Recaps

Lin Hao examined the Faith Condensation Method and decided it was unsuitable for his own cultivation, though it might benefit others in the Heavenly Court. He went to Bright Moon Palace to see Tantai Guyue and found her troubled by a black jade slip.

• Lin Hao received two Hundred-Year Lifespan Pills, a Thousand-Year Lifespan Pill, and the Faith Condensation Method.
• Lin Hao studied the method and judged that refining impure faith power could harm his nearly perfected Dao Fruit.
• Lin Hao considered offering the method to cultivators in the Heavenly Court and showing it to Guyue for her assessment.
• Lin Hao appeared at Bright Moon Palace and found Tantai Guyue working in her study.
• Lin Hao embraced Tantai Guyue from behind, and she told him she was busy before turning solemn.

Lin Hao gave Tantai Guyue a Thousand-Year Lifespan Pill to ease her worries about her dwindling lifespan. After taking it, she felt her life force grow stronger and shared a teasing, affectionate kiss with him.

• Tantai Guyue told Lin Hao she planned to use the unrest around the Primordial Ancient Mine to give the Heavenly Court's younger generation experience.
• Lin Hao noticed her sorrow over aging and the loss of her old comrades, then offered her a Thousand-Year Lifespan Pill.
• Tantai Guyue recognized the pill's extraordinary life-extending power, accepted it, and felt her life force strengthen as she absorbed it.
• Lin Hao teasingly asked Tantai Guyue for a reward, and she playfully pretended to object before allowing him to kiss her.
• After their long kiss, Lin Hao thanked her for her supposed offering, and Tantai Guyue rebuked him.

After spending the night together, Lin Hao gave Tantai Guyue the Faith Condensation Method and explained how it used belief to cultivate power and prolong life. Guyue recognized its potential uses for herself and the Heavenly Court as she prepared to enter seclusion to refine the Thousand-Year Lifespan Pill.

• Tantai Guyue woke sore and exhausted in Lin Hao's arms, and the two shared a quiet morning together.
• Guyue said she needed to assess the intelligence about the Primordial Ancient Mine and enter seclusion to absorb the Thousand-Year Lifespan Pill.
• Lin Hao told Guyue that Ziyi could handle the Heavenly Court's affairs while she cultivated.
• Lin Hao showed Guyue the Faith Condensation Method and explained that it gathered faith to form power that could aid cultivation and extend the soul's life.
• Guyue studied the method and concluded that a stable network of faith could offer an alternative form of longevity, including for the Heavenly Court.

At the Heavenly Court’s Martial Training Hall, Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun waited with the Snow Empress while Shrek Academy feared Lin Hao might punish the sisters for concealing their origins. The three women sensed a strange resonance between their powers before Lin Hao arrived.

• Qian Renxue and the people at Shrek Academy watched the Snow Empress, Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuyun head toward the same destination.
• Flender and the Shrek Academy group worried that Lin Hao had discovered the sisters came from another world and might hold their failure to disclose it against them.
• Lin Hao left the Bright Moon Palace after Tantai Guyue arranged a supervised trial of the Faith Condensation Method, then headed for the Martial Training Hall.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Zhuyun, and the Snow Empress gathered outside the Martial Training Hall and silently studied one another.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun sensed an unusual resonance between their Nether Civet Martial Souls and the Snow Empress’s primal power.

Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun discovered that Snow Empress came from Douluo Continent, and Lin Hao reassured them that he did not blame them for hiding their origins. Their increased favorability earned Lin Hao the Thunder Emperor's Precious Technique and an Extreme Cold Origin Crystal, while observers at Shrek Academy watched with relief until Ma Hongjun interrupted.

• Snow Empress recognized Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun as fellow natives of Douluo Continent, explaining that she came from the Far North.
• Lin Hao appeared, and Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun apologized for not revealing their homeland; he told them their caution was understandable.
• The system increased Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Zhuyun, and Snow Empress's favorability toward Lin Hao, rewarding him with Thunder Emperor's Precious Technique and an Extreme Cold Origin Crystal.
• Lin Hao invited the three women to follow him into the Martial Training Hall.
• At Shrek Academy, Flender, Zhao Wuji, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar expressed relief that Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun were safe and that Lin Hao seemed unhostile.
• Ma Hongjun suddenly shouted, "Wait!"

Viewers on the Douluo Continent learned that Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun had become Lin Hao’s nominal disciples, leaving Tang San and the others stunned and envious. At Eastsea Academy, Gu Yuena questioned why Lin Hao had chosen the two sisters, and the reason remained unknown.

