Recaps

Lan Jinghe confronted Zhong Shenxiu over his departure during the battle, then discussed the Holy Spirit Cult’s losses and their next steps. Zhong Shenxiu arranged for Tang Wulin to show Lan Fozhi around, while the two young people felt an unexpected connection.

• Lan Jinghe accused Zhong Shenxiu of abandoning their alliance during the battle, and he defended his actions as necessary support and a tactical retreat.
• Zhong Shenxiu summoned Tang Wulin and asked him to show Lan Fozhi around Doulong Technology.
• Tang Wulin and Lan Fozhi felt a warm sense of recognition when they met, then left the office together.
• Lan Jinghe teased Zhong Shenxiu about arranging the outing, and he privately hoped Tang Wulin and Lan Fozhi would grow close.
• Lan Jinghe told Zhong Shenxiu that Ha Luosa was in seclusion and the Holy Spirit Cult had suffered severe losses, then asked what he planned to do next.

Zhong Shenxiu and Lan Jinghe planned to weaken the Federation and Shrek gradually while discussing the abandoned God Realm inheritance sites. Lan Jinghe pointed out that the unexplored ocean might hold intact inheritances, and Zhong Shenxiu pressed her to help search it, reminding her of their agreement as his power filled the room.

• Zhong Shenxiu told Lan Jinghe that the Holy Spirit Cult should recover and undermine the Federation while Doulong Technology expanded through covert trade.
• Zhong Shenxiu asked Lan Jinghe to explain the God Realm Inheritance Ruins, and she described the old Divine Trials, the sites' ruin, and the rise of hidden families.
• Lan Jinghe said the land-based ruins had been explored but that most of the Douluo Plane was ocean, prompting Zhong Shenxiu to consider searching the deep sea for inheritances.
• Zhong Shenxiu asked Lan Jinghe, whose true form was the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, to use her knowledge of the ocean to find the ruins.
• Lan Jinghe teased Zhong Shenxiu for needing her help, and he reminded her that their agreement was for her to scout while he provided people and effort, with the gains split.

Zhong Shenxiu and Lan Jinghe negotiated their shares and risks for exploring a God Realm Legacy, then agreed to meet at East Sea Harbor in three days. Lan Jinghe left her daughter, Lan Fozhi, in Tang Wulin’s care while she prepared for the expedition.

• Lan Jinghe challenged Zhong Shenxiu over their even split, then secured first pick of anything they found and made him take the greater exploration risks.
• Tang Wulin entered with Lan Fozhi and found Zhong Shenxiu and Lan Jinghe in a tense office with a shattered window.
• Lan Jinghe reassured Lan Fozhi that her business with Zhong Shenxiu was not dangerous, and Tang Wulin agreed to show her around Eastsea City at the company’s expense.
• Lan Jinghe arranged to meet Zhong Shenxiu before dawn in three days at the abandoned lighthouse on the easternmost side of East Sea Harbor.
• Lan Jinghe left through the broken window, and Zhong Shenxiu looked out toward the sea.

Zhong Shenxiu and Lan Jinghe traveled across the East Sea in a dragon-patterned flying boat and broke through a powerful storm restriction. They reached a newly surfaced island of ancient ruins, where a broken tower still emanated ancient Divine Power.

• Lan Jinghe questioned Zhong Shenxiu about the flying boat, and he described the Dragon Fighting Plane’s history of warfare and its powerful origin artifacts.
• Lan Jinghe identified a storm zone where she had sensed ancient Divine Power beneath the sea, and Zhong Shenxiu steered the flying boat toward it.
• Zhong Shenxiu expanded the flying boat’s barrier and led it through the lightning-filled restriction as the storm battered the craft.
• Zhong Shenxiu and Lan Jinghe emerged from the storm and saw an island surrounded by whirlpools and protected by a rune-covered barrier.
• They spotted ancient ruins across the island and a broken tower at its highest point that still radiated ancient Divine Power.

Zhong Shenxiu and Lan Jinghe explored a submerged island that appeared to hold a powerful god’s inheritance. At the tower entrance, Zhong Shenxiu began devouring its lightning-and-ocean restriction, while Lan Jinghe watched in surprise.

