Recaps

Jiang Ci'an used the Gold of Life to create the Eye of Life while cultivating under Electrolux's guidance, and his Soul Power surged as Electrolux intervened to refine the process. A month later, Xiao Xiao reached level sixteen, leaving Wang Dong'er reluctant to spar and newly motivated to cultivate.

• Jiang Ci'an entered seclusion and called on Electrolux, who began forming the Eye of Life with the Gold of Life.
• The Gold of Life nourished Jiang Ci'an as his Body Tempering Method drove his cultivation upward, and Electrolux intervened to improve the Eye of Life's creation.
• A month later, Xiao Xiao broke through to level sixteen after training and receiving rare treasures from Wang Dong'er.
• Wang Dong'er, who had recently reached level fifteen, refused Xiao Xiao's offer to spar and resolved to wait until she cultivated her Second Martial Soul.

Jiang Ci'an explained that his Eye of Life had become a Spirit Aperture, accelerating his cultivation until he reached level twenty and needed a second Soul Ring. After telling Xiao Xiao he would enter seclusion for another three months, he traveled with Electrolux through the Undead Demi-plane toward his next Soul Ring.

• Xiao Xiao teased Wang Dong'er about refusing to spar, and Wang Dong'er asked where Jiang Ci'an had been.
• Jiang Ci'an appeared, told Xiao Xiao his seclusion had gone well, then said he needed to seclude himself for another three months.
• Jiang Ci'an explained that the Eye of Life between his brows had become a Spirit Aperture and helped raise his cultivation to level twenty.
• Jiang Ci'an entered the Undead Demi-plane and asked Electrolux to prepare a spatial passage so he could obtain his Second Soul Ring.
• Electrolux opened a doorway, and Jiang Ci'an stepped through it.

Jiang Ci'an searched Sunset Forest for a Variant Medusa whose time-stasis ability could provide his next Soul Ring. He found a four-thousand-year Variant Medusa and decided to risk absorbing its Soul Ring despite its age exceeding his usual limit.

• Jiang Ci'an used the Eye of Life and his concealment abilities to search Sunset Forest for a time-attribute Soul Beast.
• He reviewed his map and planned to search for a Variant Medusa for ten more days before turning to Evil Demon Forest or seeking a space-attribute Soul Beast.
• Jiang Ci'an reached another Medusa nesting ground and spotted a silver-glimmering Variant Medusa among the group.
• He estimated the Variant Medusa was a little over four thousand years old and decided its rarity justified the risk of absorbing its Soul Ring.

Jiang Ci'an secretly captured and killed a Variant Medusa, then absorbed its four-thousand-year Soul Ring in the Undead Demi-plane. After several hours of using the Eye of Life and Body Tempering Method to endure and guide the energy, he formed a purple Second Soul Ring and was satisfied with its Soul Skill.

• Jiang Ci'an used Indifference and Electrolux's concealment magic to approach the sleeping Variant Medusa and carry it away unnoticed.
• Jiang Ci'an took the Variant Medusa to the Undead Demi-plane and killed it with the Blade of Life, producing a deep-purple Soul Ring.
• Jiang Ci'an began absorbing the Soul Ring while Electrolux observed his cultivation and the merging process.
• Jiang Ci'an used the Eye of Life and Body Tempering Method to heal his cracking skin and channel the Soul Ring's energy through his body.
• Jiang Ci'an completed the absorption, formed a purple Second Soul Ring beside his yellow First Soul Ring, and told Electrolux he was satisfied with the Soul Skill.

Jiang Ci'an demonstrated how his Second Soul Skill, Time Control, could stop, reverse, and accelerate time, then explained how his unusual Martial Soul differed from those of ordinary Soul Masters. He left Electrolux pondering the Soul Master system and used a spatial door to visit the Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flower Poison Array, where he intended to conceal the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

• Jiang Ci'an demonstrated Time Control to Electrolux by stopping a stone, reversing its path, and accelerating its flight.
• Jiang Ci'an explained that his special Martial Soul developed abilities through Soul Rings, while ordinary Soul Masters gained more limited Soul Skills.
• Electrolux considered how Soul Rings might preserve and pass down difficult abilities, and Jiang Ci'an decided to share his research materials with him later.
• Jiang Ci'an opened a spatial door to the Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flower Poison Array instead of going home.
• Jiang Ci'an surveyed the poisonous miasma around the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and planned to conceal the location without entering.

