Recaps

Lu Cheng revealed the power of his Double Pupils and defeated Shrek Academy’s team in a single overwhelming attack. The Body Sect won, while the arena’s spectators were left stunned and Yu Tianlong lost his nerve.

• Bei Bei and three Clear Sky Sect disciples attacked Lu Cheng from four directions while Lan Ruoruo and Lan Susu’s Martial Soul Fusion technique restrained him.
• Lu Cheng revealed his blood-red Double Pupils and eight Soul Rings, freezing everyone in the arena with his pressure.
• Lu Cheng annihilated Bei Bei, knocked Lan Ruoruo and Lan Susu unconscious, and blasted the three Clear Sky Sect disciples off the stage with grievous injuries.
• The referee announced the Body Sect’s victory as Xu Tianran, Xu Jiujiu, and the spectators reacted to Lu Cheng’s overwhelming power.
• Xing Yan told Yu Tianlong that Bei Bei was dead, and Yu Tianlong lowered his head in fear.

Lu Cheng demonstrated overwhelming strength in the tournament, prompting the Earth Dragon Sect to consider the Body Sect as a potential ally. After Bei Bei’s death, Xuan Zi confronted Lu Cheng over the missing Dragon Core, but Du Busi appeared to defend his sect.

• Nan Qiuqiu and Nan Shuishui watched Lu Cheng’s display and concluded the Earth Dragon Sect must avoid offending the Body Sect and find a powerful backer.
• Du Busi told the Body Sect disciples that Lu Cheng had been holding back and had not used the Sun-Shooting Bow or the Snow Empress.
• Long Aotian warned that Shrek Academy would seek revenge for Bei Bei’s death, and Du Busi revealed he had been guarding the Body Sect from nearby.
• Xuan Zi arrived in a rage, invoked his Level 98 Super Douluo power, and demanded that Lu Cheng hand over the Dragon Core.
• Du Busi confronted Xuan Zi, denied that Lu Cheng had taken the Dragon Core, and challenged Shrek Academy to fight.

Xuan Zi attacked Lu Cheng after Shrek Academy’s defeat, but Du Busi beat him and hurled him toward Xu Tianran. The incident exposed Xu Tianran’s hidden strength as a Soul Douluo, and Shrek Academy accepted elimination rather than prolong the confrontation.

• Xuan Zi flew into a rage over a Shrek disciple’s death and attacked Lu Cheng, but Du Busi blocked him.
• Du Busi overpowered Xuan Zi, smashed him into the arena, then threw him toward Xu Tianran.
• Xu Tianran abandoned his wheelchair and revealed that he could stand and wield Soul Douluo-level power before the black-robed figure stopped Xuan Zi with a barrier.
• Du Busi mocked Xu Tianran for concealing his condition, while Xu Tianran chose to endure the insult and keep his plans for Mingdu on hold.
• Xu Tianran warned Xuan Zi that Shrek Academy could be eliminated, and Xuan Zi accepted the decision.

After Shrek Academy placed third and the tournament moved toward its final, Xuan Zi considered using the Sun Moon Empire’s impending attack to conceal Shrek’s failure and strike back. Lu Cheng focused on the tournament and rescuing Ye Guyi, then joined Xu Jiujiu’s secret meeting to discuss an escape plan as the crisis in Mingdu approached.

• Xuan Zi proposed provoking a major incident in Mingdu and leaving the Body Sect behind, while Lan Ruoruo and Lan Susu quietly considered slipping away.
• Lu Cheng’s team advanced after the Heavenly Dragon Sect and Tang Sect conceded, and the semifinals were set against the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Lu Cheng obtained the Dark Azure Dragon Carving Knife in Mingdu’s underground competition but remained unable to remove Ye Guyi’s spiritual brand.
• Ye Guyi asked Lu Cheng whether he would return, and he reassured her that he would not leave her trapped in the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Du Busi told Lu Cheng that Xu Jiujiu had invited them to a meeting about escaping after the semifinal, and Lu Cheng agreed to attend.
• Lu Cheng and Du Busi arrived at Xu Jiujiu’s secluded meeting with representatives from the Star Luo Empire, the Dou Ling Empire, and Shrek Academy.

Xu Jiujiu gathered the trapped factions to plan an escape from Mingdu, and Lu Cheng secured their agreement to leave with the Body Sect the following night. They also agreed to raid an underground armory while senior experts created a diversion, despite Xuan Zi's objections to Lu Cheng leading the disciples.

