Recaps

The Sky Screen’s divine punishment descended across the Douluo Continent after Bibi Dong cursed it, targeting every Soul Master. As Soul Rings shattered and Soul Power drained away, the continent’s people blamed Bibi Dong, and the punishment’s full consequences remained unknown.

• Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect’s five elders feared losing the levels they had worked years to gain and regretted not returning to the world sooner.
• Dai Mubai, the Shrek students, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Yu Xiaogang despaired over the possibility that their levels would be reset to zero.
• Bo Saixi told the Sea God Island guardians that the punishment would include them, rejected their protests about fairness, and told them to wait.
• People across the continent blamed Bibi Dong for the coming punishment and feared losing their Soul Power, Soul Rings, Soul Bones, and Soul Skills.
• The Sky Screen unleashed its punishment, forcing every Soul Master to summon their Martial Soul and Soul Rings as the rings shattered and their Soul Power rapidly drained away.

The sky screen punished Bibi Dong by resetting the power of everyone on Douluo Continent, then expanded the punishment to include the gods of the Divine Realm. It stripped the gods of their divine positions and powers and cast them into the lower realms, leaving those sent to Douluo Continent to arrive as its people grieved their losses.

• The five God Kings tried to understand the sky screen, failed to affect it, and agreed not to provoke it.
• The God Kings watched the sky screen reset the levels of all living beings on Douluo Continent and accepted that they could not intervene.
• The sky screen revised its punishment to include the Divine Realm, reducing the gods' powers and divine position authority to zero.
• The God of Destruction and the other God Kings resisted, but the sky screen stripped away their divine positions and the powers of every deity.
• The furious gods blamed the Rakshasa God for choosing Bibi Dong, then a mysterious power cast them into the lower realms.
• The Sea God, Asura God, Rakshasa God, and Angel God were sent to Douluo Continent, whose people remained unaware of their arrival as they suffered from losing their powers.

After the sky screen reset everyone’s cultivation, Bibi Dong and the Shrek group discovered that their soul power, soul rings, and soul bones were gone, though their martial souls remained. Tang San also lost the techniques and internal force from his previous life, while Xiao Wu lost her soul beast origin; the chapter ended with soul masters across the continent beginning again from zero.

• Bibi Dong found that her soul power, eighteen soul rings, and soul bones had vanished, then ordered her followers to cultivate again and went into hiding.
• Tang San discovered that his soul power, soul rings, and martial arts techniques from his previous life had all been reset.
• Xiao Wu realized her soul beast origin was gone and that she had become a human who would need to cultivate and condense soul rings herself.
• Ning Rongrong found that her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda remained, and Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Yu Xiaogang confirmed their martial souls had survived too.
• Flender called it a blessing that their martial souls remained, while Li Yusong lamented that the older members might never regain their former levels.
• Soul masters throughout the Douluo Continent found their soul power reset and their soul rings and soul bones gone.

After the Sky Screen reduced everyone’s soul power to zero, it gave the continent Su Mo’s Foundation Establishment Skill, which let people cultivate faster and begin before martial soul awakening. At Shrek, Tang San revealed that he had not possessed innate full soul power, shocking his companions and Yu Xiaogang.

• The Sky Screen granted everyone the Foundation Establishment Skill and imprinted its meridian route in their minds.
• Soul masters across the continent tested the skill, found it faster than their old methods, and began cultivating anew.
• Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and leaders of other sects ordered their people to switch to the Foundation Establishment Skill.
• Tang San recognized similarities between the skill and his Mysterious Heaven Skill, while Dai Mubai and the others welcomed the chance to recover their soul power.
• Tang San told the Shrek group that he had not had innate full soul power, leaving Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Yu Xiaogang stunned.

Tang San revealed that the Mysterious Heaven Skill had helped him cultivate his soul power from childhood, but admitted that Su Mo’s Foundation Establishment Skill suited this world better. The Sky Screen announced daily Cultivation Speed Rankings and rewards, turning the continent’s reaction to the soul power reset into a race to recultivate.

• Tang San explained that he had converted his internal force into soul power by practicing the Mysterious Heaven Skill since he could walk.
• Dai Mubai tried Su Mo’s Foundation Establishment Skill and found it more advanced than the cultivation methods he had used before.
• Tang San judged the Foundation Establishment Skill stronger for cultivating soul power in this world, though he said the Mysterious Heaven Skill could replenish soul power during battle.
• The Sky Screen announced that it would publish daily rankings of the continent’s fastest cultivators and reward those who made the top ten thousand.
• Soul Masters across the continent discussed who would benefit most from recultivation, and a young Soul Master in Heaven Dou City began practicing in hopes of making the rankings.

