Recaps

Lu Cheng protected Qian Renxue from Bibi Dong and raised her with Gu Yue and Na'er, then confronted the Asura God’s role in the Dragon God’s madness and the conflict between humans and Soul Beasts. After Na'er merged with Gu Yue to form Gu Yuena and stop her attack, Lu Cheng survived his heart being pierced and fell into a deep sleep beneath the Lake of Life.

• Lu Cheng promised Qian Renxue he would speak to Bibi Dong about her confinement and rejected Bibi Dong’s demand that the child behave more formally.
• Lu Cheng discovered Bibi Dong had abused Qian Renxue, confronted her, and took the girl to live with Gu Yue and Na'er, where she grew stronger with an Immortal Herb.
• Lu Cheng sensed a strange fluctuation in Slaughter City and went there with Gu Yue and Na'er, but Gu Yue stabbed him through the heart under the Asura God’s influence.
• The Asura God revealed that he had helped drive the Dragon God mad and had engineered the conflict between Soul Beasts and humans, including the ban on Soul Beasts becoming gods.
• Na'er merged with Gu Yue to create Gu Yuena, who stopped the Asura God from killing Lu Cheng and drove him away.
• Lu Cheng’s Golden Dragon King Martial Soul kept him alive, so Gu Yuena carried him beneath the Lake of Life to recover, where he fell into a deep sleep.

Ten years after his disappearance, Lu Cheng recovered from his injuries and prepared to return to the continent with Gu Yuena, still wondering how Qian Renxue had fared. In Heaven Dou City, Shrek Academy arrived at the Royal Academy, while Ning Fengzhi spoke of Lu Cheng’s legendary power to Xue Qinghe, stirring Qian Renxue’s memories.

• Lu Cheng awoke in a lake after ten years, recovered his strength, and prepared to leave with Gu Yuena.
• Lu Cheng thought about Qian Renxue and worried that Bibi Dong might still have sent her to infiltrate the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xue Beng attacked the newcomers at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but they drove him off as Flender and Qin Ming discussed the academy’s decline.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Qinghe that he hoped Lu Cheng would someday teach Ning Rongrong and recounted Lu Cheng’s feats against the Star Dou Great Forest’s beasts.
• Qian Renxue fell silent as Ning Fengzhi’s stories brought back memories of Lu Cheng.

Qian Renxue reflected on her missing godfather and the years she had spent searching for him while living undercover as Xue Qinghe. After rejecting Bibi Dong’s pressure to follow Spirit Hall’s plan without question, she declared that she would return only to inherit the position of hall master and said she would contact Bibi Dong if a chance to poison Xue Ye arose.

• Qian Renxue recalled her childhood with her godfather, his disappearance ten years earlier, and her secret search for him.
• Ning Fengzhi speculated that Lu Cheng might have vanished because of a god and said he wanted Rongrong to become his disciple.
• Qian Renxue offered to ask the dean of Heaven Dou Royal Academy about Lu Cheng, and Ning Fengzhi accepted her offer.
• A black-robed messenger delivered Bibi Dong’s warning that the plan to unite the continent would soon begin and must not fail.
• Qian Renxue told the messenger that she would return to Spirit Hall only to inherit the position of hall master, and Porcupinefish Douluo subdued him when he reacted in shock.
• Qian Renxue ordered the messenger to tell Bibi Dong not to visit her and said she would contact her if an opportunity to poison Xue Ye arose.

Qian Renxue resolved to claim the papacy, while Lu Cheng and Gu Yuena returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy as Shrek Academy negotiated to join its tournament team. Dugu Bo intervened on the academy’s behalf, leaving the negotiations at an impasse.

• Qian Renxue told Porcupinefish Douluo that she intended to take the Pope’s position and privately longed for her godfather, whom she believed might still be alive.
• Lu Cheng and Gu Yuena returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Lu Cheng remarked that Xue Ye was near death and Xue Qinghe was worth cultivating.
• Meng Shenji agreed to Shrek Academy’s terms, but a prince and Dugu Bo arrived to oppose Shrek joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s team.
• Dugu Bo said he had come to repay a favor and insisted Dugu Yan and the others could still win the championship.
• Flender stopped Dai Mubai and the other Shrek members from confronting Dugu Bo, whose strength and reputation made him a dangerous opponent.

Lu Cheng returned to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy after ten years, shocking Meng Shenji and the others with his presence and power. When Dai Mubai mocked his claim to be unkillable, Flender tried to apologize on his behalf, while Ning Rongrong recognized Lu Cheng as Dragon Emperor Douluo and stepped away.

