Recaps

Luo Shang launched a rebellion from the Northern Territory, sending hundreds of thousands of soldiers south toward Heaven Dou City. Xue Qinghe took the throne as Qian Renxue, while Bibi Dong welcomed the revolt as an opportunity to attack King Frost Extreme.

• Luo Shang declared war and, three days later, the Northern Territory's armies raised his banner and marched south toward Heaven Dou City.
• A messenger reported the rebellion to Emperor Xue Ye, who collapsed and died in the royal court.
• Xue Qinghe succeeded Xue Ye, then revealed privately that she was Qian Renxue and regretted becoming Luo Yun's enemy.
• Bibi Dong learned of the rebellion and planned to use it to summon Soul Masters against King Frost Extreme.
• Bibi Dong recalled that Qian Daoliu had stopped her from pursuing King Frost Extreme because he wanted to protect Luo Yun, whose talent Qian Renxue had revealed to him.

Luo Shang’s Northern Territory army took Iron Floating City without a fight as Heaven Dou’s soldiers and people increasingly supported him. After he declared he would found a new nation to protect the Northern Territory, an icy blue beam erupted from his forehead.

• Iron Floating City’s commander surrendered to Luo Shang, who asked first about the people and entered the city with his disciplined army.
• The people welcomed Luo Shang, while his son Luo Yun watched their grateful faces.
• At the camp, Northern Territory soldiers discussed the empire’s abandonment of Luo Shang and affirmed their loyalty to him.
• Luo Shang told Luo Yun he would found a new nation if the empire would not stand against Spirit Hall, and vowed to protect the Northern Territory.
• An icy blue pillar of light shot from Luo Shang’s forehead into the sky, astonishing the soldiers.

Luo Shang received the Ice God’s first trial, which required him to establish an empire and become emperor within three years. In Heaven Dou City, Luo Yun secretly entered Qian Renxue’s chambers and confronted her after six years apart, leaving her with his hand around her throat.

• Luo Shang received the Ice God’s first trial and laughed as his suppressed level-ninety-six Soul Power surged free.
• Luo Yun entered the imperial palace unseen and waited until Pufferfish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo left Qian Renxue’s chambers.
• Luo Yun entered the inner chamber while Qian Renxue was bathing, and she dressed before turning to face him.
• Qian Renxue recognized Luo Yun by his blood-red eyes, and he revealed his changed appearance after six years apart.
• Luo Yun moved in front of Qian Renxue and gripped her throat as she calmly said his name.

Luo Yun learned that Qian Daoliu had secretly restrained Spirit Hall from pursuing his family, then accepted Qian Renxue’s offer not to interfere with his attack on the Heaven Dou Imperial Family. He began eliminating the imperial bloodline and confronted Dugu Bo at the Royal Grand Pontiff Hall.

• Qian Renxue told Luo Yun that Bibi Dong had ordered the slaughter of Frost Ridge City and that Qian Daoliu had restrained Spirit Hall’s pursuit of Luo Yun’s family.
• Qian Renxue offered to hand the Heaven Dou Empire to Luo Yun and asked him not to involve Spirit Hall; Luo Yun agreed but vowed not to spare Bibi Dong.
• Luo Yun left Qian Renxue’s bedchamber and began killing the people on his list, starting with Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing.
• Luo Yun crossed out the remaining names on his list, severing the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s bloodline.
• Dugu Bo confronted Luo Yun in the Royal Grand Pontiff Hall and urged him to stop, saying he would not attack him for King Frost Extreme’s sake.

Luo Yun defeated Dugu Bo and persuaded him to submit to King Frost Extreme in exchange for curing Dugu Bo and his granddaughter. The next day, Luo Shang and the Northern Territory Army entered Heaven Dou City unopposed as the city welcomed the new Frost Extreme Empire.

• Luo Yun struck down Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor and swallowed his poison mist with Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• Luo Yun offered to cure Dugu Bo’s hidden ailments if he submitted to King Frost Extreme, and Dugu Bo agreed on the condition that Luo Yun also cure his granddaughter.
• Dugu Bo knelt and pledged his life to the Frost Extreme King Mansion.
• Heaven Dou City’s residents heard news of the imperial family’s destruction and the Northern Territory Army’s advance.
• Luo Shang led the Northern Territory Army into Heaven Dou City through open gates while residents welcomed the troops and nobles begged for mercy.
• A white-haired former Northern Territory soldier recognized Luo Shang’s return as the long-awaited return of King Frost Extreme.

