Recaps

Lin Ze'an shared Immortal Herbs with Yue Guan and Uncle Ghost before using his Fragrant Domain to calm and treat Dugu Bo's poison. As Yue Guan and Uncle Ghost supplied Soul Power to the domain, Lin Ze'an replenished his strength and continued the treatment.

• Lin Ze'an gave Yue Guan the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, which Yue Guan accepted, and gave Uncle Ghost the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone.
• Lin Ze'an considered how to distribute the remaining Immortal Herbs among Dugu Bo, Bibi Dong, his companions, himself, and his father.
• Lin Ze'an asked Dugu Bo to sit and not resist, then summoned Mo Ruier and spread the Fragrant Domain across the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The Fragrant Domain made Dugu Bo's poison docile and shocked Hu Liena, Yan, and Dugu Bo with Lin Ze'an's power and young age.
• Lin Ze'an infused Dugu Bo with life force as Yue Guan and Uncle Ghost sent their Soul Power into the domain, restoring its strength and replenishing Lin Ze'an.

Lin Ze'an cured Dugu Bo’s poison backlash and gave him the Aromatic Silk Beauty, then secretly fed energy from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to Little Sprout. Yue Guan discovered Little Sprout and advised Lin Ze'an to keep his opportunities and secrets to himself.

• Lin Ze'an finished treating Dugu Bo, and Dugu Bo woke free of the poison backlash that had tormented him for years.
• Lin Ze'an gave Dugu Bo the Aromatic Silk Beauty and warned him not to eat it.
• Lin Ze'an sent Hu Liena and the other two away to search for Immortal Herbs, then released Little Sprout from his necklace.
• Lin Ze'an drew energy from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, converted it into life force, and helped Little Sprout grow stronger.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei found Lin Ze'an with Little Sprout, and Yue Guan told him to keep his opportunities and secrets to himself.

Lin Ze'an and the others encountered and fought a powerful Three-Tailed Spirit Fox in Sunset Forest, with Little Sprout saving Lin Ze'an from an ambush. After the group killed the beast, Hu Liena began absorbing its unexpectedly seven-thousand-year Soul Ring.

• Hu Liena decided to obtain her fourth Soul Ring before taking the Immortal Herb, and the group continued through Sunset Forest.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and Lin Ze'an encountered a six-thousand-year Three-Tailed Spirit Fox whose bewitching ability weakened everyone except Lin Ze'an.
• The Three-Tailed Spirit Fox ambushed Lin Ze'an, but Little Sprout burst from his necklace and drove it back with a storm of emerald leaves.
• After an hour-long fight, the group killed the Three-Tailed Spirit Fox, which turned out to be seven thousand years old.
• Hu Liena began absorbing the Spirit Fox's Soul Ring while Lin Ze'an used his green glow to help stabilize its energy.

Hu Liena endured the difficult absorption of a seven-thousand-year Soul Ring with Lin Ze'an protecting her, and she eventually succeeded. The group reached a market town to arrange a carriage, where Lin Ze'an bought roasted rabbits and learned Xie Yue had gone ahead to the branch hall.

• Lin Ze'an used his life force to protect Hu Liena's meridians while she struggled to absorb the Soul Ring, and he told Xie Yue and Yan that he could only keep her alive.
• Hu Liena completed the absorption, thanked Lin Ze'an, and rested with the others while they recovered their Soul Power.
• Xie Yue suggested visiting Lin Ze'an's home before returning to Spirit City, and Hu Liena proposed getting a carriage from the nearest town because theirs had been destroyed.
• Lin Ze'an explained market day to Yan and Hu Liena, then bought four roasted Soft Bone Rabbits and shared them with them.
• Hu Liena told Lin Ze'an that Xie Yue had gone to the branch hall and would meet them later.

Lin Ze'an returned to his village and learned that his father, Lin Gang, had died protecting the villagers from a murderous Soul Master. Unable to accept his death, Lin Ze'an tried to revive him with life force before Yue Guan stopped him, leaving Lin Ze'an grieving and remembering his father's sacrifice.

