Recaps

Dai Mubai was assigned to sew clothes in prison and accepted the work after an old prisoner warned him that the mines were far more dangerous. He learned that the clothes were distributed to poor mortals and orphans by order of Heavenly Emperor Hao, leaving him stunned by the Heavenly Court’s care for ordinary people.

• An old man led Dai Mubai into a prison sewing workshop and told him his reform labor would be making clothes.
• Dai Mubai resented being made to sew, while the people watching from Shrek Academy laughed at his predicament.
• The old man warned Dai Mubai that prisoners who worked in the mines faced deadly ancient creatures, so Dai Mubai agreed to sew instead.
• Dai Mubai learned that prisoners’ clothes were distributed unconditionally to impoverished mortals and homeless orphans before winter.
• The old man praised Heavenly Emperor Hao’s compassion, and Dai Mubai was shocked that the Heavenly Court cared for mortals.

Shrek Academy and people across Douluo Continent reconsidered Heavenly Emperor Hao after hearing that he gave winter clothing to mortals without conditions, while Zhu Zhuqing continued learning the Heavenly Court’s rules and heard she would soon serve its ruler. The chapter ended with Zhu Zhuqing asking Jiang Wanwan whether the Heavenly Court would send troops against the Primordial Ancient Mine.

• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Flender, and Yu Xiaogang discussed whether Heavenly Emperor Hao’s benevolence toward mortals meant they had misjudged his harshness toward the ancient races.
• Poor villagers in the Dou Ling Empire longed for a ruler like Heavenly Emperor Hao, and some privately imagined him overthrowing Douluo Continent’s nobles.
• Zhu Zhuqing studied the Heavenly Court’s rules and noticed that its mortal fruit subtly expanded the Bitter Sea within her.
• Jiang Wanwan told Zhu Zhuqing that Empress Guyue was occupied with the Primordial Ancient Mine and that Zhu Zhuqing would soon learn duties attending His Majesty.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Jiang Wanwan whether the Heavenly Court was really going to send troops against the Primordial Ancient Mine.

Jiang Wanwan took Zhu Zhuqing to the Heavenly Court’s prison workshops to collect her maid’s dharma robes and explained Heavenly Emperor Hao’s responsibility toward all living beings. Zhu Zhuqing entered the women’s workshop, where Dai Mubai spotted her.

• Jiang Wanwan explained that newly appointed maids received protective, dust-repelling dharma robes sewn by skilled female prisoners.
• Jiang Wanwan told Zhu Zhuqing that prisoners’ work also produced warm clothes distributed free to poor mortal commoners, and described the Heavenly Emperor’s duty to care for all living beings.
• Zhu Zhuqing reflected on the Star Luo Empire’s harshness and eagerly followed Jiang Wanwan toward the prison workshops.
• Jiang Wanwan requested two of the best dharma robes, and a heavenly soldier led them into the orderly women’s prison workshop.
• Dai Mubai struggled to use a sewing machine in a clothing workshop, then froze when he saw Zhu Zhuqing.

Dai Mubai spotted Zhu Zhuqing outside the prison workshop, but the guards dismissed his claim that she was his fiancée and Wang Lao'er punished him with fifty slaps. Zhu Zhuqing left with Jiang Jiang Wanwan, while Lin Hao appeared on Earth after nearly ten thousand years away, accompanied by his great-grandchild.

• Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing outside the workshop and shouted for her, drawing the black-armored guard’s attention.
• The guard rejected Dai Mubai’s claim that Zhu Zhuqing was his fiancée and ordered Wang Lao'er to give him fifty slaps.
• Wang Lao'er beat Dai Mubai, who returned to work and asked him to help contact Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing wondered whether she had heard someone calling her, then followed Jiang Jiang Wanwan to choose her styles.
• Lin Hao stood on Earth after nearly ten thousand years away, and his great-grandchild asked whether this was the Earth he had described.

Lin Hao brought Ji Ziyue to Earth, where they encountered Ye Fan and Lin Hao secretly nudged him into attending his class reunion. Lin Hao and Ji Ziyue then headed for Mount Tai, while Ye Fan picked up Li Dan and planned to take him to the hospital.

• Lin Hao confirmed that they were on Earth and explained cars to Ji Ziyue as she explored the unfamiliar modern city.
• Lin Hao overheard Ye Fan telling Pang Bo that he might miss their class reunion, then used a wisp of golden light to make Ye Fan agree to go.
• Ye Fan briefly saw Lin Hao and Ji Ziyue outside his car, but they vanished when he looked again.
• Lin Hao told Ji Ziyue they were going to Mount Tai, and the pair disappeared from the city.
• Ye Fan picked up Li Dan and said he would take him somewhere before bringing him to the hospital.

