Recaps

Cao Jinxuan used Time Reversal to erase Huo Yuhao’s Eternal Frozen Domain and free the Shrek fighters, but Shui Ling restrained them as Xu Wei attacked Cao. The referee blocked the assassination and eliminated Cao, while Kong Xuan ordered the Sun Moon Team to end the battle in earnest.

• Huo Yuhao’s Eternal Frozen Domain froze Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan and trapped the rest of Shrek in its cold.
• Cao Jinxuan activated Time Reversal, rewinding the arena and freeing Shrek from the frozen domain.
• Shui Ling used Spirit Thread: Thousand Weaves to bind the Shrek fighters as Xu Wei launched a silent attack on Cao Jinxuan.
• Referee Zheng Zhan blocked Xu Wei’s dagger, and Cao Jinxuan was eliminated from the match.
• Kong Xuan told his team to stop playing around and finish the battle, prompting the Sun Moon Team to prepare in earnest.

The Sun Moon Team unleashed several Soul Spirits, using their domains and destructive attacks to overwhelm Shrek Academy’s fighters. Xu Tianyi badly injured Dai Huabin, and all five remaining Shrek team members suddenly spat blood for reasons they could not understand.

• Shui Ling’s Soul Spirit appeared as Huo Yuhao renewed his Eternal Frozen Domain, while Xu Wei summoned his Thunder-Patterned Giant Bear and spread the Thunderstorm Domain over Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan.
• Kong Ling’s Heaven-Burning Skylark attacked Xu Sanshi with a torrent of intense fire, forcing him to endure the clash between its flames and his Black Tortoise Shield.
• Xu Tianyi’s Annihilation Shadow-Devouring Beast eroded Dai Huabin’s defenses, allowing Xu Tianyi to strike him in the chest with Dragon Brilliant Flash and send him crashing to the ground.
• All five remaining Shrek team members abruptly shuddered and spat blood, leaving them injured and unable to identify the cause.

Shui Ling’s Fate Thread Grafting spread Dai Huabin’s injuries across Shrek’s team, leaving them overwhelmed by the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. Cai Mei'er conceded the final, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy was declared champion as spectators speculated that it had mastered reliable Soul Spirit fusion.

• Shui Ling’s Fate Thread Grafting spread Dai Huabin’s injuries to the other Shrek team members through invisible spirit threads.
• Kong Xuan halted the battle and warned Bei Bei that his Martial Soul Avatar could overwhelm the arena’s protective shield.
• Cai Mei'er conceded the final on Shrek Academy’s behalf.
• Zheng Zhan declared the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy the tournament champion.
• Spectators discussed the Sun Moon team’s Soul Spirits and speculated that the academy had mastered reliable Soul Spirit fusion.

After noticing that Kong Deming had missed the final, Kong Xuan learned he had gone alone to West Mountain to investigate a lead on Yan Shaozhe. Suspecting the report was a trap, Kong Xuan left for West Mountain while Kong Ling and Du Busi stayed behind.

• Kong Xuan told his teammates to accept the award and deliver the Spirit Pagoda’s invitations while he investigated Kong Deming’s absence.
• Kong Xuan and Kong Ling went to the Worship Hall and asked Du Busi where Kong Deming had gone.
• Du Busi said Kong Deming had followed a report that Yan Shaozhe would appear at West Mountain and had gone there alone.
• Kong Xuan recognized West Mountain as a place that could threaten a Limit Douluo and decided to hurry there.
• Kong Ling stayed behind after Kong Xuan refused to bring her, and Du Busi remained to guard the Worship Hall.
• Kong Xuan assured them he could handle the danger and flew toward West Mountain.

Kong Deming and Xuan Zi were lured into the Holy Spirit Cult’s trap at West Mountain, where Qiankun Asking Love Valley’s strange fog suppressed their abilities. As they ventured deeper, a gold-and-silver halo seized them and carried them toward an unknown destination.

