Recaps

The City Lord recovered his fighting strength, while the Exchange Tower and his estate forged a closer alliance as hostile powers gathered in Chaotic Star City. Ren consumed a ten-thousand-year yin-yang two forms sunflower, reached level eighty, and turned to the Exchange Tower’s intelligence network as he prepared to seek his eighth Soul Ring.

• The city lord recovered enough to fight again, ordered the City Lord's Estate to tighten security, and warned Shen Ling'er to keep the Exchange Tower’s pill secret.
• Shen Ling'er delivered Thunder Liquid and rare resources to Ren, and the City Lord's Estate pledged to support the Exchange Tower.
• As rumors of the city lord’s death spread, Ren used Heavenly Origin Myriad Manifestations to detect concealed Transcendents entering Chaotic Star City.
• Ren found a ten-thousand-year yin-yang two forms sunflower among the estate’s gifts and consumed it to cultivate.
• After five days of cultivation, Ren reached level eighty and prepared to find an eighth Soul Ring suited to his Yin-Yang Double Pupils.
• Ren reviewed the Exchange Tower’s void network of three thousand members and thirty-three children of fortune, which he had organized as the Cloud Organization.

Ren led three Exchange Tower retainers to an offshore island and killed a mutated Kunpeng before it could reach the Transcendent Realm. He absorbed its vital essence to gain his eighth Soul Ring, reaching level eighty-six with a red ring edged in gold and three Soul Skills.

• Ren learned that a mutated Kunpeng had left the North Abyss and ordered three Quasi-Transcendent retainers to accompany him to hunt it.
• Ren and the retainers confronted the Kunpeng on an offshore island as it prepared to break through to the Transcendent Realm.
• Ren used his Yin-Yang Domain, Yin-Yang Great Millstone Formation, and Overlord's Eyes to restrain the Kunpeng while the retainers attacked.
• Ren struck the Kunpeng's skull and killed it with the retainers' help.
• Ren absorbed the Kunpeng's violent vital essence despite the retainers' warnings and gained an eighth Soul Ring with a golden edge, three Soul Skills, and level eighty-six Soul Power.

Ren absorbed the Kunpeng's vital essence, gained a red-gold eighth Soul Ring with three Soul Skills, and erased the evidence before the Giant Kun Clan could trace him. After returning to Chaotic Star City, he learned the Exchange Tower had been attacked and Elder Zhong had reached Transcendence; as rival factions launched an assault on the city, Ren watched the battle begin.

• Ren used his Yin-Yang Annihilation Divine Light to erase the Kunpeng's corpse and the island's traces, but stored its two Transcendent spirit treasures when he could not destroy them.
• The Giant Kun Clan searched the island and failed to trace what had happened, while Ren returned safely to Chaotic Star City.
• Zhao Chen told Ren that Quasi-Transcendents had attacked the Exchange Tower and that Elder Zhong had broken through to the first heaven of Transcendence to repel them.
• Ren revealed his red seventh Soul Ring and red-gold eighth Soul Ring to Elder Zhong, who marveled at his strength and urged him to protect the Exchange Tower's people.
• Transcendent factions attacked Chaotic Star City, and Luo Chenhui activated the Star Luo Grand Formation as the city's defenders met the invading forces.
• Ren and Elder Zhong watched the battle from the Exchange Tower as fighting spread across the city and buildings collapsed.

Zhang Ze and Lei Xiao abandoned their plans to attack the City Lord's Estate and targeted the Exchange Tower for its Bloodline Tempering Potion. Lei Xiao confronted Zhong Zizai, only to discover that Zhong had recovered from his injuries and reached Transcendent; the two prepared to fight.

• Zhang Ze persuaded Lei Xiao to wait for the City Lord's Estate to reveal its defenses and explained that the Exchange Tower's Bloodline Tempering Potion could awaken Transcendent bloodlines.
• Zhang Ze told Lei Xiao that their earlier attempt to raid the Exchange Tower had failed and that Zhong Zizai had killed one of their Quasi-Transcendent disciples.
• Lei Xiao recalled his past defeat by Zhong Zizai and set out with Zhang Ze and Tiger Roar Valley's forces to seize the potion and settle their old score.
• Lei Xiao attacked Zhong Zizai on the Exchange Tower's rooftop with Thunder Tiger Sky-Splitting Slash, but Zhong blocked it with Finger-Snap Thunderclap.
• Lei Xiao and Zhang Ze realized Zhong Zizai had healed his injuries and become Transcendent, while Lei Xiao vowed he could still defeat him.

Tiger Roar Valley surrounded the Exchange Tower to seize Ren and the Bloodline Tempering Potion formula, but Ren revealed his Martial Soul Domain and suppressed most of their forces. Zhang Ze and Lei Xiao decided to kill Ren, while Lei Xiao and Elder Zhong began a battle that ended in a stalemate.

