Recaps

Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing fought Dai Mubai, who had transformed through evil methods, until Xiao Yan knocked him down. Before Xiao Yan could finish him, a man in black attacked and escaped with Dai Mubai, leaving Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing to recover from the explosions.

• Dai Mubai transformed into a monstrous form, but Xiao Yan slowed him with his domain while Zhu Zhuqing struck at his neck.
• Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing wounded Dai Mubai, and Xiao Yan knocked him unconscious with a flame-covered punch.
• Dai Mubai blamed Xiao Yan for his condition and admitted he would become an Evil Soul Master to take revenge.
• A man in black attacked Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Yan intercepted the strike and shielded her from the ensuing explosions.
• The man in black escaped with Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing helped the injured Xiao Yan find a secluded place to recover.

Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing returned to the Spirit Hall Main Hall, where Xu Mu secretly ordered them watched, and both later broke through in cultivation. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang rescued Dai Mubai and revealed his identity to him.

• Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing returned to the Spirit Hall Main Hall after concluding that Dai Mubai and the black-cloaked attacker had joined forces against them.
• Xu Mu welcomed Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing, then privately told an associate to watch their movements.
• Xiao Yan broke through to level 53, and Zhu Zhuqing also achieved a breakthrough.
• Yu Xiaogang carried the unconscious Dai Mubai to a hidden cave, gave him a blood-red pill, and helped him regain consciousness.
• Dai Mubai mocked Yu Xiaogang for hiding from Xiao Yan, and Yu Xiaogang pulled back his hood to reveal his face.

Yu Xiaogang revealed that he had fused with Soul Beasts to regain his strength and offered to make Dai Mubai powerful enough to kill Xiao Yan. Dai Mubai accepted his offer and followed him toward Spirit Hall.

• Dai Mubai recognized Yu Xiaogang and learned that his dragon claw and altered leg came from fused Soul Beast limbs.
• Yu Xiaogang told Dai Mubai that hatred for Xiao Yan had driven him to become a monster and seek revenge.
• Dai Mubai admitted he could not defeat Xiao Yan, and Yu Xiaogang promised to make him strong enough to surpass him.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that he was an elder of Spirit Hall and offered Dai Mubai its resources and a place in his laboratory.
• Dai Mubai agreed to go with Yu Xiaogang, and the two set off through the mountain forest.

Yu Xiaogang brought Dai Mubai to Spirit Hall’s laboratory, where Bibi Dong promised him the power to take revenge on Xiao Yan. After three months of experiments, Dai Mubai survived a transformation that turned much of his body into a Soul Beast’s, and he set his sights on Xiao Yan.

• Yu Xiaogang took Dai Mubai into his laboratory, where Dai Mubai saw a dead experimental subject and learned that failed subjects were recycled.
• Bibi Dong offered Dai Mubai the strength to avenge himself, and he swore to serve her.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yu Xiaogang to produce results within three months, and Yu Xiaogang promised to make Dai Mubai a perfect weapon.
• After three months of experiments, Dai Mubai had transformed into a clawed, scaled humanoid Soul Beast while remaining conscious.
• Dai Mubai tested his strength by smashing into the chamber wall and declared that he was coming for Xiao Yan.

After three months of cultivation, Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing grew stronger while Xu Mu grew resentful of Xiao Yan’s success and plotted with Dai Wusi to seize his pill formulas. Dai Wusi and his adviser Zhou Wenyuan agreed on a scheme to target Xiao Yan indirectly.

• Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing emerged from three months of secluded cultivation, with Zhu Zhuqing reaching level fifty-five while Xiao Yan continued consolidating his foundation.
• Xu Mu learned that black-market prices for Xiao Yan’s pills had tripled and that Xiao Yan possessed higher-grade pill formulas.
• Xu Mu sent an anonymous letter about Xiao Yan’s pills to Dai Wusi’s city lord’s residence.
• Dai Wusi asked Zhou Wenyuan for advice, and Zhou urged him to exploit Xu Mu’s scheme to obtain Xiao Yan’s pill formulas.
• Dai Wusi agreed to Zhou Wenyuan’s plan to move against Xiao Yan indirectly.