• Ma Hongjun and the others realized from the heavenly screen that Lin Hao had called Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun his nominal disciples.
• Yu Xiaogang wondered why Lin Hao had taken the sisters as disciples and suspected he treated people from the Douluo Continent differently.
• Tang San felt bitter as he compared his own standing with Zhu Zhuqing’s new connection to Lin Hao.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie joked about becoming Lin Hao’s maid before Gu Yuena asked why he had chosen Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun.
• Gu Yuena reasoned that Lin Hao had no romantic intentions toward the still-virgin sisters, but she and the others could not explain his choice.

Gu Yuena theorized that Lin Hao accepted Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun partly to study Douluo Continent’s longevity and cultivation rules. A system announcement then revealed that the surviving chosen ones could return to Douluo Continent temporarily or permanently, leaving everyone stunned that Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun could come back the next day with their new strength.

• Gu Yuena told Tang Wulin and Xie Xie that Lin Hao might be studying how Douluo Continent’s long-lived people would fare in the Shrouding the Heavens World.
• Tang Wulin worried that Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun were being used as test subjects, but Gu Yuena argued that Lin Hao would teach them sincerely and that their status as his nominal disciples still benefited them.
• The heavenly screen announced that surviving first- and second-batch chosen ones could choose to return to Douluo Continent temporarily for up to thirty days or permanently.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu rejoiced at the chance to see Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun again.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang pointed out that the sisters were the only survivors eligible to return and would bring back the strength they had gained over three months.

Shrek Academy and the factions across the Douluo Continent anticipated Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun’s return after three months of cultivation in the Shrouding the Heavens World. The chapter left the Star Luo Empire facing their homecoming as the continent prepared to watch what power the sisters would bring back.

• At Shrek Academy, Tang San, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and the others debated whether Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun had adapted to the foreign cultivation system and how much of its power they could retain.
• Zhao Wuji predicted that the sisters’ return would shake the entire Douluo Continent.
• Emperor Xue Ye ordered Xue Qinghe to attend Shrek Academy and welcome the sisters with the highest honors, and Xue Qinghe privately reflected on their status as the Heavenly Emperor’s nominal disciples.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to go to Shrek Academy himself, and Gu Rong agreed to accompany him.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to accompany her to Shrek Academy and arrange an appropriate welcome for the Pope.
• The narration noted that the Star Luo Empire was in an awkward position as the entire continent prepared for the sisters’ return.

Dai Tianfeng sent Dai Weisi to Shrek Academy to judge Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun’s new power and decide whether to pressure them or court them. In the Shrouding the Heavens World, the sisters learned they could return to Douluo Continent temporarily or permanently, and Lin Hao left the choice to them.

• Dai Tianfeng ordered Dai Weisi to assess the sisters’ strength and either remind them of the empire’s authority or show them respect, depending on what he found.
• Dai Tianfeng told Dai Weisi to raise Dai Mubai’s release from the imperial prison during his visit.
• The continent’s major powers turned their attention to Shrek Academy and the sisters’ return.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun received a system notice allowing them to return to Douluo Continent for up to thirty days or permanently.
• Lin Hao asked the sisters which option they intended to choose and calmly described the advantages and uncertainties of each path.

Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun reaffirmed that they would remain Lin Hao’s maids and seek the Dao, despite returning to the Douluo Continent for a month to visit their parents. Lin Hao took them and the Snow Empress to his new training ground and explained how its illusion trials would cultivate their understanding of the Dao.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun told Lin Hao they would not return permanently to the Star Luo Empire and would remain by his side.
• The sisters asked Lin Hao for thirty days’ leave to visit their parents in the Douluo Continent, and he agreed, saying he would take the Snow Empress to the Qing Emperor's Tomb instead.
• Lin Hao led the Snow Empress, Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuyun to a hall containing a training ground filled with bubbles, each representing a distinct cultivation environment.
• Lin Hao explained that the training ground’s Illusion Realm Fortune created trials suited to each cultivator’s needs and would provide guidance through a strand of his divine sense.

Lin Hao sent Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Zhuyun, and Snow Empress into six-hour illusion realms to cultivate under his guidance, while people on the Douluo Continent watched with envy. As the women prepared to return through the heavenly screen, Lin Hao considered attaching his divine consciousness to them and secretly crossing into their world.

