Recaps

The Asura God considered whether to make Jiang Lan or Tang San the Asura God and decided to find a way to recruit Jiang Lan. After Jiang Lan accidentally fell onto Zhu Zhuyun, she recognized an opportunity to seek his help in becoming stronger and asked him to train her.

• The Asura God favored Jiang Lan as a successor and resolved to coax him away from the Sea God.
• Zhu Zhuyun recalled reconciling with Zhu Zhuqing, then set out alone to train after hearing that Zhu Zhuqing's engagement to Dai Mubai had been dissolved.
• Jiang Lan and Doro fell from the sky onto Zhu Zhuyun, and Jiang Lan hurried to apologize when he recognized her.
• Zhu Zhuyun treated Jiang Lan gently and told him she had come to train and grow stronger.
• Jiang Lan offered to train Zhu Zhuyun, warning that his strict routine required getting up early and enduring hardship.

Jiang Lan trained Zhu Zhuyun while riding on her shoulders as they traveled north toward the Far North. After four months, Zhu Zhuyun reached rank forty-nine and felt confident she could soon catch up to her younger sister.

• Jiang Lan made Zhu Zhuyun call him Master and carry him on her shoulders as they headed north with Doro following.
• Jiang Lan put Zhu Zhuyun through daily runs, horse stances, and combat training in the Thousand Illusory Shadow Step and a close-quarters palm technique.
• Zhu Zhuyun mastered the basics of the movement technique and learned to create three distinct afterimages after four months of training.
• Zhu Zhuyun broke through from rank forty-seven to rank forty-nine while meditating beside a hot spring on the Far North's edge.
• Zhu Zhuyun reflected on her family's control and Dai Weisi's schemes, then resolved that she could catch up to Zhu Zhuqing within half a year.

Zhu Zhuyun reached rank forty-nine and promised to follow Jiang Lan, who reminded her to grow stronger for herself. In Slaughter City, Tang Chen whipped Tang San and Tang Hao for trying to rob a child, then revealed himself to Tang Hao as his grandfather.

• Zhu Zhuyun told Jiang Lan she had reached rank forty-nine, and he praised her progress.
• Zhu Zhuyun promised to follow Jiang Lan and help him in exchange for continued training, but Jiang Lan told her to grow stronger for her own sake.
• Jiang Lan asked Zhu Zhuyun to carry him through the snow, and she lifted him onto her shoulders.
• Tang Chen whipped Tang San and Tang Hao for sneaking into a child's room to steal from him.
• Tang Hao recognized Tang Chen as his grandfather, and Tang Chen rebuked him for disgracing the Clear Sky Sect by robbing a child.

Tang Chen confronted Tang Hao and Tang San over their past actions and rejected Tang Hao’s demand to destroy Spirit Hall in revenge for Ah Yin. He left them to kneel in the cell overnight, and Tang Hao admitted that Tang Chen was right.

• Tang Chen questioned Tang San about stealing a child’s books and condemned his conduct.
• Tang Hao told Tang Chen that Ah Yin had sacrificed herself to save him after Spirit Hall attacked them.
• Tang Hao asked Tang Chen to wipe out Spirit Hall, but Tang Chen refused to kill its innocent members.
• Tang Chen told Tang Hao to seek out the people who had attacked him and handle his revenge himself.
• Tang Chen ordered Tang Hao and Tang San to kneel in the cell overnight and left them there.
• Tang Hao agreed with Tang Chen that revenge without identifying one’s enemies amounted to indiscriminate slaughter.

Jiang Lan, Zhu Zhuyun, and Doro explored the Far North and encountered the Ice Empress, ruler of the Ice Jade Scorpions. After Jiang Lan apologized for entering her territory, he offered her food, and she began to refuse.

• Jiang Lan rode Doro across the snowy plains while Zhu Zhuyun followed them.
• The trio reached a frozen lake, where Doro and Zhu Zhuyun sensed something was wrong.
• The Ice Empress appeared and warned the humans that they had crossed into Ice Jade Scorpion territory.
• Zhu Zhuyun identified the Ice Empress as one of the Far North's Three Great Heavenly Kings, with at least two hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Jiang Lan apologized, explained they had come to play, and asked if he could touch the Ice Empress; she refused.
• Jiang Lan offered the Ice Empress something to eat, and she began declaring that she would never eat human food.