Xiao Yan followed a mysterious White Tiger claw-print letter to a meeting place outside Star Chasing City, only to realize it was a diversion. While he was away, seven powerful attackers ambushed Zhu Zhuqing at the Spirit Hall Main Hall, and she fought back despite being outnumbered.

• Xiao Yan received a letter bearing a White Tiger claw print and suspected it was bait, but decided to go investigate alone while Zhu Zhuqing stayed behind with Qian Renxue's token.
• Xiao Yan waited nearly half a day at a ruined pavilion outside Star Chasing City, then realized the meeting was a trick and raced back toward the city.
• Seven intruders—six Soul Kings and a level sixty-seven Soul Emperor—surrounded Zhu Zhuqing in the courtyard and demanded that she surrender.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked the Soul Kings, but their combined skills overwhelmed her and left her injured as they destroyed her Shadow Clones.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Netherworld Shadows Linked to strengthen a captured Shadow Clone, which cut off two of the Soul Emperor's fingers before he counterattacked.

Zhu Zhuqing was badly wounded by a Soul Emperor and six Soul Kings who had infiltrated the Spirit Hall Main Hall with Xu Mu’s help. Xiao Yan arrived just in time to save her from a final blow, gave her a pill, and sheltered her inside a Fire Lotus before facing her attackers.

• Zhu Zhuqing revealed Qian Renxue’s golden token, but the Soul Emperor mocked her and admitted that people inside Spirit Hall had helped the attackers enter.
• Xu Mu watched the fight from outside the courtyard and planned to obtain the pill formula, kill the witnesses, and cover up their disappearance with Dai Wusi’s help.
• The Soul Emperor used his Violent Bear Martial Soul to overpower Zhu Zhuqing, leaving her near death as the six Soul Kings blocked the courtyard exits.
• Xiao Yan struck the Soul Emperor with pale flames and ice crystals, then rushed to Zhu Zhuqing and fed her Qian Renxue’s Heaven Recovery Pill.
• Xiao Yan placed Zhu Zhuqing inside a protective Fire Lotus and told her to wait for him.

Xiao Yan fought six Soul Kings and a Soul Emperor while protecting the badly injured Zhu Zhuqing, using his cold-flame skills to disable the Ghost Soul King and wound the Soul Emperor. After healing himself with Blood Coagulation Powder, he attacked the Black Tortoise Soul King with his Soul Bone Skill, Immaculate Realm.

• Xiao Yan identified the seven attackers and used Cold Flame · Soul Armor before charging the Black Tortoise Soul King, then redirected his attack toward the Ghost Soul King.
• Xiao Yan used Cold Fire: Netherworld Lock to expose the Shadow Blade Soul King and immobilize the Ghost Soul King, but the Black Tortoise Soul King shielded his ally from Xiao Yan's spear.
• The Soul Emperor struck Xiao Yan with Violent Bear Earth Splitter, but Xiao Yan dodged the direct blow and noted that the Ghost Soul King remained weakened.
• Xiao Yan swallowed Blood Coagulation Powder, then hurled Green Lotus · Cold Heart Flame at the Soul Emperor, blasting him backward and covering him in frost.
• Xiao Yan seized the opening and charged the Black Tortoise Soul King, who activated Black Tortoise Shield Armor and Black Tortoise Protection as Xiao Yan gathered Immaculate Realm.

Xiao Yan used his Soul Bone skills and Everfrost Mausoleum to overcome the Soul Kings and the Soul Emperor pursuing him, killing the Black Tortoise Soul King and Gale Wolf Soul King. He lured the Mighty Ape Soul King and Blazing Fire Lion Soul King into a simultaneous attack, then thrust out his left hand as their attacks converged.

