Recaps

Du Busi brought Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo into the Body Sect and showed them its brutal training arena and its belief in second awakenings. He then introduced them to the sect’s eleven Titled Douluos, leaving the sisters with a clear sense of the sect’s strength.

• Du Busi led Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo through the Body Sect’s Soul Fighting Arena, where disciples fought with body martial souls under Soul Douluo supervision.
• Du Busi pointed out Wang Yanfeng and explained the strength of second awakenings, while Lan Luoluo grew frightened by the dangerous sparring.
• Du Busi told the sisters that the Body Sect had few disciples because body martial souls were rare, and praised the power gained through bronze and silver awakenings.
• Du Busi led the sisters to the sect’s central hall, where eleven Titled Douluos greeted him.
• Du Busi introduced several elders, including Golden Roc, Yun Yi, Wang Luohai, and Lu Si, as the sisters recognized the strength of the Body Sect’s elite.

Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo became disciples of Yun Yi after learning of Vina’s twin martial souls, and Yun Yi explained how the Body Sect would help them prepare for a second awakening. The sisters left hopeful about reaching Soul King within two to three years, while Yun Yi boldly promised to make Dai Youheng love them if necessary.

• Du Busi invited Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo to choose a master, and Vina revealed that she had twin martial souls: the Snow Lotus and her brain.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo accepted Yun Yi as their teacher, and Du Busi entrusted their cultivation to her.
• Yun Yi told the sisters they would need to reach rank fifty before a second awakening, but the Body Sect’s cultivation methods could help them get there in two to three years.
• Vina teased the sisters about their feelings for Dai Youheng, and Lan Susu admitted they thought he only cared for Princess Jiujiu.
• Yun Yi insisted that her disciples were worthy of anyone and offered to use her brainwashing soul skill to make Dai Youheng love the sisters.

Dai Youheng and the Snow Empress left behind their four-year dream life with their daughter Xiao Xiao Xue and awoke in the real world. Dai Youheng completed the God of Sloth's First Trial, broke through to level seventy, and prepared to face what lay ahead.

• Dai Youheng and the Snow Empress spent their final morning with Xiao Xiao Xue in the dream, where she realized they were about to leave.
• Dai Youheng and the Snow Empress promised Xiao Xiao Xue they would meet her again, then said goodbye as their dream world dissolved.
• Dai Youheng awoke in the real world after two years, and his soul power surged past the level-seventy bottleneck despite his missing Seventh Soul Ring.
• Dai Youheng completed the God of Sloth's First Trial, and the Snow Empress's soul appeared beside him as he declared that the real world's good show was about to begin.

After Dai Youheng completed the God of Sloth’s first trial, the god gave him a God-Given Soul Ring and told the Snow Empress that she and Dai Youheng would have a daughter named Xiao Xiao Xue. Back in their apartment, Dai Youheng began absorbing the ring as the Snow Empress urged him to become a god so they could welcome their daughter into the real world.

• The God of Sloth summoned Dai Youheng and the Snow Empress, congratulated Dai Youheng on completing his first trial, and gave him a God-Given Soul Ring.
• The God of Sloth told the Snow Empress that his prophetic dream showed her marrying Dai Youheng and having a daughter named Xiao Xiao Xue, then asked her to help Dai Youheng complete his second trial.
• The God of Sloth vanished, and Dai Youheng and the Snow Empress returned to their apartment with the ring and news of their future daughter.
• The Snow Empress urged Dai Youheng to absorb the ring so they could become gods and bring Xiao Xiao Xue into the real world.
• Dai Youheng prepared himself at full strength and began absorbing the God-Given Soul Ring as the Snow Empress watched anxiously.

Dai Youheng absorbed a God-Given Soul Ring and broke through to Soul Saint, raising it to an unprecedented two-hundred-thousand-year ring. He awakened a powerful, endlessly sustainable Martial Soul Avatar and left Nana amazed by his new strength.