Jiang Lan gave the Ice Empress a pill he had refined, and its medicinal power healed injuries and blockages accumulated over ten thousand years. After Jiang Lan and Doro stroked her shell, he persuaded her to carry them around in exchange for more pills, leaving with the Ice Empress having accepted the first payment.

• The Ice Empress agreed to let Jiang Lan touch her back after he called her big sister and offered her a pill.
• The Ice Empress ate Jiang Lan's pill, which strengthened her shell and cleared old injuries and blockages.
• Jiang Lan and Doro stroked the Ice Empress's shell until she grew weak and told them to stop.
• Jiang Lan bargained with the Ice Empress to ride on her in exchange for three pills, and she accepted.
• Jiang Lan gave the Ice Empress one pill up front and kept the other two for when they returned.

The Ice Empress carried Jiang Lan, Doro, and Zhu Zhuyun on a sightseeing trip across the Far North and brought them to the Ice Cliff. On the way back, the Snow Empress confronted her and teased her about willingly acting as a mount for humans.

• The Ice Empress let Jiang Lan, Doro, and Zhu Zhuyun ride on her shell as she raced across the Far North.
• The Ice Empress showed them the Ice Cliff and explained that a Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Lotus would bloom in the Ice River in a few days.
• As the Ice Empress carried them back toward the Ice Cliff, a snowy mist appeared, and she ordered the three riders to get off.
• The Snow Empress emerged from the mist and questioned the Ice Empress about carrying humans around all day.
• The Ice Empress blushed and denied enjoying the ride, while Jiang Lan warned her that her shell was changing color.
• The Snow Empress recalled that the Ice Empress had once chased and beaten a Soul Beast for trying to ride her.

Jiang Lan met the Snow Empress, who became fascinated with him after learning he made good pills. She picked him up and declared she wanted to take him to her Ice Palace, prompting the Ice Empress to accuse her of stealing him.

• The Snow Empress questioned the Ice Empress about carrying Jiang Lan, and the Ice Empress insisted she chose to do it because Jiang Lan's pills were good.
• Jiang Lan introduced himself to the Snow Empress and complimented her, then dodged the Ice Empress's playful swipe.
• The Snow Empress lifted Jiang Lan, fussed over his cheeks and hair, and held him despite the Ice Empress telling her to put him down.
• The Snow Empress said she wanted to take Jiang Lan to her Ice Palace, where he could stay in a milder climate and cultivate.
• The Ice Empress accused the Snow Empress of trying to steal Jiang Lan, while Jiang Lan asked to be put down.

Jiang Lan refused Snow Empress’s invitation to join her at Ice Palace, choosing to stay with Ice Empress, Zhu Zhuyun, and Doro. The group found a Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Lotus, which Doro picked for Jiang Lan to take to an ice-using friend, and Ice Empress turned bright pink after Jiang Lan kissed her in thanks.

• Jiang Lan declined to accompany Snow Empress to Ice Palace because he would not abandon Zhu Zhuyun and Doro, and Snow Empress invited him to seek her out at Ice Cliff if he needed help.
• Jiang Lan told Ice Empress he stayed with her because she had protected him, making her blush.
• The next morning, Ice Empress took Jiang Lan, Doro, and Zhu Zhuyun down Ice Cliff to see a Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Lotus growing in a river.
• Jiang Lan decided to take the lotus for an ice-using friend, and Ice Empress explained that it had to be stored in a jade box after picking.
• When the lotus bloomed, Doro bit through its stem and placed it in Jiang Lan’s jade box.
• Jiang Lan kissed Ice Empress to thank her, and her body turned pink from head to tail.

Jiang Lan went fishing on the Far North coast with Doro and Zhu Zhuyun, and his catch turned out to be Lan Fozi, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's daughter. He apologized, but Lan Fozi accused him of deliberately trying to catch her.

• The Ice Empress agreed to take Jiang Lan, Doro, and Zhu Zhuyun to the coast in exchange for four pills.
• The Ice Empress brought them to the sea, where Jiang Lan glided down to an ice reef to fish while Zhu Zhuyun and the Ice Empress watched from above.
• After waiting, Jiang Lan hooked a powerful creature and enlisted Doro to help pull it from the water.
• Jiang Lan and Doro hauled up Lan Fozi, a giant sapphire-blue whale he recognized as the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's daughter.
• Lan Fozi angrily accused Jiang Lan of trying to catch her on purpose, and he protested that he had mistaken her for an ordinary fish.