• Xiao Yan pierced the Black Tortoise Soul King's defenses with Demon-Breaking Light and killed him, then retreated from the remaining attackers.
• The Mighty Ape Soul King struck Xiao Yan, while the Blazing Fire Lion Soul King and Shadow Blade Soul King wounded him as he evaded their attacks.
• Xiao Yan released Everfrost Mausoleum and Soul Echo, suppressing his enemies and manifesting the Black Tortoise Soul King's defensive skill.
• Xiao Yan killed the Gale Wolf Soul King with ice spears and Eight Extremes Collapse, while the Soul Emperor's attack failed to catch him.
• Xiao Yan pretended to be exhausted and drew the Mighty Ape Soul King and Blazing Fire Lion Soul King into attacking together, then thrust out his left hand.

Xiao Yan killed the remaining Soul Kings and fought the Soul Emperor, using Everfrost Mausoleum and Netherworld Lock to overcome the stronger opponent. The Soul Emperor was gravely injured but still had enough strength to resist.

• Xiao Yan killed the Mighty Ape Soul King with Immaculate Realm and froze the Blazing Lion Soul King with Bone Spirit Cold Flame before shattering him.
• Xiao Yan used Everfrost Mausoleum to find the Shadow Blade Soul King, then killed him and the powerless Specter Soul King with an ice-crystal spear.
• The Soul Emperor transformed and attacked Xiao Yan with massive bear-paw strikes, but Everfrost Mausoleum slowed him and Xiao Yan evaded his blows.
• Xiao Yan bound the Soul Emperor with Netherworld Locks and struck him with Eight Extremes Collapse, injuring them both.
• The Soul Emperor survived Xiao Yan’s attacks and threatened to kill him.

Xiao Yan used his domain and final reserves of Soul Power to kill the Soul Emperor, completing his fight against seven attackers. As he faced Xu Mu, who had been hiding nearby, Xu Mu revealed his plan to kill Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing and cover it up.

• The Soul Emperor gathered his remaining strength for a final attack, but Xiao Yan anticipated his move and engulfed him in a pillar of intertwined flames.
• The Soul Emperor survived the blast long enough for Xiao Yan to approach and kill him with an ice-crystal spear.
• Xiao Yan surveyed the six other dead Soul Kings, took pills to recover, and called out the person hiding outside the courtyard.
• Xu Mu emerged, praised Xiao Yan's victory, and offered to kill him quickly if he handed over the pill formulas.
• Xu Mu explained that he had sent the Spirit Hall Main Hall Soul Masters out of the city and planned to report that Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing had died in an attack by unknown Soul Masters.
• Xu Mu admitted that he had prepared for Xiao Yan's death since his return to Star Chasing City and had used Dai Wusi's attack as a way to conceal his own involvement.

Xiao Yan used the Heaven Recovery Liquid to restore his strength and reveal that he had anticipated Xu Mu’s ambush, then fought the level-sixty-nine Soul Emperor. Despite deploying his Cold Flame domain and chains, Xiao Yan could not keep pace with Xu Mu and ended the chapter striking back with both Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Green Lotus Core Flame as Xu Mu attacked his throat.

• Xiao Yan drank Qian Renxue’s Heaven Recovery Liquid, rapidly healing his wounds and restoring his Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan told Xu Mu he had known he was hiding nearby and had waited for him to appear.
• Xu Mu revealed his Shadow Marten Martial Soul and six Soul Rings, then attacked Xiao Yan at high speed.
• Xiao Yan used Soul Armor, Everfrost Mausoleum, and Netherworld Lock to defend himself and restrain Xu Mu, but Xu Mu evaded the chains and wounded him.
• As Xu Mu lunged at Xiao Yan’s throat, Xiao Yan countered with a fist wreathed in Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Green Lotus Core Flame.

Xiao Yan endured Xu Mu’s attacks and used the Netherworld Locks to restrain him long enough to unleash the Earth Tier Dou Technique Radiant Heaven World-Burning Spear. The strike killed Xu Mu, leaving Xiao Yan gravely wounded and nearly out of Soul Power but still alive.