• Lin Ze'an arrived at his village with Hu Liena and the others, where Xiao Hu and Xiao Hua hinted that something had happened to his father.
• Lin Ze'an rushed home and found the village gathered beneath white mourning cloth; the village chief explained that Lin Gang had held off a Soul Master who was trying to slaughter everyone.
• Lin Ze'an found Lin Gang's wounded body in a coffin and desperately tried to revive him with Mo Ruier's life force.
• Yue Guan restrained Lin Ze'an and told him it was too late, then blamed himself for not bringing Lin Gang to Spirit City.
• Lin Ze'an clung to Yue Guan and remembered his promise to sacrifice himself for the safety of others, realizing that his father had made the same choice.

After burying Lin Gang, Lin Ze'an resolved to grow strong enough to protect everyone and never face such a choice again. At a Spirit Branch Hall, he discovered its bishop had released the Evil Soul Master who killed his father, and ordered the corrupt hall investigated while Yue Guan promised to secure justice.

• Lin Ze'an buried Lin Gang beside his mother and vowed to become strong enough to protect life without making another impossible choice.
• Lin Ze'an and Yue Guan visited a Spirit Branch Hall, where Bishop Mai Xuanfeng claimed no villagers had been harmed and the Evil Soul Master had been executed.
• Yue Guan attacked Mai Xuanfeng after suspecting his account, and a deacon revealed that Mai Xuanfeng had ordered the captured killer released for bribes.
• Lin Ze'an kicked Mai Xuanfeng and demanded that everyone at the hall be taken into custody, the empire's branch halls be inspected, and the Evil Soul Master be found.
• Yue Guan agreed to carry out Lin Ze'an's orders and promised to ensure Lin Gang received justice.

Lin Ze'an persuaded Bibi Dong to reform Spirit Hall by offering her the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, then traded the Infernal Delicate Apricot to Qian Daoliu for two fifty-thousand-year Soul Bones. As Lin Ze'an prepared to leave Worship Hall, Qian Daoliu stopped him and stared at his storage ring.

• Lin Ze'an urged Yue Guan and Uncle Ghost to take their Immortal Herbs into seclusion, then went alone to meet Bibi Dong.
• Lin Ze'an told Bibi Dong about the abuses in the village and Spirit Branch Hall and urged her to hold a public trial.
• Bibi Dong warned that a trial could harm Spirit City's reputation, so Lin Ze'an offered her the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew in exchange for agreeing to reform Spirit Hall.
• Lin Ze'an visited Qian Daoliu and offered the Infernal Delicate Apricot in exchange for two Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Qian Daoliu gave Lin Ze'an a skull and right arm bone, each fifty thousand years old, then stopped him as he was leaving and focused on his storage ring.

Lin Ze'an discovered that Golden Crocodile Douluo was his maternal great-grandfather after proving his connection to Jin Ling. Back in his courtyard, he activated the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, whose life force enveloped him in a flower bud.

• Qian Daoliu recognized the ring Lin Ze'an wore and summoned Golden Crocodile Douluo, who recognized it as the gift he had given Jin Ling.
• Lin Ze'an and Golden Crocodile confirmed their family connection when their blood merged, and Golden Crocodile embraced him as his grandson.
• Lin Ze'an learned Golden Crocodile had searched for Jin Ling for years, then presented him with a jade pendant and paid his respects as his great-grandfather.
• Late that night, Lin Ze'an returned to his courtyard and reflected on meeting his mother's great-grandfather before taking out the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Lin Ze'an activated the Lovesick Heartbreak Red with his blood, and its life force lifted him into a flower bud.

Lin Ze'an absorbed Lovesick Heartbreak Red, heard a voice urge him to follow his heart, and reached level 30. After Yan visited, Lin Ze'an asked how he would feel if he learned he had another relative in the world.