After the Heaven Dou Empire fell, Luo Yun told Luo Shang that Qian Renxue had survived and Dugu Bo had submitted, then set out for Spirit Hall. Bibi Dong learned that the Frost Extreme Empire had been established and ordered an army to march against it.

• Luo Yun greeted Luo Shang at the palace and told him that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family had been dealt with, with Qian Renxue spared because she was still useful.
• Luo Yun told Luo Shang that Dugu Bo had submitted and explained that his poison would be most effective against armies.
• Luo Yun said he was going to Spirit Hall to confront Bibi Dong, and Luo Shang warned him to flee if he could not win.
• Bibi Dong read that Heaven Dou City had fallen, the Frost Extreme Empire had been established, and Dugu Bo had submitted.
• Bibi Dong ordered thirty thousand elite Soul Masters gathered and declared that she would lead a campaign against the Frost Extreme Empire.

Qian Daoliu and the Six Great Pontiffs stopped Bibi Dong from leading thirty thousand elite Soul Masters against the Frost Extreme Empire. Bibi Dong backed down, and the army dispersed, leaving her alone with the pontiffs.

• Qian Daoliu read Bibi Dong’s decree to send thirty thousand elite Soul Masters against the Frost Extreme Empire and decided to stop her.
• Bibi Dong assembled the army at the Pope Palace, but Qian Daoliu arrived and challenged her plan, citing Spirit Hall’s losses and the risks of the expedition.
• Qian Daoliu asked the Soul Masters whether they were willing to follow Bibi Dong to their deaths, and many voiced their reluctance.
• The Six Great Pontiffs arrived and opposed the expedition, with Golden Crocodile Douluo warning that anyone who wanted to go would have to get past him.
• Bibi Dong conceded for the day, and the thirty thousand Soul Masters left the square.

After Qian Daoliu warned Bibi Dong to stop interfering in King Frost Extreme’s affairs, she brooded over the rebuke and vowed revenge on King Frost Extreme and Luo Yun. Luo Yun confronted her in the palace hot spring about Spirit Hall’s destruction of Frost Ridge City and the deaths of his parents, and the chapter ended as Bibi Dong summoned her nine Soul Rings to attack him.

• Qian Daoliu warned Bibi Dong not to interfere in King Frost Extreme’s affairs, and Demon Subduing Douluo predicted she would not let the matter go.
• Bibi Dong recalled being reprimanded before Spirit Hall’s Soul Masters and vowed to make King Frost Extreme and Luo Yun suffer.
• Luo Yun entered Bibi Dong’s hot spring chamber and demanded to know why Spirit Hall destroyed Frost Ridge City and hunted his parents.
• Bibi Dong refused to explain herself, and Luo Yun summoned the Moon Eclipse Sword and pointed it at her.
• Bibi Dong sprang from the pool, dressed in her bathrobe, and saw Luo Yun blush and turn away.
• Bibi Dong summoned all nine Soul Rings and unleashed her killing intent against Luo Yun.

Luo Yun fought Bibi Dong in the hot spring room, and their battle ended with her humiliated and several guards killed. Bibi Dong then revealed that she had inherited the Rakshasa God's divine position.

• Bibi Dong attacked Luo Yun, who struggled to defend against her strength while targeting her loose bathrobe with his sword.
• Luo Yun challenged Bibi Dong over her attacks on his parents and the massacre of Frost Ridge City, then accidentally cut off her bathrobe and saw her naked.
• Five or six Spirit Hall guards rushed into the room, saw Bibi Dong, and were drained of their life force by her before they could leave.
• Luo Yun sensed dark, devouring divine power in Bibi Dong and asked whether she had inherited a god's legacy.
• Bibi Dong told Luo Yun that she had inherited the divine position of the Rakshasa God.

Luo Yun fought Bibi Dong in the hot spring chamber and grew stronger when he completed the seventh trials of Destruction and Life. After receiving new trials requiring him to kill Bibi Dong and devour the Rakshasa God's divine core, he defeated her and left her dead on the ground.

• Bibi Dong overpowered Luo Yun with her Rakshasa Divine Power and wounded him, but he refused to retreat.
• Luo Yun and Bibi Dong exchanged dozens of blows as Luo Yun's power awakened during the fight.
• Luo Yun completed the seventh Destruction and Life trials and gained thirty percent affinity with each divine source.
• The eighth trials ordered Luo Yun to kill Bibi Dong and devour the Rakshasa God's divine core within three months.
• Luo Yun used the Origin of Destruction to overpower Bibi Dong and pierce her chest with the Moon Eclipse Sword.
• Bibi Dong collapsed and died after Luo Yun pulled the sword from her chest.

