Recaps

After killing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, Lu Chen absorbed its Million-Year Spirit Ring and overcame the whale king’s attempt to possess him. He gained a Divine Body and Divine Sense, then finished absorbing the Spirit Ring, leaving only a God Position between him and godhood.

• Lu Chen recovered from his battle with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and hid with the corpse and Spirit Ring inside Void Space.
• Lu Chen absorbed the Million-Year Spirit Ring, whose energy transformed his body into a Divine Body.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s soul invaded Lu Chen’s Sea of Consciousness and threatened to take his body.
• Lu Chen used Slaughter Domain to shred the whale king’s soul, then consumed its fragments and awakened Divine Sense.
• Lu Chen completed the Spirit Ring absorption after roughly ten hours, with only a God Position still needed for him to become a god.

After absorbing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s spirit ring, Lu Chen obtained two powerful soul skills and fused its torso spirit bone with his other six bones to form divine armor. The armor dramatically increased his strength, but he chose not to create a god position yet, leaving his path to God Kinghood unresolved.

• Lu Chen sensed the World-Destroying Blade and Endless Devour soul skills he had gained from the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s spirit ring.
• Lu Chen extracted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King Torso Spirit Bone and fused it into his divine body, triggering a surge in his bloodline power.
• The energies of Lu Chen’s seven spirit bones clashed until he used Life Divine Power to unite them.
• Lu Chen’s seven spirit bones transformed into emerald-green divine armor, which he believed could let him defeat the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King within three moves.
• Lu Chen considered using the Seed of Life to create a god position but decided to wait because he wanted to pursue the supreme God King position.

After absorbing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's torso spirit bone and collecting its treasures, Lu Chen was offered the Sea God inheritance. The Asura Demon Sword and the Seed of Destruction then appeared before him, leaving him to choose between guaranteed godhood and an uncertain future.

• Lu Chen recovered from merging with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's torso spirit bone and learned the effects of its two soul skills.
• Lu Chen cut open the whale king's skull and stored its whale pearl and whale brain before returning its corpse to the sea.
• Bo Saixi invited Lu Chen to inherit the Sea God position, but the Asura Demon Sword arrived and offered him the Asura succession and Tang Chen's accumulated divine power.
• Lu Chen weighed whether to accept the Asura inheritance, then the Seed of Destruction appeared, presenting him with a second choice.

Lu Chen rejected the Asura God Position and chose the Seed of Destruction, prompting the Asura Demon Sword to attack him. He fought back against the sword and began learning from its superior combat techniques.

• Lu Chen chose the Seed of Destruction over the Asura Demon Sword, hoping to combine it with his Seed of Life and create a Supreme God King Position.
• The Asura Demon Sword attacked Lu Chen, who summoned his Divine Armor and blocked its first strike with his Dark Gold Terrorclaw gauntlet.
• Lu Chen summoned his evolved Black Iron Sickle and nine Spirit Rings, then challenged the Asura Demon Sword to fight him.
• The Asura Demon Sword suppressed Lu Chen with bloodlight and launched a relentless assault, but Lu Chen used his domains and physical abilities to withstand it.
• Lu Chen studied the Asura Demon Sword's movements through Divine Sense and incorporated its techniques into his own fighting.

Asura God tried to kill Lu Chen with the Asura Demon Sword, claiming Lu Chen’s Seeds of Life and Destruction made him a danger to the Divine Realm. The God of Destruction defended Lu Chen and challenged Asura God to battle, leaving the God Kings fighting while Asura God continued to attack Lu Chen.

• Asura God justified his attack on Lu Chen as a necessary act to prevent the Seeds of Life and Destruction from causing disaster.
• The God of Destruction accused Asura God of abusing his authority and argued that Lu Chen had earned his divine rewards.
• The God of Destruction declared that Lu Chen must live and challenged Asura God to fight beyond the heavens.
• Asura God and the God of Destruction took their battle into the starry void as the other gods watched.
• The God Kings unleashed their divine skills, while Asura God simultaneously controlled the Asura Demon Sword in its fight against Lu Chen.

The Asura God fought the God of Destruction over Lu Chen, whom the Asura God believed could endanger the Divine Realm. The Goddess of Life joined the God of Destruction, forcing the Asura God to end the battle, while the Divine Realm's gods began worrying about Lu Chen's future.

