Recaps

Su Chen asked to challenge Star Luo Royal Academy’s strongest team below the postgraduate level, the Nebula Team, despite being in a wheelchair. He revealed four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, leaving the team and spectators stunned just as the match was about to begin.

• Su Chen told Luo Chuan he was a Soul Ancestor and asked to face the strongest Soul Ancestor team, and Xu Xiaoyan vouched for his strength.
• Luo Chuan arranged an exhibition match between Su Chen and the Nebula Team at the Star Gazing Platform.
• The Nebula Team mocked Su Chen for arriving in a wheelchair and dismissed his challenge.
• Su Chen released his tower-shaped Martial Soul and four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, shocking the Nebula Team and the audience.

Su Chen crushed Nebula Team in a match at Starry Sky Soul Master Academy, revealing his overwhelming strength and earning the students’ respect. After recovering and saying farewell to Luo Chuan, he took Xu Xiaoyan to Skysea City ahead of the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition.

• Su Chen used his Soul Lock chains to defeat Nebula Team, resisting their attacks and negative-effect soul skills until every member was knocked out of bounds.
• Luo Chuan declared Su Chen the winner, and the students’ hostile looks faded as his strength became clear.
• Su Chen stayed at Starry Sky Soul Master Academy for another day, then bade Luo Chuan farewell with Xu Xiaoyan.
• Su Chen flew toward Skysea City in his Mecha and explained that they were going early to enjoy the city before the competition.
• Xu Xiaoyan settled against Su Chen and fell asleep during the journey.

Su Chen and Xu Xiaoyan spent the day shopping in Skysea City before Su Chen returned to his room to study the Star Gazing Platform formation. Ye Xinglan arrived in the city and arranged to meet Su Chen for dinner, leaving her team’s hotel suite to see him.

• Su Chen took Xu Xiaoyan shopping, held her hand, and photographed her trying on several outfits.
• Xu Xiaoyan chose a pair of earrings and a bracelet before she and Su Chen returned to their hotel.
• Su Chen studied Luo Chuan’s Star Gazing Platform core formation blueprint in his room.
• Ye Xinglan messaged Su Chen after arriving in Skysea City, and they agreed to have dinner together.
• Ye Xinglan prepared to meet Su Chen and told her team’s captain she was going out to see a friend.

Ye Xinglan left Xu Lizhi behind and met Su Chen for dinner in Skysea City, where they discussed their recent progress and agreed to practice swordsmanship together. Su Chen remained a Soul Ancestor, and he promised Ye Xinglan a surprise if she managed to land a hit on him.

• Ye Xinglan found Xu Lizhi weighing over four hundred pounds and warned him that his eating could leave him unable to walk and without a future teammate.
• Xu Lizhi admitted he had been eating because he felt miserable about Ye Xinglan growing distant, then stuffed himself with pastries after she left.
• Ye Xinglan waited for Su Chen at Yunmo Restaurant and told him that selling some of his Spirit-Refinement metal had helped her finances and cultivation.
• Ye Xinglan sensed that Su Chen's aura had changed greatly, but he told her he was still a Soul Ancestor rather than a Soul King.
• Su Chen suggested that they practice swordsmanship after dinner, and Ye Xinglan agreed on the condition that he use no soul skills.

Su Chen sparred with Ye Xinglan, whose swordsmanship had improved but still could not overcome his strength. After helping her recover, he told her he would join the Heaven Sea Federation Grand Competition only as a backup in the team event.

• Su Chen and Ye Xinglan went to a training room, where Ye Xinglan launched her strongest sword attack against him.
• Su Chen casually blocked Ye Xinglan's strike, sending her staggering back and showing her that he had grown even stronger.
• Ye Xinglan kept sparring until she was exhausted, and Su Chen helped her up, gave her a recovery pill, and let her rest against him.
• Ye Xinglan asked whether Su Chen would compete in the Heaven Sea Federation Grand Competition, and he said he would only serve as a backup in the team event.

After Ye Xinglan recovered from her exhaustion, she and Su Chen took a moonlit walk along the river, where she told him about Na'er, the celebrated beauty and personal disciple of Shrek's dean. Ye Xinglan grew jealous when Su Chen asked about Na'er's appearance, but the pair eventually held hands and grew physically affectionate.

