Recaps

Ling Zichen and Xiha Dragon clashed over their opposing approaches to modifying Soul Guidance Artillery and agreed to settle the dispute in a protected testing ground. After both showed off their combat forms, Ling Zichen opened the fight with six artillery beams, which Xiha Dragon blocked with his hammers.

• Ling Zichen accused Xiha Dragon of wanting to steal Soul Guidance Technology, and he angrily defended his attempt to improve the artillery.
• Ling Zichen and Xiha Dragon threatened to fight until the project leader directed them to the back-mountain testing ground.
• Ling Zichen activated her adaptive armor and Single-Unit Source Core while Xiha Dragon transformed his arms into forging hammers and donned Forged Scale Armor.
• Ling Zichen fired six high-tier Soul Guidance beams at Xiha Dragon, who blocked them with his crossed hammers.

Ling Zichen and Xiha Dragon fought through a fierce arena battle, each adapting their attacks and defenses. Xiha Dragon’s final hammer strike shattered Ling Zichen’s barriers and sent her crashing into the protective barrier, leaving her badly damaged.

• Xiha Dragon charged Ling Zichen with his forging hammers, but she evaded, counterattacked, and cracked the scales on his back.
• Ling Zichen modified her shoulder cannons into armor-piercing weapons and followed with a rapid-fire barrage, but Xiha Dragon deflected the beams and endured the explosions.
• Xiha Dragon trapped Ling Zichen in the Withered Dragon Forge-Prison, but she broke a pillar and escaped.
• Xiha Dragon waited at the cage’s opening and struck Ling Zichen with his full-powered Molten Light Fierce Strike.
• Ling Zichen’s six-layer barrier shattered, and Xiha Dragon’s blow dented her breastplate and sent her crashing into the protective barrier.

Ling Zichen and Xiha Dragon fought to a draw after trading devastating attacks and acknowledging each other’s abilities. The Black Hand Clan’s elite arrived to arrest Ling Zichen, and Xiha Dragon stood between them and denied that she was there.

• Ling Zichen unleashed a ten-second saturation barrage, but Xiha Dragon endured it and began healing with his clan’s innate talent.
• Xiha Dragon charged again, and Ling Zichen met him head-on with energy gauntlets, leaving both fighters seriously injured but standing.
• Xiha Dragon called the fight a draw and criticized Ling Zichen’s cannons for overheating, while acknowledging their power.
• Black Hand Clan elite warriors landed at the testing grounds, and their leader formally announced Ling Zichen’s arrest on behalf of the Skysea Alliance Investigation Squad.
• Xiha Dragon shielded Ling Zichen and told the Black Hand leader that Technician Cao was a key researcher and that Ling Zichen did not exist there.

The Black Hand Clan took Ling Zichen from Doulong Technology's research institute under The Master's orders, despite Xiha Dragon's protests. Xiha Dragon let them take her but resolved to visit The Master the next day and demand her return, while the chapter shifted to the Law Enforcement Hall headquarters in Eastsea City under Leng Yaozhu's control.

• The researchers protested when the Black Hand elite tried to arrest Ling Zichen, and Xiha Dragon stepped forward to defend her.
• The Black Hand elite invoked The Master's orders, stopping Xiha Dragon from opposing them.
• Ling Zichen said she had done nothing to harm the Skysea Alliance and challenged them to provide evidence.
• Xiha Dragon allowed the Black Hand warriors to take Ling Zichen but warned them against mistreating her and promised to seek an explanation from The Master.
• After the Black Hand Clan departed, Xiha Dragon ordered the researchers back to work and decided to visit The Master's residence the next day to demand Ling Zichen's return.
• The chapter introduced Eastsea City's Law Enforcement Hall, which Leng Yaozhu had brought under strict control.

Leng Yaozhu took charge of the Law Enforcement Hall and was summoned to decide the fate of Ling Zichen, a captured Tang Sect spy. She learned that Ling Zichen was the Tang Sect’s chief scientist, whose work and technology made her a highly valuable target.

