Recaps

The Goddess of Life was pulled into Yang Fan’s Sea of Consciousness by the Heart of Eros shard and saved him from the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ rampaging bloodlines. She explained the cost of stabilizing his power and revealed that the shard could travel through time and space, leaving Yang Fan to wonder about its true origin.

• The Goddess of Life found a red crystal shard in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and it seized her avatar and turned her into a weapon spirit.
• Inside the Heart of Eros, Lan Yin introduced herself to the Goddess of Life, who gave her name as Xiao Lu and offered her an opportunity.
• Yang Fan awoke inside the energy cocoon and discovered that his bloodline turmoil had settled, his Soul Power had formed an icy and fiery vortex, and his spiritual power had greatly increased.
• Xiao Lu told Yang Fan she had guided his Soul Power into a vortex to save him, but his cultivation had been compressed to level 45 and he would need to rebuild it before forming a Soul Core.
• Yang Fan explained that he had named the crystal the Heart of Eros, and Xiao Lu revealed that it seemed capable of traveling through time and space, beyond the power of a God King.

Yang Fan restored part of the Heart of Eros, strengthening its timeline-travel abilities, then emerged from half a year of cultivation with greatly improved strength. He prepared to test his new powers by sparring with Dugu Bo.

• The Goddess of Life explained that she had helped Lan Yin, and Yang Fan fused the Heart of Eros with its fragment while she watched over him.
• The restored Heart of Eros gained greater timeline stability and could keep Yang Fan in an unanchored timeline for up to two years; he realized he could travel among three Douluo Continent timelines if he established another anchor.
• The Goddess of Life sent Yang Fan out of his Sea of Consciousness, and he broke free of his cocoon to find Dugu Bo, Ye Lingling, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan waiting for him.
• Yang Fan realized he had emerged naked, dressed himself, and showed the group his changed appearance and modified Soul Rings.
• Yang Fan explained his breakthrough to Soul Ancestor and demonstrated his physical strength, prompting Dugu Bo to offer a sparring match at Soul Sage level.

Yang Fan sparred with Dugu Bo and survived ten moves, using his borrowed abilities and Deception Domain to gain the upper hand. After Dugu Bo accepted the outcome, Yang Fan and Ning Rongrong continued toward Heaven Dou City as she caught him up on the past six months.

• Dugu Bo challenged Yang Fan to last ten moves against him while suppressing his Soul Power to the Soul Sage level.
• Yang Fan used his Monocle Martial Soul to imitate Dugu Bo's aura, summon Phoenix and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon attacks, and strike with the Silver Dragon Spear.
• Yang Fan unleashed Ice and Fire Yin Yang Transformation and trapped Dugu Bo's senses inside the Deception Domain.
• Yang Fan ended the domain after ten moves, and Dugu Bo acknowledged his defeat and laughed off the loss.
• Ning Rongrong walked with Yang Fan toward Heaven Dou City, told him about recent changes across the continent, and blushed when he complimented her appearance.

Yang Fan’s accidental collision with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion formed a destiny connection and awakened a mysterious third eye in each of them. Yang Fan escaped the Star Dou Forest, while the Golden Lion chose not to pursue him, intrigued by what it had learned about him.

• Yang Fan fell from a spatial ripple into the Star Dou Forest and collided with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, triggering an attribute connection.
• The connection drew dragon power and life energy into the Golden Lion, while Yang Fan’s consciousness vanished and a second Sea of Consciousness formed within him.
• Yang Fan experienced the Golden Lion’s memories of its birth and growth, and both it and Yang Fan sensed their new bond.
• Lan Yin urged Yang Fan to flee, and he apologized before using his Deception Domain and first Soul Skill to escape.
• Scarlet King stayed with the weakened Golden Lion instead of chasing Yang Fan, and the Golden Lion told him not to pursue the man.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion accepted Yang Fan’s memories and urged the Scarlet King to take her to Di Tian and Bi Ji. Elsewhere, Xuan Zi’s separation from Shrek’s hunting team left Zhang Lexuan and the disciples facing a Blood Moon Wolf King alone, while Yang Fan sensed signs of blood nearby.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion told the Scarlet King to take her to Di Tian and Bi Ji after gaining Yang Fan’s memories.
• Xuan Zi left Zhang Lexuan and the twelve Shrek disciples to hunt and drink, then lost track of them as night fell.
• Zhang Lexuan and the disciples were ambushed by the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blood Moon Wolf King and its pack, which killed eight disciples.
• Zhang Lexuan used her Martial Soul Avatar in a final attack that shattered her Martial Soul and brought down the Blood Moon Wolf King.
• Yang Fan escaped the Scarlet King, reflected on his encounters with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Na'er, and sensed blood ahead with his Spirit Abyss Realm spiritual power.

