Recaps

The golden ranking revealed Di Tian, the 890,000-year-old Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King and Beast God of Star Dou Great Forest, as third place and the strongest combatant below godhood. As the continent reacted to his power, Ning Xian and Dugu Yan watched from Dugu Manor, where the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ aura let her resist his bloodline suppression.

• Ning Xian told Dugu Yan that third place was Di Tian, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King and Beast God of Star Dou Great Forest.
• The ranking revealed Di Tian’s 890,000 years of cultivation, pureblood dragon form, command of darkness and space, and unmatched head-on strength below godhood.
• Soul beasts across the continent submitted to Di Tian’s presence, while Yu Yuanzhen’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul lowered its head in fear.
• Tang San, Qian Daoliu, Bo Saixi, the Sky-Devouring Demon God, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress assessed Di Tian’s power and standing.
• At Dugu Manor, Di Tian’s bloodline suppressed Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, but Dugu Yan resisted the effect through the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ aura in the Heaven-Earth Xuanhuang Pagoda.

Di Tian’s ranking as third on the Douluo Continent Powerhouse Ranking was revealed, along with his extraordinary strength and Dragon God Claw. The Heavenly Dao began distributing his rewards, evolving his bloodline into the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon Emperor and raising his cultivation to nine hundred thousand years and his divine body completion to ninety percent.

• Ning Xian told Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo that Di Tian could not break the Heaven-Earth Xuanhuang Pagoda, even with the Dragon God Claw.
• The sky showed Di Tian overpowering Xiong Jun and several Ferocious Beasts, then revealed that he ranked third on the continent and could defeat an ordinary Demigod.
• Gu Yuena explained that Di Tian lacked a divine position because soul beasts could not condense one under the Divine Realm’s restriction.
• The Heavenly Dao’s first reward gave Di Tian Dragon God origin, completed his bloodline into the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon Emperor, raised his cultivation to nine hundred thousand years, and completed his divine body to ninety percent while bearing his ninth tribulation.
• Yu Yuanzhen, Qian Daoliu, and the Sky-Devouring Demon God witnessed Di Tian’s transformation and assessed his strengthened power.
• Di Tian absorbed the essence of the ninth tribulation, and Gu Yuena said his bloodline and divine body could now bear more of the Dragon God’s Power.

Di Tian received the Heavenly Dao’s rewards, evolving into a Golden-Eyed Black Dragon Emperor with a Black Dragon Divine Domain and Dragon God Heavenly Claw, granting him First-Level God combat power. Dugu Yan asked Ning Xian about Di Tian’s strength and the Dragon God Claw, then stayed in his room overnight before their planned shopping trip.

• Di Tian’s Black Dragon Domain evolved into a nine-layer Black Dragon Divine Domain that let him continuously wield First-Level God combat power and suppress space.
• Di Tian received dragon god true blood, which evolved his Dragon God Claw into the Dragon God Heavenly Claw, capable of tearing through first-level divine domains and wounding First-Level Gods.
• Bo Saixi and Snow Empress assessed Di Tian’s new strength, while the Ferocious Beasts congratulated him and Gu Yuena ordered him to master his new power.
• Dugu Yan asked Ning Xian whether Di Tian could defeat the Sky-Devouring Demon God and whether she could learn the Dragon God Claw, and Ning Xian said she could not use it yet.
• Dugu Yan stayed in Ning Xian’s room, asked him to wake her at dawn for their planned clothes shopping, and fell asleep holding his sleeve.

Dugu Yan spent the morning shopping for clothes with Ning Xian, then returned to Dugu Manor to cultivate with him. Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang arrived to demand justice for Zhao Wuji, but Ning Xian overwhelmed Flender and Liu Erlong, leaving Yu Xiaogang to offer Liu Erlong up to save himself.

• Dugu Yan bought seven dresses, chose a white one to wear, and bought Ning Xian an ink-black robe.
• Dugu Yan told Ning Xian she wanted to cultivate harder because Di Tian was already nine hundred thousand years old and she was still rank twenty-eight.
• Dugu Bo informed Ning Xian and Dugu Yan that Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang had come to demand an explanation for Zhao Wuji's death.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded that Ning Xian hand over the Deep Sea Mother Gold and apologize, while Dugu Yan defended Ning Xian and refused to let the visitors threaten him.
• Flender and Liu Erlong attacked, but Ning Xian suppressed their Soul Power and shattered Flender's eight Soul Rings.
• With Flender incapacitated and Liu Erlong unable to stop Ning Xian, Yu Xiaogang offered to hand Liu Erlong over.