• Leng Yaozhu complained privately about the workload she had inherited as head of the Law Enforcement Hall.
• An assistant told Leng Yaozhu that the Black Hand Clan had captured a Tang Sect spy named Ling Zichen and requested her personal ruling.
• Leng Yaozhu questioned Ling Zichen, who remained defiant and refused to cooperate.
• A Black Hand Clan elite explained that Illusion had captured a Tang Sect team sent by Zang Xin to retrieve Ling Zichen alive.
• Illusion traced the team’s mission to a concealed Tang Sect factory and uncovered Ling Zichen’s identity as its chief scientist and the developer of much of the Tang Sect’s Soul Guidance weaponry.

Leng Yaozhu tried to recruit Ling Zichen, the Tang Sect’s chief soul guidance scientist, to Doulong Technology, but Ling refused to betray the sect. Leng Yaozhu decided Ling was too valuable to release or kill and resolved to keep her imprisoned in East Sea.

• Leng Yaozhu learned that Ling Zichen was the Tang Sect’s hidden chief soul guidance scientist and recognized her importance to its military technology.
• Leng Yaozhu offered Ling an independent research institute, rare materials, funding, equipment, and Xiha Dragon’s cooperation if she stayed.
• Ling rejected the offer and refused to betray the Tang Sect.
• Ling remembered how Zang Xin had rescued and supported her, and she regarded the Tang Sect as her home.
• Leng Yaozhu concluded that she could neither let Ling return to the Tang Sect nor kill her, and decided to keep her in East Sea and wear down her resistance.

After Leng Yaozhu imprisoned Ling Zichen, she ordered her subordinates to keep the captive safe while reporting her capture to Zhong Shenxiu. Ling Zichen resolved to endure her confinement and study Doulong Technology, as the chapter revealed the vast underground arms factory underpinning Tang Sect’s power.

• Leng Yaozhu left Ling Zichen restrained in the interrogation room after warning that Tang Sect would be destroyed.
• Ling Zichen worried about Tang Sect and Zang Xin, then steadied herself and decided to analyze the Improved Soul Guidance Cannon while imprisoned.
• Leng Yaozhu ordered her deputy to give Ling Zichen the best treatment, prevent anyone from harming her, and provide safe tools and materials she requested.
• Leng Yaozhu hurried to report Ling Zichen’s capture to Zhong Shenxiu, considering her a major asset.
• The chapter revealed Tang Sect’s immense underground arms factory beneath Heaven Dou City, where Soul Tools, hidden weapons, mechas, and Soul Guidance Shells were produced.

Zang Xin struggled to keep the Tang Sect together as Ling Zichen remained missing after secretly traveling to Eastsea City to research Doulong Technology. With the Tang Sect weakened and no help available from Shrek, he ordered an intensified search and placed the sect on high alert.

• Ling Zichen secretly left Heaven Dou City with three guards after Zang Xin forbade her from visiting Doulong Technology.
• Ling Zichen infiltrated the Doulong Technology Research Institute and worked on a core project, arguing with the dragon clan forgemaster Xiha Dragon.
• Contact with Ling Zichen and her guards stopped completely, and the Tang Sect's covert network could not locate them.
• Zang Xin declined to ask Shrek for help because Shrek was dealing with its own devastation and Yun Ming and Long Yeyue could not spare support.
• Zang Xin ordered the covert network to intensify its search across Eastsea City and told all branch halls to upgrade their weapons and prepare for battle.

Shrek City struggled to recover from the Holy Spirit Cult's attack as Long Yeyue and Tang Mengyin worried over Lan Muzi and awaited Yun Ming's breakthrough. Three months later, the Federation had heavily fortified Shrek while disastrous reports from the border showed that the wider war was worsening.

• Long Yeyue reflected on Shrek City's devastation beside Sea God Lake as Tang Mengyin urged her to rest.
• Tang Mengyin told Long Yeyue that Lan Muzi remained unconscious after taking Sagittarius Star Dragon's punch, and Long Yeyue promised to ask Yun Ming to heal him if he reached the Divine Realm.
• Shrek City spent three months rebuilding its defenses and receiving troops and experts from the Federation, the Spirit Pagoda, and the War God Temple.
• The Federation council debated Yun Ming's possible breakthrough, fearing that his ascent would give Shrek Academy overwhelming power.
• Border reports revealed that Guo Zhenfeng had died and the Northern Legion had retreated, the Central Legion had suffered heavy losses, and Yue Zhengen had been severely wounded on the southern front.

