Recaps

After the voyage revealed numerous Ocean Monuments and their guarded Sea Soul Beasts, Xiao Chen, Gu Yue, and Na'er feared the plane’s impending invasion. In Star Luo City, Cai Yue'er accepted the empire’s competition challenge after securing a soul bone as the Individual Comprehensive Competition’s championship prize.

• The cruise ship avoided the Ocean Monuments it detected, while Xiao Chen, Gu Yue, and Na'er recognized the signs of accelerating extraterrestrial encroachment.
• After two months at sea, the Shrek party arrived in the Star Luo Empire and traveled by Soul Guidance Train toward Star Luo City.
• Sima Lanxiao invited Cai Yue'er to enter Shrek’s students in the All-Continent Young Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition, and she initially declined.
• Sima Lanxiao offered Shrek direct entry to the elimination rounds, prompting Cai Yue'er to agree on the condition that the championship prizes include soul bones.
• Sima Lanxiao explained that only the Individual Comprehensive Competition champion would receive a soul bone, and Cai Yue'er accepted the competition on Shrek’s behalf.

Xiao Chen helped defeat a mecha attack on the train with his Wither Power, then continued to Star Luo City with the Shrek group. After arriving at the Star Luo Grand Hotel, he rested with a headache until Gu Yue came to his door.

• Xiao Chen, Gu Yue, and Na'er left the train to join the Shrek students and guards fighting dozens of attacking mechas.
• Xiao Chen unleashed Wither Heads that killed the mecha pilots and sent the attackers' machines crashing to the ground.
• Gu Yue and Na'er noticed Xiao Chen's dizziness and headaches after the battle, while Star Luo Empire reinforcements arrived and pursued the remaining attackers.
• The Star Luo Empire sent Soul Guidance Buses to carry everyone safely to Star Luo City and accommodated them at the Star Luo Grand Hotel.
• Xiao Chen rested in his room with a lingering headache until Gu Yue knocked at his door.

Gu Yue worried that Xiao Chen’s Martial Soul was becoming evil and offered to examine him and cure his headaches. After overcoming the defenses around his Sea of Consciousness, she entered it and was shocked by its oppressive darkness.

• Gu Yue sensed that Xiao Chen’s wither power had grown bloodthirsty and feared his Martial Soul was mutating into an evil Martial Soul, but Xiao Chen rejected the idea.
• Gu Yue claimed she had learned a method from her mother to treat Xiao Chen’s headaches and asked to examine him, and Xiao Chen agreed.
• Gu Yue’s first attempt to enter Xiao Chen’s Sea of Consciousness was repelled, so she told him to gather and lock away his spiritual power in his spiritual soul core.
• Gu Yue entered Xiao Chen’s Sea of Consciousness on her second attempt and found it filled with darkness, gray mist, purple light, and an oppressive aura.

Gu Yue entered Xiao Chen's Sea of Consciousness to investigate his mutating Wither Martial Soul and cure his headaches, but a mysterious force expelled her before she could help. Later, she ordered Di Tian to accept a temporary alliance with humanity against the Extraterrestrial Forces, while promising that Soul Beasts would eventually hold humanity accountable.

• Gu Yue explored Xiao Chen's Sea of Consciousness and found two monstrous Wither heads embedded in the walls beside an altar wrapped in black tentacles.
• When Gu Yue touched one of the heads with her Spiritual Power, the tentacles attacked and a force dragged her into the abyss, ejecting her from Xiao Chen's Sea of Consciousness.
• Gu Yue told Xiao Chen she had failed to solve his problems, and he thanked her before falling asleep.
• Di Tian objected to setting aside the Soul Beasts' blood feud with humanity, but Gu Yue insisted they had to unite against the Extraterrestrial Forces threatening the Douluo Plane.
• Gu Yue told Di Tian that the alliance was temporary and promised humanity would eventually pay for its treatment of Soul Beasts; Di Tian agreed to obey her.

Xiao Chen woke from a long sleep and joined the Shrek delegation at the Star Luo imperial palace, where he dozed through Emperor Dai Tianling’s reception. After a scream interrupted his second nap, he recognized the supposed murder as an illusion and prepared to retaliate against the Under-the-bed Douluo.

