Recaps

Zhong Shenxiu fought Leng Yulai while racing against the three-minute limit of his borrowed power. He pinned her to the ground and demanded to know why the Holy Spirit Cult wanted to capture him.

• Zhong Shenxiu charged through Leng Yulai’s Dark Phoenix flames, using his Light Power to counter her attacks.
• Leng Yulai unleashed her eighth soul skill, Dark Phoenix Strike, but Zhong Shenxiu met it head-on.
• Zhong Shenxiu’s dragon roar destabilized Leng Yulai’s Dark Phoenix Avatar, and he pierced her shoulder with the Radiant Dragon Spear.
• Zhong Shenxiu pinned Leng Yulai in a crater as his Light Power weakened her and her martial soul.
• Zhong Shenxiu asked Leng Yulai why the Holy Spirit Cult wanted to capture him.

Zhong Shenxiu forced Leng Yulai to reveal that the Holy Spirit Cult wanted his Radiant Dragon Power to locate the Dragon Fighting Plane, then planted a Radiant Mark in her. After his energy ran out and Leng Yulai tried to kill him, he activated the mark and left her writhing in unbearable pain.

• Zhong Shenxiu threatened Leng Yulai and planted a Radiant Mark inside her to force her to answer.
• Leng Yulai revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult had found a newly born minor plane beneath Skysea City and needed Zhong Shenxiu's Radiant Dragon Power to locate it.
• Leng Yulai refused to reveal the Plane Locator before Zhong Shenxiu's energy-storage crystal ran dry and he reverted to his weakened teenage form.
• Leng Yulai gathered Purple-Black Flame and approached Zhong Shenxiu, intending to kill him while he was helpless.
• Zhong Shenxiu activated the Radiant Mark, disrupting Leng Yulai's Soul Power and leaving her conscious and convulsing in agony.

Zhong Shenxiu brutalized Leng Yulai until she revealed that the Plane Locator device was in the storage Soul Tool at her waist, then took it. He struggled to restrain his growing bloodlust as Leng Yulai lay helpless before him.

• Zhong Shenxiu stomped Leng Yulai's head into the mud and repeatedly slammed it against the ground while demanding the Plane Locator's location.
• Leng Yulai broke under the torture and told Zhong Shenxiu that the device was in the storage Soul Tool at her waist.
• Zhong Shenxiu searched Leng Yulai's waist, found the brocade pouch, and took the disc-shaped device inside.
• Zhong Shenxiu watched the terrified Leng Yulai and fought the urge to kill and further brutalize her.

Zhong Shenxiu fought down his violent impulses and spared Leng Yulai, instead forcing her to submit to him and obey his calls. After he released the Radiant Mark’s hold over her, Leng Yulai fled into the distance.

• Zhong Shenxiu struggled against the violence within him as he reached for Leng Yulai, then pulled his hand away and regained control.
• Zhong Shenxiu stopped activating the Radiant Mark, ending Leng Yulai’s agony and allowing her Soul Power to return to normal.
• Zhong Shenxiu took Leng Yulai’s communication Soul Tool, entered a number, and ordered her to answer his calls.
• Zhong Shenxiu made Leng Yulai call him master, then told her to get lost.
• Leng Yulai used her Dark Phoenix wings to fly away despite her injuries, afraid Zhong Shenxiu might change his mind.

After Leng Yulai departed, Zhong Shenxiu collapsed from exhaustion and relived memories of his thousands of deaths. Di Tian arrived, reassessed the youth after sensing the powerful Light Power that had protected him, and asked his name; Zhong Shenxiu answered and asked who he was.

• Zhong Shenxiu watched Leng Yulai leave, then fell onto the grass, overwhelmed by the exhaustion of enduring more than three thousand deaths.
• Zhong Shenxiu recalled the painful deaths and trials he had experienced before forcing himself to face the sky again.
• Di Tian arrived through a spatial rift and surveyed the devastation left by Zhong Shenxiu and Leng Yulai's battle.
• Di Tian reconsidered Zhong Shenxiu after sensing Light Power comparable to that of the ancient Holy Dragon King and realizing a formidable being had protected him.
• Di Tian asked whether the exhausted youth was Zhong Shenxiu, and Zhong Shenxiu confirmed it before asking who Di Tian was.

