Recaps

Qian Renxue encountered Xiao Zi, a mysterious young man who fell from the sky, and sacrificed her remaining power to awaken him. As she discovered he possessed twin martial souls, she continued pouring her strength into his ruined body and Sea of Consciousness.

• A powerful man concealed Xiao Zi’s descent into the Douluo World and shielded him from the Divine Realm’s notice.
• Qian Renxue, still a soul after losing her godhood, feared she would never regain her former strength.
• Xiao Zi’s meteoroid crashed near Qian Renxue’s secret realm, and she decided to sacrifice herself to give him a chance to awaken.
• Qian Renxue used her Angel Divine Power to repair Xiao Zi’s body and shattered Sea of Consciousness, then forced the plane’s rules to awaken his martial souls.
• Qian Renxue discovered Xiao Zi had twin martial souls: a horned, black-scaled beast and a purple lightning-wreathed scepter.

Xiao Zi remembered his past as the God of Destruction, his betrayal by Tang San, and how Luo Feng resurrected him and sent him to the Douluo Continent. After waking in his new life, he discovered that his Destruction Scepter had a golden halo.

• Xiao Zi recalled how Tang San thwarted his plans to expand the Divine Realm and later betrayed him, leaving him and Xiao Lu without a chance to be reborn.
• Xiao Zi remembered wandering through the universe, meeting Luo Feng, and agreeing to become a citizen of Huaxia Country in exchange for resurrection.
• Luo Feng sent Xiao Zi to the Douluo Continent ten thousand years after the Battle of the Two Gods and gave him sealed treasures transformed into martial souls and other items.
• Xiao Zi woke in the Douluo Continent as Qian Renxue welcomed him and memories of his past returned.
• Xiao Zi examined his second martial soul, the Destruction Scepter, and noticed it had a golden halo.

Xiao Zi reunited with Qian Renxue after his resurrection and scavenged equipment and supplies from her cave. As they set out to find an inhabited area, Xiao Zi encountered a pack of soul beasts.

• Xiao Zi apologized to Qian Renxue, learned that her sacrifice had restored his body, and discovered his soul power had reached rank twenty.
• Qian Renxue guided Xiao Zi to her cave, where he scavenged high-grade soul tools, a Storage Ring, coins, notes, food, and two soul bones.
• Xiao Zi manifested the Golden Horned Beast as his first martial soul and asked the exhausted Qian Renxue to guide him out of the wasteland.
• Xiao Zi traveled north with Qian Renxue's guidance and encountered a pack of soul beasts after only a few miles.

Xiao Zi discovered that Soul Beasts and people instinctively ignored him unless he directly interacted with them, while he gained two Soul Rings and learned how his Golden Horned Beast abilities worked. Qian Renxue concluded that the plane had veiled Xiao Zi from its rules, shielding him from surveillance as he entered a town in Star Luo Empire territory.

• Xiao Zi crossed the snowbound wilderness as Soul Beasts ignored or avoided him, and Qian Renxue noticed that his presence was unnaturally faint.
• Xiao Zi manifested his Golden Horned Beast Martial Soul and gained two purple Soul Rings from ice silkworms: Devour and Enhancement.
• Xiao Zi learned that Devour could consume metal to support his growth, though the amount he needed worried him.
• Xiao Zi entered a small town in Star Luo Empire territory without paying the guards, and townspeople continued to overlook him.
• Xiao Zi startled a vendor to confirm that people noticed him only when he directly engaged with them, and Qian Renxue inferred that the plane had veiled him from its rules.
• Xiao Zi thanked Luo Feng for protecting him from surveillance, then asked Qian Renxue what they should do next.

Xiao Zi secretly amassed wealth while traveling with Qian Renxue, then began considering hidden opportunities that could speed his cultivation. At the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion, Dai Huabin remained consumed by his grudge against Huo Yuhao, while Dai Yueheng worried that no suitable companion could keep him in check.