Li Dan traveled with Ye Fan to Mount Tai, while viewers on the Douluo Continent recognized Lin Hao passing through Li Dan’s world and wondered what connected it to the Shrouding the Heavens World. The chapter left Ye Fan and Li Dan arriving at Mount Tai and meeting Pang Bo.

• Viewers on the Douluo Continent saw Lin Hao briefly pass by Li Dan’s moving car, and Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Bibi Dong recognized him.
• Bibi Dong concluded that Lin Hao’s presence meant Li Dan’s world was not as ordinary as it appeared and might be connected to the Shrouding the Heavens World.
• At Mount Tai, Li Dan insisted on leaving the car with Ye Fan rather than waiting alone.
• Ye Fan explained Mount Tai’s landmarks as he and Li Dan walked through the crowds toward the mountain.
• Pang Bo called out to Ye Fan, who hurried over to greet his university friend.

Ye Fan and his companions climbed Mount Tai as strange cloud trails appeared overhead, then witnessed nine enormous black dragons hauling an ancient bronze coffin from the cosmos. The coffin crashed onto Jade Emperor Peak, leaving the tourists in chaos and viewers across the Douluo Continent stunned by the dragons.

• Ye Fan reunited with Pang Bo and introduced Li Dan to his university classmates as the group began climbing Mount Tai.
• Ye Fan grew increasingly uneasy, and the group noticed strange cloud trails crossing the sky.
• Darkness and fierce winds overtook Mount Tai as nine black dragons appeared, dragging an ancient bronze coffin toward the summit.
• Tourists panicked as the bronze coffin slammed into Jade Emperor Peak and shook the mountain.
• At Shrek Academy, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang watched the Heavenly Screen in shock at the dragons' overwhelming presence.

The Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin stunned people across the Douluo Continent, and Gu Yuena sensed that the black dragons belonged to a more ancient and purer kind of dragon than she did. On Mount Tai, the enormous bronze coffin began to open, releasing a presence that made every viewer feel insignificant.

• Yu Xiaogang and the Shrek group watched the nine black dragons and bronze coffin in shock, while Xiao Wu felt their oppressive might.
• Bibi Dong sensed that the dragons and coffin came from a higher, more primordial order and wondered whether she could master their power.
• Di Tian’s bloodline submitted to the dragons’ overwhelming rank, while the other Soul Beasts reacted with fear and unease.
• Gu Yuena told Tang Wulin that the beings were not Soul Beasts or dragons as they understood them, and sensed that they were truly dragons of a more ancient kind.
• On Mount Tai, the bronze coffin’s lid opened a tiny crack, releasing a wisp of ancient, deathly presence that chilled viewers across the Douluo Continent.

Lin Hao used his Double Pupils to glimpse the laws within the Three-Life Bronze Coffin as the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin departed Mount Tai, then took Ji Ziyue to Mars. In Douluo Continent, the sky screen revealed that their world was a planet, prompting Bibi Dong to see the Shrouding the Heavens World as a chance to discover the truth.

• Lin Hao watched Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Li Dan, and the others enter the Bronze Coffin, then used his Double Pupils to glimpse its universe-like structure and fragments of its laws.
• Lin Hao took Ji Ziyue to Mars and the Great Thunderclap Temple by using spatial Dao resonance.
• At Shrek Academy, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Yu Xiaogang reacted with disbelief as the sky screen showed Douluo Continent as a blue planet in space.
• At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei acknowledged how little they knew about their world.
• Bibi Dong decided that they should seek a way to reach the Shrouding the Heavens World and uncover the truth.

Lin Hao and Ji Ziyue arrived at Yinghuo Ancient Star and visited the ruined Great Thunderclap Temple, where Lin Hao concealed the danger he sensed beneath the ruins. As they waited for the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin, Ji Ziyue asked to search for food, and a scaled creature began emerging from the sand.

• Lin Hao used his Double Pupils to sense damaged Dao patterns, a baleful presence, and faint Buddhist light on Yinghuo Ancient Star.
• Lin Hao and Ji Ziyue reached the ruined Great Thunderclap Temple, where Lin Hao studied the dead bodhi tree.
• Ji Ziyue said the ancient star seemed harmless, and Lin Hao agreed while a sealed creature underground recognized his presence and stayed hidden.
• Ji Ziyue asked when the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin would arrive, and Lin Hao said it would take a little while.
• Hungry, Ji Ziyue urged Lin Hao to look for local food and Demonic Beasts, just as a scaled creature emerged from the red sand.

