Recaps

After the Three-Colored Fire Lotus explosion, Qian Renxue found herself watching Nalan Yanran try to break off her engagement to Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan arrived and turned the confrontation around, leaving the marriage contract signed as a divorce letter.

• Qian Renxue recalled fighting Xiao Yan before she appeared in a vast white expanse and glimpsed a scene in an unfamiliar hall.
• Nalan Yanran demanded to break off her engagement, while Xiao Zhan pleaded with her to preserve his son’s dignity.
• Nalan Yanran prepared to press Xiao Zhan’s handprint onto the marriage contract as elders restrained him.
• Xiao Yan entered, challenged Nalan Yanran’s contempt for him, and rejected her offer to wait three years.
• Xiao Yan took the marriage contract and wrote on it, prompting Qian Renxue to laugh at his defiant response.

Xiao Yan finalized his divorce from Nalan Yanran and reaffirmed the Three-Year Agreement, while Qian Renxue experienced an alternate life in which she and Xiao Yan had grown close. Yao Lao then sent Xiao Yan through a corresponding branch of Qian Renxue’s story, bringing the two together in the white space as the test began.

• Xiao Yan divorced Nalan Yanran, reassured Xiao Zhan, and vowed to visit the Misty Cloud Sect when the Three-Year Agreement came due.
• Qian Renxue watched scenes of Xiao Yan’s life and experienced them as memories in which she had taken the place of his female companions.
• A deity explained that the memories came from another possible branch and revealed that Xiao Yan would undergo an experience of his own.
• Yao Lao sent Xiao Yan into the test, where he experienced an alternate story in which he and Qian Renxue met, supported each other, and fell in love.
• Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue faced each other in the white space with memories of their alternate lives, while Yao Lao and Xiao Huo watched the test begin.

Yao Lao sent Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue into Qiankun Asking Love Valley’s second trial, where they faced a deadly alternate-world scenario as a prince and princess of enemy nations. After they repeatedly protected each other from death, Qian Renxue told Xiao Yan she had fallen in love with him.

• Yao Lao opened the second trial, which would only be passed by whoever survived, and Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue found themselves in a war between the Land of the Sun and the Land of the Moon.
• An airship attacked Xiao Yan, and Qian Renxue shielded him; Xiao Yan rejected her protection, but they ultimately held each other as the energy beam struck.
• A moonlit shield saved them, and a warship from the Land of the Moon destroyed the attacking airship; a general then shot Qian Renxue’s brother when Xiao Yan tried to stop the soldiers from killing the survivors.
• The general threatened to kill Qian Renxue, and Xiao Yan protected her; she explained that she had lived for others’ expectations and had found the life she wanted through her experiences with him.
• Qian Renxue told Xiao Yan that she had fallen in love with him.

Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue’s ordeal in the second-stage illusion ended with Xiao Yan taking a bullet for her and Qian Renxue awakening as a Fallen Angel who destroyed both countries. Xiao Yan returned to reality, learned the test’s truth, and discovered through a kiss what Qian Renxue had endured after his apparent death.

• Xiao Yan took the bullet meant for Qian Renxue, and she awakened her angelic power and killed the general and soldiers who had attacked them.
• Qian Renxue vowed to avenge Xiao Yan by destroying the world of the illusion, but the illusion shattered before she could carry out her threat.
• Xiao Yan woke in the Yin Yang Love Querying Valley and learned from the Goddess of Love and Yao Lao that he had passed the second-stage test and earned five levels of Soul Power and a God-Given Soul Bone.
• Xiao Yan confronted Yao Lao over manipulating their memories, then went to Qian Renxue and kissed her while she slept in the golden lake.
• Xiao Yan learned that Qian Renxue had become a Fallen Angel and wiped out both the Land of the Sun and the Land of the Moon before sitting alone in despair.

Xiao Yan accepted his feelings for Qian Renxue and used his tears and warmth to reach her across the trial’s barrier. Qian Renxue recognized his presence, and Xiao Yan began guiding her back to her body.

• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that he stood by his choices and would not change his feelings for Qian Renxue.
• Xiao Yan’s tear touched Qian Renxue and broke through the trial’s separation between body and spirit.
• The Goddess of Love explained that Qian Renxue had developed an obsession and needed Xiao Yan to guide her back.
• The Goddess of Love revealed that Qian Renxue had lived alone for ten years after Xiao Yan died in the illusion.
• Xiao Yan held Qian Renxue’s hand and sent warmth to her, reaching her across the dimensional barrier.
• Qian Renxue recognized Xiao Yan’s presence, and he greeted her.