Jiang Ci'an returned from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to find Xiao Xiao training Wang Dong'er in the backyard of Ping'an Pharmacy. Wang Dong'er noticed that he seemed taller and more handsome after his closed-door cultivation.

• Jiang Ci'an speculated that Da Ming and Er Ming had brought Wang Dong'er to Shrek City on their own initiative, then marked the Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flower Poison Array's location before returning home.
• Jiang Ci'an found Wang Dong'er practicing under the pressure of Xiao Xiao's Soul-Suppressing Cauldrons and recognized traces of a modified Mysterious Heaven Skill in her Soul Power circulation.
• Xiao Xiao spotted Jiang Ci'an and ran over to greet him, causing the cauldrons' suppressive force on Wang Dong'er to briefly slip out of control.
• Wang Dong'er steadied herself, watched Xiao Xiao eagerly talk with Jiang Ci'an, and wondered whether closed-door cultivation had made him taller and more handsome.

Jiang Ci'an tested the limits of his strengthened Time Control in the Virtual World by making Tang San repeatedly explode and restoring him. He then commanded Xiao Wu to sacrifice herself, absorbing her power and reaching level thirty as a red Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring formed.

• Jiang Ci'an entered the Virtual World, confirmed that his Eye of Life was present but Elder Yi was not, and went to Dorm Seven.
• He used Indifference to drive the other work-study students out and commanded Tang San to overload the Mysterious Heaven Skill until he exploded.
• Jiang Ci'an repeatedly rewound Tang San's body after explosions, confirming that Time Control worked without its usual limitations in the Virtual World.
• Jiang Ci'an commanded Xiao Wu to sacrifice herself and absorbed her energy, breaking through to level thirty as her Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring formed.
• Jiang Ci'an began drilling into the new Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring with a needlepoint of Soul Power.

Jiang Ci'an used Time Control to reverse a failed Soul Ring experiment, then accelerated time across the Virtual World to observe major events and investigate the Soul Beasts beneath Lake of Life. He discovered a second underground cavern and found a colossal figure sleeping inside.

• Jiang Ci'an reversed time to heal the damaged Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and prevent his meridians from bursting.
• Jiang Ci'an expanded Time Control across the Virtual World and accelerated time, watching Tang San and Xiao Wu grow up and reach Shrek Academy.
• Jiang Ci'an watched Er Ming carry Xiao Wu to Lake of Life, then slowed time and searched beneath it.
• Jiang Ci'an found dozens of powerful Soul Beasts in an underground cavern, including Di Tian and a chained million-year silkworm.
• Jiang Ci'an probed deeper beneath Lake of Life and discovered another cavern containing a colossal sleeping figure.

Jiang Ci'an discovered that his abilities could only partially affect the sleeping Silver Dragon King and that his Time Control could fast-forward the Virtual World by nearly seven years. After the time acceleration ended, he saw the grown Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong, then decided to focus on Xiao Wu's Soul Ring.

• Jiang Ci'an found that his Perspective could see through the Silver Dragon King's scales and skin but not deeper, unlike with the other Soul Beasts.
• Jiang Ci'an accelerated time through Xiao Wu's return to Shrek, the group's academy changes, and Tang San's arrival at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Jiang Ci'an's Time Control reached its limit after nearly six years and ten months, which matched his real-world age.
• Jiang Ci'an saw Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong as grown women at Shrek Academy and stopped himself from using his abilities to look further.
• Jiang Ci'an decided to focus on Xiao Wu's Soul Ring before considering anything else.

Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts kept the captured Tian Meng as reserve sustenance until the silver dragon arrived and returned to the Lake of Life. There, she rested beside Three-Eyed Golden Lion and worried over increasingly frequent, unsettling dreams, while sensing a distant domain she could not see through.

• Di Tian restrained Tian Meng and decided the million-year Ice Silkworm would be kept as reserve rations for the younger generation.
• The silver dragon appeared, and Di Tian, Bi Ji, Xiong Jun, Ten Thousand Demon King, and the other Ferocious Beasts knelt before her.
• The silver dragon emerged from the Lake of Life and transformed into a silver-haired girl, who sat beside Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• The girl reflected on her recurring dreams of her sleeping self and recalled that her latest dream had ended with the feeling of an intense gaze examining her.
• The girl sensed a distant domain that concealed itself from her, then looked away.

Jiang Ci'an successfully unlocked his first Soul Ring, allowing it to steadily feed energy into his body and improve his cultivation. After seeing Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er practice Electrolux's Concentration Meditation Method, he discovered that Wang Dong'er's soul was incomplete and being held together by a blue-gold power.

