Recaps

Xu Tiance persuaded Kong Deming and Xu Chengjing to contain the Holy Spirit Cult while using Shrek Academy and restricting Soul Tool exports to weaken their rivals. After Xu Tianran left the Offering Hall in a better mood, hidden figures began following him toward Prince Purple Brilliant's Manor.

• Kong Deming argued that the Sun Moon Empire should squeeze the Holy Spirit Cult out rather than risk a direct assault, and Xu Tiance agreed with the strategy.
• Xu Tiance planned to purge Shrek Academy sympathizers, undermine Shrek's reputation through public opinion, and stop underground organizations from smuggling Soul Tools and technology.
• Xu Chengjing praised the Uproot the Roots plan and left to pursue it and a crackdown on Evil Soul Masters.
• Xu Tiance teased Xu Tianran about getting married and having children, prompting Xu Tianran to make an excuse and leave the Offering Hall.
• Xu Tianran reflected that his relationship with Xu Tiance had improved and considered the plan's potential before heading toward Prince Purple Brilliant's Manor.
• Several concealed figures silently followed Xu Tianran as he walked toward his manor.

Xu Tianran survived an assassination attempt by Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters when Du Busi intervened and captured their leader. Xu Tiance suspected the cult might be cooperating with a rival prince or trying to destabilize the Sun Moon Empire, but Xu Tianran escaped uninjured.

• An Eight-Ring Soul Douluo and eight other Evil Soul Masters ambushed Xu Tianran outside Prince Purple Brilliant's Manor, forcing him to flee while his shadow guards fought them.
• The Myriad Souls Douluo confronted Xu Tianran, but Du Busi arrived and seized the Titled Douluo before he could kill him.
• Xu Tiance learned that Holy Spirit Cult members had attempted to assassinate Xu Tianran and wondered whether a rival prince had allied with the cult.
• Xu Tiance considered that the cult might instead be trying to frame a prince and provoke unrest, while Xu Tianran remained unharmed.

After Zhongli Wu’s failed attempt to assassinate Xu Tianran triggered a sweeping crackdown, Ye Xishui ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to withdraw to its headquarters in the Evil Demon Forest. The cult’s plans stalled as Ye Xishui suspected Kong Deming had become a Level 10 Soul Engineer.

• Zhongli Wu raged over the failed assassination, while Nangong Wan reported that Du Busi’s intervention had foiled the operation and endangered the Xishui Alliance.
• Zhang Peng urged the Holy Spirit Cult to pull back after the Sun Moon Empire’s crackdown severely damaged its branches.
• Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao entered the council hall, and Ye Xishui reprimanded Zhongli Wu for acting against her orders.
• Ye Xishui ordered all core members to remain at headquarters, told the cult to abandon its branches, and suspended its outside activities.
• Ye Xishui reflected that she had hoped to kill Du Busi to force Xu Tiance to cooperate, and suspected Kong Deming had become a Level 10 Soul Engineer.

Xu Tiance brought an imposing group of Sun Moon Empire experts and gifted youths to Nine Treasures City to secure the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s cooperation through intimidation and enticement. The group arrived at the sect-controlled city, ready to meet its leaders.

• The Holy Spirit Cult withdrew to the Evil Demon Forest, so Xu Tiance focused on exposing its crimes while Kong Deming assembled a powerful escort for the trip.
• Xu Tiance brought Ye Guyi, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Long Aotian along to impress the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and discourage it from secretly aligning with Shrek Academy.
• During the carriage ride, Ye Guyi openly clung to Xu Tiance while Meng Hongchen watched with envy, and the narration explained how an immortal herb had strengthened Long Aotian.
• Ye Yulin announced that they had reached Nine Treasures City, and Xu Tiance looked out at the bustling commercial hub controlled by the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

Xu Tiance and his party arrived at the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect headquarters to force the sect to submit to the Sun Moon Empire. After Du Busi unleashed his Level 98 Super Douluo aura, sect master Ning Tingyu came out to meet them.

• Ye Yulin drove Xu Tiance's party into Nine Treasures City without the guards inspecting their carriage.
• Xu Tiance considered the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's dependence on recruited fighters and its possible role within a larger sect.
• Ye Yulin knocked on the sect's gates while Du Busi held back his urge to storm inside.
• Du Busi released his Level 98 Super Douluo aura across the headquarters, and Ning Tingyu appeared at the gates with a middle-aged man.

Xu Tiance led Du Busi and his companions to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and revealed that he was the Sun Moon Empire’s Crown Prince, seeking to bring the sect under the empire’s control. He offered discounted soul tools and academy enrollment, then threatened Ning Tingyu with Du Busi’s force if she refused or exposed his identity.