Di Tian found Zhong Shenxiu emotionally hollow after his brutal training and carried him back to Skysea City. While flying, Di Tian glimpsed terrifying figures and an immense presence behind Zhong Shenxiu’s eyes, then returned him to his room, where Zhong Shenxiu sat silently on the sofa.

• Di Tian realized Zhong Shenxiu’s indifference came from deep exhaustion and decided to take him back because of The Master's order.
• Di Tian carried Zhong Shenxiu toward Skysea City and considered secretly controlling him, but the boy’s vacant eyes gave him pause.
• Di Tian saw four powerful figures and a pair of immense azure eyes within the darkness behind Zhong Shenxiu’s eyes, and feared provoking whatever lay behind him.
• Di Tian brought Zhong Shenxiu into his hotel room and set him down on the floor.
• Zhong Shenxiu stood, dusted off his clothes, and sank onto the sofa to stare at the ceiling.

Zhong Shenxiu refused to reveal why his people had come to the Douluo Continent, joking that he intended to conquer the world, while Di Tian warned him not to harm The Master. After Zhong Shenxiu slept, he woke to find Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan keeping watch, and he comforted Xu Xiaoyan as she embraced him.

• Di Tian asked Zhong Shenxiu why his people had come to this world, and Zhong Shenxiu briefly became hostile before answering that he had come to conquer the world.
• Di Tian warned Zhong Shenxiu not to harm The Master, then left after Zhong Shenxiu asked who his master was.
• Zhong Shenxiu realized Di Tian meant Gu Yue and, exhausted, fell asleep on the sofa.
• Zhong Shenxiu woke in bed and saw Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan asleep beside him.
• Xu Xiaoyan woke, rushed to Zhong Shenxiu, and embraced him; he held her gently and told her he was awake.

Zhong Shenxiu woke up, reassuring Xu Xiaoyan, who embraced him in relief. Gu Yue then kissed him and settled against him, leaving Xu Xiaoyan furious and accusing her of cheating as their rivalry over him continued.

• Zhong Shenxiu told Xu Xiaoyan he was fine, and she clung to him while crying with relief.
• Gu Yue woke up and saw Xu Xiaoyan in Zhong Shenxiu's arms.
• Gu Yue kissed Zhong Shenxiu on the cheek and embraced him, telling him she had been worried.
• Xu Xiaoyan angrily accused Gu Yue of cheating, but Gu Yue said they had agreed to rely on their own abilities.

Xu Xiaoyan joined Gu Yue in showing affection to Zhong Shenxiu, kissing his other cheek and declaring them even. The girls sprang apart when Wu Zhangkong arrived, leaving Zhong Shenxiu with a newfound warmth and a teasing visitor at his bedside.

• Xu Xiaoyan crawled beneath Zhong Shenxiu's blanket and kissed his cheek, saying they were even with Gu Yue.
• Zhong Shenxiu felt an unfamiliar warmth at being cherished by Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan, and faintly smiled.
• Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan settled on either side of Zhong Shenxiu until a cough sounded outside the door.
• Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan jumped away from Zhong Shenxiu and stood awkwardly apart as the door opened.
• Wu Zhangkong entered with his left arm bandaged and gave Zhong Shenxiu an amused, teasing look.

After recovering from the Holy Spirit Cult’s attack, Zhong Shenxiu learned that his team had been awarded the youth division’s three-person championship because no academy dared face him. Wu Zhangkong then gave him a letter from Ye Xinglan, leaving him to consider the Shrek Academy girl who had confessed her feelings.

• Zhong Shenxiu told Wu Zhangkong, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan that his family had arrived in time to drive off the attacker, strengthening their belief that a powerful force protected him.
• Wu Zhangkong explained that the Skysea Alliance had awarded their team the three-person championship because Zhong Shenxiu’s overwhelming strength had scared away potential opponents.
• Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan comforted Zhong Shenxiu when he realized his strength had made other students afraid to compete against him.
• Wu Zhangkong gave Zhong Shenxiu a letter from Ye Xinglan, then left the room with a teasing look.
• Zhong Shenxiu recognized Ye Xinglan’s handwriting and recalled her confession and promise to wait for him at Shrek Academy.