• Xu Jiujiu warned the gathered factions that the Sun Moon Empire had sealed Mingdu and intended to capture the competitors as hostages.
• Lu Cheng set the departure for the following night, and the Star Luo Empire, the Dou Ling Empire, and Shrek agreed to rely on the Body Sect for their escape.
• Xuan Zi proposed slaughtering people in Mingdu to disrupt the coming war, but Xu Jiujiu rejected killing civilians and Lu Cheng condemned him.
• Xu Jiujiu suggested looting and destroying an armory, and Lu Cheng produced a map locating one a hundred meters underground near the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Lu Cheng proposed that the senior experts distract the Sun Moon Imperial Family and the Holy Spirit Cult while he led the participating disciples to the armory before regrouping outside Mingdu.
• Xuan Zi reluctantly accepted Lu Cheng's plan after Lu Cheng agreed to swear on his Dao heart not to kill Shrek's main-force disciples.

Lu Cheng prepared the Body Sect for a covert raid on the Sun Moon Empire’s arsenal before leading them into the semifinal against the Holy Spirit Cult. He and Ye Guyi revealed matching Fallen Angel Martial Souls, and the Holy Spirit Cult conceded, leaving Zhang Lexuan suspicious of their relationship.

• Lu Cheng told the Body Sect and Tang Sect members to prepare for a raid on the imperial arsenal, collect only valuable Level 5 or higher Soul Tools, and leave the Star Luo Empire a fair share.
• Xu Tianran opened the semifinal between the Body Sect and Holy Spirit Cult as Ye Xishui watched from the stands.
• Lu Cheng led Long Aotian and the Body Sect team onto the arena, where he and the Holy Spirit Cult’s leader, Ye Guyi, exchanged greetings before the match began.
• Lu Cheng and Ye Guyi revealed matching black swords and four-winged Fallen Angel forms, then fought with identical techniques while the other combatants clashed around them.
• Ye Guyi had the Holy Spirit Cult concede, then left the arena with her disciples.
• Zhang Lexuan confronted Lu Cheng about when he had met Ye Guyi, and Lu Cheng realized their public duel had looked like a deliberate provocation.

Lu Cheng learned that Nan Shuishui wanted to place Nan Qiuqiu in the Body Sect, then revealed the planned breakout to her and brought the Earth Dragon Sect into the alliance. As the attack on the Sun Moon Imperial Palace began, Lu Cheng led the other factions toward a hidden courtyard to carry out a separate operation.

• Lu Cheng dismissed the Proud Sword Sect's chances against the Sun Moon Empire Royal Academy and exchanged hostile looks with Xu Tianran.
• Nan Shuishui offered to have Nan Qiuqiu join the Body Sect, and Lu Cheng told her that the factions would attack the palace that night and invited the Earth Dragon Sect to join them.
• Nan Shuishui swore the Earth Dragon Sect would follow Lu Cheng's orders, then mistakenly offered her body to secure Nan Qiuqiu's safety; Lu Cheng rejected the misunderstanding.
• Du Busi struck the Sun Moon Imperial Palace, where Xu Tianran's defenses blocked his attack; Lu Cheng appeared before Xu Tianran amid flames.
• Lu Cheng led Xu Jiujiu, Long Aotian, and the gathered faction teams to a hidden courtyard, ordered them to obey his commands, and told them to move.

Lu Cheng led the Treasure-Hunting Squad into the Sun Moon Empire’s arsenal, looted its rare metals and Soul Tools, and took its hidden Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells as alarms sounded across Mingdu. Amid the ensuing battles, he competed under a false identity, joined the Holy Spirit Cult, and escaped through the Undead Plane gate, leaving Xuan Zi and Shrek Academy behind.

• Lu Cheng used mental control to make the arsenal guards kill themselves, then opened the underground warehouse and led the teams to its stores of rare metals and Soul Tools.
• Lu Cheng used the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to find the hidden fourth floor and took its sixteen Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells, triggering the arsenal alarm.
• Xu Jiangliu locked down the participating disciples at the Mingdu Grand Hotel while Du Busi, Long Xiaoyao, Xuan Zi, and Kong Deming fought in the imperial palace.
• Xu Tianran ordered the palace’s Level 9 Soul Cannons deployed after the arsenal alarm sounded, while Lu Cheng won the Soul Engineer competition under a masked identity and accepted Feng Ling’s offer to join the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Lu Cheng opened the Undead Plane gate and escaped with the waiting teams, but Xuan Zi hesitated until the gate vanished, leaving Shrek Academy behind.