Qian Renxue emerged from her trial as a Fallen Angel, and Xiao Yan reassured her that he would stay by her side. The group then considered what her corrupted holy power meant for her future path.

• Xiao Yan’s fire element entered Qian Renxue, allowing her to break free from her predicament and transform into a Fallen Angel.
• Qian Renxue recognized that she had lost the Angel God’s inheritance and despaired over failing her grandfather and clan.
• Xiao Yan embraced Qian Renxue, and she teased him before asking whether he would still love her as a Fallen Angel.
• Xiao Yan vowed to burn through heaven and hell for Qian Renxue, and she made him promise not to go back on his word.
• The Goddess of Love teased Xiao Huo about the Ice Dragon King, and Yao Lao separated them.
• Qian Renxue greeted Yao Lao, who asked how she would proceed with her holy power corrupted.

After Qian Renxue’s holy power fell and became Fallen Angel Divine Power, Yao Lao and Xiao Huo urged her and Xiao Yan to create their own godhoods instead of relying on inherited divine power. Qian Renxue learned that the Sea God had created his own godhood, but she was left questioning who Xiao Huo and the others were as Yao Lao declared that becoming a god was not the end.

• Qian Renxue worried that her changed power had made the Angel Clan’s inheritance unsuitable, and Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao to find a way forward for her.
• Yao Lao explained that inherited godhoods limited their holders’ potential and proposed that Qian Renxue and Xiao Yan create their own godhoods.
• Qian Renxue questioned whether humans could create godhoods and wondered if she was still trapped in an illusion.
• Yao Lao calmed Qian Renxue’s Fallen Angel Divine Power, and Xiao Huo explained that gods had existed before godhoods were established.
• Xiao Huo described how the Sea God used the faith of the sea’s peoples to create a First-Level Godhood, and Qian Renxue recalled her grandfather’s account of his power.
• Xiao Huo revealed that she and the other eight had become gods without ready-made godhoods, while Yao Lao warned that becoming a god was not the end.

Two years after the battle at the former crown prince’s residence, Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue had grown much stronger while living at Qiankun Asking Love Valley. Qian Daoliu found Qian Renxue there, but Golden Crocodile Douluo’s attack was stopped by the Goddess of Love, and Qian Daoliu began to realize something had changed in his granddaughter.

• Over two years, Xiao Yan advanced beyond three Soul Rings and reached nine-star Dou Ling, while Qian Renxue reached level sixty and cultivated to Eight-Star Great Dou Master.
• Qian Daoliu arrived at Qiankun Asking Love Valley and learned from the Goddess of Love that he had come to find Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue reunited with Qian Daoliu but hesitated to approach him, and he sensed that her presence was strange.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo rushed at Xiao Yan, but the Goddess of Love dismantled his attack and sent him flying.
• Qian Daoliu apologized, sent Golden Crocodile Douluo away, and began to understand the unfamiliar presence he sensed in Qian Renxue.

Qian Daoliu fought the Goddess of Love to reclaim Qian Renxue, but Xiao Huo’s arrival stopped him from taking her by force. Qian Renxue chose to stay with Xiao Yan and pursue a stronger path, and Xiao Yan followed Qian Daoliu to call him Grandpa.

• Qian Daoliu revealed that he had become the Angel God’s representative and demanded that Qian Renxue return with him, then fought and gravely wounded the Goddess of Love.
• Xiao Huo appeared and identified herself as the Fire God, explaining that Qian Renxue could leave with Qian Daoliu only if she chose to.
• Qian Renxue admitted that she and Xiao Yan loved each other and asked Qian Daoliu to give her three years before she explained everything.
• Qian Renxue declared that she wanted to surpass the Angel God, and Qian Daoliu left with Golden Crocodile Douluo after asking her to return in three years.
• Xiao Yan followed Qian Daoliu and solemnly greeted him as Grandpa.

Yu Xiaogang woke the boys at Shrek Academy and scolded Oscar for sleeping in and Ma Hongjun for his filthy, empty bed. Tang San revealed that Ma Hongjun had slipped away after their holiday and still had not returned, leaving the others guessing where he had gone.

• Yu Xiaogang entered the boys’ dormitory and found Tang San and Dai Mubai meditating while Oscar slept.
• Yu Xiaogang used Luo Sanpao to wake Oscar, then scolded him for neglecting his training.
• Oscar apologized to Yu Xiaogang and recalled Ma Hongjun’s gossip about Yu Xiaogang and Flender.
• Yu Xiaogang found Ma Hongjun’s filthy bed empty and demanded to know where he was.
• Tang San said Ma Hongjun had left after their holiday two days earlier and had not returned, while Dai Mubai guessed he had gone to a brothel.