• Lin Hao offered Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Zhuyun, and Snow Empress personal guidance in separate illusion realms and sent them inside to cultivate.
• At Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar envied Zhu Zhuqing's access to a private cultivation world and Lin Hao's instruction.
• Tang San compared Zhu Zhuqing's opportunity with his own cultivation, while Yu Xiaogang admitted that Shrek's methods could not match the illusion realms.
• Lin Hao reasoned that Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun's return through the heavenly screen might reveal a passage between worlds.
• Lin Hao wondered whether he could attach his divine consciousness to the women and secretly cross into the Douluo Continent, then raised his hand with dark-gold light around his fingertips.

Lin Hao secretly placed Karma Waymarkers on Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun so he could sense their return passage to the Douluo Continent. After six hours of training in illusions, Snow Empress strengthened her foundation, Zhu Zhuyun deepened her understanding of Lunar Power, and Zhu Zhuqing broke through to the Other Shore; Lin Hao then told Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun they would return to the Douluo Continent the next day.

• Lin Hao refined two Karma Waymarkers and concealed them in Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun's karma as coordinates for sensing their return passage.
• Snow Empress adapted to the Shrouding the Heavens World's laws in her illusion, while Zhu Zhuyun resonated with the stars and studied Lunar Power under Lin Hao's guidance.
• Lin Hao told Zhu Zhuqing that her obsession with strength and freedom formed the foundation of her Dao, and she broke through to the Other Shore.
• After six hours, the three women emerged from their illusions with strengthened understanding and cultivation foundations.
• Lin Hao told Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun they would return to the Douluo Continent the next day and advised them to regulate their breathing.

Lin Hao secluded himself in his meditation chamber to study the Thunder Emperor Precious Technique: Basic Chapter, mastering the first level of Lightning Fist after six hours. He then began comprehending Thunder Emperor's Finger.

• Lin Hao sealed his meditation chamber and used the system to retrieve the Thunder Emperor Precious Technique: Basic Chapter.
• Lin Hao received the technique's three moves: Lightning Fist, Thunder Emperor's Finger, and Thunder Emperor's Extreme Speed.
• Lin Hao practiced Lightning Fist and learned its first level, First Appearance of Thunder Light.
• After six hours, Lin Hao reached minor accomplishment in Lightning Fist's first level and left a deep, cracked imprint in the chamber wall.
• Lin Hao began studying Thunder Emperor's Finger by gathering magic power at his fingertip and tracing its Dao patterns.

Lin Hao mastered the first levels of Thunder Emperor's Finger and Thunder Emperor's Extreme Speed after practicing through the night. At dawn, Shrek Academy prepared a grand welcome for Zhu Zhuqing, but the chapter left off as Ning Fengzhi arrived and asked after Ning Rongrong.

• Lin Hao condensed a stable golden radiance and used Thunder Emperor's Finger to pierce a hole through the chamber wall.
• Lin Hao practiced Thunder Emperor's Extreme Speed until he achieved its first level, Thunder Flash, allowing him to vanish and reappear over a short distance.
• Flender and Shrek Academy's teachers prepared a formal reception for Zhu Zhuqing's return.
• Xue Qinghe arrived with imperial guards and said the emperor had sent him to welcome Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong arrived, exchanged greetings with Xue Qinghe and Flender, and Ning Fengzhi asked whether Ning Rongrong had been well at the academy.

Shrek Academy hosted the arrival of powerful factions seeking the Zhu sisters and the Heavenly Emperor’s disciples, as rival leaders tested one another’s intentions. The confrontation was interrupted by the arrival of Pope Bibi Dong, escorted by two Titled Douluo.

• Flender told Ning Fengzhi that Ning Rongrong was working hard and was likely preparing to meet Zhu Zhuqing.
• Yu Yuanzhen arrived with Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elders, and Flender noticed Yu Xiaogang among them.
• Dai Weisi arrived with Star Luo guards and declared that he had come to see how Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing had changed.
• Xue Qinghe challenged Dai Weisi over whether the Star Luo Empire would respect Zhu Zhuqing’s wishes, and the gathered factions grew tense.
• Bibi Dong arrived above Shrek Academy in a golden carriage, guarded by Yue Guan and Gui Mei.

Spirit Hall Pope Bibi Dong arrived at Shrek Academy, where several factions had gathered to await Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun. Her presence underscored Spirit Hall’s interest in the sisters and the Heavenly Emperor, while her brief encounter with Yu Xiaogang stirred memories of their past.