• Nana returned to the apartment and discovered Dai Youheng absorbing a soul ring, then guarded his room while he cultivated.
• Dai Youheng endured the God-Given Soul Ring’s divine power and raised its age beyond one hundred thousand years.
• After a month, Dai Youheng completed the absorption, reached level seventy-four, and gained a seventh soul ring with two golden markings.
• Nana congratulated Dai Youheng on becoming a Soul Saint after seeing his seven-ring configuration.
• Dai Youheng examined his Demon Tiger True Body and found that it tripled his attributes without consuming soul power.

After advancing to Soul Saint, Dai Youheng challenged Nana to test his raw strength, but she first insisted that he clean himself up after two years of seclusion. In their mountain-valley match, Dai Youheng stacked his enhancement skills and blocked Nana’s sword with his bare arm, astonishing her with his superior physical strength.

• Dai Youheng asked Nana to spar, and Nana ordered him to bathe, shave, cut his hair, and change his clothes before they fought.
• Dai Youheng cleaned up and changed into fresh clothes, then left the Small Town with Nana for a deserted mountain valley.
• Nana revealed her nine soul rings and drew her level 7 Pan Yue Sword, while Dai Youheng summoned his own soul rings.
• Dai Youheng activated his first, third, fifth, and seventh soul skills, greatly increasing his strength and transforming into his Demon Tiger True Body.
• Nana attacked with the Pan Yue Sword while holding back, but Dai Youheng blocked it with his right arm, numbing her arm and shocking her with his strength.

Dai Youheng fought Nana using his Abyssal Demon Tiger martial soul and resisted her mental attacks and domains until he swallowed the Ice and Fire Body Tempering Pill, raising his stats to twelve times their normal values. He shattered her domains with a single punch, defeated her, and returned her sword as Nana conceded.

• Nana unleashed her Ghost Avatar, soul attacks, Darkness Domain, and Illusory Domain against Dai Youheng, but his defenses and combat instincts countered her techniques.
• Dai Youheng used his own Darkness Zone and Ice Prison Shackles to weaken Nana's advantages and restrain her spirit form.
• Dai Youheng swallowed the Ice and Fire Body Tempering Pill, doubling his enhanced stats and unleashing power that overwhelmed Nana's domains.
• Dai Youheng shattered both domains with a punch, dispersed Nana's Ghost Avatar, and forced her to drop the Pan Yue Sword.
• Dai Youheng returned Nana's sword, and Nana conceded while he praised her progress.

Dai Youheng recalled Ling Ya, learned of his progress and his family’s well-being, then sent him to stir the Body Sect into action while he and Nana headed for Maple Leaf City. Ling Ya traveled to the Heaven Dou Empire seeking the elusive Body Sect, and Dai Youheng’s reasoning pointed him toward the Snow Demon Sect as a likely route in.

• Dai Youheng summoned Ling Ya, who reported reaching Level 7 as a Soul Engineer and said Dai Youheng’s mother and Luo Li were well.
• Dai Youheng told Ling Ya to visit the Lan sisters and Du Busi, delivering information to muddy the waters and rouse the Body Sect.
• Dai Youheng and Nana set out for Maple Leaf City while Ling Ya traveled to the Heaven Dou Empire on his mission.
• Dai Youheng rejected approaching Princess Vina through the heavily guarded imperial palace and identified the Snow Demon Sect as a likely connection to the Body Sect.

Ling Ya arrived at the Snow Demon Sect and revealed that he knew it served the Body Sect. Xue Mo agreed to contact Du Busi, while the Lan Family sisters continued training at the Body Sect.

• Ling Ya released Titled Douluo-level pressure at the Snow Demon Sect's gate and identified himself to the guards as the Ice Sky Douluo.
• Sect Master Xue Mo came out, introduced himself as an eighty-eighth-ranked Soul Douluo, and asked why Ling Ya had come.
• Ling Ya said he wanted to meet the Body Sect's Du Busi and explained that he knew the Snow Demon Sect was connected to the Body Sect.
• Xue Mo admitted that he was a disciple of Golden Body Douluo Golden Roc and agreed to send word to Du Busi, promising an answer by the next day.
• Xue Mo arranged a guest room for Ling Ya and went to the Body Sect, where the Lan Family sisters were sparring.

