Recaps

Mo Lin reunited Gu Yuena and Qiu'er with Snow Empress and the students, where Gu Yuena learned how quickly the five young soul beasts had grown. Gu Yuena and Snow Empress questioned whether the humans and soul beasts truly stood as equals, and Mo Lin overheard their concerns.

• Mo Lin teleported Gu Yuena and Qiu'er to Snow Empress and the students in Soul Beast Island's forest.
• Gu Yuena was astonished that the five young soul beasts had grown to nearly a hundred years of cultivation in such a short time.
• Mo Lin explained that exchanging Soul Power could help humans and their accompanying soul beasts grow, potentially strengthening soul beasts in the ten-thousand-year range.
• Gu Yuena asked Snow Empress whether the five humans and five soul beasts were equals, and Snow Empress said she could not know their true feelings.
• Snow Empress worried that the humans might actually hold control without either side realizing it, and Mo Lin accidentally overheard their conversation.

Dai Mubai failed to get information about Grace Hall from Qiuniu, so Tang San decided to investigate it himself. Meanwhile, Mo Lin finished a month of forging in Slaughter City, planned a trip to Gengxin City with his students, and reached the 937th step of the Hell Staircase.

• Dai Mubai met with Qiuniu, but Qiuniu repeatedly redirected the conversation whenever Dai Mubai asked about Grace Hall.
• Tang San judged Dai Mubai unable to gather the information he needed and resolved to infiltrate Grace Hall himself.
• Mo Lin finished forging another component for his magical artifact, but found Slaughter City's materials and facilities inadequate.
• Mo Lin planned to take his students to Gengxin City so he could find better materials and they could visit their families.
• Mo Lin climbed the Hell Staircase to the 937th step before turning back.

Hu Liena asked Mo Lin to take her to Gengxin City, intending to watch him and Snow Empress together. Meanwhile, Tang San infiltrated the brightly lit city and headed for Grace Hall as Xiao Wu worried about his dangerous plan.

• Hu Liena visited Mo Lin and struggled to ask about his relationship with Snow Empress.
• Hu Liena asked to accompany Mo Lin to Gengxin City, and Mo Lin agreed.
• Tang San raced across Gengxin City’s night market toward Grace Hall.
• Xiao Wu waited anxiously at the hotel while Tang San carried out his plan.
• An unknown speaker called Xiao Wu clingy and said they had finally found an opportunity.

Qiuniu visited Xiao Wu and revealed that he was a soul beast, easing her fear that he had uncovered her identity for hostile reasons. He offered to introduce her to other soul beasts in human society if she kept their existence secret, and Xiao Wu agreed while deciding not to tell Tang San.

• Xiao Wu tried to escape from the unfamiliar visitor, but Qiuniu subdued her with Soul Power and said he had not come to kill or kidnap her.
• Xiao Wu recognized Qiuniu as an elder of Grace Hall and grew anxious because Tang San had gone there to gather intelligence and had not returned.
• Qiuniu released his soul beast aura, and Xiao Wu's panic faded when she realized he was also a soul beast.
• Qiuniu told Xiao Wu that he could introduce her to other soul beasts, but required her to keep them secret from everyone, including Tang San.
• Xiao Wu agreed to Qiuniu's condition because she wanted to meet the other soul beasts and learn from their experience living in human society.

Tang San infiltrated Grace Hall by drawing its guards away with a staged collapse in the night market, while Qiuniu rescued the injured and brought Xiao Wu inside. Mo Lin and his companions arrived at Grace Hall, leaving him exhausted by the long-distance teleportation.

• Tang San watched Grace Hall's guards and waited for a shift change before using Parasitism to collapse two nearby houses and lure them away.
• Tang San slipped into Grace Hall and evaded a patrol as he searched the lower floor for information and tried to reach the upper levels.
• Qiuniu noticed the collapsed houses, knocked Xiao Wu unconscious, placed her in a Devouring Pouch, and used his Soul Power to rescue people trapped in the wreckage.
• Qiuniu told the Grace Hall Soul Masters to tend to the wounded and report what had happened.
• Mo Lin arrived at Grace Hall with his students, Snow Empress, and Hu Liena, then reflected on how much spiritual power and Soul Power his teleportation had consumed.

Mo Lin returned to Gengxin City with Hu Liena and learned that two buildings near Grace Hall had collapsed, disrupting their night-market outing. After inspecting the ruins, he found several seeds and concluded that an unexpected guest had arrived.