• Zhong Shenxiu and Lan Jinghe landed on the island and endured the powerful pressure of its ancient restriction.
• They found fragments of divine armor and inferred that the ruins belonged to a First-Level God’s inheritance site.
• Zhong Shenxiu stopped Lan Jinghe from rushing toward the core, and they cautiously approached the central tower.
• Lan Jinghe failed to breach the tower’s ocean-and-lightning membrane, which countered her divine authority.
• Zhong Shenxiu used the Eternal Myriad Dragon Source Art to devour the restriction’s power and summoned all nine of his soul rings to increase his absorption.

Zhong Shenxiu devoured the lightning restriction, breaking through to level ninety-five and gaining a faint grasp of the Lightning Law before he and Lan Jinghe entered a hidden inner world. They explored its abandoned ruins and discovered murals depicting a blue whale, an armored god, and a guardian tower, leaving the mural’s history to be uncovered.

• Zhong Shenxiu devoured the restriction’s lightning Divine Power, broke through to level ninety-five, and gained a trace of the Lightning Law.
• Zhong Shenxiu and Lan Jinghe entered a hidden realm containing a vast plaza, black-blue crystal mountains, and an intact blue tower.
• Lan Jinghe recognized the realm as an inner world created by a god who had since fallen, and Zhong Shenxiu declared its contents theirs.
• Zhong Shenxiu and Lan Jinghe searched the ruined barracks and concluded that the guardian clan had long since disappeared.
• Lan Jinghe’s Deep Sea Divine Power opened the haze over the mountain murals, revealing scenes of a giant blue whale, an armored figure, and a tower guarding living beings.

Zhong Shenxiu and Lan Jinghe discovered that the Thunder Whale God had been a conquered god from another plane, then were separated when the tower transported them to different trials. Zhong Shenxiu received the first of the Whale God Nine Trials, while Lan Jinghe encountered an ancient figure in the guardian clan’s cemetery.

• Lan Jinghe recognized the Asura God in the mural and relived her hatred of Tang San for killing her husband, but Zhong Shenxiu calmed her and refocused her on the inheritance.
• Zhong Shenxiu and Lan Jinghe inferred that the Thunder Whale God had been conquered and recruited by the Douluo God Realm, then hurried toward the central tower.
• When Zhong Shenxiu touched the tower door, blue light transported him and Lan Jinghe to separate locations.
• A mark from the Lightning Orb tried to enter Zhong Shenxiu’s consciousness, but his Myriad Creation Dragon God origin stopped it, and he received the Whale God Nine Trials.
• Lan Jinghe appeared in the guardian clan’s cemetery, where an aged figure rose from behind the largest stone tablet and asked who disturbed the clan’s rest.

Lan Jinghe confronted the Thunder Whale Guard elder, who offered half the treasury if she helped his people return to their homeland. Unable to agree on terms, they began fighting in the Thunder Whale Graveyard, where Lan Jinghe pressed her close-range attack.

• The elder rejoiced when Lan Jinghe told him the Douluo God Realm had perished and explained that its people had exiled the Thunder Whale Race from their homeland.
• The elder offered Lan Jinghe half the treasury in exchange for helping the Thunder Whale Race return home, while Zhong Shenxiu underwent their god's Divine Trial inside.
• Lan Jinghe demanded the treasure up front, but the elder refused, saying he did not trust people from the Douluo Continent.
• Lan Jinghe unleashed Deep Sea Pressure and challenged the elder, who answered with Thunder Whale Step and struck at her with a lightning-wreathed fist.
• Lan Jinghe met his attack with Deep Sea Perdition, then launched a close-range assault that corroded the lightning power around him.

Lan Jinghe fought the cemetery guardian, whose restriction-powered thunder initially kept their battle even. After she broke his Ten Thousand Thunders attack, he revealed Alternative Godhood and charged at her within her Abyssal Sea Suppression Domain; the chapter ended as his punch struck her Black Abyss Devouring Prison.