Jiang Lan apologized to Lan Fozi for accidentally hooking her, and the two became friends after he gave her a pill. Jiang Lan and Doro played with Lan Fozi in the sea, then invited Zhu Zhuyun and the Ice Empress to join them.

• Jiang Lan explained to Lan Fozi that he had not known she was a Deep Sea Demon Whale and told her that Bo Saixi was his mother.
• Jiang Lan offered Lan Fozi a healing pill as an apology, and Lan Fozi accepted it and declared them friends.
• Jiang Lan and Doro hugged Lan Fozi, then played with her in the sea as Zhu Zhuyun watched from the ice ridge.
• Jiang Lan invited Zhu Zhuyun and the Ice Empress to go out on the sea with Lan Fozi, and the Ice Empress nudged Zhu Zhuyun as she began to answer.

Jiang Lan, Zhu Zhuyun, Doro, and Lan Fozi went fishing in open waters until the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King emerged and confronted Jiang Lan. Jiang Lan recognized the whale king as an old enemy and taunted him, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• The Ice Empress watched Lan Fozi carry Jiang Lan, Zhu Zhuyun, and Doro away, then decided she could fish in her own frozen lake.
• Lan Fozi brought the group to deep open water, where Jiang Lan and Zhu Zhuyun caught more than a dozen fish.
• The group landed on a rocky island to prepare their catch, but the sea churned and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King surfaced.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King recognized Jiang Lan and demanded to know why he had appeared again.
• Jiang Lan recalled that he had once slipped away from a fight with the whale king, then taunted him by claiming he had parked his Ghostfire outside his door.

Jiang Lan confronted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King over an old insult and was drawn into a battle after provoking him. Their fight continued across the sea, ending as Jiang Lan summoned Doro to use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King demanded that Jiang Lan answer for his brother's mocking message and the punch Jiang Lan had landed in their previous encounter.
• Jiang Lan taunted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King until he fired a column of water at the island, which Jiang Lan blocked with the Sea God's Light.
• Jiang Lan agreed to fight instead of running and evaded the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's bite before striking his fin with the Trident.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King swept a huge wave at Jiang Lan, who blocked it with the Sea God's Light but was pushed backward.
• Jiang Lan called Doro to his shoulder and activated the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, King Guga's Descent.

King Guga battled the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King until he was badly weakened, but Lan Fozi intervened and refused to let her father attack her new friend. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King left, overwhelmed by his daughter’s loyalty to Jiang Lan.

• King Guga attacked the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with fire and ice, but the whale retaliated with a wave and a tail strike that damaged King Guga and drained Jiang Lan’s Soul Power.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King fired a compressed water column at King Guga, whose shield cracked as he was driven backward and weakened.
• Lan Fozi rushed between her father and King Guga, pleading with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King to stop because Jiang Lan was her friend.
• Lan Fozi refused to move even when the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King demanded it, insisting she would not let him bully her first friend.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King thought of Lan Fozi’s mother, then turned away and sank beneath the sea, leaving without looking back.

Jiang Lan returned to the Far North, brought the Ice Empress pills, and then set out with Lan Fozi, Doro, and Zhu Zhuyun for Sea God Island. Their voyage ended with Jiang Lan recognizing the Purple Pearl Pirates’ ships in the mist.

• Lan Fozi reassured Jiang Lan that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was angry because he had lost, while Zhu Zhuyun asked Jiang Lan to warn her before his next fight.
• Jiang Lan gave the Ice Empress two pills and told her he was leaving to visit Bo Saixi.
• Jiang Lan and his companions traveled south on Lan Fozi for a month, fishing and grilling meals along the way.
• Jiang Lan recognized the smell of grilled fish and rum and told Lan Fozi that the ships ahead belonged to his friends, the Purple Pearl Pirates.
• The mist cleared to reveal several ships, including a black vessel flying a purple pearl flag.

Jiang Lan reunited with Zi Zhenzhu while traveling with Lan Fozi, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's daughter, and arranged to continue toward Sea God Island. As the ships sailed for Coral Island to resupply, Jiang Lan asked Zi Zhenzhu to send a letter to Dugu Bo.