After the sky screen reset everyone’s cultivation, the Shrek group chose between Tang San’s Mysterious Heaven Skill and Su Mo’s Foundation Establishment Skill. Yu Xiaogang saw a chance to overcome his stalled cultivation, and the continent began preparing for the first daily rankings.

• Dai Mubai, Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun chose the Foundation Establishment Skill, while Tang San and Xiao Wu chose the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Tang San explained that his technique could restore soul power during battle and powered his Tang Sect skills, and that his long cultivation experience would help him restart quickly.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized that his decades of martial soul research could help him understand the Foundation Establishment Skill and pursue a top-ten ranking for an immortal herb.
• Yu Xiaogang began cultivating with the Foundation Establishment Skill, finding its soul power route smoother than the technique he had devised himself.
• The narrator announced that cultivation rankings would begin at midnight the next day, and people across the continent stayed up to cultivate.

Divine punishment reset the cultivation of every soul beast on the Douluo Continent, including Da Ming, Er Ming, Gu Yuena, Di Tian, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress. The Sky Screen gave soul beasts a Foundation Establishment Skill suited to them, and humans and soul beasts began cultivating from zero as they awaited the first rankings.

• Da Ming and Er Ming discovered that divine punishment had drained their cultivation to zero, and Da Ming explained that the Sky Screen had reset all living beings.
• The Sky Screen granted soul beasts the Soul Beast Foundation Establishment Skill, and Da Ming and Er Ming found that it greatly accelerated their cultivation.
• Er Ming vowed that soul beasts would compete with humans and prove they could rebuild their cultivation faster.
• Gu Yuena and Di Tian learned that their cultivation had been reset and were trapped beneath the Lake of Life, so they began cultivating with the new skill.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress began cultivating with the Soul Beast Foundation Establishment Skill in the Far North.
• Across the Douluo Continent, humans and soul beasts cultivated from zero while awaiting the first rankings the following morning.

The Shrek group rebuilt their cultivation after the Sky Screen reset everyone’s soul power, finding that the purer energy in the air made progress much faster. When the first cultivation-speed rankings appeared, they discovered that soul beasts were listed alongside humans, leaving the group to wonder how the rankings would unfold.

• Dai Mubai, Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, and Flender noticed that cultivation had become faster as soul power in the air increased.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang cultivated with their respective techniques while the Shrek group continued rebuilding their strength.
• At midnight, the Sky Screen revealed ranks from ten-thousandth to one-thousandth place, but none of the Shrek group appeared on the list.
• Yu Xiaogang said his name might be among the concealed top thousand, though Tang San doubted he could rank that high.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and Tang San spotted entries labeled with soul beast species, and Xiao Wu identified the names as soul beasts.

The Sky Screen revealed the cultivation rankings, showing that soul beasts competed alongside humans and took several top-ten places. Ning Rongrong celebrated ranking tenth while Tang San placed sixth, leaving Shrek stunned by the results.

• People across the continent noticed soul beasts on the rankings and argued about competing against them.
• The Sky Screen announced the rankings from one thousand to one hundred, including several Shrek members, then revealed Oscar in twenty-third and Xiao Wu in twenty-first.
• The top ten list placed Ning Rongrong tenth, Snow Empress ninth, Di Tian eighth, Deep Sea Demonic Whale King seventh, Tang San sixth, Bo Saixi fifth, Qian Daoliu fourth, Bibi Dong third, Qian Renxue second, and Gu Yuena first.
• Shrek's members reacted with shock, and Dai Mubai pointed out that the Spirit Hall held three of the top ten spots.
• Tang San credited his Mysterious Heaven Skill experience for reaching sixth place and admitted he was unsure whether he could keep his rank.
• Ning Rongrong celebrated her tenth-place ranking with delighted laughter.

Ning Fengzhi learned that Ning Rongrong had reached tenth place, while Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo returned without finding her or any immortal herbs. In the Star Luo Empire, the emperor saw the continent-wide reset of soul levels as a chance to attack Heaven Dou and ordered preparations for war.

• Ning Fengzhi celebrated Ning Rongrong’s top-ten ranking with the elders of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo reported that Dugu Bo had taken every herb from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and that Shrek Academy had been abandoned.
• Ning Fengzhi told Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo to focus on rebuilding their cultivation and planned to bring Ning Rongrong back after she recovered some strength.
• The Star Luo Emperor summoned his ministers and confirmed that everyone across the continent, including Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire, had been reset to level zero.
• The Star Luo Emperor declared the reset a rare opportunity to attack Heaven Dou and ordered war preparations, supply stockpiling, increased border vigilance, and reconnaissance.