• Ning Tingyu recognized Du Busi and inferred from the visitors and their carriage that the group came from the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Tiance introduced himself as the Sun Moon Empire’s Crown Prince and said Du Busi was his teacher.
• Xu Tiance asked Ning Tingyu to have the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect join the Sun Moon Empire, offering discounted soul tools and places at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xu Tiance warned that refusal would force him to silence Ning Tingyu to protect his identity, while Du Busi backed the threat with his intimidating presence.
• Ning Tingyu realized she had little choice, and He Jia clenched his fists before helplessly accepting that he could not defeat Du Busi.

Xu Tiance forced Ning Tingyu to choose between joining the Sun Moon Empire and risking the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's destruction, and she agreed to relocate the sect to Mingdu. After days of preparations, Ning Tingyu and He Jia prepared to follow their sect's final shipment and core members to the empire.

• Xu Tiance refused Ning Tingyu's request to consult the sect's elders, while Du Busi used his pressure to compel her to decide quickly.
• Ning Tingyu agreed to join the Sun Moon Empire and begin moving the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect there.
• Ning Tingyu sold the sect's holdings and silenced opposition as Du Busi, Kong Deming, and Ye Yulin watched over the preparations.
• Ning Tingyu told Xu Tiance that the final shipment and core members had departed for Mingdu, and that she and He Jia would soon follow with their daughter.
• Xu Tiance arranged for Yu Bo to escort Ning Tingyu's family to Mingdu, where Xu Tianran would help establish new grounds for the sect.

Xu Tiance gave Ning Tingyu the Aromatic Silk Beauty, a rare Immortal Herb that could evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Ning Tingyu accepted it and began considering who should consume it so the martial soul could be passed down to future generations.

• Xu Tiance asked Ning Tingyu about Aromatic Silk Beauty and revealed that he had obtained one at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ning Tingyu recognized the Immortal Herb and rejoiced at the prospect of restoring the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's former glory.
• Xu Tiance warned Ning Tingyu that the herb could evolve only one person's martial soul and urged her to consider how the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could be inherited.
• Ning Tingyu looked to her husband, Star Douluo He Jia, then thanked Xu Tiance and accepted the Aromatic Silk Beauty.

Ning Fengya and Ning Liuli withdrew from Shrek Academy on orders from the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, which planned to join the Sun Moon Empire in exchange for powerful soul tools and an Aromatic Silk Beauty. Yan Shaozhe went to confront the sect master, Ning Tingyu, but found the sect’s grounds deserted and the sect gone from Nine Treasures City.

• Ning Fengya told Du Weilun she wanted to leave Shrek Academy, though she did not know why the sect had ordered her to withdraw.
• Ning Liuli left the Inner Court after Yan Shaozhe approved her application, keeping secret that Ning Tingyu had ordered the sect’s disciples to join the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ning Liuli looked forward to the possibility of being chosen to consume the Aromatic Silk Beauty and help the sect rise again.
• Yan Shaozhe realized both Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect students had withdrawn and decided to visit Ning Tingyu himself.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived in Nine Treasures City and found the sect’s grounds emptied and nearly everything moved away.

Xu Tiance’s party entered the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a Soul Ring for Long Aotian, protected by several powerful elders. They discovered a fifteen-hundred-year-old Titan Giant Ape that Du Busi judged perfect for Long Aotian, who eagerly anticipated growing stronger for Xu Tiance.

• The Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect arrived in Mingdu and began preparing a new headquarters near the Body Sect, Mingde Hall, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xu Tiance and his party entered the Star Dou Great Forest under the protection of Kong Deming, Du Busi, Ye Yulin, and Jinpeng.
• The party passed through the Outer Area and ventured into the Mixed Area in search of a suitable Soul Beast.
• Ye Yulin detected a Titan Giant Ape, and Xu Tiance was surprised that the species still existed in the forest.
• Du Busi identified the fifteen-hundred-year-old Titan Giant Ape as an ideal Soul Ring for Long Aotian, who eagerly looked forward to becoming stronger.