• Tiger Roar Valley surrounded the Exchange Tower and demanded that Ren hand over the Bloodline Tempering Potion formula.
• Ren unleashed his black-and-white domain, preventing those below eight rings from using Soul Skills and suppressing the power of stronger fighters.
• Zhang Ze and Lei Xiao recognized the potential of Ren's domain and decided they could not let him survive to become a Transcendent.
• Lei Xiao attacked Elder Zhong with his ninth Soul Skill, Thunder Tiger Annihilation, and Elder Zhong countered with Finger-Snap Thunderclap.
• Lei Xiao and Elder Zhong's Transcendent powers collided above the Exchange Tower, destroying nearby buildings but leaving the two evenly matched.

Zhang Ze attacked Ren while Lei Xiao kept Zhong Zizai occupied, but Ren revealed extraordinary Soul Rings and used his domain and spiritual power to hinder the Transcendent. Ren blocked Zhang Ze’s ninth Soul Skill with his eighth, and as the light blade began to crack, he hinted that it had another purpose.

• Lei Xiao engaged Zhong Zizai in the sky while Zhang Ze transformed into a Winged White Tiger and charged Ren.
• Ren revealed his eight Soul Rings, including two red rings and a gold-patterned eighth ring, shocking Zhang Ze.
• Ren unleashed the Yin-Yang Taiji Domain and Overlord Suppression, slowing Zhang Ze and disrupting his charge.
• Zhang Ze launched his ninth Soul Skill, the White Tiger Divine Fiend Palm, and Ren countered with his eighth Soul Skill, the Yin-Yang Annihilation Divine Light.
• Zhang Ze poured more power into his palm until cracks spread across Ren’s light blade, and Ren asked whether Zhang Ze thought it could only slash outward.

Ren used his Soul Skills and the Heaven-Swallowing Bag to defeat Zhang Ze’s attack on the Exchange Tower, forcing the Tiger Roar Valley master to flee. Lei Xiao also retreated from Elder Zhong, while Ren warned that the Tower might still be vulnerable if another Transcendent attacked.

• Ren’s Kunpeng Swallows the Heavens swept up Tiger Roar Valley’s fighters, and Zhang Ze used his tenth Soul Skill to counter the giant Kun.
• Ren sent the Heaven-Swallowing Bag into the Kun phantom, which swallowed Zhang Ze’s hurricanes and began draining his Transcendent power.
• Zhang Ze broke free and fled, abandoning his Tiger Roar Valley subordinates.
• Lei Xiao saw Zhang Ze flee, broke off his fight with Elder Zhong, and escaped as well.
• Elder Zhong and the Exchange Tower’s defenders realized Ren had driven back a Transcendent, but Ren cautioned that his Soul Power and Heaven-Swallowing Bag could not withstand another such fight for long.

The lord of Chaotic Star City revealed that his apparent decline had been a ruse, then slew Zhu Yousheng with a single annihilating saber strike and drove the invaders from the city. Ren’s battle with Zhang Ze also made the Exchange Tower famous, but Shen Ling’er noted that the city’s troubles might not be over.

• The lord of Chaotic Star City emerged from the City Lord’s Estate and severely wounded seven Transcendent invaders, killing three of them outright.
• Zhu Yousheng arrived and attacked with his Tenth Soul Skill, but the lord of Chaotic Star City split the golden palm with Star Annihilation Slash and killed him.
• The surviving invaders fled, while news spread that Ren had forced Zhang Ze back despite being only a level eighty-six Great Soul Sage.
• The forces that had threatened the Exchange Tower withdrew, and peace returned to Chaotic Star City, though its residents knew the storm was not over.
• At the City Lord’s Estate, Shen Ling’er told her grandfather that the Exchange Tower had helped protect the city and had earned standing equal to the Transcendent clans.

Shen Ling'er accepted her grandfather's proposal to marry Ren and unite Chaotic Star City with the Exchange Tower, and the alliance brought both powers together. A year later, Ren reached level ninety and joined Zhong Zizai in the Chaos Forbidden Land to kill Chaos for his ninth Soul Ring.

• The lord of Chaotic Star City told Shen Ling'er that the Exchange Tower would eventually overshadow the city unless they allied, and proposed that she marry Ren.
• Shen Ling'er told Ren that her grandfather wanted their marriage to secure an alliance, and Ren agreed.
• Chaotic Star City and the Exchange Tower formally allied, sharing trade routes, resources, potions, fighters, and intelligence to stabilize the city.
• One year later, Ren reached level ninety and asked Zhong Zizai to help him hunt Chaos for his ninth Soul Ring.
• Ren and Zhong Zizai fought Chaos in the Chaos Forbidden Land, and Ren killed the beast with a final punch.