• Xiao Zi used his concealed powers to rob banks and thugs, then left money and food for poor families and refugees before moving on to Star Luo City.
• Xiao Zi exchanged over a million Gold Soul Coins at an underground bank, and Qian Renxue questioned why he was still sneaking around to gather money.
• Xiao Zi considered the valuable treasures and opportunities of the Douluo world as a way to advance faster than steady cultivation alone could allow.
• Dai Huabin practiced punches and vowed to make Huo Yuhao suffer when school resumed, blaming him for his past humiliation at Shrek Academy.
• Dai Yueheng urged Dai Huabin to stop fixating on Huo Yuhao and suggested he needed a sensible companion, but Dai Huabin rejected the idea.

Xiao Zi watched the White Tiger Duke's Mansion and planned to befriend Dai Huabin so he could enter Shrek Academy, while waiting to approach him at the right time. After discovering Dai Huabin's routine, Xiao Zi ruled out both the mansion and the brothel as places to make contact, leaving his plan unresolved.

• Xiao Zi observed the White Tiger Duke's Mansion for several days and learned about Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin from the servants.
• Xiao Zi told Qian Renxue he planned to befriend Dai Huabin to gain a route into Shrek Academy, but would wait until just before the students left for school.
• Xiao Zi reached level twenty-six after half a month of cultivation and explained that Qian Renxue's remaining god-ring energy had repaired his damaged Destruction Scepter.
• Xiao Zi reviewed Dai Huabin's routine and decided the heavily guarded mansion and the brothel were both unsuitable places to approach him.

Xiao Zi arranged to make Dai Huabin and Dugu Shangshan clash so he could use the opportunity to approach Dai Huabin. After luring Dugu Shangshan through the marketplace, Xiao Zi vanished, leaving him face-to-face with Dai Huabin.

• Xiao Zi and Qian Renxue watched Dai Yueheng leave the Duke's Mansion and realized Dai Huabin would be without his older brother's supervision.
• Xiao Zi chose Dugu Shangshan, who had a history of quarrels with Dai Huabin, as the person whose strength could occupy the mansion's guards.
• Dai Huabin walked toward a pleasure house while Dugu Shangshan rode there in his carriage.
• Xiao Zi made Dugu Shangshan's carriage stop, then ran through the marketplace while a mental thread guided the man after him.
• Xiao Zi severed the thread and disappeared into the crowd, and Dugu Shangshan spotted Dai Huabin.

Dugu Shangshan attacked Dai Huabin over an old grudge and publicly beat him, leaving him vulnerable. Xiao Zi used the Enslavement Soul Seal to enslave Dai Huabin, then arranged to be welcomed into the Duke's Mansion as his savior.

• Dugu Shangshan recognized Dai Huabin and provoked him, turning their confrontation into a fight.
• Dugu Shangshan overpowered and brutally beat Dai Huabin, then left him injured in the street.
• Xiao Zi approached the humiliated Dai Huabin and planted an Enslavement Soul Seal in his soul.
• When the Duke's Mansion guards arrived, Dai Huabin defended Xiao Zi and claimed he had saved his life.
• Xiao Zi accepted the Duke's Mansion's invitation after declining it three times.

Xiao Zi secured the Duke's Mansion's annual Shrek Academy admission slot and traveled there with Dai Huabin. At Shrek City, he looked toward the Divine Realm and vowed to rule the world.

• Xiao Zi used Dai Huabin's pleas to persuade the Duchess to give him the Duke's Mansion's unused admission slot.
• The Duchess sent Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Xiao Zi off to Shrek Academy, believing Xiao Zi could become a trusted companion for her son.
• Xiao Zi controlled Dai Huabin into enduring the journey and continuing past the usual rest stop, with Dai Huabin claiming he wanted to find Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.
• The convoy reached Shrek City, where Xiao Zi surveyed the city and vowed to claim the world for himself.