• Ye Xinglan changed after showering, and Su Chen agreed to walk her back while keeping her company.
• As they walked by the river, Ye Xinglan told Su Chen that Shrek Inner Court's geniuses could not compare with him and described Na'er as the dean's beautiful, rarely seen personal disciple.
• Su Chen asked Ye Xinglan whether Na'er was beautiful and whether she had a picture, making Ye Xinglan jealous and prompting her to walk ahead in a huff.
• Su Chen followed Ye Xinglan and repeatedly tried to touch her hand until they finally laced their fingers together.
• Su Chen put an arm around Ye Xinglan's waist and rubbed her stomach as they stood by the river.

Su Chen and Ye Xinglan made their relationship official and grew closer during a private evening together. Two days later, Su Chen and Xu Xiaoyan reunited with the Eastsea Academy team as it headed to the tournament ceremony, leaving Tang Wulin baffled by Su Chen’s relationships.

• Su Chen hugged and kissed Ye Xinglan, who returned a kiss before asking him to take her back to the hotel.
• Xu Lizhi waited for Ye Xinglan outside her room and questioned her late return, but she brushed him off and went inside.
• Two days later, Wu Zhangkong led the Eastsea Academy team to the tournament, and Su Chen brought Xu Xiaoyan to meet them.
• Xie Xie asked Xu Xiaoyan where she and Su Chen had gone, while Tang Wulin worried that Su Chen might be involved with her too.

Xu Xiaoyan evolved her Martial Soul at the Star Gazing Platform, helping Class Zero sweep the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition with Su Chen’s support. After the academy returned in triumph, Su Chen left to search for the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and its Immortal Herbs and Dragon Souls.

• Xu Xiaoyan explained that the Star Gazing Platform had evolved her Martial Soul, and Tang Wulin congratulated her on being able to fight during the day.
• Gu Yue confronted Su Chen about his time away and Xu Xiaoyan’s feelings, then spent time alone with him in Skysea City.
• Class Zero won the five-on-five team championship, while Gu Yue dominated the individual competition and Tang Wulin won the youth blacksmithing championship.
• Eastsea Academy returned in triumph, and Tang Wulin earned doubled endorsement fees for his competition results.
• Su Chen used records in the Spirit Pagoda’s archives to locate the site of the ancient Sunset Forest and set out to search for the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

Su Chen infiltrated Twilight Forest to reach the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, bypassing the Tang Sect’s defenses with Etherealization and Teleportation. He arrived at the well and was confronted by six powerful phantom figures.

• Su Chen confirmed that Twilight Forest had once been Sunset Forest and recognized that the Tang Sect controlled it to seal off the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Su Chen used Etherealization and Teleportation to evade the forest’s warning devices and guards.
• Su Chen bypassed a huge illusion formation and crossed a deadly concentration of Jade Phosphorus Seven Absolute Flower toxins.
• Su Chen reached the core valley, saw the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and watched six phantom figures appear.
• The purple-clad man asked Su Chen who he was and whether he had come from the Tang Sect.

Su Chen entered the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well alone, where the immortal herbs mistook him for a threat and attacked. After he revealed his powerful dragon bloodline, the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King appeared and bowed to him, leaving the six fierce beasts horrified.

• Su Chen told the six intelligent immortal herbs that he had sneaked into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, prompting them to blame the Tang Sect and threaten him.
• The Infernal Delicate Apricot attacked Su Chen with the Blazing Yang Spring, but it passed through him while he was using Etherealization.
• Su Chen dispelled Etherealization, revealed his martial soul and four ten-thousand-year soul rings, and commanded the hidden powers beneath the springs to emerge.
• The Dragon Souls of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King rose from the springs, and the six fierce beasts welcomed them as their guardians.
• The Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King bowed in submission to Su Chen, horrifying the six fierce beasts.
• Su Chen revealed through his actions that he had come primarily for the two Dragon Souls, which he valued above the immortal herbs.

Su Chen used the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings to subdue six immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and demanded their treasures. Aromatic Silk Beauty surrendered its Qiluo Heart, and Su Chen turned to Infernal Delicate Apricot for her Blazing Gel.