• The Asura God and the God of Destruction escalated their battle until the God of Goodness and the God of Evil stabilized the Divine Realm's barrier.
• The Goddess of Life tried to stop the fight, but the God of Destruction explained that he was defending Lu Chen from being condemned for future crimes.
• The Goddess of Life sided with the God of Destruction, and together they overwhelmed the Asura God.
• The Asura God ended the battle and left, warning the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction that they would regret their choice.
• The Divine Realm's gods discussed Lu Chen and wondered whether his control of the origins of life and destruction would bring disaster.

Lu Chen survived the Asura Demon Sword’s assault and vowed to settle his grudge with Asura God, then returned to the Longevity Sect with the Seeds of Life and Destruction. He promised Bo Saixi he would bring her a Sea God successor and ended the chapter preparing to absorb the Seed of Destruction.

• The Asura Demon Sword absorbed the remaining light of Asura Hell, then vanished after failing to kill Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen dismantled his Divine Armor, blamed Asura God for trying to kill him, and vowed to repay him in the future.
• Lu Chen told Bo Saixi he would bring her a suitable Sea God successor and considered Dugu Yan a strong candidate.
• Lu Chen used Space Slash to return to the Longevity Sect and released Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan from his Portable Space.
• Lu Chen entered a secluded chamber and prepared to absorb the Seed of Destruction.

Lu Chen absorbed the Seed of Destruction and used the Seed of Life’s power to tame its destructive energy, surviving the process and transforming his divine body. By comprehending how destruction decomposed matter and life gathered it, he discovered that their union could create and remake all things.

• Lu Chen absorbed the Seed of Destruction, but its energy began destroying his right hand and spreading through his body.
• Lu Chen tried to counter the destruction with his level 99 soul power, but the law of destruction dissolved it.
• Lu Chen converted his soul power into life divine power through the Seed of Life, taming the destructive energy and restoring his right hand.
• Lu Chen studied the laws of destruction and life, understanding them as powers of decomposition and aggregation.
• Lu Chen realized that merging the two laws could remake matter and produce the power of creation.

Lu Chen fused the Laws of Life and Destruction, awakening the full potential of his Innate Dao Body and drawing immense energy from the earth and heavens. His cultivation surged toward the limit of Level 99, but without a God Position he could not break through to level one hundred or contain the overflowing Soul Power.

• Lu Chen fused the Laws of Life and Destruction, producing the power of creation and transforming his body.
• The power of creation awakened Lu Chen's Innate Dao Body, causing Geocentric Source Qi to erupt around him.
• The sun, moon, and stars shone on the Longevity Sect, prompting Dugu Bo and the sect's disciples to proclaim a divine miracle.
• Lu Chen absorbed Geocentric Source Qi, Solar Essence, Moon Radiance, and stellar power, rapidly gaining cultivation.
• Lu Chen's Soul Power reached Level 99, but he could not break through without a God Position or find a way to store the surging power.

Lu Chen used his power of creation to transform the nine spirit rings of his Blue Silver Emperor into living rings that could absorb his excess soul power and grow stronger. As he began feeding them, he prepared to challenge the Asura God once he became a deity.

• Lu Chen realized his body could not contain all the soul power he had cultivated and sought a way to keep it from spilling away.
• Lu Chen summoned his Blue Silver Emperor and used his power of creation to break apart and reconstruct all nine of its spirit rings.
• Lu Chen turned the rings into living rings capable of growing in age as he fed them soul power.
• Lu Chen concluded that stronger rings could help him contend with the Asura God as soon as he became a god.
• Lu Chen began cultivating and feeding soul power to his rings, darkening the first three purple rings.

Xue Beng and Xue Xing witnessed the celestial phenomenon over the Longevity Sect, and Xue Beng ordered his uncle to send Lu Chen gifts while secretly fearing and resenting his influence. Xue Beng also began considering how to remove Xue Xing from power and find allies to counterbalance Lu Chen.

• Xue Xing praised the phenomenon as a blessing for the Heaven Dou Empire and urged Xue Beng to honor Lu Chen with gifts.
• Xue Beng secretly feared Lu Chen’s power and resolved to wait for a chance to strike when Lu Chen’s enemies united against him.
• Xue Beng asked Xue Xing to choose treasures from the imperial treasury and deliver them to the Longevity Sect.
• Xue Xing left to select the gifts, planning to approach Poison Douluo if he could not meet Lu Chen.
• Xue Beng watched Xue Xing leave and considered removing him as Regent, while searching for someone capable of helping him counterbalance Lu Chen.

