Recaps

Su Chen completed the formation of Twin Soul Cores, greatly increasing his power and enabling him to freeze time across a vast area and teleport to places he had visited. After returning to Eastsea City to investigate the Qiangu Family’s interest in him, he spotted Qiangu Zhangting at Eastsea Academy and watched to see what would happen.

• Su Chen formed Twin Soul Cores, replenished his Soul Power by drawing energy from the Void, and expanded his Time Stop to the limits of his spiritual power.
• Su Chen learned from Leng Yaozhu’s messages that the Qiangu Family was secretly investigating him and decided to return to Eastsea City.
• Su Chen arrived at Eastsea Academy using his improved Teleportation and searched Eastsea City and the Su Family for suspicious activity.
• Su Chen spotted Qiangu Zhangting entering Eastsea Academy and chose to watch rather than confront him, curious how he would fare against Wu Zhangkong.

Qiangu Zhangting arrived at Eastsea Academy to capture Su Chen, but encountered Wu Zhangkong and provoked him over Long Bing, triggering a fierce battle. Su Chen froze time, abducted Qiangu Zhangting, and left the academy baffled by his sudden disappearance.

• Qiangu Zhangting investigated Su Chen, then waited at Eastsea Academy for him to return.
• Qiangu Zhangting recognized Wu Zhangkong and insulted Long Bing, prompting Wu Zhangkong to attack him.
• Wu Zhangkong and Qiangu Zhangting fought in the sky as academy staff evacuated students and summoned the Mecha Corps.
• Su Chen froze time across the academy, put Qiangu Zhangting into his Spatial Orb, and left.
• Time resumed, and Wu Zhangkong and the academy staff found Qiangu Zhangting had vanished without a trace.

Su Chen captured Qiangu Zhangting with Temporal Amber and gave Wu Zhangkong a Life Core to heal his damaged foundation. He returned to the villa and found Xu Xiaoyan happily cooking for Gu Yue.

• Wu Zhangkong sent the arriving Mecha squad away after the mysterious opponent vanished, then dismissed the Zero Class students to train on their own.
• Su Chen kept Qiangu Zhangting frozen in Temporal Amber and decided to delay killing him to avoid alerting the Qiangu Family.
• Su Chen visited Wu Zhangkong and offered him a Life Core that could repair his damaged foundation.
• Wu Zhangkong accepted Su Chen's gift after learning that Su Chen had detected his hidden ailment.
• Su Chen returned to the villa, where Xu Xiaoyan said she enjoyed cooking for Gu Yue and felt comfortable living with them.

Su Chen spent the evening with Gu Yue before carrying Xu Xiaoyan to bed, reassuring her that he would wait until she was ready. Elsewhere, Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Dieting discovered they could not contact Qiangu Zhangting, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Gu Yue joined Su Chen and Xu Xiaoyan for dinner, then dragged Su Chen into her room while Xu Xiaoyan handled the housework.
• Afterward, Su Chen found Xu Xiaoyan cultivating on the rooftop and carried her to her room to sleep beside him.
• Su Chen reassured the nervous Xu Xiaoyan that he would wait until she was ready, and she kissed him.
• Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Dieting discussed Leng Yaozhu’s breakthrough and the danger foretold by the Fate Compass.
• Qiangu Dongfeng failed to reach Qiangu Zhangting by ordinary communication or the family’s emergency transmission, suggesting Zhangting was dead or imprisoned somewhere that blocked communications.

Qiangu Dieting used the Fate Compass to confirm that Su Chen was behind Qiangu Zhangting’s disappearance and decided to confront him despite the life-threatening cost. Meanwhile, Xu Xiaoyan woke beside Su Chen, who coaxed her into staying in bed instead of making breakfast.

• Qiangu Dieting learned that Qiangu Zhangting was alive and that his disappearance was connected to Su Chen, but the divination cost him nearly a hundred years of life.
• Qiangu Dieting concluded that a powerful figure behind Su Chen threatened the Qiangu Family and decided to go to Eastsea City with Qiangu Dongfeng.
• Qiangu Dieting and Qiangu Dongfeng secretly left for Eastsea City to eliminate the threat.
• The next morning, Xu Xiaoyan tried to get up to make breakfast for Su Chen and Gu Yue, but Su Chen pulled her back into his arms.

Su Chen waited outside Eastsea City for members of the Qiangu Family he sensed were coming after him. He effortlessly trapped Qiangu Dieting and Qiangu Dongfeng with spacetime power, leaving their fate unresolved.