Long Aotian absorbed a thousand-year Titan Giant Ape soul ring and gained a powerful second soul skill. As Kong Deming spotted a rare three-eyed golden soul beast pursuing a Twin Cyclops, Xu Tiance suspected she was the Star Dou Great Forest’s Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

• Du Busi subdued a fifteen-hundred-year Titan Giant Ape, and Long Aotian killed it and absorbed its soul ring.
• Long Aotian gained the second soul skill Demon Ape Transformation, which doubled his strength and defense and created a gravity effect around him.
• Du Busi prepared to hunt soul beasts for Xu Tiance and Xiao Hongchen.
• Kong Deming sensed a fleeing Twin Cyclops pursued by a golden, three-eyed soul beast with light, fire, and mental attributes.
• Kong Deming identified the golden soul beast as a potential match for Xu Tiance, and Xu Tiance suspected she was the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

Xu Tiance recognized the soul beast as the Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, while Du Busi and Kong Deming confronted her and the Scarlet King. Du Busi captured the Three-Eyed Golden Lion despite the Scarlet King's warning that harming her would mean war between humans and soul beasts.

• Xu Tiance realized that the soul beast Kong Deming had sensed was probably the Emperor Auspicious Beast, and Du Busi explained her power of fortune.
• Du Busi caught the fleeing Twin Cyclops as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion appeared, followed by the Scarlet King.
• The Scarlet King warned Du Busi and Kong Deming to stay away from the Auspicious Beast and tried to shield her.
• Du Busi charged the Three-Eyed Golden Lion while Kong Deming used the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield to repel the Scarlet King.
• Du Busi subdued the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and the Scarlet King threatened war if the humans harmed her.
• Xu Tiance mentally praised Du Busi as his proudest old mentor.

Du Busi and Kong Deming demanded that the Scarlet King exchange the Three-Eyed Golden Lion for two rare soul beasts, while Du Busi revealed that an Auspicious Beast could help someone through a fortune connection. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion showed an unexpected interest in Xu Tiance, who cautiously approached her as Du Busi and Kong Deming stood ready to intervene.

• Du Busi demanded that the Scarlet King bring a five-thousand-year soul beast with light, fire, or preferably space attributes, and Kong Deming specified that the second beast should have metal and mental attributes.
• The Scarlet King warned the humans not to absorb the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's soul ring, then left to find the requested soul beasts.
• Kong Deming questioned Du Busi, who explained that Auspicious Beasts could connect someone's fortune and aid their cultivation.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion told Xu Tiance that he had a nice scent, and Du Busi joked that she wanted to eat him.
• Xu Tiance suspected that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion sensed their shared attributes and cautiously stepped toward her while Du Busi and Kong Deming prepared to act if necessary.

Xu Tiance formed a fortune link with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion after she approached him and their powers intertwined. They shared their memories, and Xu Tiance sensed that their fates were now bound together.

• Xu Tiance released his martial soul, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion eagerly approached him after Du Busi released his restraints.
• Golden light and flames surrounded Xu Tiance and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and strange halos enveloped them as their powers connected.
• Xu Tiance and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion shared memories, each witnessing the other's past.
• Xu Tiance wondered whether the Three-Eyed Golden Lion would take human form and whether they could perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• After the connection ended, Xu Tiance confirmed to Du Busi that they had completed the fortune link and sensed their fates were entwined.

After the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s roars made Di Tian’s pressure disappear, the Scarlet King traded two rare Soul Beasts for the humans’ release of the Auspicious Beast. Xu Tiance and Xiao Hongchen absorbed the beasts’ Soul Rings, and Xu Tiance awakened with his third Soul Skill still unrevealed.

• Du Busi and Kong Deming recognized the pressure as Di Tian’s, but it vanished after the Three-Eyed Golden Lion roared twice toward the forest’s core.
• The Scarlet King returned with two unconscious Soul Beasts and offered them in exchange for the humans releasing the Auspicious Beast.
• Du Busi accepted the Soul Beasts, and the Scarlet King left with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who glanced back at Xu Tiance as she went.
• Du Busi gave a silvery-white Soul Beast to Xu Tiance and a dark gold Soul Beast to Xiao Hongchen so they could absorb their Soul Rings.
• Xu Tiance killed his Soul Beast with an ice spike and absorbed its Soul Ring, while Xiao Hongchen absorbed his own.
• Xu Tiance awoke at Soul Power Level thirty-two, and Kong Deming asked what his third Soul Skill was.

Xu Tiance demonstrated his moonlight-based spatial leap Soul Skill before a dazzling beam descended and enveloped him. In the Divine Realm, the Seven Elemental Gods recognized him as a promising successor, while Tang San realized their divine trials could disrupt his plans to control another rising talent.

