Recaps

Xiao Chen obtained a torso bone refined from the Radiant Dragon King's remains and arranged to use the Dragon King's soul as his eighth Soul Ring. The Radiant Dragon King pretended to sacrifice himself, but as the bone merged into Xiao Chen, he prepared to possess him.

• Xiao Chen asked the Light Dragon King to refine the Radiant Dragon King's remains into a torso bone, and the Light Dragon King warned him about its destructive power.
• Xiao Chen decided to use the Radiant Dragon King's Dragon Soul as his eighth Soul Ring before fusing with the torso bone.
• The Radiant Dragon King feigned a willing sacrifice, secretly planning to enter Xiao Chen's body and take possession of it.
• Xiao Chen accepted the sacrifice and told the Light Dragon King to release the Radiant Dragon King's chains.
• The Radiant Dragon King's soul entered the torso bone, and the bone began merging into Xiao Chen as the Dragon King eagerly prepared to possess him.

Xiao Chen completed the Radiant Dragon King's sacrifice, gained his eighth Soul Ring, and advanced to the Soul Douluo Realm. After luring the Dragon King's hidden remnant soul into his Sea of Consciousness, Xiao Chen used the Wither Storm to devour it, leaving the Dragon King's soul destroyed.

• Xiao Chen absorbed the Radiant Dragon King's essence, formed his eighth Soul Ring, advanced to the Soul Douluo Realm, and completed the fusion with the Dragon King torso bone.
• The Radiant Dragon King's hidden remnant soul attacked Xiao Chen's Sea of Consciousness, but Xiao Chen's spiritual barrier initially repelled it.
• Xiao Chen deliberately weakened the barrier, allowing the Radiant Dragon King to enter and encounter the Wither Storm.
• The Wither Storm seized the Radiant Dragon King's soul, while Xiao Chen revealed that he had anticipated the attempt to take his body.
• Xiao Chen released his Spiritual Power, and the Wither Storm devoured the Radiant Dragon King's remnant soul completely.

After absorbing the Radiant Dragon King's Soul Power, Xiao Chen slept for three years inside a cocoon formed by Wither tentacles and emerged transformed, with purple eyes and a terrifying aura. The four Dragon Kings gave him their Soul Bones and asked him to reserve places for them in his Sea of Consciousness, and Xiao Chen agreed.

• The Wither Storm devoured the Radiant Dragon King, and Xiao Chen refined the Soul Power that flowed from its Soul Bone into him.
• Three Wither-covered tentacles erupted from Xiao Chen's back, wrapped him in a cocoon, and left the four Dragon Kings waiting for his awakening.
• Xiao Chen emerged about three years later with purple eyes and an aura the Dragon Kings said surpassed the Dragon God's level of existence.
• Xiao Chen sensed that his cultivation had reached Level eighty-nine Soul Douluo, though he still needed a Soul Ring and a second Soul Core to advance.
• The Light Dragon King offered the four Dragon Kings' Soul Bones and asked Xiao Chen to reserve places for them in his Sea of Consciousness, and Xiao Chen agreed.

Xiao Chen collected the four Dragon Kings’ Soul Bones, then revealed that a monster in his Sea of Consciousness would devour them if they entered. He offered them Ender Dragon eggs as new bodies, and the four Dragon Kings accepted the risk and began their rebirth.

• The four Dragon Kings gave Xiao Chen their Soul Bones, then tried to enter his Sea of Consciousness and were repelled by its spiritual barrier.
• Xiao Chen explained that the monster in his Sea of Consciousness had devoured the Radiant Dragon King and would destroy them too.
• After the Dragon Kings feared their souls would soon dissipate, Xiao Chen promised to stabilize them and give them new life.
• Xiao Chen summoned four Ender Dragon eggs and proposed that the Dragon Kings possess them to be reborn.
• The Dragon Kings overcame their reluctance to abandon their own bloodlines, agreed to possess the eggs, and entered them as their rebirth began.

After three years in The End, Xiao Chen returned to the Douluo Plane and found Leng Yaoyu still searching for him. He concealed his real experiences by claiming he had been trapped in a secret realm and gained the right to inherit a lost Divine Seat, leaving Leng Yaoyu stunned.

• Xiao Chen told the Light Dragon King he was leaving The End, then used the Command Block to return to the Douluo Plane.
• Gu Yue and Na'er prepared to search the Star Luo Continent for Xiao Chen, who had been missing for three years.
• Leng Yaoyu reflected on her fruitless search for Xiao Chen and was startled by a mysterious figure appearing in her office.
• Xiao Chen removed his disguise and reunited with Leng Yaoyu, who embraced him in relief and reproached him for disappearing.
• Xiao Chen claimed a secret realm had trapped him and that he had gained the right to inherit a Divine Seat, shocking Leng Yaoyu.