Xiao Zi went to Shrek Academy to register and revealed his rare Golden Horned Beast Martial Soul and two purple Soul Rings. As he left, he overheard Du Weilun mention Zhou Yi.

• Ling Luochеn escorted Xiao Zi to the academic affairs office for his registration.
• Xiao Zi told Du Weilun his name was Xiao Zi, his Martial Soul was a Golden Horned Beast, and his Soul Power was level twenty-six.
• Du Weilun was shocked to see Xiao Zi's two purple Soul Rings and asked him to provide an official name.
• Xiao Zi gave Du Weilun the fake name “Li Lezi-your daddy,” which Du Weilun recorded without realizing it was an insult.
• Xiao Zi overheard Du Weilun mention Zhou Yi as he left the office.

Xiao Zi realized that Shrek's dean might make it difficult for him to leave, then searched for his dorm and encountered Wang Dong. Recognizing her as Tang San's daughter and learning that her soul was partly sealed, he hid his anger and considered using her to mislead Tang San.

• Xiao Zi told Qian Renxue that he might stay at Shrek after Du Weilun's reaction to his soul rings.
• Xiao Zi arrived at the crowded dormitory entrance without knowing Dai Huabin's room number.
• Wang Dong told Xiao Zi that Dai Huabin lived in room 208 and offered to help if he ran into trouble.
• When Wang Dong introduced herself, Xiao Zi remembered Tang San's schemes involving his daughter and struggled to control his anger.
• Xiao Zi introduced himself as Li Lezi, noticed that Wang Dong's soul was partly missing and sealed, and decided he might use her to feed Tang San false information.

Xiao Zi planned to use Huo Yuhao as cover while he secretly seized fortune power, then settled into Shrek’s dormitory with Dai Huabin. After Mu En detected him, Xiao Zi concealed his intentions as the Dragon God Douluo began considering how to recruit him for the academy.

• Xiao Zi decided that plundering fortune directly would be safer than attracting the plane’s attention, and planned to use Huo Yuhao as cover.
• Xiao Zi returned to dormitory room 208, where Dai Huabin had been waiting, and asked him to use his name rather than call him master.
• Xiao Zi surveyed the cramped dormitory and went outside, where Mu En detected him despite his concealment.
• Xiao Zi helped Mu En up and amplified the Golden Horned Beast’s aura while suppressing his second martial soul.
• Mu En questioned Xiao Zi about serving Dai Huabin, then judged him a talented, capable student and considered bringing him into the academy’s fold.

Xiao Zi traveled to Swallowed Star on Babata’s instructions to take the Martial Artist Combat Assessment and obtain its cultivation method. After training with the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Cultivation Method overnight, he prepared to face the assessment with his Destruction Scepter.

• Babata appeared in Xiao Zi’s dormitory and brought him through a spatial passage to Swallowed Star to take the Martial Artist Assessment.
• Xiao Zi registered at the Limit Martial Arts School, where Luo Xiaowei challenged his right to participate and learned that his identity was confidential.
• Babata warned Xiao Zi that Luo Xiaowei might cause trouble, so Xiao Zi stayed at the Mingyue Residential Area.
• Xiao Zi studied the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Cultivation Method, sensed cosmic energy, and discovered that he could use spiritual force to move objects.
• When the assessment day arrived, Xiao Zi chose his Destruction Scepter as his weapon for the monster combat test.

Xiao Zi passed the Martial Artist Combat Assessment in the Swallowed Star world, earned second place, and received support from Luo Feng. After buying a combat technique and supplies, he remembered his unfinished business on the Douluo Continent and hurried back.

