Recaps

In Shrek City, Jiang Ci'an helped Xiao Xiao awaken Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, then began his own awakening. His consciousness was pulled into a scene in Holy Soul Village where Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass, leaving Jiang Ci'an wondering whether he had crossed into another world again.

• Xiao Xiao awakened Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, and Jiang Ci'an asked Xiao Shan to keep her talents secret.
• Jiang Ci'an recalled how he and Xiao Xiao had become orphans, then built a new life together in Shrek City.
• Jiang Ci'an entered the Awakening formation, and golden light surrounded him as his Soul Power began to rise.
• Jiang Ci'an's consciousness left his body and descended into a place filled with buildings and streets.
• Jiang Ci'an saw Tang San awaken Blue Silver Grass in Holy Soul Village and realized the scene matched Tang San's first Martial Soul awakening.

After returning from a brief visit to the Douluo World during his Martial Soul Awakening, Jiang Ci'an discovered that his Martial Soul was called “World Modulation Mode” and granted him an unusual Perspective ability. He also learned he could enter the other world again by activating his Martial Soul while meditating, and planned to investigate it over the next few days.

• Jiang Ci'an returned from the Douluo World to Ping'an Pharmacy after standing motionless for a dozen breaths, and told Xiao Shan he was fine.
• Jiang Ci'an named his Martial Soul “World” and tested his Soul Power, revealing Innate Full Soul Power.
• Xiao Shan decided to prepare to take Jiang Ci'an and Xiao Xiao to hunt Soul Rings in a few days.
• Jiang Ci'an activated his Martial Soul and discovered he could see through walls, including into Xiao Xiao's room, before choosing to look away.
• Jiang Ci'an learned that meditating while activating his Martial Soul would let his consciousness enter the Douluo World again.

Jiang Ci'an and Xiao Xiao traveled with Elder Xiao and two Soul Kings to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain their First Soul Rings. Jiang Ci'an advised Xiao Xiao to choose a Soul Skill that added weight and strengthened her physique, while he remained unsure what Soul Skill his own Martial Soul would produce.

• Jiang Ci'an and Xiao Xiao set out for the Star Dou Great Forest with Elder Xiao and two trusted Soul Kings guarding them.
• Xiao Xiao asked Jiang Ci'an how she should choose her First Soul Ring, explaining that Elder Xiao had recommended following the Soul-Suppressing Cauldron's established path.
• Jiang Ci'an explained that a Soul Master's wishes and Martial Soul influenced how a Soul Ring's abilities expressed themselves.
• Jiang Ci'an suggested that Xiao Xiao choose a Soul Skill that added weight to help strengthen her physique and prepare her for the conflict between her Twin Martial Souls.
• Xiao Xiao trusted Jiang Ci'an's advice, then asked how he planned to choose his own First Soul Ring, and he admitted he had not decided.

Jiang Ci'an reviewed the abilities of his Martial Soul and the resettable Virtual World before accompanying Xiao Xiao and Elder Xiao into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a Soul Beast for Xiao Xiao’s first Soul Ring. The group found a herd of Thick-Armored Iron Rhinos by a lake, and Xiao Shan rushed out to target one of a suitable age.

• Jiang Ci'an concluded that Perspective could reveal extraordinary detail in the Virtual World, where his actions reset and dying did not harm him in reality.
• Jiang Ci'an and Xiao Xiao entered the Star Dou Great Forest with Elder Xiao and two Soul Kings to seek a Soul Beast for Xiao Xiao’s first Soul Ring.
• Elder Xiao recommended a Thick-Armored Iron Rhino because its weight-increasing abilities suited Xiao Xiao’s desired Soul Skill.
• The children tired during the journey, so the Soul Kings carried them until the group reached a lake before sunset.
• Xiao Shan spotted a suitable-aged Thick-Armored Iron Rhino in a herd and rushed out to approach it.

Xiao Xiao absorbed her first Soul Ring, reached level twelve, and gained the Weight of the Cauldron skill. A month later, Jiang Ci'an revealed his unusual choice for a first Soul Ring: a Silent Form Mouse.

• Xiao Shan used his cauldron Martial Soul to suppress a herd of Thick-Armored Iron Rhinos and capture one for Xiao Xiao.
• Xiao Xiao absorbed the rhino's Soul Ring, grew slightly, and reached level twelve.
• Xiao Xiao explained that her Weight of the Cauldron skill increased her cauldron's weight and let three cauldrons work together for defense.
• Jiang Ci'an told Xiao Shan he had an idea for his own first Soul Ring.
• A month later, Jiang Ci'an chose a Silent Form Mouse, prompting Xiao Shan to question whether he planned to use it as his Soul Ring.