• Xiao Yan allowed Xu Mu to wound his face, then caught him in midair with the Netherworld Locks.
• Xu Mu used Shadow Burst to tear through the chains, but Xiao Yan blocked his escape and kept him trapped as they exchanged attacks.
• Xiao Yan endured repeated wounds while tightening the Netherworld Locks until Xu Mu’s assault faltered.
• Xiao Yan let Xu Mu stab through his abdomen, then held him in place and unleashed Radiant Heaven World-Burning Spear.
• The flames devastated Xu Mu, who died after voicing his regret, while Xiao Yan remained alive but too exhausted and injured to stand at first.

After killing Xu Mu, Xiao Yan escaped the Spirit Hall Main Hall with the unconscious Zhu Zhuqing and collapsed in an abandoned woodshed. Dai Wusi learned that Xu Mu and his men were dead, then ordered a citywide hunt for Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing, though the guards neglected the slums and abandoned buildings.

• Xiao Yan took Zhu Zhuqing from the burning courtyard and staggered through Star Chasing City to an abandoned woodshed, where he collapsed beside her.
• A scout told Dai Wusi that Xu Mu and seven of his men had been killed and that Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing were missing.
• Dai Wusi ordered the city guards to seal the gates and search Star Chasing City for the supposed assassin, secretly seeking Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing.
• City guards searched homes across the city, but they ignored the slums and abandoned buildings.

Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing hid from the city guards in an abandoned woodshed while recovering from their injuries. After Zhu Zhuqing woke, she explained that Dai Wusi would not dare openly oppose Spirit Hall, leaving them to wait for its main force to return.

• Xiao Yan woke from a nightmare, checked Zhu Zhuqing, and used medicine to treat his wounds as the city guards searched Star Chasing City.
• Dai Wusi angrily ordered the guards to widen their search and monitor the Spirit Hall Main Hall.
• Xiao Yan decided to remain hidden in the woodshed until Zhu Zhuqing woke and night fell.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke in the evening, and Xiao Yan told her that Dai Wusi had colluded with Xu Mu and sealed the city gates.
• Zhu Zhuqing reasoned that Dai Wusi would not openly oppose Spirit Hall and that its returning forces would make it safe for them.

After recovering from their fight, Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing emerged from hiding and returned to the Spirit Hall Main Hall with Zhou Yuan and Han Qing. Xiao Yan revealed that Xu Mu and seven assassins had died, then enlisted the returning deacons to take control of the hall while he awaited an investigation from Spirit City.

• Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing saw that the city search had eased and spotted Zhou Yuan and Han Qing returning with the Spirit Hall Main Hall group.
• Xiao Yan told Zhou Yuan and Han Qing that Xu Mu had colluded with outsiders and that he had killed Xu Mu and seven assassins.
• Zhou Yuan and Han Qing followed Xiao Yan to the rear courtyard and confirmed the eight bodies, including Xu Mu's.
• Xiao Yan said Xu Mu had coveted the profits and formula for his medicinal pills, and implied that a powerful local figure had helped arrange the attack.
• Xiao Yan asked Zhou Yuan and Han Qing to stabilize the Spirit Hall Main Hall until Spirit City investigated, and Zhou Yuan agreed to bring everyone under control.

After taking charge of the Spirit Hall Main Hall, Xiao Yan purged Xu Mu’s followers and used his Barrier-Breaking Pill to win support from Zhou Yuan, Han Qing, and the hall’s Soul Masters. By the end of half a month, his influence had peaked, though he knew their loyalty remained dependent on the pill’s benefits.