• On the bus to Monster Town, Luo Xiaowei belittled Xiao Zi, who stayed calm and explained that he only needed to meet the assessment requirements.
• Xiao Zi entered the assessment with the Destruction Scepter, killed monsters for their ears, and returned bloodied with thirty-six ears.
• Luo Xiaowei ranked first with fifty-one ears, while Xiao Zi placed second; all six participants passed and chose to sign contracts with the Limit Martial Arts School.
• Luo Feng congratulated Xiao Zi by email, gave him twenty million Huaxia Currency and special privileges, and Xiao Zi bought the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade and other supplies.
• After realizing he had neglected his business on the Douluo Continent, Xiao Zi opened a spatial passage and returned there at the speed of light.

Xiao Zi rushed to his first class at Shrek Academy, avoided expulsion with a dramatic plea, and began planning how to restore his second martial soul and move freely between planes. The chapter ended with Mu En warning him to attend class on time, while Qian Renxue noted that Mu En was watching him.

• Xiao Zi realized the term at Shrek had begun and rushed to Class Two, where Mu Jin criticized him for arriving late.
• Xiao Zi pretended to despair at the prospect of expulsion, reminding Mu Jin of his painful memory of Zhou Yi expelling his younger brother, and Mu Jin let him stay.
• Xiao Zi kept a low profile in class and considered how to study soul tools, repair the Destruction Scepter, and find someone trustworthy to guard him.
• Qian Renxue suggested the Snow Empress as a powerful second soul ring, and Xiao Zi agreed that she could help restore the Destruction Scepter.
• After class, Xiao Zi found Mu En waiting downstairs, and Qian Renxue warned him that Mu En had taken an interest in him.

Xiao Zi stole some of Huo Yuhao’s fortune during a staged encounter and watched Huo Yuhao return to Shrek, where his rising Soul Power drew the attention of senior figures. As fortune shifted, Xiao Zi realized the plane’s concealment was weakening, but he welcomed the attention moving toward Huo Yuhao and returned to cultivation.

• Xiao Zi staged a chance meeting with Huo Yuhao and secretly stole some of his fortune while strengthening their first impression of each other.
• Huo Yuhao returned to class with the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, and Wang Dong noticed Xiao Zi, becoming colder toward Huo Yuhao as her attention shifted.
• Zhou Yi and Fan Yu intervened to protect Huo Yuhao as a core disciple, while Mu Jin argued with Zhou Yi over whether he should be expelled.
• Xiao Zi noticed Mu En watching the route Huo Yuhao would take and realized the plane’s concealment was weakening as fortune power shifted.
• Xiao Zi returned to his dormitory to cultivate and pursue a breakthrough to level thirty.

Xiao Zi settled into his new status as a core disciple, drew attention from female students, and met the twins Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo. Meanwhile, Dai Huabin and Huo Yuhao’s rivalry flared in the cafeteria, where they agreed to a dangerous wager before an imposing figure intervened.

• Xiao Zi discussed how core disciple status would help his plans with Qian Renxue, then hurried past Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong after noticing Wang Dong’s mysterious gaze.
• Xiao Zi ate in the cafeteria, attracted attention from female students, and warmly spoke with the twins Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo.
• Dai Huabin, waiting with Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie, encountered Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao, and the groups began arguing.
• Dai Huabin challenged Huo Yuhao to a bet, and they agreed to wager Xiao Xiao’s Left Leg Bone and kneel and kowtow to the winners.
• As Huo Yuhao began to object to the stakes, a tall figure entered the dispute and said he had an idea.

Xiao Zi manipulated Dai Huabin into accepting a wager against Huo Yuhao by offering a twenty-thousand-year soul bone, while posing as a helpful ally to Huo Yuhao and his friends. After Dai Huabin left, Xiao Zi received their gratitude and invitations to join Class One, and he felt genuine concern for Xiao Xiao.

