Recaps

Xiao Ran broke through to the early nascent soul stage and gave Qian Renxue a Golden Core-level cultivation art tailored to her. He took her toward the Capital to find materials for a magic artifact and talismans, while Qian Renxue mistook his offer for a confession and agreed to his plans.

• A system reward for Tang Chen’s death empowered Xiao Ran, advancing him from the Golden Core Realm to the early nascent soul stage.
• A mysterious eye of lightning watched Xiao Ran’s breakthrough but vanished without sending down tribulation lightning.
• Xiao Ran gave Qian Renxue the Light Hymn Art, which cultivated light and flame and let her refine evil cultivators or Vengeful Spirits into magic power.
• Qian Renxue wondered whether she could return Xiao Ran’s feelings, then decided she would accept if he asked.
• Xiao Ran proposed going into the city to buy ores and make Qian Renxue a magic artifact and talismans, and she agreed.
• Xiao Ran took Qian Renxue soaring toward the Capital.

Xiao Ran sold Qian Renxue’s old treasures and used the money to buy materials for weapons and talismans. After crafting a powerful sword and a supply of talismans for Qian Renxue, he set off with her for Eastern Japan.

• Xiao Ran sold Qian Renxue’s gems, ornaments, and Gold Soul Coins for ten million at the Capital’s antique shops.
• Xiao Ran bought a bronze cauldron and other metal ornaments containing fire spiritual energy, then purchased a battered brush with spiritual energy.
• Qian Renxue offered the fur and hide of a fifty-thousand-year-old Flame Lion King for making a brush and talisman paper.
• Xiao Ran refined the collected metals into the top-grade magic artifact Flame Punishment Sword and gave it to Qian Renxue.
• Xiao Ran repaired the brush, made talisman paper and ink, and drew a variety of talismans to arm Qian Renxue.
• Xiao Ran and Qian Renxue set off for the island nation of Eastern Japan.

Xiao Ran and Qian Renxue entered the Yasukuni Shrine, where Qian Renxue burned the grounds and fought the evil spirits enshrined there. As she absorbed the spirits’ energy, she neared a breakthrough, while more spirits continued to emerge.

• Xiao Ran explained the shrine’s history to Qian Renxue and said it could help her break through to the Golden Core Realm.
• Xiao Ran told Qian Renxue to burn the shrine, and she used ten Explosive Flame Talismans to set its buildings ablaze.
• The flames awakened the shrine’s evil spirits, and Qian Renxue drew her Flame Punishment Sword to fight them.
• Qian Renxue used her Angel Wings and sacred sword flames to kill waves of spirits, absorbing their energy and nearing Foundation Establishment.
• When over a hundred evil spirits attacked together, Qian Renxue applied an Evil-Breaking Talisman to her sword and cut them down with a sweeping strike.

Xiao Ran burned the Yasukuni Shrine while Qian Renxue slaughtered its evil souls and advanced her cultivation. The Nine Chrysanthemum School summoned Yamata no Orochi, a Golden Core Realm monster whose spiritual rain suppressed the flames, and Xiao Ran prepared to kill it.

• Xiao Ran crushed the onmyoji and their Shikigami when they tried to extinguish the shrine fire.
• Qian Renxue killed hundreds of evil souls and broke through to early Foundation Establishment.
• Japanese cultivators gathered but could not stop the flames, so the Nine Chrysanthemum School sacrificed its members to summon Yamata no Orochi.
• Yamata no Orochi emerged over Tokyo and used spiritual rain to suppress the fire at the Yasukuni Shrine.
• Xiao Ran recognized Yamata no Orochi as a Golden Core Realm monster and decided to slay it for materials to make Qian Renxue new equipment.

Xiao Ran killed Yamata no Orochi and wiped out Japan’s cultivators while Qian Renxue destroyed the evil spirits at the Yasukuni Shrine. After breaking through to the golden core realm, she left with Xiao Ran, who promised to refine her Flame Punishment Sword into a magic treasure.

• Xiao Ran killed Yamata no Orochi with the Yazi Sword, stored its corpse in the Qiankun Bracelet, and decided to destroy Japan’s cultivation world.
• Xiao Ran used his power to kill the Japanese Onmyoji, Miko, and monks within more than a hundred kilometers, then returned to the Yasukuni Shrine.
• Qian Renxue slew the ghost leaders and purified the evil spirits with the Flame Punishment Sword, using their residual energy to break through to the golden core realm.
• Xiao Ran told Qian Renxue they would leave and promised to refine her Flame Punishment Sword into a magic treasure; she agreed.

After Japan blamed Dragon Country for the destruction of the Yasukuni Shrine, Xiao Ran and Qian Renxue returned to River City while Xiao Ran worked on Yamata no Orochi’s remains. On the Douluo Continent, Qian Daoliu prepared to attack Sea God Island and set out to recruit the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King as an ally.