• Su Chen, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue went out for breakfast, where Gu Yue pressed Xu Xiaoyan about whether Su Chen had bullied her.
• Su Chen left Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan to go to class and flew outside Eastsea City to await the Qiangu Family.
• Qiangu Dieting and Qiangu Dongfeng arrived, and Su Chen demanded their divine artifacts while teasing them with a made-up explanation.
• Su Chen snapped his fingers and used spacetime power to restrain both men before they could summon their martial souls.

Su Chen seized the Fate Compass and Soul-Seizing Plaque from Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Dieting, then used the plaque to drain their life force and kill them. He discovered that the compass’s divination cost was absorbed by his Heart of Life, and learned that a godslayer-grade Level 12 soul-guided artillery shell was at the Northern Legion.

• Su Chen opened the storage Soul Tools of Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Dieting and took the Fate Compass and Soul-Seizing Plaque.
• Su Chen sealed their cultivation and used the Soul-Seizing Plaque to drain their life force, killing Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Dieting.
• Su Chen examined the Fate Compass and found that his Heart of Life absorbed the life-force cost of divination.
• Su Chen asked where a godslayer-grade Level 12 soul-guided artillery shell was, and the Fate Compass answered, "Northern Legion."

Su Chen visited Leng Yaozhu after killing Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Dieting, then revealed his new Soul Emperor cultivation and the tokens proving their deaths. Leng Yaozhu prepared to annex the leaderless Qiangu Family, while Su Chen began giving her a gift: the Heavenly Phoenix Origin Essence Blood.

• Su Chen considered securing the Godslayer-class Soul Guidance Shell and decided to eliminate dangers before they could grow.
• Su Chen arrived at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters and showed Leng Yaozhu that he had reached Soul Emperor.
• Leng Yaozhu warned Su Chen that Qiangu Dongfeng was searching for him, but Su Chen revealed he had killed both Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Dieting.
• Su Chen proved their deaths with their tokens, and Leng Yaozhu decided to annex the weakened Qiangu Family.
• Su Chen told Leng Yaozhu he had a gift for her, then transformed his hand into a dragon claw and plunged it into his chest.

Su Chen gave Leng Yaozhu a drop of Heavenly Phoenix Essence Blood, which she immediately absorbed and used to begin a dramatic evolution above Shrek City. As Leng Yaozhu entered a fiery nirvana, Yun Ming judged that she might advance from the demigod realm to the quasi-god realm.

• Su Chen removed the Heavenly Phoenix Essence Blood from his chest, healed the wound, and explained to Leng Yaozhu why he had waited to give it to her.
• Leng Yaozhu accepted the essence blood and swallowed it, then flew out the window and transformed into a Heavenly Phoenix.
• Leng Yaozhu's evolution sent intense heat and pressure across the Spirit Pagoda and Shrek City, drawing Spirit Pagoda powerhouses and other experts to watch.
• Spirit Pagoda Council members speculated that Leng Yaozhu's bloodline was awakening and wondered why Qiangu Dongfeng had not appeared.
• Yun Ming recognized Leng Yaozhu as a demigod undergoing nirvana and said the evolution might raise her to the quasi-god realm.

After Leng Yaozhu’s rebirth, Leng Yulai grew jealous and attacked her, but Su Chen stopped her and imprisoned her in a secret chamber. He planned to keep Leng Yulai captive until Leng Yaozhu finished her breakthrough, though his intentions toward her became threatening.

• Ya Li became jealous when Yun Ming tried to comfort her about Leng Yaozhu and banned him from her room for a month.
• Leng Yulai watched Leng Yaozhu’s rebirth and blamed her sister for receiving all the family’s support.
• Leng Yulai transformed into a black phoenix and flew to attack Leng Yaozhu, but Su Chen intercepted her and took her away.
• Su Chen sealed Leng Yulai’s cultivation, removed her Battle Armor and Soul Tools, and kept her in a secret chamber.
• Leng Yulai tried to stab Su Chen with a feather blade, but it could not pierce him.
• Su Chen shut the chamber door and approached Leng Yulai with a black leather whip.

Su Chen subdued Leng Yulai and discovered that her favorability rose when he beat her, while Leng Yaozhu completed her seven-day evolution and became a quasi-god. The Spirit Pagoda celebrated Leng Yaozhu’s breakthrough as she emerged with a transformed aura and a future rivaling Yun Ming’s.