• Wang Dong recognized Xiao Zi and tried to signal him to stay out of the dispute, but he ignored her and proposed changing the wager’s stake.
• Xiao Zi offered a twenty-thousand-year Left Arm Soul Bone and pressed Dai Huabin to put up something of equal value.
• Dai Huabin accepted the wager, then left with Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie after pretending to be furious with Xiao Zi.
• Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao thanked Xiao Zi, and Huo Yuhao offered to help him join Class One.
• Xiao Xiao thanked Xiao Zi for offering the soul bone, and he responded with genuine warmth before Wang Dong approached him.

Xiao Zi watched Huo Yuhao use the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion’s aura to overwhelm the soul beasts during Shrek’s advancement assessment. The assessment was thrown into chaos, and Xiao Zi identified the powerful souls within Huo Yuhao to Qian Renxue.

• Xiao Zi drew closer to Xiao Xiao after securing the soul bone, while Zhou Yi watched from the shadows and then left without interfering.
• Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin agreed that the loser of their wager would kowtow three times in public.
• Xiao Zi saw Shrek’s department deans Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo, along with assessment overseer Gong Changlong, in the arena.
• Huo Yuhao entered the arena first and released the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion’s aura, terrifying his chosen soul beast until it fainted.
• The aura spread through the arena, forcing every soul beast to prostrate itself and shocking the onlookers.
• Qian Renxue asked Xiao Zi about Huo Yuhao’s Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion and million-year-old soul beast, and Xiao Zi confirmed their origins in the Far North.

Qian Renxue and Xiao Zi pledged loyalty to each other and discussed how they would handle Huo Yuhao if he became an enemy. After Huo Yuhao’s beast aura halted the assessment, a dispute over Dai Huabin’s wager ended with a new match and more soul bones at stake.

• Qian Renxue asked whether Xiao Zi planned to inherit a godhood, and he rejected divine inheritance in favor of his Swallowed Star inheritance.
• Xiao Zi promised to show Huo Yuhao no mercy if he became their enemy, while agreeing to spare him if possible to avoid antagonizing the Snow Empress and rescue the Ice Empress if necessary.
• Qian Renxue vowed to support Xiao Zi unconditionally as the soul beasts collapsed under Huo Yuhao’s aura, forcing Yan Shaozhe to suspend the assessment.
• Yan Shaozhe suspected Huo Yuhao had twin martial souls, and Du Weilun counted his interrupted assessment as a pass.
• Huo Yuhao confronted Dai Huabin over their wager, and Dai handed over a Twenty-Thousand-Year Head Soul Bone that Wang Dong gave to Xiao Zi.
• Xiao Zi proposed settling the wager through a future fair match, and Dai Huabin added another soul bone while waiving Xiao Zi’s stake if Dai lost.

Xiao Zi built Li Lezi’s reputation and profited by betting on Dai Huabin’s wager, while Huo Yuhao’s twin martial souls sparked a dispute between the academy’s departments. Dai Yueheng confronted Xiao Zi about his role in the wager and questioned his earlier demands of Dai Huabin.

• Yan Shaozhe summoned Huo Yuhao to investigate his second martial soul, and the academy’s departments disputed whether he should become a core disciple of the Soul Tool Department or the Martial Soul Department.
• Xiao Zi’s support of Huo Yuhao and his wager against Dai Huabin improved Li Lezi’s reputation, while Xiao Xiao, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo placed bets for him.
• Xiao Zi wondered why the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion had not acted, and Mu En returned to the dormitory and offered to mediate between the classmates.
• Dai Yueheng met Xiao Zi in Dai Huabin’s dormitory and asked why he had encouraged Dai Huabin to raise the wager instead of stopping him.
• Xiao Zi blamed Dai Huabin’s change in behavior on his encounter with Huo Yuhao, and Dai Yueheng then asked why Xiao Zi had demanded a Soul Bone and required Dai Huabin to kneel and kowtow.

Xiao Zi persuaded Dai Yueheng to let him keep Dai Huabin’s lost soul bone and asked him to help prevent Dai Huabin from kneeling to Huo Yuhao. After Dai Yueheng left, Ling Luochеn checked on Xiao Zi, and he gave her the ice-type soul bone to strengthen her before the Soul Master Tournament.

