Recaps

Lu Ran and the Jade Azure Bird searched the Sunset Forest for the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well so the bird could find the Luan-Condensing Flower and evolve. They found the well’s poisonous fog and entered behind Lu Ran’s Gilded Barrier, though the corrosive mist rapidly drained his Soul Power.

• Lu Ran traveled to the Sunset Forest with the twenty-thousand-year Jade Azure Bird to search for the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and its Luan-Condensing Flower.
• Lu Ran told the Jade Azure Bird to search the inner regions for volcanic terrain and poisonous fog, but they found nothing during their first day of searching.
• The Jade Azure Bird spotted a strange fog the next day, and Lu Ran recognized it as the poisonous fog surrounding the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Lu Ran used the Golden Hawksbill’s Gilded Barrier to protect them as the Jade Azure Bird flew into the thickening fog.
• The poisonous fog rapidly depleted Lu Ran’s Soul Power, but he and the Jade Azure Bird continued deeper into it and disappeared from view.

Lu Ran and the Jade Azure Bird braved the poisonous miasma in Sunset Forest and found a vast sea of Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers. After retreating to recover, Lu Ran flew back and reached the boundary guarded by intelligent Jade Phosphorus Nine-Absolute Flowers, whose poison mist recoiled before him.

• Lu Ran and the Jade Azure Bird crossed the miasma in short flights, recovering Soul Power in the Small World between journeys.
• Lu Ran used a Level Seven Milk Bottle to sustain their flight as the miasma thickened and the land filled with poison-covered Soul Beast bones.
• Lu Ran discovered a vast sea of Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers and retreated to the Small World when their poisonous green mist rapidly drained his Soul Power.
• Lu Ran chose not to destroy or transplant the precious flowers, reasoning that moving too many into the Small World would poison its ecosystem.
• After recovering, Lu Ran returned with the Jade Azure Bird, and the mist controlled by Jade Phosphorus Nine-Absolute Flowers surged toward them before retreating at an invisible boundary.

Lu Ran and the Jade Azure Bird entered the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where Lu Ran failed to probe the springs and met the Aromatic Silk Beauty. He told the curious flower how the outside world had changed and warned that humans might eventually breach the poisonous barrier.

• The Jade Azure Bird flew over the poisonous mist and brought Lu Ran into the valley surrounding the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Lu Ran used Yan Shaozhe’s Mental Amplification Soul Tool to probe the area, but the springs and Immortal Herbs blocked his spiritual power.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty spoke to Lu Ran and asked how he had entered and what the outside world was like.
• Lu Ran explained that Soul Masters and Soul Beasts had become stronger, while human hunting had reduced Soul Beast populations.
• Lu Ran demonstrated a Defensive Soul Tool and told the Aromatic Silk Beauty that humans might breach the Jade Phosphorus Poison Array in another thousand years or less.

Aromatic Silk Beauty learned how powerful the outside world had become and challenged Lu Ran to fight for the Immortal Herbs he wanted. Lu Ran revealed his contracted Soul Rings and asked Infernal Delicate Apricot to become his Sixth Soul Ring, leaving it to choose between remaining in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and gambling on ascending with him.

• Aromatic Silk Beauty realized that human Soul Masters might soon threaten the Immortal Herbs, though they had several thousand years to consider their options.
• Lu Ran told Aromatic Silk Beauty he had come to collect Immortal Herbs, and it recognized him as someone connected to Tang San before ordering him to fight.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty called on Infernal Delicate Apricot to face Lu Ran, and Lu Ran said he wanted it as his Sixth Soul Ring.
• Lu Ran summoned five pitch-black Soul Rings and explained that his Martial Soul formed contracts with Soul Beasts, allowing them to grow stronger without being killed.
• Infernal Delicate Apricot questioned Lu Ran's offer, and he proposed that it gamble on ascending with him or remain in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

Lu Ran explained that his contracts strengthened Soul Beasts without harming them and invited the Infernal Delicate Apricot to become his fire-attribute companion, promising to return for its answer when he reached level sixty. After proving he had passed the Immortal Herbs' test, he was allowed to choose six herbs, but he also named the Infernal Delicate Apricot as something he wanted.