• Mo Lin dismissed his students for a month of free time, then heard the Snow Empress cryptically warn him to wash before going out.
• Mo Lin explained to Hu Liena that their Asura God's aura could cause a disturbance, then took her to see Gengxin City's night market.
• Mo Lin and Hu Liena found two collapsed buildings near Grace Hall, and Mo Lin suspected someone had deliberately damaged them to challenge his authority.
• Qiuniu arrived and reported what the guards had learned about the collapse.
• Mo Lin examined the ruins, discovered several seeds, and concluded that Grace Hall had received an unexpected guest.

Tang San searched Grace Hall for the dungeon but was detected and captured by the Snow Empress. At the night market, Mo Lin identified Blue Silver Grass seeds as evidence that Tang San had caused the destruction of two houses, and recognized the diversion as his work.

• Tang San searched Grace Hall’s first three floors but found no useful information or dungeon entrance.
• As the room grew colder, Tang San realized he had been discovered and tried to escape through the door.
• The Snow Empress froze Tang San unconscious, stored him in a Devouring Pouch, and planned to hand him over to Mo Lin.
• At the night market, Mo Lin showed Qiuniu and Hu Liena black particles from the ruins and identified them as Blue Silver Grass seeds.
• Mo Lin concluded that Tang San had used real seeds and a soul skill to destroy two houses as a diversion, and Hu Liena recognized whom he meant.

Snow Empress returned with Tang San captured and frozen, leaving Mo Lin to decide how to deal with him. Hu Liena recognized Tang San only after Mo Lin explained how his martial soul awakening had changed his appearance.

• Mo Lin asked Qiuniu to guard the scene briefly, then returned to Grace Hall with Hu Liena.
• Mo Lin and Hu Liena found Snow Empress waiting in his room, while Hu Liena interpreted their familiarity as evidence of an intimate relationship.
• Snow Empress released the unconscious Tang San from her Devouring Pouch, and Hu Liena was shocked by how different he looked.
• Mo Lin explained that Tang San’s martial soul awakening could have changed his appearance, and Hu Liena recalled how the Nine Illusion Rose had affected her.
• Snow Empress asked how Mo Lin would deal with Tang San, and Mo Lin hesitated over whether to kill him.

Mo Lin chose to spare Tang San and leave him in the woods outside Gengxin City because he believed Tang San could still serve as a valuable pawn. Meanwhile, Qiuniu brought Xiao Wu to meet a group of soul beasts, and she woke to find herself among her own kind.

• Mo Lin decided to thaw Tang San and leave him in the woods outside Gengxin City rather than waste his potential by killing him.
• The Snow Empress eased the ice around Tang San, and Mo Lin left him safely outside the city before returning to Grace Hall with Hu Liena.
• Qiuniu brought the unconscious Xiao Wu to a farmhouse where Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, the Ice Empress, Mock Wind, Suanni, Pulao, and Ice Bear Xiao Bai were waiting.
• Qiuniu used mysterious music to wake Xiao Wu and asked the gathered soul beasts to reveal a trace of their auras.
• Xiao Wu recognized the gathering as soul beasts and cried with joy at finding others of her kind in human society.

Tang San woke in an unfamiliar forest after his encounter with the Snow Empress and began recovering, while Xiao Wu told the others that he had infiltrated Grace Hall to seek information about Yu Xiaogang. The group worried over his disappearance and focused on finding him, dead or alive.

• Tang San woke in the forest, checked for danger, and slowly recovered with the Mysterious Heaven Skill and spiritual herbs.
• Xiao Wu returned to the hotel before dawn and realized Tang San had not come back.
• Xiao Wu searched the hotel, then gathered the others and revealed Tang San's plan to infiltrate Grace Hall and why he had kept it secret.
• Dai Mubai felt embarrassed when the others understood that Tang San had taken the risk partly because Dai Mubai had failed to make progress with Qiuniu.
• Flender called Tang San's decision reckless and warned that it risked his life and could undermine Dai Mubai's efforts.
• The group set aside blame and resolved to find Tang San, dead or alive.

Mo Lin reviewed Yu Yuanzhen’s report on Grace Hall’s rapid development of Gengxin City and learned how Phoenix’s flames had improved its metalwork. Mo Teng then raised the issue of Mo Lin carrying on the family line, leaving Mo Lin to face his elders’ unspoken matchmaking plans.