• Xiao Zi admitted responsibility for the wager and offered Dai Yueheng the soul bone, but Dai Yueheng told him to keep it and continue guiding Dai Huabin.
• Xiao Zi urged Dai Yueheng to intervene so Dai Huabin would not kneel to Huo Yuhao and disgrace the Duke's Mansion.
• Ling Luochеn arrived to check whether Dai Yueheng had mistreated Xiao Zi, and Dai Yueheng tactfully left them alone.
• Xiao Zi gave Ling Luochеn the twenty-thousand-year ice-type soul bone, arguing it would improve Shrek Academy's chances in the upcoming tournament.

During the Upgrade Assessment, Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin’s teams competed for the highest score while Xiao Zi prepared a way to keep Dai Huabin from having to kowtow if he lost. Xiao Zi’s turn ended with him devouring a thousand-year-old Golden Lion-Tiger, leaving the arena stunned and Gong Changlong devastated.

• Wang Dong scored 100 after losing her advanced points, Xiao Xiao earned a score near 100, and Huo Yuhao gained the full 150 by defeating a thousand-year-old Flame Lion King with his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion martial soul.
• Dai Huabin scored 145 against a Wind Tiger, and Zhu Lu earned a similar score to Xiao Xiao against a soul beast approaching a thousand years old.
• Xiao Zi’s advice brought Dai Yueheng to the arena, where he asked Yan Shaozhe to look out for Dai Huabin, giving Xiao Zi a backup plan to prevent Dai Huabin from having to kowtow.
• Xiao Zi chose a thousand-year-old Golden Lion-Tiger and released his juvenile Golden Horned Beast martial soul, revealing two purple soul rings and rank-twenty-eight soul power.
• Xiao Zi used his first soul skill, Devour, and the Golden Horned Beast swallowed the Golden Lion-Tiger whole, prompting Gong Changlong to cry out in anguish.

The advancement assessment ended in a tie after Yan Shaozhe adjusted the scores, and Dai Yueheng settled the wager by giving Huo Yuhao’s group a soul bone as an apology. Later, Xiao Zi spotted Ma Xiaotao by Sea God Lake and told Qian Renxue he had a plan involving her.

• Gong Changlong complained after Li Lezi swallowed the thousand-year Golden Lion-Tiger, and Yan Shaozhe deducted most of Li Lezi’s advanced points while giving him full basic marks.
• The teams’ scores tied, preventing Huo Yuhao from forcing Dai Huabin to apologize publicly and fulfill the wager.
• Dai Yueheng reprimanded Dai Huabin and offered a soul bone as an apology, which Xiao Zi accepted and gave to Wang Dong.
• Xiao Zi counted his wealth, noted the upcoming Treasure Appraisal Fair, and learned that everyone in his classroom had passed the advancement assessment.
• Xiao Zi saw Ma Xiaotao near Sea God Lake and told Qian Renxue that he had devised a plan involving her.

Xiao Zi used his Golden Horned Beast to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, hoping to gain Shrek Academy’s trust and later negotiate for the Golden Tree’s essence. Ma Xiaotao’s relief left her clinging to him as the scene ended in the Black Room.

• Xiao Zi told Qian Renxue he planned to help Ma Xiaotao purge her Evil Fire and use her as a bridge to Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Zi lured Ma Xiaotao to the lake, where she attacked him during an Evil Fire flare-up and they fell into the water.
• Xiao Zi introduced himself as Li Lezi and claimed he could solve Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire problem.
• Ma Xiaotao brought Xiao Zi to the Black Room, where he used the Golden Horned Beast to devour and suppress her Evil Fire.
• Ma Xiaotao, overwhelmed by relief and warmth, clung to Xiao Zi as Qian Renxue sealed off the Sea of Consciousness.