• Xu Tiance explained that his third Soul Skill let him make unlimited spatial leaps anywhere covered by moonlight.
• Xu Tiance spread moonlight across hundreds of meters and repeatedly leaped between Ye Guyi, Meng Hongchen, Kong Deming, and Du Busi.
• A rainbow-like dome appeared in the sky, and a dazzling beam descended to envelop Xu Tiance before Kong Deming could protect him.
• Tang San learned that Xu Tiance had received the Seven Elemental Gods' divine trials and feared he would escape Tang San's control, so he angrily condemned the gods.
• The Seven Elemental Gods discussed Xu Tiance's potential, and the God of Space regretted delaying the trials for two days.
• The God of Light asked whether they should inform Tang San that they had selected a successor on the Douluo Continent.

The Seven Elemental Gods brought Xu Tiance to the Divine Realm and offered him the godhoods of the God of Fire and the God of Water. Xu Tiance accepted their divine trials, which required him to master the laws of fire and water in two dangerous trial grounds.

• The Seven Elemental Gods decided not to inform Tang San that they were passing on their godhoods and vanished from the God Realm Committee.
• Xu Tiance's soul ascended from the Star Dou Great Forest to the Divine Realm, where he met the God of Fire and the God of Water.
• The God of Fire asked Xu Tiance to undertake both gods' trials and succeed them, and Xu Tiance solemnly accepted.
• The God of Water explained that Xu Tiance would need to master the laws of fire and water in Burning Heaven Purgatory and the Endless Tidal Abyss, with no deadline or penalty for failure.

Xu Tiance learned that all Seven Elemental Gods had bestowed divine trials on him, offering him the chance to inherit all seven Godhoods and possibly become a God King. He received the names and rules of the trial grounds and was told he could begin training in one at a time.

• The God of Light and the God of Darkness appeared and invited Xu Tiance to undertake their trials in the Dawn Sanctuary and the Eternal Night Labyrinth.
• Xu Tiance sensed the Eternal Night Labyrinth’s darkness pulling at his consciousness, but the God of Wind’s breeze and the God of Earth’s words steadied him.
• The God of Earth and the God of Wind explained that Xu Tiance had to pass every trial to inherit all seven Godhoods, then revealed the Thousand Peaks Suppressing the Mountain Formation and the Void Wind Corridor.
• The God of Space described the Space Corridor, explained that each completed trial would grant a divine artifact and other rewards, and said Xu Tiance could enter only one trial ground at a time.
• The God of Space warned Xu Tiance that the Space Corridor was the most difficult trial and wished him good luck.

After completing the Seven Elemental Gods’ trials, Xu Tiance woke and confirmed that he had inherited their Godhoods, astonishing Kong Deming, Du Busi, and the others. At the Lake of Life, Gu Yuena sensed the gods’ auras and considered the implications of Xu Tiance receiving seven trials at once.

• Kong Deming and Du Busi worried that Xu Tiance’s divine light meant he had attracted the attention of gods, while the others watched him remain unconscious.
• Xu Tiance awoke after completing the Seven Elemental Gods’ trials and told Kong Deming and Du Busi that he had become an heir to Godhood.
• Xu Tiance explained that he had inherited the Godhoods of seven First-Level Elemental Gods, leaving Kong Deming, Du Busi, and the others stunned.
• Di Tian concluded that Gu Yuena had stopped him from attacking the humans because she had foreseen the gods’ interest in Xu Tiance.
• Gu Yuena admitted to herself that she had not sensed the Divine Realm’s attention beforehand, then reflected on the Seven Elemental Gods and her own elemental powers.

Xu Tiance entered Burning Heaven Purgatory to attempt the God of Fire's trial, where he had to cross seven increasingly fierce fire domains and pluck an undying fire lotus. His attempt ended almost immediately when the flames consumed and clashed with his own, but he resolved to study the failure and try again.

• Xu Tiance's consciousness entered Burning Heaven Purgatory, where a voice explained that he had to cross seven fire domains and pluck the undying fire lotus at the center of the seventh.
• Xu Tiance shielded himself with fire-element power, but the flames of the first domain devoured his barrier and burned his legs.
• Xu Tiance tried to push his own flames outward to devour the surrounding fire, briefly easing the pain before the competing flames exploded.
• The explosion burned Xu Tiance's consciousness out of Burning Heaven Purgatory, ending his trial after only one step.
• Xu Tiance considered that his weak control over fire had caused the explosion and renewed his resolve to improve.

Zhang Lexuan and the Shrek Academy disciples faced a rampaging hundred-thousand-year soul beast while their hidden teacher failed to appear. Xu Tiance, Du Busi, and Kong Deming headed toward the signal flare, where Kong Deming recognized a resemblance between Zhang Lexuan’s Martial Soul and Xu Tiance’s.

