Recaps

Nana arrived at Shrek Academy to recruit teachers for the Spirit Pagoda as Lu Ren and his allies crushed the academy’s remaining fighters. She declared Shrek Academy finished, offered its teachers a choice, and publicly rejected Zhou Yi as an unfit teacher.

• Nana arrived with Ye Guyi, Ji Juechen, and Wuyun, and learned that Zhou Yi and Fan Yu had persuaded several teachers to remain loyal to Shrek.
• Shrek’s remaining Soul Saints and Soul Douluos attacked Lu Ren, but Wuyun and Zhang Peng subdued them; Zhang Peng spared Zhang Lexuan after learning she had been raised by Mu En.
• Zhang Peng ordered Shrek’s fighters to surrender, and those who resisted were killed while the others were forced to choose whether to stand aside.
• Nana told the teachers that Shrek Academy no longer existed, offered them seven days to leave, and invited only those willing to teach sincerely to join the Spirit Pagoda.
• Nana confronted Zhou Yi over expelling struggling students and relying on harsh training, then told her the Spirit Pagoda would not recruit her.

Ji Juechen killed Zhou Yi and Fan Yu, while Nana offered Shrek's teachers a choice between joining the Spirit Pagoda and leaving the city. As Zhang Lexuan fled with the surviving inner court disciples, Wuyun killed them, and Ji Juechen and Ye Guyi stopped Zhang Lexuan and demanded she cripple her cultivation.

• Ji Juechen killed Zhou Yi and Fan Yu inside his domain, and Ye Guyi threatened the other teachers into backing down.
• Nana gave the teachers seven days to leave Shrek City or the chance to join the Spirit Pagoda, and many joined while older teachers departed.
• Zhang Lexuan led the surviving inner court disciples away, but Wuyun killed the disciples before they could escape.
• Lu Ren told Zhang Lexuan that she could leave only because Zhang Peng had spared her, and she left grieving the fall of Shrek.
• Ji Juechen and Ye Guyi blocked Zhang Lexuan and demanded that she cripple her cultivation, revealing that both possessed Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Zhang Lexuan prepared to fight, and Ji Juechen ordered her to cripple herself or face him.

Ye Guyi and Ji Juechen defeated Zhang Lexuan and destroyed her cultivation while Lu Ren considered Shrek Academy’s remaining fate. Tang Wutong tried to negotiate with Lu Ren, but he recognized Tang San’s Divine Power protecting her and rejected her appeal, leaving her embarrassed and insisting she had not used a honey trap.

• Ye Guyi and Ji Juechen overwhelmed Zhang Lexuan, severed her wrist meridians, and forced Ye Guyi to destroy her Dantian and cultivation.
• After crippling Zhang Lexuan, Ye Guyi and Ji Juechen returned to the academy, leaving her to depart the ruins alone.
• Tang Wutong called out to Lu Ren and asked him to spare Shrek’s inner court disciples and teachers, but he refused and continued walking away.
• Tang Wutong offered to let Lu Ren do whatever he wanted if he would spare Shrek, prompting Ye Guyi to block her from approaching him.
• Lu Ren warned that Tang Wutong carried Divine Power from Tang San and accused her of attempting a honey trap, while Tang Wutong denied it.

Lu Ren completed the Spirit Pagoda’s takeover of Shrek City and left Wuyun to manage the cleanup before heading to Mingdu. When Shrek survivors attacked Nana, a powerful Special Grade Cursed Spirit appeared behind her and crushed their assault.

• Lu Ren rejected Tang Wutong’s appeal, ordered Ye Guyi to watch her, and let Tang Wutong leave for the Divine Realm.
• Wuyun reported that the Spirit Pagoda had recruited Shrek teachers, taken control of the city defenses, and seized Shrek’s resources, including many valuable Soul Bones.
• Lu Ren ordered Wuyun to assess whether Shrek City should be destroyed or converted into a Spirit Pagoda branch, then departed for Mingdu to confront Xu Tianran.
• Several Shrek survivors attacked Nana while she was alone in the square, hoping to kill the young Pagoda Master.
• A colossal Special Grade Cursed Spirit appeared behind Nana, destroyed the attackers’ Soul Skills and Soul Tool, and terrified the would-be assailants into helplessness.