Yu Xiaogang tried to save himself by offering Liu Erlong to Ning Xian, but she rejected him and watched as Ning Xian killed him. Liu Erlong chose to stay at Dugu Manor, where she began settling into her new life serving Ning Xian and Dugu Yan.

• Yu Xiaogang offered Liu Erlong to Ning Xian to spare his life, but Liu Erlong refused to be his bargaining chip and ended their relationship.
• Ning Xian pinned Yu Xiaogang down and killed him despite his attempts to bargain with Soul Bones, secret manuals, and Tang San's secret.
• Liu Erlong told Ning Xian she would not avenge Yu Xiaogang and asked to stay at Dugu Manor to protect it and follow his orders.
• Ning Xian allowed Liu Erlong to stay, while Flender left the manor alone after she refused to go with him.
• Dugu Yan assigned Liu Erlong kitchen duties and invited her to train; Liu Erlong went to the kitchen and asked what Senior liked to eat.

Liu Erlong cooked lunch with Dugu Yan, then joined her and Ning Xian in cultivating at Starry Lake. After Ning Xian healed Liu Erlong’s hidden injuries, she affirmed that she had chosen to stay, while Dugu Yan arranged for her to live near the east courtyard and cultivate with them.

• Liu Erlong taught Dugu Yan to cook, and the two prepared lunch for Ning Xian.
• Ning Xian praised Liu Erlong’s fish soup and tasted Dugu Yan’s overcooked vegetables as the group ate together.
• Liu Erlong told Dugu Yan that she called Ning Xian “Master” to remind herself she had chosen to stay, and Dugu Yan encouraged her to begin living anew.
• Ning Xian led Dugu Yan and Liu Erlong into the Heaven-Earth Xuanhuang Pagoda, where Dugu Yan tested her transforming Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor against Liu Erlong’s Blazing Fire Dragon.
• Ning Xian healed Liu Erlong’s hidden injuries and restored Dugu Yan’s Soul Power, while Dugu Yan asked Liu Erlong to cultivate with her and teach her to cook.
• Dugu Yan decided to cultivate with Ning Xian every day and arranged for Liu Erlong to stay in an empty room near the east courtyard.

Liu Erlong settled into Dugu Manor, where Dugu Yan helped her choose a new dress and later learned to cook with her. As Dugu Yan cultivated beside Ning Xian, Tang Hao learned of the deaths at Dugu Manor and decided to investigate Ning Xian that night; dinner preparations then began at the manor.

• Dugu Yan and Liu Erlong nurtured the crabapple sapling, and Liu Erlong used her Soul Power to help it grow.
• Dugu Yan showed Liu Erlong her new room and red dress, helped her dress and combed her hair, and Liu Erlong thanked her.
• Dugu Yan spent time with Ning Xian, had him regulate her bloodline, and cultivated until she was close to a breakthrough.
• Tang Hao learned that Zhao Wuji and Yu Xiaogang had died and Flender had been gravely injured at Dugu Manor, then decided to seek out Ning Xian that night.
• Dugu Yan finished cultivating and asked Ning Xian to promise he would eat the food she learned to cook; Liu Erlong brought dinner and agreed to teach her how to simmer soup.

Tang Hao confronted Ning Xian outside Dugu Manor, but Ning Xian overwhelmed him and destroyed his Clear Sky Hammer and cultivation. Tang Hao lay defeated at Ning Xian’s feet, still refusing to accept what had happened.

• Tang Hao watched Dugu Manor through the night and challenged Ning Xian outside its gates the next morning.
• Ning Xian stopped Tang Hao’s attacks, forced him to kneel, and temporarily suppressed his Soul Power.
• Tang Hao refused to leave and attacked again, so Ning Xian shattered the Clear Sky Hammer and reduced Tang Hao’s Soul Power to Level 30.
• Ning Xian destroyed Tang Hao’s red Soul Ring and struck him against the manor wall, leaving him prostrate and still defiant.

Ning Xian killed Tang Hao and returned to Dugu Manor, where he ate with Dugu Yan and Liu Erlong before taking them to Starry Lake. Dugu Yan and Liu Erlong cultivated beside a growing begonia seedling while Ning Xian drank nearby.

