Recaps

Qian Chaoguang infiltrated the Mingdu soul engineer tournament while Shrek advanced through the competition, then single-handedly destroyed the Holy Spirit Cult team. As the allied forces escaped sealed Mingdu, Qian Chaoguang prepared a raid on the Imperial Palace and Illustrious Virtue Hall.

• Qian Chaoguang recruited Zhang Bowen as the Undead Empire’s future Pope, then traveled to Mingdu with Huo Yutong and He Caitou for the tournament and warned Nana against coercive Soul Contracts and widespread undead conversion.
• Qian Chaoguang entered the soul engineer tournament under the false identity Qian Daoliu and used Chen An’s connections and betting operation to pursue rare metals and information about the Sun Moon Empire’s arsenal.
• Shrek defeated Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy, and Huo Yutong and Qian Chaoguang advanced their cultivation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Qian Chaoguang won the Top Six Battle with his undead warrior A Fan, then arranged for Shrek to concede to the Tang Sect so it could secure a better chance of facing the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Qian Chaoguang led Shrek against the Body Sect, drew with Long Aotian, and watched Huo Yutong reveal her Soul Saint cultivation and defeat Gu Tong, sending Shrek to the semifinals.
• Qian Chaoguang faced the Holy Spirit Sect alone, killed its fighters in individual and team battles, and annihilated Yan Feng with Divine Wrath as the crowd acclaimed him as the God of Light.
• The allied factions smuggled their people out of sealed Mingdu while Qian Chaoguang accepted Nangong Wan’s final-match reward and secretly issued orders for a raid on the Imperial Palace and Illustrious Virtue Hall.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong plundered Illustrious Virtue Hall, survived Qiankun Questioning Valley, and prepared for the looming war. Huo Yutong avenged her mother, while Ma Xiaotao overcame her evil fire and Qian Chaoguang advanced his body-refining art.

• Qian Chaoguang’s team raided Illustrious Virtue Hall, while allied forces attacked the Imperial Palace and left Xu Tianran fatally wounded.
• Qian Chaoguang won the tournament after convincing Ye Guyi to stage her capture, then escaped Mingdu with Huo Yutong as explosions destroyed the palace and academy.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong passed Qiankun Questioning Valley’s trials, rescued Dai Hao from an ambush, and refused Rong Nianbing’s Divine Throne offer.
• Qian Chaoguang reached the Soul Saint realm and exposed Xu Tianran as an undead puppet, while the empires and Shrek prepared for war.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong visited their old home and graves before confronting Dai Hao, where Huo Yutong revealed she was his daughter and demanded justice for Huo Yun’er.
• Huo Yutong defeated Dai Hao and killed the Duchess, avenging her mother and breaking through into the Spirit Domain Realm.
• At the Body Sect, Qian Chaoguang helped Ma Xiaotao purge her evil fire and awaken as an Ultimate Fire Phoenix, then endured Du Busi’s deep-sea training and asked to exchange body-refining knowledge.

Qian Chaoguang completed major cultivation breakthroughs while the Sun Moon Empire invaded Heaven Dou and the Beast Tide threatened Shrek. After Heaven Dou City’s costly defense and the empire’s territorial collapse, Qian returned to Shrek and offered equipment for its defense against the coming Beast Tide.

• Qian Chaoguang awakened the Ice God Martial Soul, killed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Demon Soul Great White Shark, and advanced to Soul Forging while training with Du Busi.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong spent a year cultivating as his merchant guild and the Eternal God Cult expanded, while he warned the imperial families about the Sun Moon Empire’s plans.
• Qian Chaoguang learned from Qiu’er that the Beasts of Calamity were preparing a Beast Tide, and he discovered that Di Tian planned to target Shrek City.
• The Sun Moon Empire shattered Star Luo’s defenses at Mingdou Mountain Range, and Qian Chaoguang warned Heaven Dou that it was the likely next target.
• Qian Chaoguang helped Heaven Dou prepare for war, but Ju Zi’s army surrounded Heaven Dou City and launched a costly assault that Qian and Huo Yutong helped the defenders survive.
• The Sun Moon Empire withdrew after suffering heavy losses, then bypassed Heaven Dou City and seized more than a third of Heaven Dou’s territory as Qian Chaoguang returned to Shrek with survivors.
• Xuan Zi warned Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong that Shrek might fall, while Bei Bei asked Qian to help equip Shrek’s Soul Tool Master legions against the Beast Tide.
• Qian Chaoguang offered Shrek enough Sun Moon Empire military equipment for three legions, and Bei Bei asked where he had obtained it.

Qian Chaoguang secured the Far North for Huo Yutong and the Undead Empire, then joined Shrek City’s defense against Di Tian’s Beast Tide. Death Praise and Shrek’s firepower inflicted devastating losses, but the Beasts of Calamity launched another assault and Bi Ji sent the Emerald Swans to heal the wounded.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong awakened the Ice God Divine Fire, established Huo Yutong as the Ice God, and appointed A Tai to manage the Far North.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong’s forces destroyed Ju Zi’s mining base, recovered its equipment and rare metals, and Qian Chaoguang killed Dragon City’s city lord after discovering his crimes.
• Qian Chaoguang helped Xiao Bai survive his three-hundred-thousand-year Thunder Tribulation, then returned to Shrek City when Di Tian’s Beast Tide arrived.
• Xuan Zi and Du Bisi confronted Di Tian while Shi Xing and Shrek’s defenders used Soul Tools to repel the first attacks.
• Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Xiao Bai stopped a concealed assault on the northern wall and captured several powerful Soul Beasts.
• Xuan Ziwen fired Death Praise into the Beast Tide, killing tens of thousands of Soul Beasts and forcing the Scarlet King to retreat.
• The Beasts of Calamity launched simultaneous assaults on Shrek City, and the defenders’ cannons killed or wounded more than one hundred thousand Soul Beasts before Bi Ji sent the Emerald Swans to heal them.