Tang San struggled with his blood-based cultivation and feared he could never catch up to Lu Chen, while Yu Xiaogang urged him to keep fighting. Alarmed by the sun’s radiance gathering at the Longevity Sect, Qian Daoliu accelerated Qian Renxue’s path to godhood, inadvertently giving Bibi Dong an opening.

• Tang San, now level 43 after absorbing a Man Faced Demon Spider’s Spirit Ring and Eight Spider Lances, asked Yu Xiaogang whether he could ever catch up to Lu Chen.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer and avenge his father and sect, while Tang San privately resolved to rescue Xiao Wu.
• Qian Daoliu saw the sun’s radiance converge on the Longevity Sect and feared Lu Chen was approaching godhood and might seize the Angel God’s authority over the sun.
• Qian Daoliu took the Angel Holy Sword to use angel divine power to baptize Qian Renxue, leaving Bibi Dong no longer suppressed by the sword.
• Bibi Dong opened her eyes and welcomed the chance to act.

After Lu Chen’s transformation, the Star Luo Emperor plotted to use his strength and outlive him, while Lu Chen emerged with six black and three red spirit rings. Lu Chen resolved to pursue the power of destruction and eventually confront Asura in the Divine Realm.

• The other sect leaders treated the Longevity Sect as a peerless power, while the Star Luo Emperor decided to recruit Lu Chen and later wait for him to die.
• The continent-wide celestial phenomena faded after a day, and Lu Chen completed his training in the Longevity Sect’s Underground Chamber.
• Lu Chen’s nine spirit rings transformed into six Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and three hundred-thousand-year spirit rings after he gained 172,800 years of cultivation.
• Lu Chen concluded that the Seeds of Life and Destruction had shown him a path toward becoming a Supreme God King and that the Seed of Destruction suited him better than the Asura God Position.
• Lu Chen renamed his god-level Black Iron Sickle the Destruction War Scythe and vowed to confront Asura in the Divine Realm.

After absorbing the Seed of Destruction, Lu Chen returned to the Longevity Sect and told Dugu Bo that he had found the path to godhood and would bring Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo into the sect. He visited Xiao Wu, promised to check on the Saint Soul Grass to help restore Ah Rou, and left for Ice and Fire Valley.

• Lu Chen left the Underground Chamber and told Dugu Bo that he had found the path to godhood, though becoming a god would take another six months to a year.
• Dugu Bo told Lu Chen that Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo had come to join the Longevity Sect, and Lu Chen revealed he had sent them and controlled Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• Lu Chen decided to visit Xiao Wu, whom he found cultivating beside the unaware Ah Rou in a Forest Mimicry Environment.
• Xiao Wu joyfully embraced and kissed Lu Chen, and he told her he would check the Saint Soul Grass to help heal her mother.
• Lu Chen summoned his Destruction War Scythe Martial Soul, opened a spatial rift with his Space Slash Soul Skill, and went to Ice and Fire Valley.

Lu Chen accelerated the growth of Saint Soul Grass and gave it to Xiao Wu to restore Ah Rou's damaged soul. As Ah Rou regained her memories, she believed she was still fleeing Bibi Dong and cried out for Xiao Wu to run.

• Lu Chen used Life Divine Power and the Blue Silver Domain to grow the Saint Soul Grass, then harvested it for Ah Rou's recovery.
• Lu Chen brought the grass to Xiao Wu, who fed it to her mother one leaf at a time.
• Ah Rou convulsed in pain as the grass's medicinal power tore apart and reassembled her damaged soul.
• Ah Rou's memories returned, and she called to Xiao Wu to run, believing Bibi Dong was still pursuing them.

Lu Chen revived Ah Rou and reunited her with Xiao Wu, then fulfilled his promise to give the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape seven star agaves. Ah Rou and Xiao Wu stayed together in human society under Lu Chen’s protection, while the two beast kings prepared to advance their cultivation.