• Mo Teng and Yu Yuanzhen visited Mo Lin to report on Grace Hall’s development, and Mo Lin asked Hu Liena to wait in his bedroom while they discussed official business.
• Mo Lin read that Gengxin City had grown into a diverse metropolis, with Phoenix’s flames improving ore smelting and the quality of weapons, armor, and magical artifacts.
• Mo Lin praised Yu Yuanzhen for managing the city’s growth, and Yu Yuanzhen credited Mo Lin’s plans and guidance.
• Mo Teng told Mo Lin that, as a faction leader in his twenties, it was time for him to carry on the family line.

Mo Teng and Yu Yuanzhen urged Mo Lin to marry and have children, but Mo Lin argued that family life would distract him from Grace Hall and clash with his many public roles. Mo Teng accepted that children could wait but pressed him about marriage, leaving Mo Lin wary that his grandfather might be considering a political match.

• Mo Lin nearly spat out his tea when Mo Teng urged him to have children, and he argued that he was only twenty and had responsibilities to Grace Hall.
• Mo Teng and Yu Yuanzhen conceded that Mo Lin should not rush to have children, then Mo Teng suggested that he could at least consider marriage.
• Mo Lin said his many identities made a public marriage inconvenient, though he had considered marrying Qian Renxue and Hu Liena.
• Mo Teng said Grace Hall's master should not remain unmarried, and Mo Lin frowned as he suspected his grandfather might be proposing a political marriage.

Mo Lin rejected Mo Teng and Yu Yuanzhen’s assumptions that he was romantically involved with the Snow Empress and said he would not marry within three years. Meanwhile, Tang San returned to the Tang Sect hotel in Gengxin City, puzzled about why he had been left in a forest instead of imprisoned or killed.

• Mo Lin’s anger briefly pressured Mo Teng and Yu Yuanzhen until Yu Yuanzhen asked whether Mo Lin had become involved with anyone besides Qian Renxue and Hu Liena.
• Mo Lin realized the elders suspected he had an improper relationship with the Snow Empress and denied it, saying she only helped care for his students.
• Mo Teng and Yu Yuanzhen continued to regard Mo Lin as a womanizer, and Mo Lin said he would not marry within the next three years before leaving with Hu Liena.
• Tang San arrived at the Tang Sect hotel after finding himself in a forest inside Gengxin City, still confused about why he had not been imprisoned or killed.
• The Tang Sect members relaxed when Tang San returned.

Tang San recounted his failed infiltration of Grace Hall and puzzled over why he had been left in a forest instead of imprisoned. Later, he discovered that he could use only half his Soul Power without suffering a severe chill, but kept the problem secret to protect his standing with Titan.

• Tang San told Dai Mubai, Flender, and the others how he entered Grace Hall, used the destruction of civilian homes as a diversion, found no useful information, and was subdued by a mysterious expert.
• The Shrek Seven Monsters and their elders reacted to Tang San's account, and Flender questioned how he had escaped Grace Hall's prison so quickly.
• Tang San explained that he had awakened in a forest between Gengxin City's outer and inner walls, leaving everyone unable to understand why Grace Hall had released him there.
• After returning to his room to rest, Tang San found that using more than half his Soul Power triggered a bone-piercing chill throughout his body.
• Tang San suspected he had suffered internal injuries but kept his condition secret because he feared losing Titan's confidence and endangering the Tang Sect.

Flender confronted Tang San over the irresponsibility of infiltrating Grace Hall alone, reminding him that his actions as Tang Sect Master affected the whole sect. Meanwhile, Qiuniu had become the first soul beast to master artifact refining and was forging in Lou Gao’s workshop.

• Tang San concealed the chill in his body and assured Flender that his injuries had mostly healed.
• Flender criticized Tang San for acting alone, and Tang San defended his choice as a way to keep others from being implicated.
• Flender reminded Tang San that, as Tang Sect Master, his actions represented the entire sect, then left without realizing Tang San remained dissatisfied.
• Qiuniu forged in Lou Gao’s workshop, having become the first soul beast to master artifact refining and advanced to second only to Lou Gao in skill within the association.

Qiuniu finished forging the Water Dragon Cannon, and Mo Lin quickly understood and documented its refining process. Mo Lin planned to protect creators while enabling artifacts to be mass-produced, then took Hu Liena to test the cannon’s capabilities.