Jiang Ci'an absorbed a Silent Form Mouse King's Soul Ring and gained the Soul Skill Indifference, which erased him from others' awareness. On the carriage back to Shrek City, he explored the skill and discovered he could use it in the Virtual World before activating it to test its effects.

• Jiang Ci'an chose the nearly five-hundred-year-old Silent Form Mouse King as his first Soul Ring, and Xiao Shan agreed to guard him.
• Jiang Ci'an absorbed the Soul Ring safely and gained the Soul Skill Indifference.
• On the carriage to Shrek City, Jiang Ci'an learned that Indifference made people overlook him, though powerful Soul Masters could still sense him.
• Jiang Ci'an found that his Perspective now reached two meters and let him sense nearby energy and others' Soul Power paths.
• In the Virtual World, Jiang Ci'an summoned his Soul Ring, confirmed that his real-world strength and Soul Skills carried over, and activated Indifference.

Jiang Ci'an discovered that Indifference could conceal him from even a Titled Douluo in the Virtual World, then used it to study Tang San’s Mysterious Heaven Skill. He left Yu Xiaogang and Tang San unable to notice or remember each other.

• Jiang Ci'an found Tang Hao watching Tang San and confirmed that Indifference concealed him from the Titled Douluo.
• Jiang Ci'an entered the room as Tang San bowed to Yu Xiaogang and watched the two begin their master-disciple exchange.
• Jiang Ci'an observed the Mysterious Heaven Skill circulating through Tang San’s meridians and decided that its knowledge was more valuable than physical rewards.
• Jiang Ci'an placed his hand on Tang San’s head and used Indifference, causing Yu Xiaogang to forget Tang San and their conversation.
• Jiang Ci'an concealed Tang San’s consciousness, and confusion began to rise in Tang San’s eyes.

Jiang Ci'an used Indifference to make Tang San write down the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, then learned its cultivation method and began planning experiments to develop a complementary physical training method. After noticing Xiao Wu’s unusual body, he decided to test his ideas on her and brought Tang San along.

• Jiang Ci'an used Indifference to conceal Tang San’s awareness and commanded him to write down the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.
• Tang San mechanically copied the Mysterious Heaven Skill and the rest of his techniques, which Jiang Ci'an studied and memorized.
• Jiang Ci'an successfully began cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill and planned to create an external method that would complement it.
• Jiang Ci'an observed Xiao Wu through Perspective and noticed that her body differed from other people’s.
• Jiang Ci'an decided to develop Xiao Wu and ordered the dazed Tang San to follow him.

Tang San discovered that his divine senses could no longer detect energy or fortune in Shrek City, despite the city appearing normal to the eye. Bound by the Divine Realm’s rules, he sent Da Ming and Er Ming to investigate while the God of Destruction quietly watched the anomaly.

• Tang San awoke from a disturbing dream about Xiao Wu, suppressed the Asura God Position’s killing intent, and dismissed the dream as a hallucination.
• Tang San observed the Child of Destiny in the Star Dou Empire and expected to claim his fortune as part of his ten-thousand-year plan.
• Tang San found that Shrek City appeared as a vast blank area to his divine senses, with no detectable fortune or energy.
• Tang San inspected Shrek City from outside Douluo Star, confirmed that it looked normal but remained empty to his divine senses, and refrained from interfering because of the Divine Realm’s rules.
• Tang San sent a hidden message to Da Ming and Er Ming to investigate Shrek City.
• The God of Destruction noticed blank spots in the Douluo Plane and sent divine consciousness to observe without interfering.

Jiang Ci'an explained how he had developed the Martial Way Body Tempering Method, which let Xiao Xiao train her body and cultivate Soul Power at the same time. After practicing beneath the pressure of her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, Xiao Xiao rested beside him, exhausted.

• Xiao Xiao practiced the Body Tempering Method under the pressure of her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron while Jiang Ci'an watched her progress.
• Jiang Ci'an explained that the method trained the inner and outer self together and had reached an efficiency of 1.5 after months of refinement in the Virtual World.
• Jiang Ci'an described how Tang San had repeatedly tested and improved the method by exploding hundreds or thousands of times in the Virtual World.
• Xiao Xiao stopped training, recalled the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, and let the pressure fade.
• Jiang Ci'an offered Xiao Xiao a towel, and she wiped her face before leaning against him and saying she did not want to move.

