Recaps

Jiang Ci'an recognized the silver-haired beggar Na'er as a being connected to the Silver Dragon King, despite her extremely weak power, and considered using his third Soul Ring on her. Na'er remained unaware that he had noticed her, hungry and stranded in Shrek City after spending all the money her main body had given her.

• Jiang Ci'an left the Nine Treasures Pavilion and wandered through the streets, buying candied hawthorns as he relaxed.
• Jiang Ci'an noticed a silver-haired little beggar with violet eyes and sensed an elemental aura like the Dragon King Lady's.
• Jiang Ci'an used Perspective to confirm the girl was far weaker than the Dragon King Lady and suspected she was Na'er, a fragment of the Silver Dragon King.
• Jiang Ci'an watched Na'er from the roadside and considered trying something with his third Soul Ring.
• Na'er recalled that her main body had sent her to Shrek City with a mission, and she had spent all her money on human food before becoming a beggar.

Na'er accepted an apprenticeship at Ping'an Pharmacy, only to be trapped by a contract that bound her to Jiang Ci'an. He recognized her as the other half of the Silver Dragon King and left her terrified and unable to escape.

• Na'er agreed to join the apprentices after learning Ping'an Pharmacy offered room and board.
• After bathing and eating, Na'er reviewed the employment contract and began signing it.
• The contract transformed into a golden chain that bound Na'er and suppressed her abilities.
• The other applicants left the room in a trance as Jiang Ci'an emerged from the shadows.
• Jiang Ci'an revealed that he knew Na'er was the other half of the Silver Dragon King and said killing her would be a waste.

Jiang Ci'an interrogated Na'er in a hidden room after binding her with a powerful Blood Pact, learning that she had been sent to Shrek City to find the source of its Concealment Domain. He released her physical restraints but left her abilities sealed, and Na'er asked if he would let her go.

• Jiang Ci'an used the Blood Pact’s painful effects to make Na'er reveal her name and gender.
• Na'er told Jiang Ci'an that her original self had sent her to Shrek City to find something connected to the Concealment Domain, though she did not know why.
• Jiang Ci'an relied on the enhanced Blood Pact’s lie detection and learned that Na'er had teleportation, an elemental shield, and spiritual perception but little combat skill.
• Na'er recounted how she had eaten too much, run out of money, and ended up on the streets.
• Jiang Ci'an removed Na'er's remaining chain but kept her abilities unusable, and she asked him to let her go.

Jiang Ci'an kept Na'er alive and brought her home, where Xiao Xiao grew jealous of the new girl. The next morning, Jiang Ci'an took Na'er to the secret chamber to awaken her Martial Soul, revealing that she had needed him to share his own talent with her first.

• Jiang Ci'an reassured Na'er that he would not kill her and took her to eat.
• Na'er devoured the meal while Xiao Xiao questioned Jiang Ci'an about the pretty girl he had brought home.
• Xiao Xiao insisted that Jiang Ci'an and Wang Dong'er train with her, delaying his examination of Na'er until the next morning.
• Jiang Ci'an carried the sleepy Na'er to the secret chamber and arranged an Awakening Array around her.
• Jiang Ci'an explained that Na'er had no Martial Soul and needed him to share his talent with her before she could awaken one.

Jiang Ci'an awakened Na'er's Martial Soul and discovered that she was the Silver Dragon Spear's spirit in human form, whose power had risen through their Blood Pact. He urged Na'er to cultivate with him and questioned whether her true body would let her live after her mission was complete.

• Jiang Ci'an finished preparing the Awakening Array and had Na'er sit inside it.
• The array awakened Na'er's Silver Dragon Spear Martial Soul, and Jiang Ci'an recognized her connection to the divine artifact.
• Jiang Ci'an briefly took and examined Na'er's spear before returning it to her.
• Na'er tested at Soul Power Level 37, and three black Soul Rings appeared around her.
• Jiang Ci'an told Na'er to cultivate with them and warned that her true body might reclaim her power and erase her after the mission.