• Bibi Dong arrived at the square and received greetings from the gathered factions, while Yu Xiaogang stared at her and she briefly noticed him.
• Bibi Dong greeted Flender, Xue Qinghe, and Ning Fengzhi, then remarked that Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun’s acceptance as nominal disciples by the Heavenly Emperor was a great opportunity.
• Bibi Dong asked Dai Weisi about the Star Luo Imperial Family’s marriage agreements with the Zhu sisters, and Dai Weisi said the empire would respect their wishes.
• Bibi Dong asked when the sisters would return, and Flender said the Heavenly Screen indicated they would arrive around noon, about an hour later.
• Yu Xiaogang recalled his past with Bibi Dong and felt the gulf between her standing as Pope and his own position as an exiled, low-ranked spirit master.

Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun descended from the heavens into the gathering at Shrek Academy, where their arrival left everyone stunned. Ning Rongrong reunited with Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, while Yu Xiaogang struggled to face his father and Bibi Dong.

• Yu Yuanzhen privately reassured Yu Xiaogang that he was still his son, and Yu Xiaogang forced himself to stand tall.
• Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun came out of Shrek Academy to greet the visitors, while Xiao Wu stayed behind to rest.
• Ning Rongrong joyfully embraced Ning Fengzhi, greeted Gu Rong, and introduced them to her companions.
• A golden vortex appeared above Shrek Academy, and its powerful presence disrupted the Soul Power of everyone in the square.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun descended through the golden light and landed before Bibi Dong’s carriage, stunning the gathering.

Lin Hao used his divine sense and the Karma Waymarkers to locate the Douluo Continent, but withdrew when its world barrier reacted to his scrutiny. Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun returned to Shrek Academy, where their transformed presence stunned the crowd and their former ties seemed distant.

• Lin Hao traced the Karma Waymarkers to the Douluo Continent and sensed the gathering at Shrek Academy, then withdrew his divine sense to avoid confronting the world's defenses.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun appeared in Shrek Academy's square, and the gathered crowd noticed their changed bearing and unfamiliar presence.
• Ning Rongrong tried to rush toward Zhu Zhuqing, but Ning Fengzhi held her back after sensing that the two women seemed out of place in the world.
• Dai Weisi stared at Zhu Zhuyun, who passed over him without recognition, while Zhu Zhuqing greeted her former companions and teachers with a slight nod.
• Tang San stepped forward and addressed Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun, astonished by how much their presence had changed.

Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun returned with the mysterious Immortal Dao, and Zhu Zhuyun revealed that they had reached the Other Shore realm. Dai Weisi challenged Zhu Zhuyun to demonstrate its strength, leaving all factions watching to see whether she would accept.

• Zhu Zhuqing reunited with Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, and said the Heavenly Emperor had treated them well and permitted their return.
• Bibi Dong welcomed Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun, asked whether the Heavenly Emperor had sent a message, and questioned their cultivation.
• Zhu Zhuyun explained the Sea of Bitterness realms and said that she and Zhu Zhuqing had reached the Other Shore.
• Dai Weisi addressed Zhu Zhuyun and asked her to show how the Other Shore compared with the Soul Master system.
• The leaders and members of Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Shrek Academy watched Zhu Zhuyun, waiting for her response.

At Shrek Academy, Zhu Zhuyun refused to test her strength against Dai Weisi and challenged a Soul Emperor instead, claiming the Other Shore realm could be measured against him. The assembled factions watched with alarm and interest as Dai Weisi suppressed his anger and the battle awaited its start.

• Zhu Zhuyun told Dai Weisi that their similar Soul Power levels made him unsuitable to test her strength, then challenged a Soul Emperor among his guards.
• Bibi Dong declined to arrange a stronger opponent and ordered Yue Guan to record how the Immortal Dao power circulated.
• Ning Rongrong worried about Zhu Zhuqing, while Tang San sensed that the sisters' power was unusually condensed and Zhao Wuji watched tensely.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong considered the Immortal Dao a potential threat and decided their sect should treat it with caution.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Dai Weisi their betrothal was over and that fighting him would accomplish nothing, leaving him to face the Soul Emperor she had selected.

Zhu Zhuyun tested her newly acquired Other Shore realm against Xiong Gang and stopped his powerful attack with a faint barrier of moonlight. Dai Weisi and Bibi Dong witnessed the unfamiliar power, while Bibi Dong began considering how to control or crush it.

