Recaps

Vina absorbed a Thought-Tracing Spirit Lion's forty-thousand-year Soul Ring and gained the Remembrance-Tracking Contract skill. Then Chen Yuan and Jin Peng helped Long Aotian seize a Thunderclap Giant Python for his seventh Soul Ring, while Di Tian sensed the raid but held back.

• Jin Peng subdued the Thought-Tracing Spirit Lion, and Chen Yuan and Vina wounded it before Vina killed it and absorbed its black Soul Ring.
• After enduring the Soul Ring's spiritual assaults for a day, Vina gained Remembrance-Tracking Contract, a skill that let her draw Soul Power, spiritual power, and life force from a target and return the life force later.
• Chen Yuan and Jin Peng cautioned Vina against using the life-draining aspect casually, then took Long Aotian to the Lake of Life to find his seventh Soul Ring.
• Chen Yuan immobilized the silver-white giant wolf and Red-Winged Fierce Tiger while Jin Peng seized the Thunderclap Giant Python and carried it away with Long Aotian and Vina.
• Di Tian sensed the humans' raid beneath the Lake of Life but stayed his hand, while Xiong Jun offered to kill them.

Xiong Jun pursued Jin Peng’s group after they took the Thunderclap Giant Python from the Star Dou Great Forest. Jin Peng stayed behind in the Tidal Battle Armor to cover the others’ escape, but Xiong Jun broke through his defenses and struck his chest.

• Di Tian sensed a faint trace of divinity on the young human man but said nothing, while Xiong Jun left the Lake of Life to pursue Jin Peng’s group.
• Jin Peng and Chen Yuan headed out of the core region with Long Aotian, Vina, and the Thunderclap Giant Python, planning for Long Aotian to absorb its Soul Ring.
• Chen Yuan detected Xiong Jun approaching, and Jin Peng sent him away with the others while he stayed behind to buy time.
• Jin Peng donned Xiao Yu’s Class 9 Tidal Battle Armor, raising his strength to Level 98, and faced Xiong Jun alone.
• Jin Peng dodged Xiong Jun’s rapid Dark Gold Dreadclaw attacks, but Xiong Jun sent a shock wave through the ground and then slammed a claw into Jin Peng’s chest.

Jin Peng held off Xiong Jun long enough for Chen Yuan and the others to escape, but Xiong Jun then ordered a forest-wide search for them. Chen Yuan’s group killed the wounded Thunderclap Giant Python, and Long Aotian began absorbing its Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as Soul Beasts closed in on their location.

• Jin Peng fought Xiong Jun and deliberately led him away from Chen Yuan’s group while enduring heavy damage.
• After Jin Peng escaped, Xiong Jun ordered the Soul Beasts across the Star Dou Great Forest to search for the humans and the Thunderclap Giant Python.
• The wounded Thunderclap Giant Python struggled against Chen Yuan’s restraints, so Chen Yuan repeatedly struck its soul to subdue it.
• Chen Yuan found a secluded valley and raised a Spiritual Power barrier, then ordered Long Aotian to kill the python.
• Long Aotian killed the Thunderclap Giant Python and began absorbing its Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring while Vina guarded him.
• Chen Yuan sensed the forest-wide search and realized the Soul Beasts would eventually discover the valley.

Long Aotian absorbed the Thunderclap Giant Python’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone while Chen Yuan hid their valley from the searching Soul Beasts. As the Body Sect prepared to rescue Aotian and the others, Long Aoyu emerged from seclusion as a rank seventy-six Soul Saint.

• Long Aotian began absorbing the Thunderclap Giant Python’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Right Leg Soul Bone, and Chen Yuan estimated the process would take at least seven or eight days.
• Chen Yuan killed approaching Soul Beasts for several days, then used a spiritual illusion to redirect the growing search away from the valley.
• Jin Peng continued evading Xiong Jun in the Star Dou Great Forest while the bear’s pursuit grew more savage.
• Elder Zhou and Jiang Zuo decided to enter the forest to rescue Long Aotian and the others, while Blood Sea Douluo went to Sea God Island to find the Sect Master.
• Long Aoyu emerged from seclusion with rank seventy-six Soul Power, and Elder Zhou began telling him about the crisis.

Long Aoyu learned that Long Aotian and the others had been trapped in the Star Dou Great Forest for seven days, then rushed there with Elder Zhou and Jiang Zuo. He arrived just as Vina defended the still-absorbing Long Aotian from a horde of soul beasts, and crushed the beast about to kill her.

• Long Aoyu insisted on going to the Star Dou Great Forest despite Elder Zhou's warning, and his display of power convinced Elder Zhou and Jiang Zuo to accompany him.
• Chen Yuan sensed two powerful soul beasts approaching the valley and left the barrier to confront them, telling Vina to protect Long Aotian.
• The Silver-White Giant Wolf and Red-Winged Fierce Tiger attacked Chen Yuan while directing a horde of soul beasts to break through his barrier.
• Vina used her Cold Moon longsword and thought imprint to hold back the horde, repeatedly suffering injuries while keeping every beast away from Long Aotian.
• As a forty-thousand-year Black-Backed Fierce Tiger lunged at Vina, Long Aoyu arrived, crushed it, and blasted the attacking soul beasts away.

