Recaps

Huo Yuhao’s Integration Movement launched an assault on Star Dou Fortress to capture it and connect the Core Area of Star Dou Great Forest with the outside world. The attackers broke through the fortress’s shield and outer wall, and their forces began streaming inside.

• Star Dou Fortress’s guards dismissed the Integration Movement’s declaration of war, confident that the fortress’s defenses could withstand an attack.
• Huo Yuhao sent eight thousand fighters, including two thousand Black-Grade Mechas, to attack Star Dou Fortress, with Qiu’er directing the assault.
• The fortress’s detectors spotted the approaching mechas, Soul Beasts, and other Integration Movement forces, prompting the defenders to sound the alarm.
• The Integration Movement opened fire, and the Black-Grade Mechas advanced through the defenders’ barrage while shielding the troops behind them.
• The mechas cut into Star Dou Fortress’s outer wall with fire-covered soul tool longswords as the other attackers covered them.
• The attackers breached the outer wall, and Integration Movement forces began streaming into Star Dou Fortress.

The Integration Movement breached Star Dou Fortress’s outer walls and overwhelmed its defenders with powerful fighters, mechas, aircraft, and attacks that blasted through the fortress’s interior. The commander-in-chief learned that Spirit Pagoda Headquarters and Mingdu were also under attack, and accepted that Star Dou Fortress was certain to fall.

• The Integration Movement broke through the outer walls, and A Bao led its forces inside while cutting down mechas sent to reinforce the breach.
• A-Jin and the Integration Movement forces overwhelmed defenders in the passages as Qiu'er, A-Hua, Tian Meng, and Yue Ye broke through interior walls to attack.
• The Integration Movement blasted straight through Star Dou Fortress’s complex interior, making its defensive lines and layered fortifications ineffective.
• Fighter aircraft bombed the fortress’s internal towers and facilities, while a Black-Grade Mecha broke through a wall and aimed at the defenders.
• The commander-in-chief requested reinforcements from Spirit Pagoda Headquarters and Shrek City's City Defense Army, but a staff officer reported that Spirit Pagoda Headquarters and Mingdu were under attack.
• The commander-in-chief slumped into his chair as those in the command room realized Star Dou Fortress would fall.

Di Tian hesitated over whether the Soul Beasts should join the Integration Movement’s attack on Star Dou Fortress, fearing it might interfere with Gu Yuena’s plan, but ultimately allowed them to charge. The Soul Beasts broke through the fortress wall and found Na'er and Qiu'er waiting on the other side.

• Xiong Jun, the Scarlet King, and the Myriad Demon King attacked Star Dou Fortress while Di Tian weighed the risks to the Silver Dragon King's plan.
• Bi Ji urged Di Tian as Soul Beasts gathered and awaited his orders, and he nodded, allowing them to join the assault.
• Bi Ji supported the advancing Soul Beasts with green light, while Zi JI joined the attack and Di Tian destroyed Soul Cannons on the wall.
• Xiong Jun struck the fortress wall with Sky-Rending Claw, and Di Tian's attack helped the Soul Beasts bring it down.
• Xiong Jun and Valefor stared at each other in surprise as Na'er stepped forward and Qiu'er said, "Everyone, I'm back."

After Qiu'er returned to the Star Dou Great Forest with Na'er and their allies, the Soul Beasts celebrated the fall of Star Dou Fortress. Di Tian tried to keep Qiu'er there, but the group urged him to consider the danger outside and challenged the Silver Dragon King's plan, leaving him asking what they intended to do about it.

• The Soul Beasts recognized Qiu'er as the returned Emperor Auspicious Beast, and Bi Ji welcomed her back.
• Di Tian arrived and questioned Qiu'er and Na'er, then tried to stop them from leaving the Core Area.
• A Bao, Tian Meng, and the others confronted Di Tian when he attempted to seize Qiu'er.
• Qiu'er said the Soul Beasts' old path and the Silver Dragon King's plan would not bring lasting change, and Na'er confirmed she had explained the plan to them.
• Yue Ye warned that the Spirit Pagoda or other forces could build another Star Dou Fortress, prompting Di Tian to ask what they intended to do about the Master's plan.