Ji Ziyue and Lin Hao roasted a small crocodile on Yinghuo Ancient Star and shared a meal beside the Great Thunderclap Temple ruins. Ji Ziyue then told Lin Hao a Cybertron war story that he recognized as a joke he had once told Tantai Gu Yue.

• Ji Ziyue spotted a small crocodile near the Great Thunderclap Temple ruins and asked Lin Hao if they could roast it.
• Lin Hao agreed, and Ji Ziyue killed and prepared the crocodile while he made a stone stove.
• Ji Ziyue roasted the meat with spices and honey, offered Lin Hao the first bite, and enjoyed the meal with him.
• Ji Ziyue rested her head on Lin Hao's lap and began telling him a joke about Zhuge Kongming helping the Autobots defeat Megatron.
• Lin Hao recognized Ji Ziyue's story as the joke he had told Tantai Gu Yue after he first transmigrated.

The Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin arrived on Yinghuo Ancient Star and opened above a Five-Colored Altar, where Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Li Dan, and the other Mount Tai tourists emerged into a desolate red world. As observers in Douluo Continent feared the place was a dead world, Ye Fan spotted the silhouettes of ruined buildings nearby.

• The Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin descended toward the Five-Colored Altar on Yinghuo Ancient Star, and the altar lit up as the bronze coffin opened.
• Viewers at Shrek Academy and Spirit Hall reacted to the red desert, while Bibi Dong concluded the altar was a stop on the coffin's journey.
• Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Li Dan, and the other tourists stumbled out of the coffin onto black gravel and found themselves in a barren, frightening landscape.
• Ye Fan surveyed the area and pointed out what looked like ruined buildings in the distance.

Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Li Dan, and the others spotted cooking smoke rising from a ruined temple on Mars and hurried toward it, while observers on the Douluo Continent worried it might be a trap. Lin Hao and Ji Ziyue awaited them at the temple, and Lin Hao emerged to pass the group on his way to the Three-Life Bronze Coffin.

• Ye Fan and Pang Bo spotted a ruined temple and a faint wisp of smoke, prompting their group to rush toward it in hopes of finding people.
• Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yuena watched the smoke and questioned whether it signaled danger or a trap.
• Ji Ziyue sensed Ye Fan’s group approaching and asked Lin Hao whether they should offer the newcomers some leftover roast meat.
• Lin Hao left Ji Ziyue to handle the guests and walked toward the Three-Life Bronze Coffin.
• Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Li Dan, and the others reached the temple and stopped in surprise as Lin Hao emerged and passed among them without looking at them.

Lin Hao appeared at the ruined Great Thunderclap Temple on Mars, leaving Li Dan and the observers on Douluo Continent stunned and wondering what connected him to the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin. Ye Fan and his companions turned their attention back to the temple, where a girl appeared inside.

• Lin Hao walked out of the temple and vanished among the ruins, easing the pressure that had held Ye Fan and the others motionless.
• Li Dan identified Lin Hao as Heavenly Emperor Hao from Shrouding the Heavens, but his companions doubted his explanation.
• Ye Fan urged the group to investigate the temple, where cooking smoke still rose and someone moved near the entrance.
• Tang San proposed that Lin Hao either crossed the starry sky faster than the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin or had a connection to it and the Martian ruins.
• Gu Yuena sensed that space itself yielded to Lin Hao, while she and others suspected his arrival was no coincidence.
• Ye Fan and his companions cautiously approached the temple as a lively girl peered out from inside.

Ji Ziyue welcomed Ye Fan and the others to the ruined temple, teasing them before explaining that they had arrived on Mars and were being carried toward the Starry Sky Ancient Road. She warned that Yinghuo Ancient Star hid dangerous ancient residents, and Ye Fan asked whether the temple was safe.

• Ji Ziyue invited Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Li Dan, and the others into the temple and introduced herself as Great Immortal Ji.
• Ye Fan cautiously asked where they were, and Ji Ziyue joked that they looked tender and delicious before revealing they were on Mars.
• Ji Ziyue said the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin had brought them for a reason and was taking them toward the Starry Sky Ancient Road and the Other Shore.
• Ji Ziyue warned that Yinghuo Ancient Star held dangerous old residents, and faint scraping sounds came from inside the Great Thunderclap Temple.
• Ye Fan asked Ji Ziyue whether the temple and its cooking smoke were safe.