The Sun-Moon Federation committed its resources to protecting Yun Ming as he prepared to undergo Divine Tribulation, while the Holy Spirit Cult and Dragon Fighting Plane prepared to attack Shrek during it. In Eastsea City, Zhong Shenxiu received reports of the border offensive’s success and Ling Zichen’s research.

• The Federation speaker persuaded parliament to give Yun Ming every resource and protection needed for his breakthrough.
• Lan Jinghe learned that the Holy Spirit Cult had assembled its forces and that Zhong Shenxiu had agreed to send two Dragon Fighting Plane powerhouses to help attack during Yun Ming’s Divine Tribulation.
• Lan Jinghe ordered the cult to mobilize on the day of the tribulation and vowed to settle its ten-thousand-year grudge with Yun Ming, then privately looked at a pendant bearing the character for “Buddha.”
• Leng Yaozhu reported that Ling Zichen had revised small Soul Cannon formations and that Ju Kuang, Lie Yan, and Toxic Ferocity were wearing down the Federation’s border forces.
• Zhong Shenxiu accepted the reports and noted that the Federation’s focus on Yun Ming gave his forces time to keep weakening its defenses.

Zhong Shenxiu prepared to observe and disrupt Yun Ming’s Divine Tribulation, which drew the continent’s attention to Shrek City. As Yun Ming’s first tribulation lightning formed, a hidden attacker struck at his heart, but the blow met an unexpected metallic collision.

• Zhong Shenxiu told Leng Yaozhu to continue the infiltration and said he would go to observe Yun Ming’s tribulation in seven days.
• Seven days later, Shrek City prepared for Yun Ming’s tribulation as Long Yeyue and other experts guarded the site, while Tang Mengyin worried about the unconscious Lan Muzi.
• Yun Ming sat beneath the gathering tribulation clouds as the first purple lightning formed, confident he could achieve Godhood despite the Holy Spirit Cult’s opposition.
• A deathly gray aura emerged from twisted space and sent a gray-black blade toward Yun Ming’s heart.
• The hidden attack struck something with a sharp metallic clang.

Yun Ming fought Ha Luosa while the second tribulation lightning bolt threatened the battlefield, and their clash drew the Holy Spirit Cult and the protectors into battle around them. Yun Ming broke through Ha Luosa’s domain and channeled the lightning into his spear, bringing a devastating strike down on him.

• Yun Ming blocked Ha Luosa’s opening attacks and countered with spear techniques that forced Ha Luosa onto the defensive.
• Ha Luosa summoned Ghostblade Shadows, but Yun Ming’s Sky-Piercing Domain slowed them before Ten Thousand Spears Return to the Void destroyed them.
• Ha Luosa countered with Death Domain and Endless Tribulation Reincarnation, while the second tribulation lightning bolt and the Holy Spirit Cult’s Four Heavenly Kings plunged the perimeter into battle.
• Ha Luosa expanded Netherworld Rebirth Domain to bind Yun Ming and drain his strength, but Yun Ming tore through it with Pillar of Sky-Piercing.
• Yun Ming drew the second tribulation lightning bolt into his spear and brought the lightning-charged weapon down toward Ha Luosa.

Yun Ming fought Ha Luosa amid the Second Heavenly Tribulation, but Ha Luosa absorbed the lightning and revealed that he intended to undergo a Divine Tribulation of his own. The Ghost Emperor blocked Long Yeyue from intervening, leaving the battle's outcome uncertain.

• Ha Luosa used Netherworld Severing Void to attack Yun Ming from behind, but Yun Ming predicted the move and wounded his shoulder with a counterstrike.
• The Second Heavenly Tribulation struck, and Yun Ming endured the lightning before launching Sky-Piercing Thrust at Ha Luosa.
• Ha Luosa recited a verse and used Netherworld's Lament to refine the tribulation lightning into death energy, shocking Long Yeyue.
• The Ghost Emperor appeared and taunted Long Yeyue, revealing that the Holy Spirit Cult had planned to use Yun Ming's tribulation to trigger Ha Luosa's Divine Tribulation.
• Long Yeyue tried to rush toward the battlefield, but the Ghost Emperor attacked her with Soul-Chasing Nails, which she repelled with Radiant Dragon Breath.