• Kong Xuan suspected the Holy Spirit Cult had used the false lead about Yan Shaozhe to lure Kong Deming into Qiankun Asking Love Valley.
• Kong Deming found his spiritual power, spatial abilities, and attempts to retrace his route suppressed by the fog, so he pressed onward.
• Zhongli Wu waited at the western end of West Mountain with Feng Ling, Yan Shaozhe, and a group of powerful Holy Spirit Cult members.
• Yan Shaozhe’s past was revealed: after leaving Shrek Academy, he met Feng Ling in the Dou Ling Empire and joined the Holy Spirit Cult under Ye Xishui’s arrangements.
• Xuan Zi and Kong Deming were swallowed by a gold-and-silver halo that overcame their resistance and carried them upward into the dense fog.

Kong Xuan entered the white-mist domain at West Mountain, used the Sea-Calming Divine Needle’s power to break its flight-restriction law, and found Kong Deming and Xuan Zi in Qiankun Asking Love Valley. After reuniting with his grandfather, he unleashed his power against the gold and silver lakes to force the hidden deity to reveal herself, but she had not appeared by the chapter’s end.

• Kong Xuan sensed divine-level energy within the white mist and plunged into it to find Kong Deming.
• Kong Xuan broke the mist’s flight restriction with the Sea-Calming Divine Needle’s power and traced the source of the domain’s will.
• Kong Xuan reached Qiankun Asking Love Valley, where Kong Deming and Xuan Zi saw him arrive by flying through the mist.
• Kong Xuan reassured Kong Deming that he was safe, then declared that he had come because the valley was dangerous.
• Kong Xuan struck the gold and silver lakes with the Sea-Calming Divine Needle’s power and demanded that the hidden deity come out.

Kong Xuan challenged the phantom claiming to be the God of Love and revealed that she was actually Ning Rongrong, the Nine-Colored Goddess. Xuan Zi recognized the Shrek ancestor, while Ning Rongrong was left stunned by Kong Xuan’s identification.

• The phantom introduced herself as the God of Love and opened a passage for Kong Xuan, Kong Deming, and Xuan Zi to leave because they did not qualify for her inheritance.
• Kong Deming and Xuan Zi regretted that their lives devoted to cultivation had left them unqualified for the divine inheritance.
• Kong Xuan refused to leave and accused the phantom of pretending to be the God of Love.
• The phantom panicked when Kong Xuan called her Ning Rongrong, revealing her identity as the Nine-Colored Goddess.
• Xuan Zi recognized Ning Rongrong as an ancestor of Shrek Academy, while Kong Xuan realized his bluff had confirmed his guess.

Kong Xuan confronted Ning Rongrong about Tang San and revealed that he knew the secret purpose behind her presence in the lower realm. Tang San ignored her plea for help, and Kong Xuan manifested the power of the Sea-Calming Divine Needle as Ning Rongrong’s consciousness fragment faced destruction.

• Kong Xuan asked Ning Rongrong where Tang San was, and his knowledge of her secret plan left her shaken.
• Ning Rongrong tried to contact Tang San, while Xuan Zi realized Kong Xuan was speaking of Shrek’s legendary ancestor.
• Tang San received Ning Rongrong’s plea and saw Kong Xuan’s situation, but decided that intervening to save her consciousness fragment was not worth the risk.
• Tang San concealed his decision from Xiao Wu and resolved to help the Abyss Plane establish its connection to the Douluo Continent.
• Ning Rongrong’s hope faded when Tang San failed to appear, and Kong Xuan summoned a tangible manifestation of the Sea-Calming Divine Needle’s power.
• Kong Xuan warned Ning Rongrong that she would not want her consciousness fragment destroyed there.

Kong Xuan forced Ning Rongrong to use the Qiankun Asking Love Valley’s authority to draw the Holy Spirit Cult’s fighters into the valley. As the Yin Yang Love Query began, Xuan Zi recognized the missing Yan Shaozhe among the captives.