• Lu Ran told the Immortal Herbs that his contracted Soul Beasts grew stronger with his Soul Power and that he hoped to ascend to the Divine Realm with them.
• The Infernal Delicate Apricot questioned Lu Ran's short human lifespan, and he offered it a chance to gamble on ascending while promising to find a way for it to survive if they failed.
• Lu Ran said he would return in two years for the Infernal Delicate Apricot's decision and summoned a vast storm to finish the test.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty stopped Lu Ran and confirmed that he had passed, allowing him to take six Immortal Herbs.
• Lu Ran selected the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Dew of Autumn Vision, Luan-Condensing Flower, Earth Dragon Golden Melon, Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, and an herb suited to a Soul Beast with Bright Sacred Dragon bloodline, then looked to the Infernal Delicate Apricot.

Lu Ran persuaded the Immortal Herbs to let him take six herbs and borrow Infernal Delicate Apricot’s Blazing Glue by revealing the Life Gold’s immense life force. With Aromatic Silk Beauty’s directions, he began collecting the herbs and picked Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and Earth Dragon Golden Melon.

• Lu Ran argued that Jiaojiao’s Blazing Glue and the little Soul Beast would not count against the six-herb limit because they would leave of their own free will.
• Infernal Delicate Apricot gave Lu Ran its precious Ten-Thousand-Year Essence, the Blazing Glue, after he offered to compensate the Immortal Herbs with the Life Gold’s life force.
• Lu Ran released the Life Gold’s energy, astounding the Immortal Herbs and promising to help them grow.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty agreed to let Lu Ran take six Immortal Herbs and identified Spirit Rhinoceros Green Heart Grass as the herb that would improve his control over multiple attributes.
• Lu Ran followed the pink beams into the garden, picked Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and placed it in a jade box.
• Lu Ran used Soul Power to pull Earth Dragon Golden Melon from the soil.

Lu Ran collected six Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, choosing them for his Soul Beasts and companions and considering how to propagate the Aromatic Silk Beauty. He left with the Jade Azure Bird, while the sentient Immortal Herbs erupted into questions about his power.

• Lu Ran found the Earth Dragon Golden Melon for the Rock Crystal Dragon and the Luan-Condensing Flower for the Jade Azure Bird, telling it to wait until they had left before eating it.
• Lu Ran collected the Spirit Rhinoceros Green Heart Grass and took one stalk of Ink Jade Divine Bamboo for Tang Ya.
• Lu Ran picked the Aromatic Silk Beauty and planned to propagate it so he could provide it to Soul Masters with the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda.
• Lu Ran thanked the Aromatic Silk Beauty and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then left the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well with the Jade Azure Bird.
• After Lu Ran disappeared, the sentient Immortal Herbs argued about his five growing ten-thousand-year Soul Rings and his ability to withstand the poisonous clouds.
• The Jade Azure Bird flew through the poison miasma with Lu Ran, who soon brought it into the Small World.

Lu Ran gave the Jade Azure Bird the Luan-Condensing Flower, awakening its ancestral Jade Green Luan bloodline and Ultimate Wind, then watched the Rock Crystal Dragon begin its own transformation. After drinking Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and absorbing demonic power, Lu Ran discovered his spiritual power had nearly doubled and tested the Jade Green Luan’s enhanced Soul Skills.

• Lu Ran gave the Jade Azure Bird the Luan-Condensing Flower, and it entered a green vortex as its Jade Green Luan bloodline awakened.
• Lu Ran summoned the Rock Crystal Dragon, which ate the flower and encased itself in a massive shell of rock armor.
• Lu Ran drank Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and absorbed demonic power while both Soul Beasts remained inside their transformation shells.
• Lu Ran awoke with nearly doubled spiritual power and sensed the Jade Green Luan’s wind power changing into Ultimate Wind.
• The Jade Green Luan emerged, and Lu Ran tested its transformed Soul Skills, unleashing stronger wind blades and a vast tornado formation.