Lu Cheng brought the gathered teams into his Half Undead Plane, where Lan Ruoruo and Lan Susu chose to join the Body Sect and Long Aotian reported their haul of Soul Tools. Lu Cheng decided the Sect should develop Battle Armor instead, while his original body followed Ye Guyi into the Holy Spirit Cult’s secret chamber and discovered her unsettling intentions.

• Lu Cheng warned the gathered teams to stay on the hill in his Half Undead Plane, and Lan Ruoruo and Lan Susu asked to join the Body Sect.
• Long Aotian listed the Soul Tools and cannon shells they had seized, and Lu Cheng told him to store them with Elder Jing.
• Lu Cheng concluded that the Body Sect should focus on Battle Armor rather than imitate the Sun Moon Empire’s mass-produced Soul Tools, and he considered seeking materials in the Far North and the ocean.
• Lu Cheng accompanied Ye Guyi through the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters to a secret chamber whose layout she had altered.
• Ye Guyi revealed her six wings and Limit Douluo strength, then invited Lu Cheng to the bed, claiming he needed to help remove the forbidden spell on her Sea of Consciousness.

Lu Cheng reunited with Ye Guyi at the Angel Temple, where she kept him for a month before ascending as a god. Her ascension stunned the Holy Spirit Cult and the Divine Realm, leaving Tang San facing a new power beyond his control.

• Lu Cheng’s Mirror Clones shattered across several locations after his original body was confronted by Ye Guyi, a half-step god who had trapped him in the Angel Temple.
• Ye Guyi explained that she had altered the divine spark and controlled the Angel Temple, then kept Lu Cheng with her until she could no longer suppress her cultivation.
• After a month, Lu Cheng released Du Busi, Manyi, Xu Jiujiu, and the others from the Half Undead Plane, gave them a route around the Ming Dou Mountain Range, and warned them about the war.
• Lu Cheng returned to the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters, where Ye Guyi admitted she had never blamed him and ascended to godhood.
• Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao witnessed Ye Guyi’s ascension, while Destruction and Tang San recognized that she had become a God King with two divine positions.

Destruction went to recruit Ye Guyi after Tang San was prevented from meeting her, while Lu Cheng advised Ye Guyi to keep Tang San in check and warned Qian Renxue against manipulating her. Ye Guyi agreed to join the Divine Realm, and Destruction noticed Lu Cheng’s exceptional potential.

• Destruction stopped Tang San from approaching the newly ascended God King and went to recruit her himself.
• Ji Dong and Lie Yan quietly continued recording events as Tang San and Destruction argued.
• Ye Guyi asked Lu Cheng to accompany her to the Divine Realm, but he said he would go later and told her to keep Tang San in check.
• Lu Cheng warned Qian Renxue not to push Ye Guyi into revenge, and Qian Renxue appeared beside them.
• Destruction arrived at the cavern, and Ye Guyi recognized him and agreed to join the Divine Realm.
• Destruction noticed Lu Cheng’s talent and considered his potential to become a First-Level God.

Ye Guyi accepted a place on the God Realm Committee but stayed with Lu Cheng for a month before ascending. Lu Cheng then traveled to Eastsea City, where he learned Evil Soul Masters had brought Sea Soul Beasts ashore and was surrounded after questioning a waiter about them.

• Ye Guyi agreed to join the God Realm Committee and secured a month in the lower realm before leaving with Destruction.
• Ye Guyi spent the month with Lu Cheng, then ascended to the Divine Realm while he worried about her and Tang San.
• Lu Cheng flew to Eastsea City and asked a waiter about Evil Soul Masters after sampling the local snow pork.
• The waiter said Evil Soul Masters had recently brought captured Sea Soul Beasts ashore, including the mermaid Li Ya.
• Several Evil Soul Masters surrounded Lu Cheng and the waiter, accusing the waiter of betraying them and ordering that he be taken to headquarters.