• Ning Rongrong feared the damage to her divine consciousness and asked Kong Xuan what he wanted; he offered to spare her if she brought the Evil Soul Masters into the valley.
• Ning Rongrong sensed the Holy Spirit Cult fighters at West Mountain’s edge and used her authority to pull them into the Qiankun Asking Love Valley.
• Kong Xuan told Kong Deming and Xuan Zi to watch what happened next, while Xuan Zi questioned who Kong Xuan really was.
• Long Xiaoyao, Ye Xishui, and the other Holy Spirit Cult fighters were swept into the valley, trapped in bubbles, and taken into the golden lake.
• Ning Rongrong showed the captives on a water curtain, and Xuan Zi recognized the missing Yan Shaozhe among them.

During the Yin Yang Love Query’s true-heart trial, Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao confessed their love for each other, while Feng Ling revealed she had once loved Yan Shaozhe. Yan Shaozhe was punished for claiming to love three women, and Zhongli Wu declared that he no longer loved Feng Ling.

• Ning Rongrong began the true-heart trial, and Ye Xishui admitted she loved Long Xiaoyao.
• Long Xiaoyao confessed his love for Ye Xishui, and they passed the first round.
• Feng Ling said she no longer loved anyone and named Yan Shaozhe as the person she had once loved.
• Yan Shaozhe claimed to love Cai Mei'er, Xian Lin'er, and Feng Ling, and Ning Rongrong struck him with lightning for desecrating love.
• Zhongli Wu said he had once loved Feng Ling but no longer did because she was not worth it.

During the Questioning Love trial, Kong Xuan ordered Ning Rongrong to ask Ye Xishui how she was related to Yan Shaozhe. Ye Xishui revealed that Yan Shaozhe was her grandson and Long Xiaoyao’s, leaving the group stunned and Yan Shaozhe in turmoil.

• Kong Xuan interrupted the trial and told Ning Rongrong to ask Ye Xishui about her relationship with Yan Shaozhe.
• Ning Rongrong asked the question, and Ye Xishui decided to reveal the family secret before she might die.
• Ye Xishui told Yan Shaozhe to call her Grandma, shocking everyone.
• Long Xiaoyao suspected Yan Shaozhe was his and Ye Xishui’s grandson, and Ye Xishui confirmed it.
• Long Xiaoyao rejoiced, while Yan Shaozhe rejected the revelation and Zhongli Wu struggled to accept that Yan Shaozhe was his nephew.
• Feng Ling felt ashamed and horrified by the implications of her entanglement with Yan Shaozhe and Zhongli Wu.

Kong Xuan agreed to let Xuan Zi confront Yan Shaozhe after Qiankun Asking Love Valley’s deadly trials killed the other Evil Soul Masters. Yan Shaozhe survived and emerged as a Level 98 Super Douluo, whereupon Xuan Zi attacked him.

• Kong Deming mocked Xuan Zi after Ye Xishui revealed Yan Shaozhe’s blood ties to the Holy Spirit Cult, leaving Xuan Zi unable to defend him.
• Ning Rongrong began the Dare round and asked Kong Xuan whether he meant to temper the entrants or kill them; Kong Xuan said their deaths would be fitting and promised Ning Rongrong safe passage back to the Divine Realm.
• Xuan Zi asked Kong Xuan to leave Yan Shaozhe to him so he could cleanse Shrek’s ranks, and Kong Xuan agreed.
• Ning Rongrong made the trials lethal, and Long Xiaoyao, Ye Xishui, Zhongli Wu, Feng Ling, and the other entrants died, leaving Yan Shaozhe as the sole survivor.
• Xuan Zi attacked Yan Shaozhe as soon as he emerged, but Yan Shaozhe evaded the charge with his Bright Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Xuan Zi recognized that Yan Shaozhe had broken through to Level 98, though he remained confident he could defeat him.

Xuan Zi fought Yan Shaozhe in Qiankun Asking Love Valley, where Yan Shaozhe transformed into an Evil Soul Master with a Blood Phoenix Martial Soul. Xuan Zi ultimately killed him with his ninth Soul Skill, but suffered grievous injuries.

