resumed her familiar role with Jiang Yi, and he thanked her as the other Xiao Lu, revealing that he had recognized her.
• Jiang Yi told Zhu Zhuqing he liked both versions of Xiao Lu, and she fell asleep in his arms without switching back to Zhu Lu.

Zhu Zhuqing awoke in the Divine Realm after spending two years immersed in the lower realm, while the God of Destruction began expanding the Divine Realm. Tang San escaped confinement, joined forces with the Golden Dragon King, and declared their intent to conquer the Divine Realm; in the lower realm, the Sage King and Zhongli Wu prepared to exploit the war and seize the Plane Core.

• Zhu Zhuqing woke after two days in the Divine Realm and told Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong that she had been watching over Xiao Lu in the lower realm.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing saw the Power of Thought Pillars rise as the God of Destruction began expanding the Divine Realm.
• The Life Goddess encountered Tang San in the Forest of Life and learned that he had released the Golden Dragon King and merged minds with him.
• The Sage King told Zhongli Wu to raise his cultivation so they could claim the Plane Core and the Douluo Continent.
• A messenger told Zhongli Wu that the Sun Moon Emperor had requested his presence.

Ju Zi and Kong Deming moved against Xu Tianran and the Holy Spirit Cult, forcing Xu Tianran to authorize Zhongli Wu’s execution. They trapped Zhongli Wu in a seven-colored formation and launched a Level 9 Fixed-Installation Soul Tool, leaving the attack underway.

• Xu Tianran discovered that Ju Zi had left their daughter Xu Xin'er behind, then went alone to the ancestral hall and reflected on his plans to gain divine power through Zhongli Wu.
• Kong Deming, Ju Zi, and their allies entered the ancestral hall and demanded that Xu Tianran issue an edict to execute the Holy Spirit Cult and Zhongli Wu.
• Xu Tianran stamped the edict, and Ju Zi took his jade seal so the palace guards could be mobilized against the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Zhongli Wu arrived at the estate with several Evil Soul Masters and was caught inside a seven-colored dome formed by a high-energy compression array Soul Tool.
• Kong Deming confronted Zhongli Wu and activated a Level 9 Fixed-Installation Soul Tool, whose white light was contained by the dome.

Zhongli Wu broke through Ju Zi and Kong Deming’s defenses, killed Xu Tianran, and attacked the surviving ministers. Jiang Yi drove Zhongli Wu off and arrived as Ju Zi’s summoned reinforcements approached to defend the throne.

• Zhongli Wu survived the Soul Tools’ bombardment, shattered the barrier, and overwhelmed Kong Deming and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Legion with divine power.
• Zhongli Wu seized Xu Tianran and snapped his neck, then turned on Ju Zi and the ministers.
• Jiang Yi intercepted Zhongli Wu’s charge and wounded him, forcing the Abyssal Sage King to urge Zhongli Wu to retreat.
• Zhongli Wu struck at Ju Zi’s group before fleeing, and Jiang Yi blocked the attack without pursuing him.
• Jiang Yi descended to the estate as a vast cavalry force approached, revealing that Ju Zi had summoned him to defend the throne.

Jiang Nannan, Ning Tian, and Zhu Lu were possessed by awakened Divine Realm goddesses and warned Jiang Yi that the Divine Realm was in danger and that he and Xiao Qi must not ascend. In the Divine Realm, the Life Goddess attacked the God of Destruction while a blue-and-gold figure ambushed Rong Nianbing and invited the other gods to join its conquest.

• Jiang Nannan roasted rabbits for Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Zhu Lu at the army camp outside Bright City.
• A Divine Thought awakened, and Jiang Nannan, Ning Tian, and Zhu Lu each left the camp after hearing voices in their minds.
• The three women appeared in Jiang Yi's room and warned him not to ascend with Xiao Qi because something had happened in the Divine Realm.
• The Life Goddess attacked and imprisoned the God of Destruction after the Divine Realm's expansion.
• A blue-and-gold figure ambushed Rong Nianbing, then offered the assembled gods seats on the God Realm Council if they joined its conquest.