Recaps

Yao Lan established Herta as a gifted forging apprentice and arranged for Na'er to become his avatar, altering Tang Wulin’s fate in the process. Herta remained at Eastsea Academy, where Wu Zhangkong began testing her abilities in combat.

• Yao Lan created Herta as an avatar with Nous as her Martial Soul, and Herta impressed Mu Chen by Spirit Refining scrap metal.
• Mu Chen brought Herta home, where Yuan Bao'er welcomed her into the family and Mu Chen agreed to teach her forging.
• Herta chose Leng Yaozhu as her teacher, received Bai Ze as a Soul Spirit, and enrolled at Eastsea Academy with Mu Xi.
• Yao Lan found Na'er, made her his avatar, removed Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King seal, and transferred its power to Na'er.
• Gu Yue realized Na'er had disappeared, resolved to destroy humanity, and ordered Di Tian to contact “that fish.”
• Yao Lan gave Na'er a Seed of the Ambrosial Arbor and sent her to Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, while Green Aunt transformed Tang Wulin’s Blue Silver Grass.
• Herta developed new soul skills at Eastsea Academy and completed the Intermediate Division curriculum, prompting the academy to assign Wu Zhangkong as her instructor.
• Wu Zhangkong challenged Herta to a sparring match, and Herta summoned a massive hammer and attacked him.

Herta surpassed Eastsea Academy, advanced through her forging and battle armor training, and drew the attention of Tang Wulin and Wu Zhangkong. At Shrek Academy, she challenged Cai Yue'er and forced Yun Ming and the elders to negotiate to keep her there despite her ties to Leng Yaozhu and the Spirit Pagoda.

• Wu Zhangkong recognized Herta’s Spinning Hammer Technique, trained her while honoring Yuan Bao'er’s wish that she grow at her own pace, and accompanied her to the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, where she earned three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Herta mastered the secondary professions, built a lifelike metal puppet, and later left Eastsea Academy with Mu Chen to study under Zhen Hua after Wu Zhangkong offered her a route to Shrek.
• Herta quickly mastered forging, developed Assembly-Line Spirit Refinement machines, reached Soul Sage, became a Three-Word Battle Armor Master, and returned to Eastsea Academy.
• Herta watched Tang Wulin fight Xie Xie, recognized divine life power in him, and decided to get close to him as Yao Lan sent a clone to investigate his power.
• Liu Ying joined Eastsea Academy after a match with Tang Wulin, and Wu Zhangkong trained her, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie while explaining how far Herta had surpassed him.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie entered Winterfire Hall, where Wu Zhangkong discovered a confidential delivery from Herta: a doll of Long Bing, accompanied by a note saying her resurrection experiment had failed.
• At Shrek Academy, Herta refused to wait in line and challenged Cai Yue'er, revealing seven scarlet Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings before striking Cai Yue'er with her Spinning Hammer Technique until Yun Ming intervened.
• Yun Ming offered to guide Herta toward godhood, and the Sea God Pavilion elders debated her ties to the Spirit Pagoda before Long Yeyue declared that Herta belonged at Shrek and assigned Yun Ming to handle her.

Herta joined Shrek Academy as Yao Lan pursued Aeonification and uncovered threats to the Douluo Plane. Meanwhile, Hanabi humiliated Shrek, recruited Na Nali, and seized control of the Holy Spirit Cult before confronting the Demon Empress above the sea.

• Long Yeyue brought Herta to Shrek Academy, where Herta outclassed Yun Ming and left him convinced he had nothing to teach her.
• Yao Lan failed to gain Godhood through Yaoshi’s power, then created Huang Quan and sent her to hunt Tang San across the universe.
• The Abyssal Sage King took control of Long Yeyue and plotted to use Shrek Academy as a foothold for an Abyssal invasion, while Herta stayed to guard against the threat.
• Hanabi staged humiliating attacks on Shrek and Federation sites, then captured Na Nali and turned her into a dog before bringing her to Ha Luosa.
• Hanabi demonstrated her godhood to Ha Luosa, severed his connection to the Plane Master, and declared that The Elation would change the Evil Soul Masters.
• At the Holy Spirit Cult gathering, Hanabi killed Ghost Emperor and won the cult’s upper ranks’ loyalty, then revealed herself as Tang San when the Demon Empress confronted her.
• The Demon Empress fled to the sea, where Tang San blocked her escape and spoke of an illusion in which he had married her, while she secretly planned revenge through a child.
• A battle invitation appeared for the Demon Empress, naming the location above the sea.

Hanabi reorganized the Holy Spirit Cult as the Fatui, declared war on the continent’s major powers, and defeated their leaders while exposing a growing threat from the Soul Beasts. As the Douluo Peace Company rose to power, Tang Wulin and his friends learned of the Tang Sect’s debts and resolved to grow stronger before helping it.

• Hanabi killed the Demon Empress, reshaped the Holy Spirit Cult into the Fatui, and announced a campaign to change Evil Soul Masters’ circumstances.
• Hanabi hijacked Sun Moon News to accuse the Federation and other powers of complicity, declared war on Shrek Academy, the Spirit Pagoda, the Tang Sect, and the Sun Moon Federation, and challenged them to meet her in Eastsea City.
• Gu Yue devoured the Demon Empress and Di Tian to regain strength, then declared herself the Heaven Defying Demon Dragon Emperor.
• Hanabi defeated the assembled powerhouses in her domain, spared the Titan Giant Ape after learning of the Soul Beasts’ losses, and posted victory photos online.
• Asta and her allies built the Douluo Peace Company with support from Herta, while the company’s influence expanded across the continent.
• Topaz befriended Tang Wulin and his companions, explained that the defeated experts had survived, and revealed that the Tang Sect owed the company more than one hundred billion.
• Wu Zhangkong told Tang Wulin and the others not to assume the Tang Sect’s debts, and Liu Ying stopped them from sacrificing their futures to help it.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan vowed to become stronger and help restore the Tang Sect.