Lu Ran absorbed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and gained heightened perception and spiritual power. The Jade Azure Bird then completed its transformation into a Jade Green Luan, and Lu Ran examined its new form and wind mastery.

• Lu Ran drank the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and refined its effects, sharpening his senses and nearly doubling his spiritual power.
• Lu Ran sensed the Jade Azure Bird’s wind power transforming into Ultimate Wind and the Rock Crystal Dragon’s bloodline power awakening as earth power.
• The Green Egg’s ripples shattered its surrounding Green Vortices, and a powerful whirlwind formed around it.
• The Jade Azure Bird burst from the green mist, flew at tremendous speed, and stopped abruptly before Lu Ran.
• The Jade Green Luan showed off its changed appearance and wings as Lu Ran examined its transformation.

After the Jade Green Luan returned to its ancestral form, Lu Ran tested the greatly strengthened Soul Skills it granted him. The chapter left him surveying three skills that could strike across a wide area with overwhelming force.

• The Jade Green Luan showed Lu Ran that Jade Slash could now appear from any direction and had become faster and more powerful.
• Lu Ran admired the Jade Green Luan's new form, and it celebrated being the world's only Jade Green Luan and the ancestor of its clan.
• Lu Ran used Jade Slash to shred a tree from every direction, discovering the blades could keep tearing their target apart and strike anywhere within three hundred meters.
• Lu Ran tested Jade Shadow Flowing Light and found that it moved him three times faster in complete silence.
• Lu Ran unleashed Jade Whirlwind, creating a huge tornado surrounded by eight others that formed a hundred-meter wind domain.

After the Jade Green Luan returned to its ancestral form, it became jealous when it discovered the Rock Crystal Dragon was also receiving an Immortal Herb-fueled transformation. Lu Ran reassured it of its special place in his life, and they prepared to fly out of the poisonous miasma.

• The Jade Green Luan proudly celebrated its enhanced Soul Skill after returning to its ancestral form.
• The Jade Green Luan spotted the Rock Crystal Dragon transformed into a colossal rock egg, and Lu Ran explained that it was awakening its Earth Dragon King bloodline with an Immortal Herb.
• The Jade Green Luan felt hurt that it was not the only one to receive an Immortal Herb and turned away from Lu Ran.
• Lu Ran reminded the Jade Green Luan of their shared history and told it that it had been the first of his companions to transform and gain an Ultimate Attribute.
• The Jade Green Luan accepted Lu Ran's comfort, invited him onto its back, and prepared to carry him through the poisonous miasma.

Lu Ran and the Jade Green Luan left the Poisonous Fog Zone, while the awakened Heavenly Dragon Horse discovered the Rock Crystal Dragon’s Dragon King bloodline. Tang Ya continued secretly absorbing life force and worried about how to repay Lu Ran for the Blue Silver Azure Vine.

• Lu Ran judged that the Rock Crystal Dragon would not wake soon, so he and the Jade Green Luan hurried back toward Shrek.
• The Heavenly Dragon Horse woke in unfamiliar surroundings, remembered that Lu Ran had contracted it, and sensed a powerful dragon bloodline nearby.
• The Heavenly Dragon Horse found the Rock Egg and recognized the being inside as a Dragon King descendant whose status surpassed its own.
• Tang Ya emerged from her hidden cave after sealing its entrance with Blue Silver Grass and prepared to continue absorbing life force.
• Tang Ya worried that her Blue Silver Azure Vine would run out soon and that she had no way to repay Lu Ran for his help.

Tang Ya fretted over how to thank Lu Ran for helping her, while Lu Ran returned to Shrek Academy intending to give her an Immortal Herb before she might succumb to darkness. They met on a path, where he asked whether she had finished absorbing the Azure Vine, and Tang Ya said she would be done within a day or two.