• Xuan Zi gained the upper hand against Yan Shaozhe and shattered his Bright Phoenix Martial Soul Avatar with a heavy punch.
• Yan Shaozhe's Martial Soul mutated into a Blood Phoenix, and he revealed his Evil Soul Master powers and blamed Mu En for his downfall.
• Yan Shaozhe used the Blood Phoenix's blood-draining abilities to weaken Xuan Zi and turn the fight in his favor.
• Xuan Zi unleashed his ninth Soul Skill, Swallow Heaven and Devour Earth, and killed Yan Shaozhe at the cost of a severe wound.

After Yan Shaozhe’s death, Xuan Zi accepted that Shrek Academy needed to change, and Ning Rongrong’s split-off divine consciousness returned to the Divine Realm. As Kong Deming and Kong Xuan watched the lake, a mysterious gold-and-silver figure began to form above it.

• Xuan Zi suppressed his fatal injuries, asked Kong Deming and Kong Xuan not to target Shrek Academy, and decided to return to Shrek and reform it.
• Kong Xuan withdrew the barrier isolating Ning Rongrong from the Divine Realm, and she asked what his relationship with Tang San was.
• Kong Xuan left Ning Rongrong’s question unanswered, and her split-off divine consciousness departed in a pillar of nine-colored light.
• Kong Deming began to speak to Kong Xuan, but the gold-and-silver lake suddenly boiled and its waters rose into the sky.
• The golden and silver droplets gathered into a humanoid figure whose divine fluctuations surpassed those of Ning Rongrong’s split-off consciousness.

The God of Love revealed that Tang San and Ning Rongrong had suppressed her and tried to seize her godhood, then entrusted Kong Xuan with the chance to choose its successor. She also disclosed the location of her husband the Fire God's inheritance, leaving Kong Xuan concerned that reaching it would bring him into Tang San's ocean domain.

• The God of Love identified herself as a remnant soul and accused Tang San and Ning Rongrong of trying to take her godhood.
• The God of Love gave Kong Xuan a pearl that allowed entry to Qiankun Asking Love Valley and offered him control over who could attempt her inheritance trials.
• The God of Love explained that she lacked the divine power to offer other rewards, but revealed that the Fire God's complete inheritance system could support multiple trial participants.
• The God of Love denied rumors that the Fire God had betrayed her and said he had fallen protecting her in battle.
• The God of Love infused the pearl with a power that pointed toward the Fire God's inheritance deep in the ocean, and Kong Xuan worried that Tang San's influence there could cause trouble.

Kong Xuan learned that the Fire God’s inheritance was protected by a Super Divine Artifact, then met the God of Destruction, who revealed he knew Kong Xuan came from another world. The God of Destruction and Evelyn condemned Tang San’s influence over the Divine Realm and described how they struggled to oppose him.

• The God of Love told Kong Xuan that the Fire God’s inheritance was guarded by a Super Divine Artifact, and Kong Xuan thought it would suit Kong Ling’s Ultimate Fire attribute.
• Kong Xuan promised to avenge the God of Love’s grievance against Tang San when he reached the Divine Realm.
• The God of Destruction appeared in Qiankun Asking Love Valley and greeted Evelyn, the God of Love.
• The God of Destruction recognized Kong Xuan as someone from another world and praised him for thwarting Tang San’s schemes.
• Kong Xuan asked whether the God of Destruction opposed him, and the God of Destruction said he had once allowed Tang San to ascend but deeply regretted it.
• Evelyn and the God of Destruction said Tang San had deceived most gods, including the Goddess of Life, and that the God of Destruction’s loyal subordinates were barely maintaining balance in the Divine Realm Committee.

Kong Xuan secured a Destruction Token and a possible Godhood Inheritance opportunity for a child of destiny after meeting the God of Destruction. As Kong Xuan and Kong Deming flew back to Mingdu, Kong Deming asked what the God King meant by calling Kong Xuan a person from another world.