Nana ordered the Spirit Pagoda’s forces to wipe out Shrek Academy, while Tang San discovered the destruction and vowed to punish Lu Ren when he ascended to the Divine Realm. Lu Ren then appeared in Xu Tianran’s palace, where Kong Deming tried to negotiate, but Lu Ren rejected the offer and challenged them to stop him.

• Nana ordered the special grade cursed spirit to kill Shrek Academy’s holdouts, and it slaughtered defenders and destroyed buildings across the academy.
• A Spirit Pagoda staff member reported to Nana, who ordered the remaining holdouts dealt with and the academy sealed off.
• Tang San discovered that Lu Ren’s forces had destroyed Shrek Academy and Sea God Island, then suppressed his anger because he had promised the Destruction God King not to interfere in mortal affairs.
• Tang San recalled that Lu Ren had avoided Tang Wutong and concluded he would wait for Lu Ren to ascend to the Divine Realm before taking revenge.
• After news of Shrek Academy’s destruction reached Xu Tianran’s meeting, Lu Ren appeared in the imperial hall while eating fruit.
• Kong Deming admitted the Sun Moon Empire’s fault and offered compensation, but Lu Ren rejected the offer and asked whether Kong Deming could stop him.

Lu Ren killed Xu Tianran in the imperial hall, then declared that he would support the Sun Moon Empire’s unification of the continent without ruling it himself. He chose the timid Xu Mochén as the next emperor, leaving Xu Mochén stunned by the sudden appointment.

• Kong Deming offered the Sun Moon Empire’s resources and asked Lu Ren to spare the imperial bloodline and civilians, but Lu Ren insisted he would not massacre them.
• Lu Ren crushed Xu Tianran’s defensive Soul Tools with his spiritual pressure, then killed him by detonating his body from within.
• Lu Ren said he would not interfere with the war and would help the Sun Moon Empire unify the continent, but refused the officials’ proposal to make him emperor.
• Lu Ren required an imperial descendant to take the throne and named Xu Mochén as his candidate.
• Xu Mochén arrived at the hall, recognized Lu Ren from their past encounter, and bowed in fear before Lu Ren declared him emperor.

Lu Ren forced Xu Mochén to accept the Sun Moon Empire’s throne and laid down conditions for its rule and war against the Original Three Nations. He appointed Ju Zi marshal and backed her campaign, while Ju Zi remained wary of his unexplained support and focused on taking revenge on the White Tiger Duke.

• Lu Ren pressured Xu Mochén into accepting the throne, and Kong Deming and the court officials urged him to comply.
• Lu Ren ordered the empire to continue its unification policy and war while minimizing harm to civilians and improving life in occupied territories.
• Lu Ren appointed Ju Zi marshal and revealed that he knew she sought revenge on the White Tiger Duke; Ju Zi was shocked by his knowledge.
• Lu Ren required Xu Mochén to promote his deeds and legends, warned the court against disobedience, and told Kong Deming to oversee the new emperor.
• Xu Mochén promised not to interfere with Ju Zi, and Lu Ren vanished from the hall.
• Kong Deming began preparations for the enthronement and military briefings as Ju Zi resolved to keep pursuing the White Tiger Duke.

Lu Ren dismissed the need for the Snow Empress to provide his ninth Soul Ring and chose the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler as his target. He traveled to the Evil Demon Forest, found the abandoned Holy Spirit Cult headquarters, and decided to destroy it.

• The Snow Empress explained that Lu Ren could ascend to godhood without a God Position, while Electrolux hinted that he was preparing a surprise to help Lu Ren achieve godhood.
• Lu Ren named the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler in the Evil Demon Forest as his ninth Soul Ring target and teased the Ice Empress, who blushed and denied falling for him.
• Lu Ren used his Cursed Technique to travel to the Evil Demon Forest, where his presence frightened the Soul Beasts into hiding.
• Lu Ren used his Spiritual Power and Six Eyes to locate the abandoned Holy Spirit Cult headquarters and found that its surviving members had fled.
• Lu Ren searched the headquarters, found leftover Rare Metals and Gold Soul Coins in its looted storeroom, and decided to destroy the place.

Lu Ren destroyed the Holy Spirit Cult's headquarters and confronted the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler, easily defeating its attack before proposing a partnership. The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler questioned whether Lu Ren was mocking it after he promised to end its fear of Heavenly Tribulation and help it ascend to the Divine Realm.