Jiang Ci'an reassured Xiao Xiao about her cultivation, then continued their training and considered how to advance the Martial Way. After returning to the Virtual World, he arrived at Notting Academy and spotted two familiar figures on its lawn.

• Jiang Ci'an gave Xiao Xiao a cultivation tonic and comforted her as she worried about falling behind him.
• Jiang Ci'an assessed the Body Tempering Method's early progress and considered ways to develop the Martial Way further.
• Xiao Xiao used her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron to help Jiang Ci'an train until sunset, then continued practicing after dinner.
• Jiang Ci'an entered the Virtual World and passed unseen through the gates of Notting Academy.
• Jiang Ci'an reached a lawn and saw two familiar figures standing there.

Jiang Ci'an incapacitated Tang San and Xiao Wu with his power of indifference, then examined Xiao Wu’s transformed body and ordered her to sacrifice herself to him. Xiao Wu obeyed, and her sacrifice began as Jiang Ci'an’s cultivation surged.

• Tang San sensed Jiang Ci'an approaching, but his consciousness was separated from his body before he could use his Sleeve Arrow.
• Xiao Wu tried to rouse Tang San, but Jiang Ci'an placed a hand on her head and left her unconscious and doll-like.
• Jiang Ci'an examined Xiao Wu and concluded that Soul Beast Transformation changed a Soul Beast’s inner structure gradually over time.
• Jiang Ci'an ordered Xiao Wu to sacrifice herself to him, and she obeyed without hesitation.
• Red light enveloped Xiao Wu, a blood-red Soul Ring appeared, and Jiang Ci'an’s cultivation soared from level sixteen.

Jiang Ci'an received Xiao Wu's sacrifice, gained a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and rose to level thirty. He then devised a method to draw and refine Soul Ring energy gradually, hoping to accelerate his cultivation and reach Titled Douluo sooner.

• Xiao Wu sacrificed herself, and Jiang Ci'an's Soul Power surged from level sixteen to level thirty as he absorbed her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• After Xiao Wu vanished, Jiang Ci'an considered the Soul Ring's abilities and decided they were less valuable than the ring's energy.
• Jiang Ci'an studied Tang Hao's Ring Detonation and concluded that its energy became uncontrollable because the technique released it all at once.
• Jiang Ci'an proposed opening a tiny gap in a Soul Ring to absorb and refine its energy gradually, then sealing the gap while the ring replenished itself.
• Jiang Ci'an planned to use his Martial Way-trained physique to withstand increasingly powerful Soul Ring energy and rapidly raise his cultivation.

Jiang Ci'an repeatedly tried to improve Ring Detonation in the Virtual World, while Da Ming brought Er Ming and Dong'er to Shrek City to investigate its anomaly and escape Tang San’s surveillance. Da Ming planned to use the city’s protection to let them rest, especially for Dong'er’s sake.

• Jiang Ci'an tried to chisel an opening into Xiao Wu's Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring in the Virtual World, but each attempt sent him back to reality.
• Jiang Ci'an repeatedly re-entered the Virtual World to try again while Xiao Xiao continued cultivating in Ping'an Pharmacy.
• Da Ming, Er Ming, and Dong'er arrived in Shrek City by carriage, and Dong'er excitedly admired the lively streets.
• Er Ming asked whether Shrek City was a safe place to bring Dong'er, and Da Ming explained that the city's force blocked Tang San's connection to their divine-soul restrictions.
• Da Ming decided to stay in Shrek City for a while, reasoning that Tang San would not easily discard useful pawns and that the respite would benefit Dong'er.

Jiang Ci'an trained through the night in the Virtual World, then reviewed Xiao Xiao’s training and audited the Nine Treasures Chamber of Commerce’s accounts with Ning Zhicheng. He noticed Ning Zhicheng had calculated an extra twenty percent for him and asked why.

• Da Ming considered using the power shielding Tang San’s perception to escape, but kept the idea to himself.
• Jiang Ci'an emerged from a night of unsuccessful practice detonating Soul Rings in the Virtual World, while his real body continued meditating.
• Jiang Ci'an ate breakfast with Xiao Xiao, reviewed her training, and reminded her to follow her regimen and take her supplements.
• Ning Zhicheng arrived at Ping'an Pharmacy with the quarterly account books for Jiang Ci'an to audit.
• Jiang Ci'an found the accounts in order but noticed Ning Zhicheng had added an extra twenty percent to his share and asked him to explain.