The Sky Screen distributed Su Mo’s Self-Created Soul Skills to ranked Soul Masters, with higher-ranked recipients receiving stronger skills. Ning Rongrong and Gu Yuena received especially powerful skills, and Gu Yuena realized hers could help her rebuild her cultivation quickly.

• The Sky Screen distributed Self-Created Soul Skills by ranking tier, granting the ranked Soul Masters skills from D-grade to SSS-grade.
• Ning Rongrong received the SS-grade Nine Treasure Divine Light, which could combine the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s nine enhancements into a powerful effect.
• Ning Rongrong admitted she could not use the skill while her Soul Power was zero, but said it would become her ultimate trump card once her cultivation recovered.
• Gu Yuena received the SSS-grade Dragon God Nine Transformations, which could strengthen her Soul Power, body, and dragon god bloodline through nine transformations.
• Gu Yuena realized the first transformation required no Soul Power and could help her rebuild her cultivation rapidly because her dragon god bloodline was exceptionally pure.

After the Sky Screen reset everyone’s cultivation to level zero, Star Luo launched a sudden invasion of Heaven Dou. Xue Ye called on the empire’s factions for aid, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan agreed to help after a month of rebuilding their cultivation.

• Star Luo sent three armies across the border, and its vanguard crossed Sunset Gorge before Heaven Dou could respond.
• Xue Ye consulted General Ge Long, who urged him to call for aid and concentrate Heaven Dou’s forces in fortified cities until its Soul Masters could recover.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to send aid from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but asked for a month to let its disciples cultivate.
• Yu Yuanzhen committed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to helping Heaven Dou and ordered its disciples to cultivate until they regained their strength.

As Star Luo’s armies overwhelmed Heaven Dou, the Clear Sky Sect prepared its defenses while other sects’ reinforcements failed to turn the tide. Ning Fengzhi surrendered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to preserve it, and Heaven Dou City fell soon afterward, ending the empire.

• Tang Xiao decided the Clear Sky Sect would prepare to aid Heaven Dou after its disciples recovered, while also sending scouts to investigate the front.
• Star Luo’s armies captured Luke City and swept through Heaven Dou’s defenses, while supporting sects suffered heavy losses or retreated.
• Yu Yuanzhen turned his forces back from Heaven Dou City after learning Star Luo had surrounded it, and Tang Xiao concluded Heaven Dou was beyond saving.
• Ning Fengzhi persuaded the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s elders to surrender, and the Star Luo Emperor accepted the sect’s condition that it remain intact and its disciples face no reprisals.
• Heaven Dou City fell seven days after the surrender; Xue Ye burned himself to death, Xue Qinghe disappeared, and the Heaven Dou Empire ceased to exist.

After Heaven Dou fell to the Star Luo Empire, the Shrek group learned that Xiao Wu was now fully human and discussed how to survive the new regime. Days later, news that the Star Luo army had wiped out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan left Yu Xiaogang gravely shaken.

• Flender brought notices reporting Heaven Dou's fall, Xue Ye's death, and the Star Luo Empire's million-strong invasion.
• Xiao Wu explained that divine punishment had stripped away her soul beast origin, but Yu Xiaogang warned that others would still target her because they could not verify the change.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that Ning Fengzhi had surrendered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to preserve it, and she defended his decision.
• Yu Xiaogang worried that his father and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would resist the Star Luo Empire, though he felt unable to return after being expelled.
• A few days later, the group learned that the Star Luo army had killed everyone in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Yu Xiaogang vomited blood.

With the Star Luo Empire marching on Spirit City with nearly a million troops, Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall evacuated and abandoned the city. Its leaders and followers fled in separate groups, while Bibi Dong headed for the Star Dou Great Forest to restore her cultivation.

• After destroying the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, the Star Luo Empire marched on Spirit City with an army of nearly a million.
• Bibi Dong learned Spirit Hall could not activate its defensive array and heard that Qian Daoliu recommended evacuating.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall personnel to leave along four routes and destroy anything they could not carry.
• Qian Daoliu led one group west with Qian Renxue, while Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Bibi Dong led other groups away from Spirit City.
• Qian Renxue asked Qian Daoliu why Bibi Dong did not like her, and he could not tell her the truth.
• Bibi Dong went to the Star Dou Great Forest to use her Soul Devouring Spider Emperor's power to restore her cultivation.

Bibi Dong and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King accelerated their cultivation by devouring soul beasts and sea creatures, taking the top two spots on the Sky Screen rankings. As Bibi Dong hid from Star Luo forces and reached level fifteen, Ning Fengzhi warned that her rapid recovery could make her a major threat.