• Lan Jinghe unleashed Demon Empress's Wrath, and the old man countered with Thunder Whale Restriction · Ten Thousand Thunders Suppress the Tomb.
• The collision broke the old man's thunder attack and injured both fighters, but he recovered and transformed into a god-strength warrior through Alternative Godhood.
• Lan Jinghe recognized the old man's power, and he challenged the Douluo gods before charging her with Thunder Whale Step.
• Lan Jinghe spread her Abyssal Sea Suppression Domain, but the old man pushed through its pressure and shattered her Abyssal Sea Slaughter spear with a punch.
• The old man struck Lan Jinghe's Black Abyss Devouring Prison with another powerful punch.

Lan Jinghe fought the lightning-wielding old man in the graveyard, matching his strength but struggling against his vast combat experience. She used the Space-Time God Shuttle to gain an opening, then revealed the Abyssal Sea God-Overturning Anchor as their battle continued.

• Lan Jinghe and the old man traded vicious close-range attacks, and she gradually fell behind because of his combat experience.
• Lan Jinghe countered the old man's Thunder Whale Slash with Demon Empress Fist, leaving both fighters wounded and acknowledging each other's strength.
• Lan Jinghe brought out the Space-Time God Shuttle and slowed the old man with Temporal Abyss Devouring, but he broke free with Thunder Whale Break.
• Lan Jinghe struck with Ten-Thousand-Jin Sinking Anchor while the old man countered with Thunder Whale Slash, and their powers clashed evenly.
• Lan Jinghe summoned the Abyssal Sea God-Overturning Anchor as the battle continued.

Lan Jinghe and the old man ended their evenly matched fight to protect Zhong Shenxiu’s Divine Trial, while Zhong Shenxiu began the second trial and fought three Thunder Whale Guardians using only his physical strength. Pressed by the guardians’ coordinated attacks, he activated his Dragon Fighting Form.

• Lan Jinghe struck the old man with her Ten-Thousand-Jin Sinking Anchor, but his Mystic Thunder Rend met the blow and injured them both.
• The old man called a truce, and Lan Jinghe agreed to wait until Zhong Shenxiu’s Divine Trial ended rather than risk damaging the inheritance site.
• Three Thunder Whale Guardians awakened inside the tower, and the trial demanded that Zhong Shenxiu defeat them using mortal strength.
• Zhong Shenxiu fought with his Soul Power and Dragon Power sealed, shattered one guardian, and was driven back by the remaining pair’s coordinated attacks.
• Zhong Shenxiu’s Tyrant Dragon Body stirred, and he transformed into his Dragon Fighting Form with golden scales, claws, horns, and vertical pupils.

Zhong Shenxiu passed the second through eighth trials of the tower, gaining rewards and strengthening his cultivation. With only the ninth trial remaining, he looked toward the dome, wondering what challenge awaited him.

• Zhong Shenxiu killed the last two lightning guards and received the Thunder Whale Slaughter Art and lightning-element source power for passing the second trial.
• Zhong Shenxiu resisted the battlefield illusions with his Clear Dragon Heart and passed the third trial, earning the Thunder Sea Divine Heart Art.
• Zhong Shenxiu endured and absorbed the lightning during the fourth trial, tempering his body and receiving the Thunder Whale Body Tempering Diagram.
• Zhong Shenxiu passed the fifth through eighth trials as his cultivation rose from level ninety-five to level ninety-seven.
• Zhong Shenxiu finished the eighth trial and looked toward the dome as he prepared for the final trial.

Zhong Shenxiu faced the Asura God's phantom in the ninth Divine Trial, battling it across a simulated battlefield where the Thunder Whale God and the Asura God once fought. After trading powerful sword, fist, and spear attacks, Zhong Shenxiu used the Clear Dragon Heart to predict his opponent's next move and landed a near-hit with his Evil-Breaking Stab.