• Ning Xian disintegrated Tang Hao with Mystic Yellow Radiance, and Dugu Yan and Liu Erlong discussed the possible response from Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Ning Xian, Dugu Yan, and Liu Erlong shared fish soup and wine, and Dugu Yan agreed to focus on reaching level fifty before comparing herself to Di Tian.
• Dugu Yan helped Liu Erlong wash dishes, and Liu Erlong said she no longer felt sad about Yu Xiaogang and still called Ning Xian her master to remind herself of her place.
• Ning Xian took Dugu Yan and Liu Erlong through a Xuanhuang Light Gate to Starry Lake, where Liu Erlong nourished the begonia seedling with her Soul Power.
• Dugu Yan and Liu Erlong cultivated beside the seedling as Ning Xian drank, and the Soul Power within Dugu Yan continued to grow through the night.

The Golden Ranking revealed Gu Yuena as second place on the Douluo Continent, above Di Tian, and showed her immense power as the Silver Dragon King. The ranking’s rewards restored her divine body, granted her the Silver Dragon Divine Domain and Dragon God memories, while first place remained unknown.

• Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts wondered who could rank above Di Tian, and Gu Yuena appeared on the sky screen as second place.
• The ranking identified Gu Yuena as the Silver Dragon King, described her command of seven elements, and showed that she could fight a God King head-on after recovering her full strength.
• Soul Masters across the continent, including Bo Saixi, Qian Daoliu, the Sky-Devouring Demon God, and the Snow Empress, reacted to Gu Yuena’s ranking and questioned who held first place.
• The ranking began distributing Gu Yuena’s rewards, and the Seven Elemental Origins repaired her damaged origin and restored her divine body.
• Gu Yuena received the Silver Dragon Divine Domain, which let her control space and the elements within its range.
• Gu Yuena received the Dragon God’s inheritance memories and told Di Tian that they would not change her current choice; the Ferocious Beasts remained gathered around her.

Gu Yuena recovered her divine body but remained second in the Golden Ranking, while Dugu Yan broke through to level fifty and began preparing to seek a fifth Soul Ring. The next morning, Ning Xian agreed to take Dugu Yan and Liu Erlong to Spirit Hall after Bibi Dong summoned him to the Papal Palace.

• Gu Yuena told Di Tian that her divine body was whole but her divine power still needed time to recover, then instructed him to familiarize himself with the Black Dragon Divine Domain.
• Dugu Yan practiced making fish soup with Liu Erlong, served it to Ning Xian, and discussed her rapidly advancing cultivation and future Dragon Transformation.
• At Starry Lake, Dugu Yan broke through to level fifty with Ning Xian's help, and her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor developed more dragon-like features.
• Dugu Yan agreed to seek a fifth Soul Ring with Ning Xian and challenged Liu Erlong to a match after absorbing it.
• After receiving Bibi Dong's invitation to the Papal Palace, Ning Xian set out for Spirit Hall with Dugu Yan and Liu Erlong; Dugu Yan asked whether Bibi Dong could stop him, and Ning Xian said no.

Ning Xian entered Spirit City and defeated Bibi Dong in the Papal Palace, suppressing her two Martial Souls and reducing her cultivation to Level 90. He spared her and left Spirit Hall’s future in her hands, while Bibi Dong let him and his companions depart.

• Dugu Yan and Liu Erlong accompanied Ning Xian to the Papal Palace, where Bibi Dong confronted him over the deaths of Zhao Wuji and Yu Xiaogang and Tang Hao’s injuries.
• Bibi Dong used her Death Domain and two Spider Emperor Martial Souls against Ning Xian, but his Mystic Yellow Radiance overwhelmed her and forced her to kneel.
• Ning Xian suppressed Bibi Dong’s Soul Power until her cultivation fell from Level 99 to Level 90, then warned her that he would keep killing anyone Spirit Hall sent after him.
• Bibi Dong asked Ning Xian to restore her Soul Power or lift the suppression on her Martial Souls, but he refused and said Spirit Hall’s fate was her responsibility.
• When Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo prepared to confront Ning Xian, Bibi Dong ordered them to stand down and let him, Dugu Yan, and Liu Erlong leave.
• Liu Erlong told Bibi Dong that Ning Xian had given her a chance to choose, and Bibi Dong let Liu Erlong go without further argument.