Yun Ming and Ha Luosa unleashed their strongest attacks, and Ha Luosa defeated Yun Ming in their clash. Just as Ha Luosa prepared to kill him, Ya Li appeared and healed Yun Ming with the power of faith, leaving the Heavenly Tribulation undisturbed.

• Yun Ming used his Seventh Soul Skill and Ninth Soul Skill to attack Ha Luosa, who answered with King Descends and his Ninth Soul Skill, God.
• Their attacks collided, and Yun Ming was badly wounded and driven back while Ha Luosa also suffered injuries but gained the upper hand.
• Ha Luosa declared Yun Ming defeated and raised Netherworld's Lament to deliver the final blow.
• Ya Li appeared inside the Guardian God Formation and healed Yun Ming with holy light, while the Heavenly Tribulation did not target her.
• The narration explained that Ya Li's Life-Sharing Contract with Yun Ming and the faith of the people she had saved let her healing reach him without counting as outside interference.

Yun Ming and Ha Luosa fought fiercely beneath the third wave of Heavenly Tribulation, each enduring lightning strikes while trying to kill the other. Their domains clashed as the battle continued, with neither willing to yield.

• Ya Li sent life force and the holy light of faith to Yun Ming, strengthening him as he charged Ha Luosa with the Atlas Spear.
• Ha Luosa accused Shrek Academy of hypocrisy for condemning Soul Masters with evil Martial Souls while training powerful ones itself.
• The third wave of Heavenly Tribulation struck as Yun Ming and Ha Luosa continued fighting through the lightning, exchanging spear and sword techniques.
• Long Yeyue reinforced the Guardian God Formation while Ghost Emperor used his Soul-Chasing Nails to block the battle's aftershocks.
• Yun Ming took Ha Luosa's deathly slash and struck him into a crater with Pillar of Sky-Piercing, but Ha Luosa rose and unleashed Death's Withering.
• Yun Ming activated Sky-Piercing Domain to suppress Ha Luosa's spreading deathly light, and their domains clashed without either giving ground.

Yun Ming and Ha Luosa used the fourth Heavenly Tribulation lightning in another exchange that ended in a draw, while the battle continued below. Lan Jinghe joined the battlefield and destroyed the Federation’s artillery formation, but an azure trident suddenly attacked her.

• Yun Ming and Ha Luosa each drew on the fourth tribulation lightning and struck at the same time, but their spear and sword met in another draw.
• Lan Jinghe and Zhong Shenxiu watched the Holy Spirit Cult retreat as the Federation and Shrek allied forces advanced.
• Lan Jinghe asked Zhong Shenxiu when his reinforcements would arrive, and he urged her to attack the allied army first.
• Lan Jinghe descended onto the battlefield and destroyed the Federation’s frontline artillery formation with abyssal lightning.
• Lan Jinghe began attacking Federation soldiers, but an azure trident suddenly flew toward her face.

Lan Jinghe confronted Chen Xinjie, whose newly revealed ascension to godhood had been part of the Sun-Moon Federation’s plan to destroy the Holy Spirit Cult. Their battle escalated into a clash of divine sea powers, and they continued fighting amid the devastation as the tribulation clouds churned overhead.

• Lan Jinghe recognized Chen Xinjie as a newly ascended sea god and revealed that the Sun-Moon Federation had used Yun Ming’s tribulation as bait for the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Chen Xinjie declared that the Holy Spirit Cult would be destroyed and attacked Lan Jinghe with a divine tidal wave.
• Lan Jinghe swallowed the tide with her abyssal prison and pierced Chen Xinjie’s divine shield with an abyssal water spear.
• Chen Xinjie summoned a Deep-Sea Giant Shark and followed with a crushing wave, but Lan Jinghe destroyed the shark and unleashed her Abyssal Sea Suppression Domain.
• Lan Jinghe and Chen Xinjie exchanged attacks across the battlefield, while nearby soldiers retreated from the destructive god-level fight.

Chen Xinjie fought Lan Jinghe after revealing his breakthrough as the God of Azure Tidewind, but she used the Space-Time God Shuttle to gain the upper hand. They carried their battle into near-Earth space, where Chen Xinjie began another attack.