Xiao Chen told Leng Yaoyu that he had obtained the inheritance of an unnamed divine seat and could become a god, then reunited with Na'er and Gu Yue after returning from his three-year disappearance. While Na'er celebrated his return, Gu Yue doubted his claim and suspected the divine-seat inheritance might conceal a conspiracy.

• Xiao Chen told Leng Yaoyu that he had found an abandoned divine realm and obtained the inheritance of a divine seat related to devouring.
• Leng Yaoyu urged Xiao Chen to complete the trials, believing he could surpass even Yun Ming.
• Na'er and Gu Yue entered Leng Yaoyu's office, and Na'er rushed to hug Xiao Chen after seeing him again.
• Na'er told Xiao Chen how desperately she had searched for him during his three-year absence, and Leng Yaoyu persuaded her to let him rest.
• Xiao Chen told Gu Yue that godhood was within reach, and Leng Yaoyu explained that he had gained the qualifications to inherit a divine seat.
• Gu Yue questioned how a divine-seat inheritance could exist without the Divine Realm and suspected that Xiao Chen's claim might involve a conspiracy.

Xiao Chen avoided Gu Yue’s questions about the divine seat and learned he was free to choose whether to return to Shrek Academy. When Na'er and Gu Yue decided to attend the upcoming Sea God's Fate Matchmaking Conference, Xiao Chen agreed to go so he could prevent Gu Yue from fusing Na'er into Gu Yue Na.

• Gu Yue questioned Xiao Chen about his divine seat, but he claimed he did not know its name, and she stopped pressing him.
• Xiao Chen asked Leng Yaoyu whether he still had to attend Shrek Academy, and she said the choice was his.
• Na'er urged Xiao Chen to attend the Sea God's Fate Matchmaking Conference at Shrek in a month, and Leng Yaoyu gave her permission.
• Gu Yue announced she would attend too, and Leng Yaoyu agreed to let her go with Na'er.
• Xiao Chen decided to attend so he could keep watch over Na'er and prevent Gu Yue from fusing her into Gu Yue Na.

Xiao Chen agreed to accompany Na'er to Sea God's Fate but set limits on her behavior, then announced he was leaving to cultivate in a secret realm. After he departed without speaking to Gu Yue, she grew wary of his power and decided to activate her backup plan involving the Dragon God Core.

• Xiao Chen agreed to attend Sea God's Fate with Na'er but forbade her from standing on a lotus leaf to attract attention.
• Na'er accepted his condition and hurried out of Leng Yaoyu's office, while Xiao Chen asked Leng Yaoyu to tell her he could not attend if he had not returned in a month.
• Xiao Chen told Leng Yaoyu he was going back to a secret realm to cultivate and left without saying anything to Gu Yue.
• Leng Yaoyu was shocked that Xiao Chen vanished without leaving a trace and believed he might inherit a divine position.
• Gu Yue became wary of Xiao Chen's growing power and decided to put her backup plan into action, relying on the Dragon God Core she had seized in Dragon Valley.
• Gu Yue left the office, and Leng Yaoyu worried that the Sea God's Fate gathering would deepen Gu Yue's heartbreak.

Xiao Chen condensed a Destruction Soul Core and painfully swapped its position with his Spiritual Soul Core, ending his years of headaches but nearly dying in the process. He survived with the Command Block’s help, then discovered that the Spiritual Soul Core had assimilated all his Soul Power and become its source, making his power dangerously erosive.

• Xiao Chen condensed a black Destruction Soul Core in his middle dantian and forcibly began swapping it with his Spiritual Soul Core.
• The Soul Cores tore through Xiao Chen’s body, leaving him near death, and Elder Jin rushed to help him.
• The Command Block appeared and showered Xiao Chen with buffs, with several keeping him alive long enough to continue the swap.
• Xiao Chen severed the Spiritual Soul Core’s connection to his Sea of Consciousness and exchanged the positions of the two cores.
• The swap cleared Xiao Chen’s headaches, but the Spiritual Soul Core began converting his Soul Power and caused a new wave of agony.
• Xiao Chen found that all his Soul Power had gained erosion and assimilation properties and now originated from the Spiritual Soul Core, so he decided he could no longer fight in matches.

Xiao Chen told Elder Jin that a rank-twelve fixed soul bomb would soon strike Shrek Academy and promised to help destroy the Blue Silver Empress afterward. He left Elder Jin to make a grim decision, then returned to the Spirit Transferring Pagoda and woke Na'er.

• Xiao Chen cleared his glowing buffs and told Elder Jin he could defeat the Blue Silver Empress, though the fight would badly damage Elder Jin's true body.
• Xiao Chen warned Elder Jin that a rank-twelve fixed soul bomb would soon land on Shrek Academy, while insisting he was not the one who would launch it.
• Xiao Chen said he was indifferent to Shrek City's residents and would leave the Douluo Plane in a few years, then vanished after telling Elder Jin he hoped he would still be alive when they met again.
• Elder Jin looked toward the Golden Ancient Tree's core of origin and silently made a resolute decision.
• Xiao Chen returned to the Spirit Transferring Pagoda, found Na'er asleep, and gently woke her to ask whether she still wanted to attend Sea God's Fate.