• A gentle voice inside the bud told Lin Ze'an that life and death, good and evil depended on his heart, and urged him to continue onward as its successor.
• The bud bloomed and released a wave of life force across half of Spirit City, then faded as Lin Ze'an returned to the ground at level 30.
• Yan came to check on Lin Ze'an and was shocked by his changed aura and breakthrough.
• Lin Ze'an explained that he had taken an Immortal Herb and invited Yan into his plant-filled courtyard, where he served him freshly squeezed fruit juice.
• Lin Ze'an asked Yan how he would feel if someone told him he had another relative, and Yan wondered why he was asking.

Lin Ze'an discussed his newfound family with Yan, who shared his longing for relatives and encouraged him to cherish the bond. Bibi Dong then promoted Lin Ze'an to Elder and rewarded him with a 60,000-year-old head Soul Bone, leaving him puzzled about her generosity as he headed to Yue Guan's palace with a plan for his spare Soul Bone.

• Lin Ze'an told Yan that he had discovered his great-grandfather, and Yan admitted he had no known family and wished he could find relatives of his own.
• Yan encouraged Lin Ze'an to value his newfound family, and Lin Ze'an hugged him in thanks.
• Bibi Dong told Lin Ze'an that the Great Elder and Second Worship had proposed making him Spirit Hall's Holy Son, but the elders instead promoted him to Elder.
• Bibi Dong gave Lin Ze'an a 60,000-year-old plant-type head Soul Bone as a reward for offering Immortal Herbs.
• Lin Ze'an left the Pope Palace and headed for Yue Guan's palace, planning to give his 50,000-year-old head Soul Bone to his master.

Lin Ze'an reunited with Yue Guan after his master broke through, then helped him obtain a Soul Bone and gained his third Soul Skill. A month later, Spirit Hall held a public trial for Mai Xuanfeng, an evil Soul Master, and other criminals, with Qian Daoliu manifesting the Six-Winged Angel to show the trial's importance.

• Lin Ze'an waited outside Yue Guan's cultivation room and congratulated him after Yue Guan emerged from seclusion following his breakthrough.
• Lin Ze'an told Yue Guan about recent events and offered him a fifty-thousand-year-old skull Soul Bone, which Yue Guan accepted after learning Lin Ze'an had another one.
• With Yue Guan's help, Lin Ze'an hunted an Ancient Tea Tree, gained the Soul Skill Leaves Fall to the Other Shore, and reached level thirty-four.
• A month later, Bibi Dong opened Spirit Hall's public trial of Mai Xuanfeng, an evil Soul Master, and hundreds of other offenders before representatives from across the continent.
• Qian Daoliu manifested the Six-Winged Angel, whose holy light forced the criminals to their knees, and Bibi Dong announced that they would be sent to Slaughter City for life.

After the judgment, Lin Ze'an confronted Gu Zhi, his father's murderer, and rejected the idea of killing him himself. Lin Ze'an then revealed his extraordinary Soul Rings and unleashed a massive life-force vortex over Spirit City, shocking Bibi Dong, Ning Fengzhi, and Sword Douluo.

• After the representatives departed, Bibi Dong left Gu Zhi and the other condemned Soul Masters in Lin Ze'an's hands, while Yue Guan promised to support his disciple.
• Lin Ze'an confronted Gu Zhi and explained that he would not settle the past with blood, but Gu Zhi mocked him and blamed his crimes on his stalled potential.
• Lin Ze'an told Gu Zhi he would not get the chance to carve out a place in Slaughter City, then rose into the air as Mo Ruier and Glass appeared behind him.
• Lin Ze'an revealed purple, purple, and black Soul Rings, leaving Gu Zhi and the Palace Guard Knights stunned by his Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Lin Ze'an summoned a vast green vortex of life over Spirit City, prompting Bibi Dong to leave the Pope Palace and Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo to sense the strange phenomenon.

Lin Ze'an used his third Soul Skill to strip the criminals in Slaughter City of their Soul Power and Martial Souls, then handed their extracted energy to Little Sprout. The Goddess of Life traced the disturbance to Lin Ze'an, concealed the heavenly phenomena, and planned to meet him after he finished, while Yue Guan warned Lin Ze'an to leave such matters to him.