• Su Chen recorded Leng Yulai, gained the Dark Nirvana skill, and implanted a Soul-Devouring Demonic Seed in her.
• Su Chen noticed Leng Yulai’s favorability had risen to 20 despite her hatred, then later saw it reach 50 as she continued provoking him.
• Su Chen left Leng Yulai without beating her because Leng Yaozhu’s evolution was nearing completion, leaving Leng Yulai confused by her disappointment.
• After seven days and nights of nirvana, Leng Yaozhu emerged from her fiery cocoon with quasi-god strength.
• Title Douluo and Super Douluo from the Spirit Pagoda gathered to congratulate Leng Yaozhu on becoming the continent’s second-youngest quasi-god.

After becoming a quasi-god, Leng Yaozhu announced that Qiangu Dieting and Qiangu Dongfeng had died and claimed the Qiangu Family’s Spirit Pagoda authority and assets. She reunited with Su Chen, and their relationship became intimate, which she asked him to keep secret from Gu Yue.

• Leng Yaozhu told the Spirit Pagoda’s Title Douluos that Qiangu Dieting and Qiangu Dongfeng had fallen and that she would take over the Qiangu Family’s authority and assets.
• The Spirit Pagoda’s council members rushed to consult their families as the Qiangu Family lost its strongest members and the balance of power shifted toward the Leng Family.
• The leaderless Qiangu Family panicked and tried to contact Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Qingfeng, asking Qiangu Qingfeng to return and take charge.
• Leng Yaozhu returned to the Spirit Pagoda, where Su Chen congratulated her on becoming a quasi-god and she credited his help.
• Su Chen and Leng Yaozhu spent the night together, and in the morning Leng Yaozhu asked him to stay with her and keep their relationship secret from Gu Yue.

After learning that her younger sister Leng Yulai had joined the Holy Spirit Cult, Leng Yaozhu confronted her and tried to explain the misunderstanding that had driven them apart. Leng Yaozhu showed Leng Yulai the truth while Su Chen waited outside, hoping she would turn over a new leaf.

• After cleaning Leng Yaozhu's office, Su Chen told her that he had captured Leng Yulai, whom he had kept in his Spatial Orb.
• Leng Yaozhu was shocked to learn that Leng Yulai had become an Evil Soul Master and asked Su Chen to bring her out.
• Leng Yulai angrily accused Leng Yaozhu of stealing Yun Ming from her and resented her for becoming the family heir and receiving a chance to become a quasi-god.
• Su Chen corrected Leng Yulai, explaining that he—not the Leng Family—had given Leng Yaozhu the opportunity to become a quasi-god.
• Leng Yaozhu asked Su Chen to leave so she could explain the past to Leng Yulai through thought manifestation, and Su Chen waited outside without eavesdropping.

Leng Yaozhu welcomed her younger sister Leng Yulai back and learned that the Qiangu Family had secretly allied with the Holy Spirit Cult against Shrek Academy. With Qiangu Dieting and Qiangu Dongfeng dead, Leng Yaozhu moved to absorb the weakened family, while Su Chen stayed to help her with personal matters.

• Leng Yulai apologized to Leng Yaozhu, who welcomed her back and thanked Su Chen for bringing her home.
• Leng Yulai privately resented Su Chen after he claimed their earlier fight had not hurt her.
• Leng Yaozhu told Leng Yulai that Qiangu Dieting and Qiangu Dongfeng had died and proposed absorbing the Qiangu Family.
• Leng Yulai revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult had reached a preliminary agreement with the Qiangu Family to oppose Shrek Academy and was planning against Yun Ming.
• Leng Yaozhu and Leng Yulai suppressed resistance and took control of the Qiangu Family, sparing most of its members.
• Su Chen remained with Leng Yaozhu to help with her personal needs.

Leng Yaozhu confronted Qiangu Qingfeng and Xia Zhengleng as she continued dismantling the Qiangu Family, warning them not to investigate Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Dieting’s deaths. Meanwhile, Su Chen punished Leng Yulai in his Spatial Orb before sending her out, while her guilt and possessive nature continued to trouble him.

• Qiangu Qingfeng and Xia Zhengleng returned to the Qiangu Family and challenged Leng Yaozhu, who overwhelmed them with her ultimate-fire domain.
• Leng Yaozhu demanded that the Qiangu Family surrender the resources and industries she sought, and gave Qiangu Qingfeng one day to comply.
• Qiangu Qingfeng demanded to know how Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Dieting had died, but Leng Yaozhu denied responsibility and warned him not to investigate further.
• Su Chen restrained Leng Yulai in his Spatial Orb and beat her after she provoked him, teasing her about deliberately seeking punishment.
• Su Chen threatened Leng Yulai with a leather whip, then threw her out of the Spatial Orb as he worried about her obsessive possessiveness.