After killing Bibi Dong, Luo Yun discovered a hidden chamber and absorbed the Rakshasa Divine Power, advancing to level ninety-three and completing both the Destruction and Life Nine Trials' eighth trial. He gained the Creation God Armor and left the chamber, while the God of Destruction and Goddess of Life watched from the God Realm.

• Luo Yun found a concealed staircase beneath a wardrobe and discovered the Rakshasa God statue in a secret chamber.
• Luo Yun used Destruction power to absorb and transform the Rakshasa Divine Power over three months, destroying the statue.
• Luo Yun reached level ninety-three and gained hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings for both Sword Martial Souls.
• Luo Yun completed the eighth trials of the Destruction and Life inheritances and received the Creation God Armor.
• Luo Yun withdrew the armor into his body and left the chamber, while the God of Destruction and Goddess of Life watched him from the Tree of Life.

Luo Yun received the final Destruction and Life trials, then met Qian Daoliu, who offered him the position of Pope after Bibi Dong’s death. Qian Daoliu began explaining why Luo Yun’s father’s empire could not win the sects’ allegiance.

• The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life accepted Luo Yun as their successor after he fused their God Armors and discussed retiring once he became a god.
• Luo Yun learned that his final trials required him to find and kill the Child of Destiny within ten years, and he planned to use Spirit Hall’s intelligence network to search.
• Luo Yun left the secret chamber and found Qian Daoliu waiting; he respectfully greeted him as Grand Pontiff.
• Qian Daoliu acknowledged Luo Yun’s power and dual godhood inheritance, then offered him the position of Pope while agreeing to overlook Bibi Dong’s death.
• Luo Yun asked why Qian Renxue would not succeed Bibi Dong, and Qian Daoliu said she had a more important task.
• Qian Daoliu told Luo Yun that the sects refused to submit to his father because they doubted the Frost Extreme Empire could endure against Spirit Hall.

Luo Yun agreed to become the Pope of Spirit Hall in exchange for its support for the Frost Extreme Empire and his path to godhood. As his succession ceremony approached, Luo Shang and Shen Yinshuang learned of the appointment, and representatives began arriving in Spirit City.

• Qian Daoliu offered Spirit Hall’s resources to Luo Yun in return for his support after becoming a god, and Luo Yun accepted.
• Qian Daoliu told Luo Yun that his succession ceremony would take place in a week and that Luo Shang would attend.
• Luo Shang and Shen Yinshuang read Qian Daoliu’s invitation, understood the political alliance behind Luo Yun’s appointment, and decided to go to Spirit City.
• Luo Shang reviewed intelligence about the sects’ resistance to the new empire and wrote, “First courtesy, then force.”
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect arrived at the Spirit Hall plaza, where a middle-aged man and an old man stepped out of their carriage.

The great powers gathered at Spirit Hall for the new Pope’s succession ceremony, where they discussed the Pope’s identity and the old grudge between Spirit Hall and Emperor Frost Extreme. The chapter ended as Luo Shang arrived with Shen Yinshuang and three hundred Northern Territory Iron Cavalry, drawing every eye.

• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin discussed why Spirit Hall had summoned the continent’s prominent powers.
• Yu Yuanzhen and representatives of the academies and sects arrived, while the crowd noted the Clear Sky Sect’s absence.
• Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and Meng Shenji discussed the new Pope’s identity as Luo Shang’s son and recalled his extraordinary power as a child.
• Huyan Zhen learned that Spirit Hall had not invited the Clear Sky Sect and mocked the situation.
• Luo Shang and Shen Yinshuang entered with three hundred Northern Territory Iron Cavalry, prompting speculation about his presence at the ceremony.

At Spirit Hall’s papal succession ceremony, Qian Daoliu warmly welcomed Luo Shang, making Ning Fengzhi suspect that Spirit Hall and the Frost Extreme Empire had joined forces. Luo Shang pressed Ning Fengzhi for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s answer about submitting to his empire, then unleashed his Soul Power when she gave an evasive reply, leaving Chen Xin to shield her.