• Lin Ze'an unleashed Leaves Fall to the Other Shore on the kneeling criminals, and Gu Zhi begged for mercy as the attack struck.
• The Goddess of Life sensed a powerful disturbance in life force, traced it to Lin Ze'an, and realized his power did not belong to this world.
• The Goddess of Life discovered that Tang San had been brought to Douluo Continent through a breach in the world's barrier and decided to meet Lin Ze'an.
• Lin Ze'an drained the criminals of their Soul Power and Martial Souls, compressed the collected energy, and sent it to Little Sprout.
• The criminals attacked Lin Ze'an after their restraints vanished, but Yue Guan and the Palace Guard Knights subdued and removed them.
• Yue Guan thanked Lin Ze'an for his actions but told him to leave such matters to his master in the future.

Lin Ze'an moved into a newly built palace in the Elder Hall, where Ghost Leopard and Ling Yuan were assigned to protect him. After learning Ling Yuan hoped to earn his help obtaining a powerful ninth Soul Ring, he promised to ask his master to help once she reached Level 90.

• Golden Crocodile introduced Ghost Leopard and Ling Yuan, two Level 89 Soul Douluos assigned to protect Lin Ze'an.
• Ghost Leopard and Ling Yuan quickly moved Lin Ze'an's belongings to his new palace in the Elder Hall, even carrying out things he had not intended to move.
• Lin Ze'an explored the palace and recalled that an unknown force had approached him after he used his third Soul Skill, before Mo Ruier erased it.
• Ling Yuan told Lin Ze'an she hoped his talent would help her obtain a powerful ninth Soul Ring, while insisting she truly wanted to follow him.
• Lin Ze'an helped Ling Yuan up and promised to ask his master to help her hunt for her ninth Soul Ring when she reached Level 90.

Lin Ze'an offered to use his life force to restore Gui Mei from his half-dead state, and Gui Mei agreed despite the risk. As the painful transformation began, the Goddess of Life intervened with divine power.

• Lin Ze'an visited Gui Mei and asked whether he wanted to come back to life.
• Lin Ze'an explained that he could turn the death energy in Gui Mei's body into vitality, and Gui Mei agreed to trust him.
• Lin Ze'an called Yue Guan to stand guard, then used his life force and Mo Ruier's presence to begin cleansing Gui Mei.
• Gui Mei writhed as the death energy was stripped from his soul and vitality filled his body.
• The Goddess of Life watched Lin Ze'an's attempt, judged that he lacked sufficient power, and sent divine power toward Gui Mei.

Lin Ze'an used life force to transform Gui Mei, restoring his body and changing his Martial Soul. Gui Mei retained and slightly improved his Soul Power, and Lin Ze'an named the new Martial Soul Mo Ling.

• The Goddess of Life's power overwhelmed the death force within Gui Mei, and Lin Ze'an purified and returned Gui Mei's scattered Soul Power.
• Gui Mei's body regained warmth and color as his ghostly shadow turned pale green, while Yue Guan watched in astonishment.
• Gui Mei's newly transformed Soul Power erupted, blasting Lin Ze'an and Yue Guan away before Gui Mei regained control and apologized.
• Gui Mei checked his strength and found that he remained at level 97 and had improved slightly.
• Gui Mei summoned his pale-green Martial Soul, and Lin Ze'an named it Mo Ling after his own Martial Soul, Mo Ruier.

Lin Ze'an met the Goddess of Life, who recognized him as a traveler from another world and proposed they treat each other as equals. Their conversation was interrupted when they witnessed Poseidon secretly infuse the Angel God Statue with divine power, and the Goddess of Life began investigating what he had done.