Qiu'er evacuated the Soul Beasts from the Core Area as Di Tian flew to the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, intent on confronting Huo Yuhao and finding out what had happened to Gu Yuena. Di Tian recognized Huo Yuhao and demanded that he release the Master, leaving the people watching to realize that the white-haired man was the legendary Spirit Ice Douluo.

• Qiu'er ordered the Soul Beasts to evacuate, while Bi Ji and Zi JI flew after Di Tian and Tian Meng and Na'er followed as well.
• Di Tian rushed toward the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, thinking of the Silver Dragon King and his unfinished battle with Huo Yuhao from ten thousand years ago.
• Di Tian saw Huo Yuhao with Gu Yuena and roared Huo Yuhao's name, startling Long Yeyue, Leng Yaozhu, and the other Spirit Pagoda personnel.
• Huo Yuhao greeted Di Tian, who transformed into human form and demanded that he let the Master go.
• Di Tian's confirmation convinced many onlookers that Huo Yuhao was the legendary Spirit Ice Douluo, while Xie Xie stood stunned.

Yun Ming returned with the Sky-Piercing Divine Spear and rescued Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena as Huo Yuhao and Di Tian began their long-awaited battle. The others prepared to return to the ground while the legendary duel continued in the sky.

• Gu Yuena and Tang Wulin fell after their battle, while Di Tian ignored her plea and confronted Huo Yuhao.
• Ya Li and the others rushed to catch Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena as Yun Ming flew up and the Sky-Piercing Divine Spear returned to him.
• Yun Ming reunited with Ya Li and used the spear to block Di Tian's shockwave, then caught Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena.
• Ya Li healed Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena, and Yun Ming said that Huo Yuhao had brought him back to life.
• Yun Ming told the others to return to the ground and explain everything later as Huo Yuhao and Di Tian's battle began.

Di Tian confronted Huo Yuhao and challenged him to settle the defeat he had never accepted. Their battle escalated as Di Tian unleashed his full power and Dragon God Claw, which Huo Yuhao met with a seven-colored punch; the outcome remained unclear.

• Di Tian recognized Huo Yuhao and attacked him with a Black Dragon Sword formed from ultimate Dark Elements.
• Huo Yuhao put away his weapons and blocked Di Tian’s strike with an Ultimate Ice sword.
• Di Tian unleashed his Black Dragon Domain, and Huo Yuhao shattered the darkness with Emperor Sword: Ice Extreme Peerless.
• Di Tian revealed his strength had reached 950,000 years of cultivation and attacked Huo Yuhao with the Dragon God Claw.
• Huo Yuhao answered with a seven-colored punch, and a blinding collision left everyone waiting to see who had won.

Huo Yuhao defeated Di Tian, healed him, and confronted the resentment and confusion behind his opposition to humans. Gu Yuena accepted that her plan had failed and agreed with Di Tian that they needed a different path to revive the Dragon God.

• Huo Yuyao struck Di Tian down, and the live broadcast left Shrek City and the watching empires in stunned silence.
• Huo Yuhao asked why he should kill Di Tian and challenged him to face his own motives and divided loyalties.
• Huo Yuhao healed Di Tian's injuries and walked away after telling him he had gone backward with age.
• Bi Ji and Zi JI reached Di Tian, and Gu Yuena joined them after accepting that her plan had failed.
• Gu Yuena told Di Tian they could not keep following the same path, and he nodded before she looked toward Huo Yuhao.

After the Integration Movement’s attack on the Spirit Pagoda, Huo Yuhao prepared to reshape the relationship between humans and soul beasts while avoiding an all-out war that could benefit the Abyss Plane and the Holy Spirit Cult. He relied on the operation and his defeat of Douluo Star’s top fighters to establish deterrence, and moved to bring the operation to a close.