Lu Cheng infiltrated the Holy Spirit Cult’s underground headquarters and confronted Myriad Souls Douluo and Abomination Douluo. His Double Pupils briefly turned the two elders against each other, but Myriad Souls Douluo recognized the spiritual illusion and ordered Abomination Douluo to attack.

• Lu Cheng used his Double Pupils to make Holy Spirit Cult disciples reveal the location of their headquarters, then left them dead in a restaurant.
• Myriad Souls Douluo and Abomination Douluo discussed their plans to sacrifice the Sea Princess and use her soul to empower the Myriad Souls Banner.
• Lu Cheng broke into the underground hall after killing the guards and mocked the two elders.
• Lu Cheng identified himself as a member of the Body Sect and gave his name, causing Myriad Souls Douluo to spit blood as Abomination Douluo pierced his chest under Lu Cheng’s mental influence.
• Myriad Souls Douluo recognized Lu Cheng’s spiritual illusion, recovered his composure, and ordered Abomination Douluo to kill him.

Lu Cheng fought the Holy Spirit Cult elders at their altar branch outside Dongyang City, killing Abomination Douluo with his Sun-Shooting Bow. After the Sun Moon Empire's city defense forces fired on him, he emerged unharmed and turned toward Eastsea City.

• Lu Cheng formed a Three-Legged Golden Crow and attacked the two Holy Spirit Cult elders outside Dongyang City.
• The city-defense generals recognized Lu Cheng, and the white-haired general ordered his forces to wait until Lu Cheng showed signs of weakness.
• Lu Cheng burned away the souls unleashed by Myriad Souls Douluo, freeing them from their resentment.
• Lu Cheng killed Abomination Douluo with a fiery arrow, leaving Myriad Souls Douluo to call for help.
• The white-haired general ordered the city's Soul Tools to bombard Lu Cheng, but Golden Crows shielded him from the attack.
• Lu Cheng faced Eastsea City and said, "You didn't have to die..."

Lu Cheng destroyed the Sun Moon soldiers and killed Myriad Souls Douluo before rescuing Li Ya and the imprisoned merfolk. After seeing the battlefield and learning he had wiped out the Holy Spirit Cult, Li Ya invited him to visit the Mermaid Clan under the sea.

• Lu Cheng killed Abomination's forces at Eastsea City with a crimson arrow that consumed hundreds of soldiers.
• Lu Cheng killed Myriad Souls Douluo with another crimson arrow.
• Lu Cheng entered the underground prison and found Li Ya and the merfolk chained and injured.
• Lu Cheng showed the merfolk Abomination's severed head and said he had wiped out the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Li Ya followed Lu Cheng to the surface, saw the battlefield, and invited him to visit the Mermaid Clan under the sea.

Lu Cheng secured the Mermaid Clan’s trust and arranged a trade of seabed metals and herbs for human Soul Tools, then set off for the Body Sect. He planned to begin his third Simulation and considered how to control Tang Wutong while preparing to strike back at Tang San.

• Lu Cheng calmed the Mermaid Clan’s chief when Li Ya revealed that he had saved her and her clanspeople from the Holy Spirit Cult.
• The chief apologized after hearing what Lu Cheng had done, and he proposed trading seabed resources for human technology and Soul Tools.
• Lu Cheng demonstrated a Linked Defensive Soul Tool, showing how it could protect the physically fragile merfolk from attacks.
• The Mermaid Clan’s chief agreed to trust Lu Cheng and arranged future trade, including a location on the western coast of the Heavenly Soul Empire.
• Lu Cheng left the sea and headed back to the Body Sect, reflecting on Shrek Academy’s ordeal in Qiankun Asking Love Valley and plotting against Tang San and Tang Wutong.
• Lu Cheng prepared to begin his third Simulation after the Mingdu competition.

Lu Cheng returned to the Body Sect, updated Zhang Lexuan on his discoveries, and learned that Xuan Ziwen had completed a prototype Battle Armor mental control system. With rare metals secured, Lu Cheng prepared to develop Battle Armor for the sect as the continent’s war continued.

• Zhang Lexuan confronted Lu Cheng about his long absence, and Lu Cheng said he would stay for a while and arrange trade with the sea Soul Beasts.
• Lu Cheng told Zhang Lexuan that he had destroyed a Holy Spirit Cult branch and obtained rare resources from the seabed.
• Lu Cheng visited Xuan Ziwen, who showed him a prototype Battle Armor powered by a mental control system.
• Lu Cheng judged that the Battle Armor could greatly strengthen its wearer and considered producing armor for the Body Sect’s fighters.
• Lang Ya reported that the sect had traded Soul Bones and Soul Tools for several tons of rare metals, including Meteorite Stone and Water Milk Crystal.