• Lin Ze'an broke the Goddess of Life's illusion and met her in a garden-like space.
• The Goddess of Life introduced herself as Xiao Lu, recognized Lin Ze'an's life authority, and invited him to talk over tea.
• Xiao Lu explained that their shared connection to life let them sense that Lin Ze'an came from another world, and she said she trusted him.
• Lin Ze'an and Xiao Lu saw Poseidon enter Douluo Hall unnoticed and pour divine power into the Angel God Statue.
• Xiao Lu rewound the scene, examined the divine power, and extended her own power into the statue to investigate.

Lin Ze'an discovered that the Sea God had tampered with the Angel God inheritance and stolen much of its authority, so the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction helped remove the Sea God's marks from the Angel God Statue. After Lin Ze'an demanded justice for the Angel God, the God of Destruction left the matter in his hands and sent Lin Ze'an back.

• The Goddess of Life showed Lin Ze'an the Sea God's manipulative mark within the Angel God Trial, and he reacted with disgust.
• The God of Destruction appeared to tease Lin Ze'an, then learned from the Goddess of Life what had happened to the Angel God inheritance.
• The God of Destruction revealed that the Sea God had nearly stolen all of the Angel God's authority, while the Goddess of Life removed the blue marks from the Angel God Statue.
• Lin Ze'an declared that the Angel God was family to him and demanded justice, prompting the God of Destruction to say he would decide what to do.
• After the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life vanished, Lin Ze'an worried about how to explain his sudden arrival in Douluo Hall, then used a portal to return and thanked the Goddess of Life.

The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life discussed Lin Ze'an’s mysterious protector, while the Rakshasa God warned Bibi Dong not to target him after her power was violently repelled. Days later, Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan to Lin Ze'an for treatment, but Lin Ze'an discovered something strange about the poison in her body.

• The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life returned to the Forest of Life and agreed that the Angel God’s divine authority had been improperly eroded.
• The Rakshasa God appeared to Bibi Dong through a mirror and warned her not to act against Lin Ze'an, explaining that an unknown force had badly injured her.
• Several days later, Ghost Leopard told Lin Ze'an that Dugu Bo had arrived with his granddaughter, Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan thanked Lin Ze'an for saving Dugu Bo and asked for his help treating her poison.
• Lin Ze'an examined Dugu Yan with his life power and realized that her poison was behaving strangely.

Lin Ze'an discovered that Dugu Yan had absorbed a leaf of the Aromatic Silk Beauty and used his life force to treat her. The next morning, he easily defeated Xie Yue and Yan in a sparring match, leaving Yue Guan to hear how thoroughly his disciples had been beaten.

• Lin Ze'an noticed a missing leaf on Dugu Yan's Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Dugu Bo realized she had absorbed it despite his warning.
• Lin Ze'an used his life force to remove the toxins that Dugu Yan had gained from absorbing the leaf, then saw Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan off.
• Lin Ze'an wondered whether Little Sprout had finished absorbing the energy in his pendant and went upstairs to cultivate.
• At the training grounds, Lin Ze'an bound Yan and Xie Yue with vines and ended their sparring match without using a Soul Skill.
• Lin Ze'an healed Yan and Xie Yue, and Hu Liena told Yue Guan that Lin Ze'an had crushed them both.

The God Realm Committee exposed Poseidon for stealing the Angel God’s holy authority and stripped it from him, along with five levels of divine power. After punishing Poseidon, Goddess of Life and God of Destruction turned their attention to Asura God and revealed evidence of his own wrongdoing.

• Goddess of Life showed the gods a recording of Poseidon sneaking into Douluo Hall, and God of Destruction revealed that Poseidon possessed the Angel God’s holy authority.
• Rakshasa God called for Poseidon’s punishment, and the gods agreed that he had violated the laws of the Divine Realm.
• God of Destruction bound Poseidon, stripped away his holy authority, and reduced his divine power by five levels.
• Sea God Island trembled as the Golden Trident and other sites tied to holy authority lost their radiance, frightening Bo Saixi and the Sea Soul Beasts.
• Goddess of Life and God of Destruction accused Asura God of wrongdoing and displayed evidence, leaving God of Goodness to question him.