• Meng Shenji prepared to leave, then froze when he saw Lu Cheng and recognized the academy's long-missing honored elder.
• Lu Cheng greeted Meng Shenji and said no one in the world could kill him, leaving Prince Xue too intimidated to speak.
• Dai Mubai joked about Lu Cheng's boast, and Lu Cheng turned his attention toward him.
• Flender apologized to Lu Cheng for Dai Mubai's remark and addressed him as Your Eminence Dragon Emperor.
• Tang San wondered at Lu Cheng's exalted title, while Ning Rongrong recognized him as Dragon Emperor Douluo and stepped back.

Lu Cheng crushed Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and the Shrek teachers with his overwhelming pressure and drove Shrek Academy from Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After the others left, Ning Rongrong stayed behind to greet Lu Cheng and explain how she had ended up with Shrek.

• Lu Cheng mocked Flender for asking him to show respect, then forced Flender, Zhao Wuji, Yu Xiaogang, and the other teachers to their knees with his pressure.
• Lu Cheng singled out Yu Xiaogang and increased the pressure on Flender when he protested.
• Ning Rongrong recognized Lu Cheng's power and decided she did not want to leave with Shrek bearing its reputation.
• Lu Cheng ordered the Shrek group to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Flender led the battered teachers and students away.
• Ning Rongrong stayed behind, greeted Lu Cheng, and said she had joined Shrek after running away from home.

Lu Cheng offered Ning Rongrong a place at Heaven Dou Royal Academy after hearing how badly Shrek Academy had treated her, while Dugu Bo welcomed his old friend’s return. Lu Cheng met Dugu Yan and asked whether she was involved with Yu Tianheng.

• Lu Cheng heard Ning Rongrong describe Dai Mubai’s threat and her reasons for staying at Shrek, and he offered her the option of transferring to Heaven Dou Royal Academy through Meng Shenji.
• Ning Rongrong thanked Lu Cheng and Dugu Bo, then left to catch up with the Shrek group and write to her father.
• Dugu Bo invited Lu Cheng to drink and introduced him to his granddaughter, Dugu Yan, whom Lu Cheng praised as a nineteen-year-old Soul King.
• Lu Cheng asked whether Dugu Yan’s partner was Yu Tianheng, and she denied it, saying she had only heard of him and fought him at Thunder Academy.

After Lu Cheng and Dugu Bo left to drink, Flender warned the Shrek Seven Devils that Lu Cheng was the continent’s unmatched strongest, while Dai Mubai blamed Ning Rongrong for showing him respect. Dai tried to attack her, but Tang San restrained him as the team’s tournament plans hung in the balance.

• Lu Cheng said he was relieved Yu Tianheng was not on the team, then left with Dugu Bo to drink.
• Flender slapped Dai Mubai for provoking Lu Cheng and explained that even Spirit Hall’s strongest could not match him.
• Tang San said the young Shrek team might surpass Lu Cheng one day, while Flender worried that Ning Rongrong had not returned.
• Ning Rongrong caught up and explained that she had greeted Lu Cheng because of his ties to her father and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Dai Mubai insulted Ning Rongrong for showing Lu Cheng respect, and she blamed him for Yu Xiaogang’s injuries and called him a coward.
• Dai Mubai tried to kill Ning Rongrong, but Tang San restrained him with Blue Silver Entanglement.

Ning Rongrong confronted Dai Mubai and Flender over the old threat against her, then refused to forgive them or remain with Shrek. She invited Zhu Zhuqing to leave with her for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed.

• Ning Rongrong reminded Dai Mubai that he had once grabbed her by the throat and said her sect's people were on their way.
• Dai Mubai insulted Ning Rongrong, so Flender slapped him and tried to persuade her to forgive him.
• Ning Rongrong accused Flender of shielding Dai Mubai and said she had already summoned the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong criticized Flender and Grandmaster, rejecting Flender's claim that she owed loyalty to Shrek.
• Ning Rongrong invited Zhu Zhuqing to leave with her, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed.

Sword Douluo arrived at Shrek Academy and rescued Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, punishing Dai Mubai and Flender for their treatment of Rongrong. He took the two girls to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Zhu Zhuqing hoped to start over.

• Dai Mubai tried to stop Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong from leaving, but Zhu Zhuqing rejected him and said their engagement was over.
• Flender prepared to flee with Yu Xiaogang rather than confront the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chen Xin arrived and pinned Flender down, then crippled Dai Mubai's cultivation after hearing how he had threatened Ning Rongrong.
• At Ning Rongrong's request, Chen Xin spared Flender's life but severed his right arm.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing left with Chen Xin for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and he reassured Zhu Zhuqing that she was welcome.

Qian Renxue learned that Dragon God Douluo Lu Cheng had returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and hurried there to see him. She found him on the back mountain, but the chapter ended before they met.

• Qian Renxue defeated Ning Fengzhi in a game of Go while a servant waited with an urgent letter.
• Qian Renxue read Meng Shenji's message that Lord Dragon God had returned, and Ning Fengzhi recognized the political impact of Lu Cheng's return.
• Qian Renxue rushed to the academy and learned Lu Cheng had gone to Dugu Bo's garden; she decided to see him the next day.
• Qian Renxue spent a sleepless night, then went to the back mountain and saw Lu Cheng instructing students in combat.