After taking control of the Spirit Pagoda, Leng Yaozhu confronted Su Chen about his behavior toward her younger sister, Leng Yulai. Su Chen returned to Eastsea City and arranged to give Ouyang Zixin and Mu Xi Immortal Herbs suited to their needs.

• Leng Yaozhu became Pagoda Master, while the Deputy Pagoda Master position remained vacant.
• Su Chen told Leng Yaozhu he needed to return to the academy, and she questioned him about Leng Yulai’s unusual interest in him.
• Su Chen confessed that he had caught and spanked Leng Yulai after she provoked and ambushed him, and Leng Yaozhu confronted him about it.
• Two days later, Su Chen returned to Eastsea City and left Leng Yaozhu to handle Leng Yulai’s matter.
• Su Chen contacted Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin to arrange meetings and planned Immortal Herbs to strengthen Mu Xi’s forging and Ouyang Zixin’s constitution.

Su Chen reunited with Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin at his private hot spring and gave them rare cultivation treasures. After helping Ouyang Zixin begin digesting hers, he learned Mu Xi had wanted him to pursue her more earnestly, and they grew intimate together.

• Su Chen welcomed Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin to his private hot spring and playfully pulled Mu Xi into the water with his spatial power.
• Su Chen gave Mu Xi a sealed Blazing Gel capsule and Ouyang Zixin a bottle of Earth Dragon Liquid, explaining how each would aid their cultivation.
• Mu Xi swallowed the Blazing Gel, while Ouyang Zixin drank the Earth Dragon Liquid and Su Chen set her on shore to digest its strong medicinal power.
• Su Chen secluded himself and Mu Xi from Ouyang Zixin with a spatial barrier, and Mu Xi admitted she had wanted him to ask again when she previously turned him down.
• Mu Xi embraced Su Chen, telling him he was foolish, and nibbled his neck.

After advancing to the Spirit Sea Realm, Su Chen continued visiting Leng Yaozhu, while Leng Yulai uncovered their relationship and cornered him at his residence. The chapter ended with Leng Yulai demanding that Su Chen satisfy her.

• Su Chen spent a month at Eastsea Academy, digested his gains, and advanced his spiritual power to the Spirit Sea Realm.
• Su Chen regularly visited the Spirit Pagoda to keep Leng Yaozhu company, and Leng Yulai began suspecting their relationship.
• Leng Yulai confronted Leng Yaozhu, who denied the affair and kicked Leng Yulai away, confirming her suspicions.
• Leng Yulai cornered Su Chen, questioned him about Leng Yaozhu, and asked what kind of girl he liked.
• Leng Yulai admitted she had strange preferences and demanded that Su Chen satisfy her.

Leng Yulai chased Su Chen after he took compromising photos of her, and Leng Yaozhu stopped them before discussing sending Su Chen and Gu Yue to Shrek ahead of schedule. The Spirit Pagoda’s special admission slots made it possible, and Su Chen considered which companions he would bring.

• Su Chen teased Leng Yulai with the photos he had taken, and Leng Yaozhu caught them both as they chased through the Spirit Pagoda.
• Leng Yulai complained that she did not want to become the Leng Family's head, then left after Leng Yaozhu dismissed her.
• Leng Yaozhu pulled Su Chen into her office and proposed sending him and Gu Yue to Shrek early.
• Leng Yaozhu explained that her position as the Spirit Pagoda's Pagoda Master could secure special admission slots, and Su Chen praised her.
• Su Chen considered Shrek a better place for Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan, while deciding he would not bring Tang Wulin or Xie Xie.

Leng Yaozhu assigned Su Chen to investigate unrest in the Spirit Pagoda’s Star Luo Empire branch and summoned Gu Yue to discuss taking on duties. Su Chen left Gu Yue to face Leng Yaozhu in her nightgown, ending with Gu Yue embarrassed and protesting her teacher’s teasing.

• Leng Yaozhu said she had arranged Shrek spots for Su Chen, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan.
• Leng Yaozhu asked Su Chen to deal with Zhang Geyang, the disobedient Spirit Pagoda branch master in the Star Luo Empire, because she could not intervene openly.
• Leng Yaozhu told Su Chen to bring Gu Yue to her so Gu Yue could begin taking on Spirit Pagoda duties.
• Su Chen teleported Gu Yue from her villa to Leng Yaozhu while Gu Yue was wearing only a spaghetti-strap nightgown and carrying chips and a novel.
• Leng Yaozhu teased the mortified Gu Yue about her closeness with Su Chen, then examined her cultivation and made her uncomfortable.