• Na'er woke Xiao Chen by sitting on his stomach, and Gu Yue brought him lunch before telling him the delegation had to attend the emperor’s reception and palace banquet.
• Xiao Chen, Gu Yue, and Na'er dressed formally, joined the Shrek delegation, and traveled to the Star Luo imperial palace.
• Dai Tianling welcomed the delegation and delivered a lengthy speech while Xiao Chen secretly fell asleep on his feet.
• A ceremonial cannon blast woke Xiao Chen, and Gu Yue reassured him before he went back to sleep during the exchange of diplomatic credentials.
• A scream of “Murder” rang through the hall, and Xiao Chen identified it as an illusion by the Under-the-bed Douluo and decided to retaliate.

Xiao Chen secretly gave Dai Linger a powerful hunger effect after she tried to startle him with an illusion, leaving her publicly humiliated during the diplomatic ceremony. That night, Dai Tianling reprimanded her and confirmed that the princess would choose her consort after the tournament, while Dai Linger fled rather than accept the betrothal.

• Xiao Chen used the Command Block to inflict a day-long Hunger III effect on Dai Linger after she tried to trick him with an illusion.
• Dai Linger's stomach growled repeatedly during the ceremony, embarrassing her in front of the officials and foreign delegation as Dai Tianling ordered the guests to move to the banquet.
• Dai Linger suspected Xiao Chen had caused her sudden hunger and tried to confront him, but Dai Tianling ordered her to come to his chambers that night.
• Dai Tianling scolded Dai Linger for her behavior at the diplomatic ceremony, then relented when she pleaded with him.
• Dai Tianling asked Dai Linger about her betrothal to Long Yue, and she fled the chamber rather than agree to marry.
• Dai Tianling told the empress that the original plan would stand and that the princess would choose her consort after the tournament.

At the Star Luo banquet, Xiao Chen avoided the dance floor and considered cutting ties with Gu Yue before she obtained the Dragon God Core. Just as he settled into a quiet corner, Dai Yuner’s illusion interrupted his rest, and he recognized her as its caster.

• Xiao Chen slipped away from Gu Yue and Na'er and found a secluded seat at the banquet.
• Xiao Chen decided he should repay Gu Yue’s favors and gradually draw a clear line between them before she obtained the Dragon God Core.
• Xiao Chen thought that Na'er would remain loyal to him even if he opposed the soul beasts.
• Xiao Chen ignored the dancing and rested in his corner as the banquet grew lively.
• A piercing scream sounded in Xiao Chen’s mind, and he recognized Dai Yuner as the one who had cast an illusion on him.

After Dai Yuner’s outburst drew hostile attention to Xiao Chen, he used the Wither Storm’s power to intimidate the nearby guests and rebuffed Gu Yue when she tried to comfort him. Dai Tianling felt the force of Xiao Chen’s eye but learned that Xiao Chen would not enter the tournament, while Gu Yue was left increasingly uneasy about the distance between them.

• Xiao Chen unleashed the purple power in his left eye, terrifying the nearby Star Luo youths until they scattered.
• Gu Yue approached to comfort Xiao Chen, but he told her to stay out of his affairs, leaving her shaken by his eye and his coldness.
• Dai Tianling arrived and felt soul-deep pressure when he met Xiao Chen’s gaze, prompting Xiao Chen to realize he had not dismissed the Wither Storm’s partial possession.
• Dai Tianling asked whether Xiao Chen would compete, and Xiao Chen confirmed that he had no intention of entering the tournament.
• After Dai Tianling left, Xiao Chen sat silently beside Gu Yue, whose worry grew as she felt the gap between them widening.

After Dai Yuner angered him at the banquet, Xiao Chen decided to use his Wither Skeleton to kill her that night. Gu Yue's attempt to ask what was wrong only deepened their estrangement, and Xiao Chen prepared to control the Wither Skeleton for the assassination.