Yang Fan, disguised as Amon, rescued Zhang Lexuan and three Shrek disciples by forming a Life Contract with Zhang Lexuan, then watched her absorb the Blood Moon Wolf King's Hundred Thousand Year soul ring. The contract healed Zhang Lexuan and boosted Yang Fan's cultivation, leaving the survivors alive as he gained her fortune and faith.

• Zhang Lexuan offered Amon the Blood Moon Wolf King's soul bone and her own service in exchange for protecting the surviving Shrek disciples.
• Yang Fan formed a Life Contract with Zhang Lexuan, sharing his life force with her while drawing in her fortune and faith.
• Zhang Lexuan recovered from her injuries, and the three surviving disciples lowered their guard.
• Zhang Lexuan absorbed the Blood Moon Wolf King's Hundred Thousand Year soul ring and broke through, raising Yang Fan's cultivation to level 48.
• The Goddess of Life warned Yang Fan not to siphon Zhang Lexuan's cultivation, and he dismissed the idea.

Yang Fan, disguised as Amon, healed Zhang Lexuan’s companions before confronting Xuan Zi, who attacked him. After defeating Xuan Zi with his Ice Dragon King soul bone, Yang Fan punished Zhang Lexuan for turning against him by draining her through their contract.

• Yang Fan healed Zhang Lexuan’s three injured companions, then told her he had chosen her for her potential.
• Xuan Zi arrived and accused Amon of harming Zhang Lexuan, prompting Yang Fan to confront him.
• Yang Fan froze Xuan Zi with Ice Seal and blasted him with Ice Dragon Burst, leaving him badly wounded.
• Zhang Lexuan and the inner court disciples accused Yang Fan of attacking Xuan Zi, despite his having healed them.
• Yang Fan tugged on his contract with Zhang Lexuan, draining her Soul Power until she collapsed beside Xuan Zi.

Yang Fan exposed that Xuan Zi’s greed for Blood Moon Wolf meat had helped bring the disaster that killed most of Zhang Lexuan’s group. As Zhang Lexuan confronted Xuan Zi’s callous excuses, memories of her family’s murder resurfaced, and she answered him with chilling composure.

• Yang Fan suggested Xuan Zi’s meat had come from the Blood Moon Wolf clan and that his actions had drawn the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to the group.
• Zhang Lexuan confronted Xuan Zi after he admitted he had eaten the meat out of greed, reminding him that eight companions had set out and only four remained.
• The surviving disciples broke down as they realized their friends, including Huo Xiao, had died, while Yang Fan watched without sympathy.
• Zhang Lexuan remembered hiding beneath a bed as Evil Soul Masters killed her mother, then recalled how Mu En recruited her into Shrek Academy by promising revenge.
• Xuan Zi apologized publicly but privately dismissed the dead disciples as replaceable and blamed their weakness for their deaths.
• Zhang Lexuan suppressed her grief and coldly told Xuan Zi, “You flatter me.”

Zhang Lexuan condemned Shrek's failure to take responsibility for her companions' deaths and asked Yang Fan to release her from their contract so she could bring their remains home. Yang Fan refused, agreed to accompany her, and watched as she began gathering the bodies.