Angel God’s authorities of holiness and judgment returned, causing a divine spectacle in Spirit City as Lin Ze'an learned more about her power. Little Sprout finished evolving and rejoined Lin Ze'an before Goddess of Life and God of Destruction departed.

• Asura God claimed he had taken Angel God’s authority to preserve justice, but God of Destruction confronted him and demanded its return and punishment.
• Angel God’s statue blazed with power in Douluo Hall, and Yue Guan, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and Qian Daoliu knelt before the holy pillar of light.
• Goddess of Life put the worshippers to sleep and told Lin Ze'an that Angel God’s authorities had been returned and that some divine power had been added to her godhood as compensation.
• Goddess of Life explained that Angel God had wielded holiness, judgment, and flame, and Lin Ze'an thanked her and God of Destruction for seeking justice.
• Little Sprout emerged from Lin Ze'an’s necklace after evolving, and Lin Ze'an happily welcomed it back.
• God of Destruction took Goddess of Life away through a divine vortex, leaving Lin Ze'an behind with Little Sprout.

More than two years later, Lin Ze'an had become Spirit Hall's strongest young fighter, reaching Rank 54 and gaining a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. After defeating Golden Crocodile in a sparring match, he left his great-grandfather proud and intrigued by the prospect of their future.

• Over two years, Lin Ze'an reached Rank 54, while Ghost Leopard and Ling Yuan became Titled Douluo at Rank 92 with Soul Rings near the hundred-thousand-year quality.
• Lin Ze'an showed Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan his five Soul Rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, before sparring with Golden Crocodile.
• Golden Crocodile attacked with his Sixth Soul Skill, Furious Golden Crocodile, and Lin Ze'an countered with his Fifth Soul Skill, King: Emerald Grasp.
• Lin Ze'an's life-energy arrows pierced Golden Crocodile's crocodile phantom and forced him to defend with power beyond Soul Saint level.
• Golden Crocodile praised Lin Ze'an's strength, then grew excited at the thought of him ascending to godhood alongside the young mistress.

Lin Ze'an accepted the mission to hunt Evil Soul Masters and traveled to Suotuo City, where he encountered a veiled woman fleeing Spirit Hall Soul Masters. He struck her down and faced the wary pursuit party.

• Lin Ze'an volunteered for the Evil Soul Master mission, and Golden Crocodile assigned Ghost Leopard and Ling Yuan to protect him from the shadows.
• Hu Liena gave Lin Ze'an the mission intel, and he flew toward his destination with Ghost Leopard and Ling Yuan following.
• Lin Ze'an arrived in Suotuo City and stopped at a barbecue stall to buy two roasted Soft Bone Rabbits.
• A veiled Evil Soul Master crashed into the stall while fleeing several Spirit Hall Soul Masters, and Lin Ze'an pursued her.
• Lin Ze'an struck the veiled woman with a palm infused with life force, and the pursuing Spirit Hall Soul Masters stopped to regard him warily.

Lin Ze'an exposed Spirit Hall personnel in Suotuo City for shielding an Evil Soul Master and brought the captives to the branch hall. He ordered Ghost Leopard to investigate and send anyone who colluded with or protected Evil Soul Masters to Slaughter City, while Bishop Gao Yunting's attempted escape ended in brutal defeat.

• Lin Ze'an used his Elder token to bind the Evil Soul Master and the Spirit Hall Soul Masters who had protected her, then dragged them to the Suotuo City branch hall.
• Lin Ze'an confronted Bishop Gao Yunting over shielding Evil Soul Masters and disgracing Spirit Hall, while Gao denied the accusations.
• Lin Ze'an ordered Ghost Leopard to take everyone into custody and send anyone found guilty of collusion or protection to Slaughter City.
• Gao Yunting tried to flee after hearing the order, but Ghost Leopard intercepted him and kicked him into a stone wall.
• Ghost Leopard declared that Gao would be sent to Slaughter City, leaving the other captives too frightened to attempt escape.