Na'er accepted Jiang Ci'an's cultivation method and resources in exchange for room and board, while Jiang Ci'an continued cultivating and reached level forty. He began absorbing a ninety-thousand-year Black Soul Ring, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Jiang Ci'an gave Na'er a cultivation method and resources and urged her to cultivate so she could replace her injured original self.
• Na'er agreed to cultivate in exchange for room and board, pocket money, and pretty clothes, but Jiang Ci'an used their contract to stop her when she tried to ask to be released.
• Over the next three months, Na'er cultivated willingly, boosting Jiang Ci'an's cultivation; he reached level forty and gained her talent for elemental control.
• Jiang Ci'an confirmed in the Virtual World that he could withstand a ninety-thousand-year Soul Ring, then went to Electrolux's laboratory to absorb one.
• Jiang Ci'an used his Body Tempering Method, Time Control, Indifference, and Eye of Life to stabilize the Soul Ring's violent energy as it entered his body.

Jiang Ci'an broke through to level 43, strengthened all his Soul Skills, and brought all 206 of his Self-Condensing Soul Bones to the ten-thousand-year level, forming six Spirit Aperture Slots. After preparing in the Virtual World, he began his first attempt to condense Spirit Apertures with Electrolux standing guard.

• Jiang Ci'an absorbed a ninety-thousand-year Soul Ring and broke through to level 43, with his cultivation nearing level 44.
• Jiang Ci'an discovered that all 206 of his Self-Condensing Soul Bones had reached the ten-thousand-year level and created six Spirit Aperture Slots.
• Jiang Ci'an used Time Control to stabilize his breakthrough, replenished his Soul Power with Recovery Potions, and tested his Spirit Aperture plans in the Virtual World.
• Electrolux agreed to guard Jiang Ci'an as he prepared to condense Spirit Apertures in reality.
• Jiang Ci'an activated Time Control and his fourth Soul Skill, Touch of Perception, to examine his body in preparation for the attempt.

Jiang Ci'an used Touch of Perception to condense a Trunk Spirit Aperture Slot in the Undead Demi-plane. As the slot absorbed and refined surrounding energy, Electrolux decided to advance his own project to raise soul ring age limits.

• Jiang Ci'an used Touch of Perception to monitor his body and guide his Soul Power into the Trunk Spirit Aperture Slot.
• Jiang Ci'an compressed his Soul Power into a golden vortex and, with potions made by Elder Yi, formed the Spirit Aperture Slot.
• Jiang Ci'an's 206 Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones resonated, drawing Soul Power into the new slot as it absorbed and purified negative energy.
• Electrolux opened the laboratory roof, and the gathered undead creatures sacrificed themselves to supply energy to Jiang Ci'an.
• Electrolux watched Jiang Ci'an's Spirit Aperture Slot succeed, then brought out a soul ring and resolved to work on the Ring Fusion Limit-Raising Method.

Jiang Ci'an’s newly condensed Trunk Spirit Aperture accelerated his growth and brought his Soul Power close to the state needed for a Soul Core, though he decided to research the process before attempting it. He then tested his strength in the Angel Timeline, where Qian Renxue finished a routine battle in Slaughter City and noticed him watching.

• Jiang Ci'an sensed his Trunk Spirit Aperture’s effects, which raised him to Soul Power Level forty-four and strengthened his body and Soul Bones.
• Jiang Ci'an realized his Soul Power was approaching the density needed to condense a Soul Core, but postponed deciding where and how to form one.
• Jiang Ci'an entered the Virtual World’s Angel Timeline to test his limits.
• Qian Renxue killed hundreds of Fallen Ones in Slaughter City using her platinum greatsword and Sun True Fire.
• Qian Renxue noticed Jiang Ci'an quietly reading nearby after her battle ended.

Qian Renxue staged an injury to get close to Jiang Ci'an, but he asked her to spar after breaking through. When they began, Jiang Ci'an unleashed his full strength, leaving Qian Renxue facing a powerful attack from behind.

• Qian Renxue cut and disheveled her dress, then collapsed onto Jiang Ci'an and claimed she was injured.
• Jiang Ci'an told Qian Renxue he had broken through and wanted to spar, promising not to use their shared power or his stronger methods.
• Qian Renxue agreed to fight and asked Jiang Ci'an to grant her a wish if she won.
• Qian Renxue used Martial Soul Possession and raised her platinum longsword as Jiang Ci'an revealed his four soul rings.
• Jiang Ci'an activated his abilities, unlocked all four soul rings, and surged with power before vanishing and striking toward Qian Renxue from behind.

Jiang Ci'an and Qian Renxue had an intense sparring match, with Jiang using sixty-fourfold Time Control acceleration to withstand her Angel Domain and solar attacks. After they continued fighting for an hour, Jiang reflected on what he had learned before Qian Renxue emerged from the bath.