Ling Ya visited the Body Sect and met Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, telling them that Dai Youheng often praised them and had recommended the sect for their cultivation. After encouraging the sisters to keep training for the next tournament, Ling Ya went to meet Du Busi.

• Du Busi agreed to meet Ling Ya after Yun Yi advised him to show courtesy to the visiting Titled Douluo.
• Ling Ya toured the Body Sect's training grounds with Xue Mo and recognized Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo as Dai Youheng's friends.
• Ling Ya told the sisters that Dai Youheng had praised their aptitude and recommended they cultivate at the Body Sect.
• Lan Luoluo told Ling Ya that she and Lan Susu hoped to reach rank fifty and awaken their Martial Souls again so they could compete in the next tournament.
• Ling Ya encouraged the sisters, then followed Xue Mo to meet Du Busi while Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo resolved to work harder for Dai Youheng's sake.

Ling Ya negotiated with the Body Sect to provide intelligence about Huo Yuhao in exchange for the Soul Tools and related materials he carried. Du Busi accepted the deal and agreed to target Huo Yuhao during his return from the Sun Moon Empire, while Ling Ya concealed Dai Youheng’s deeper plan.

• Ling Ya entered the Body Sect’s hall and met Du Busi, Golden Roc, and Yun Yi.
• Ling Ya offered intelligence that could help the Body Sect capture Huo Yuhao and demanded his Storage Soul Tools, Soul Tools, blueprints, and materials in return.
• Yun Yi recognized that Ling Ya wanted the Sun Moon Empire’s soul engineering knowledge and intended to use the Body Sect’s strength against Shrek.
• Ling Ya revealed that Huo Yuhao’s exchange studies would end in about two months, with a handover planned at Maple Leaf City and only a small Shrek escort expected.
• Du Busi accepted the deal and told Ling Ya to remain at the Body Sect while its elders discussed the operation.
• Ling Ya reflected that the Body Sect had taken the bait and concealed the larger plan behind the supposedly genuine intelligence.

Dai Youheng discussed his ruthless views on Huo Yuhao and Xu Jiujiu with the Snow Empress, then set out with her and Nana after Huo Yuhao’s group. They reached the road ahead just as a sinister presence confronted Yan Shaozhe in a barren valley.

• Dai Youheng watched Shrek and Sun Moon exchange their students, while Jing Hongchen secretly arranged an ambush to kill Huo Yuhao on the journey back.
• The Snow Empress questioned Dai Youheng about his lack of attachment to Huo Yuhao and his feelings for Xu Jiujiu; he said he would choose the Snow Empress and treat Xu Jiujiu as an enemy if she stood in his way.
• Dai Youheng teased the Snow Empress, then told Nana to wait an hour before they followed Huo Yuhao’s group on foot.
• Dai Youheng, the Snow Empress, and Nana left Maple Leaf City and raced southeast toward the route Huo Yuhao’s group had taken.
• A black cloud shaped like a monstrous tiger appeared over a barren valley, and its unseen speaker challenged Yan Shaozhe to recognize him.

Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er confronted Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng, who had returned after Mu En’s death to seize Huo Yuhao. Xian Lin'er was overwhelmed by Zhang Peng’s strength and summoned beast souls, while Yan Shaozhe stayed beside Huo Yuhao and He Caitou to guard against another attacker; he ended the chapter by calling out a presence hiding nearby.

• Zhang Peng appeared in the valley and demanded that Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er leave Huo Yuhao behind.
• Xian Lin'er attacked Zhang Peng with her Azure Flame Spear and Class 8 soul tool armor, forcing him to abandon his cloud form.
• Zhang Peng said Mu En’s death had ended his promise to stay hidden and denied working with the Sun Moon Empire.
• Zhang Peng transformed with his seventh soul skill and summoned twelve beast souls with his eighth, putting Xian Lin'er at a severe disadvantage.
• Yan Shaozhe stayed beside Huo Yuhao and He Caitou instead of joining the fight, then spotted a distorted shadow and ordered its hidden occupant to come out.