Zhong Shenxiu waited until Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan had left before reading Ye Xinglan’s letter confessing her feelings and promising to meet him at Shrek Academy. He accepted the warmth of being cared for and admired, then prepared to face what came next.

• Zhong Shenxiu tried to distract Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan, but they exchanged a look and left the room together.
• After confirming the hallway was empty, Zhong Shenxiu opened the envelope and read Ye Xinglan’s letter.
• Ye Xinglan congratulated Zhong Shenxiu on winning the individual tournament, vowed to grow stronger, and confessed that she liked him.
• Zhong Shenxiu reflected on Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Ye Xinglan’s feelings for him and decided that their care was enough.
• Zhong Shenxiu hung the Light-Imperial Ninja Blade at his waist, opened the window, and looked toward the distance with determination.

Zhong Shenxiu left Skysea City with the Badi Holy Dragon and traveled to Heaven Dou City to confront Leng Yulai. He entered the room where she was waiting and demanded that she address him.

• Zhong Shenxiu told Wu Zhangkong he had to return home, then departed Skysea City with the Badi Holy Dragon.
• The Badi Holy Dragon carried Zhong Shenxiu to Heaven Dou City, where they arrived after flying all day.
• Zhong Shenxiu ordered the Badi Holy Dragon to scout the area and went to a small building in an old residential district.
• Zhong Shenxiu entered the room where Leng Yulai was waiting, and she trembled in fear at his arrival.
• Zhong Shenxiu mocked Leng Yulai and asked why she did not know how to address him.

Zhong Shenxiu forced Leng Yulai to submit and used her as a source of energy for his Energy Storage Crystal. The crystal began draining her Soul Power, and Zhong Shenxiu confirmed that his plan worked.

• Leng Yulai called Zhong Shenxiu her master to avoid suffering the Radiant Mark's torment again.
• Zhong Shenxiu summoned his Energy Storage Crystal and decided to use Leng Yulai's Soul Power to recharge it instead of hunting Soul Beasts in the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Zhong Shenxiu ordered Leng Yulai to pour all her Soul Power into the crystal.
• When Leng Yulai touched the crystal, it locked her hand in place and began absorbing her Soul Power.
• Zhong Shenxiu watched the energy enter the crystal and realized the charging method worked.

Zhong Shenxiu used the Energy Storage Crystal to drain Leng Yulai’s Soul Power, but the crystal stopped at half capacity. Leng Yulai collapsed into his arms, and Zhong Shenxiu ordered her to rest for an hour before continuing.

• The Energy Storage Crystal absorbed Leng Yulai’s Soul Power as its light grew until it reached half capacity.
• Zhong Shenxiu noticed the crystal had stopped filling and saw that Leng Yulai was near collapse because she was injured and drained.
• Leng Yulai fell into Zhong Shenxiu’s arms, humiliated and furious but too weak to move.
• Zhong Shenxiu told Leng Yulai to rest for one hour and then get up to continue.
• Leng Yulai stared at Zhong Shenxiu in shock, unable to speak or refuse.

Zhong Shenxiu forced Leng Yulai to submit to him, then repeatedly drained her Soul Power to charge the Energy Storage Crystal. After five sessions in a day, she lay nearly unconscious while he complained that she could not endure more.

• Zhong Shenxiu threatened Leng Yulai and forced her to call him Master.
• Zhong Shenxiu held Leng Yulai against him and kept her in his arms.
• A day later, Zhong Shenxiu saw that the Energy Storage Crystal had reached forty percent charge.
• Zhong Shenxiu revealed that he had drained Leng Yulai's Soul Power five times, allowing her only an hour of rest between sessions.
• Zhong Shenxiu scolded the nearly motionless Leng Yulai for being exhausted after five sessions.

Zhong Shenxiu activated the Energy Storage Crystal after completing its third-stage charging, but a sudden surge from the Aquarius Star Dragon statue and a bolt of silver-black lightning disrupted the process. The lightning corrupted the golden motes of light, and the mutation began spreading toward both the altar and the statue.