• Qian Renxue attacked Jiang Ci'an with her sword, then activated Angel Domain and rained solar fire across the battlefield.
• Jiang Ci'an used sixty-fourfold Time Control acceleration to evade Qian Renxue's attacks and countered with a crimson-gold phantom and arrow.
• Qian Renxue unleashed Angel Holy Sword against Jiang Ci'an's arrow, and the clash left him exhausted but uninjured.
• Jiang Ci'an invited Qian Renxue to continue, and they sparred for another hour.
• Jiang Ci'an studied Elder Yi's magical equipment textbook and considered the gains from their sparring match.
• Qian Renxue came out of the bathroom after bathing.

In a virtual sparring aftermath, Jiang Ci'an gave Qian Renxue a Soul Core Condensation Method and delayed their return to Spirit Hall until she reached Title Douluo. In reality, Qian Renxue appeared before Ye Guyi with the Angel Holy Sword, but she could no longer tell whether her memories of Jiang Ci'an were real or a dream.

• After their spar, Qian Renxue asked Jiang Ci'an when they would return to Spirit Hall, and he said they would wait until she completed another trial and reached Title Douluo.
• Jiang Ci'an taught Qian Renxue the Soul Core Condensation Method and told her to use it when she broke through to Title Douluo.
• Qian Renxue embraced Jiang Ci'an after he said he trusted her with the method, while he kept his plans to share other cultivation techniques to himself.
• In a hotel room at Jialing Pass, Ye Guyi held the Angel Holy Sword as Qian Renxue's phantom appeared before her.
• Qian Renxue told Ye Guyi that she would reside within her and that Ye Guyi's martial soul could soon evolve into a Six-Winged Angel.
• Qian Renxue wondered whether her memories of the Soul Core Condensation Method and Jiang Ci'an were real or false.

Jiang Ci'an woke in Ping'an Pharmacy after testing his enhanced soul skills in the Virtual World, then reviewed experiments with Contracts and Touch of Perception. He confirmed that contracts could link people’s sensations and that self-restraining contracts left no visible marks, while his power still could not overcome Dragon King Lady or the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

• Jiang Ci'an recalled that his enhanced power let him overwhelm Qian Daoliu, but his abilities still had no effect on Dragon King Lady or the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Jiang Ci'an used Contracts to make Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing attempt a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but their mismatched fusion was barely usable.
• Jiang Ci'an tested Touch of Perception on Tang San and overwhelmed his senses, then found that linking Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing through Contracts let them share the overload.
• Jiang Ci'an tested self-restraining contracts on Tang San, repeatedly making him explode when he looked at or touched Xiao Wu, and confirmed that hundreds of such contracts caused no visible markings.

Jiang Ci'an assessed his growing ability to manipulate timelines and planned experiments to determine the best location for condensing a Soul Core. In the God Realm, Tang San’s Asura God killing intent repeatedly erupted, leaving Xiao Wu unconscious and his companions worried as he struggled to regain control.

• Jiang Ci'an reviewed his two archived timelines and considered opening a third to find a suitable subject for Soul Core experiments.
• Jiang Ci'an suspected his bound silver dragon had also broken through and went to check on her while planning to have lunch.
• God of Destruction and Life Goddess discussed Tang San’s increasingly frequent bursts of Asura God killing intent and Xiao Wu’s half-conscious state.
• Another eruption of killing intent shook the God Realm, and God of Destruction suspected Asura had chosen Tang San to provoke him.
• Tang San recovered among the ruins of Sea God Mansion, apologized to Dai Mubai and Oscar for dragging them into trouble, and promised that Rongrong and Zhuqing would be fine despite not knowing how to save them.

Tang San struggled with the worsening backlash from his two God Positions, which left Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing comatose with glowing golden markings. Meanwhile, Jiang Ci'an tested the Silver Dragon Spear on Na'er, then confronted her about neglecting her cultivation.