• Kong Xuan realized the God of Destruction wanted his help against Tang San, but the God King said Kong Xuan no longer needed an inheritance himself.
• Kong Xuan asked the God of Destruction to offer inheritance trials to his friends and relatives, especially a child of destiny he had won over from Tang San.
• The God of Destruction gave Kong Xuan a Destruction Token for contacting him and agreed to consider an inheritance after meeting the child of destiny.
• The God of Destruction departed, and Kong Xuan promised Evelyn he would bring someone suitable to receive the God of Love's inheritance.
• Kong Xuan and Kong Deming left West Mountain for Mingdu, where Kong Deming asked what the God of Destruction meant by calling Kong Xuan a person from another world.

Kong Xuan explained reincarnation and his past-life memories to Kong Deming, who accepted him as his grandson regardless of where his soul came from. Meanwhile, the defeated Shrek team gathered at the Mingyue Hotel, where the gravely wounded Xuan Zi returned, leaving everyone stunned and alarmed.

• Kong Xuan told Kong Deming that reincarnation brought him from another world to the Douluo Continent with his memories intact.
• Kong Deming struggled to reconcile Kong Xuan's origins with their relationship, then affirmed that Kong Xuan was his grandson in this life.
• Kong Xuan and Kong Deming returned to the Worship Hall as Xuan Zi struggled back from West Mountain toward the Mingyue Hotel.
• The Shrek team and teachers sat in a dejected silence, recognizing how far they remained behind their opponents.
• Xuan Zi entered the conference room gravely injured, and Cai Mei'er and the others rushed to ask what had happened.

Xuan Zi revealed that Yan Shaozhe had become an Evil Soul Master and that he had killed him, then called for Shrek Academy to change. Wang Yan presented a Spirit Pagoda invitation to a Soul Spirit fusion ceremony, leading Xuan Zi to reconsider returning immediately.

• Cai Mei'er examined Xuan Zi's severe injuries, and he revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult had lured him to West Mountain with a false report about Yan Shaozhe.
• Xuan Zi told everyone that Yan Shaozhe had injured him after turning into a Blood Phoenix Evil Soul Master at Level 98, and that Xuan Zi had killed him.
• Cai Mei'er was devastated by the revelation, while Xuan Zi ordered everyone to return to Shrek the next morning and said the academy needed to change.
• Wang Yan presented Xuan Zi with the Spirit Pagoda's invitation to observe its Soul Spirit fusion ceremony in three days.
• Wang Yan urged Xuan Zi to study the Soul Spirit System, which he believed represented the future, and Xuan Zi considered the academy's direction.

Kong Xuan prepared for the Spirit Pagoda’s Soul Spirit fusion ceremony, which drew representatives from across the continent. At the opening, he revealed himself as the system’s creator and limited each faction to five observers, asserting the Spirit Pagoda’s leverage as Shrek Academy selected its delegation.

• Soul Master factions stayed in Mingdu to attend the Spirit Pagoda’s Soul Spirit fusion ceremony, while Kong Xuan oversaw the final preparations.
• The first Spirit Pagoda opened its doors, and Kong Xuan and Kong Deming appeared before more than a thousand prominent visitors.
• Kong Xuan introduced himself as the Soul Spirit System’s creator and the Spirit Pagoda’s first Pagoda Master.
• Kong Xuan announced that each faction could send only five people inside, prompting confusion before the factions chose their representatives.
• Cai Mei'er led Shrek Academy’s delegation, selecting herself, Wang Yan, Bei Bei, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao.

Kong Xuan revealed that the Spirit Pagoda’s central platform was a teleportation array that could take the gathered representatives to the Star Dou Great Forest in an instant. He stepped onto the array and asked who would join him on its first journey.

• Cai Mei'er led Bei Bei, Wang Yan, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao into the Spirit Pagoda, where representatives from across the continent gathered around an engraved platform.
• Kong Xuan told the crowd that the soul spirit fusion ceremony would take place where soul beasts were most plentiful, prompting them to think of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Cai Mei'er asked whether Kong Xuan could get them to the Star Dou Great Forest quickly, and he confirmed he could transport them there in moments.
• Kong Xuan revealed that the platform was a teleportation array developed by the Spirit Pagoda and explained that it could safely carry around fifty people at a time.
• Kong Xuan stepped onto the platform and asked who would join him on the first teleportation journey.