• Yun Ming returned to Douluo Star during Huo Yuhao’s fight with Tang Wulin and rushed over to try to stop the battle, but failed.
• Huo Yuhao considered how to impose a new relationship between humans and soul beasts after rescuing the Spirit Pagoda’s soul spirits, while keeping the empires and sects from obstructing him.
• Huo Yuhao judged that a direct war would be too costly and would aid the Abyss Plane and the Holy Spirit Cult, so he planned to use deterrence instead.
• Huo Yuhao intended to remove Qiangu Dongfeng for his involvement in the bombing of Shrek City and to erode the power of the empires and sects over time.
• Huo Yuhao explained to himself why he had forced Gu Yuena to reveal herself after defeating Qiangu Dongfeng, Tang Wulin, and the others, then prepared to conclude the operation.

After defeating Qiangu Dongfeng, Huo Yuhao addressed the world as the Integration Movement’s Demon King and announced plans to resolve the conflict between humans and Soul Beasts. He removed Qiangu Dongfeng as Spirit Pagoda Master, placed the organization under the Integration Movement’s oversight, and then approached him.

• Huo Yuhao walked past the onlookers and spoke to the cameras, introducing himself as Huo Yuhao, the Demon King, and Spirit Ice Douluo.
• Huo Yuhao told the three nations and major organizations that the strained relationship between humans and Soul Beasts had reached a dead end and that the Spirit Pagoda had worsened the conflict.
• Huo Yuhao confirmed that the Spirit Pagoda had been involved in the Holy Spirit Cult’s bombing of Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao stripped Qiangu Dongfeng of his position as Pagoda Master, ordered Spirit Pagoda staff to continue their work, and left the Integration Movement to oversee the organization.
• Huo Yuhao and the Integration Movement began withdrawing, while his aura drove nearby residents and reporters away.
• Huo Yuhao walked up to Qiangu Dongfeng, who could only watch nervously as his plans collapsed.

Huo Yuhao killed Qiangu Dongfeng, revived him to torment his soul, and took the soul spirits from him and Qiangu Dieting before ordering Leng Yaozhu to restore order at the Spirit Pagoda. After waiting at its headquarters for an expected attacker, Huo Yuhao was pulled into a strange space and struck by a seven-colored Clear Sky Hammer.

• Huo Yuhao smashed Qiangu Dongfeng's head, then revived him and inflicted ceaseless pain on his soul.
• Qiangu Dieting claimed Qiangu Qingfeng and Qiangu Zhangting had not taken part in the Spirit Pagoda's crimes, and Huo Yuhao silenced him while investigating the matter.
• Huo Yuhao removed Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Dieting's soul spirits and gave them to Phoenix Demon God Phoenix.
• Huo Yuhao ordered Vice Pagoda Master Leng Yaozhu to restore order at the Spirit Pagoda and went to its headquarters.
• Huo Yuhao waited on the headquarters' top floor for an attacker, then was pulled into a strange space and faced a seven-colored Clear Sky Hammer.

Tang Hao and Ah Yin traced a disturbance across Douluo Star and learned that Huo Yuhao had returned, making him an unpredictable threat to their Ten-Thousand-Year Plan. Tang Hao pulled Huo Yuhao into a separate space and struck at him with his Clear Sky Hammer.

• Tang Hao sensed a two-hour disruption in his perception of Douluo Star and suspected that some unknown force had caused it.
• Ah Yin connected with the Life Ancient Tree and learned that Huo Yuhao had returned to Douluo Star with a group of creatures.
• Tang Hao concluded that Huo Yuhao’s return could interfere with the plan to use the Abyss Plane to restore Douluo Star’s energy.
• Tang Hao judged Huo Yuhao to be a threat and dragged him into a separate space to kill him quietly.
• Tang Hao swung his seven-colored Clear Sky Hammer at Huo Yuhao, who turned to face the blow without fear.

Huo Yuhao lured Tang Hao into attacking him at the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, then evaded the Clear Sky Hammer and revealed his full strength. Their opposing powers shook the space as the confrontation began.