• Zhang Lexuan concealed her anger at Xuan Zi's response while she and the other students pretended to console him.
• Yang Fan revealed that his Ultimate Ice could cripple Xuan Zi, and Zhang Lexuan sent the others to rush him back to Shrek for treatment.
• After the others carried Xuan Zi away, Zhang Lexuan apologized to Yang Fan, asked him to dissolve their contract, and explained that she wanted to take her companions' remains home.
• Yang Fan said the contract could not be dissolved without killing her, then agreed to accompany Zhang Lexuan as she gathered the remains.
• Yang Fan criticized Shrek and called himself a transmigrator; Zhang Lexuan doubted him but began collecting her companions' bodies.

Zhang Lexuan traveled with Yang Fan to visit the families of the fallen inner courtyard disciples and apologize, then reached Huo Xiao’s home in the Star Luo Empire. Huo Xiao’s mother mistook her arrival for news that her son had returned and asked whether the academy had secured him a soul ring.

• Yang Fan carried Zhang Lexuan through the night as they traveled to the final family on her journey of atonement.
• Zhang Lexuan told Yang Fan that comforting the bereaved families was worth enduring their abuse because she understood the pain of losing family.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Yang Fan to stay behind when they neared Huo Xiao’s home, but he refused and accompanied her to the village.
• Zhang Lexuan hesitated before knocking on the battered door of Huo Xiao’s family home.
• Huo Xiao’s mother opened the door, recognized Zhang Lexuan as her son’s captain, and asked whether Huo Xiao had returned and received the promised soul ring.

Zhang Lexuan brought Huo Xiao’s remains to his mother, You Ziyin, and accepted her request to rescue Huo Yun’er and her child from the White Tiger Duke’s Estate. She promised to bring them safely to You Ziyin within half a month and asked Yang Fan to help plan the rescue.

• Zhang Lexuan knelt before You Ziyin, presented Huo Xiao’s coffin and belongings, and endured You Ziyin’s grief-stricken blows.
• Yang Fan tried to comfort You Ziyin and offered to help fulfill an unspoken wish, but she said she only wanted her son back.
• Yang Fan gave Zhang Lexuan documents revealing that Huo Xiao’s aunt, Huo Yun’er, and her child were living in the White Tiger Duke’s Estate.
• You Ziyin asked Zhang Lexuan to rescue Huo Yun’er and her child, and Zhang Lexuan promised to bring them to her within half a month.
• Zhang Lexuan told Yang Fan that she needed detailed intelligence on the White Tiger Duke’s Estate and its leaders’ recent movements to plan the rescue in secret.

Huo Yuhao endured neglect and abuse in the White Tiger Duke's Estate after awakening the Spirit Eyes martial soul with only rank-one Innate Soul Power. Zhang Lexuan and Yang Fan watched him, while Yang Fan and the Goddess of Life uncovered signs that Huo Yun'er’s soul was being drained by a god.

• The Duchess drove Huo Yuhao and his mother, Huo Yun'er, into a firewood shed and cut off their income while the White Tiger Duke was away at war.
• Huo Yuhao awakened the rare Spirit Eyes martial soul but had only rank-one Innate Soul Power, prompting the Duchess to torment him more openly.
• Huo Yuhao trained relentlessly, believing that becoming a soul master could change his and his mother’s lives.
• Zhang Lexuan and Yang Fan secretly watched Huo Yuhao and discussed his hardships and immense hidden fortune.
• The Goddess of Life sensed that Huo Yun'er’s soul was being siphoned away, and Yang Fan suggested that a God King was responsible.
• The Goddess of Life suspected that the successor chosen by Asura God was behind the interference.

Yang Fan and Zhang Lexuan debated how to protect Dai Yuhao and his mother, then entered Dai Yuhao’s dream to persuade him. The chapter ended with a sword-riding Daoist asking Dai Yuhao whether he carried a sword in his heart.