Na'er and Gu Yue joined Xiao Chen at Sea God's Fate, where Na'er finally confessed that she had loved him for years and asked to stay by his side. The chapter ended before Xiao Chen answered her.

• Na'er woke to find Xiao Chen had returned and eagerly asked him to accompany her to Sea God's Fate with Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue appeared through Spatial Transfer, and Xiao Chen teleported all three of them directly to Sea God Lake.
• Xiao Chen waited while Na'er struggled to speak and Gu Yue silently worried about the strength of his teleportation.
• As Sea God's Fate reached its final segment, the fireworks and happy couples gave Na'er the courage to confess her love to Xiao Chen.
• Na'er told Xiao Chen she had loved him since she began living with him and asked whether he would let her love him.

Xiao Chen accepted Na'er, then confronted her and Gu Yue about their secret plans before letting them speak alone. Gu Yue revealed that Na'er's essence was unstable and that she might vanish unless she returned, but Na'er resolved to spend the time she had with Xiao Chen, while Gu Yue accepted that she could not let go of her duties.

• Na'er celebrated Xiao Chen's choice, while Gu Yue accepted her defeat because she could not set aside her mission and hatred of humanity.
• Xiao Chen asked Na'er and Gu Yue about their private activities, but Na'er refused to explain their important purpose.
• Gu Yue asked to speak with Na'er alone, and Xiao Chen reluctantly left them in the forest after warning them to return on their own.
• Gu Yue told Na'er that her unstable essence could collapse and that she was destined to return or disappear.
• Na'er said she could not bear to leave Xiao Chen and the people around her, but vowed to stay with Xiao Chen for as long as she could.
• Gu Yue accepted that Na'er had won because she could devote herself to love, while Gu Yue remained bound by her responsibilities.

Gu Yue agreed to merge with Na'er when Na'er's essence neared collapse, while Xiao Chen resolved to use the Golden Dragon King Divine Core to stabilize her. Leng Yaoyu advised Gu Yue about her feelings for Xiao Chen, leaving Gu Yue to face her ambitions and emotions alone.

• Gu Yue told Na'er she would reunite with her when Na'er's essence was about to collapse, and Na'er silently accepted.
• Xiao Chen emerged from hiding, learned of Na'er's danger, and decided the Golden Dragon King Divine Core could stabilize her essence.
• Gu Yue questioned whether her lingering pain was love, and Leng Yaoyu recognized her feelings for Xiao Chen.
• Leng Yaoyu warned Gu Yue that pursuing her aspirations could separate her from Xiao Chen, while urging her to keep trying if she truly loved him.
• Gu Yue stopped Leng Yaoyu from saying more and asked whether she had seen Na'er; Leng Yaoyu denied having any ulterior motive and left.
• Gu Yue remained by the window and gradually settled into calm and acceptance.

Na'er, Gu Yue, and Xiao Chen encountered Qiangu Zhangting at the Spirit Transferring Pagoda, where he challenged Xiao Chen over the Pagoda Master position. Xiao Chen overwhelmed him with spiritual pressure, leaving him kneeling in public as the three walked away.

• Na'er collided with Qiangu Zhangting at a corner, and Xiao Chen and Gu Yue joined her.
• Qiangu Zhangting recognized the three candidates for Pagoda Master and decided to use the contest to challenge Xiao Chen.
• Qiangu Zhangting declared the position belonged to the Qiangu Clan and demanded that Xiao Chen fight him.
• Xiao Chen refused, and Qiangu Zhangting taunted him for being afraid to accept the challenge.
• Xiao Chen’s spiritual pressure terrified Qiangu Zhangting, forcing him to his knees and dimming the Dragon Soul in his Coiling Dragon Staff.
• Xiao Chen, Na'er, and Gu Yue left Qiangu Zhangting kneeling in humiliation.

Xiao Chen took Na'er north in his Black-rank Mecha toward Devil's Island, leaving Gu Yue behind to inform Aunt Leng that they might be gone for months. Near the North Sea, they found human corpses drifting across the water, and Xiao Chen realized the Drowned had appeared before they reached the island.

• Na'er noticed Xiao Chen's purple eye and urged him to change it before outsiders saw it, but he restored it and avoided explaining what had happened.
• Xiao Chen invited Na'er to Devil's Island and took off in his Black-rank Mecha after Gu Yue declined to join them.
• Xiao Chen told Gu Yue to inform Aunt Leng that they might not return for a few months.
• Xiao Chen and Na'er flew past North Sea City and out over the North Sea, where Na'er saw Sea Soul Beasts fleeing in panic.
• Na'er spotted countless human corpses floating across the sea, and Xiao Chen recognized them as the Drowned.