• Qiuniu showed Mo Lin, Hu Liena, and Lou Gao the Water Dragon Cannon he had forged after spending much of his energy on it.
• Mo Lin examined the cannon and wrote down its refining process, astonishing Qiuniu and Lou Gao with how thoroughly he had understood it.
• Qiuniu said he did not mind sharing his work, while Mo Lin told Lou Gao he would establish laws to protect creators and support artifact production.
• Hu Liena asked how powerful the Water Dragon Cannon was, and Mo Lin proposed finding a place to test it.

Mo Lin tested the Water Dragon Cannon and discussed Xiao Wu’s presence in Gengxin City with Qiuniu, then settled into a steady routine with Hu Liena. The chapter ended when Gu Yuena and Qiu'er appeared beside Mo Lin’s bed after his dragon scale flashed.

• Mo Lin tested the Water Dragon Cannon, found that it had a five-hundred-meter range and strong firepower, and identified flaws in its loading and aiming methods.
• Qiuniu privately asked Mo Lin what he thought about the new soul beast in Gengxin City, and Mo Lin said Qiuniu could handle the matter as long as it remained secret.
• Mo Lin told Qiuniu that he knew Xiao Wu and had saved her life, and Qiuniu accepted his explanation.
• Mo Lin spent the next ten-plus days gathering rare metals, pursuing his cultivation, meeting with elders, and exploring Gengxin City with Hu Liena.
• Mo Lin’s dragon scale suddenly shone in the night, and Gu Yuena and Qiu'er appeared on his bed beside him and Hu Liena.

Gu Yuena arrived at Mo Lin’s room with Qiu'er and teased him by nearly waking Hu Liena, hoping to catch him in an awkward situation. Hu Liena woke and recognized Gu Yuena as a stranger in the bed, leaving her to wonder who she was and how she had entered.

• Mo Lin stopped Qiu'er from getting too curious about Hu Liena and privately questioned Gu Yuena about bringing her there at night.
• Gu Yuena teased Mo Lin by asking whether Hu Liena was one of his girlfriends and placing Qiu'er between the sleeping couple.
• Gu Yuena played with Hu Liena’s hair and blew in her ear while Mo Lin watched without intervening.
• Hu Liena woke when Gu Yuena touched her backside and initially thought Mo Lin was responsible.
• Hu Liena realized the hand belonged to Gu Yuena, admired her beauty, and wondered who she was and how she had entered the room.

Mo Lin began treating Gu Yuena’s injuries, leaving Hu Liena outside to worry that their meeting was more intimate than he had claimed. The chapter ended with Hu Liena watching the bedroom door while Qiu'er continued eating.

• Mo Lin and the women ate breakfast, while Hu Liena remained unsettled by the previous night and Qiu'er focused on the food.
• Gu Yuena asked Mo Lin to begin their serious business, and he followed her into the bedroom to treat her injuries.
• Hu Liena questioned Mo Lin, and Gu Yuena said they were fulfilling a condition of their alliance.
• Mo Lin pushed Gu Yuena into the room and shut the door, leaving Hu Liena and Qiu'er outside.
• Hu Liena worried that Mo Lin and Gu Yuena were becoming intimate while Qiu'er continued eating.

Mo Lin learned that Emperor Xue Ye had died of natural causes, while Qian Renxue attended the state funeral as Xue Qinghe and looked forward to taking control of the Heaven Dou Empire. Prince Xue Xing confronted her at the emperor’s grave, raising her suspicions with his abrupt question about how she would carry on the late emperor’s will.

• Mo Jia told Mo Lin and Hu Liena that Emperor Xue Ye had died, and Mo Lin was relieved to hear the death was considered natural.
• The chapter explained that Prince Xue Xing and Qian Renxue had both tried to prolong Emperor Xue Ye’s life, but he eventually died after months of worsening illness.
• Qian Renxue performed the state funeral rites while impatiently anticipating her freedom from impersonating Xue Qinghe.
• Prince Xue Xing approached Qian Renxue at Emperor Xue Ye’s grave and asked how she intended to carry on the late emperor’s will, making her wary of his unusual behavior.

Qian Renxue realized Prince Xue Xing planned to seize the throne by killing her as Xue Qinghe, and considered how to turn the plot to her advantage. Meanwhile, Mo Lin met two Star Crown Clan Titled Douluo in Gengxin City, where Xu Siwei presented the clan’s plan for his review.

