Recaps

Yang Teng, the son of the Space-Time Dragon God King, traveled from the Space-Time Dragon God Star to the Douluo Divine Realm to pursue his goal of transforming it into an independent God Star. He arrived above the realm, where its gods mistook his father’s enormous dragon form for a possible threat.

• Yang Teng woke on the Space-Time Dragon God Star and learned that his father planned to link seven nearby Divine Realms under the God Star.
• Yang Teng asked to go to the Douluo Divine Realm, and the Space-Time Dragon God King agreed to escort him.
• The Space-Time Dragon God King tore open a space-time passage and brought Yang Teng to the Douluo Divine Realm.
• Poseidon, Asura God, the God of Goodness, and the God of Evil sensed the arrival and watched the sky split open.
• Yang Teng stood on the Space-Time Dragon God King’s back and looked down at Douluo Star, glad to have returned.

Space-Time Dragon God King arrived in the Douluo God Realm, overwhelmed its gods, and warned them not to interfere with his son’s trial on Douluo Star. Meanwhile, Gu Yuena sensed a bloodline stronger than the Dragon God’s, and Yang Teng confronted Di Tian at the Lake of Life.

• Space-Time Dragon God King appeared before the gods and declared that he governed a God Star and tens of thousands of planes.
• God of Destruction attacked Space-Time Dragon God King and was gravely injured by a single casual strike.
• Space-Time Dragon God King said his son had chosen Douluo Star for a trial, threatened to annihilate the Divine Realm if any god interfered, and departed.
• Asura God ordered the gods to keep the incident secret, threatening death to anyone who spread rumors.
• Gu Yuena sensed Space-Time Dragon God King’s overwhelming bloodline aura approaching the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Yang Teng encountered Di Tian at the Lake of Life, and Di Tian asked Gu Yuena to invite him to sit.

Yang Teng convinced Gu Yuena to become his bodyguard by promising to break the rule preventing Soul Beasts from becoming gods. They returned to Douluo Star together, with Gu Yuena agreeing to follow him while warning him not to break his promise.

• Gu Yuena brought Yang Teng and Di Tian into an isolated spatial realm and transformed into human form.
• Yang Teng offered to make Gu Yuena his bodyguard in exchange for giving Soul Beasts the chance to become gods.
• Yang Teng showed Gu Yuena his seal and immortal-energy-nourished spear, then revealed that his father was the Space-Time Dragon God King and lord of God Star.
• Gu Yuena accepted Yang Teng's offer, and Di Tian silently obeyed her decision.
• After they returned to Douluo Star, Gu Yuena gave Yang Teng a scale to summon her in danger, then agreed to follow him after he insisted.

Yang Teng rescued Qian Renxue from a Stinger King and protected her as she absorbed its Soul Ring, hoping to make her owe him a favor. Qian Renxue began recovering while Yang Teng watched over her, pleased with his plan.

• Gu Yuena and Yang Teng encountered Qian Renxue fleeing a Stinger King in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Yang Teng sent Gu Yuena ahead, then used Space Lock to trap the Stinger King and give Qian Renxue a chance to strike.
• Qian Renxue killed the Stinger King with Holy Sword Judgment, and a black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring appeared.
• Yang Teng gave Qian Renxue his cloak and offered to protect her while she absorbed the Soul Ring.
• Qian Renxue began absorbing the Soul Ring as Yang Teng guarded her and privately congratulated himself on gaining her gratitude.

After helping Qian Renxue absorb a Soul Ring, Yang Teng escorted her out of the Star Dou Great Forest, where she invited him to join the Spirit Hall. In a nearby city, Yang Teng entered the Soul Fighting Arena to earn money and revealed the devastating power of his spatial ability.

• Qian Renxue completed her absorption and reached the Soul Emperor rank, then thanked Yang Teng and learned his name.
• Qian Renxue invited Yang Teng to join the Spirit Hall, but he postponed answering until they had left the forest.
• Yang Teng and Qian Renxue met Gu Yuena at the city gates, then shared dinner before heading to the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Yang Teng chose to fight a level forty-three Power Attack System Battle Soul Ancestor, while Qian Renxue bet on him.
• Yang Teng used Space Strangling to cripple his opponent instantly, leaving the arena crowd stunned.

Yang Teng left Guda City after winning a string of Soul Fighting Arena matches and headed to Balak Royal City with Gu Yuena, planning to apply to Tianshui Academy and compete in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament. At the academy gate, he tried to get Gu Yuena admitted first by presenting her as a student with an Element Control Martial Soul.