• Tang Ya struggled to choose a gift for Lu Ran, dismissing money, pills, Soul Bones, and Tang Sect manuals as unsuitable.
• Lu Ran returned to Shrek Academy on the Jade Green Luan after traveling from the Sunset Forest and decided to check on Tang Ya.
• Lu Ran worried that Tang Ya might be driven into becoming an Evil Soul Master, and considered giving her an Immortal Herb to offer her hope.
• Tang Ya wandered beneath the academy's street lamps, still trying to think of a gift, when she spotted Lu Ran and stopped herself from running away.
• Lu Ran asked whether Tang Ya had finished absorbing the Azure Vine, and she replied that she was almost done and expected to finish within a day or two.

Lu Ran gave Tang Ya Blue Silver Azure Vine and an Ink Jade Divine Bamboo Immortal Herb, then urged her to cultivate carefully and avoid becoming an Evil Soul Master. Tang Ya wept with gratitude and resolved that she could finally avenge her parents, while Lu Ran headed to Jiang Nannan’s dorm.

• Lu Ran gave Tang Ya a large batch of Blue Silver Azure Vine and promised to bring her more each month.
• Lu Ran gave Tang Ya an Ink Jade Divine Bamboo and explained its benefits for her Martial Soul, Soul Power, and future Soul Ring.
• Tang Ya accepted the Immortal Herb, broke down in tears, and thanked Lu Ran.
• Lu Ran told Tang Ya to focus on cultivation, hide her abilities, and seek his help rather than act rashly or become an Evil Soul Master.
• Tang Ya asked how she could repay Lu Ran, then watched him leave while thinking she could finally avenge her parents.
• Lu Ran headed to Jiang Nannan’s dorm, mindful that the Jade Green Luan and Rock Crystal Dragon might resent Tang Ya receiving an Immortal Herb.

Lu Ran rested at Sea God Pavilion, then inspected the Blue Silver Rice fields he had developed in his Small World and considered expanding his crop experiments. He left the story planning to crossbreed Blue Silver Grass with Aromatic Silk Beauty.

• Lu Ran entered Jiang Nannan’s dormitory through a window, cuddled with her, and explained the gifts he had prepared for Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao before promising her an Immortal Herb.
• Lu Ran returned to Sea God Pavilion after several days of work and rested until nightfall.
• Lu Ran checked the Blue Silver Grass by Sea God Lake and estimated it would produce a white Soul Ring in two or three years.
• Lu Ran entered his Small World and inspected the Blue Silver Rice fields, which were nearing their third harvest after one planting.
• Lu Ran credited the Cloud Cluster Ground Rats for helping manage the fields and planned to crossbreed Blue Silver Grass with Aromatic Silk Beauty.

The Rock Crystal Dragon awakened most of its Earth Dragon King bloodline, growing to a hundred meters and gaining powerful earth-manipulating armor. Lu Ran admired its transformation, while the dragon struggled to adjust to its immense new body.

• Lu Ran sensed a strange fluctuation, and the Rock Crystal Dragon's egg cracked apart as the dragon emerged with a vastly changed body.
• The Rock Crystal Dragon discovered that the power of the earth surged through it and could support its enormous weight.
• The Rock Crystal Dragon rushed toward Lu Ran, then stopped and gently rubbed its chin against him, worried it might hurt him.
• The Rock Crystal Dragon accidentally sank into the soft ground, then used the power of the earth to reinforce it and hide the marks.
• Lu Ran praised the Rock Crystal Dragon and said it had awakened most of the Earth Dragon King's bloodline and grown a whole level stronger.

Lu Ran tested the Rock Crystal Dragon’s evolved Soul Skills, then visited Ma Xiaotao and revealed that Blazing Glue could cure her Evil Fire if refined with Ultimate Ice. He left her hopeful after explaining that Shrek lacked Ultimate Ice but it might be found elsewhere on the continent.