After Ning Xian defeated Bibi Dong and left her Soul Power restricted at Level 90, the Worship Hall moved to challenge her authority. Bibi Dong followed Ning Xian outside Spirit City and knelt, submitting to him in her own name while asking for his help against the Worship Hall.

• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and the Spirit Hall knights to stand down, allowing Ning Xian, Dugu Yan, and Liu Erlong to leave the Papal Palace.
• Bibi Dong discovered that Ning Xian had left a Restriction in her meridians and Martial Souls that prevented her from regaining level ninety-nine Soul Power.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo summoned Bibi Dong to the Worship Hall on Qian Daoliu's orders, but she warned that Spirit Hall could not afford to provoke Ning Xian.
• Bibi Dong went alone to meet Ning Xian outside Spirit City and offered him the Papal Palace and Spirit Hall's resources in exchange for keeping the Worship Hall in check.
• Ning Xian rejected Bibi Dong's offer to bargain as pope and demanded true submission; she put away the Pope Token, removed her papal insignia, and knelt before him.
• Bibi Dong admitted she still wanted to restore her cultivation and keep what she had, and Ning Xian told her she would have to handle the Worship Hall herself.

Bibi Dong submitted to Ning Xian and followed him to Dugu Manor, where he restored her cultivation and replaced her damaged Rakshasa Godhood with a new Divine Core of life and death. After reaching God Level, she sensed the vast gulf between her power and Ning Xian's and reaffirmed her submission to him.

• Bibi Dong bowed to Ning Xian, agreed to follow his arrangements, and accompanied him to Dugu Manor, where Dugu Bo allowed her to stay.
• Ning Xian brought Bibi Dong to the third level of the Heaven-Earth Xuanhuang Pagoda and began repairing her cultivation and godhood.
• Ning Xian destroyed Bibi Dong's damaged Rakshasa Godhood and condensed a purple-gold Divine Core that controlled both death and life.
• Bibi Dong's Twin Spider Emperor Martial Souls transformed as her Soul Power rose to Level 99 and she broke through to God Level.
• Ning Xian expanded Bibi Dong's divine perception into the starry sky, where she glimpsed his power and realized she could not comprehend it.
• Bibi Dong bowed to Ning Xian again, and Dugu Yan told her that Ning Xian was simply Ning Xian.

The Golden Ranking revealed Ning Xian as the strongest person on the Douluo Continent and displayed his powers, including creating Bibi Dong’s life-and-death divine core. It also exposed Bibi Dong’s submission to Ning Xian, leaving Qian Daoliu and the Spirit Hall worshippers facing the revelation that Ning Xian could create godhoods.

• Ning Xian told Bibi Dong to manage Spirit Hall’s affairs, familiarize herself with her new power, and move beside the East Courtyard; she asked to cultivate in the Heaven-Earth Xuanhuang Pagoda.
• The Golden Ranking manifested the nine-story Heaven-Earth Xuanhuang Pagoda and named Ning Xian first, ahead of Gu Yuena.
• The ranking listed Ning Xian’s lack of martial soul, soul rings, godhood, and soul power, then described his Xuanhuang Power and ability to reshape bloodlines, create divine cores, govern life and death, and suppress God Kings.
• The Golden Ranking showed Ning Xian defeating Bibi Dong, destroying her damaged Rakshasa Godhood, and creating a life-and-death divine core that made her a god.
• The ranking revealed that Bibi Dong had removed her papal insignia and knelt before Ning Xian, openly showing her submission across the continent.
• At the Worship Hall, Qian Daoliu and the worshippers saw that Bibi Dong had become a god, and Qian Daoliu concluded that Ning Xian could create godhoods.

The Golden Ranking revealed that Ning Xian stood beyond the rules of the Douluo Continent and Divine Realm, and showed him creating a complete world inside the Heaven-Earth Xuanhuang Pagoda. The continent’s powerful figures accepted that they could not challenge him, while Ning Xian remained at Dugu Manor as the ranking continued.