• The Asura God's phantom appeared as the ninth trial began and immediately struck at Zhong Shenxiu with a blood-red sword slash.
• Zhong Shenxiu countered with the Burning Heaven Holy Flame and Light-Imperial Ninja Blade, but the clash forced him back and revealed the phantom's Quasi-God-level strength.
• The trial recreated the sea battlefield of the Thunder Whale God and Asura God's past fight, where the phantom attacked Zhong Shenxiu with Asura Slash: Blood Prison.
• Zhong Shenxiu blocked the heavy blow with his Indestructible Dragon Body, then fought back with the Burning Heaven Holy Flame, a dragon spear, and a series of close-range attacks.
• Zhong Shenxiu activated the Clear Dragon Heart to predict the Asura God's move and struck with Dragon Dawn Evil-Breaking Stab, narrowly catching the phantom off guard.

Zhong Shenxiu overwhelmed the Asura God’s projection, but the battle shifted when the opponent revealed a conscious Asura Blood Realm and a far stronger presence. The chapter ended with Zhong Shenxiu realizing he might be facing the living First-Generation Asura God King.

• Zhong Shenxiu’s golden domain overpowered the Asura God’s blood domain, and his holy light needles battered the Demon Armor.
• The Asura God unleashed Heavenly Punishment Slash, but Zhong Shenxiu slowed it with the Prison-Suppressing Wisdom King Seal and met it with Holy Dragon Sky-Severing Slash.
• Zhong Shenxiu trapped the Asura God in a Light Prison Slash Net and prepared a decisive strike from behind.
• The Asura God suddenly awakened, unleashed a true Asura Blood Realm, and blocked Zhong Shenxiu’s blade with a crimson slash.
• The Asura God spoke with awareness and acknowledged Zhong Shenxiu’s quick reaction, while Zhong Shenxiu sensed a rising Peak Quasi-God aura and suspected his opponent was truly alive.

Zhong Shenxiu met a time-crossing wisp of the first-generation Asura God, who challenged him to take one sword strike to claim Thunder Whale’s inheritance. Zhong Shenxiu summoned the Sea Dragon Cannon and unleashed Galaxy Storm against the Asura God’s Sword of Judgment, leaving their attacks locked in a clash.

• The Asura God explained that he was a wisp of divine consciousness summoned across time and space within Thunder Whale’s memory field.
• The Asura God said he would fulfill Thunder Whale’s wish by testing whether Zhong Shenxiu could withstand one strike from the Sword of Judgment.
• Zhong Shenxiu activated his four inheritances and defended his mind against the Asura God’s Authority of Judgment.
• Zhong Shenxiu summoned the Sea Dragon Cannon and fired Galaxy Storm at the descending Sword of Judgment.
• The Sword of Judgment and Galaxy Storm collided, and their energies began wearing each other away.

Asura God discovered that the Douluo God Realm had vanished and blamed Tang San, then found Tang Hao and Ah Yin at the Plane Core. He began searching Tang Hao’s memories and learned that Tang San’s actions had weakened the God Realm before the Golden Dragon King escaped and the Space-Time Turbulence swept it away.

• Asura God defeated Zhong Shenxiu’s Galaxy Storm, then left the inheritance grounds to inspect the Douluo Plane.
• Asura God found no trace of the Douluo God Realm at the Plane Core and flew into a rage over Tang San’s disappearance.
• Tang Hao attacked Asura God when he arrived beside the Life Spring, but Asura God shattered Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer and restrained Ah Yin.
• Asura God grabbed Tang Hao and began a Soul Search to learn where Tang San was.
• Asura God saw memories of Tang San damaging the inheritance grounds, elevating the original Shrek Seven Devils to godhood, and weakening the God Realm before the Golden Dragon King escaped and the Space-Time Turbulence swept it away.

Asura God’s divine sense nearly killed Tang Hao before karma erased it, leaving Tang Hao and Ah Yin to plan for the threats ahead. At the Thunder Whale inheritance site, Zhong Shenxiu learned he could claim the Thunder Whale Plane and its divine artifact, and decided the plane would make a fine snack for the Dragon Fighting Plane.