• Long Yeyue and Ghost Emperor Nine Ghost King watched Chen Xinjie join the battle, and Long Yeyue realized the Federation's position had improved.
• Lan Jinghe used the Space-Time God Shuttle to trap Chen Xinjie in a distorted space-time abyss, but he summoned the Tidal Scepter and broke free with Tidal Origin.
• Lan Jinghe attacked with seawater vortices, and Chen Xinjie countered with Thousandfold Surging Waves before driving her back with Gale Overwhelms the Sea.
• Lan Jinghe and Chen Xinjie rose above the tribulation clouds and continued their battle in near-Earth space to protect the soldiers below.
• Chen Xinjie summoned two Deep-Sea Giant Sharks, and Lan Jinghe destroyed one before Chen Xinjie closed in and swung his Tidal Scepter at her.

Lan Jinghe and Chen Xinjie fought a destructive battle in the starry sky, trading powerful attacks until both were strained. Watching from above, Zhong Shenxiu revealed his Dragon God identity and sent the Iceberg Giant Dragon and Volcano Giant Dragon to rescue the Holy Spirit Cult, leaving Long Yeyue confronting the newly arrived dragon warriors.

• Lan Jinghe and Chen Xinjie clashed in space, with their attacks shattering distant meteor fragments.
• Lan Jinghe unleashed Demon Empress's Wrath, and Chen Xinjie countered with his Vast Sea Domain and Vast Sea Annihilation, leaving both slightly injured and drained.
• Zhong Shenxiu observed the battle and revealed his nine soul rings, declaring that he was the Dragon God and had reached Rank 91 Title Douluo.
• Seeing the Holy Spirit Cult near defeat, Zhong Shenxiu ordered the Iceberg Giant Dragon and Volcano Giant Dragon to intervene so the cult would survive.
• The two giant dragons crashed into the battlefield, freezing and burning allied soldiers, and Long Yeyue recognized their dragon auras and realized Zhong Shenxiu had acted.

The Fighting Dragon Clan’s Iceberg Giant Dragon and Volcano Giant Dragon arrived, forcing the Federation and Shrek forces to split their formation and giving the Holy Spirit Cult an opening to counterattack. Ao Rui, Luo Yuhang, Mo Zihong, and Tang Mengyin engaged the two dragons, but the Iceberg Giant Dragon’s defenses remained unbroken.

• The Iceberg Giant Dragon and Volcano Giant Dragon joined the battle, prompting Long Yeyue and the allied forces to divide their strength to face them.
• The Ghost Emperor, Nine Ghost King, took advantage of the reduced pressure to counterattack as the Holy Spirit Cult fought more fiercely.
• Ao Rui blocked the Volcano Giant Dragon’s magma shells while Tang Mengyin and Mo Zihong tried to restrain the Iceberg Giant Dragon with sound attacks.
• Luo Yuhang and the Iceberg Giant Dragon exchanged attacks, while Ao Rui and the Volcano Giant Dragon fought in a clash of sun and magma power.
• The Iceberg Giant Dragon used his cold mist domain and repeatedly repaired his ice armor, leaving Luo Yuhang unable to break through.

Zhuo Shi and Ao Rui attacked the Iceberg Giant Dragon and Volcano Giant Dragon, but the dragons reunited and overwhelmed the five opponents with coordinated ice-and-fire techniques. The five were injured and forced into disarray as the two dragons drove them back.

• Zhuo Shi struck at the Iceberg Giant Dragon, but the Volcano Giant Dragon intercepted him and engaged him in a fierce exchange.
• Ao Rui launched Nine Suns Become One at the Volcano Giant Dragon, but the Iceberg Giant Dragon blocked it with an ice shield and rejoined his partner.
• The two dragons combined their powers, and the Iceberg Giant Dragon’s Extreme Cold domain and the Volcano Giant Dragon’s explosive shells blinded and scattered the five opponents.
• The dragons attacked through the steam, knocking Mo Zihong and Ao Rui back while the Volcano Giant Dragon forced Luo Yuhang into a retreating defense.
• The Iceberg Giant Dragon struck Tang Mengyin and disrupted her support, while the Volcano Giant Dragon intercepted Zhuo Shi’s attempt to help her.
• The five were left injured and separated as the two dragons pressed their advantage and drove them back.