• Lu Ren erased the Holy Spirit Cult's headquarters with Hollow Technique: Imaginary Mass, awakening the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler appeared above the Evil Demon Forest and attacked Lu Ren with a dark-red spiritual and spatial assault.
• Lu Ren swept away the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler's attack and demonstrated that he was stronger than the Ferocious Beast.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler asked why Lu Ren had come, and Lu Ren said he wanted to discuss a partnership.
• Lu Ren offered to free the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler from Heavenly Tribulation and help it reach the Divine Realm, prompting it to ask if he was making fun of it.

Lu Ren tried to recruit the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler as his ninth soul spirit, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress appeared to prove that soul spirits could retain their consciousness and cultivation. Still unwilling to accept Lu Ren’s offer without a fight, the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler challenged him, and Lu Ren agreed as their battle began.

• Lu Ren summoned the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, whose presence shocked the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler.
• The Snow Empress explained the soul spirit system, and the Ice Empress confirmed that they had willingly followed Lu Ren with their origins and consciousness intact.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler learned that Lu Ren was only Level 90 and questioned why he needed a ninth soul ring.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler refused to submit without proof of Lu Ren’s strength and demanded a fight, promising to follow him if defeated.
• Lu Ren accepted the challenge, and the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler gathered its spiritual power to begin the battle.

Lu Ren overwhelmed the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler with Limitless and his Cursed Techniques, shrugging off its attacks and expanding his spatial defense across the battlefield. The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler then used its ultimate Light of Time and Space to pierce the defense and strike Lu Ren.

• The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler attacked Lu Ren with its eighty-one tentacles, but Limitless stopped them before they could reach him.
• Lu Ren dragged the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler down and smashed it into the ground, then shattered its thorny Spiritual Power wheel with a punch.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler fired a black beam and its strongest crimson pillar, but Limitless stopped the beam and Cursed Technique Reversal: Red overpowered the pillar and wounded it.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler struck Lu Ren with Light of Destruction, but his Head Soul Bone’s Mental Immunity left him unharmed.
• Lu Ren expanded Limitless over a vast area, prompting the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler to unleash Light of Time and Space, which pierced a small opening in the spatial defense and hit Lu Ren.

Lu Ren defeated the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler without being touched, then healed its grievous injuries and formed a fair Soul Spirit Contract with it. The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler became Lu Ren’s third Soul Spirit, granting him his ninth Soul Ring and Left Leg Bone.

• The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler used Light of Time and Space, but Lu Ren evaded it with his speed and appeared unharmed above it.
• Lu Ren expanded Limitless to crush the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler into a deep crater until it conceded defeat.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler agreed to form a fair Soul Spirit Contract after Lu Ren promised not to enslave it.
• Lu Ren healed the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler with the Positive Energy of Reverse Cursed Technique, restoring its injuries and spent life force.
• Lu Ren and the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler completed their Soul Spirit Contract, making it his third Soul Spirit and giving him his ninth Soul Ring and Left Leg Bone.

Lu Ren absorbed the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone, reaching level 95 and gaining powerful spatial abilities and new Soul Skills. After joking about which skills he would use as Binding Vow collateral, he reaffirmed his promise to the Evil Emperor and asked what it wanted.

• Lu Ren’s nine Soul Rings lit up as he absorbed the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler’s power, and his cultivation surged from level 90 to level 95.
• The Evil Emperor settled into Lu Ren’s Sea of Consciousness and explained that its Soul Skills included Light of Time and Space, Thorn Halo, and an enhancement skill.
• The Ice Empress complained that Lu Ren had traded away the Soul Skills she and the Snow Empress gave him, while Lu Ren explained why the Evil Emperor’s first two skills were useful enough to keep.
• Lu Ren decided to use the Evil Emperor’s fixed-strength enhancement skill for a Binding Vow loan, prompting the Evil Emperor to learn that Lu Ren had many percentage-based boosts and had killed God Officials.
• Lu Ren told the Evil Emperor that his promise remained unchanged and asked what requests it had.