Long Aoyu arrived as Vina was exhausted from protecting Long Aotian, who was still absorbing his Soul Ring, and slaughtered the attacking Soul Beasts in a furious rampage. Elder Zhou and Jiang Zuo helped subdue the fleeing Red-Winged Fierce Tiger while Long Aoyu crippled the Silver-White Giant Wolf, leaving both beasts near death.

• Long Aoyu told Vina to tend to her injuries while he protected Long Aotian, who was still absorbing his Soul Ring.
• Long Aoyu charged into the Soul Beast pack and killed dozens of ten-thousand-year beasts, forcing most of the survivors to flee.
• The Silver-White Giant Wolf and Red-Winged Fierce Tiger abandoned their attack on Chen Yuan and tried to escape.
• Long Aoyu intercepted and gravely wounded the Silver-White Giant Wolf, while Elder Zhou and Jiang Zuo blocked and battered the Red-Winged Fierce Tiger.
• Jiang Zuo tore off both of the Red-Winged Fierce Tiger’s wings, and Long Aoyu severed all four of the Silver-White Giant Wolf’s limbs.

Long Aoyu and his allies captured two wounded Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, then rushed to rescue Jin Peng from Xiong Jun. Long Aoyu stopped Xiong Jun’s attack with his Damage Transfer domain, but Xiong Jun transformed in a rage and prepared to attack again.

• Long Aoyu, Elder Zhou, and Jiang Zuo bound the wounded Silver-White Giant Wolf and Red-Winged Fierce Tiger, leaving Chen Yuan and Vina to watch them.
• Long Aoyu, Elder Zhou, and Jiang Zuo flew northwest to find Jin Peng, whom Xiong Jun had pursued for seven days.
• Jin Peng unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, Indestructible Golden Fortress, and fought Xiong Jun despite his injuries and dwindling strength.
• Long Aoyu restrained Xiong Jun with Heaven-Prison Finger and healed Jin Peng with Light of Goodness, while Elder Zhou and Jiang Zuo helped Jin Peng up.
• Xiong Jun broke free and struck at Long Aoyu, but Long Aoyu’s Body Domain transferred the Dark Gold Dreadclaw away without spatial fluctuations.
• Xiong Jun grew furious, enlarged his body, and declared that everyone would die.

Long Aoyu fought Xiong Jun after the ferocious beast entered Frenzy, using his clones, domains, and Soul Skills to withstand the overwhelming attacks. He held his own against Xiong Jun while Elder Zhou and Jiang Zuo found they could not meaningfully help.

• Xiong Jun activated Frenzy and grew to over a hundred meters tall, while Long Aoyu summoned his Yin Aspect and Yang Aspect clones and enhanced their power with Soul Skills and domains.
• Long Aoyu’s domains weakened Xiong Jun and strengthened his allies, while Jin Peng maintained Golden Body Domain after receiving Long Aoyu’s healing.
• Long Aoyu’s Yin Aspect used Goodwill of All Beings to halt Xiong Jun’s attack, giving Elder Zhou and Jiang Zuo time to summon their Martial Soul Avatars.
• Long Aoyu’s clones transformed into golden giants, towering over Xiong Jun, who resumed attacking after Goodwill of All Beings wore off.
• Long Aoyu’s golden giants used Damage Transfer to redirect Xiong Jun’s Dark Gold Dreadclaw attacks, and the Yang Aspect struck Xiong Jun in the back.
• Long Aoyu continued fighting Xiong Jun with his clones and Soul Skills as Elder Zhou and Jiang Zuo realized their attacks would not help.

Long Aoyu and his allies combined their attacks against Xiong Jun, then Long Aoyu’s Yang Aspect clone used Light Judgment to badly wound him. Di Tian sensed his father’s aura and arrived through a spatial rift, confronting Long Aoyu as Xiong Jun called on him for help.

• Xiong Jun unleashed the Sky-Rending Claw, and Long Aoyu, Elder Zhou, and Jiang Zuo met it with their strongest attacks.
• The shock wave sent Xiong Jun flying and injured Elder Zhou and Jiang Zuo, but Long Aoyu’s clones used Damage Transfer to protect them.
• Long Aoyu’s Yin Aspect clone restrained Xiong Jun with Heaven-Prison Finger while the Yang Aspect clone struck him with Light Judgment.
• Di Tian sensed his father’s aura near the battlefield and left the small world beneath the Lake of Life.
• Di Tian stepped through a spatial rift, and Xiong Jun urged him to kill Long Aoyu and the other humans.