• Ning Fengzhi recalled Dugu Bo’s demand that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect submit to the Frost Extreme Empire and worried that Spirit Hall and the empire might target her sect together.
• Qian Daoliu arrived with six other Titled Douluos and personally welcomed Luo Shang at the papal succession ceremony.
• Luo Shang and Shen Yinshuang took their seats as the gathered powers murmured about a possible alliance between Spirit Hall and the Frost Extreme Empire.
• Luo Shang asked Ning Fengzhi for her answer about submission, and Ning Fengzhi vaguely declared the sect loyal to the empire without naming which one.
• Luo Shang released his Level 97 Soul Power pressure against Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin sprang up to protect her.

At Luo Yun’s papal succession ceremony, Luo Shang intimidated Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and Chen Xin before Qian Daoliu introduced the thirteen-year-old Pope. Luo Yun revealed a nine-ring configuration with five Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, leaving the crowd stunned and Yu Yuanzhen convinced that the boy was invincible.

• Luo Shang released his Level 97 pressure, forcing Chen Xin to shield Ning Fengzhi while the crowd fell silent.
• Luo Shang questioned Yu Yuanzhen, who repeated that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would continue serving the empire, and Luo Shang mocked his evasive answer.
• Qian Daoliu began the papal succession ceremony and introduced Luo Yun as the new Pope.
• Luo Yun appeared before the crowd and revealed nine Soul Rings: two purple, two black, and five red.
• Ning Fengzhi dropped his teacup, Chen Xin stared in disbelief, and Yu Yuanzhen sat ashen, thinking Luo Yun was invincible.

Qian Daoliu publicly announced Qian Renxue’s engagement to Luo Yun, binding Spirit Hall and the Frost Extreme Empire closer together. Luo Yun did not object, and after the ceremony, his father teased him about his new fiancée.

• Qian Daoliu announced that his granddaughter Qian Renxue would become engaged to Pope Luo Yun, shocking the gathered powers.
• Luo Yun realized Qian Daoliu had used the public ceremony to pressure him, then met Qian Renxue’s nervous gaze and chose not to object.
• Qian Daoliu brought Qian Renxue onto the platform beside Luo Yun and declared them engaged before the crowd.
• The ceremony ended, and Ning Fengzhi left after looking back at Luo Yun and Qian Renxue with a sigh.
• Luo Shang teased Luo Yun about finding a fiancée, and Luo Yun stayed silent when his father asked why he had not refused.

Qian Daoliu noticed the Ice God’s mark on Luo Shang and spoke with him before Luo Shang dragged him away to discuss courting Bo Saixi. Left alone, Qian Renxue brought Luo Yun to the Worship Hall and revealed that she had recommended him to become Spirit Hall’s Pope.

• Qian Daoliu recognized the divine aura of the Ice God on Luo Shang’s forehead and realized Luo Shang had inherited a god’s legacy.
• Luo Shang teased Qian Daoliu about his matchmaking and offered to teach him how to win over Bo Saixi, then pulled him away to talk.
• Shen Yinshuang encouraged Luo Yun and Qian Renxue to spend time together and welcomed Qian Renxue as family.
• Qian Renxue led Luo Yun to the Worship Hall and told him that she had recommended him to Qian Daoliu as Spirit Hall’s next Pope.

Qian Renxue asked Luo Yun to become her fiancé, and he agreed before joining her family for a celebratory meal. As the offerings recalled her lonely childhood, Luo Yun held her hand beneath the table, and the story turned toward Tang San's plotline.

• Qian Renxue told Luo Yun that she had explained his motives to her grandfather and asked whether she was worthy of becoming his fiancée.
• Luo Yun agreed, and he and Qian Renxue went to eat together.
• At lunch, Qian Daoliu entrusted Qian Renxue to Luo Yun, who called him Grandpa.
• Demon Subduing Douluo and the other offerings recalled Qian Renxue's lonely childhood and the hardship she endured.
• Luo Yun held Qian Renxue's hand beneath the table as the family celebrated their engagement.

Luo Yun asked Qian Daoliu how to find the continent’s Child of Destiny, and Qian Daoliu proposed holding a Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament to draw out gifted young Soul Masters. The tournament announcement spread across the continent, and the chapter ended at Shrek Academy during admissions season.