Ning Zhicheng rewarded Jiang Ci'an with an extra share of profits and told him a buyer was interested in renting his shops. The prospective tenants arrived at the pharmacy, where Jiang Ci'an recognized the girl as possibly Wang Dong'er and learned they had come to meet the owner.

• Ning Zhicheng gave Jiang Ci'an two-tenths more of the profits, explaining that he wanted to invest in the young Soul Masters.
• Ning Zhicheng told Jiang Ci'an that the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife was still being acquired and that someone with an unusual background wanted to rent his shops.
• Jiang Ci'an accepted the extra money and began writing a list of cultivation supplies to buy.
• Wang Dong'er entered the pharmacy with two middle-aged men, and Jiang Ci'an suspected she was the Wang Dong'er he knew of.
• One of the men asked to speak with the shop owner, and Jiang Ci'an revealed that he was the owner.

Jiang Ci'an leased two shops to Da Ming, who came with Er Ming and Wang Dong'er, while Jiang Ci'an privately wondered why the powerful trio had appeared in Shrek City. After they left, Xiao Xiao hinted at jealousy over Wang Dong'er’s interest in Jiang Ci'an.

• Da Ming apologized after learning that Jiang Ci'an had lost his parents, then reviewed and signed the lease contract and paid the rent.
• Jiang Ci'an wondered whether Da Ming, Er Ming, and Wang Dong'er had come to Shrek City because of him, but concluded he could only treat their visit as a coincidence.
• Da Ming explained that they only needed the two shops as a temporary place to stay, and Jiang Ci'an handed over the keys.
• Wang Dong'er stared at Jiang Ci'an and glanced back at him as she left, while Xiao Xiao watched her closely.
• After the visitors disappeared, Xiao Xiao asked whether Wang Dong'er was pretty, and Jiang Ci'an recognized the bitterness in her tone.

Wang Dong'er asked Da Ming for permission to befriend Jiang Ci'an, and Da Ming agreed while arranging to investigate the children. Over a month later, Jiang Ci'an had nearly reached level seventeen and was reviewing Soul Beasts for his Second Soul Ring when a servant announced that Mr. Ning had arrived with his engraving knife.

• Wang Dong'er asked Da Ming if she could be friends with Jiang Ci'an because she felt they might be alike, and Da Ming said she could get to know him after things settled down.
• Da Ming told Er Ming to investigate Jiang Ci'an and Xiao Xiao, while explaining that Dong'er needed friends and might be encouraged by their cultivation diligence.
• Da Ming and Dong'er inspected the renovated shop, and he helped her choose a room in its back courtyard.
• More than a month later, Jiang Ci'an had reached the peak of level sixteen while Xiao Xiao trained with her Soul-Suppressing Cauldrons.
• Jiang Ci'an studied a Soul Beast compendium to plan for his Second Soul Ring, and a servant told him Mr. Ning had brought the engraving knife he requested.

Jiang Ci'an obtained the sinister Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and took it to a hidden chamber at his medicinal herb farm, where he planned to purify it using a Sun Furnace. He hoped the process would free the Gold of Life from the knife, and he also considered drawing Electrolux in as another option.

• Jiang Ci'an paid Ning Zhicheng for the sealed Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and accepted his warning about its sinister nature.
• Jiang Ci'an told Xiao Xiao he would be away overnight, then left Shrek City for his medicinal herb farm near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Jiang Ci'an used Indifference to conceal himself and entered a secret chamber hidden beneath a tree.
• Jiang Ci'an examined the Level 8 Sun Furnace and considered melting the knife to destroy its resentment and curse while preserving the Gold of Life.
• Jiang Ci'an also considered drawing Electrolux in as an alternative way to purify the knife.

Jiang Ci'an used the Sun Furnace to purify the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, hoping the life-energy fluctuations might attract Electrolux or another powerful being. He destroyed the knife’s resentment and revealed the Gold of Life, but when no one appeared, he raised the temperature further.

• Jiang Ci'an loosened the jade box’s restrictions, placed it in the Sun Furnace, and began heating it.
• The jade box broke apart, and the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife released black mist that shrank in the rising heat.
• Jiang Ci'an raised the temperature to 4,500 degrees, burning away the knife’s resentment and exposing the Gold of Life.
• Jiang Ci'an searched for signs of Electrolux or another presence, but found nothing.
• Jiang Ci'an resolved not to stop and turned the dial to raise the temperature again.