Long Xiaoyao revealed himself as the legendary Dragon Emperor Douluo and offered to let Yan Shaozhe and the others leave if Huo Yuhao surrendered his ring. Du Busi rejected the demand and declared that he would fight Long Xiaoyao over Huo Yuhao and the Body Sect’s claim to the ring.

• Du Busi arrived and confronted Yan Shaozhe and the gathered Evil Soul Masters.
• A silver-haired old man appeared, identified himself as Long Xiaoyao, and shocked Yan Shaozhe and Du Busi.
• Long Xiaoyao recalled his regret over wronging Mu En and explained that he had emerged from seclusion after sensing Mu En’s death.
• Long Xiaoyao offered to spare everyone if Huo Yuhao handed over his ring.
• Du Busi refused to yield Huo Yuhao or the ring and challenged Long Xiaoyao to fight.

Du Busi, Yan Shaozhe, and Golden Roc fought Long Xiaoyao while Xian Lin'er struggled against Zhang Peng. As Huo Yuhao tried to help Xian Lin'er, Nana remotely immobilized him with a spectral soul technique.

• Dai Youheng watched from concealment as Yan Shaozhe chose to ally with Du Busi against Long Xiaoyao.
• Du Busi, Yan Shaozhe, and Golden Roc attacked Long Xiaoyao, who controlled the battle and avoided seriously harming them.
• Xian Lin'er was worn down by Zhang Peng's Scorpion Tiger Martial Soul and its twelve beast souls.
• Huo Yuhao prepared to rush to Xian Lin'er's aid, but Nana's remotely controlled spectral soul restrained him.
• Electrolux identified the technique and its powerful Titled Douluo-level Spiritual Power, but could not break Nana's control.

Huo Yuhao traded the Starlight Sapphire and ring to Ling Ya in exchange for his freedom and Xian Lin'er's rescue. Ling Ya joined Xian Lin'er against Zhang Peng, while Xuan Zi arrived to fight Long Xiaoyao, leaving the powerful battle unresolved.

• Ling Ya freed Huo Yuhao from Nana's black wisps by offering to save Xian Lin'er in exchange for the Starlight Sapphire and ring.
• After Electrolux urged him to value lives above the treasures, Huo Yuhao gave Ling Ya the sapphire and ring.
• Ling Ya rushed to help Xian Lin'er, and their ice-and-fire attacks wounded Zhang Peng and drove him back beside Long Xiaoyao.
• Xuan Zi arrived in his Godly Taotie Bull true body and attacked Long Xiaoyao.
• Long Xiaoyao unleashed a dark dragon against Xuan Zi and Du Busi, and their combined clash ended without either side gaining the upper hand.

Long Xiaoyao and Zhang Peng retreated, and Shrek left without reclaiming the ring Ling Ya had received for saving Huo Yuhao and Xian Lin'er. Ling Ya then handed the spoils to Dai Youheng, who planned to exploit Shrek’s efforts to recover them, while the God of Sloth’s trial remained incomplete.

• Long Xiaoyao ordered Zhang Peng to retreat, and Xuan Zi’s group let them go rather than risk another costly fight.
• Huo Yuhao explained how Ling Ya had saved him and Xian Lin'er in exchange for the Starlight Sapphire ring, but Du Busi defended the deal and Xuan Zi led Shrek away empty-handed.
• Du Busi acknowledged that Ling Ya had fulfilled his promise, then departed with Golden Roc, leaving Ling Ya to put the ring away and disappear.
• Ling Ya met Dai Youheng and Nana in the forest, and Dai Youheng instructed him to sort the ring’s contents and transfer valuable soul tool materials and Core Arrays.
• Dai Youheng outlined a scheme for Ling Ya to demand repayment and ultimately share the spoils with the Star Luo Imperial Family, using Shrek’s pressure to his advantage.
• Dai Youheng told the Snow Empress that the spoils had not satisfied the God of Sloth’s trial and predicted that Huo Yuhao would soon bring them a greater opportunity.