• Na'er joined Xiao Chen and Gu Yue as the banquet ended, and Xiao Chen told her Dai Yuner had provoked him.
• Na'er offered to help confront Dai Yuner, but Xiao Chen said he would handle the matter himself and left with her.
• Gu Yue watched Xiao Chen and Na'er leave, then followed them back to the Star Luo Grand Hotel and resolved to ask Xiao Chen about his coldness later.
• Xiao Chen summoned his Wither Skeleton and began preparing to control it, but Gu Yue's knocks interrupted him.
• Xiao Chen shut the door on Gu Yue, who left in hurt and anger, deciding to accept the distance he wanted.
• After Gu Yue departed, Xiao Chen summoned the Wither Skeleton again and prepared to send it after Dai Yuner.

Xiao Chen used shared vision to teleport a Wither Skeleton into Dai Yun’er’s bedchamber and attack her while he watched remotely. Dai Yun’er fainted in terror, and the skeleton charged at Dai Tianling, leaving Xiao Chen convinced she would die.

• Xiao Chen established a mental link with the Wither Skeleton and discovered he could share its vision, allowing him to control it remotely.
• Xiao Chen teleported the Wither Skeleton into the Star Luo Imperial Palace to kill Dai Yun’er.
• Dai Yun’er’s Hunger III buff left her severely weakened, and the imperial physicians could not identify or treat the cause.
• The Wither Skeleton appeared in Dai Yun’er’s bedchamber, frightening her into fainting.
• Dai Tianling turned toward the Wither Skeleton as it charged at him, while Xiao Chen watched through its vision and believed victory was assured.

Xiao Chen joined Na'er for a lavish grilled-fish dinner after she insisted on treating him, while he teased her about her debts and she discovered the restaurant exceeded her budget. The meal was interrupted by official news announcing Dai Yuner's death, leaving Xiao Chen relieved that the imperial family had finally confirmed her assassination.

• Na'er invited Xiao Chen to dinner to celebrate her perceived victory over Gu Yue, and Xiao Chen accepted, then asked her to repay her debt.
• Na'er led Xiao Chen to an upscale grilled-fish restaurant, where she realized the menu prices had nearly exhausted her budget.
• Xiao Chen recognized Na'er's embarrassment and remarked that she had been careless in choosing the restaurant.
• The restaurant's television switched to an official broadcast announcing that Dai Yuner had been assassinated three days earlier and that an investigation team had been formed.
• Xiao Chen felt relieved that Dai Yuner had not been revived and enjoyed the news as he waited for their meal.

Gu Yue learned from Zi JI that Monster Academy might be connected to Dragon Valley, where the Dragon God Core she needed was located. Fearing Dragon Valley would soon collapse, she planned to find an entrance quickly and enter before it was too late.

• Na'er reacted to news of Dai Yun'er's death, while Xiao Chen changed the subject to the money she had left for food.
• Gu Yue asked Zi JI about Dragon Valley, and Zi JI reported that Monster Academy's dragon Martial Soul experts might have inherited their powers from it.
• Gu Yue warned Zi JI not to force entry and approved a plan to investigate Monster Academy when its headmaster attended the upcoming tournament.
• After Zi JI left, Gu Yue worried that Dragon Valley's unstable space would collapse and destroy the Dragon God Core.
• Gu Yue decided to wait for Zi JI's findings, then have Di Tian use the Dragon God Claw to open a passage if necessary, so she could retrieve the core.

After Xiao Chen and Na'er returned from dinner, Gu Yue visited Na'er to arrange a temporary fusion so they could enter Dragon Valley and retrieve the Dragon God Core. Xiao Chen failed to teleport directly into Dragon Valley and planned to follow Gu Yue there when she went.

• Xiao Chen and Na'er returned to the Star Luo Grand Hotel after an expensive meal, and Na'er lamented that Xiao Chen had spent her monthly allowance.
• Gu Yue told Na'er that Dragon Valley rejected Soul Masters above rank fifty and proposed that they temporarily fuse to enter and obtain the Dragon God Core.
• Na'er agreed to the fusion only if they shared control and she could end it at any time, while Gu Yue promised not to attack her before their wager expired.
• Na'er reminded Gu Yue that three years remained in their wager and predicted Gu Yue would lose before Gu Yue left her room.
• Xiao Chen tried to use the Command Block to teleport into Dragon Valley but failed, so he planned to follow Gu Yue there under an invisibility buff and seek the Dragon King's Soul Bones.