• Qian Renxue offered Yang Teng her personal token and invited him to join Spirit Hall, then asked him to call her Xiao Xue.
• Yang Teng continued defeating Soul Ancestors in Guda City's arenas and told Gu Yuena he planned to apply to Tianshui Academy and enter the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament.
• Yang Teng hired a carriage for the trip to Balak Royal City and teased Gu Yuena with sweets until she began accepting and eating them.
• Yang Teng and Gu Yuena arrived at Tianshui Academy, where a woman explained that the school accepted only female students with water- or ice-type Martial Souls.
• Yang Teng introduced Gu Yuena as a prospective student with an Element Control Martial Soul, and Gu Yuena asked whether she had to study too.

Yang Teng persuaded Gu Yuena to join Skywater Academy so he could enter with her, and her eighteen-year-old Soul King strength convinced the academy to welcome her as a core team member. The dean offered Yang Teng an exception, but made his admission depend on defeating captain Shui Bing’er before an incense stick burned out.

• A woman at Skywater Academy’s entrance questioned Gu Yuena, and Yang Teng silently asked her to help him get inside.
• Gu Yuena introduced herself as an eighteen-year-old Soul King with an Elemental Control Martial Soul and demonstrated her command of water, impressing the woman.
• The woman escorted Gu Yuena to dean Shui Yunxia, who welcomed her as a core member of the Skywater Academy Team.
• Gu Yuena asked Shui Yunxia to admit Yang Teng as well, and the dean agreed to make an exception if he proved himself.
• Shui Yunxia summoned captain Shui Bing’er and challenged Yang Teng to defeat the level forty-three control-type Battle Soul Ancestor within one incense stick; Yang Teng accepted.

Yang Teng challenged Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu at once, revealing a rare third Soul Ring and a level of Soul Power that stunned Skywater Academy. After the two launched a coordinated attack, he escaped their ice trap and used Space-Time Lock to bind them, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Yang Teng rejected Shui Yunxia's initial pairing and asked to fight both Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu, prompting Shui Yunxia to accept his challenge.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu introduced themselves as level 43 and level 42 Soul Ancestors, then revealed their two yellow and two purple Soul Rings.
• Yang Teng revealed his three Soul Rings—two purple and one black—and announced he was a level 37 Battle Soul Elder with the Space-Time Divine Dragon Martial Soul.
• Shui Bing'er sealed Yang Teng in ice while Xue Wu followed with a barrage of ice spikes, but Shui Bing'er sensed something was wrong.
• Yang Teng appeared beside the pair and used Space-Time Lock to bind Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu after escaping the shattered ice block.

Yang Teng continued fighting Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu, whose coordinated attacks could not overcome his spatial abilities. With their stamina fading and Skywater Academy’s reputation at stake, they decided to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice Phoenix, leaving Yang Teng prepared for a more serious fight.

• Yang Teng used spatial flickers to evade Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu, while Shui Bing'er repelled him and the pair escaped his spatial restraint.
• Shui Yunxia tried to probe Yang Teng but Gu Yuena blocked her mental force and warned her against probing further.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu changed tactics, coordinating their attacks and support while Yang Teng continued to avoid them without using his third Soul Skill.
• After their prolonged exchange drained their Soul Power, Xue Wu urged Shui Bing'er to use their fusion skill to protect their reputations and Skywater Academy’s standing.
• Shui Bing'er agreed, warned Yang Teng they would no longer hold back, and began merging Soul Power with Xue Wu to unleash Ice Phoenix.

Yang Teng faced Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu’s Ice Phoenix Martial Soul Fusion Skill and defeated it with his third Soul Skill, Space Divine Slash. He collapsed from the effort, and Gu Yuena began restoring his strength as Shui Yunxia confirmed the two students were safe.

• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu fused their Soul Power and summoned the Ice Phoenix while Yang Teng waited for their attack.
• Yang Teng asked Shui Yunxia to protect the two senior students, then revealed his third Soul Ring and used Space Divine Slash.
• Yang Teng’s spatial blade vanished, reappeared above the Ice Phoenix, and cut it apart, ending the fusion attack.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu collapsed unconscious from the backlash, while Yang Teng fell to one knee from exhaustion.
• Gu Yuena replenished Yang Teng’s strength, and Shui Yunxia confirmed that Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu were unharmed.

After Yang Teng discussed his strength and his plans for Soul Beasts with Gu Yuena, Shui Yunxia told him Skywater Academy faced a forced merger with Balaque Academy unless it won a team battle. Yang Teng accepted the challenge as Skywater Academy’s first male student, and the chapter ended with him and Gu Yuena set to defend the Academy.