• Lu Ran summoned the Rock Crystal Dragon’s evolved Rock Ridges, Dragon Scale Armor, and Rock Dragon Power, which greatly expanded his battlefield control and physical abilities.
• Lu Ran praised the Rock Crystal Dragon and told it that it would grow stronger after evolving into a true Earth Dragon King.
• Lu Ran visited Ma Xiaotao and told her he had found a way to cure her Evil Fire.
• Lu Ran showed Ma Xiaotao Blazing Glue and explained that she needed Ultimate Ice to refine its pure flame energy.
• Lu Ran told Ma Xiaotao that Shrek lacked Ultimate Ice but that it might exist elsewhere on the continent, and she eagerly asked where to find it.

Lu Ran told Ma Xiaotao he could help cure her Evil Fire and bring her to the Far North to find an Ultimate Ice Soul Master. He left her in his Martial Soul Space while he went to speak with Dean Yan, and Ma Xiaotao realized he had deliberately left her guessing so she would hug him.

• Lu Ran told Ma Xiaotao that an Ultimate Ice Soul Master could help suppress her Evil Fire and that he could help her.
• Ma Xiaotao excitedly hugged Lu Ran and asked when they would leave for the Far North.
• Lu Ran placed Ma Xiaotao in his Martial Soul Space and said he would speak to Dean Yan before flying to the Far North.
• Lu Ran pointed Ma Xiaotao toward a Cloud Cluster Ground Rat nest, and she set off to find it.
• Ma Xiaotao realized Lu Ran had withheld part of the plan to prompt her hug, and Lu Ran disappeared after insisting burying his face against her had been an accident.

Lu Ran traveled to the Far North with Ma Xiaotao after telling Yan Shaozhe that she would return with a surprise. He met the Ice Empress at the Far North’s Core Area and asked her for a favor.

• Lu Ran showed Yan Shaozhe his five ten-thousand-year Soul Rings and said he and Ma Xiaotao planned to visit the Far North.
• Yan Shaozhe enthusiastically approved their trip and gave them a month off, hoping the two would grow closer.
• Lu Ran flew north on the Jade Green Luan while Ma Xiaotao played with Cloud Cluster Ground Rats in his Small World.
• After a journey of less than three days, Lu Ran reached the Far North and followed Snow Empress’s token to the Core Area.
• The Ice Empress greeted Lu Ran while sucking on a Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow and said her damaged core would recover by the following year.
• Lu Ran asked the Ice Empress for a favor, and she eagerly offered to help him take revenge on a human or Di Tian.

The Ice Empress agreed to help Lu Ran’s friend absorb a medicinal herb and recounted a battle with Sky Dream that left her source power gravely wounded. Lu Ran doubted her account and said he would ask the Snow Maiden to verify it, making the Ice Empress beg him not to.

• Lu Ran asked the Ice Empress to use Ultimate Ice to suppress the Ultimate Fire released by his friend’s medicinal herb, and she agreed.
• The Ice Empress told Lu Ran that Sky Dream had attacked her and threatened the Snow Empress, wielding his Silkworm Slough and golden threads.
• The Ice Empress, Snow Maiden, and Titan Blood Demon King cornered Sky Dream, who detonated his source power to escape.
• The Ice Empress shielded the Snow Empress from the explosion and suffered severe damage to her source power.
• The Ice Empress admitted she had hugged Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow while imagining it was the Snow Empress, and Lu Ran threatened to verify her story with the Snow Maiden.

Ice Empress recounted how she and Snow Empress survived Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s attack and how she killed a human Soul Master who tried to ambush Snow Empress. She explained that Snow Empress chose to transform into a human after Lu Ran’s departure intensified her sense that Douluo Star’s future was changing.