• Ah Rou awoke and embraced Xiao Wu, who explained that Lu Chen had revived her using the remnants of her soul in her Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone.
• Lu Chen told Ah Rou to remain with Xiao Wu in human society and offered her the position of Dean of Students at Longevity Academy.
• After Lu Chen left, Xiao Wu told Ah Rou about her years away from Star Dou Forest and her growing love for Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen brought a seven star agave each to the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, fulfilling his promise and telling them Ah Rou had recovered and reunited with Xiao Wu.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape thanked Lu Chen, who urged them to cultivate beyond three hundred thousand years before demonstrating his Spirit Rings and leaving through a spatial rift.

Lu Chen brought Xiao Wu and Ah Rou to Longevity Academy, where Ah Rou reunited with Ah Yin and was appointed director of academic affairs. When Lu Chen planned an overseas trip with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan, Ah Rou urged Xiao Wu to go with him, leaving Xiao Wu reluctant but willing to return to her mother afterward.

• Lu Chen brought breakfast to Xiao Wu and Ah Rou, then escorted them to Longevity Academy.
• Ah Rou and Ah Yin recognized each other as Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts who had taken human form.
• Lu Chen appointed Ah Rou director of academic affairs and asked Ah Yin to help her manage the academy.
• Lu Chen told Xiao Wu he planned to take her, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan overseas to pursue an opportunity.
• Ah Rou encouraged Xiao Wu to accompany Lu Chen, and Xiao Wu agreed while promising to return.

Lu Chen brought Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to Sea God Island so they could undergo the Sea God’s succession trials. Dugu Yan became the Sea God Successor, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing received Red-Level Seven Trials.

• Lu Chen explained that Dugu Yan was best suited to inherit the Sea God’s position and gave her the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to strengthen her confidence.
• Lu Chen overwhelmed the Demon Soul Great White Sharks with his divine sense, and Bo Saixi arrived to welcome him and lead the group onto Sea God Island.
• At the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar, Dugu Yan’s blessing produced the Nine Trials of the Sea God and marked her as his successor.
• Xiao Wu received the Red-Level Seven Trials, and Zhu Zhuqing received the same trial when Sea Dragon Douluo blessed her.
• Sea Dragon Douluo was left stunned by the three women’s exceptional trials.

Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing began their Sea God trials by climbing Sea God Mountain under the pressure of the Sea God's Light. Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu were forced to stop and Lu Chen healed them, while Dugu Yan continued climbing.

• Bo Saixi told Dugu Yan that her Top-Level Seven Trials made her the Sea God Island's Reserve High Priestess, and Dugu Yan chose to begin the trials immediately with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Bo Saixi led the group to Sea God Mountain and activated the Sea God's Light across its thousand steps; Lu Chen encouraged the three girls to start climbing.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Martial Soul Possession but was flung back at the hundredth step, and Lu Chen carried her down and healed her with Life Divine Power.
• Xiao Wu used Martial Soul Possession and was flung back before the hundred-and-seventh step; Lu Chen carried her down and healed her as well.
• Dugu Yan continued climbing alone and reached the hundred-and-thirty-sixth step.

Dugu Yan pushed through the Sea God’s Light to the 208th step before being rescued by Lu Chen, and she and the others began cultivating on Sea God Island. Lu Chen returned to the continent to recruit Godwind Academy and learned that Bibi Dong had escaped Spirit Hall and vanished.

• Dugu Yan used her Martial Soul and Eight Spider Lances to climb to the 208th step before the Sea God’s Light flung her away, and Bo Saixi praised her reserves and determination.
• Lu Chen caught Dugu Yan and healed her with Life Divine Power, then explained to her, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing how to cultivate under the Sea God’s Light.
• After dinner, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan entered the Sea God’s Light to meditate and cultivate while Lu Chen decided to return to the continent.
• Lu Chen said goodbye to the three women and used his Space Slash Soul Skill to travel to Godwind City, where he planned to recruit Godwind Academy into Longevity Academy.
• At a tavern, Lu Chen heard that Bibi Dong had escaped Spirit Hall after a battle that destroyed the rebuilt Pontiff Palace, and that her whereabouts were unknown.

Lu Chen visited Godwind Academy and offered Dean Feng Liuyun ten million Gold Soul Coins and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone to bring its teachers and students into Longevity Academy. Feng Liuyun was tempted but refused because the students had spent too long preparing for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, leaving Lu Chen to respond to his decision.