• Dai Weisi ordered Xiong Gang to test Zhu Zhuyun’s strength while warning him not to harm her.
• Zhu Zhuyun asked Xiong Gang to attack with his full strength and waited without summoning her Martial Soul.
• Xiong Gang activated his Earth-Splitting Violent Bear Martial Soul and charged at Zhu Zhuyun with a heavy blow.
• Zhu Zhuyun raised one hand, and a faint moonlight barrier stopped Xiong Gang’s paw three feet above her head.
• Dai Weisi and Bibi Dong studied Zhu Zhuyun’s unfamiliar power, while Bibi Dong resolved to understand it or destroy it before it matured.
• Ma Hongjun, Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar reacted with disbelief at Zhu Zhuyun’s effortless defense.

After seeing Zhu Zhuyun withstand a Soul Emperor’s strike, Tang San and his companions resolved to investigate how they could reach the Shrouding Method and grow stronger. As they began planning, Zhu Zhuyun evaded Xiong Gang’s Sixth Soul Skill by letting its attacks pass through her, and Tang San recognized the power of space.

• Tang San calmed Ma Hongjun and told his companions that Zhu Zhuyun’s progress showed there was another path to power.
• Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun agreed to seek a way into the Shrouding the Heavens World and secretly investigate clues connected to the sisters.
• Tang San assigned Ning Rongrong to investigate Zhu Zhuqing’s departure and Oscar and Ma Hongjun to search for traces Zhu Zhuyun had left behind.
• Xiong Gang unleashed his Sixth Soul Skill, Violent Bear Shakes the Earth, sending stone spikes toward Zhu Zhuyun.
• Zhu Zhuyun remained unharmed as the spikes passed through her, and Tang San identified the phenomenon as the power of space.

Zhu Zhuyun used the Great Void Technique to evade Xiong Gang’s attacks and trap him in a spatial prison. Witnessing her power convinced Bibi Dong that she wanted to reach the Shrouding the Heavens World, and the chapter left her considering Spirit Hall and the Rakshasa inheritance as bargaining chips.

• Tang San explained that Zhu Zhuyun had shifted into another layer of space to ignore attacks, while Ning Rongrong and Ma Hongjun reacted with astonishment.
• Xiong Gang transformed with Earth Bear’s Rage and fired his Earth-Rending Roar Wave at Zhu Zhuyun.
• Zhu Zhuyun vanished, reappeared high above the arena, and used Great Void Technique: Universe in the Palm to imprison Xiong Gang for an hour.
• Bibi Dong recognized that Zhu Zhuyun’s power surpassed the Soul Power system and resolved to go to the Shrouding the Heavens World.
• Bibi Dong considered setting aside Spirit Hall and the Rakshasa God inheritance, or using them as bargaining chips, to pursue a greater realm.

Zhu Zhuyun effortlessly trapped a level sixty-eight Soul Emperor, convincing the gathered factions that the Shrouding the Heavens World was real and its power surpassed Douluo Continent’s system. The chapter left the factions contemplating the world as both a possible opportunity and a dangerous force that could reshape the continent.

• Yu Yuanzhen watched Zhu Zhuyun’s display and concluded that the Shrouding the Heavens World was real, fearing that Douluo Continent’s Titled Douluo would be minor figures there.
• Yu Tianheng, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang reacted with shock as they recognized Zhu Zhuyun’s power far exceeded what she had possessed three months earlier.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested that contact with the Shrouding the Heavens World’s power system might let Soul Masters break through their limits.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong discussed the world as both an opportunity for Douluo Continent and a danger if its power fell into hostile hands.
• The gathered factions watched Zhu Zhuyun and began reconsidering the Shrouding the Heavens World and its potential impact on the continent.

After Zhu Zhuyun and Bibi Dong left, Zhu Zhuqing described the Shrouding the Heavens World's cultivation system to Tang San and the others. The group grew eager to learn whether they could visit that world, and Oscar asked Zhu Zhuqing if he had a chance to go there.

• Zhu Zhuyun left for her family, and Bibi Dong and the other powerful figures departed or withdrew to an inn.
• Ning Rongrong reunited with Zhu Zhuqing and eagerly asked about her sister's display of power and the Shrouding the Heavens World.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ma Hongjun and Oscar that Douluo Continent's Soul Power could not teach them the Great Void Technique because the two worlds used different cultivation systems.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained to Tang San and the others that cultivation in the Shrouding the Heavens World relied on the body, soul, and Dao heart rather than Martial Souls and Soul Rings.
• Tang San and the others grew eager to visit the Shrouding the Heavens World, and Oscar asked Zhu Zhuqing whether he had a chance to go there.