• Qian Renxue recognized that Prince Xue Xing and the imperial relatives intended to attack Xue Qinghe at the imperial cemetery and take control of Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Renxue wondered how she could use Prince Xue Xing and the other self-righteous imperial relatives to her advantage.
• Mo Lin waited for the Star Crown Clan’s representatives in Gengxin City while Hu Liena, Gu Yuena, and Qiu'er stayed in the bedroom.
• Xu Siwei arrived with the Star Crown Clan’s deputy leader, Xu Siyi, and introduced him to Mo Lin.
• Xu Siwei handed Mo Lin several sheets containing the Star Crown Clan’s plan, while Xu Siyi remained confused about Xu Siwei’s fear of Grace Hall.

Mo Lin read the Star Crown Clan’s plan to overthrow the Dai imperial family and learned that their rebellion had already begun outside Gengxin City. Xu Siyi then proposed discussing their designs on the whole Douluo Continent, leaving Mo Lin to consider whether the clan could seize such an opportunity.

• Mo Lin read Xu Siwei’s proposal outlining the Star Crown Clan’s plan to build influence, stir up unrest, and eliminate the Dai imperial family.
• Mo Lin burned the proposal, accepted the clan’s sincerity, and learned that unrest was already spreading through parts of the Star Luo Empire while Gengxin City remained untouched.
• Mo Lin asked why Xu Siwei and Xu Siyi had come to see him, and Xu Siyi brought up Xue Ye’s death.
• Mo Lin realized the Star Crown Clan wanted to exploit Xue Ye’s death to pursue control of the Douluo Continent, and Xu Siyi said they had come to discuss it with him.

Mo Lin rejected the Star Crown Clan’s proposal to use their secret cooperation with Grace Hall to expand their power across the continent. After he sent Xu Siwei and Xu Siyi away, Gu Yuena complained about how complicated humans made their plans.

• Mo Lin warned Xu Siwei and Xu Siyi that the Star Crown Clan risked overreaching by targeting the Heaven Dou Empire before securing the Star Luo Empire.
• Xu Siwei asked Mo Lin to join their plans for expanding across the continent, arguing that preparations would take nearly a year.
• Mo Lin refused to discuss expansion and used Wind Queen's Arcane Gate to send Xu Siwei and Xu Siyi outside Grace Hall.
• Xu Siwei restrained Xu Siyi from making a scene, and the two left Grace Hall’s gates.
• Gu Yuena appeared beside Mo Lin and called human planning tedious, and Mo Lin retorted that she would not exist if humans were like soul beasts.

Mo Lin completed the Asura God's first seven trials in a year and reached 200% affinity with the divine position, mastering its power despite having two trials left. In the God Realm, the Asura God told the four God Kings that Mo Lin came from the world most closely connected to the Dragon God, prompting their concern that the Silver Dragon King might target him.

• Mo Lin passed the first six Asura trials, overcoming the Hell Staircase, lethal traps, killing intent, beast phantoms, and a fear trial that failed to manifest anything.
• Mo Lin defeated the first Asura God within the hour required for the sixth trial, raising his divine position affinity to 150%.
• Mo Lin automatically passed the seventh trial because the Asura Demon Sword had already fused with his martial soul, and his affinity rose to 200%.
• The Asura God revealed Mo Lin's unprecedented 200% affinity to Evil, Goodness, Destruction, and Life, who questioned how such a result was possible.
• The Asura God identified Mo Lin's world as the one most closely connected to the Dragon God, and the four God Kings worried that the Silver Dragon King might target him.

Asura God sent divine power to Mo Lin and ordered two divine officials to protect him, unaware that Mo Lin controlled their souls and was absorbing the power for himself. Mo Lin returned to Gengxin City, where his students and their soul-beast partners had made rapid progress, convincing Grace Hall’s elders and drawing visits from the Star Dou Great Forest’s ferocious beasts.

• The God Kings and Asura God discussed the danger to Mo Lin and decided to send him divine power while prioritizing his protection.
• Mo Lin heard Asura God's orders and used his Winged Dragon divine power to absorb the divine power sent through the ancient castle.
• After announcing that unfinished trial-takers could remain or leave, Mo Lin teleported from the ancient castle back to Gengxin City.
• Mo Lin checked on his ten students, who had gained their first soul rings after six months of study and cultivation.
• The five young soul beasts’ rapid cultivation convinced Grace Hall’s elders, including Yazi, to support Mo Lin wholeheartedly.
• Di Tian and the other ferocious beasts visited Gengxin City repeatedly to verify Mo Lin’s cultivation method and experiment.