• Tang San recalled that his recurring nightmares now made him, Dai Mubai, and Oscar explode in a cycle while a black shadow tormented Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tang San said the dream Contract had carried into reality, causing him intense pain when he looked at Xiao Wu, while Xiao Wu and the others fell into comas with glowing golden patterns on their bodies.
• Tang San considered abandoning either his Sea God Position or Asura God Position to end the backlash but refused to give up either one.
• At Ping'an Pharmacy, Jiang Ci'an tested the Silver Dragon Spear by sending golden Soul Power through it, causing Na'er to lose control of her senses before he stopped.
• Jiang Ci'an asked Na'er whether she had cultivated properly, and she admitted that her level-forty-four progress had come from cultivating with him.

Na'er explained how she had abandoned cultivation after discovering that Jiang Ci'an's growth increased her Soul Power Level, prompting him to confiscate her spending money and clothes. Jiang Ci'an promised to reward her if she trained diligently, but Xiao Xiao walked in and mistook their closeness for something intimate.

• Na'er recalled how shopping and entertainment gradually replaced her cultivation, and how she eventually realized her strength rose when Jiang Ci'an grew stronger.
• After Jiang Ci'an took her Gold Soul Coin Card and clothes, Na'er claimed she had been cultivating diligently, but Jiang Ci'an pointed out she had only started because her food was running out.
• Na'er questioned why Jiang Ci'an treated her differently from Xiao Xiao and Dong'er, and he promised to satisfy her requests if she cultivated diligently.
• Xiao Xiao entered the room and saw Jiang Ci'an pinching Na'er's flushed cheek, then wondered if she had arrived at a bad time.
• Na'er pretended that Jiang Ci'an had hurt her, leaving him silent as Xiao Xiao watched.

Jiang Ci'an arranged for Na'er to cultivate with Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er, then spent four months in the Virtual World and reached rank forty-six. After helping Angel Lady become a Titled Douluo and testing preparations with Xiao Wu, he began opening a new Timeline.

• Jiang Ci'an helped Na'er, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong'er stabilize their Trinity soul-power-fusion cultivation and told Xiao Xiao to withhold Na'er's allowance if she skipped training.
• Na'er tried to protest but fell silent when Jiang Ci'an's Contract affected her, and Xiao Xiao arranged for her to cultivate.
• Four months later, Jiang Ci'an left the Virtual World at rank forty-six and noticed how much he had physically aged under Time Control.
• Jiang Ci'an recalled helping Angel Lady pass the seventh Angel God Trial and become a Titled Douluo, and testing preparations for the new Timeline on Xiao Wu.
• Finding Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong'er, and Na'er away, Jiang Ci'an connected with his martial soul and began opening a new Timeline.

Ice Empress was ambushed in the Far North and bound to a human boy through the Deep Slave Contract. After the restraint briefly lifted, her body obeyed the contract and stopped her attack, leaving her bound by golden chains.

• Ice Empress hunted snow mice for lunch and reflected on Snow Empress's latest seclusion.
• A domain immobilized Ice Empress, and a black-haired, golden-eyed human boy appeared before her.
• The boy used Ice Empress's tail stinger to activate the Deep Slave Contract, making himself her master and Ice Empress his slave.
• When the restraint lifted, Ice Empress attacked the boy with Ultimate Ice, but her body halted the attack and golden chains bound her in place.

Jiang Ci'an forced Ice Empress into human form and demanded to know Snow Empress’s location, but she refused. He then used an unknown power that made her vulnerable to the Far North’s cold, and she felt her life draining away.

• Jiang Ci'an ordered Ice Empress to take human form, and she transformed into a girl with a scorpion tail.
• Ice Empress fell into Jiang Ci'an's arms, and he asked where Snow Empress was.
• Ice Empress refused to reveal Snow Empress’s location, wary of Jiang Ci'an's strange power and what he might do.
• Jiang Ci'an sat with Ice Empress on his thigh and touched her forehead, causing her to feel the Far North’s cold for the first time.
• Ice Empress began to freeze, felt her life slipping away, and saw memories of her past replay in her mind.

The Ice Empress repeatedly sought warmth in Jiang Ci'an's embrace despite her pride, while he tricked her into revealing that she did not know the Snow Empress's location. Jiang Ci'an sent out a distress signal using her Soul Power, and the Snow Empress arrived just as the Ice Empress pleaded with him not to attack her.

• The freezing Ice Empress clung to Jiang Ci'an for warmth, pulling away in humiliation before instinctively returning to his embrace.
• Jiang Ci'an tested the Ice Empress and deduced that she did not know where the Snow Empress was.
• Jiang Ci'an sent out the Ice Empress's Soul Power with signs of her fading life force to draw the Snow Empress to them.
• The Ice Empress realized Jiang Ci'an was luring the Snow Empress and begged him not to attack her.
• Jiang Ci'an stopped accelerating time and revealed that the Snow Empress had already arrived.