• Xiao Yan learned that Zhou Yuan had detained twenty-three of Xu Mu’s trusted followers, and he ordered all of them executed for their crimes.
• Xiao Yan gave Zhou Yuan and Han Qing Barrier-Breaking Pills and promised future pills for higher-ranking Soul Masters in exchange for their support.
• Zhou Yuan and Han Qing tested the pills on their Soul Ancestor disciples, saw their Soul Power rise by two levels, and began to lean toward Xiao Yan.
• Over the next half month, the Spirit Hall Main Hall executed Xu Mu’s followers, confiscated their property, and recovered embezzled resources.
• Xiao Yan introduced a contribution system that let loyal Soul Masters exchange merits for Barrier-Breaking Pills, drawing wavering members to his side.
• Xiao Yan recognized that the support he had gained was temporary and that he would need time to build a force of his own.

Liu Erlong set out to find Yu Xiaogang in Spirit City, but Yu Luomian blocked her and she chose to leave without seeing him. At Shrek Academy, Oscar decided he needed to grow stronger and departed to gain experience.

• Dai Wusi watched Xiao Yan consolidate his power in Star Chasing City and continued to fear him from the sidelines.
• Liu Erlong told Flender she would go to Spirit City to find Yu Xiaogang, and Flender reluctantly let her leave.
• At the gates of Spirit City, Yu Luomian and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan members stopped Liu Erlong from entering.
• Liu Erlong turned back and declared she had nothing more to do with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan; Yu Luomian followed her, worried Yu Xiaogang would use her in his experiments.
• Oscar told Ma Hongjun he wanted to grow stronger, and three days later he left Shrek Academy to gain experience.

Two years after consolidating control of Spirit Hall Main Hall and building a network across the Star Luo Empire, Xiao Yan reached level sixty and traveled with Zhu Zhuqing to the Star Dou Great Forest to find his sixth Soul Ring. They encountered a twelve-thousand-year-old Shadow Demonic Tiger, and Zhu Zhuqing opened the attack.

• Xiao Yan used pills and Spirit Hall's resources to secure control of the hall and expand his influence across the Star Luo Empire, while Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Yan advanced to the Soul Emperor realm.
• Xiao Yan decided to seek his sixth Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest and left the hall with Zhu Zhuqing, entrusting its affairs to Zhou Yuan and Han Qing.
• Three days later, Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing entered the forest from the Star Luo Empire side and traveled deeper in search of a suitable Soul Beast.
• Xiao Yan sensed a roughly twelve-thousand-year-old dark-attribute Soul Beast, and he and Zhu Zhuqing found a resting Shadow Demonic Tiger.
• Zhu Zhuqing ambushed the tiger and used Love Threads Severing Moon Slash to meet its sweeping tail.

Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing hunted Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest and found a powerful Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear as a potential source for Xiao Yan’s next Soul Ring. They prepared to attack it by targeting its vulnerable areas.

• Xiao Yan froze and bound the Shadow Demonic Tiger while Zhu Zhuqing struck it with her clones, and Xiao Yan killed it with his Green Lotus Flame Pillar.
• Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing continued into the forest; after spending two hours trapping and killing a Purple Lightning Demonic Marten, they found its Soul Ring unsuitable for Xiao Yan.
• On the third day, Xiao Yan sensed a Soul Beast more than five li away and led Zhu Zhuqing toward it.
• Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing discovered a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, which Xiao Yan judged to be at least thirty-five thousand years old.
• Xiao Yan agreed he could absorb its Soul Ring, and he told Zhu Zhuqing to target its eyes, mouth, or softer abdomen.

Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing worked together to wound the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, but its immense strength and vitality let it keep fighting. After taking a hit himself, Xiao Yan launched his Radiant Heaven World-Burning Spear at the wounded beast.