Long Yue defeated Yuanen Yehui to win the tournament’s individual championship, while Xiao Chen watched and learned from Gu Yue about the Mountain Dragon’s ancient lineage. Gu Yue became alarmed when Xiao Chen suspected she was a Seven-Colored Dragon herself, and the three left the Arena.

• The Star Luo Empire accelerated the tournament while focusing on investigating Dai Yuner’s assassination, and the individual final was set between Yuanen Yehui and Long Yue.
• Long Yue defeated Yuanen Yehui in a few exchanges, winning the championship and leaving Cai Yue'er and Shrek’s spectators dismayed.
• Xiao Chen recognized Long Yue’s Mountain Dragon Martial Soul and asked Gu Yue about it.
• Gu Yue explained that the Mountain Dragon King had sacrificed himself to create land for the Dragon Clan, and that Mountain Dragons had exceptionally pure bloodlines.
• Xiao Chen suggested that Gu Yue was a Seven-Colored Dragon rather than someone with a Seven-Colored Dragon Martial Soul, unsettling her before he left the Arena with Gu Yue and Na'er.

On the way back from the Arena, Xiao Chen questioned Gu Yue about her family's connection to the Dragon God while hiding his own interest in the Dragon God Godhood. Gu Yue explained the Dragon God's war against the Divine Realm and stopped before revealing what happened after he was split in two.

• Xiao Chen decided not to give Gu Yue the Golden Dragon King Divine Core and resolved to keep it for Na'er instead.
• Xiao Chen asked Gu Yue whether her family and Seven-Colored Dragon Martial Soul were connected to the Dragon God, and Gu Yue claimed her ancestors had inherited power from the Nine Dragon Kings.
• Gu Yue warned Xiao Chen that obtaining the Dragon God Godhood was impossible for humans and explained that her family remained fundamentally human despite its powerful dragon Martial Souls.
• Gu Yue recounted how the Dragon God fought the Five God Kings to free the Beast Gods from oppression, but the Beast Gods ultimately lost the war.
• Gu Yue said the Asura God cleaved the Dragon God in two, though the Dragon God could still be reborn, then stopped before revealing more.

Xiao Chen drew out Gu Yue’s belief that the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King could reunite to revive the Dragon God, confirming her intention to seize the Golden Dragon King Divine Core. Back at the Star Luo Grand Hotel, Gu Yue ordered Zi Ji to summon the ferocious beasts for a plan to enter Dragon Valley and obtain the Dragon God Core.

• Xiao Chen questioned Gu Yue about the Dragon God’s division, and she revealed that the two parts became the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King.
• Xiao Chen suggested that one dragon might absorb the other’s essence to revive the Dragon God, and Gu Yue reluctantly agreed before realizing his questions resembled her own situation with the Golden Dragon King Divine Core.
• Gu Yue stopped answering Xiao Chen, while he concluded that she would pursue the Divine Core; the three returned to the Star Luo Grand Hotel.
• Gu Yue summoned Zi Ji and learned that the spatial entrance to Dragon Valley was not inside Monster Academy.
• Gu Yue ordered Zi Ji to summon Di Tian, Xiong Jun, the Myriad Demon King, and the other ferocious beasts, explaining that she would lead them to a weak point in Dragon Valley’s space after merging with Na’er.

Xiao Chen entered Dragon Valley, endured its repulsion, and absorbed energy from the Dragon Clouds before the Command Block opened a passage to the Dragon Tomb. After he entered, The End began invading and transforming Dragon Valley.

• Xiao Chen entered Dragon Valley and found that its rules dispelled his invisibility, but the Command Block soon removed the world's repulsion against him.
• A red Dragon Cloud and then more than a dozen clouds of different colors enveloped Xiao Chen, nourishing his body and improving his elemental affinity.
• Xiao Chen put on a Purple Mask and tried to teleport to the Dragon Tomb, but the command initially failed.
• The Command Block opened a stable spatial rift to the Dragon Tomb, and Xiao Chen entered it.
• After Xiao Chen passed through, the rift closed and The End transformed Dragon Valley, replacing its soil with end stone and spawning slender, pitch-black figures.