Yu Xiaogang caught Ma Hongjun returning after sneaking out all night and scolded him for breaking academy rules and neglecting the matches arranged for him. The students then prepared to leave for Suotuo City, where Yu Xiaogang promised to deal with Ma Hongjun.

• Yu Xiaogang learned that Ma Hongjun had stayed out all night, while Tang San and Dai Mubai explained his behavior and mocked his physical urges.
• Xiao Wu arrived and mentioned seeing Ma Hongjun in the kitchen that morning, and Oscar and Dai Mubai tried to warn him that Yu Xiaogang was nearby.
• Ma Hongjun invited Dai Mubai and Oscar to visit the Cherry Rain Pavilion, then offered Yu Xiaogang breakfast buns when he finally noticed him.
• Yu Xiaogang confronted Ma Hongjun about sneaking out to meet women and reminded him that he had arranged matches for him at the Soto Great Soul Arena.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji arrived by carriage to take the students to Suotuo City, and Yu Xiaogang told Ma Hongjun he would settle accounts with him there.

Three years after entering Qiankun Asking Love Valley, Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue returned to Sunset Forest and planned their next training journey, including finding a Heavenly Flame for Yao Lao. The chapter ended with them comparing their greatly increased cultivation and abilities.

• Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue arrived at the ruined Ice and Fire Yin Yang Spring, and Xiao Yan paid his respects to the Ice Dragon King.
• Xiao Huo appeared and said she would look after Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue while Yao Lao was away.
• Xiao Yan said he would first take Qian Renxue to Spirit Hall as promised, but she suggested they pursue their training plans before returning.
• Qian Renxue proposed searching unusual environments near clans and academies for places where Heavenly Flames might form, and Xiao Huo warned that such flames were not limited to ordinary fire.
• Xiao Yan demonstrated his Bone Spirit Cold Flame and revealed that he had reached level forty-six Soul Power and four-star Dou Wang, while Qian Renxue disclosed that she had reached nine-star Dou Ling and was close to the Soul Douluo realm.

After three years away, Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue returned to Heaven Dou Imperial City to seek information about Yu Tianming and possible Heavenly Flames. They found that Yu Tianming was missing and that Yu Xin was set to marry Emperor Xue Can, then were attacked at Qian Renxue’s former secret property before the attackers recognized her.

• Xiao Yan worried that Qian Renxue’s corruption power might threaten her resolve, but she reassured him that being together mattered more than whether she became a Holy Angel or Fallen Angel.
• Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue headed north to Heaven Dou Imperial City to look for Heavenly Flames, gather information, and visit old acquaintances.
• Qian Renxue revealed that Emperor Xue Can was alive and ruled the empire, and Xiao Yan learned from a notice that Xue Can was about to marry Yu Xin.
• Cang Lin told Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue that Yu Tianming had left four years earlier and might secretly attend his granddaughter Yu Xin’s wedding.
• At Qian Renxue’s former secret property, Yan and other Spirit Hall members attacked Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue, but they stopped when they recognized her overwhelming power.

Qian Renxue returned to the Shadow Division’s estate and discovered that her former subordinates had been recalled and Uncle Huang had been transferred away. Xiao Yan stopped her from attacking the Shadow Division members as corruption stirred her violent impulses, and the chapter ended with the Soul Saint revealing that the other two members of the Golden Generation were in the imperial palace amid Great Emperor Xue Can’s plans against Spirit Hall.

• Qian Renxue arrived at the Shadow Division estate, where Yan and the others knelt before her.
• A Soul Saint told Qian Renxue that the old hands had been recalled and the Golden Generation now handled most matters; Qian Renxue struck Yan down after he blamed the Pope.
• The Soul Saint revealed that Yan had transferred Uncle Huang to a farm outside the city, and Qian Renxue threatened the Shadow Division members.
• Xiao Yan stopped Qian Renxue from attacking them and warned her that corruption was intensifying her negative emotions.
• The Soul Saint said the other two members of the Golden Generation were in the imperial palace, where Great Emperor Xue Can was joining forces with major sects against Spirit Hall.

Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue learned that Emperor Xue Can had allied with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to challenge Spirit Hall through a contest between young Soul Masters. The chapter left them facing the revelation that Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect backed the opposing side.