Dai Youheng reunited with Xu Jiujiu in the Imperial Palace and revealed that he had reached Soul Saint level with two hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings. Xu Jiawei praised him publicly but privately regarded his power as a potential threat, while reaffirming that the Star Crown Pact had to be signed.

• Dai Youheng returned to Star Luo City and went to the Imperial Palace after learning Xu Jiujiu was meeting with Xu Jiawei.
• Xu Jiujiu ran to Dai Youheng and embraced him, but Xu Jiawei interrupted their reunion.
• Dai Youheng told Xu Jiawei that he had reached Soul Saint level and displayed three purple, two black, and two red Soul Rings.
• Xu Jiawei concealed his wariness of Dai Youheng's power and promised the Star Luo Imperial Family would support his rise.
• Xu Jiawei left Xu Jiujiu with Dai Youheng, then silently warned her that the Star Crown Pact had to be signed without compromise.

Xu Jiujiu brought Dai Youheng to her mansion and revealed that she wanted him to form a Star Crown Pact, binding his life to her Star Crown in exchange for its power. Dai Youheng recognized the trap, and the Snow Empress urgently warned him not to agree.

• Xu Jiujiu left the Imperial Palace with Dai Youheng and drew him into an intimate conversation at her mansion while four Titled Douluo secretly watched.
• Dai Youheng sensed the hidden experts and realized Xu Jiujiu intended to use a means to prevent him from betraying the royal family.
• Xu Jiujiu summoned her Star Crown and created a Star Core Gem, promising it would grant Dai Youheng cultivation benefits and a powerful starlight skill.
• Xu Jiujiu explained that the pact would bind Dai Youheng's life to her Star Crown and let her kill him with a thought if he betrayed her or the Xu Family.
• Dai Youheng silently recognized Xu Jiujiu's plan to control him, and the Snow Empress urgently warned him that the pact would place his life in the Xu Family's hands.

Dai Youheng reassured the Snow Empress that Xu Jiujiu’s star crown pact could not threaten him, then completed it with Xu Jiujiu and spent the night with her. The next day, they discussed the offensive Soul Skill he gained from her Star Core Gem and the powerful grandfather she planned to introduce him to.

• Dai Youheng told the Snow Empress that his divine seal and the ability she had given him made the star crown pact harmless to him.
• Dai Youheng accepted Xu Jiujiu’s Star Core Gem into his Abyssal Demon Tiger phantom, completing the pact and easing her fears.
• Xu Jiujiu offered herself to Dai Youheng, and he carried her to her bedroom; Xu Jiawei learned of the pact and allowed their relationship to proceed.
• Dai Youheng and Xu Jiujiu woke at noon, exchanged affectionate words, and discussed his new Soul Skill, Star Light Annihilation.
• Xu Jiujiu revealed that her grandfather was the rank ninety-seven Star Light Douluo and the Star Crown Sect’s sect master, and promised to introduce Dai Youheng to him.

Xu Jiujiu returned to court after spending the morning with Dai Youheng, while he secretly planned to fake his death and use the Star Crown Pact to manipulate the Xu Family and other factions. Her meeting with Xu Jiawei was interrupted by an urgent visit from Ice Sky Douluo Ling Ya.

• Dai Youheng reminded Xu Jiujiu that it was nearly noon, and she hurried to dress and return to the palace to handle state affairs.
• After Xu Jiujiu left, Dai Youheng told the Snow Empress he planned to exploit the Star Crown Pact, fake his death, and make Dai Luoli inherit the Dai Family’s remaining responsibilities.
• Dai Youheng proposed creating a misunderstanding that would make Xu Jiujiu kill him, then using her guilt to keep manipulating her and potentially damage another faction.
• Xu Jiujiu met Xu Jiawei, who praised her and promised Dai Youheng high status and a future title if he remained loyal and helped unify the continent.
• An attendant announced that Ice Sky Douluo Ling Ya had arrived at the imperial study with an urgent matter.