• Jiang Ci'an used a Soul Power needle to unlock his first Soul Ring and confirmed that Indifference still worked normally.
• Jiang Ci'an found that Ring Unlocking raised his cultivation efficiency by at least five percent and decided to let his body adapt before attempting it on his second ring.
• Jiang Ci'an watched Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er practice the Concentration Meditation Method created by Electrolux.
• Jiang Ci'an used Perspective to observe that Xiao Xiao's soul absorbed sunlight and that Wang Dong'er's soul was incomplete, with blue-gold power keeping its fragments together.

Jiang Ci'an weighed whether to help Wang Dong'er with her damaged soul while continuing his cultivation and research. After Wang Dong'er finished meditating, he offered her a mind-nourishing supplement, and she questioned whether it was safe.

• Electrolux explained that Wang Dong'er's soul had been forcibly torn in half when she was a child and praised the Concentration Meditation Method's healing effects.
• Jiang Ci'an admitted he felt some desire to help Wang Dong'er but decided to avoid interfering until he had the strength and a reliable solution.
• Jiang Ci'an continued studying the Knight System, researching soul rings and soul bones in the Virtual World, and maintaining his daily cultivation.
• Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao stopped meditating as the sunlight weakened, and Wang Dong'er reflected on how much better she felt since learning the Concentration Meditation Method.
• Wang Dong'er saw Jiang Ci'an and Xiao Xiao standing close together and felt excluded.
• Jiang Ci'an offered Wang Dong'er a mind-nourishing supplement, and she asked whether he had put anything strange in it.

Jiang Ci'an gave Wang Dong'er an experimental mental supplement, and she left the apothecary to gather money for him. Da Ming and Er Ming were stunned when she asked them for more Gold Soul Coins to give Jiang Ci'an.

• Wang Dong'er enjoyed Jiang Ci'an's mental supplement and asked him for more, but he said he needed time and money to make another batch.
• Wang Dong'er left the apothecary after dinner, while Xiao Xiao went to train and Jiang Ci'an entered the Virtual World to sacrifice Xiao Wu.
• Da Ming and Er Ming continued planning their search for the source of the Concealment Domain in Shrek City.
• Wang Dong'er rushed home and searched her room for the Gold Soul Coin Cards Da Ming and Er Ming had given her.
• Wang Dong'er told Da Ming and Er Ming she planned to give her money to Jiang Ci'an, then asked them for more Gold Soul Coins to give him.

Jiang Ci'an accepted Da Ming’s investment, signing over a valuable medicinal-herb business network from the Clear Sky Sect. After the handover was settled, Wang Dong'er checked that Da Ming had treated him well and proudly asked for his thanks.

• Da Ming offered Jiang Ci'an a complete medicinal-herb business chain and a Gold Soul Coin Card as an investment.
• Da Ming recalled how Jiang Ci'an’s meditation method helped Wang Dong'er and decided the youth was worth supporting, while wondering about their closeness.
• Jiang Ci'an signed the transfer agreement and thanked Da Ming for the investment.
• Da Ming said he would provide further support if Jiang Ci'an proved himself, then left after their conversation.
• Jiang Ci'an finalized supply arrangements with the managers, and Wang Dong'er appeared to ask how the handover had gone.
• Wang Dong'er heard that everything had gone smoothly and proudly told Jiang Ci'an to thank her properly.

After receiving the Clear Sky Sect’s support, Jiang Ci'an used the new funds to expand the Soft Bone Rabbit Breeding Base and give Electrolux rabbits for Soul Ring research. He then began cultivating before entering the Virtual World.

• Wang Dong'er thanked Jiang Ci'an for his help by demanding cultivation supplies, and he promised to take care of her.
• Jiang Ci'an took funds from the pharmacy and traveled east to the Soft Bone Rabbit Breeding Base.
• Jiang Ci'an instructed the administrator to expand breeding of only ten-year Soft Bone Rabbits capable of producing Soul Rings.
• Jiang Ci'an met Electrolux in the laboratory, where Electrolux killed a rabbit and studied its Soul Ring for his research.
• Jiang Ci'an drank his supplements, began the Body Tempering Method, and entered the Virtual World.

Jiang Ci'an studied Xiao Wu's sacrifice to learn how Soul Bones formed, hoping to adapt the Knight System and create Spirit Apertures for Soul Masters. After his experiments showed that ordinary Soul Masters lacked the structures needed to form Spirit Apertures, he turned to self-condensing Soul Bones as a cheaper, more practical solution.