• Leng Yulai had no strength left to respond as Zhong Shenxiu admired the Energy Storage Crystal, which had completed its third-stage charging.
• Zhong Shenxiu entered the Dragon Fighting Plane and found its land, altar, and Six Elemental Aspects restored and flourishing.
• Zhong Shenxiu activated the Energy Storage Crystal and drew the golden motes toward it.
• The Aquarius Star Dragon statue erupted with light and pulled the crystal and motes toward itself.
• A silver-black lightning bolt struck and severed the stream of motes, corrupting them and spreading the change toward the altar and the Aquarius Star Dragon statue.

Zhong Shenxiu witnessed the Black Death Dragon invade the Dragon Fighting Plane and watched the Four Great God King Dragons drive back its power. After silver-black lightning struck him and flooded him with information, Psychedelic Black Hand addressed him as its master, leaving Zhong Shenxiu intrigued by what he had learned.

• The Four Great God King Dragons combined their power to illuminate the sky and repel the Black Death Dragon's silver-black lightning.
• Zhong Shenxiu recognized the enormous eyes in the sky as belonging to the Black Death Dragon, which had hijacked the third charging stage.
• Psychedelic Black Hand appeared before Zhong Shenxiu, bowed, and greeted him as its master.
• Silver-black lightning bypassed the dragons' barrier and struck Zhong Shenxiu between the brows, sending a torrent of information into his mind.
• Zhong Shenxiu recovered, looked at the submissive Psychedelic Black Hand, and remarked that what he had learned was interesting.

Zhong Shenxiu subdued Illusion with the Dragon Fighting Plane’s primordial Light Power and ordered it to recover its strength. Illusion agreed to regain ninety percent of its power in seven days, while Zhong Shenxiu remained aware that Black Death Dragon was watching him.

• Zhong Shenxiu asked Illusion what it remembered, and Illusion answered arrogantly while looking at the statues of the dragons.
• Zhong Shenxiu struck Illusion with primordial Light Power, forcing it to beg for mercy and submit to him.
• Zhong Shenxiu sensed Black Death Dragon watching from beyond the Dragon Fighting Plane and reflected on the power and inheritance within him.
• Zhong Shenxiu asked how long Illusion needed to recover, and Illusion said it could regain ninety percent of its strength in seven days.
• Illusion explained that recovering its remaining ten percent required slaughter and death, and Zhong Shenxiu granted it seven days before vanishing from the plane.

Zhong Shenxiu returned from the Dragon Fighting Plane and continued draining Leng Yulai’s Soul Power to charge the Energy Storage Crystal. After seven days, the fourth stage reached ninety percent, while Leng Yulai was so exhausted that her cultivation foundation was at risk of permanent damage.

• The Psychedelic Black Hand withdrew from the God King Dragon statues, wary after Zhong Shenxiu’s Lightning of Light nearly killed it.
• Zhong Shenxiu returned to the dim room and found Leng Yulai staring at him in a daze before she snapped back to herself in embarrassment.
• Zhong Shenxiu ordered Leng Yulai to get up and continue charging the Energy Storage Crystal.
• Over the next three days, Zhong Shenxiu repeatedly drained Leng Yulai’s Soul Power whenever she recovered enough to continue.
• After seven days, Leng Yulai brought the fourth charging stage to ninety percent, but her Soul Power recovery slowed and her level ninety-seven cultivation was in danger of permanently declining.

Zhong Shenxiu stopped draining Leng Yulai’s power to preserve her chance of reaching Limit Douluo, then asked her about the Holy Spirit Cult. Leng Yulai explained that the cult was mostly a label for scattered Evil Soul Masters until the Demon Empress appeared.

• Zhong Shenxiu withdrew the Energy Storage Crystal and chose not to further weaken Leng Yulai, whose potential could let her reach Limit Douluo.
• Zhong Shenxiu asked Leng Yulai to tell him about the Holy Spirit Cult, and she admitted she was not truly part of it.
• Leng Yulai explained that the Four Heavenly Kings had little connection with one another and that the Holy Spirit Cult had become a symbol after Shrek Academy destroyed it ten thousand years earlier.
• Leng Yulai said Evil Soul Masters acted independently until the Demon Empress appeared, and Zhong Shenxiu grew serious at the name.

Leng Yulai explained how Limit Douluos pursued Achieved Godhood before Zhong Shenxiu asked how much control she had over the Holy Spirit Cult’s Heaven Dou City stronghold. She led him to the disguised shopping center and summoned the Evil Soul Masters inside, who waited in the dark without knowing why they had been called.