• Zhang Lexuan urged the wounded Shrek Academy disciples to hold on, though Shao Zhanhong urged them to leave him behind after the soul beast bit off his legs.
• Zhang Lexuan suspected their hidden Inner Court teacher was dead or had abandoned them, and the hundred-thousand-year soul beast roared nearby.
• Du Busi and Kong Deming identified the signal flare as likely belonging to Shrek Academy and discussed how it could attract more soul beasts.
• Xu Tiance suggested that the group go see the Shrek disciples’ predicament, and Du Busi and Kong Deming agreed.
• Du Busi and Kong Deming led the group toward the disturbance, where Kong Deming recognized that Zhang Lexuan’s Martial Soul resembled Xu Tiance’s Sun-Moon Radiance Martial Soul.

Xu Tiance and Kong Deming discovered that Zhang Lexuan possessed the Silver Moon Martial Soul and was descended from Sun Moon Imperial Family members who had fled to the Heaven Dou Empire. After Xu Tiance’s group rescued Zhang Lexuan and Wu Ming, the survivors discussed whether to bring Zhang Lexuan back to the imperial family.

• Kong Deming sensed Zhang Lexuan’s Silver Moon Martial Soul while she and Wu Ming faced a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, exhausted and near death.
• Xu Tiance, Kong Deming, and the others arrived and rescued Zhang Lexuan and Wu Ming, who collapsed into sleep once they were safe.
• Kong Deming explained that about a hundred years earlier, imperial family members with the Silver Moon Martial Soul had left the Sun Moon Empire for the Heaven Dou Empire after an upheaval.
• Du Busi questioned whether Xu Tiance planned to take Zhang Lexuan back, warning that Shrek Academy might have influenced her against the imperial family.
• Xu Tiance shook his head and gently placed a hand against Zhang Lexuan, while Meng Hongchen watched his movement.

Xu Tiance treated Zhang Lexuan while considering how the Sun Moon Empire should handle her imperial lineage and ties to Shrek Academy. Du Busi's group captured a Shrek Titled Douluo, who accused Du Busi of betraying the Heaven Dou Empire, but Du Busi declared his loyalty to the Sun Moon Empire.

• Xu Tiance used his Cell Martial Soul to repair Zhang Lexuan's wounds as Du Busi admired his innovative technique.
• Xu Tiance considered Zhang Lexuan's Silver Moon Martial Soul and debated how to bring her back to the Sun Moon Empire despite her years at Shrek Academy.
• Du Busi sensed someone hiding nearby, and Jinpeng swiftly captured a Shrek Academy Titled Douluo.
• The captive recognized Du Busi, saw him with Kong Deming and Xu Tiance, and accused him of associating with the Sun Moon Empire despite being a man of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Du Busi dismissed the accusation, explaining that the Body Sect had embraced the Sun Moon Empire and its Soul Tools.

Xu Tiance learned that a Shrek teacher had abandoned Zhang Lexuan’s group, then arranged for him to accuse Zhang Lexuan of betraying Shrek Academy. The accusation revealed that her family’s massacre might conceal a deeper truth, and the teacher threatened to kill her.

• Du Busi forced the Shrek teacher to explain how Zhang Lexuan’s group had encountered danger, and Xu Tiance learned that the teacher had left them unprotected.
• Xu Tiance decided he could use the teacher to put on an act, and Zhang Lexuan woke after being treated alongside Wu Ming.
• The Shrek teacher accused Zhang Lexuan of leading the students into danger and betraying Shrek Academy, claiming she had learned the truth about her origins.
• Zhang Lexuan recalled that Mu En had taken her in after an Evil Soul Master killed her family and wondered whether more lay behind the massacre.
• The teacher refused to explain his references to her origins and threatened to kill Zhang Lexuan, pointing to Xu Tiance and Kong Deming as Sun Moon Empire allies.

An Inner Court teacher tried to kill Zhang Lexuan after accusing her of colluding with the Sun Moon Empire, but Kong Deming shielded her and Jinpeng pursued the fleeing teacher. Zhang Lexuan learned that her Silver Moon Martial Soul tied her to the Sun Moon Empire, leaving her with new questions about her family and Shrek Academy.

• A Shrek Inner Court teacher released his Martial Soul and attacked Zhang Lexuan, who was stunned by his intent to kill her and his claims about her past.
• Kong Deming protected Zhang Lexuan with the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield, preventing the teacher from breaking through.
• The teacher branded Zhang Lexuan a traitor and fled toward the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, while Jinpeng chased him at Du Busi's signal.
• Kong Deming explained that Zhang Lexuan's Silver Moon Martial Soul was hereditary in the Sun Moon Empire and revealed his own matching Martial Soul.