Gu Yue Na tried to reclaim the Dragon God Core in the Dragon Tomb, but Xiao Chen arrived and challenged her for it using the Command Block. After he surprised and weakened her, Gu Yue Na transformed into the enormous Silver Dragon King, leaving Xiao Chen unsure how to fight her without revealing his identity.

• Gu Yue Na mourned the fallen Dragon Clan and prepared to draw the Dragon God Core to herself.
• Xiao Chen entered the Dragon Tomb, recognized the Dragon God Core, and declared that it belonged to him.
• Gu Yue Na attacked Xiao Chen with a fire tornado, but Xiao Chen teleported past it and struck her with a Strength III-boosted punch.
• Xiao Chen weakened Gu Yue Na and resisted her elemental attacks, then charged at her again.
• Gu Yue Na transformed into the Silver Dragon King, and Xiao Chen halted, concerned that transforming into the Wither Storm would expose him.

Xiao Chen and Gu Yue Na found themselves trapped in The End after Dragon Valley was transformed, and Xiao Chen failed to teleport them back to the Douluo Plane. An Ender Dragon with the power of a Second-Rank God appeared, leaving Xiao Chen urging Gu Yue Na to unseal her strength and escape before the dimension consumed them.

• Gu Yue Na demanded to know what Xiao Chen had done after she saw that the Dragon Tomb had become The End.
• Xiao Chen tried to use the Command Block to teleport to the Douluo Plane, but the attempt failed.
• An Ender Dragon emerged from the void, and Gu Yue Na recognized that it possessed the power of a Second-Rank God.
• Gu Yue Na suspected Xiao Chen and the dragon were connected to the Extraterrestrial Forces.
• Xiao Chen told the Silver Dragon King to unseal her strength and break open the space before it was fully assimilated.

Xiao Chen forced Gu Yuena to confront the Ender Dragon so it would target her instead of him, and she was gravely injured in the fight. He teleported her back to the main island, where she accused him of being a bastard.

• Gu Yuena mocked Xiao Chen for wanting to use her power, but he warned that the End offered no safe escape and that the Ender Dragon had god-level strength.
• When Gu Yuena refused to unseal her power, Xiao Chen used the Command Block to teleport her in front of the Ender Dragon and gave her Strength and Resistance buffs.
• Gu Yuena transformed into the Silver Dragon King and faced the Ender Dragon, which unleashed a powerful purple breath attack.
• Gu Yuena's elemental breath was overwhelmed, and the Ender Dragon's attack shattered her true form despite her Resistance buff; the Dragon God Core kept her alive.
• As Gu Yuena fell toward the void, Xiao Chen teleported her back to the main island and explained that she had drawn the Ender Dragon's aggro.
• Gu Yuena collapsed to her knees, gravely injured, and called Xiao Chen a bastard.

On End Island, Xiao Chen’s scheme leaves Gu Yue Na badly injured and facing the approaching Ender Dragon, while their escape depends on her power and the Dragon God Core. Their threats and bargaining reach a stalemate, and Xiao Chen finally yields to Gu Yue Na’s leverage.

• Xiao Chen explained that the Ender Dragon targeted whoever attacked first, revealing that he had tricked Gu Yue Na into drawing its aggression.
• Xiao Chen searched Gu Yue Na for the Dragon God Core and offered to restore her, but she refused, suspecting he would abandon her once he had it.
• Gu Yue Na realized Xiao Chen’s blessings had kept her alive and insisted he restore her strength so she could open a rift and help them escape.
• Xiao Chen threatened to destroy the soul beasts if Gu Yue Na let herself die, but she accepted the possibility that both she and the soul beasts would perish.
• As the Ender Dragon drew closer, Xiao Chen abandoned another coercive plan and admitted, “You win.”