Cai Mei'er led the first group of fifty-one people through the Spirit Pagoda’s teleportation array from Mingdu to its branch beside Star Dou Great Forest. As the Soul Spirit fusion ceremony was about to begin, Kong Xuan summoned a powerful figure who emerged from a spatial tear.

• Cai Mei'er volunteered Shrek Academy as the first group to use the teleportation array, prompting representatives from other factions to join them.
• Kong Xuan ordered the array activated, and Kong Ling and other Spirit Pagoda members powered its silver cylinders, teleporting fifty-one people to Star Dou Great Forest.
• Cai Mei'er recognized the destination as the Spirit Pagoda branch near Star Dou Great Forest, and the arriving representatives confirmed they had traveled safely from Mingdu.
• Kong Xuan asked Ji Juechen about the preparations, and Ji Juechen replied that everything was ready as the remaining ceremony guests arrived in batches.
• Kong Xuan activated a dragon scale, and a powerful figure tore through space beside him, releasing a pressure that forced many Soul Masters to their knees.

Di Tian arrived at the Spirit Pagoda ceremony, where Kong Xuan revealed the Pagoda’s cooperation with the Star Dou Great Forest and the Far North. The soul spirit fusion demonstration began, and Qiangu Fuliu volunteered to go first.

• Di Tian appeared and suppressed the gathering with his presence before withdrawing his power at Kong Xuan’s request.
• Kong Xuan confirmed that the Spirit Pagoda had formally entered into cooperation with the Star Dou Great Forest and the Far North to advance soul spirit fusion and human-soul beast coexistence.
• Kong Xuan announced that Di Tian and the Snow Empress were guest elders of the Spirit Pagoda.
• Kong Xuan led the attendees to the second floor and explained that three students would demonstrate fusion with soul spirits of different ages.
• Qiangu Fuliu volunteered to demonstrate first, seeking a ten-thousand-year soul spirit.

Meng Hongchen guided a Soul Spirit fusion ceremony for Qiangu Fuliu, using the array to bind him with a dying fifty-three-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape. The fusion succeeded, granting Qiangu Fuliu a powerful Seventh Soul Ring and leaving the other powers eager to cultivate ties with the Spirit Pagoda.

• Kong Xuan reassured Meng Hongchen before she took her place at the center of the fusion array.
• Di Tian summoned a Titan Giant Ape and revealed that the fifty-three-thousand-year-old beast was near death and had been selected as Qiangu Fuliu's Soul Spirit.
• Qiangu Fuliu promised to treat the Titan Giant Ape as his closest companion and trusted teammate.
• Meng Hongchen activated the array and guided the Titan Giant Ape's Soul Spirit into Qiangu Fuliu.
• Qiangu Fuliu's Soul Power surged, and a high-quality black Seventh Soul Ring rose from him.

The Spirit Pagoda demonstrated successful soul spirit fusions to representatives from across the continent, prompting them to eagerly seek access and involvement. Kong Xuan revealed the planned costs, locations, and council structure, then invited the factions to join the Spirit Pagoda Council.

• Xu Jiujiu asked Kong Xuan to let Wu Qing replace a scheduled participant in the next fusion demonstration, and the other factions raised no objections.
• Di Tian brought a roughly nine-thousand-year Golden Flame Lion, and Wu Qing successfully fused with it to gain a fourth soul ring and a soul spirit.
• Wu Qing enthusiastically described the benefits of soul spirits, and a hundred-year soul spirit fusion also succeeded before the ceremony ended.
• Kong Xuan told the representatives that soul spirit fusion would have an affordable cost and that Spirit Pagodas had been built in Mingdu, Heavenly Spring City, Clear Stream City, and Star Water City.
• Kong Xuan announced that the Spirit Pagoda would adopt a council system and invited the representatives to join the Spirit Pagoda Council.