• Huo Yuhao explained that he had sent most of the Integration Movement’s forces and Soul Beasts back to Integration Star while preparing to confront Tang Hao alone.
• Huo Yuhao disguised his aura at the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters and waited for Tang Hao to take the bait.
• Tang Hao attacked Huo Yuhao with his seven-colored Clear Sky Hammer, believing Huo Yuhao’s strength had weakened.
• Huo Yuhao used Illusory Bubbles to evade the blow and reappeared behind Tang Hao with twenty-seven Soul Rings displayed.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Calamity Crown, and his pressure as Integration Star’s Plane Master met Tang Hao’s divine power, shaking the space.

Huo Yuhao and Tang Hao clashed, and Tang Hao realized Huo Yuhao possessed genuine God-Level power and an aura like a Plane Master's. Tang Hao remained confident he could defeat him as Huo Yuhao reappeared behind him, setting up their next exchange.

• Tang Hao sensed that Huo Yuhao's aura had changed and resembled the power of a Plane Master.
• Huo Yuhao attacked Tang Hao with the Ice Spirit Spear, and Tang Hao met the strike with his Clear Sky Hammer empowered by Douluo Star's Plane Laws.
• Tang Hao pushed the explosion toward Huo Yuhao, who withdrew his spear and vanished before the shock wave engulfed the area.
• Tang Hao recognized Huo Yuhao's strength as genuine God-Level power but remained confident that he could win.
• Huo Yuhao appeared in the distance behind Tang Hao as the shock wave dissipated.

Huo Yuhao and Tang Hao fought in the dim space, with Tang Hao using Douluo Star’s plane laws to suppress Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao changed the power of his Angel Holy Sword and launched a golden-light strike at Tang Hao, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao gauged Tang Hao’s strength and judged that, despite being a weaker Third-Class Deity, he had prepared ways to fight the Second-Level Deity.
• Huo Yuhao threw his Ice Spirit Spear at Tang Hao, who deflected it with his Clear Sky Hammer and charged at Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao summoned six pairs of white wings and the Angel Holy Sword, then met Tang Hao’s hammer with the Sun Holy Sword.
• Tang Hao used Douluo Star’s plane laws to slow and suppress Huo Yuhao as they exchanged repeated attacks.
• Huo Yuhao combined the power of the Twelve-Winged Eternal Angel with his angel divine power, then slashed at Tang Hao with a golden-light strike that opened spatial rifts.

Huo Yuhao and Tang Hao traded powerful attacks as Tang Hao used Douluo Star’s Plane Laws to break Huo Yuhao’s restraints and counter his strikes. The chapter ended with Tang Hao gathering his full strength to meet Huo Yuhao’s purple-gold scythe attack, while the Plane Magic Array could not lock onto Huo Yuhao.

• Tang Hao concentrated his Second-Level Deity power into the Clear Sky Hammer and broke Huo Yuhao’s golden slash with the Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Huo Yuhao trapped Tang Hao in Angel Hexagram, but Tang Hao used Douluo Star’s Plane Laws to shatter the array.
• Huo Yuhao attacked Tang Hao with the Rakshasa Demon Scythe, and Tang Hao drove him back before throwing the Clear Sky Hammer at him.
• Huo Yuhao used Stillness of All Things to slow the hammer, then teleported beside Tang Hao and fused with the Rakshasa Dharma Form.
• Tang Hao recalled the Clear Sky Hammer and gathered Douluo Star’s Plane Laws, but discovered the Plane Magic Array could not lock onto Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao swung his purple-gold Rakshasa Demon Scythe at Tang Hao, who gathered his full power to face the strike.

Huo Yuhao gained the upper hand over Tang Hao, but Tang Hao tried to escape by collapsing their battlefield. Huo Yuhao trapped him in the collapsing space with Cold Lotus Ice Court, and Tang Hao faced Huo Yuhao’s exposed, chaotic left eye.