• Japan accused Dragon Country at the League of Nations, but its representative could not explain why Dragon Country would hate the Yasukuni Shrine.
• Xiao Ran and Qian Renxue returned to River City, where Qian Renxue practiced controlling her Golden Core Realm power and Xiao Ran tried to refine Yamata no Orochi’s bones into the Flame Punishment Sword.
• Qian Daoliu emerged from a month of recovery and ordered Spirit Hall to eliminate Tang San and destroy Sea God Island.
• Golden Crocodile confirmed that Spirit Hall’s elders and thirty-thousand Soul Master army were ready to march on Sea God Island.
• Qian Daoliu retrieved the Angel Holy Sword and flew toward the sea to seek an alliance with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

Qian Daoliu persuaded the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King to ally with Spirit Hall and attack Sea God Island, hoping to prevent their shared future deaths at Tang San’s hands. As Qian Daoliu left to prepare for the assault, Bo Saixi continued to despair over Tang Chen’s unexplained absence and began to age rapidly.

• Qian Daoliu drew the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King out of the Demonic Whale Sea and told him that Tang San would kill them both in the future.
• Qian Daoliu proposed joining forces to destroy Sea God Island, and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King agreed, promising to protect Spirit Hall’s army at sea.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King vowed to leave no one alive on Sea God Island because the Sea God had blinded him.
• Qian Daoliu left the Demonic Whale Sea, thinking of Bo Saixi and resolving to kill her for Spirit Hall and Xiao Xue.
• Bo Saixi brooded over the Asura Demon Sword’s arrival and Tang Chen’s absence, and her body began to age from grief.

Spirit Hall's 300-ship Iron Fleet invaded Sea God Island with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King as an ally. After the Demon Soul Great White Sharks suffered devastating losses, Bo Saixi faced the fleet at the shore and recognized that Qian Daoliu had left the island little chance to fight back.

• Xiao Bai warned Bo Saixi that Spirit Hall had brought around thirty thousand Soul Masters, and Bo Saixi ordered the Demon Soul Great White Sharks to sink their ships.
• Xiao Bai led her clan underwater, but the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King attacked and swallowed more than a dozen sharks, forcing her to retreat after dozens of adult clan members died.
• Qian Daoliu revealed that he had brought the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King to counter Sea God Island's advantage in the ocean, while Golden Crocodile explained how Spirit Hall could now attack the island with less risk.
• Bo Saixi arrived at the shore with the Seven Sacred Pillar Douluo, saw the Iron Fleet, and realized the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's presence had ruined Sea God Island's chances of turning the battle around.

Tang San and his companions learned that Spirit Hall's Iron Fleet had arrived to attack Sea God Island, so they joined Bo Saixi and the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardian Douluo at the shore. Qian Daoliu appeared to demand Tang San's surrender, and Bo Saixi confronted him about Tang Chen.

• Ma Hongjun told Tang San that Spirit Hall's three-hundred-ship Iron Fleet had arrived off Sea God Island.
• Tang San recovered with Oscar's Recovery Big Sausage and flew with Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Ma Hongjun to the shore.
• Bo Saixi told Tang San to return to Sea God Mountain, but he insisted on helping defend the island.
• Bo Saixi called out Qian Daoliu, who appeared from an armored ship and demanded that Sea God Island hand over Tang San.
• Bo Saixi rejected Qian Daoliu's threat and asked whether he had anything to do with what happened to Tang Chen a month earlier.

Qian Daoliu taunted Bo Saixi and Tang San with news that Tang Chen was dead and Spirit Hall had destroyed the Clear Sky Sect, Shrek Academy, the Tang Sect, and many of their allies. As Tang San and the others grieved and vowed revenge, Qian Daoliu urged them to attack him.

• Qian Daoliu told Bo Saixi that he had killed Tang Chen after Tang Chen came to avenge the Clear Sky Sect.
• Bo Saixi learned Tang Chen was dead and broke down in grief and regret.
• Qian Daoliu revealed that Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and many members of Shrek Academy and the Heaven Dou Empire had been killed, and that the Tang Sect and Four Single-Attribute Clans had been destroyed.
• Tang San, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Ning Rongrong mourned their dead friends, family, and teachers, while Tang San swore to destroy Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu called on the High Priestess to attack him before Spirit Hall could kill them.

Bo Saixi and Spirit Hall’s forces clashed in a devastating assault on Sea God Island, while Tang San was cornered by Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo. Bo Saixi summoned the Sea God’s divine consciousness and Trident, leaving the battle facing a deity’s power.