• Su Chen ordered the six immortal herbs to hand over their treasures, but they attacked him instead.
• The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings shielded Su Chen and quickly suppressed all six herbs.
• Su Chen rejected Aromatic Silk Beauty's offer to give him only two treasures and demanded its Qiluo Heart.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty surrendered the Qiluo Heart, and losing it left its body wilted and its purple-robed form pale.
• Su Chen demanded all of Infernal Delicate Apricot's Blazing Gel and considered giving it to Leng Yaozhu, but decided to keep the Heavenly Phoenix Origin from her until he was stronger.

Su Chen collected essences and treasures from the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, then revealed that he planned to move the entire well into his Spatial Orb. He began assessing the valley and dragon skeletons to see how to preserve it.

• Su Chen forced Infernal Delicate Apricot to give up its Blazing Gel and collected the Mysterious Ice Essence from Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.
• Su Chen gathered six bamboo fruits from Ink Jade Divine Bamboo and planned for Ye Xinglan to absorb it as a Soul Spirit.
• Su Chen collected Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and Earth Dragon Liquid, then pressured Aromatic Silk Beauty into handing over Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Primordial Immortal Herb.
• Su Chen told the Immortal Herbs he would not leave because he intended to pack up the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and take it with him.
• Su Chen assessed the valley and the dragon skeletons beneath it, concluding that his Spatial Orb could hold the well if he moved the skeletons too.

Su Chen used the Spatial Orb to enclose the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, including its underground foundations, while the Tang Sect Guard Squad tried to stop him. The Tang Sect forces surrounded the hidden realm and waited for the deputy sect master to arrive.

• Su Chen expanded the Spatial Orb and began swallowing the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and its underground portion.
• The disturbance triggered an alarm, and the Tang Sect Guard Squad deployed Black-Grade Mechas to the valley.
• The Guard Squad warned Su Chen to surrender, but he continued controlling the Spatial Orb across the seven-colored poison miasma.
• The mechas fired their Soul Guidance Cannons at Su Chen, but the Spatial Orb absorbed the barrage without damage.
• The lead mecha ordered a ceasefire to avoid damaging the hidden realm, then called for the deputy sect master.
• Tang Sect reinforcements arrived and surrounded the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well while they waited for the deputy sect master.

Su Chen successfully moved the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well into his Spatial Orb, then escaped after Heartless Douluo Zang Xin arrived and attacked him. He headed toward Shrek City to visit Leng Yaozhu and build their relationship.

• Su Chen confirmed that the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well remained intact inside his Spatial Orb and could generate ambient spiritual energy.
• Zang Xin arrived at the crater and attacked Su Chen, furious that the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well had been taken from the Tang Sect's secret realm.
• Su Chen stayed Etherealized, told Zang Xin he was taking the well, and vanished before Zang Xin could sense or pursue him.
• Zang Xin unleashed his fury on the surrounding area while Su Chen hid thousands of meters underground.
• Su Chen teleported toward Shrek City, intending to visit Leng Yaozhu and improve their relationship.

Su Chen waited for Leng Yaozhu at the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters and gave her a special gift when she returned. The chapter ended as he opened a jade box containing the Blazing Gel he had taken from Infernal Delicate Apricot.

• Su Chen reached Shrek City and went to Leng Yaozhu’s office, where he waited after learning she was away on a business trip.
• Leng Yaozhu returned, canceled a follow-up meeting, and welcomed Su Chen by pulling him into her embrace.
• Su Chen told Leng Yaozhu he had brought her a special gift and took out a jade box from his storage Soul Tool.
• Su Chen opened the box and revealed the blazing, fire-attributed gel he had taken from Infernal Delicate Apricot.

Su Chen gave Leng Yaozhu Blazing Gel, the essence of the Infernal Delicate Apricot, and she went to absorb it in hopes of breaking through to Limit Douluo. He then consumed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and advanced his spiritual power into the Spirit Abyss Realm.

• Leng Yaozhu recognized the Blazing Gel’s immense fire-element power, and Su Chen explained that he had obtained it from the Tang Sect’s secret realm.
• Su Chen gave Leng Yaozhu the Blazing Gel, and she entered a secluded chamber to absorb it.
• Su Chen considered using one of the Ice and Fire Dragon King’s remnant souls for Leng Yaozhu’s Soul Spirit experiment while keeping another as protection.
• Su Chen swallowed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew in a Spirit Pagoda cultivation chamber, and his spiritual power broke through into the Spirit Abyss Realm.