• After a long drinking session, Qian Daoliu warned Luo Yun not to bully Qian Renxue, while she leaned against Luo Yun’s shoulder.
• Luo Yun told Qian Daoliu he needed to find the Child of Destiny, and Qian Daoliu suggested holding a Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament.
• Luo Yun announced that the tournament would take place in Spirit City two years later, with three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones for the grand finals’ winners.
• Academies across the continent responded to the announcement by rallying students and intensifying their training.
• At Shrek Academy near Suotuo City, parents and children lined up during admissions season.

At Shrek Academy’s admissions line, Dai Mubai intimidated parents demanding a refund, while Li Yusong worried that the dispute could threaten the academy’s eligibility for the Soul Master Tournament. Dai Mubai went to report to the dean, and Flender read a newspaper announcing the tournament.

• A parent demanded a refund after Li Yusong rejected his son for being over the enrollment age, and Li Yusong called Dai Mubai to handle the dispute.
• Dai Mubai released his three Soul Rings and threatened the parents, but Li Yusong stopped him from escalating the confrontation.
• The parents left, and their complaints emptied most of the admissions line.
• Li Yusong warned Dai Mubai that Spirit Hall could punish the academy and jeopardize its tournament eligibility, then sent him to report to the dean.
• Dai Mubai entered the academy as Flender read a newspaper announcing the tournament declared by the Pope of Spirit Hall.

Flender learned that Shrek Academy might be reported to Spirit Hall, while Luo Yun arrived in Suotuo City and heard accusations that the academy had cheated and threatened a father and son. After Luo Yun set out to investigate, a witness recognized him as Spirit Hall’s new Pope, leaving the crowd convinced Shrek Academy would face consequences.

• Dai Mubai told Flender about the dispute, and Flender ordered him to continue recruiting while warning Teacher Li to avoid further trouble.
• A father publicly accused Shrek Academy of keeping his application fee and threatening him and his son when they were rejected.
• Luo Yun heard the accusations in Suotuo City and asked the father where Shrek Academy was, saying he would investigate whether they were true.
• The father gave Luo Yun directions, and a high-ranking Soul Master recognized him as Spirit Hall’s new Pope.
• The father and son celebrated Luo Yun’s involvement, and the crowd declared that Shrek Academy would pay for its alleged conduct.

Luo Yun arrived at Shrek Academy and criticized Yu Xiaogang’s training methods, provoking Yu Xiaogang into attacking him with Luo Sanpao. Luo Yun blocked the foul-smelling Soul Skill with a Soul Power shield, and the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Luo Yun reached the dilapidated Shrek Academy and judged the children’s running exercises ineffective without medicinal baths.
• Luo Yun confronted Yu Xiaogang and mocked his teaching methods and low Soul Power Level.
• Yu Xiaogang lost his temper, summoned Luo Sanpao, and used its first Soul Skill, Thunderous Fart, Shaking Heaven and Earth.
• Luo Yun raised a golden-green Soul Power shield that stopped the gas, though its stench still offended him.

Luo Yun shattered Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul with a single sword strike, leaving him badly injured. When the Shrek students returned, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun recognized Luo Yun as the boy they had encountered at the Rose Hotel six years earlier.

• Yu Xiaogang’s stench disoriented Luo Yun, so Luo Yun summoned the Sun Corona Sword and split Luo Sanpao in two, shattering Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang suffered the backlash and collapsed against the table as Luo Yun drew his sword back into his body.
• Tang San and the other Shrek students returned, and Tang San discovered that Yu Xiaogang’s meridians and Soul Power were in disarray and his Martial Soul was gone.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing formed up against Luo Yun while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong helped Yu Xiaogang.
• Luo Yun reminded Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun of their encounter at the Rose Hotel six years earlier, and both recognized him as the little beggar they had once challenged.

Luo Yun effortlessly fought off the Shrek Seven Devils after crippling Yu Xiaogang, then seized Xiao Wu after recognizing her as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. The others attacked together to save her, but Luo Yun’s sword energy swept away their attacks.

• Yu Xiaogang accused Luo Yun of crippling his Martial Soul, and Luo Yun admitted he had struck him casually.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San attacked Luo Yun in turn, but he deflected or defeated each of them without releasing a Soul Ring.
• Luo Yun recognized Xiao Wu as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and decided he wanted to take her for Xue'er.
• Luo Yun dodged Dai Mubai, grabbed Xiao Wu by the wrist and neck, and demanded that the others leave her to him.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing launched simultaneous Soul Skills at Luo Yun, who cut through or knocked aside their attacks with a sweep of his Sun Corona Sword.