• Bo Saixi summoned her Sea God Martial Soul and attacked Qian Daoliu, but the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King calmed the sea and weakened her Sea Burial skill.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Spirit Hall’s army to attack Sea God Island, and the six Guardian Douluos used the Seven Sacred Pillars to hold off the six Revered Elders.
• Spirit Hall’s other Titled Douluos led the invasion, slaughtering Sea God Island’s Soul Douluos and Soul Saints as Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar joined the battle with Ning Rongrong’s support.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo trapped Tang San, who used Xiao Wu’s Invincible Golden Body to survive their attacks and threatened them.
• Bo Saixi activated Sea God’s Descent, calling the Sea God’s divine consciousness and Trident into the battle.

The Sea God's avatar fought Qian Daoliu while the Spirit Hall assault on Sea God Island continued. After the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King killed Xiao Bai and challenged Poseidon, Poseidon attacked him with a powerful control skill.

• The Sea God's avatar's arrival renewed Sea God Island's defenders' courage, while Tang San faced attacks from Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
• Qian Daoliu fought the Sea God's avatar with the Angel Holy Sword, but the avatar's trident strikes drove him back and wounded him.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King ate Xiao Bai and the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan as the battle raged around Sea God Island.
• Poseidon confronted the whale king over Xiao Bai's death, and the whale king revealed that Poseidon had blinded but failed to kill him ten thousand years earlier.
• Poseidon swept the Sea God's Trident toward the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with Sea God Thirteen Halberds, Unfixed Wind and Waves.

The Sea God Avatar and Sea God Island’s defenders were overwhelmed by Spirit Hall’s forces, while Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Ning Rongrong were killed. As Chrysanthemum Douluo prepared to finish Tang San, a crack opened in the sky and a furious voice demanded to know who had killed his son.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and Qian Daoliu battered the Sea God Avatar with powerful attacks.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo killed Sea Dragon Douluo, and the other guardian Douluos of the Sea God’s Seven Sacred Pillars were killed by Spirit Hall’s enshrined Douluos.
• Snake Lance Douluo killed Oscar, Porcupinefish Douluo’s poison killed Ma Hongjun, and Ling Yuan Douluo killed Ning Rongrong.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo said he and Ghost Douluo could handle Tang San as he prepared to unleash his Ninth Soul Skill.
• A crack opened in the sky, and a voice roared, “Who dares kill my son!”

Tang Hao arrived to save Tang San, and the Asura Domain restored and empowered him as he fought Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluos. Meanwhile, Qian Daoliu and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King destroyed the Sea God’s avatar and killed Bo Saixi, but the Sea God was offered a chance to return to the lower realm.

• Tang Hao emerged from the Void Rift and knocked Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo away from Tang San with one hammer blow.
• Fourteen Spirit Hall Titled Douluos surrounded Tang Hao, and Golden Crocodile ordered them to attack him together and kill Tang San.
• Tang Hao ate the Blue Silver Emperor, restoring his severed limbs and missing Soul Rings, then detonated four Soul Rings and struck Golden Crocodile.
• Golden Crocodile warned the others that Tang Hao’s killing intent slowed their movements, so they bombarded him from a distance while he defended himself.
• Qian Daoliu and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King shattered the Sea God’s avatar, and Bo Saixi died after threatening Qian Daoliu.
• In the Divine Realm, an unknown voice offered to cover for the Sea God while he returned to the lower realm.

Qian Daoliu and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King prepared to kill Tang Hao and Tang San, but Poseidon descended in his true body to confront them. Poseidon overwhelmed both attackers, leaving Qian Daoliu near collapse and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King pierced but alive.

• Qian Daoliu recognized Asura God's power in Tang Hao, and he and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King agreed to kill Tang Hao and Tang San.
• Poseidon descended in his true body, reclaimed the Sea God Trident, and accused Qian Daoliu and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King of threatening the lower realm.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King denounced Poseidon's reasons for attacking, and Qian Daoliu joined him in launching a combined assault.
• Poseidon trapped the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with Unfixed Wind and Waves and struck Qian Daoliu with One Trip, No Return, leaving him close to collapse.
• Poseidon pierced the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's divine armor and body with the Sea God Trident, while sparing his vital points.

Xiao Ran gained the Space-Time Gate key after his cultivation surged to late Deity Transformation, then took Qian Renxue back to Douluo Continent to save Qian Daoliu and Spirit Hall from Poseidon. They emerged on Sea God Island as Qian Daoliu faced defeat.

• Plot deviations in Douluo Continent fueled Xiao Ran's cultivation until he reached late Deity Transformation and formed a primordial spirit with laws.
• Poseidon's descent earned Xiao Ran the key to the Space-Time Gate, and he decided to protect Qian Daoliu and Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Ran told Qian Renxue that Poseidon threatened her grandfather and Spirit Hall, and she urged him to take her back to Douluo Continent.
• Poseidon pierced the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's divine armor and demanded that he submit so Tang San could claim his Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Qian Daoliu despaired as Poseidon overwhelmed his forces, but Xiao Ran and Qian Renxue appeared through a spatial vortex.