Lu Cheng learned that the Star Luo Empire and its allies were nearing defeat at the Ming Dou Mountain Range while the Body Sect faced growing resentment for staying out of the war. He ordered the sect to join the fighting, leaving the Body Sect poised to demonstrate its strength.

• Lu Cheng proposed making Battle Armor for the Body Sect's talented younger disciples as they reached the Soul Saint realm.
• Ma Xiaotao told Lu Cheng that the Star Luo Empire, the Dou Ling Empire, and the Clear Sky Sect had committed forces to the war, while Xu Jiujiu had repeatedly sought his help.
• Ma Xiaotao explained that Nan Shuishui had returned to Dragon City with the Earth Dragon Sect but left Nan Qiuqiu in the Body Sect's care.
• Lu Cheng rebuked Ma Xiaotao for implying that he had saved Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu out of personal interest, then said he would visit Nan Qiuqiu.
• After hearing that the Star Luo Empire was suffering heavy casualties and might soon lose the Ming Dou Mountain Range, Lu Cheng ordered the Body Sect to defend the coast and reinforce the front.

Lu Cheng returned to the Body Sect, arranged for Nan Qiuqiu to receive an Immortal Herb, and prepared for another Simulation. After visiting friends and lovers, he allocated his points and began the final Simulation.

• Nan Qiuqiu told Lu Cheng that her Rouge Dragon Martial Soul had evolved, and he directed her to ask Zhang Lexuan for an Immortal Herb.
• Lu Cheng sent Body Sect experts to reinforce the Ming Dou Mountain Range and visited his sister, the Tang Sect, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian.
• Tang Ya told Lu Cheng she rejected Tang San and had exposed his deeds to the public.
• Lu Cheng helped Wu Feng and Ning Tian with their cultivation before returning to the bamboo grove.
• Lu Cheng assigned his Simulation points to talent, family background, looks, and luck, then started the Simulation.

Lu Cheng read a simulation of his life in the early Douluo I era, where his Golden Dragon King Martial Soul made him a prodigy and brought him close to Qian Xunji. After meeting the Snow Empress, he learned that Qian Xunji had become Spirit Hall’s Pope and taken Bibi Dong as his disciple.

• Lu Cheng realized the simulation began thousands of years before the Silver Dragon King’s awakening and suspected its focus was connected to her.
• Lu Cheng became friends with young Qian Xunji after helping save him from a Man Faced Demon Spider, then joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy and earned Xue Ye’s favor.
• Lu Cheng and Qian Xunji won the Continental Soul Master Tournament, and Lu Cheng later befriended Dugu Bo and took Immortal Herbs from his garden.
• Lu Cheng reached Titled Douluo and traveled to the Far North, where the Snow Empress drove him away despite his gift of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow.
• Lu Cheng returned to Heaven Dou City and learned that Qian Xunji had become Pope and taken Bibi Dong as his disciple.
• Qian Xunji proudly introduced Bibi Dong, who stood beside him looking uneasy.

Lu Cheng became a supreme elder of Spirit Hall and continued cultivating while Qian Xunji struggled with Bibi Dong’s love for Yu Xiaogang. After reaching Limit Douluo, Lu Cheng was asked by Yu Yuanzhen to take Liu Erlong as his disciple.

• Lu Cheng agreed to become a supreme elder of Spirit Hall, with authority equal to Qian Xunji’s outside the Worship Hall.
• Lu Cheng reached Level 93, tested his strength against Qian Daoliu, and learned that Bibi Dong had fallen for Yu Xiaogang and resisted Qian Xunji’s efforts to separate them.
• At twenty-five, Lu Cheng broke through to Limit Douluo and visited Slaughter City, where he found Tang Chen afflicted by the blood bat’s Divine Consciousness.
• Qian Xunji continued trying to keep Bibi Dong apart from Yu Xiaogang, while Lu Cheng advised him to let her choose for herself.
• At twenty-six, Yu Yuanzhen asked Lu Cheng to take his granddaughter Liu Erlong as a disciple and promised the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s support.