• Jiang Lan arrived beside Zi Zhenzhu's ship on Lan Fozi and introduced the whale as his friend, explaining that he had fought her father.
• Zi Zhenzhu welcomed Jiang Lan aboard and learned that he had traveled in the Far North with Zhu Zhuyun and met Lan Fozi.
• Jiang Lan asked Lan Fozi to wait offshore, then watched her depart before Zi Zhenzhu's ships changed course for Coral Island.
• Zi Zhenzhu told Zhu Zhuyun that Sea God Island was about half a month from Coral Island and offered to take them part of the way.
• Jiang Lan asked Zi Zhenzhu to send Dugu Bo a letter saying he was going to Sea God Island to see Mom Bo Saixi.

Jiang Lan returned to Coral Island, where he discovered a milk tea shop opened using his recipe, then set sail with Zi Zhenzhu, Zhu Zhuyun, and Doro for Sea God Island. After half a month at sea, he announced his return as the island came into view.

• Jiang Lan reached Coral Island and found a new Honey Snow Ice City shop opened with his milk tea recipe.
• Jiang Lan bought milk tea for himself, Zhu Zhuyun, Zi Zhenzhu, and Doro, and asked the shopkeeper to tell Ning Fengzhi he had gone to Sea God Island.
• Jiang Lan boasted that Bo Saixi served him on Sea God Island, and Zi Zhenzhu warned him not to repeat those claims when they arrived.
• Jiang Lan spent the night aboard the Zi Zhenzhu with Doro before the ship sailed for Sea God Island the next morning.
• After half a month at sea, Jiang Lan shouted that Sea God Island's king had returned as the island came into view.

Jiang Lan returned to Sea God Island, where Bo Saixi punished him for leaving without warning or writing. She broke down in tears from worry, and Jiang Lan comforted her.

• Zi Zhenzhu brought Jiang Lan and his companions into Sea God Island's harbor, where a deacon ran to announce that Little Guga had returned.
• Bo Saixi seized Jiang Lan and carried him to the Sea God Palace while Zhu Zhuyun and Doro followed.
• Bo Saixi spanked Jiang Lan for sneaking away, failing to write, and making her worry, while Jiang Lan promised not to leave without telling her again.
• Bo Saixi began to cry, and Jiang Lan climbed down to wipe her cheek and reassure her that he had come back.

Bo Saixi reconciled with Jiang Lan after he apologized for leaving without writing, then confined him to the Sea God Palace for three days. After dinner, Jiang Lan told her that Tang Hao and Tang San had bullied him.

• Bo Saixi told Jiang Lan how much she had worried while he was away, and he promised to write and never sneak off again.
• Bo Saixi hugged Jiang Lan, then ordered him to stay in the Sea God Palace for three days while Doro kept him company.
• Jiang Lan and Doro ate the meal Bo Saixi had prepared, including garlic-roasted fish and steamed egg with crab roe.
• Jiang Lan approached Bo Saixi after dinner and claimed that Tang Hao and Tang San had bullied him.

Jiang Lan told Bo Saixi about Tang Hao’s attack, Tang San’s thefts, and Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu both asking to be his father. Bo Saixi comforted Jiang Lan at bedtime and ended up sleeping beside him as he settled back into her embrace.

• Jiang Lan told Bo Saixi that Tang Hao had tried to rob him of a cultivation opportunity, so he punched Tang Hao and sent him flying.
• Jiang Lan described Tang San breaking into his room twice to steal books, ruining his belongings and Doro’s oranges, and causing trouble at Shrek Academy after falling into his traps.
• Jiang Lan told Bo Saixi that Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu had both asked to be his father and had insulted each other while discussing their past with her.
• Bo Saixi carried Jiang Lan to bed after he asked her to sleep with him, and Doro joined them with an orange.
• Bo Saixi remembered how Jiang Lan used to need her to hold him to sleep, then lay beside him and gathered him into her arms.

Jiang Lan woke in the Sea God Palace to find Bo Saixi gone, then learned his second Sea God's trial required him to reach level 60 within two years or be spanked daily. Bo Saixi threatened to carry out the punishment herself and took Jiang Lan and Doro to the Sea Abyss.