• Asura God withdrew his sword when karma began eroding his divine sense, then vanished after warning Tang Hao that he was lucky.
• Ah Yin helped Tang Hao recover as he identified the attacker as the First-Generation Asura God and feared other first-generation gods might return.
• Tang Hao urged Ah Yin to help him recover with the Spring of Life, then resolved to negotiate with Chen Xinjie for the Sea God Family’s support.
• Zhong Shenxiu completed the nine Thunder Whale trials and received a seed of laws and the Thunder Whale God’s instructions about choosing a divine position or becoming the Thunder Whale Plane’s Plane Master.
• Zhong Shenxiu learned he could claim the Thunder Whale Plane and the Thunder Roar Vast Sea Tower, and decided the plane would be a snack for the Dragon Fighting Plane.

Zhong Shenxiu refined the Lightning Element Law Seed, reached the early Quasi-God Realm, and took control of the Thunder Roaring Cangming Tower. After leaving the tower, he learned that Vance recognized him as master and was willing to help him devour the Thunder Whale Plane.

• Zhong Shenxiu chose to create his own Divine Position and refine the Law Seed, then used the Eternal Myriad Dragon Source Art to absorb its Thunder Sea Law and break through to the Quasi-God Realm.
• Zhong Shenxiu gained the Thunder Whale God's battle arts and tower-control methods, then used the Thunder Roaring Cangming Tower to conceal the secret realm, island, and surrounding storm zone.
• Zhong Shenxiu left the passage and surprised Lan Jinghe by emerging at the Quasi-God Realm; Vance knelt and acknowledged him as master of the Thunder Whale Lineage.
• Zhong Shenxiu told Vance that he intended to devour the Thunder Whale Plane, and Vance pledged to serve as his vanguard and help wipe out its rulers.

Zhong Shenxiu accepted Vance's loyalty and learned that the Thunder Whale God's hidden vault held the Thunder Whale Lineage's treasures, which Vance had promised to share with Lan Jinghe. When Zhong Shenxiu claimed the vault for himself and Lan Jinghe threatened to fight, he summoned three Black Hand projections from the Dragon Fighting Plane, leaving her surrounded by their power.

• Vance explained his brutal past on the Thunder Whale Plane and swore loyalty to Zhong Shenxiu.
• Lan Jinghe asked Vance to show her the plane passage and the treasure vault, and Vance revealed that he had promised her half its contents.
• Zhong Shenxiu claimed the vault's treasures as the inheritor's property and refused to share them with Lan Jinghe.
• Lan Jinghe accused Zhong Shenxiu of betraying their agreement and threatened to tear apart the secret realm.
• Zhong Shenxiu challenged Lan Jinghe and summoned the Blazing Black Hand, Hurricane Black Hand, and Venomous Black Hand as projections from the Dragon Fighting Plane.

Lan Jinghe learned that Zhong Shenxiu’s allies were god-level powerhouses and accepted his offer of a divine artifact. After Vance revealed that the treasury had none, Zhong Shenxiu insisted he could provide one and sent Vance to lead them there.

• Lan Jinghe realized the Three Black Hands had been hiding their god-level strength and backed down from fighting Zhong Shenxiu.
• Zhong Shenxiu offered Lan Jinghe a divine artifact, and she eagerly agreed in hopes of gaining an advantage over Chen Xinjie.
• Vance privately warned Zhong Shenxiu that the treasury contained no divine artifacts, but Lan Jinghe overheard him and accused them of deceiving her.
• Zhong Shenxiu rebuked Lan Jinghe for doubting his ability to provide an artifact and ordered Vance to lead them to the treasury.

Zhong Shenxiu reassured Vance that merging the Thunder Whale Plane would preserve its lands and give the fallen Thunder Whale Guards a sea burial, then promised Vance an army to train. He opened the Thunder Whale God's core treasury and found valuable materials, manuals, and half a Godhood Fragment, but no complete divine artifact.