• Zhang Lexuan suggested bringing Dai Yuhao to Shrek, but Yang Fan rejected the idea and proposed the Body Sect or letting him grow up with his family.
• Yang Fan suggested faking the deaths of Huo Yun'er and Dai Yuhao, while warning Zhang Lexuan that Huo Yun'er might not agree to leave.
• Yang Fan and Zhang Lexuan entered the woodshed at the White Tiger Duke's Estate and used a dream-entering method to reach Dai Yuhao.
• Dai Yuhao saw a Daoist soar across a sea of clouds on a giant sword and watched in awe.
• The Daoist looked into Dai Yuhao's soul and asked whether he had a sword in his heart.

Yang Fan used a dream to teach Dai Yuhao protective sword intent and strengthen his Spirit Eyes, giving him hope for a future beyond the Duke's estate. After Huo Yun'er agreed to leave when the time was right, Yang Fan learned how Zhang Lexuan had persuaded her, and Dai Yuhao's future began to diverge from its expected course.

• In a dream, Yang Fan appeared as the Wine Sword Immortal and taught Dai Yuhao that a sword's power came from the desire to protect, while strengthening his Spirit Eyes with life force.
• Dai Yuhao woke at dawn, discovered that his cultivation had improved, and decided to protect Huo Yun'er from the estate's abuses.
• When Dai Yuhao tried to strike the steward with sword intent fueled by hatred, he failed and realized that his power had to come from protection.
• Dai Yuhao told Huo Yun'er about his dream and suggested they leave the estate when the time was right; Huo Yun'er accepted, and they worked with renewed hope.
• Watching through the Deception Domain, Yang Fan told Zhang Lexuan that the sword-intent lesson was secret, then learned that she had convinced Huo Yun'er by showing her a nightmare of Dai Yuhao's revenge-filled future.
• Yang Fan realized that his involvement had given Huo Yuhao's future a new possibility.

Yang Fan and Zhang Lexuan rescued Huo Yun'er and her son from the White Tiger Duke's Estate, staged their deaths, and helped them begin new lives. Huo Yuhao took his mother's surname as they prepared to leave Star Luo for the safer Dou Ling Empire.

• Yang Fan and Zhang Lexuan healed Huo Yun'er and showed her and Huo Yuhao two dead prisoners altered to look like them.
• Zhang Lexuan gave Huo Yun'er and Huo Yuhao new clothes and told them they would be considered dead and live as ordinary commoners.
• Yang Fan set the woodshed on fire and took Huo Yun'er and Huo Yuhao away, while the Duchess later mistook the burned bodies for theirs.
• Yang Fan and Zhang Lexuan brought Huo Yun'er and Huo Yuhao to You Ziyin and told them to leave behind their identities from the White Tiger Duke's Estate.
• Zhang Lexuan said Huo Yuhao would take his mother's surname, and Huo Yun'er agreed as they planned to head to the Dou Ling Empire.

Yang Fan and Zhang Lexuan visited Star Luo City to gather supplies for their family’s journey, with Zhang Lexuan choosing provisions and protective Soul Tools at the imperial trading house. They finished checking the order and paid, leaving with their travel preparations underway.

• Yang Fan had the Goddess of Life remove Tang San’s contingency on Huo Yun'er and transfer the soul-guiding function to the duchess, while keeping the change hidden.
• After fulfilling the wish of "The Wanderer's Song," Zhang Lexuan reached Soul Power Level eighty-three, and Yang Fan advanced to level forty-nine.
• Yang Fan and Zhang Lexuan explored Star Luo City’s inner city and attracted attention from locals who recognized Zhang Lexuan as a tournament champion.
• At the Star Luo Empire First General Trading House, Zhang Lexuan selected preserved food, compressed tents, and provisions for five people for three months.
• Yang Fan and Zhang Lexuan checked their supplies and paid for them after the steward arranged a forty-percent discount.

Yang Fan and Zhang Lexuan encountered the starving refugee Ju Zi and her sick mother in Star Luo City, and Yang Fan helped them survive without taking them in. In the God Realm, Xiao Wu asked Tang San to have another child, and he reluctantly agreed.