• Ice Empress told Lu Ran that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had attacked, detonated its source power, and escaped, leaving the Far North’s powerful Soul Beasts injured.
• Ice Empress described how she caught and killed a human Soul Master who approached Snow Empress while she was transforming.
• Ice Empress said Snow Empress’s growing premonition about Douluo Star had strengthened after Lu Ran left, prompting her to transform into a human.
• Snow Empress bathed in a hidden underground cave and considered whether to leave the Far North, intervene in future events, or continue transforming.

The Snow Maiden reflected on the events that led her to transform and decided to enter the human world to avoid being controlled by fate. When Lu Ran visited to ask for her help with Ultimate Ice, she gave him the Soul Tools and research notes she had found, including an intact Level 9 God-Sealing Platform.

• The Snow Maiden concluded that finding the Snow Lotus and the God-Sealing Platform confirmed her decision to transform and take control of her fate.
• The Ice Empress prepared a protected cave for the newly transformed Snow Maiden, who was now a small child with thirteen levels of Soul Power.
• Lu Ran arrived with the Ice Empress and asked the Snow Maiden for Ultimate Ice to help a friend absorb medicinal ingredients.
• The Snow Maiden asked Lu Ran about Soul Tools, then handed him her Storage Soul Tool to inspect.
• Lu Ran found the intact God-Sealing Platform and research notes, and the Snow Maiden let him take them as something they owned together.

Lu Ran discussed Snow Empress's plan to leave the Far North and helped her consider how to stay safe in the human world. Snow Empress chose to travel with him and use his Martial Soul Space for shelter, while Lu Ran devised a cover identity for her before they returned to Shrek Academy.

• Snow Empress told Lu Ran she wanted to leave the Far North and offered either to wait until level seventy or to travel with someone who would protect her.
• Lu Ran warned that her Soul Beast aura could expose her, but Snow Empress revealed she could conceal it completely and explained she still had seven hundred thousand years of origin power.
• Lu Ran showed Snow Empress and Ice Empress his warm, springlike Martial Soul Space and offered to build Snow Empress a house there.
• Snow Empress agreed that staying in the space was a good idea, and Lu Ran said she would need an identity to appear openly in the human world.
• Lu Ran proposed claiming that Snow Empress was his distant cousin, whom he had discovered and brought back from the Far North.

Lu Ran arranged for Snow Maiden to pose as his blood sister before taking her to meet Ma Xiaotao. He promised Ice Empress he would protect Snow Maiden, then brought them to the desert, where Ma Xiaotao saw them appear beside the Rock Crystal Dragon.

• Lu Ran explained that claiming Snow Maiden was his blood sister would discourage Shrek's Elders from investigating her past, and Snow Maiden agreed.
• Snow Maiden asked about Lu Ran's friend, and Ice Empress transformed into a little girl so they could visit her.
• Lu Ran promised Ice Empress he would protect Snow Maiden, and Snow Maiden practiced calling him Big Brother.
• Ice Empress became flustered imagining Snow Maiden calling her Big Sister, then recovered when Snow Maiden scolded her.
• Ma Xiaotao admired the Rock Crystal Dragon's enormous size before Lu Ran, Snow Maiden, and Ice Empress appeared in front of her.

Lu Ran introduced Ma Xiaotao to his younger sister, Xiao Xue, and the Ice Empress, who had agreed to help suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Ultimate Fire. He gave Ma Xiaotao the Blazing Glue and told her to refine it without resisting the Ice Empress’s chill.

• Lu Ran introduced Xiao Xue as his distant younger cousin, whom he had found alone and brought along to care for.
• Ma Xiaotao was shocked by Lu Ran’s sudden explanation about Xiao Xue, then stopped staring when he said the child was shy.
• Lu Ran explained that the Ice Empress possessed Ultimate Ice and could help suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Ultimate Fire.
• Ma Xiaotao apologized to the Ice Empress for failing to bow, and the Ice Empress calmly agreed to begin helping her.
• Lu Ran handed Ma Xiaotao the Blazing Glue and instructed her to refine it without resisting the incoming chill.