• Bo Saixi hummed a lullaby while Jiang Lan and Doro fell asleep in her arms.
• Jiang Lan woke when Doro stepped on his face and found that Bo Saixi had already left the bedchamber.
• Jiang Lan found Bo Saixi at the palace entrance and saw a notice setting his second trial: reach level 60 within two years or be spanked by Bo Saixi every day.
• Jiang Lan called the Sea God his big brother and tried to persuade Bo Saixi to extend the deadline, but she refused.
• Bo Saixi warned Jiang Lan she would string him up and spank him if he failed, then invited him and Doro to the Sea Abyss.

Jiang Lan trained with Doro in the Sea Abyss for a year and a half until he reached level sixty and completed the Sea God's Nine Trials, Second Trial. He received a divine-bestowed Soul Ring and gained the Sixth Soul Skill, Summoner Little Guga, though Doro thought his new appearance made him look like someone selling fake medicine.

• Bo Saixi brought Jiang Lan and Doro to the Sea Abyss and ordered Jiang Lan to cultivate there, warning that he could only endure four hours at its deepest point.
• Jiang Lan and Doro began cultivating in the pool, and Jiang Lan promised to work toward level sixty within two years.
• For a year and a half, Jiang Lan cultivated each morning, fought Soul Beasts in the afternoons, and received daily visits from Bo Saixi.
• Jiang Lan reached level sixty, and the system announced that he had completed the Sea God's Nine Trials, Second Trial, and earned a divine-bestowed Soul Ring.
• Jiang Lan received the Sixth Soul Skill, Summoner Little Guga, and appeared in a black robe with a Magic Staff and a purple halo.
• Doro said Jiang Lan looked like someone selling fake medicine, and Jiang Lan defended his summoner appearance as a high-tier class.

Jiang Lan used his Magic Staff to summon five different Little Gugas and discovered that they each had unusual traits. After learning that Little Guga was older than him and seeing Muscle Little Guga’s strength, Jiang Lan turned to Ghost Little Guga to ask whether he could speak.

• Jiang Lan summoned Little Guga, Fat Little Guga, Tinplate Little Guga, Muscle Little Guga, and Ghost Little Guga from a magic array.
• Jiang Lan asked Doro to pinch him and confirmed that the five Little Gugas were real.
• Fat Little Guga explained that Little Guga had been born three years before Jiang Lan, so Jiang Lan agreed to call him big brother.
• Muscle Little Guga punched a deep indentation into a stone wall, showing Jiang Lan how strong he was.
• Jiang Lan approached Ghost Little Guga and asked whether he could speak.

Jiang Lan led the Little Guga variants he summoned up from the underground passage and introduced them to Bo Saixi as his sixth Soul Skill, Summoner Little Guga. Bo Saixi arranged a huge meal for the group, who began devouring the food in the Sea God's Temple side hall.

• Jiang Lan led Little Guga, Fat Little Guga, Tinplate Little Guga, Muscle Little Guga, and Ghost Little Guga up the stone steps, and Little Guga happily compared his matching orange flippers with Jiang Lan's.
• Bo Saixi saw Jiang Lan leading the varied Little Gugas out of the passage and was left speechless by the sight.
• Jiang Lan told Bo Saixi that his sixth Soul Skill, Summoner Little Guga, let him summon Little Gugas in other forms, and Bo Saixi praised him.
• Bo Saixi ordered the Sea Maiden to prepare food for eighty people, and Jiang Lan led the Little Gugas to the side hall.
• The Little Gugas gathered around the loaded table, and Fat Little Guga began eating a roast chicken whole.

Jiang Lan summoned several Little Gugas, who ate their fill in Bo Saixi’s side hall before Fat Little Guga gave him Chef Guga’s fried chicken. As Jiang Lan ate, the chicken’s rich energy triggered a surge in his soul power and surrounded him with a golden halo.

• Jiang Lan let the Little Gugas continue eating after Bo Saixi asked him to put them away, and Bo Saixi ordered the kitchen to prepare food for fifty more people.
• After nearly two hours, the Little Gugas finished eating, and Fat Little Guga gave Jiang Lan a bucket of Stinky Chicken Fried Fried Fried.
• Jiang Lan ate piece after piece of the fried chicken, feeling its mellow energy spread through his body.
• As Jiang Lan ate his eighth piece, his soul power surged through his meridians and formed a golden halo around him, drawing Bo Saixi’s attention.