• Jiang Ci'an repeatedly observed Xiao Wu's sacrifice and manipulated time to examine how her Soul Bone formed.
• Jiang Ci'an considered using his Body Tempering Method to connect the Knight System with the Soul Master system, but recognized that Spirit Apertures were a key obstacle.
• Jiang Ci'an compared the locations of Spirit Apertures with the places where Soul Bones appeared and tested whether he could force Spirit Apertures to form in Tang Hao.
• Jiang Ci'an concluded from repeated failures that Douluo Continent humans lacked Spirit Aperture Slots, and that a Soul Bone might alter the body to create one.
• Jiang Ci'an weighed the cost and inconsistency of modifying rare Soul Bones and decided to pursue self-condensing Soul Bones instead.

Jiang Ci'an developed a plan to create a growing set of Self-Condensing Soul Bones with Spirit Apertures, then went to Heaven Dou City to find a reference. At Xue Qinghe’s birthday, the disguised woman was immobilized by Jiang Ci'an’s time domain as he approached her.

• Jiang Ci'an planned to transform his own bones into a coordinated set of growing Soul Bones containing Spirit Apertures.
• Jiang Ci'an used Time Control and Xiao Wu's Soul Bone as a reference to travel to Heaven Dou City.
• Xue Qinghe hosted a crowded birthday celebration at the Grand Prince's Mansion and privately resented a minister who had broken his promise.
• Xue Qinghe sensed danger in her study, but an invisible domain stopped her Soul Power, heartbeat, and movement.
• Jiang Ci'an appeared in the study and reached toward the immobilized Xue Qinghe.

Jiang Ci'an used his domains to immobilize Qian Renxue and strip away her disguise, exposing her true identity as the Angel Lady. Qian Renxue managed to regain enough control to speak, but remained wary and unable to move freely as Jiang Ci'an realized his abilities could be resisted by god-level beings.

• Jiang Ci'an examined Qian Renxue and used his domain to remove her disguise, revealing her golden-haired true appearance.
• Qian Renxue struggled against Jiang Ci'an's restraint and managed to tell him to stop when his hand moved toward her chest.
• Jiang Ci'an was surprised that Qian Renxue could move slightly, then tested her response by pinching her cheek again.
• Qian Renxue snapped at Jiang Ci'an, demanded to know who he was, and remained suspicious after he claimed he was just passing through.
• Jiang Ci'an recalled that god-level beings could partially resist his abilities, as Qian Renxue was doing.

Jiang Ci'an immobilized Qian Renxue and examined her Angel Divine Set Soul Bones, then unexpectedly fused with her Left Arm Bone. Qian Renxue demanded to know who he was and how he could use the set, but Jiang Ci'an said he did not know.

• Jiang Ci'an tested Qian Renxue's limited movement and found that only her head could move.
• Jiang Ci'an used his power to inspect Qian Renxue, leaving her humiliated and helpless as he searched her Storage Soul Tool.
• Jiang Ci'an took out Qian Renxue's Left Arm Bone and Torso Bone and pressed the Left Arm Bone against his own arm.
• The Soul Bone fused successfully with Jiang Ci'an, astonishing Qian Renxue, who demanded an explanation.
• Jiang Ci'an looked at his arm and said he did not know how he had fused with the Angel Divine Set.

Jiang Ci'an successfully fused with part of the Angel Divine Set and removed the five Soul Bones from Qian Renxue without killing her. The chapter left Qian Renxue shocked to discover that her Soul Power had fallen and her body had shrunk to that of a girl around eleven or twelve.

• Jiang Ci'an fused with the Angel Divine Set's Left Arm Bone and examined how the set's Soul Bones worked together.
• Jiang Ci'an considered the Torso Bone and realized all six pieces of the Angel Divine Set were present.
• Jiang Ci'an used his domain to drain Qian Renxue's Soul Power and remove the five Soul Bones fused to her.
• Qian Renxue sensed her Soul Power had greatly weakened and saw in a mirror that her body had become much smaller.

Jiang Ci'an rewound Qian Renxue’s time by seven years, separating the Angel Divine Set from her body, but releasing her from his time stop subjected her to a painful rush of accumulated sensations. Qian Renxue recovered enough to stand while Jiang Ci'an examined and fused the Angel Divine Set, and she realized her clothes had fallen away during her transformation.