• Vance led Zhong Shenxiu and Lan Jinghe through the graveyard of the Thunder Whale Guards and mourned his fallen comrades.
• Zhong Shenxiu promised Vance that the Thunder Whale Plane's mountains and rivers would remain after its merger and that Vance could build a new army from its people.
• Vance agreed enthusiastically to train soldiers and led Zhong Shenxiu and Lan Jinghe to the core treasury.
• Zhong Shenxiu used the Thunder Sea Law to open the treasury's stone gate while Lan Jinghe waited outside.
• Zhong Shenxiu found the Thunder Whale God's Innate Battle Art Compendium, half a Godhood Fragment, and many valuable supplies, but no complete divine artifact.

Zhong Shenxiu, Lan Jinghe, and Vance opened the passage to the Thunder Whale Plane and crossed into its Western Frontier Sea. They arrived at Thunder Whale God Mountain, where Vance began explaining the history of the land conquered by the Thunder Whale God.

• Lan Jinghe realized Leng Yulai had disappeared from the Holy Spirit Cult and joined Zhong Shenxiu, while Zhong Shenxiu insisted their relationship was mutual affection.
• Lan Jinghe asked Vance to show her the passage to the Thunder Whale Plane, and Zhong Shenxiu agreed to scout it with her.
• Vance led Zhong Shenxiu and Lan Jinghe to a teleportation altar, and Zhong Shenxiu used the Thunder Roaring Cangming Tower's core pearl to activate it.
• Zhong Shenxiu, Lan Jinghe, and Vance crossed the passage and arrived on a mountain overlooking the Thunder Whale Plane's dark-blue ocean and inhabited islands.
• Vance explained that the Thunder Whale God had conquered the Western Frontier Sea, overthrown its old kingdom, and built Thunder Whale God Mountain from the capital's ruins.

Vance and his companions reached the ruined Thunder Whale temple, where the destruction drove Vance to unleash the mountain’s lightning power and regain his strength. Atticus and Downs appeared and mocked Vance, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

• Vance, Zhong Shenxiu, and Lan Jinghe climbed Thunder Whale God Mountain and found its temple and statues deliberately destroyed.
• Vance erupted in rage, drew on the mountain’s lightning, and transformed into a powerful Peak Quasi-God.
• Vance entered the temple and found the Thunder Whale God’s statue decapitated, its murals ruined, and its spirit tablets smashed.
• Atticus and Downs descended from the clouds, overpowered the mountain’s lightning, and confronted Vance.
• Downs and Atticus taunted Vance over the ruined temple and the Thunder Whale God’s death.

Vance fought the traitorous generals Atticus and Downs at Thunder Whale God Mountain, but their combined attacks drove him to the brink. Zhong Shenxiu arrived and wounded Downs, then told Vance to keep fighting as he watched from the temple entrance.

• Vance confronted Atticus and Downs over their betrayal of the Master and fought them above the ruined temple.
• Atticus and Downs coordinated their attacks, poisoned Vance, and left him badly wounded.
• Vance used the forbidden Mountain Thunder technique, severely injuring both generals but exhausting his own power.
• Atticus and Downs charged the weakened Vance again, but Zhong Shenxiu appeared and slashed Downs across the waist.
• Vance called Zhong Shenxiu his master, and Zhong Shenxiu told him to take his time fighting the two generals.

Lan Jinghe attacked Atticus and Downs, overwhelming them with her Abyssal sea powers as Zhong Shenxiu watched. When Zhong Shenxiu teased her during the fight, she was distracted by his comment, took a poison lightning hit, and unleashed an even fiercer tide against Downs.

• Lan Jinghe dismissed Atticus's warning and struck him with the Abyssal Sea God-Overturning Anchor, forcing him back and injuring his hand.
• Downs attacked Lan Jinghe from behind with poison lightning, but she blocked it with Black Abyss Devouring Prison.
• Lan Jinghe summoned the Deep-Sea Demon Lord's Descent and used Demon Empress's Wrath to blast Atticus and Downs through their combined defenses.
• Lan Jinghe charged into close combat and fought both men while Zhong Shenxiu and Vance watched.
• Zhong Shenxiu teased Lan Jinghe about menopause, distracting her long enough for Downs to corrode her shoulder armor with poison lightning.
• Enraged, Lan Jinghe unleashed a fiercer black-water tide that swallowed Downs.