Jiang Ci'an heated the Gold of Life in the Sun Furnace until its life force threatened to destroy the Soul Tool, and the released energy brought forth a mysterious gray-robed man. The man took Jiang Ci'an and the Gold of Life through a portal moments before the furnace exploded, leaving their destination unknown.

• Jiang Ci'an raised the Sun Furnace's temperature, absorbed the Gold of Life's escaping energy, and reached level seventeen.
• The Sun Furnace began cracking under the Gold of Life's life force, but Jiang Ci'an pushed its temperature toward 5,400 degrees.
• Space fractured, and a gray orb emerged and absorbed the released life force, transforming into a gray-robed young man.
• The man explained that Jiang Ci'an's method had stabilized his remnant soul, then pulled Jiang Ci'an to his side and retrieved the Gold of Life.
• The man led Jiang Ci'an through a gray doorway, which vanished just before the Sun Furnace exploded and destroyed the secret chamber and its surroundings.

After a massive explosion near Shrek City, Mu En confronted Da Ming and Er Ming, who swore they had come without ill intent. Di Tian arrived seeking a trace of Gold of Life, found no answers, and left; Da Ming then invited Mu En to visit their new blacksmith shop if he still had questions.

• Herb farmers saw a huge explosion near Shrek City and watched Mu En, Da Ming, and Er Ming hurry to the site.
• Mu En examined the crater, found no casualties or useful clues, and questioned Da Ming and Er Ming about their presence in the city.
• Da Ming swore in the name of Sea God Tang San that he and Er Ming meant no harm and would leave after handling their business.
• Di Tian emerged from a spatial rift, drew out a trace of Ultimate-level light energy, and asked the three men what had happened.
• Da Ming told Di Tian they had discovered nothing, and Di Tian left after sensing the divine power within Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Da Ming and Er Ming prepared to leave and invited Mu En to visit their new blacksmith shop on Blue Silver Street.

After Mu En failed to find clues at the crater, Da Ming and Er Ming realized the concealed field extended beyond Shrek City. Meanwhile, Jiang Ci'an arrived in the Undead Demi-plane, where Electrolux revealed that Jiang's actions had helped restore part of his physical form.

• Mu En searched the crater without finding anything, then ordered Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo to organize a careful search and send people away.
• Da Ming and Er Ming concluded that the explosion's location lay within the expanding concealed field and treated that as progress in their search.
• Da Ming learned that Dong'er had gone to the pharmacy and told Er Ming not to disturb Jiang Ci'an and Xiao Xiao.
• Jiang Ci'an recognized the Undead Demi-plane and realized his plan to bring Electrolux there early had succeeded.
• Electrolux thanked Jiang Ci'an for awakening the Gold of Life's life energy, which had drawn him there and helped restore part of his physical form.

Jiang Ci'an agreed to let Electrolux use the Gold of Life to open his Eye of Life, but first returned home to reassure his family. There, he found Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er trading challenges, and Xiao Xiao hurried to greet him.

• Electrolux asked Jiang Ci'an to let him use the Gold of Life to open his Eye of Life, and Jiang Ci'an agreed.
• Jiang Ci'an asked to return home first so his family would not worry, and Electrolux approved.
• Jiang Ci'an used the Undead Demi-plane to travel back to his room in Ping'an Pharmacy.
• Jiang Ci'an found Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er facing off on the training ground, each daring the other to come closer.
• Xiao Xiao spotted Jiang Ci'an, dropped her cauldron, and called out to him with delight.

At Ping'an Pharmacy, Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao recounted their inconclusive spar while sharing Jiang Ci'an's medicinal meals. After Wang Dong'er left, Jiang Ci'an urged Xiao Xiao to make friends, and her immediate objection made him wonder if she depended on him too much.

• Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao argued over who had won their spar, and Jiang Ci'an realized Xiao Xiao had deliberately provoked the fight.
• Wang Dong'er explained that her fathers' bitter herbs and pills often ruined her appetite, then eagerly ate Jiang Ci'an's medicinal meals and praised him.
• A servant arrived to take Wang Dong'er home, and she promised to return the next day to spar with Xiao Xiao again.
• Jiang Ci'an suggested Xiao Xiao should make friends of her own, but Xiao Xiao asked why she could not stay by his side.