• Bibi Dong entered the Star Dou Great Forest with several hundred followers and told them to hunt soul beasts for cultivation.
• Bibi Dong killed and devoured soul beasts, rapidly raising her cultivation, while the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King likewise gained levels by consuming sea creatures.
• People across the continent learned that Bibi Dong ranked first and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King ranked second on the Sky Screen, and discussed their unusual cultivation methods.
• The Star Luo Emperor ordered troops to find Bibi Dong and wipe out the soul beasts, but his cavalry failed to catch her as she moved through the forest with her followers.
• Bibi Dong's cultivation rose from level eleven to level fifteen, and she killed several separated Star Luo scouts.
• Ning Fengzhi warned that Bibi Dong's swift recovery could make her a greater threat than the sects if she regained the power of a Titled Douluo.

Bibi Dong and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's rapid recovery through devouring inspired Clear Sky Sect disciples and hidden Evil Soul Masters to imitate them. As the Evil Soul Masters massacred people and soul beasts and climbed the rankings, the Star Luo Emperor ordered a nationwide purge and renewed his hunt for Bibi Dong.

• Tang Xiao ordered Clear Sky Sect disciples to hunt low-level soul beasts and eat their flesh to recover cultivation.
• Tang San lamented losing his Eight Spider Lances, while Xiao Wu tried to go warn Da Ming and Er Ming in the Star Dou Great Forest but was stopped by the Shrek group.
• A gathering of Evil Soul Masters in the Heaven Dou Empire's Northern Territory decided to imitate Bibi Dong by devouring soul beasts and people.
• Evil Soul Masters massacred a merchant caravan, a town, and numerous soul beast lairs, leaving their spiral mark and rising rapidly on the rankings.
• The Star Luo Emperor ordered a nationwide hunt for Evil Soul Masters and intensified the pursuit of Bibi Dong.

The notice introduced Shen Fa, who had planned to steal the Shrek Seven Devils’ immortal herbs and defeat them before divine punishment reset everyone’s level to zero. After Shen Fa worried that immortal herbs and divine trials might also be gone, he received the Heaven Rewards the Diligent talent.

• Shen Fa planned to take the Shrek Seven Devils’ immortal herbs and defeat them and Shrek’s Golden Generation.
• Divine punishment reset the levels of all living beings, including soul beasts and gods, to zero.
• The reset also erased soul rings and Soul Bones from soul masters.
• Shen Fa wondered whether the immortal herbs had become ordinary grass and how he could become a god without divine trials.
• Mother Earth granted Shen Fa the Heaven Rewards the Diligent talent.

The Star Luo Empire rapidly collapsed as Evil Soul Masters overran its lands and sects declared independence. Amid the ensuing chaos, Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue discovered they could absorb purified Soul Power essence from Evil Soul Masters and began hunting them to advance their cultivation.

• Evil Soul Masters escaped Slaughter City and spread across the continent, overrunning cities and crippling Star Luo's armies.
• The Elephant Armor Sect and other powers seceded as the Star Luo Emperor's territory shrank and his forces were overwhelmed.
• The Star Luo Emperor ordered a retreat to Star Luo's former borders, but fewer than 150,000 battered soldiers remained when his army withdrew.
• Qian Daoliu discovered that his angel martial soul could purify and absorb the Soul Power essence of Evil Soul Masters.
• Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue resolved to hunt Evil Soul Masters and use their essence to advance their cultivation.

Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue hunted Evil Soul Masters, drawing former Spirit Hall members and desperate refugees to their cause. They rebuilt Spirit Hall in Spirit City and began attracting sects seeking protection or cooperation.

• Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue led a small squad in hunting Evil Soul Masters, purifying the Soul Power essence they left behind and rapidly increasing their cultivation.
• Former Spirit Hall members returned to join Qian Daoliu, who organized them into mobile squads to hunt Evil Soul Masters across the borderlands.
• Qian Daoliu brought more than three hundred former Spirit Hall members to Spirit City and announced that Spirit Hall would be rebuilt for anyone willing to hunt Evil Soul Masters.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Bibi Dong knew about the rebuilding, and Qian Daoliu said she could return and claim Spirit Hall once her cultivation recovered.
• After Evil Soul Masters attacked their territories, several sects sought contact with Spirit Hall, and Qian Daoliu required them to kill a hundred Evil Soul Masters before negotiating.
• People watching the Sky Screen in the ruins of Heaven Dou City said the continent needed Spirit Hall to keep Evil Soul Masters in check.