Leng Yaozhu told Gu Yue that the Spirit Pagoda was now under her control and assigned her to intern in Eastsea City before becoming a Spirit Envoy, while concealing who had killed the Qiangu family leaders. Half a month later, Su Chen completed his transformation and manifested the enormous Dharma Aspect of Heaven and Earth over the sea.

• Leng Yaozhu offered Gu Yue a Spirit Envoy position after a period of internship at the Eastsea City Spirit Pagoda.
• Leng Yaozhu revealed that she had become the Spirit Pagoda's pagoda master and that Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Dieting were dead.
• Gu Yue questioned Leng Yaozhu about the Qiangu family's deaths, but Leng Yaozhu concealed Su Chen's involvement and sent Gu Yue to gain experience.
• Half a month later, Su Chen emerged from his body transformation above the sea and summoned a thousand-meter Dharma Aspect of Heaven and Earth.
• Su Chen tested the manifestation's power and realized that it consumed so much energy that he could sustain it for about ten days without fighting and roughly a day in battle.

Su Chen used the Fate Compass to find Eternal Heaven aboard the Sea God, then froze time and stole the weapon from its heavily guarded chamber. After triggering its hidden alarm, he chose to stay and test his new Dharma Aspect of Heaven and Earth against Chen Xinjie.

• Su Chen found the locations of two Godslayer-class Shells and obtained them, then spent seven days transforming his physique and gaining Heaven and Earth Manifestation.
• The Fate Compass revealed that Eternal Heaven was hidden aboard the Sea God, the Sea God Legion's flagship guarded by Chen Xinjie.
• Su Chen reached the Sea God Fleet and froze everything within a hundred-kilometer radius using Time Stop.
• Su Chen followed the Fate Compass through the Sea God and found Eternal Heaven in a sealed chamber, then stored it in his Spatial Orb.
• Su Chen discovered a concealed detection device beneath Eternal Heaven and, instead of leaving, ended Time Stop and triggered the alarm.
• Chen Xinjie demanded to know who had infiltrated the Sea God as a terrifying pressure enveloped the flagship.

Su Chen lured Chen Xinjie away from the Sea God Fleet after stealing Eternal Heaven, then revealed his Dharma Aspect of Heaven and Earth to fight him. The chapter ended as Su Chen’s giant struck Chen Xinjie’s massive water wall.

• Chen Xinjie ordered the Sea God Fleet and nearby fleets to retreat after confronting the masked thief who had taken Eternal Heaven.
• Su Chen disguised his voice and appearance, then fled across the sea so Chen Xinjie would follow him away from the ships.
• Chen Xinjie trapped Su Chen inside a towering wall of water, but Su Chen revealed his Dharma Aspect of Heaven and Earth.
• Su Chen merged with the golden giant and charged at Chen Xinjie.
• Chen Xinjie summoned a thousand-meter water wall, and Su Chen’s giant punched into it.

Su Chen overwhelmed Chen Xinjie with his Dharma Aspect, Spatial Domain, and time powers, forcing Chen Xinjie to unseal his God Origin Realm spiritual power. Yun Ming sensed the battle and flew toward the sea to discover who was fighting Chen Xinjie.

• Su Chen shattered Chen Xinjie's water wall and pressed his attack with a powerful Dharma Aspect and Spatial Domain.
• Chen Xinjie opened his Sea God Domain and unleashed water dragons, but Su Chen's giant shattered them without being pushed back.
• Chen Xinjie released his suppressed spiritual power into the God Origin Realm and attacked Su Chen's consciousness.
• Su Chen stopped Chen Xinjie's spiritual attacks with his power of time and continued attacking, leaving Chen Xinjie unable to identify the technique.
• Yun Ming sensed Chen Xinjie had unsealed his spiritual power and flew from Sea God Island toward the battle.

Su Chen’s golden Dharma Aspect overwhelmed Chen Xinjie, who revealed that Eternal Heaven had been stolen and called Yun Ming into the fight. Yun Ming’s spear attack failed to harm the giant, so he unleashed his full power and began a sun-bright technique.

• Su Chen assessed his golden Dharma Aspect and found that it struggled to threaten a fleeing Quasi-God without his other abilities.
• Chen Xinjie, badly injured while fighting Su Chen, told Yun Ming that Su Chen had stolen Eternal Heaven.
• Yun Ming cursed Chen Xinjie, summoned the Atlas Spear, and hurled it at Su Chen’s giant.
• Su Chen’s giant casually swatted the spear away, shocking Yun Ming and prompting Chen Xinjie to warn him about its strength.
• Yun Ming donned his Four-Word Battle Armor, entered the God Origin Realm, and began Heaven-Piercing: Shooting the Sun.