Lu Ren traveled to Dragon City to assess the Sun Moon Empire’s rule and learned from a local woman that the occupation had left civilians largely safe while bringing order and useful Soul Tools. After returning to the Ice Empress and Snow Empress, he was urged to rest in the peaceful city for the night.

• The Evil Emperor agreed to accompany Lu Ren after he promised to help raise a new guardian for the Evil Eye Clan once he reached rank ninety-nine.
• Lu Ren brought the Ice Empress and Snow Empress to Dragon City, where he bypassed the Sun Moon Empire’s detectors using Limitless.
• Lu Ren questioned a local woman, who described the Sun Moon Empire’s orderly occupation, aid to civilians, and removal of Soul Master sects from the city.
• Lu Ren gave the woman a hundred Gold Soul Coins and fled when she invited him home, then returned to the tea stall where the Ice Empress teased him.
• The Snow Empress explained that Lu Ren had been gathering information about Ju Zi’s rule and suggested that they find lodging so he could rest.

Lu Ren explained his plan to use Soul Tools and technology to undermine the aristocratic system, then revealed that he could take the Snow Empress and Ice Empress to the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Cave. At the Earth Dragon Sect’s abandoned grounds, he left a Cursed Spirit to alert him if the sect returned so he could still offer compensation and arrange a fair trade.

• Lu Ren told the Snow Empress and Ice Empress that he intended to weaken aristocratic power by spreading Soul Tools, awakening Martial Souls, and advancing technology.
• Lu Ren revealed that he would take them to the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Cave, and the Ice Empress excitedly urged him to leave at once.
• Lu Ren paid for the tea and transported the group to the Earth Dragon Sect’s rear courtyard, where he found the grounds deserted and ruined.
• Lu Ren placed a Grade 1 Cursed Spirit in the ruins to watch for the Earth Dragon Sect’s return, promising to come back with compensation and trade resources.

Lu Ren discovered the Earth Dragon Sect’s Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Cave and helped Ice Empress and Snow Empress harvest its Ice Extreme Divine Crystals and Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow. After the two Soul Beasts absorbed the marrow and prepared to enter seclusion, Lu Ren decided to cultivate a third Soul Core and advance toward Level 99 before challenging the Divine Realm.

• Lu Ren, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress descended through the well and cold spring to reach the Earth Dragon Sect’s hidden ice cavern.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress mined all the Ice Extreme Divine Crystals after Snow Empress warned the cave would not last in its current environment.
• The three found the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, and Ice Empress absorbed eleven pillars while Snow Empress absorbed fifteen.
• Snow Empress gathered the remaining marrow into Lu Ren’s Storage Soul Tool, explaining that the cave would eventually disappear because its surroundings could not sustain it.
• Lu Ren decided to enter seclusion and condense a third, Space Attribute Soul Core as he pursued Level 99 and prepared to storm the Divine Realm.

The Spirit Pagoda seized Shrek City and began rebuilding it as Spirit City while Tang San watched helplessly from the Divine Realm. The Sun Moon Empire then conquered the Heaven Dou and Dou Ling Empires, leaving their surviving defenders to reckon with the power of Soul Tool warfare.

• Nana led the Spirit Pagoda's forces in eliminating Shrek City's holdouts, claimed the city for the Spirit Pagoda, and renamed it Spirit City.
• Ju Zi and Xu Mochén approved the Spirit Pagoda's autonomous control of the city, and the Sun Moon Empire committed troops and resources to its reconstruction.
• Tang San watched Shrek's landmarks being destroyed but could not descend to interfere, and his hatred of Lu Ren deepened.
• The Sun Moon Empire captured the Heaven Dou capital, and Du Busi led Princess Vina and the surviving Body Sect members back toward their sect.
• Long Aotian and Du Busi told Vina that Lu Ren owed the Heaven Dou Empire nothing and that Soul Tool warfare and the empire's shortsightedness had caused its defeat.
• The Dou Ling Empire fell, and its emperor died by suicide as the Sun Moon Empire continued its conquest.

Ju Zi’s disciplined campaigns and the Spirit Pagoda’s generous public services raised Lu Ren’s standing across the continent, while his planned purge nearly eradicated Evil Soul Masters and inspired popular faith. As the Star Luo Empire struggled against the Sun Moon Empire, Huo Yuhao joined the Spirit Pagoda and received access to its core Soul Spirit technology, while Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen advanced their research.