• A Soul Saint told Xiao Yan that Xue Can planned to abolish Spirit Hall Branches in the Heaven Dou Empire and replace them with sect academies.
• The Soul Saint explained that a martial contest would take place on Xue Can's wedding day, with Spirit Hall's Golden Generation barred because the contestants had to be local.
• Xiao Yan recognized that Xue Can had formed an alliance with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to purge Spirit Hall from the empire.
• The Soul Saint revealed that the Shrek Team included Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, and a food-type Soul Master with Innate Full Soul Power.
• The Soul Saint identified Tang San as the team's greatest asset and said the Clear Sky Sect might emerge from seclusion to join the empire and sects against Spirit Hall.

Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue headed to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace after learning that Tang Hao was involved, where Spirit Hall faced a powerful alliance led by the emperor. The chapter ended with Spirit Hall’s outnumbered team preparing to stall for time against the assembled rivals.

• Qian Renxue learned that Tang Hao had murdered her father, while Spirit Hall agents reported that reinforcements were on their way.
• Qian Renxue pulled Xiao Yan toward the imperial palace, planning to use him as a twelve-year-old competitor in the contest.
• Xiao Yan warned that the Heaven Dou Empire had powerful allies and might have more Titled Douluo than they could handle.
• Emperor Xue Can’s camp gathered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Dugu Bo, and the Shrek team at the palace.
• Spirit Hall’s smaller team faced the opposing alliance with the goal of stalling.

The Heaven Dou Empire staged one-sided matches against Spirit Hall, while Xue Can provoked Hu Liena and refused to punish her for injuring Xue Beng. Spirit Hall lost every two-on-two match and nine one-on-one matches, leaving Tang San to face the final platform as the chapter ended.

• Xiao Wu entered the arena and challenged Spirit Hall’s young fighters, while the referee announced the match formats and scoring rules.
• Hu Liena injured Xue Beng after he mocked Spirit Hall, but Xue Can calmly invited her to punish him further and turned the situation back on her.
• Heaven Dou’s fighters swept all the two-on-two matches and won the first nine one-on-one matches.
• Xiao Wu defeated Ao Lin by binding his neck with her hair and slamming him into the floor.
• Spirit Hall’s fighters lost hope as Tang San, known as the Thousand-Hand Asura, held the final platform.

Tang San faced Spirit Hall’s younger generation at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace until Xiao Yan crashed into the arena and challenged him. After Tang San struck with his Clear Sky Hammer, Xiao Yan resisted the blow and ended the chapter by declaring himself Tang San’s grandpa.

• Yu Yuanzhen ordered his clan members to avoid joining any further fighting without permission while Tang San stood alone on the platform.
• Spirit Hall’s fighters refused to face Tang San, and Xie Yue chose to stall as Ning Fengzhi and the Douluo elders watched.
• Xiao Yan crashed into the arena after a woman accompanying him knocked out the palace guard’s Soul Douluo commanders.
• Tang San asked whether Xiao Yan was from Spirit Hall, and Xiao Yan agreed before Tang San launched a surprise attack with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Xiao Yan resisted Tang San’s hammer strike with his bare hands, and Tang San wondered whether he was a beast or defensive tool Soul Master.
• Xiao Yan told Tang San, "I'm your grandpa!"

Xiao Yan confronted Tang San at the palace, mocking his claims about killing and forcing him to attack. He left Tang San stunned with a magma technique that used no visible Soul Rings or Martial Soul, while the spectators debated Xiao Yan’s abilities.

• Hu Liena and Xie Yue laughed at Xiao Yan’s remark, while Tang San demanded an apology and threatened him with his killing intent.
• Xiao Yan challenged Tang San’s justification for killing and recalled Tang San’s earlier attack on him, but Tang San did not recognize him.
• Xiao Yan noticed Xiao Wu, prompting Tang San to summon his Soul Rings and attack with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Xiao Yan raised a wall of fire, then used Great Earth Astral Flame to erupt magma beneath Tang San and blast him into the air.
• Feng Xiaotian and Yu Tianheng asked Yu Xiaogang to assess Xiao Yan, and Yu Xiaogang suggested Xiao Yan might have several Self-Created Soul Skills.
• Tang San demanded that Xiao Yan release his Martial Soul, but Xiao Yan still showed no Soul Power fluctuation.

Xiao Yan endured Tang San’s Clear Sky Gravity and Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer before countering with Eight Extremes Collapse. After revealing his four unusual Soul Rings, he was recognized as Xiao Yan, leaving Tang San to confront his identity.