• Zhang Lexuan and Yang Fan saw Ju Zi shielding her ill mother from hostile Star Luo City residents.
• Zhang Lexuan offered Ju Zi water, and Yang Fan gave her a Gold Soul Coin for medicine.
• Yang Fan used the power of Life to briefly prolong Ju Zi's mother's life, then left Ju Zi to find a doctor with the money and provisions.
• Zhang Lexuan questioned why Yang Fan had not taken Ju Zi with them, and he said she needed hope to survive.
• Xiao Wu asked Tang San to have another child, and Tang San agreed despite his weariness.

Zhang Lexuan returned to Shrek City with Yang Fan and visited Mu En, who encouraged her to think about her own future. Their reunion was interrupted by Xuan Zi, who confronted Yang Fan, and Mu En rebuked him for causing trouble.

• Yang Fan accompanied Zhang Lexuan to Shrek City, while You Ziyin, Huo Yun'er, and Huo Yuhao stayed at an inn to rest.
• Zhang Lexuan walked through the academy and recalled her past before meeting Mu En at Sea God Pavilion.
• Mu En welcomed Zhang Lexuan and asked about her life away from the academy, then urged her to prioritize herself rather than remain bound by her old arrangement with Beibei.
• Mu En mistook Zhang Lexuan and Yang Fan's Life Contract for a romantic relationship and asked Yang Fan to treat her well.
• Xuan Zi entered Sea God Pavilion, confronted Yang Fan, and was rebuked by Mu En for failing to reflect on his dereliction of duty.

Yang Fan went to help Ma Xiaotao when her evil fire erupted beyond Xuan Zi’s control. He used the fused power of ultimate ice and ultimate fire to purge the evil flames, leaving Xiaotao’s condition unresolved as she lost consciousness.

• Zhang Lexuan told Mu En she would not stay long because she and Yang Fan still had matters to attend to in the Dou Ling Empire.
• After hearing about Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire Phoenix, Yang Fan offered to cleanse her evil fire, and Xuan Zi revealed that her latest eruption could no longer be suppressed.
• Yang Fan flew with Xuan Zi to a secret inner-courtyard chamber, where Ma Xiaotao was suffering while Yan Shaozhe tried to restrain her flames.
• Yang Fan used the opposing ultimate ice and ultimate fire in his arms to create a purifying violet-gold power and press it against Ma Xiaotao’s forehead.
• The black evil flames around Ma Xiaotao dissipated into pure dark crimson flames, and she faintly asked Yang Fan who he was before losing focus.

Yang Fan purified Xiaotao’s evil fire, then received Mu En’s offer to teach him Sovereign's Descent. After studying its principles at Shrek, Yang Fan left the academy with Zhang Lexuan and the others, and their carriage continued toward the Dou Ling Empire.

• Yang Fan purified the evil energy in Xiaotao’s martial soul, leaving her with a pure Fire Phoenix and a need to recuperate.
• Mu En thanked Yang Fan for saving Shrek’s future and decided to pass on Sovereign's Descent, which Yang Fan accepted.
• Mu En explained that Sovereign's Descent depended on intent and bearing, while Yang Fan’s data-analysis talent studied its principles.
• Yang Fan left Shrek Academy with Zhang Lexuan without saying goodbye to Xiaotao.
• Yang Fan reunited with Huo Yuhao and the others, and their carriage departed Shrek City for the Dou Ling Empire.

On the carriage journey, Yang Fan recalled promising Mu En that he would help Shrek in a future crisis in exchange for a dragon pill. He gave Zhang Lexuan a hundred-thousand-year soul bone, and after she absorbed it, she reached level eighty-five and gained Blood Moon Flash while Yang Fan’s Soul Power Level rose to fifty through their Life Contract.