• Ju Zi’s military discipline and the Spirit Pagoda’s relief and training programs earned broad public support and spread Lu Ren’s reputation across occupied territories.
• After half a year, the Spirit Pagoda announced that its campaign had nearly eradicated Evil Soul Master factions, and ordinary people began offering Lu Ren prayers that gathered into faith power.
• The Sun Moon Empire contained the Star Luo Empire for a year while Xu Jiawei feared its eventual defeat, and Huo Yuhao’s cultivation reached the Soul Saint rank.
• Du Busi recommended Huo Yuhao to Nana, and Lu Ren authorized him to study the Spirit Pagoda’s core Soul Spirit technology.
• Huo Yuhao accepted the opportunity despite his unresolved hatred of Lu Ren and began studying the confidential documents.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen became level-ninety-one Titled Douluos and Level 9 Soul Engineers, then turned to developing artificial Soul Spirits.

While Lu Ren remained in seclusion, Spirit City flourished and Huo Yuhao reached Titled Douluo before returning to the Star Luo Empire to take revenge on the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. After confronting Dai Hao and leaving him alive with his grief, Huo Yuhao unexpectedly joined the Star Luo Empire against the Sun Moon Empire's advancing army.

• Ye Guyi reached Rank 97, Nana reached Level 98, and Spirit City’s Soul Spirit system spread across the continent, though it still depended on Lu Ren’s Cursed Spirit supply.
• Huo Yuhao became a Titled Douluo, took leave from the Spirit Pagoda, and traveled to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
• Huo Yuhao killed those who had abused his mother or bullied him, killed the Duchess, and burned the mansion down.
• Huo Yuhao revealed to Dai Hao that he was his son and described how Huo Yun'er and he had suffered, then left Dai Hao alive to face his regret.
• With Dai Hao incapacitated, the Star Luo army faltered before the Sun Moon Empire’s offensive, but Huo Yuhao joined the Star Luo Empire and confronted the invading forces.

Huo Yuhao helped the Star Luo Empire halt the Sun Moon Empire’s advance, then persuaded Di Tian that the Soul Spirit System could offer Soul Beasts a future without being hunted. Di Tian joined the Spirit Pagoda as Deputy Pagoda Master, though Xiong Jun remained hostile to humans as the beasts toured Spirit City.

• Huo Yuhao turned back Sun Moon Empire attacks with his combat strength and Spiritual Detection, and Ju Zi ordered her forces to withdraw and reinforce their defenses.
• Huo Yuhao defeated rank-ninety-five Kong Deming in battle, giving the Star Luo Empire a respite and winning recognition across the continent.
• Du Busi refused Huo Yuhao’s repeated requests for the Body Sect to join the war, and Huo Yuhao returned to the front line alone.
• Huo Yuhao built a relationship with Di Tian by explaining the Soul Spirit System, and Di Tian agreed to meet Nana at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.
• Nana explained the Spirit Pagoda’s aims and Soul Spirit Contracts to Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts, who agreed to peaceful relations; Di Tian accepted the post of Deputy Pagoda Master and the others joined the Elder Council.
• Nana led Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts through Spirit City, where Xiong Jun remained angry about serving in a human organization and wanted Soul Beasts to enslave humans.

Nana subdued Xiong Jun and convinced Di Tian that the Spirit Pagoda sincerely sought cooperation with Soul Beasts, then revealed that Lu Ren controlled the organization. During Lu Ren’s fifth year in seclusion, a new eight-hundred-thousand-year Evil Eye Tyrant emerged as Huo Yuhao rose to Limit Douluo with a three-core system and powerful Martial Souls.

• Xiong Jun attacked Nana, but three Cursed Spirits beat him into submission while Nana spared his life.
• Nana explained that humanity could destroy the Ferocious Beasts but chose cooperation, and Di Tian accepted her sincerity.
• Nana told Di Tian that Lu Ren was the Spirit Pagoda’s true leader; Di Tian recalled Huo Yuhao’s claims that Lu Ren had slain two God Officials and said he wanted to meet him.
• During Lu Ren’s fifth year in seclusion, an Evil Eye Tyrant in the Evil Demon Forest rapidly reached eight hundred thousand years of cultivation and claimed the title of Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler.
• Huo Yuhao reached Limit Douluo, formed three Soul Cores, awakened his Spirit Eyes into gold-ranked Asura’s Eye, and traveled to the Far North to seek Soul Rings for his Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul.