• Huo Yuhao used Integration Star’s power to overpower Tang Hao, wounding him and cracking the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao struck the surrounding space to collapse it and tried to escape back to Douluo Star.
• Huo Yuhao cast Cold Lotus Ice Court, using the snow lotus and the Ice Spirit Spear and Angel Holy Sword to trap Tang Hao in the space.
• Huo Yuhao summoned thousands of Ultimate Ice Swords as Tang Hao prepared to stall and find a way out.
• Huo Yuhao’s eyepatch shattered, and his chaotic left eye filled Tang Hao with instinctive terror and left him briefly dazed.

Huo Yuhao battled Tang Hao inside the Cold Lotus Ice Court, disrupting Tang Hao’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and forcing him to detonate Douluo Star’s plane-law power. The blast damaged the space around them, but Huo Yuhao steadied himself and prepared to attack again as Tang Hao resumed his assault.

• Huo Yuhao distracted Tang Hao with Austin Griffin’s soul and sent a storm of Ultimate Ice swords at him.
• Huo Yuhao charged Tang Hao with the Golden Dragon Spear and used Emperor Sword: Ice Extreme Peerless to undermine his Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Tang Hao hurled the Clear Sky Hammer at Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao’s ice dragon knocked it aside and wounded Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao detonated Douluo Star’s plane-law power, forcing Huo Yuhao back and tearing apart the Cold Lotus Ice Court.
• Huo Yuhao steadied himself and prepared to attack again as Tang Hao roared and sent the Clear Sky Hammer after him.

Tang Hao used the Douluo Star Plane Laws to unleash his strongest Great Sumeru Hammer, but Huo Yuhao transformed into a Holy Necromancer and shattered the attack. The Ice Spirit Spear pierced Tang Hao, leaving him wounded and facing Huo Yuhao’s real target: his soul.

• Tang Hao detonated part of the Plane Laws to repel Huo Yuhao, then launched a final Great Sumeru Hammer despite the damage to his body.
• Huo Yuhao transformed through four super Forbidden Spells of Necromancy and empowered the Ice Spirit Spear with pure white energy.
• Huo Yuhao thrust the spear through the Plane Laws’ power and focused his attack on Tang Hao rather than merely stopping the hammer.
• Tang Hao poured out his remaining power, but Huo Yuhao shattered the Great Sumeru Hammer and the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao failed to evade the Ice Spirit Spear, which pierced his arm and entered his body, revealing Huo Yuhao’s intent to attack his soul.

Huo Yuhao wounded Tang Hao and tried to extract Douluo Star’s authority, but Tang Hao severed his arm and escaped. By absorbing the small share of authority left in the arm, Huo Yuhao stopped Tang Hao from using it to reject him from Douluo Star and prepared to wait for Tang Hao to reappear.

• Huo Yuhao drove the Ice Spirit Spear into Tang Hao and began extracting the authority over Douluo Star from his soul.
• Tang Hao realized he could escape only by sacrificing the pierced arm and a portion of his authority, then severed the arm and fled.
• Huo Yuhao pursued Tang Hao back to the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters but could not find him.
• Huo Yuhao shattered Tang Hao’s severed arm and absorbed the small amount of Douluo Star’s authority it contained.
• Huo Yuhao realized Tang Hao could no longer use that share of authority to force him off Douluo Star, so he decided to wait for Tang Hao to show himself.

After Huo Yuhao defeated Tang Hao, he chose to delay attacking Tang Hao and Ah Yin while he handled other threats on Douluo Star. Tang Hao and Ah Yin decided to bring forward their Ten-Thousand-Year Plan and exploit the coming conflict with the Abyss Plane.