Xiao Chen used a regeneration buff to heal Gu Yuena enough to unseal her power, then pressured her to open a spatial rift while withholding full recovery. After Gu Yuena attacked him and he turned the Ender Dragon against her, Xiao Chen warned that he could manipulate her enhancements and keep her alive until she helped him escape.

• Xiao Chen healed Gu Yuena with a Level 3 Regeneration Buff, then stopped it and offered full recovery in exchange for the Dragon God Core.
• Gu Yuena proposed that they cooperate to escape, but Xiao Chen rejected her offer and ordered her to unseal her power and open a spatial rift.
• Gu Yuena unsealed herself, attacked Xiao Chen with an Elemental Blade, and tried to kill him, but he teleported away.
• Xiao Chen teleported the Ender Dragon behind Gu Yuena, and it struck her into an obsidian pillar.
• Xiao Chen demanded that Gu Yuena open a spatial rift and threatened to withdraw her enhancements during the fight, while insisting he would keep her alive until she helped him escape.

Trapped in the End, Xiao Chen encountered the Mountain Dragon King's remnant soul, who asked him to kill the Ender Dragon for destroying the Dragon Tomb. Xiao Chen agreed in exchange for the Dragon Kings' bones, and the Mountain Dragon King summoned the Light, Darkness, and Wind Dragon Kings so Xiao Chen could negotiate with them.

• Xiao Chen rejected fighting the Ender Dragon or waiting for the Command Block to consume the planes as ways to escape the End.
• The Mountain Dragon King appeared and asked Xiao Chen to avenge the Dragon Clan by killing the Ender Dragon, which he blamed for destroying the Dragon Tomb and dissolving the Dragon Kings' bones.
• Xiao Chen offered to help on the condition that the Dragon Kings' bones belonged to him.
• The Mountain Dragon King agreed to give Xiao Chen his own bones but said the other Dragon Kings must decide for themselves.
• The Mountain Dragon King summoned the Light, Darkness, and Wind Dragon Kings to meet Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen agreed to help the four Dragon Kings avenge their fallen kin in exchange for their dragon bones, with each bone delivered separately and its Dragon King allowed to reside in his sea of consciousness. His destruction attribute led them to choose the Radiant Dragon King's remains as the first bone, and they set off to find them.

• Xiao Chen learned that the Nine Dragon Kings had vanished in the ancient catastrophe and that three Dragon Kings' bones and souls had been devoured by The End.
• Xiao Chen reaffirmed his promise to help the four Dragon Kings kill the Ender Dragon in return for their dragon bones.
• The Light Dragon King required the bones to be delivered one at a time and each Dragon King to reside in Xiao Chen's sea of consciousness; Xiao Chen agreed.
• After learning Xiao Chen had destruction and death attributes, the Dragon Kings chose the Radiant Dragon King's Soul Bone as the first to give him.
• Xiao Chen followed the four Dragon Kings into the void toward the place where the Radiant Dragon King had met his end.

Xiao Chen and the four Dragon Kings found the Radiant Dragon King’s remains in the destructive void, where the Radiant Dragon King attacked them and condemned them for giving his bones to a human. The Light Dragon King subdued him and severed his soul from his bones, leaving the bones for Xiao Chen.

• Xiao Chen asked how the Light Dragon King intended to obtain the Radiant Dragon King’s bones, and the Light Dragon King said he could forcibly separate a guilty dragon’s soul from its bones.
• The four Dragon Kings led Xiao Chen to the Radiant Dragon King’s immense skeleton, and the Radiant Dragon King emerged and attacked the Light Dragon King and the Dark Dragon King with destructive Radiant Flame.
• The Dark Dragon King met the attack with Annihilation Dragon Breath while the Light Dragon King struck the Radiant Dragon King, damaging his soul and interrupting his attack.
• The Radiant Dragon King realized the Dragon Kings intended to give his bones to Xiao Chen and accused them of betraying the Dragon Clan; he then denounced the Dragon God for destroying the clan.
• The Light Dragon King bound the Radiant Dragon King with rune-covered Light Chains and severed his soul’s connection to his bones, then told Xiao Chen the bones were his.