Ren absorbed Chaos's corpse to gain his ninth soul ring, and the Exchange Tower grew into a powerful force across Ningzhou. When three Transcendent Peak experts attacked the Exchange Tower and targeted him, Ren triggered a catastrophic explosion that consumed both his enemies and himself.

• Ren absorbed Chaos's corpse and gained his ninth soul ring, becoming powerful enough to challenge a Transcendent without the Heaven-Swallowing Bag.
• After the Chaotic Star City Lord died, Luo Chenhui took over the city, and the Exchange Tower helped it avoid unrest and expand across Ningzhou's Three Great Kingdoms.
• Ren and Luo Xingyao suspected the top Transcendent families were hiding plans against the Exchange Tower, but an attack began before they could prepare.
• Dozens of enemies attacked Chaotic Star City and pinned down Zhong Zizai, Luo Chenhui, and the Exchange Tower's retainers while three Transcendent Peak experts went after Ren.
• Ren fought the three experts with his Yin-Yang Domain and soul skills, then channeled his power and the Chaos Soul Ring's destructive force into the Heaven-Swallowing Bag.
• The resulting explosion killed the three Transcendent Peak experts and engulfed Ren in black-and-white light.

Uchiha Ren arrived in Konoha and took over Team 7’s training as their senior instructor, giving Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura personal guidance. His original body remained in seclusion in Seireitei, pursuing a simultaneous breakthrough in four aspects of his power.

• Kakashi received a message from Uchiha Ren saying he would come to Konoha, and told Team 7 he would be their second instructor.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura waited at Training Ground Three and were stunned when Kakashi introduced the approaching Uchiha Ren as the War God.
• Ren told Sasuke to choose his own ambitions, urged Naruto to back his Hokage dream with strength, and encouraged Sakura to develop her chakra control.
• Ren announced that he would personally arrange Team 7’s training while Kakashi continued handling their missions and day-to-day management.
• Ren’s original body remained in seclusion in Seireitei, building toward a simultaneous transcendent breakthrough in his physical body, true essence, primordial spirit, and martial soul.

Ren began Team 7’s three-year training by challenging them to cross a pool and climb a cliff under the pressure of his aura. Kakashi explained that resisting the pressure would refine their chakra control and mental fortitude, while Ren watched from the clifftop.

• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura each told Ren what they wanted to achieve, and Ren warned them that their training would be grueling.
• Ren explained that his original body would remain in the Seireitei while his clone guided Team 7 through the Shinobi World.
• Ren assigned Team 7 to cross a pool and climb a cliff within three years, then walked up through the air and sat at the top.
• Sasuke tried walking across the water, but an invisible pressure suppressed his chakra and forced him back to shore.
• Kakashi tested the pool and realized Ren’s aura covered the pool and cliff, growing stronger near the summit.
• Kakashi explained that resisting Ren’s aura would refine Team 7’s chakra control and mental fortitude, and Naruto asked if they could train as long as Ren sat there.

Ren trained Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura in a pressure-filled pool that strengthened their chakra control and endurance, and three months of effort pushed Naruto and Sasuke near peak jonin strength. At the Chunin Ninja Exams, Naruto broke through Gaara’s sand defense, leaving the match’s outcome unresolved.

• Kakashi explained Ren’s dangerous pressure training, and Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura entered the pool together.
• The three repeatedly practiced crossing the pool as its pressure increased every ten steps, with Kakashi advising Naruto to secure his footing before advancing.
• After three months, Naruto and Sasuke reached a dozen or so steps before collapsing, while Kakashi noted how much their strength had grown.
• Naruto and Sasuke advanced through the Chunin Ninja Exams until Naruto faced Gaara in the arena.
• Naruto used Shadow Clones to create openings, maneuvered around Gaara’s sand, and broke through its defense with a fast attack.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura completed years of training under Ren’s clone, reaching the clifftop and receiving their rewards. Ren’s original body then entered sealed seclusion to attempt a breakthrough, while Obito mastered the Little Ten-Tails and learned that Ren had begun his seclusion.

• Naruto defeated Gaara, and Sasuke impressed the spectators with a string of victories before the two fought in the arena.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura trained for years in the pool, where Sasuke awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, Naruto learned to control the Nine-Tails’ power, and Sakura mastered the Yin Seal and Chakra Enhanced Strength.
• The three reached the clifftop after another three years of training, and Ren’s clone gave them their prepared rewards before disappearing.
• Ren notified the Uchiha Clan that he was entering sealed seclusion to attempt a breakthrough to the Transcendent Realm, and the Temple Thirteen Squads were ordered to guard him.
• Obito swallowed the immature Little Ten-Tails and mastered its Six Paths-level power, then Black Zetsu told him that Ren had entered sealed seclusion and the Uchiha Shrine was on maximum alert.