• Huo Yuhao considered destroying the Life Ancient Tree at Shrek Academy but decided it would not force Tang Hao and Ah Yin out of hiding, and might prompt them to seek other opportunities.
• Huo Yuhao put away his armor, resumed his usual appearance, and planned to let Tang Hao and Ah Yin believe they were safe while he dealt with Douluo Star's other affairs.
• Tang Hao returned to Ah Yin with one arm missing, and she confirmed that the Life Ancient Tree at Sea God Lake was unharmed.
• Tang Hao told Ah Yin that Huo Yuhao's presence had ruined their original plan and that they could no longer rely on Douluo Star's Plane Laws to expel him.
• Tang Hao proposed bringing forward the Ten-Thousand-Year Plan, reasoning that Huo Yuhao and the Abyssal Sage King would weaken each other while Tang San's measures were activated.
• Tang Hao planned to loosen Douluo Star's barrier with the Abyss Plane to speed the Holy Spirit Cult's opening of a passage, and Ah Yin reluctantly agreed.

Xiao An traveled to the Devil Archipelago with the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life to investigate the energy there and help them recover. After an energy tide struck him, he saw a silent, obscured vision of a palace, a being draining his power, and the war that followed, before the God of Destruction asked how he felt.

• Xiao An arrived above the Devil Archipelago and sensed a powerful summons he could not explain.
• The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life recognized the destruction energy and Life Energy across the islands and explained their properties to Xiao An.
• Xiao An found a fragment of a structure in the woods, and the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life recognized it as one they had lost in Space-Time Turbulence.
• An energy tide surged from the fragment and struck Xiao An despite his defenses.
• Xiao An saw an obscured vision of a palace, a being draining his power, and the flames of war, while feeling resistance and discomfort.
• The God of Destruction asked Xiao An how he was feeling.

Xiao An emerged from an illusion after the energy fragment briefly stirred violent fluctuations in his mind. The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life wondered whether he had recovered memories of his past as the Dragon Clan Crown Prince, but he told them he was all right.

• The God of Destruction called to Xiao An, and Xiao An returned to consciousness on Devil Island as the scenes around him shattered.
• The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life absorbed the fragment's energy from Xiao An, then waited as his mind fluctuated violently.
• The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life recalled the Dragon God's curse, the fall of the Dragon God Realm, and their own separation from the Divine Realm in Space-Time Turbulence.
• The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life considered that Xiao An might recover his memories, but chose not to mention the past before he did.
• Xiao An answered that he was all right, and the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life accepted his reply without disappointment.

Xiao An absorbed the fragment’s destruction and life energy with the God of Destruction and Goddess of Life guiding him, gaining two Soul Cores and strengthening his Martial Soul. He hurried back toward the open Spatial Passage, but sensed a mysterious call from a direction he resisted approaching.

• The Goddess of Life explained that Xiao An would absorb the fragment’s energy so she and the God of Destruction could store and gradually absorb it, while some energy would become his strength.
• Xiao An pushed through the energy tides, touched the fragment, and followed the gods’ guidance as its power gathered in his Dantian.
• Two Soul Cores formed within Xiao An, his young dragon Martial Soul grew more solid, and the Devil Archipelago’s unnatural changes returned to normal.
• After learning that less than two days had passed, Xiao An hurried to return through the still-open Spatial Passage, having exceeded his planned two-hour absence.
• As Xiao An prepared to leave, he sensed a familiar call from a certain direction and felt an unexplained resistance to it.

After Huo Yuhao seized control of the Spirit Pagoda, Yue Ye ordered its staff to compile records and operations while Leng Yaozhu struggled to absorb the day’s revelations. Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Dieting remained imprisoned, and the Qiangu family faced an uncertain future under Huo Yuhao’s power.

• Most of the Integration Movement’s troops withdrew from Spirit Pagoda Headquarters with the soul spirits, and Huo Yuhao entered the headquarters with Leng Yaozhu.
• Yue Ye told Leng Yaozhu to have the staff compile personnel, soul spirit transaction, and operational records, and Leng Yaozhu passed on the order.
• Yue Ye told Leng Yaozhu about Huo Yuhao’s past among the Demon Race, leaving Leng Yaozhu shocked.
• Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Dieting remained imprisoned at the headquarters, while Huo Yuhao’s necromancy continued to torment Qiangu Dongfeng.
• Qiangu Zhangting struggled to cope with the Qiangu family’s collapse, and Qiangu Qingfeng tried to comfort him.