• Qian Daoliu decided the Worship Hall would not oppose Ning Xian, and Bo Saixi, the Sky-Devouring Demon God, and Gu Yuena each recognized the gap between Ning Xian’s power and their own.
• Tang San admitted he could not avenge Yu Xiaogang yet and decided to find out where his father had gone before seeking Ning Xian.
• Bibi Dong told Ning Xian she would return to Spirit Hall to deal with the Papal Palace and Worship Hall, and Ning Xian left those choices to her.
• The Golden Ranking declared that Ning Xian was bound by neither the continent’s nor the Divine Realm’s rules, and that it could not determine the limits of his power.
• Ning Xian briefly altered time around Dugu Manor without affecting the rest of Heaven Dou City, then the ranking showed him creating mountains, seas, celestial bodies, seasons, and life within the pagoda.
• Qian Daoliu concluded that Ning Xian could create worlds rather than merely govern them, while Bo Saixi’s attempt to form a small island with Sea God power produced no life.

Ning Xian’s Heaven-Earth Xuanhuang Pagoda revealed a complete world on its fourth layer and the origin of time on its fifth, leaving the Golden Ranking unable to determine the pagoda’s limits or Ning Xian’s exact strength. After the ranking finally began distributing his first-place reward, three strands of primordial violet qi descended toward Dugu Manor and caused the Begonia Tree to bloom.

• Bo Saixi, the Snow Empress, the Sky-Devouring Demon God, and Gu Yuena’s group reacted to Ning Xian creating a world, while Gu Yuena said he surpassed the Dragon God at world creation and could rewrite soul beast tribulation rules.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu discussed Ning Xian’s power and set out to find Tang San’s father instead of pursuing revenge.
• Ning Xian told Dugu Yan she needed to reach Titled Douluo before entering the fourth layer; Bibi Dong was permitted to enter and study its laws of life and death.
• The Golden Ranking revealed that the fifth layer involved the origin of time, admitted it could not inspect the higher layers, and declared Ning Xian above God King with unknown limits.
• Ning Xian’s name remained first on the Powerhouse Ranking, and he agreed to accompany Dugu Yan to find her fifth Soul Ring the next day.
• The Golden Ranking began distributing Ning Xian’s reward: three strands of primordial violet qi descended toward Dugu Manor, and the Begonia Tree bloomed as it touched their escaping aura.

Ning Xian used the Golden Ranking’s rewards to complete the source cycle of the Heaven-Earth Xuanhuang Pagoda’s fourth floor and refine his control over the rules. As he prepared to take Dugu Yan to find her fifth Soul Ring, a new Golden Ranking appeared in the sky, reaching beyond the Douluo Continent.

• Ning Xian buried one stream of primordial violet qi beneath the begonia tree, then sent the Chaos Divine Marrow into his Celadon Wine Gourd and drank wine infused with its aura.
• The Golden Ranking granted Ning Xian control over the rules of the Douluo Continent and surrounding planes, then remained as a golden scroll above the Heaven-Earth Xuanhuang Pagoda.
• Ning Xian used two streams of primordial violet qi to establish an independent source cycle on the pagoda’s fourth floor, allowing the world to sustain itself and nourish him in return.
• Ning Xian refined the Chaos Divine Marrow and the Golden Ranking’s rule authority, improving his ability to perceive and alter fine details without disturbing the surrounding world.
• Ning Xian returned to the East Courtyard and agreed to take Dugu Yan to find her fifth Soul Ring after breakfast, while Bibi Dong prepared to return to Spirit City.
• A new golden line appeared across the sky and extended beyond the Douluo Continent, and Ning Xian told Dugu Yan that another ranking had begun.

The God of Evil ranked sixth on the God King Ranking and received three rewards that strengthened his Evil Sword, Evil Divine Domain, and Evil Divine Kingdom. His new power opposed the Goddess of Kindness’s Good Thought Divine Kingdom, while the top five remained unknown.

• The Ancient Scroll ranked the God of Evil sixth and described how his Evil Sword could corrupt souls, origins, and the rules of entire realms.
• The God of Evil received an enhanced evil origin, and his power clashed with the Goddess of Kindness’s Goodness Divine Domain.
• The God of Evil gained an Evil Divine Domain that amplified negative forces and began rewriting the rules around it.
• The God of Evil received an Evil Thought Origin and formed a divine kingdom sustained by evil thoughts, while the Goddess of Kindness said her own kingdom would endure as long as goodness remained.
• The ranking stayed unchanged, and observers across the Divine Realm and lower realms considered the God of Evil’s new threat and the five ranks above him.
• Ning Xian sat with Dugu Yan beneath the begonia tree as she remarked that the God of Evil seemed stronger after his reward.