Lu Cheng refused Yu Tianlong’s request to take Liu Erlong as a disciple, then discussed Bibi Dong’s defiance and the growing unrest among Soul Beasts with Qian Xunji. Lu Cheng ventured into the Star Dou Great Forest, where he fought Di Tian and was severely wounded by the Silver Dragon King; a year later, he watched Bibi Dong leave for Slaughter City without intervening.

• Lu Cheng declined to accept Liu Erlong as his disciple but accepted Yu Tianlong’s gifts.
• Bibi Dong defended Yu Xiaogang against Qian Xunji and agreed that she might elope with him.
• Qian Xunji confided his troubles to Lu Cheng, who warned him to give up trying to control Bibi Dong and revealed that more Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts might be sleeping in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lu Cheng went deep into the Star Dou Great Forest, fought Da Ming and Er Ming, then fought Di Tian for three hundred exchanges before the Silver Dragon King severely wounded him.
• Lu Cheng returned injured and recovered in private while Qian Xunji tried to summon physicians.
• A year later, Lu Cheng learned that Qian Xunji had sent Bibi Dong to Slaughter City and saw that she hated him, but chose not to intervene.

After recovering from his injuries, Lu Cheng spent years searching unsuccessfully for a path to godhood before encountering Gu Yue, the Silver Dragon King, enrolling at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. As her teacher, he explained why humans hunted Soul Beasts, leaving Gu Yue questioning the world’s rules and her own long-held resistance.

• Lu Cheng recovered over three years, learned that Bibi Dong had grown colder, and heard that the Clear Sky Sect’s two prodigies had reached Soul Saint.
• Lu Cheng searched for Tang Chen and Sea God Island while studying godhood, but found no trace of either and made no progress.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lu Cheng recognized the silver-haired Gu Yue as the Silver Dragon King and became an academy elder so he could teach her.
• Gu Yue asked why humans hunted Soul Beasts, and Lu Cheng explained that Soul Rings were necessary for humans to advance under the world’s rules.
• Gu Yue reflected on the reasons behind the rules and her resistance to humans, wondering why Soul Beasts had been bound to such a bloody system.

Lu Cheng guided Gu Yue as she studied humanity, took Na'er as another disciple, and watched the consequences of Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong’s relationship unfold. After Qian Xunji died and Bibi Dong became Spirit Hall’s master, Lu Cheng became Qian Renxue’s godfather and left her a jade pendant.

• Gu Yue thanked Lu Cheng for his guidance and left, while he hid how frightened he was of her.
• Over the following years, Gu Yue grew into a fifteen-year-old Soul Emperor, Lu Cheng took Na'er as his disciple, and he gradually brought the two disciples to a more peaceful understanding.
• Qian Xunji discovered Bibi Dong’s involvement with Yu Xiaogang, and later, after the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast sacrificed herself to Tang Hao, Qian Xunji died and Bibi Dong succeeded him as Spirit Hall’s master.
• Bibi Dong gave birth to Qian Renxue, and Qian Daoliu asked Lu Cheng to become her godfather.
• Lu Cheng visited Qian Renxue, told Bibi Dong he would not seek revenge, and left a jade pendant beside the infant’s bed.

Lu Cheng visited Qian Xunji’s grave with Gu Yue and Na'er, then reflected on the Soul Beasts’ unexplained hostility toward humans and the possibility that someone was manipulating them. Three years later, he attended Qian Renxue’s sixth-birthday banquet, where she eagerly welcomed him as her godfather.

• Lu Cheng explained that Na'er was his goddaughter, then visited Qian Xunji’s grave with Gu Yue and Na'er and promised to care for his wife and daughter.
• Lu Cheng spent the following years teaching Gu Yue and Na'er and playing with Qian Renxue, while the beast tides grew calmer and Gu Yue could not explain the Soul Beasts’ hostility.
• Lu Cheng overheard Gu Yue and Di Tian discussing the Soul Beast Clan’s plan to trap humanity and later learned that the Ice Empress and Snow Empress had targeted him because he seemed like an enemy.
• Lu Cheng suspected that an unseen force was influencing the Soul Beasts’ instincts and aggression toward humans.
• At Qian Renxue’s sixth-birthday banquet, she ran to Lu Cheng and threw herself into his arms, and he picked her up and spun her around.