Ye Fan and his classmates entered a ruined temple on Mars and found ancient Buddhist relics that seemed unusually well preserved. Ji Ziyue revealed that it was the legendary Great Thunderclap Temple, leaving Ye Fan to question what the relics meant.

• Ye Fan decided to lead the group into the temple and told everyone to stay close.
• Inside, Ye Fan and the others found Huaxia-style Buddhist murals and scattered objects, including a bronze lamp, prayer beads, and a mirror.
• A male student’s bronze mirror glowed faintly, and Ye Fan felt warmth from it when he took it.
• Ji Ziyue laughed at the group’s excitement and identified the objects as relics of the Great Thunderclap Temple.
• Ye Fan asked whether the bronze mirror and the other objects were Buddhist treasures.

Ji Ziyue warned Ye Fan and the others that an Earth Vein Storm was tearing through the area and directed them toward the Five-Colored Altar for safety. They reached Lin Hao, whose mysterious power held the storm at bay, while his exchange with Ji Ziyue hinted that an important moment had not yet arrived.

• Ji Ziyue explained that the Buddhist treasures were remnants or deliberately left seeds before she and Ye Fan sensed the space shaking.
• Ji Ziyue identified the disaster as an Earth Vein Storm and warned that the ruined temple could not protect them, so Ye Fan led the group toward the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin.
• Ye Fan and the others struggled through the stone-filled sandstorm while Ji Ziyue stayed behind, shielded herself with violet light, and raced toward the Five-Colored Altar.
• The group found Lin Hao sitting before the Bronze Coffin inside a calm domain that stopped the storm, and they collapsed there in relief.
• Ji Ziyue called Lin Hao her great-grandfather and complained that he had let the group nearly drag her to her death; Lin Hao said the time had not come and nodded when she guessed at what he meant.
• Ye Fan thanked Lin Hao for sheltering them.

Lin Hao comprehended the Heaven-Burying Technique, a time-accelerating art that could drain the life of his enemies, especially Ancient Supremes. After deciding Ye Fan and his companions had to follow their own path, he sent them into the Bronze Coffin, which then closed as the nine dragons stirred.

• Lin Hao silently sheltered Ye Fan and the exhausted group from the raging sandstorm while Ji Ziyue sat beside him.
• By sensing the Three-Life Bronze Coffin’s Dao resonance, Lin Hao comprehended the Heaven-Burying Technique, which accelerated time for targets and could consume an Ancient Supreme’s remaining lifespan.
• Lin Hao reflected that he had formed a benevolent bond by protecting Ye Fan and his companions, but they still had to walk their own road.
• Lin Hao told Ye Fan and the others it was time to leave, then used an irresistible force to lift them into the Bronze Coffin.
• After the last person entered, the bronze lid closed, and the nine dragon corpses trembled and raised their heads toward the starry sky.

After the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin departed Mars, Lin Hao took Ji Ziyue to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land. As he watched for interference from the future and put an arm around her waist, Ji Ziyue blushed and secretly hoped he had begun to see her as a woman.

• The Bronze Coffin left Mars with Ye Fan and the others inside, while Lin Hao chose not to remove the tiny things that had attached themselves to them.
• Ji Ziyue clung to Lin Hao's arm and called him Great-Grandpa despite his protests.
• Lin Hao announced that they were going to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, and Ji Ziyue eagerly imagined boasting about surviving it to her brother.
• Ji Ziyue kissed Lin Hao's cheek, and he put an arm around her waist while checking for any response from the future.
• Ji Ziyue blushed and leaned closer to Lin Hao, who let things take their natural course before they vanished from the Five-Colored Altar.

After the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin left Mars for an unknown destination, observers on the Douluo Continent speculated that Lin Hao stood above the laws of heaven and earth. Bibi Dong and Gu Yuena both resolved to find a way to the Shrouding the Heavens World.

• The Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin departed Mars along what Tang San and Yu Xiaogang believed was an ancient route through the stars.
• Gu Rong and Chen Xin concluded that Lin Hao’s presence had driven back the storm and its sinister figures, and Gu Rong said Lin Hao seemed to stand above the rules of heaven and earth.
• Bibi Dong yearned for the power of the Shrouding the Heavens World and vowed to find a way there.
• Gu Yuena explained to Tang Wulin that Lin Hao embodied higher-order rules, then resolved to seek the other world to change the Soul Beast Clan’s fate.