• Tang San used Clear Sky Gravity to slow Xiao Yan and strengthen his hammer blows, then struck him repeatedly with Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Xiao Yan endured thirty blows and used Eight Extremes Collapse to interrupt Tang San’s next strike, sending him flying and knocking away his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Xiao Yan said defeating Tang San without releasing his Martial Soul took too much effort, then revealed his four Soul Rings: white, purple, black, and black.
• The spectators recognized Xiao Yan, and Dai Mubai recalled his past victories over Yu Tianheng, Feng Xiaotian, and the Golden Generation.
• Tang San heard the revelations, leaned on his hammer, and asked whether Xiao Yan had returned.

Xiao Yan rejected Tang San’s attempt to reconcile and attacked him, forcing Tang San to reveal his External Soul Bone. The chapter ended as Tang San charged at Xiao Yan with a massive Clear Sky Hammer strike.

• Tang San proposed wiping the slate clean, but Xiao Yan accused him of acting as though he had been the victim.
• Xiao Yan used his Second Soul Skill, Slaughter the Sun, Burn the Heavens, to surround Tang San with pillars of magma.
• Tang San escaped the flames with his Eight Spider Lances, revealing that he had obtained an External Soul Bone.
• Tang San propelled himself toward Xiao Yan and unleashed his Third Soul Skill, Clear Sky's Ten Thousand Jin.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed Tang San in their duel, but Tang San used Yama's Invitation and his Eight Spider Lances in a desperate counterattack. Xiao Yan resisted the poison and threw Tang San into the flames, then vanished into the fire himself, leaving both fighters' fates uncertain.

• Xiao Yan blocked Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer strike and forced him onto the defensive with the Heavy Xuan Ruler.
• Xiao Yan flew using his right-foot Soul Bone and unleashed Flame Splitting Wave Ruler at Tang San.
• Tang San let the flames hit him while sending Yama's Invitation into Xiao Yan and striking him with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Xiao Yan burned away the poison, shattered Tang San's Eight Spider Lances, and knocked him into the sea of fire.
• Xiao Yan disappeared into the flames after the Clear Sky Hammer hit him, leaving the spectators unsure which fighter would emerge.

After defeating Tang San, Xiao Yan declared himself a member of Spirit Hall, and Qian Renxue confirmed his affiliation before the match officials. When Emperor Xue Can shifted the contest to a seven-on-seven team match, Xiao Yan volunteered to face all seven opponents alone, and the fight was about to begin.

• Xiao Yan emerged from the flames after defeating Tang San, prompting his friends to cry out in shock.
• Xue Can praised Xiao Yan but tried to exclude him from the competition, while Prince Xue Xing accused him of disrupting the matches.
• Xiao Yan declared that he was a member of Spirit Hall, and Qian Renxue arrived and confirmed that he had been registered there four years earlier.
• Xue Can canceled the three-on-three match and called for a seven-on-seven team match, with Yu Tianheng replacing the unconscious Tang San.
• Xiao Yan stood alone against the seven Heaven Dou Empire fighters and announced that he would fight all of them himself.
• Qian Renxue accepted the match and warned Xue Can not to dispute the result if the Heaven Dou Empire lost.

Xiao Wu recognized Xiao Yan and attacked him with lethal fury, while the Shrek group hurried to support her. Xiao Yan broke free and learned that she blamed him for her mother’s death.

• Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Yu Tianheng introduced themselves, while Xiao Wu stayed silent and stared at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Wu if she no longer recognized him, but she identified him and charged with killing intent.
• Dai Mubai called for Oscar’s sausages, Ning Rongrong boosted the group, and Yu Tianheng and Ma Hongjun prepared to attack Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Wu wrapped her braids around Xiao Yan’s ankles and slammed him into the palace floor twice as the others watched in shock.
• Xiao Yan broke free with a surge of fiery power, and Xiao Wu accused him of killing her mother and demanded his life.

Xiao Yan discovered that black mist had corrupted Xiao Wu’s Divine Sense and turned her against him, then confronted Tang San over the attempt to harm her. He unleashed his Fourth Soul Skill, and the chapter ended as the imperial palace crumbled and a black sphere rose into the sky.

• Xiao Yan pulled Xiao Wu close, discovered the black mist over her Divine Sense, and dispelled it before she fell unconscious into Qian Renxue’s care.
• Qian Renxue displayed seven purple-gold Soul Rings and kept the Heaven Dou Empire’s fighters from intervening.
• Xiao Yan exposed Tang San, who had been pretending to be unconscious, and demanded to kill him over his actions against Xiao Wu.
• Tang San rallied the Shrek Seven Monsters against Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yan gave them three breaths to abandon Tang San.
• Yu Tianheng fled, and Xiao Yan unleashed his Fourth Soul Skill, Chibaku Tensei Flame, causing much of the imperial palace to collapse as a black sphere rose into the sky.