• Lu Chen revealed his identity at Godwind Academy's gate, and Dean Feng Liuyun welcomed him inside.
• Lu Chen explained that he wanted to purchase Godwind Academy and bring its teachers and students into Longevity Academy.
• Feng Liuyun pleaded that the academy belonged to its teachers and students and could not be sold, even for a large sum.
• Lu Chen offered ten million Gold Soul Coins and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, promising that both academies would share their fortunes.
• Feng Liuyun acknowledged Lu Chen's sincerity but refused because the students were preparing for the tournament a year away.

Lu Chen wagered that Godwind Academy would join Longevity Academy if its team lost to Longevity Academy at the tournament a year later, while promising compensation and offering Feng Liuyun a twenty-thousand-year Spirit Bone. Feng Liuyun accepted the wager and decided Godwind Academy would join Longevity Academy after the tournament regardless of the result.

• Lu Chen proposed that Godwind Academy compete in the tournament before deciding whether to join Longevity Academy, with ten million Gold Soul Coins and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone promised if its team lost.
• Feng Liuyun accepted the wager, grateful that Godwind Academy's team could compete and remain independent if it won.
• Lu Chen promised to have his team give Godwind Academy a full contest, then accepted Feng Liuyun's gift of Hundred-Turn Sweet Aftertaste tea leaves.
• Lu Chen gave Feng Liuyun a twenty-thousand-year Bloodthirsty Berserk Hurricane Right Leg Bone suited to his Gale Demon Wolf martial soul.
• Feng Liuyun decided to give the Spirit Bone to Feng Xiaotian and lead Godwind Academy into Longevity Academy after the tournament, whatever the outcome.

Lu Chen visited the Five Elements Academies to bring them into Longevity Academy, securing agreements from Blazing Fire Academy and Skywater Academy through a tournament wager. Yu Guhan refused his offer for Thunder Academy, and Lu Chen left, while Yu Guhan worried about the consequences but believed he had protected his clan.

• Lu Chen left Godwind Academy and reflected that it would join Longevity Academy after the tournament.
• Lu Chen offered Huo Ying and Shui Bingyue ten million Gold Soul Coins and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, then secured their agreement to a wager over the tournament.
• Lu Chen visited Thunder Academy and offered Yu Guhan the same payment in exchange for bringing the academy into Longevity Academy.
• Yu Guhan refused, saying Thunder Academy was bound to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and could not join the Longevity Sect.
• Lu Chen accepted Yu Guhan's refusal and left, while Yu Guhan worried about possible consequences before deciding his father and eldest uncle would praise him.

Lu Chen went to Elephant Armor Academy to acquire it for Longevity Academy, and Huyan Zhen readily agreed after witnessing Lu Chen’s power. Offered a thirty-thousand-year spirit bone and ten million Gold Soul Coins, Huyan Zhen pledged the Elephant Armor Sect’s loyalty and promised to recruit the other three Lower Four Sects.

• Huyan Zhen hurried out to welcome Lu Chen and escorted him into the reception room.
• Lu Chen proposed acquiring Elephant Armor Academy and merging it into Longevity Academy after the tournament, and Huyan Zhen accepted without resistance.
• Lu Chen gave Huyan Zhen ten million Gold Soul Coins and a thirty-thousand-year strength-type spirit bone as compensation.
• Huyan Zhen knelt and pledged the Elephant Armor Sect and Elephant Armor Academy to Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen tasked Huyan Zhen with persuading the Black Tiger Sect, Wind Sword Sect, and Fire Leopard Sect to join, offering each sect money and a spirit bone.

Lu Chen returned to Longevity Academy, overheard Ah Rou questioning Ah Yin about his intentions, and assigned them to prepare a team for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament. He left after reassuring Ah Rou about Xiao Wu, while Ah Rou reconsidered her suspicions and acknowledged Lu Chen as Xiao Wu’s worthy partner.

• Lu Chen returned to the continent and stopped at Longevity Academy to see Ah Rou and Ah Yin.
• Ah Rou asked Ah Yin why she called Lu Chen her master and whether he mistreated her, and Ah Yin praised him for saving and restoring her.
• Lu Chen entered the office, announced that Longevity Academy would compete in the tournament, and told Ah Yin to select and train seven students.
• Ah Rou asked about Xiao Wu, and Lu Chen said she was cultivating overseas and would return at least at the Spirit Emperor level.
• After Lu Chen left, Ah Rou felt ashamed of suspecting him and admitted to herself that he was a good match for Xiao Wu.