The Shrek group struggled to keep pace with Evil Soul Masters, whose devouring-based cultivation let them rise far faster than ordinary Soul Masters. The group decided they might hunt Evil Soul Masters and absorb their power, but they still lacked the strength and knowledge to begin.

• The Shrek group watched their rankings fall as Bibi Dong, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, Qian Renxue, Qian Daoliu, and numerous Evil Soul Masters advanced rapidly through devouring.
• Ma Hongjun argued that the group would never catch up unless they became Evil Soul Masters too.
• Dai Mubai supported Ma Hongjun, proposing that they kill only Evil Soul Masters and absorb their Soul Power to fight back against the threat.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong agreed that hunting Evil Soul Masters could be justified, while Oscar questioned whether the group was strong enough to do it.
• Tang San said his hidden weapons could kill powerful Evil Soul Masters, and Yu Xiaogang claimed he knew how Evil Soul Masters cultivated.

Yu Xiaogang proposed that Shrek use evil cultivation to grow stronger by targeting Evil Soul Masters and Soul Beasts, and the group agreed before gradually expanding their killings to ordinary people. Ning Fengzhi discovered that Ning Rongrong had been listed as an Evil Soul Master and sent Sword Douluo to find her and bring her home.

• Yu Xiaogang explained evil cultivation to the Shrek group, and they agreed to use it only against Evil Soul Masters and Soul Beasts.
• Tang San made hidden weapons and assigned the group into pairs to hunt isolated Evil Soul Masters.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun killed a level-sixteen Evil Soul Master, and Tang San absorbed the corpse's Soul Power to rise from level five to level six.
• The Shrek group began killing Evil Soul Masters, then ordinary people and merchants connected to them, as they sought more Soul Power essence.
• Ning Fengzhi saw Ning Rongrong ranked as an Evil Soul Master, collapsed in shock, and ordered an investigation.
• Sword Douluo promised Ning Fengzhi that he would find Ning Rongrong and bring her back.

Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu ambushed the Shrek group, killing most of them and leaving Tang San gravely wounded. Tang San plunged into an abyss, while Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu turned to deal with Xiao Wu.

• Qian Renxue accused the Shrek group of acting like Evil Soul Masters, and Tang San ordered everyone to flee.
• Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu killed Flender, Zhao Wuji, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing as the group tried to escape.
• Tang San gave Xiao Wu his hidden weapon and charged Qian Daoliu, but Qian Daoliu broke free and struck him down.
• Tang San hurled a half-finished Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus at Qian Daoliu, then rolled down the hillside and fell into an abyss.
• Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu decided Tang San was unlikely to survive and chose to kill the immobilized Xiao Wu.

Qian Renxue killed Xiao Wu, believing her to be an ordinary human who had practiced evil cultivation, and burned her body when no soul ring or soul bone appeared. Tang San survived his fall into the underground river and climbed out at dawn, only to see his companions’ names gone from the rankings and fail to find Xiao Wu’s.

• Qian Renxue struck down Xiao Wu as Xiao Wu remained fixed on the cliff where Tang San had fallen.
• Qian Renxue found no soul ring or soul bone on Xiao Wu and concluded that the Sky Screen’s divine punishment had made her an ordinary person.
• Qian Renxue burned Xiao Wu’s remains, while Tang San’s body was lodged alive in a crevice beneath the cliff.
• Tang San used his Mysterious Heaven Skill and Blue Silver Emperor vines to survive and climb out of the underground river by dawn.
• Tang San saw Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and the others missing from the rankings and feared they were dead.
• Tang San searched the rankings for Xiao Wu’s name, could not find it, and refused to believe she had died.

After losing Xiao Wu and his teacher, Tang San turned to evil cultivation and grew powerful by killing and devouring Soul Beasts and Soul Masters. In the Far North, Bibi Dong killed him and absorbed his power, while Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu vowed to keep hunting Evil Soul Masters and not fall behind Bibi Dong.

• Driven by hatred for Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu, Tang San began killing and devouring Soul Beasts and Soul Masters, reaching rank forty as his Blue Silver Emperor Vines darkened.
• While hunting an ice-attribute Soul Beast in the Far North, Tang San encountered Bibi Dong and attacked her with his vines.
• Bibi Dong overwhelmed Tang San, impaled him before he could use Ring Detonation, and drained his Soul Power and both martial-soul origins until he died.
• After absorbing Tang San, Bibi Dong's cultivation rose from rank seventy-eight to rank eighty-one, and she walked on through the snow.
• Watching Tang San's name disappear from the Sky Screen, Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu resolved to continue hunting Evil Soul Masters and grow stronger than Bibi Dong.