Jiang Ci'an captured Snow Empress and Ice Empress, then explained that he needed Snow Empress to test his Lossless Transformation Method. Snow Empress began cultivating it as Jiang Ci'an observed her transformation for his research into making Soul Cores and Spirit Apertures coexist.

• Snow Empress arrived and froze in place under Jiang Ci'an's power as he used a scroll to form a Contract with her.
• Ice Empress realized that both she and Snow Empress had been captured and bound by the Contract.
• In a mountain cave, Jiang Ci'an explained that he had lured Snow Empress there to test his method, and Ice Empress challenged his decision to use force.
• Snow Empress asked what to do and began cultivating the Lossless Transformation Method despite Ice Empress's concern.
• Jiang Ci'an observed Snow Empress's transformation, focusing on his research into the coexistence of Soul Cores and Spirit Apertures.

Jiang Ci'an used his Lossless Transformation Method and Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow to help Snow Empress complete her transformation without losing her cultivation. Snow Empress emerged younger but unharmed, and Jiang Ci'an prepared more marrow for her Self-Condensing Soul Bone.

• Jiang Ci'an accelerated Snow Empress's transformation inside an ice-blue cocoon and fed it several pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow.
• Ice Empress questioned how Jiang Ci'an had acquired so much marrow, and he explained that he had found it in a Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Cave.
• The cocoon shattered, and Snow Empress emerged looking younger while retaining her strength and nine soul rings.
• Snow Empress thanked Jiang Ci'an, saying the marrow had healed her injuries, and agreed to continue with the next procedure.
• Jiang Ci'an produced ten more pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow for Snow Empress's Self-Condensing Soul Bone, leaving both Snow Empress and Ice Empress stunned.

Ice Empress woke from a strange dream and discovered that its slave Contract marking had appeared on her body. She and Snow Empress confirmed they had shared the same dream and began investigating whether the knowledge it left behind was real.

• Ice Empress awoke beneath the ice, transformed into human form, and found a golden marking on her lower abdomen.
• Touching the marking restored Ice Empress's memories of a human youth capturing and enslaving her and Snow Empress in the dream.
• Ice Empress emerged onto the snowfield and met Snow Empress, who confirmed she had experienced the same dream.
• Snow Empress showed Ice Empress a matching marking and said she had also retained the dream's cultivation methods and other knowledge.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress summoned the Frost Crystal Butterfly Empress to begin verifying whether the dream's information was real.

The Snow Empress verified the Lossless Transformation Method by helping the Frost Crystal Butterfly Empress transform, then learned that the Ice Empress remembered the location of a Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Cave. The two set out for it, while Jiang Ci'an reviewed his cultivation research in Shrek City.

• The Frost Crystal Butterfly Empress cultivated the Lossless Transformation Method and emerged from an icy cocoon as a Titled Douluo.
• The Snow Empress told the Ice Empress that she hoped to use Jiang Ci'an's research on Soul Cores and Spirit Apertures to improve her chances against her next heavenly tribulation.
• The Ice Empress recalled the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Cave from her dreams and urged the Snow Empress to go there for Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrows.
• The Snow Empress and the Ice Empress left the cave and vanished into the Far North snowstorm.
• Jiang Ci'an reviewed Memory Books documenting the Snow Empress's completed Soul Bones and Spirit Apertures, then looked toward a pair of little feet in white stockings.

Jiang Ci'an tried to get Na'er to focus on an important task, but she used the required physical contact to set up a plan to make Xiao Xiao jealous. As Na'er waited for Xiao Xiao to arrive, the Contract's familiar warmth began to spread through her lower abdomen.

• Jiang Ci'an pulled Na'er close, pinched her cheeks, and asked whether she had read the instructions for their task.
• Na'er claimed that the instructions required physical contact and climbed into Jiang Ci'an's arms, straddling his thighs.
• Na'er recalled her plan to provoke Xiao Xiao's jealousy and distract Jiang Ci'an when Xiao Xiao arrived in three minutes.
• Na'er settled more comfortably against Jiang Ci'an, then noticed the Contract's warmth and warned him that Xiao Xiao might see them.