• Leng Yulai described the three stages of Achieved Godhood and named Yun Ming as a Quasi-God.
• Zhong Shenxiu asked about Leng Yulai’s influence over the Heaven Dou City stronghold, and she said she controlled around seventy to eighty percent of it.
• Zhong Shenxiu ordered Leng Yulai to take him to the stronghold, and she agreed.
• Leng Yulai summoned the stronghold’s Evil Soul Masters to the shopping center’s top-floor entertainment hall after nightfall.
• The gathered Evil Soul Masters speculated about the reason for Leng Yulai’s summons but did not know what was coming.

Leng Yulai confirmed that forty-seven Evil Soul Masters had gathered, then introduced Psychedelic Black Hand as her Master’s chosen feast. Zhong Shenxiu watched from the shadows as Psychedelic Black Hand began killing them.

• Leng Yulai entered the hall, and the Evil Soul Masters knelt and hailed her as Dark Phoenix.
• Leng Yulai counted forty-seven people and told the unseen Master that the feast could begin.
• The Master ordered Illusion to enjoy the feast, and Psychedelic Black Hand emerged and obeyed.
• Psychedelic Black Hand paralyzed the Evil Soul Masters with fear and began harvesting their lives and souls.
• Zhong Shenxiu watched silently from the shadows as the Evil Soul Masters died.

Zhong Shenxiu watched the Psychedelic Black Hand slaughter forty-seven Evil Soul Masters, restoring part of his origin. The Psychedelic Black Hand asked to massacre Heaven Dou City to regain his peak strength, but Zhong Shenxiu refused.

• The Psychedelic Black Hand killed all forty-seven Evil Soul Masters in the hall and absorbed their vitality while Zhong Shenxiu and Leng Yulai watched.
• The Psychedelic Black Hand knelt before Zhong Shenxiu and reported that the slaughter had begun restoring his concept of origin.
• The Psychedelic Black Hand asked Zhong Shenxiu for permission to slaughter outside for one night so he could quickly return to his peak.
• Zhong Shenxiu refused, warning that the massacre would make the whole world his enemy within ten days.

Zhong Shenxiu decided he could avoid slaughtering ordinary people by targeting Evil Soul Masters, who were treated as legal prey across the Douluo Continent. Psychedelic Black Hand eagerly praised his master, while Leng Yulai stayed silent and the group contemplated the impunity such killings would bring.

• Leng Yulai reflected that even the Holy Spirit Cult avoided massacring an entire city and regarded Psychedelic Black Hand as more vicious than herself.
• Zhong Shenxiu considered the danger of killing people in Heaven Dou City and came up with a plan to kill Evil Soul Masters instead.
• Leng Yulai silently recoiled from Zhong Shenxiu's idea, while Psychedelic Black Hand praised him enthusiastically.
• The narration explained that the Federation, Shrek Academy, and Tang Sect all treated Evil Soul Masters as enemies whose deaths could bring rewards and public acclaim.
• The chapter concluded that if Zhong Shenxiu killed every Evil Soul Master in Heaven Dou City, powerful factions would compete to claim credit rather than investigate.

Zhong Shenxiu resolved to hunt Evil Soul Masters to charge the Dragon Fighting Plane’s Energy Storage Crystal and ordered Leng Yulai to take him to more strongholds. On a train to Eastsea City, he watched officials and Xuanshi Tang Sect Co., Ltd. take credit on the news for the cleanup he had carried out.

• Zhong Shenxiu saw that the Energy Storage Crystal had reached ninety percent charge and decided to target Evil Soul Masters for life force.
• Relying on the Badi Holy Dragon, the Psychedelic Black Hand, and Leng Yulai, Zhong Shenxiu ordered Leng Yulai to lead them to other strongholds.
• Leng Yulai agreed to take Zhong Shenxiu and the Psychedelic Black Hand to the next stronghold, unconcerned about the Evil Soul Masters’ deaths.
• On the train from Heaven Dou City to Eastsea City, Zhong Shenxiu watched Major General Tian Zongyi and Ye Xiao claim credit for the operation against Heaven Dou City’s Evil Soul Masters.