Huo Yuhao gained Xiao Bai and other powerful Soul Spirits, defeated Di Tian, and learned that he could not ascend until he surpassed Lu Ren. He returned to find the Star Luo Empire cornered in its capital as the Sun Moon Empire began its final assault.

• The Snow Empress arranged for Xiao Bai to become Huo Yuhao's Soul Spirit to save her from a likely fatal Heavenly Tribulation, and Huo Yuhao accepted despite his conflicting feelings about Lu Ren.
• Huo Yuhao gained other rare Soul Spirits, challenged Di Tian, and won their battle above the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The Divine Realm summoned Huo Yuhao to ascend, but he refused because his divine trial required him to become the strongest on the Douluo Continent, a position he believed Lu Ren held.
• Huo Yuhao told Di Tian that Lu Ren's strength had left him afraid to approach Lu Ren's secluded location, then returned to the Star Luo Empire without knowing whether he could defeat him.
• The Sun Moon Empire reduced the Star Luo Empire to its capital, Star Luo City, while Kong Deming reached Level 99 Limit Douluo and became the continent's only Level 11 Soul Engineer.
• The Sun Moon Empire's army surrounded Star Luo City and advanced toward it as the Star Luo Empire faced its final battle.

Huo Yuhao returned to Star Luo City as the Sun Moon Empire prepared to attack, but Ye Guyi arrived to stop him from interfering in the war. Lu Ren then appeared and accepted Huo Yuhao's challenge, leaving the two strongest fighters poised to battle.

• Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao renewed their resolve to defend Star Luo City as the Sun Moon Empire's army approached.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the battlements, restoring the defenders' morale, while Ju Zi revealed that the Spirit Pagoda planned to stop him.
• Ye Guyi confronted Huo Yuhao and declared that he would have to defeat her to reach the battlefield.
• Lu Ren appeared on Star Luo City's walls, and Huo Yuhao challenged him to a wager: the loser would decide whether Huo Yuhao continued interfering in the war.
• Lu Ren accepted, and Huo Yuhao declared that the era belonged to him before Lu Ren promised to beat him back to reality.

Lu Ren overwhelmed Huo Yuhao with his Unlimited Void domain after Huo Yuhao's spiritual attacks and divine blade failed to penetrate Lu Ren's defenses. Lu Ren decapitated Huo Yuhao but spared his life for a future purpose, leaving the battlefield stunned.

• Huo Yuhao unleashed his spiritual power and challenged Lu Ren, but his attacks had no effect.
• Huo Yuhao's Morning Dew Blade struck an invisible barrier, and Lu Ren repelled it before Huo Yuhao began a powerful blade technique.
• Lu Ren stopped Huo Yuhao with a clap and trapped him inside Unlimited Void, flooding his mind with overwhelming information.
• Lu Ren told the paralyzed Huo Yuhao that he would spare him for a future purpose, then severed his head and placed his bloodied foot on it.

Lu Ren killed Huo Yuhao, enabling Ju Zi to demand Star Luo City's surrender and take revenge on Dai Hao; Xu Jiawei died by suicide as the Star Luo Empire fell. After the Sun Moon Empire unified the continent, Ye Guyi reunited with Lu Ren and learned he planned to ascend to the Divine Realm, leaving her fearing they would never meet again.

• Lu Ren killed Huo Yuhao, earning the Sun Moon Empire's frenzied cheers, while Ju Zi and Ye Guyi reacted to his victory.
• Ju Zi demanded that Star Luo City surrender and hand over Dai Hao; Dai Hao accepted the city's decision and gave himself up to spare its people.
• Ju Zi killed Dai Hao with her sword, and Xu Jiawei took his own life after seeing Dai Hao fall, ending the Star Luo Empire.
• The Sun Moon Empire celebrated unifying the continent, while Ye Guyi rushed to Lu Ren, embraced him, and cried about missing him during his five years in seclusion.
• Ye Guyi asked whether Lu Ren would ascend to the Divine Realm and leave the Douluo Continent; Lu Ren confirmed he would, and she asked if that meant saying goodbye forever.