Recaps

Ling Zichen woke in Dean Xu’s laboratory after he abducted her family, then listened as he attacked the Tang Sect and offered her a chance to continue her research. She learned the Sun Moon Royal Academy had captured them and found that her parents had signed a contract enrolling her family as specialist researchers.

• Ling Zichen woke in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s basement and demanded to know where her parents were.
• Dean Xu said her parents were safe for now and threatened to make them participate in experiments if she refused to cooperate.
• Dean Xu accused the Tang Sect of reckless experiments and arms dealing, and Ling Zichen became shaken by his claims.
• Dean Xu revealed that he was the academy’s dean and that the Tang Sect had been bombed and stripped of its resources.
• Dean Xu offered Ling Zichen’s family special approval to continue experiments, then showed her the contract her parents had signed for her.

Ya Li brought the unconscious Tang Qingye to Shrek, hoping Elder Jin could explain why his aura was fading and help resolve his conflict with Yun Ming. Long Yeyue, furious that Ya Li had brought an outsider onto Sea God Island, ordered a public trial, while Elder Jin appeared and recognized Tang Qingye as someone an old acquaintance had favored.

• At Sea God Pavilion, Cai Yue'er told Long Yeyue that Ya Li had returned carrying an outsider, and Long Yeyue ordered the elders assembled to put Ya Li on trial.
• Ya Li brought Tang Qingye to the Golden Tree after healing his wounds failed to wake him and his aura began to weaken.
• Ya Li reasoned that Tang Qingye had fought Yun Ming and hoped Elder Jin could help him, repair their conflict, and aid Shrek.
• Ya Li laid Tang Qingye beneath the Golden Tree and asked Elder Jin for help.
• Elder Jin appeared, recognized Tang Qingye's aura, and wondered how he had ended up in that condition.

Tang Qingye defeated the resentful soul illusions, including a false Tang San, then faced a vision of his parents and their home. He rejected the comforting illusion, affirmed his resolve to forge his own path, and watched it vanish as the darkness and uncanny sounds returned.

• More than a thousand ghost souls accused Tang Qingye of killing them, but he intimidated them with his will and mocked the false Tang San.
• The false Tang San attacked with the Sea God Trident, and Tang Qingye answered with a punch that destroyed the apparition and the resentful souls.
• Tang Ziran and Lang Yue appeared and drew Tang Qingye into a vision of their home in Aolai City and his childhood.
• Tang Qingye remembered his worries about his talent, then resolved to make his own way forward and said Wulin would help him.
• Tang Qingye told his parents he would not give up, and their figures disappeared as the evening light faded and the darkness returned.

Elder Jin decided to trust Tang Qingye and poured the Golden Ancient Tree’s energy into him, hoping to use the higher-dimensional Life Origin within him to suppress the Blue Silver Emperor. Ya Li learned that Yun Ming had deceived her about Life Sharing, while Long Yeyue was knocked into Sea God Lake after confronting Elder Jin.

• Elder Jin examined Tang Qingye’s intact lifesaving mark and chose to give him a major opportunity, believing the Plane Spirit had trusted him for a reason.
• Elder Jin told Ya Li that Tang Qingye had cleared the shackles preventing her breakthrough and that Yun Ming had siphoned her power of faith; Ya Li suspected their Life Sharing bond had been fake.
• Elder Jin drew the Seed of Life from his true body and concentrated the Golden Ancient Tree’s energy on Tang Qingye, allowing Ya Li to benefit as well.
• Long Yeyue rushed to confront Elder Jin and reclaim the tree’s energy, but a branch struck her into Sea God Lake.
• Cai Yue'er prepared to appear and rescue Long Yeyue.

Ling Zichen pursued a plan to create a divine-grade mecha while Elder Xu hurried to the Tilting Moon Pavilion to receive a Foundation-Nurturing Pill. The pill restored Elder Xu’s vitality and health, and he confirmed that it had worked.

• Ling Zichen conceived a plan to combine a Source Spring core, mecha technology, and battle armor arrays into a mecha that ordinary people could use.
• Elder Xu received a message from Gu Yuena and rushed with his son to the Tilting Moon Pavilion to absorb his pill.
• Gu Yuena and Di Tian welcomed Elder Xu and explained that the pill could heal his hidden injuries and extend his lifespan by nearly a hundred years.
• Elder Xu swallowed the pill and circulated his soul power as Xu Changjing guarded him and a recording device documented the effects.
• The pill cleared Elder Xu’s injuries, restored his vitality, and made him look and feel younger, prompting him to exclaim that it had worked.