• Zhu Zhuqing drew the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear away while Xiao Yan froze it and struck from behind.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her phantoms to slash the bear's belly, then switched places with her real body to escape its attack.
• Xiao Yan's Cold Heart Lotus Explosion scorched and chilled the bear, but only made it more enraged.
• Xiao Yan restrained the bear with Netherworld Locks and pierced its chest with Immaculate Realm, yet it survived and struck him through his Soul Armor.
• Xiao Yan channeled both flames into his Radiant Heaven World-Burning Spear and hurled it at the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

Xiao Yan killed the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and absorbed its thirty-five-thousand-year Soul Ring, becoming a level-sixty-one Soul Emperor and gaining a soul-targeting Sixth Soul Skill. Afterward, his Soul Division Martial Soul transformed into a gate that seemed to connect to the Battle Through the Heavens World, and Xiao Yan opened it.

• Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing defeated the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, whose corpse produced a pitch-black Soul Ring.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Soul Ring while Zhu Zhuqing kept watch, breaking through to level sixty-one.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Sixth Soul Skill, Fallen Heart: Soul-Burning Wave, and demonstrated how it struck a target's soul directly.
• Xiao Yan noticed his Soul Division Martial Soul transforming into a pitch-black gate, and he sensed the presence of the Battle Through the Heavens World beyond it.
• Xiao Yan focused his will on the gate, and it slowly opened before him and Zhu Zhuqing.

Xiao Yan crossed the portal created by his mutated Soul Division Martial Soul and reunited in person with Xiao Huohuo in another world. Xiao Huohuo revealed that Medusa had swallowed the Green Lotus Core Flame to force her evolution.

• Xiao Yan entered the portal in the Star Dou Great Forest and arrived beside Xiao Huohuo in the magma chamber beneath Jia Nan Academy's Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Huohuo clasped hands and felt their Soul Origins resonate as Yao Lao warned them to keep the world-connecting passage secret.
• Xiao Huohuo told Xiao Yan that he had entered Jia Nan Academy and found the Fallen Heart Flame sealed below the tower.
• Xiao Yan asked about the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Xiao Huohuo explained that Medusa had rejected their deal and chosen to devour it by an ancient Snake-People secret method.
• Xiao Huohuo said he and Yao Lao had watched Medusa undo the Green Lotus Core Flame's seal and swallow it.

Xiao Yan learned that Medusa had become a Seven-Colored Little Snake after using the Green Lotus Core Flame to purify her bloodline, then returned through his portal to the Douluo world. A month later, he agreed to attend a Spirit Hall tournament in Spirit City, where Bibi Dong planned to select a Holy Maiden or Holy Son.

• Xiao Huohuo explained that Medusa had nearly died swallowing the Green Lotus Core Flame and now existed as a Seven-Colored Little Snake that could eventually recover.
• Xiao Yan returned through the portal to the Star Dou Great Forest and told Zhu Zhuqing it connected to the Battle Through the Heavens World, though it consumed Soul Power and had a cooldown of roughly a month.
• Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing left the forest and headed to Star Chasing City, where Xiao Yan received word that an envoy from Spirit City had requested to see him.
• Xiao Yan met Ghost Douluo at the Spirit Hall Main Hall and learned that Bibi Dong would hold an elite tournament in Spirit City one month later.
• Ghost Douluo said Bibi Dong intended to select a Holy Maiden or possibly a Holy Son at the tournament, and Xiao Yan agreed to attend.

Xiao Yan agreed to attend Spirit Hall’s Holy Son selection in Spirit City and prepared for the possibility that Bibi Dong was targeting him. He left Zhu Zhuqing in Star Chasing City to protect their network and entered Spirit City, where he learned about the tournament and its leading contenders.

• Xiao Yan decided to accept Ghost Douluo’s invitation, while Zhu Zhuqing warned him that Bibi Dong might know about him through Yu Xiaogang.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Dark Hall to go underground in scattered groups and told Zhou Yuan and Han Qing to keep Star Chasing City stable.
• Xiao Yan chose to travel to Spirit City alone, gave Zhu Zhuqing pills and instructions, and urged her to hide if trouble began.
• Xiao Yan entered Spirit City, returned to his old residence, and gathered details about the Holy Son and Holy Daughter selection tournament.
• Xiao Yan learned that he and Hu Liena were favored contestants, alongside Salas Jin and Bende.