• Gu Yuena praised Yang Teng’s strength but said she believed in his bloodline and father more than in him personally.
• Shui Yunxia visited Yang Teng and confirmed that he and Gu Yuena had been admitted to Skywater Academy after Yang Teng defeated Bing'er and Xue Wu.
• Shui Yunxia explained that Balaque Academy was pressuring Skywater Academy to merge and had demanded a seven-on-seven battle, with Skywater’s defeat forcing it to become a subordinate branch.
• Yang Teng pledged to fight for Skywater Academy after Shui Yunxia confirmed his enrollment.
• Shui Yunxia welcomed Yang Teng as Skywater Academy’s first male student, and Yang Teng promised that he and Gu Yuena would defeat Balaque Academy.

Yang Teng took Gu Yuena to a dessert shop and tricked her into pretending to be his girlfriend to get a half-price limited-edition cake. After an embarrassing shared-fork moment, a well-dressed young man approached Gu Yuena with a rose.

• Yang Teng and Gu Yuena left Skywater Academy together and headed to the Spirit Hall Branch, though Yang Teng refused to explain why.
• Yang Teng grabbed Gu Yuena's hand at a dessert shop and claimed they were a couple to qualify for a half-price cake.
• Gu Yuena resisted until Yang Teng pointed out the cake was a limited edition, then agreed to try it.
• Gu Yuena eagerly ate the cake, and Yang Teng caught a falling cherry with his fork and fed it to her.
• Gu Yuena realized she had eaten from Yang Teng's fork and grew furious, but a young man in a red suit interrupted to flirt with her and offer a rose.

Yang Teng defended Gu Yuena from Liu Qingfeng by posing as Tang San of Shrek Academy, then explained his false identity and visited the Spirit Hall Branch in Balak Royal City. The chapter ended with Yang Teng ordering five thousand Whale Rubber and the branch steward arranging the purchase.

• Gu Yuena rejected Liu Qingfeng, and Yang Teng stepped between them and challenged the Balak Kingdom’s eldest prince.
• Yang Teng revealed his purple-purple-black Soul Ring configuration, frightened Liu Qingfeng, and claimed to be Tang San from Shrek Academy before leaving with Gu Yuena.
• Yang Teng explained to Gu Yuena that inventing an identity could divert trouble away from himself and Skywater Academy.
• Yang Teng showed Qian Renxue’s token at the Spirit Hall Branch, gaining a respectful welcome from its staff.
• Yang Teng asked the branch steward to gather five thousand Whale Rubber, and the steward agreed to arrange the large order.

Yang Teng bought five thousand portions of Whale Rubber and returned to Skywater Academy, where the Douluo Continent’s planar rejection struck as he approached level forty. The resulting storm alarmed the Balak Kingdom, while Yang Teng struggled to stand beneath the pressure.

• Yang Teng collected the Whale Rubber, registered as a level-thirty-nine Battle Soul Elder, and received his Soul Master badge and subsidy.
• Gu Yuena left the Spirit Hall Branch in embarrassment after seeing Yang Teng accept the Whale Rubber.
• The Space-Time Dragon God King refused the God of Ending’s offer to send protection, insisting Yang Teng must face his own challenges.
• Yang Teng brought the Whale Rubber to his room at Skywater Academy and prepared to process it for the upcoming tournament.
• Planar rejection overwhelmed Yang Teng as his Soul Power pressed against the level-forty barrier, and dark clouds and lightning spread over Balak Royal City.
• The Guardian Hand identified the phenomenon as a possible heavenly tribulation, and King Liu Dingran ordered an investigation and the evacuation of nearby residents.

Yang Teng faced a plane-rejection tribulation, and Gu Yuena concealed him by carrying him through a spatial fissure to the Lake of Life. There, surrounded by the Ferocious Beasts, Yang Teng prepared to undergo the tribulation himself.

• Yang Teng asked Gu Yuena to conceal the tribulation rather than resist it, and she opened a spatial fissure with the Silver Dragon Spear.
• Gu Yuena carried Yang Teng through the fissure, causing the dark clouds over the Balak Kingdom to disperse before Tie Zhan and the others could find the tribulation's target.
• Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts sensed the rejection tribulation at the Star Dou Great Forest and gathered at the Lake of Life.
• Gu Yuena ordered the Ferocious Beasts to keep ten li away and set Yang Teng down on the Lake of Life to undergo his tribulation.
• Yang Teng greeted the stunned Ferocious Beasts and prepared to undergo the tribulation.