Jiang Wanwan gave Zhu Zhuqing a magical pale blue dress and took her toward the Upper Heavenly Palace to train as a maidservant. Dai Mubai saw Zhu Zhuqing pass his cell and, left behind in prison labor, seethed with jealousy and resentment.

• Zhu Zhuqing admired the Cloudmist Brocade dress, and Jiang Wanwan explained that it contained spirit-gathering and defensive formations.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Jiang Wanwan to have a similar dress made for her older sister, and Jiang Wanwan agreed to arrange it for the next day.
• Jiang Wanwan led Zhu Zhuqing toward the Upper Heavenly Palace, saying Zhu Zhuqing needed to qualify as a maidservant before His Majesty returned.
• Dai Mubai saw Zhu Zhuqing in her new dress as she passed his cell, but Wang Lao'er’s threatening look stopped him from calling out.
• Zhu Zhuqing glanced at Dai Mubai without lingering and left with Jiang Wanwan, while Dai Mubai returned to his needlework, furious at their different fates.

Jiang Wanwan brought Zhu Zhuqing to the Upper Heavenly Palace, where Zhu Zhuqing was stunned by its splendor. Jiang Wanwan explained that it was only an outer institution and that the Heavenly Emperor lived in the White Jade Capital, in Great Luo Heaven.

• Jiang Wanwan used a jade talisman to transport herself and Zhu Zhuqing from the plaza to the Upper Heavenly Palace above a sea of clouds.
• Zhu Zhuqing gazed in awe at the magnificent palace complex, while people across the Douluo Continent reacted with shock to the Heavenly Screen's display.
• Dai Tianfeng, Shrek Academy students, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Chen Xin and Gu Rong marveled at the palace's grandeur and mysterious power.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Jiang Wanwan whether the Upper Heavenly Palace was where the Heavenly Emperor lived.
• Jiang Wanwan explained that the Upper Heavenly Palace was an outer institution for ceremonial affairs and maid training, while the Heavenly Emperor resided in the White Jade Capital in Great Luo Heaven.

Jiang Wanwan revealed that the Upper Heavenly Palace was only an outer training hall and that its secret realm made time pass seven times faster, then began Zhu Zhuqing’s maid training. The Heavenly Screen next showed Ye Fan and his classmates arriving in a desolate red land after the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin descended there.

• Jiang Wanwan told Zhu Zhuqing that the Upper Heavenly Palace was a side hall and that one day outside equaled about seven days inside.
• Jiang Wanwan led Zhu Zhuqing through the palace and explained her training in etiquette, treasure identification, spells, and His Majesty’s preferences.
• Zhu Zhuqing resolved to work hard as she began her maid training in the Upper Heavenly Palace.
• The Heavenly Screen showed the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin descending onto a bleak, dark-red land.
• Ye Fan and his classmates climbed out of the bronze coffin and warily surveyed their desolate surroundings.

Ye Fan and his classmates explored a barren land that Tang San recognized as the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land. As the Shrek group dismissed the danger, the classmates rapidly aged while Ye Fan and Pang Bo became children.

• Ye Fan examined the strange red earth and led his frightened classmates in search of a way out.
• Tang San identified the landscape on the Heavenly Screen as the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, and the Shrek group speculated that it was safe.
• Ye Fan and his classmates walked out of the mountain range as Li Xiaoman and the others suddenly began aging.
• The classmates became white-haired elders within minutes, while Ye Fan and Pang Bo began growing younger until they looked like children.
• The Shrek group watched in shock as their assumptions about the forbidden land's safety were disproved.

The Heavenly Screen revealed that the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land drained the lives of most of Ye Fan and Pang Bo’s classmates while making the two men revert to childhood. As Douluo’s observers struggled to understand the forbidden land’s power over time, an ancient roar sounded and a man and young girl appeared.

• The observers saw Li Xiaoman, Wang Ziwen, and the others rapidly age, while Ye Fan and Pang Bo became boys of twelve or thirteen.
• Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Xiao Wu recognized that time was being manipulated, though they could not explain how.
• Bibi Dong and Hu Liena feared the forbidden land’s power, while Bibi Dong speculated that Ye Fan and Pang Bo’s unusual condition concealed a valuable secret.
• Di Tian identified the phenomenon as a manifestation of a law and wondered whether Ye Fan’s arrival was part of a larger arrangement.
• An ancient roar echoed from the forbidden land, but a man’s impatient voice interrupted it as he stood beside a young girl.