Ling Ya reported to Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu how he had obtained a storage ring containing Sun Moon Empire soul tool materials and research by bargaining with Huo Yuhao during a battle involving Shrek, the Body Sect, and evil soul masters. He offered the ring’s contents to the Star Luo Empire in exchange for protection, while Xu Jiawei worried that Shrek would retaliate.

• Ling Ya told Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu that he had joined forces with the Body Sect to seize Huo Yuhao, but a clash involving Du Busi, Zhang Peng, Long Xiaoyao, and Xuan Zi had disrupted the plan.
• Ling Ya explained that he had helped Huo Yuhao and Shrek’s teachers escape in exchange for the starlight sapphire and Jing Hongchen’s storage ring, and that he had worked with Xian Lin'er to drive Zhang Peng back.
• Ling Ya presented the ring to Xu Jiawei and revealed that it held rare materials and Sun Moon Empire soul tool research, while the most valuable contents had already been moved to Dai Youheng’s storage soul tool.
• Ling Ya offered to let the Star Luo Empire study the ring’s contents if it protected him and kept the treasure from Shrek.
• Xu Jiujiu urged Xu Jiawei to accept the deal, but Xu Jiawei questioned whether the empire could withstand Shrek’s response.

Ling Ya persuaded Xu Jiawei to make Dai Youheng take the blame for seizing the Ring in exchange for its treasures and Ling Ya's service to the Star Luo Empire. Xu Jiujiu told Dai Youheng, who comforted her and agreed, though he was actually the scheme's mastermind.

• Ling Ya proposed naming Dai Youheng as the mastermind and invoking Shrek's promise not to punish him, then offered the Ring's contents and his allegiance to Xu Jiawei in return for approval.
• Xu Jiawei accepted Ling Ya's terms and ordered Xu Jiujiu to persuade Dai Youheng to put the Empire first.
• Xu Jiujiu returned to the Princess's Mansion, where Dai Youheng had prepared a meal for her.
• Xu Jiujiu confessed the plan and her guilt to Dai Youheng, and he comforted her and agreed to take the blame.
• Xu Jiujiu promised Dai Youheng a princely title or a life together away from court, while Dai Youheng concealed his mockery and the fact that he really was the mastermind.

Dai Youheng let the Star Luo Empire portray him as the fall guy for the theft of Huo Yuhao’s treasures, winning sympathy and Xu Jiujiu’s affection while concealing that he had masterminded the affair himself. He sent Nana to watch Shrek City’s upcoming Sea God’s Fate gathering and report what happened after Huo Yuhao left and returned.

• The Star Luo Empire blamed Dai Youheng for taking Huo Yuhao’s ring, and Dai Youheng invoked Yan Shaozhe’s old promise to block Shrek’s demands.
• Cai Mei'er explained to Huo Yuhao that Dai Youheng was likely serving as the imperial family’s scapegoat, easing Huo Yuhao’s resentment toward his brother.
• Leaders of other powers and the Star Luo public formed opposing impressions of Dai Youheng, while the empire secured Soul Tool research and Ling Ya’s allegiance.
• Dai Youheng privately revealed through his actions that he had planned the affair himself, and Nana recognized that he had turned himself into the apparent victim.
• After spending several days with Xu Jiujiu, Dai Youheng sent Nana to watch the Sea God’s Fate gathering and report on Huo Yuhao’s movements.

Nana observed Sea God's Fate at Shrek Academy and reported Huo Yuhao’s urgent departure to Dai Youheng. Dai Youheng used the opportunity to leave Star Luo City under the pretense of needing a break, while Xu Jiujiu believed his explanation and let him go.

• Nana reached Shrek City, learned Sea God's Fate would be held that night, and watched the gathering from the lakeshore.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er’s party later left for the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Huo Yuhao’s fifth soul ring, without Wang Qiu'er.
• After returning as a Soul King, Huo Yuhao hurriedly left the academy alone, and Nana raced back to Star Luo City to report it to Dai Youheng.
• Dai Youheng wrote Xu Jiujiu a teasing note claiming he needed a few days away to recover and clear his head.
• Xu Jiujiu felt guilty about Dai Youheng’s situation, then blushed at his suggestive joke and accepted his departure.