Su Chen absorbed the Primordial Immortal Herb, strengthening his body and compressing his Soul Power while his cultivation remained capped at level fifty. As he waited for Leng Yaozhu to finish absorbing the Blazing Gel, he practiced on a Miniature Star Gazing Platform he had made, which modestly increased cultivation speed.

• Su Chen decided to save the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew for Xu Xiaoyan and the others, then swallowed the Primordial Immortal Herb himself.
• The Primordial Immortal Herb strengthened Su Chen’s body and compressed his Soul Power, which continued accumulating despite his level-five limit.
• After an hour, Su Chen finished absorbing the herb and felt his constitution had improved enough to make him less vulnerable to sudden attacks.
• Su Chen waited three days for Leng Yaozhu to emerge from seclusion after absorbing the Blazing Gel.
• Su Chen practiced on his handmade Miniature Star Gazing Platform, which gathered Star Energy and increased cultivation speed by about ten percent.
• Su Chen had made three Miniature Star Gazing Platforms, giving one each to Ye Xinglan and Xu Xiaoyan and keeping one for himself.

Su Chen went to meet Leng Yaozhu after she emerged from seclusion, and she revealed that the Immortal Herb had helped her become a Limit Douluo. The chapter ended with Leng Yaozhu asking where Su Chen had obtained the herb, worried that the Tang Sect might pursue him over it.

• Su Chen received Leng Yaozhu’s message inviting him to the private hot springs on the 28th floor.
• Su Chen teleported to the hot springs, entered Leng Yaozhu’s cavern, and joined her in the pool.
• Su Chen congratulated Leng Yaozhu on leaving seclusion and asked whether she had broken through.
• Leng Yaozhu said the Immortal Herb had helped her fuse her Soul Power and spiritual power, making her a Limit Douluo.
• Leng Yaozhu asked where Su Chen had gotten the Immortal Herb and warned that the Tang Sect might come after him.

Su Chen showed Leng Yaozhu the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, which he had taken into his Spatial Orb, and explained how he had obtained it. Leng Yaozhu worried about the Tang Sect’s response, but relaxed after Su Chen assured her that he had left no trace.

• Su Chen let Leng Yaozhu explore the Spatial Orb and see the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and its Immortal Herbs.
• Leng Yaozhu recognized the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, then asked how Su Chen had acquired the secret realm.
• Su Chen explained that he had found the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well near Heaven Dou City and packed it into his Spatial Orb, his fourth Soul Skill.
• Leng Yaozhu grabbed Su Chen and asked whether the Tang Sect could identify him or track the secret realm’s disappearance.
• Su Chen said no one had seen his face or found traces, and Leng Yaozhu scolded and pinched him before making him promise to warn her before taking such risks.

Su Chen brought the Ice Dragon King's remnant soul to the Spirit Pagoda's research area so Leng Yaozhu could try to turn it into a Soul Spirit. The Spirit Awakening Platform began its awakening procedure, leaving Su Chen and Leng Yaozhu waiting to see whether it would succeed.

• After sharing noodles at Leng Yaozhu's residence, Su Chen asked when they could try turning his Dragon Souls into Soul Spirits.
• Leng Yaozhu took Su Chen through the Spirit Pagoda's secured underground complex to its core research laboratory.
• Leng Yaozhu explained how the Spirit Awakening Platform could awaken Soul Beast soul fragments and said the Ice Dragon King's powerful remnant soul had a good chance of success.
• The researchers charged the Spirit Awakening Platform, and Su Chen placed the Ice Dragon King's remnant soul inside its intake port.
• Leng Yaozhu ordered the awakening to begin, and the Spirit Awakening Platform surged with blue light, energy, and heat.

Leng Yaozhu’s conversion of the Ice Dragon King’s remnant soul drained power from much of the Spirit Pagoda, drawing Qiangu Dongfeng’s protest. The process produced a legendary orange-gold Soul Spirit, which Leng Yaozhu secured before Qiangu Dongfeng could claim it.

• Leng Yaozhu ordered nonessential power supplies cut to keep the Spirit Awakening Platform energized as the conversion continued.
• Qiangu Dongfeng arrived with Qiangu Zhangting and confronted Leng Yaozhu over the power cuts, then tried to learn what she was converting.
• The conversion finished, and an orange-gold Ice Dragon King Soul Spirit emerged from the Spirit Awakening Platform.
• Qiangu Dongfeng reacted with shock and greed, but Leng Yaozhu collected the Soul Spirit and challenged him.