• Yang Fan recalled how he had quickly comprehended Sovereign's Descent and how Mu En exchanged a dragon pill for his promise to leave Shrek a Core Flame if the academy faced catastrophe.
• Huo Yuhao teased that Yang Fan’s gift of the Blood Moon Wolf King Right Leg Bone to Zhang Lexuan was a token of love, and Zhang Lexuan accepted it and began absorbing it.
• Yang Fan activated the Deception Domain to conceal the carriage’s fluctuations while Zhang Lexuan endured and controlled the soul bone’s violent energy.
• Zhang Lexuan fused with the soul bone, reached level eighty-five, and gained Blood Moon Flash, a nighttime boost, and a stronger boost under a blood moon.
• Yang Fan sensed the Life Contract’s feedback and found that his Soul Power Level had reached fifty.

Yang Fan refined the Light Dragon Pill over three months, compressed his Soul Power, and formed a Bloodline Soul Core. He woke as the group arrived in Cloud Dance City, where Zhang Lexuan explained the city’s role as a hub for high-quality medicinal herbs.

• Yang Fan judged the Blood Moon Wolf King Soul Bone useful but inferior to his Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and turned his attention to the dragon pill.
• With the Goddess of Life protecting him, Yang Fan swallowed the dragon pill and refined its violent dragon-blood energy during the carriage journey.
• After three months, Yang Fan formed a red-and-blue Bloodline Soul Core and reached the threshold for obtaining his fifth soul ring.
• Zhang Lexuan and Huo Yuhao saw that Yang Fan had awakened with deeper, more restrained power.
• The group arrived in Cloud Dance City, where Zhang Lexuan explained that the city's location and the Xuanming Sect's alchemy expertise accounted for its abundant quality herbs.

Over the year, Yang Fan helped Huo Yuhao grow stronger while building a peaceful life with Zhang Lexuan, Huo Yun'er, and You Ziyin. When Huo Yuhao reached level ten, Yang Fan and Zhang Lexuan took him toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest to seek his first soul ring.

• Yang Fan visited several sects, learned their techniques, and saved Jiang Nannan's mother while Huo Yuhao's second martial soul awakening reached golden grade.
• Huo Yuhao reached level ten and told Zhang Lexuan he wanted to hunt for a soul ring once Yang Fan returned.
• Huo Yun'er tested Huo Yuhao on the Sayings of the Sage, and he recited passages and discussed their meaning.
• Yang Fan returned with rabbits, and the family shared a meal before Huo Yuhao asked when they would leave.
• Yang Fan and Zhang Lexuan set out with Huo Yuhao for the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest, while Huo Yun'er watched them go with concern.

Yang Fan led Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan into the Star Dou Forest to find a suitable soul ring, then made camp when night fell. During the night, he caught the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm trying to flee and held it in the air.

• Yang Fan guided Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan through the forest, using his spiritual power to search for suitable soul beasts.
• Yang Fan stopped the group at dusk and set up a sheltered camp beneath a rock wall.
• Yang Fan told Huo Yuhao to seek spiritual-type soul beasts or mutated beasts with ultimate attributes for his Spirit Eyes.
• Yang Fan sensed an unusual energy fluctuation and saw the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm emerge from the ground.
• Yang Fan stopped the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm from burrowing away and suspended it in midair as it pleaded for mercy.

Yang Fan guided Tian Meng through splitting his origin, then prepared to reveal his secrets to Zhang Lexuan before Di Qiu'er appeared and asked him to become her human pet. Di Qiu'er offered him a Soul Spirit contract and a divine spear, leaving Yang Fan to consider her unexpected proposal.

• Yang Fan advised Tian Meng to divide his energy into spiritual and life origins, and Tian Meng obediently did so.
• Yang Fan began a contract ritual and tried to reveal his identity to Zhang Lexuan, but a girl who looked like Erii interrupted him by exposing that he was a level-fifty Soul Ancestor and that Amon was his other identity.
• Yang Fan recognized the girl as the Auspicious Beast, and she admitted she was Di Qiu'er.
• Di Qiu'er explained that she had chosen Yang Fan as an investment and asked him to sign a Soul Spirit contract, calling him her human pet.
• Di Qiu'er offered to lend Yang Fan a golden divine spear, which she said he needed.