• Jiang Ci'an rewound Qian Renxue’s time by seven years, separating the Angel Divine Set’s Soul Bones from her body.
• Jiang Ci'an released the time stop, and Qian Renxue collapsed as the sensations accumulated during the pause overwhelmed her.
• Qian Renxue confronted Jiang Ci'an, who explained that his Time Control ability caused sensations to build up during a time stop and hit all at once when it ended.
• Jiang Ci'an returned to the sofa and began examining the Angel Divine Set while Qian Renxue recovered on the carpet.
• Qian Renxue stood and noticed her pants and undergarments on the carpet, realizing she was bare beneath her dress.

Unable to escape Jiang Ci'an’s time-stopped domain, Qian Renxue tried to negotiate for her release and learned that she would supposedly return to normal after he left. When Jiang Ci'an said she would forget the encounter, she insisted on remembering her humiliation, and his amused response left her fearing what he intended to do.

• Qian Renxue found that Jiang Ci'an’s domain had frozen the door, then approached him and offered wealth, status, or anything else in exchange for her release.
• Jiang Ci'an told Qian Renxue he wanted nothing from her and said that after he left, the Angel Divine Set and her life would return to normal.
• Qian Renxue became wary when Jiang Ci'an explained that she would not remember the encounter, and she accused him of tampering with her memories.
• Jiang Ci'an clarified that she would simply forget once he left, but Qian Renxue said she wanted to remember everything that had happened.
• Jiang Ci'an promised to make sure Qian Renxue remembered the encounter, leaving her uneasy about his intentions.

Jiang Ci'an shared data about the Angel Divine Set with Electrolux, and they developed a framework for Self-Condensing Soul Bone and Acquired Spirit Aperture methods. Six months later, Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao returned to Shrek City planning to challenge Jiang Ci'an, but found him surrounded by a terrifying blood-red aura.

• Jiang Ci'an gave Electrolux the Angel Divine Set data he had collected in the Virtual World, and they discussed ways to develop Self-Condensing Soul Bone and Acquired Spirit Aperture methods.
• Over the next six months, Wang Dong'er trained hard, reached level twenty, and raised her Soul Power to level twenty-two after absorbing her Second Soul Ring.
• Wang Dong'er tried to recruit Xiao Xiao to help defeat Jiang Ci'an, and Xiao Xiao agreed to a spar after Dong'er promised they could bully him afterward.
• Er Ming brought Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao to Ping'an Pharmacy, where they found Jiang Ci'an meditating amid layers of mistlike, blood-red energy.

Jiang Ci'an displayed a powerful, unusual blend of Bloodline Power and Soul Power during his cultivation, leaving Wang Dong'er and Er Ming baffled. After Er Ming left, Jiang Ci'an promised to teach Wang Dong'er once his technique became stable, and Xiao Xiao reported that her new Dark Gold Bear Soul Ring had strengthened her physique and Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron.

• Jiang Ci'an's blood-red energy and mature phantom figure appeared as he cultivated, astonishing Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Er Ming.
• Er Ming sensed that Jiang Ci'an had mastered Bloodline Power mixed with Soul Power but could not understand how his ability worked.
• Jiang Ci'an ended his cultivation, and Wang Dong'er pressed him about his level; he told her it was not much higher than hers.
• Wang Dong'er sent Er Ming back to tell First Dad she was safe and said she would stay at the pharmacy, while Er Ming warned Jiang Ci'an with a look before leaving.
• Wang Dong'er asked Jiang Ci'an about his cultivation technique, and he said she could learn it after he made it stable.
• Xiao Xiao told Jiang Ci'an that her second Soul Ring, obtained from a Dark Gold Bear, had strengthened her physique and the power of her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron.

Jiang Ci'an explained how Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er had progressed while revealing that he had reached Level Twenty-Nine through an improved Body Tempering Method, several cultivation boosts, and Self-Condensing Soul Bones throughout his body. His 206 bones had reached the thousand-year level, but he still needed to strengthen them further before they could support Spirit Apertures.

• Xiao Xiao described how she used her strengthened physique and Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron to overwhelm opponents.
• Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao shared their experiences hunting Soul Beasts while Jiang Ci'an listened.
• Jiang Ci'an revealed that he had advanced from Level Twenty-Four to Level Twenty-Nine in six months through improved cultivation methods and Soul Ring abilities.
• Jiang Ci'an explained that he and Elder Yi had developed Self-Condensing Soul Bone, transforming all 206 of his bones into thousand-year Soul Bones.
• Jiang Ci'an noted that his Soul Bones would need to reach the ten-thousand-year level before they could support Spirit Apertures.