Qiangu Dongfeng bought the Ice Dragon King Soul Spirit from Leng Yaozhu at a steep cost, hoping Qiangu Zhangting could absorb it and strengthen the Qiangu Family. The chapter ended with Qiangu Zhangting beginning the absorption while Leng Yaozhu and Su Chen watched.

• Qiangu Dongfeng demanded that Leng Yaozhu sell the orange-gold Soul Spirit for Qiangu Zhangting, but she initially refused.
• Su Chen telepathically told Leng Yaozhu to sell it for a good price, and she agreed while warning Qiangu Dongfeng that it might be an Unyielding Soul Spirit.
• Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Zhangting anticipated that the Soul Spirit would help the Qiangu Family rise to power.
• Three days later, Qiangu Dongfeng paid substantial benefits and surrendered some authority to complete the purchase from Leng Yaozhu.
• Leng Yaozhu added a clause stating that Qiangu Dongfeng could not blame anyone if Qiangu Zhangting failed to absorb the Soul Spirit.
• Qiangu Zhangting lifted the sealed Ice Dragon King Soul Spirit to begin absorbing it as Qiangu Dongfeng prepared to protect him.

Qiangu Zhangting failed to absorb the Ice Dragon King's Soul Spirit, revealing it as an Unyielding Soul Spirit, while Leng Yaozhu secured major benefits from Qiangu Dongfeng. Su Chen left to return to Eastsea City as the Tang Sect, led by Zang Xin, continued searching for the thief who had set off its investigation.

• The Ice Dragon King's Soul Spirit rejected Qiangu Zhangting, injuring him and prompting him to demand that Qiangu Dongfeng destroy it.
• Qiangu Dongfeng accused Leng Yaozhu of knowing the Soul Spirit was Unyielding, but she defended her warning and left with Su Chen under their signed agreement.
• Su Chen asked Leng Yaozhu to increase the Spirit Pagoda's energy storage fiftyfold for a future Soul Spirit conversion, and she agreed.
• Leng Yaozhu warned Su Chen that the Tang Sect was looking for him, so he agreed to return to Eastsea City and planned to ask Gu Yue about Dragon Valley.
• At Tang Sect headquarters, Zang Xin learned that his subordinates still could not find the thief or track his scent.

Zang Xin struggled to identify who had stolen the Tang Sect’s Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, while Gu Yue spoke with Xu Xiaoyan about her feelings for Su Chen. Gu Yue encouraged Xu Xiaoyan to pursue him, leaving her surprised by Gu Yue’s approval.

• Zang Xin suspected the Federation, the Spirit Pagoda, or the Holy Spirit Cult had stolen the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and guessed they might have used the Space-Time Divine Shuttle.
• Xu Xiaoyan meditated on the Lotus Platform Su Chen had given her and neared level 20.
• Gu Yue asked Xu Xiaoyan what she thought of Su Chen and whether she liked him.
• Gu Yue told Xu Xiaoyan she would not stop her from pursuing Su Chen and encouraged her to be more proactive.

Su Chen returned to his villa after Leng Yaozhu sent him away because the Tang Sect was investigating the secret realm, then told Gu Yue he needed a powerful Soul Beast remnant soul for his next Soul Spirit. Gu Yue considered the Dragon God Remnant Soul she needed for her own plans, but chose to help Su Chen and told him she knew a place that might have what he wanted.

• Gu Yue encouraged Xu Xiaoyan to take the initiative with Su Chen, and Xu Xiaoyan decided she would confess her feelings.
• Su Chen returned to his villa after the Tang Sect’s late-night disturbance forced Leng Yaozhu to send him away.
• Gu Yue came home, got angry when Su Chen questioned her, and later asked where he had gone.
• Su Chen revealed that he had reached level fifty and wanted a powerful Soul Beast remnant soul for his next Soul Spirit.
• Gu Yue thought of Dragon Valley and its Dragon God Remnant Soul, which she needed for her own plans, but decided to help Su Chen.
• Gu Yue told Su Chen she knew a place that might have what he was looking for.