Yang Teng provoked a heavenly tribulation in his dragon form, survived its lightning with Gu Yuena’s help, and recovered at Lake of Life. He returned to Skywater Academy before the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament, eager to face Tang San and Shrek Academy.

• Yang Teng transformed into a silver-purple dragon and provoked the heavenly tribulation, which struck him with three bolts of lightning.
• Gu Yuena flew to Yang Teng and used the Silver Dragon King's source power to heal him, after which the tribulation vanished.
• After two weeks at Star Dou Great Forest, Yang Teng recovered, reached level 44, and felt the plane's suppression ease.
• Yang Teng and Gu Yuena returned to Skywater Academy, where Shui Yunxia told him Gu Yuena had defeated Balaque Academy's team alone in one minute.
• Yang Teng told Gu Yuena his injuries had healed and thanked her before setting his sights on the tournament and Tang San.

Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong received divine warnings about Yang Teng, while Liu Qingfeng mistakenly accused Tang San of humiliating him in the Balak Kingdom. Dugu Bo drove Liu Qingfeng away, and Tang San suspected someone had framed him.

• The Angel God warned Qian Daoliu that Qian Renxue could avert a future calamity by getting close to Yang Teng.
• The Rakshasa God warned Bibi Dong not to touch Yang Teng, prompting her to decide she would judge him for herself.
• Liu Qingfeng arrived at Shrek Academy with Iron Zhan and ordered him to seize Tang San over an earlier humiliation.
• Dugu Bo intervened, claimed Tang San as his brother, and forced Liu Qingfeng and Iron Zhan to leave.
• Tang San told Dugu Bo he had never been to the Balak Kingdom and suspected someone was framing him.

Skywater Academy made a dramatic entrance at the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament, drawing attention to its unusually powerful members and the male contestant Yang Teng. The chapter ended with Yang Teng greeting the arena after his Space-Time Divine Dragon Martial Soul was announced.

• The academies entered the tournament arena, and spectators mocked Shrek Academy for its bizarre green uniforms.
• The host noticed Skywater Academy was missing, prompting speculation among the crowd and concern from Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi.
• A silver rift opened above the arena, and Shui Bing'er led Skywater Academy’s team down into the arena alongside Gu Yuena and Yang Teng.
• Yang Teng drew the crowd’s attention, met Bishop Salas’s gaze, and made him feel a chill.
• The host announced Gu Yuena’s Soul Power as level 53 and Yang Teng’s Martial Soul as Space-Time Divine Dragon, causing an uproar.
• Yang Teng greeted the arena on behalf of Skywater Academy.

At the tournament opening, Ning Fengzhi teased that he favored a team, and Salas drew Skywater Academy against Shrek Academy for the first round. Shrek chose to fight despite Yu Xiaogang recommending a forfeit, while Yang Teng declared that Skywater Academy would defeat them in one minute.

• Emperor Xue Ye, Salas, and Ning Fengzhi delivered speeches, and Ning Fengzhi hinted that he favored one team without naming it.
• Yang Teng noticed Salas secretly brush the attendant’s hand and suspected that Salas had rigged the draw.
• Salas drew Skywater Academy against Shrek Academy, prompting Shrek to worry about facing Gu Yuena and Skywater Academy’s stronger lineup.
• Yu Xiaogang advised Shrek to forfeit, but Tang San rallied the team to fight, and Yu Xiaogang agreed.
• Yang Teng told Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, Shui Yue'er, Gu Yuena, and the rest of Skywater Academy that they would finish off Shrek in one minute.

Shrek Academy faced Skywater Academy in the tournament’s opening match, but Yang Teng and Gu Yuena’s extraordinary powers quickly overshadowed Tang San’s ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring. The Shrek team was left trapped together in Gu Yuena’s gathering elemental vortex as Yang Teng prepared to strike.

• Shrek’s members revealed their Soul Rings, and Tang San shocked the arena with a ten-thousand-year fourth ring.
• Yang Teng revealed two ten-thousand-year Soul Rings and an illusory dragon, astonishing the spectators and Shrek’s team.
• Yang Teng suppressed Dai Mubai, while Shui Bing’er attacked Shrek with Ice Seal and Tang San blocked most of it with Blue Silver Cage.
• Gu Yuena gathered elemental energy and used Elemental Tide to pull the Shrek Seven Devils together in a growing wind-and-water vortex.

Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils fought Gu Yuena and Yang Teng, but Yang Teng's spatial attack knocked all seven unconscious. Liu Erlong charged onto the arena in fury as the chapter ended.

• Tang San coordinated Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and the Hell White Tiger broke through Gu Yuena's Elemental Tide.
• Gu Yuena effortlessly countered Tang San's Purple Demon Eye, injuring him with the backlash.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing attempted another attack, but Yang Teng used Space Lock to immobilize the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Yang Teng's Space Divine Slash struck the immobilized team, leaving all seven unconscious.
• Liu Erlong rushed onto the arena and charged at Yang Teng, ignoring the competition rules.

Liu Erlong attacked Yang Teng after the Shrek Seven Devils were defeated, but Shui Yunxia intervened and overpowered her until Xue Ye stopped the confrontation. Yu Xiaogang tried to win imperial favor with his reputation as the Grandmaster, but Xue Qinghe revealed a shocking detail about Yang Teng.

• Liu Erlong transformed into her Red Dragon True Body and attacked Yang Teng, prompting Shui Yunxia to block her with her Ice Mantis True Body.
• Shui Yunxia defeated Liu Erlong in their clash, while Flender and Yu Xiaogang joined Liu Erlong and prepared to form the Golden Iron Triangle.
• Xue Ye ordered everyone to stop, and Shui Yunxia and the others ended their transformations and withdrew from the confrontation.
• Yu Xiaogang introduced himself to Xue Ye as the Grandmaster, and Ning Fengzhi praised his role in training Tang San and the other Shrek students.
• Xue Qinghe privately told Xue Ye that Yang Teng had advanced from Soul Elder to Soul Ancestor in a month and possessed two purple and two black Soul Rings.

After Shrek Academy’s defeat, Liu Erlong vowed revenge, but Gu Yuena incapacitated her before she could act. Meanwhile, Tie Zhan tried to recruit Yang Teng as his disciple, and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe intervened when Tie Zhan threatened him.

• Emperor Xue Ye ended the confrontation and allowed the injured Shrek students to be taken for treatment.
• Back at Shrek Academy, Liu Erlong swore she would make Yang Teng pay and comforted the unconscious Xiao Wu.
• Gu Yuena appeared outside Xiao Wu’s room and used Mental Disorder to knock Liu Erlong unconscious.
• Tie Zhan followed Liu Qingfeng into a dessert shop, praised Yang Teng, and offered to take him as a disciple.
• Yang Teng asked what Tie Zhan would do if he refused, and Xue Qinghe arrived, asking whether Tie Zhan was bullying a guest of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.

Xue Qinghe intervened when Tie Zhan tried to recruit Yang Teng, then joined Yang Teng for tea and cakes. Yang Teng offered him processed Whale Rubber as thanks, but the gift’s suggestive reputation sparked a misunderstanding and left Qian Renxue wondering whether Yang Teng had seen through her disguise.

• Tie Zhan apologized to Xue Qinghe for pressuring Yang Teng, and Xue Qinghe accepted while reminding him that Yang Teng was an honored guest of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Liu Qingfeng left, and Xue Qinghe sat with Yang Teng and shared cakes meant for Gu Yuena.
• Yang Teng thanked Xue Qinghe for speaking in his favor before the emperor and offered him a wooden box of Whale Rubber.
• Xue Qinghe reacted with shock and embarrassment because Whale Rubber was commonly associated with intimate use between men and women.
• Yang Teng explained that he had refined the Whale Rubber for cultivation and Soul Ring absorption, but Qian Renxue suspected he might have uncovered her disguise.

Yang Teng met Xue Qinghe at a dessert shop, where Gu Yuena joined them and Xue Qinghe asked for help using Yang Teng’s spatial abilities against the Star Luo Empire. Yang Teng agreed to transport an elite force and requested special Soul Tools as a reward, secretly aiming to keep the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from Tang San.

• Xue Qinghe accepted Yang Teng’s wooden box after hearing his explanation of its effects.
• Gu Yuena arrived, greeted Xue Qinghe, and sat beside Yang Teng to eat cake; Xue Qinghe privately worried that she had detected something about him.
• Xue Qinghe asked whether Yang Teng could use his spatial abilities to support an elite strike force against the Star Luo Empire.
• Yang Teng said he could transport around a hundred people at a time, delighting Xue Qinghe, who promised the empire would reward him.
• Yang Teng asked Xue Qinghe to request special Soul Tools from the emperor if he resolved the border crisis.
• Yang Teng privately revealed that he wanted the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud so Tang San could not use it to pursue the Sea God inheritance.