Zang Xin, Hu Jie, and Li Yunche arrived as Tang Sect reinforcements and turned the battle against the Holy Spirit Cult. When the Icefire Twin Dragons tried to retreat, Hu Jie challenged them, but the Iceberg Giant Dragon quickly overwhelmed his defenses.

• Ghost Emperor Nine Ghost King drove a counterattack while Long Yeyue remained tied down, until Zang Xin struck him with the Passionate Sword’s regret-inflicting power.
• Zang Xin arrived with Hu Jie and Li Yunche, whose Profound Abyss Stratagem Domain restrained the Holy Spirit Cult and aided the allied soldiers.
• The Icefire Twin Dragons decided to retreat after the Tang Sect reinforcements shifted the battle’s balance.
• Hu Jie taunted the Icefire Twin Dragons and engaged the Iceberg Giant Dragon despite Tang Mengyin’s warning.
• The Iceberg Giant Dragon broke through Hu Jie’s defenses with rapid ice attacks, then endured Hu Jie’s Golden Tide Reversal using thickened ice armor.

The allied forces struggled against the Iceberg and Volcano Giant Dragons as Zhong Shenxiu threatened them with the Sun God Bow, but Chen Xinjie blocked his arrow. Lan Jinghe wounded Chen Xinjie after he returned to the battlefield, and the Ninth Heavenly Tribulation arrived.

• The Iceberg Giant Dragon tore open Hu Jie's abdomen, and Zang Xin rescued him while Li Yunche fought to contain the Volcano Giant Dragon's fire rain.
• Zhong Shenxiu aimed the Sun God Bow at the allied army, but Chen Xinjie stopped the arrow with Azure Tide Mist Concealment: Nine-Turn Corridor.
• Lan Jinghe exploited Chen Xinjie's return to the battlefield and wounded him with Lightless Undercurrent Finger.
• The Ninth Heavenly Tribulation gathered overhead as nine-colored lightning writhed through the clouds.

Yun Ming and Ha Luosa survived the Ninth Heavenly Tribulation but remained just short of completing their ascension to godhood. As the battlefield watched, Ya Li’s foundation healed through her life link with Yun Ming, allowing her to reach the Grand Archangel Aspect and restore the allied forces.

• Yun Ming and Ha Luosa each faced the ninth tribulation lightning with a powerful strike and survived, though both were gravely wounded and exhausted.
• Ya Li’s foundation rapidly healed as Yun Ming’s life source flowed through their contract.
• Ya Li awakened her Grand Archangel Aspect and used Angel’s Blessing to heal the allied soldiers and their commanders.
• Hu Jie, Mo Zihong, Tang Mengyin, Luo Yuhang, Ao Rui, Zhuo Shi, and Chen Xinjie recovered from their injuries under Ya Li’s holy light.

Ya Li reached the Quasi-God Realm, while Lan Jinghe escaped with Ha Luosa and the surviving Holy Spirit Cult forces. After the battle ended, Zhong Shenxiu returned to his headquarters, where Lan Jinghe and Lan Fozhi confronted him.

• Ya Li broke through to the Quasi-God Realm, and the allied forces’ morale surged as the Holy Spirit Cult’s position worsened.
• Lan Jinghe delayed Chen Xinjie with Demon Empress's Wrath, then used the Space-Time God Shuttle to escape with Ha Luosa, the Ghost Emperor, and the surviving Holy Spirit Cult members.
• Chen Xinjie suffered from his injuries, while Yun Ming rose with his Divine Realm achieved and reunited with Ya Li, whose cultivation had also advanced.
• Zang Xin warned that the Holy Spirit Cult and Zhong Shenxiu had become major threats, and Chen Xinjie ordered the forces to clear the battlefield and return to the city.
• Zhong Shenxiu returned to Doulong Technology Co., Ltd.'s headquarters, where Lan Jinghe and Lan Fozhi were waiting beside a shattered window.
• Zhong Shenxiu scolded Lan Jinghe for wrecking his office when she and her daughter could have stayed in the East Sea region without being treated differently.