Lu Cheng trained Dugu Yan and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team, exposing their weaknesses and teaching them to coordinate. After practice, he led the disguised Qian Renxue to a secluded courtyard and confronted her about deceiving her godfather.

• Lu Cheng interrupted the team's sparring to point out flaws in their timing, positioning, and coordination.
• Dugu Yan and Bai Mao adjusted their teamwork as Lu Cheng coached them, and he ended the session by assigning them to reflect and improve.
• Dugu Yan teased Lu Cheng about winning a tournament through teamwork, and he said he and a friend had simply crushed their opponents.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, greeted Lu Cheng after the students left.
• Lu Cheng took Qian Renxue to a secluded courtyard and revealed that he knew her true identity.

Lu Cheng recognized Qian Renxue beneath her Xue Qinghe disguise and learned how Bibi Dong had sent her to infiltrate the imperial family. Qian Renxue broke down in his arms, and Lu Cheng resolved to confront Bibi Dong again.

• Lu Cheng identified the disguised Qian Renxue, who dropped her Xue Qinghe persona.
• Qian Renxue told Lu Cheng that Bibi Dong had confined and punished her before sending her to impersonate Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue admitted that Spirit Hall was responsible for what happened to Xue Ye's other children.
• Lu Cheng said he would protect what Qian Renxue's father left behind and comforted her for the years she had suffered.
• Qian Renxue wept and embraced Lu Cheng, while he vowed to have another talk with Bibi Dong.

Bibi Dong learned that Lu Cheng, the Dragon God, had returned and fled Spirit City, but he confronted her over how she had treated Qian Renxue and exposed her past. The chapter ended with Lu Cheng publicly denouncing Bibi Dong while Spirit Hall's elders and onlookers watched.

• Ghost Douluo told Bibi Dong that the Dragon God had appeared, and she insisted she was no longer afraid of him despite privately trembling at the thought.
• Bibi Dong tried to flee Spirit City but encountered Lu Cheng, whose pressure drew the attention of the city's residents and Spirit Hall's elders.
• Lu Cheng accused Bibi Dong of dragging Xiao Xue into her grievance with Qian Xunji, then struck her and sent her crashing into a Spirit Hall building.
• Lu Cheng condemned Bibi Dong for treating Xiao Xue as a tool and revealed that she had helped build Yu Xiaogang's reputation using Spirit Hall's influence.
• Lu Cheng berated Bibi Dong for giving Yu Xiaogang an Elder Token and bringing him into Spirit Hall, while the gathered onlookers realized she had favored him.

Lu Cheng defeated Bibi Dong and took control of Spirit Hall’s leadership, ordering Qian Renxue to become Pope. Bibi Dong was imprisoned after Lu Cheng confronted her for harming Xiao Xue.

• Bibi Dong lost control after Lu Cheng exposed her past and attacked him with poisonous mist.
• Lu Cheng overwhelmed Bibi Dong with physical blows, leaving her badly injured and forcing her out of her Martial Soul Avatar.
• Lu Cheng ordered Spirit Hall to imprison Bibi Dong and bring back Yu Xiaogang, strip him of his Grandmaster status, and disown his published theories.
• Lu Cheng declared that Qian Renxue would inherit the position of Spirit Hall’s Pope, and Ghost Douluo and the other elders agreed.
• Lu Cheng told Bibi Dong that he had tolerated her schemes until she harmed Xiao Xue, and Bibi Dong realized how completely he had defeated her.

Gu Yuena asked Lu Cheng how the Soul Beasts could survive humanity’s continued need for Soul Rings, and he pointed to Soul Tools as a future turning point. He promised that humans and Soul Beasts might live in peace in twenty or thirty thousand years, though he privately feared he had been forsaken by the gods and would not live to see it.

• Gu Yuena told Lu Cheng that she had left Di Tian in charge of the Star Dou Great Forest and asked where the Soul Beasts’ future should lead.
• Lu Cheng asked whether Gu Yuena trusted humans, then explained that Soul Tools could eventually change the relationship between humans and Soul Beasts.
• Gu Yuena asked how long she would have to wait, and Lu Cheng estimated twenty or thirty thousand years before peace might be possible.
• Gu Yuena assumed Lu Cheng would still be with her then, while Lu Cheng privately doubted he could become a god or see that future.

Lu Cheng spent his remaining years protecting the people around him while the Divine Realm barred him from ascending. As he died, the Asura God expected Gu Yuena to attack humanity, but Lu Cheng was certain she would not.

• Qian Renxue appointed Lu Cheng a supreme elder of Spirit Hall, and he helped secure her position as its new Pope.
• Lu Cheng’s Heaven Dou Royal Team defeated Shrek Academy in the tournament, and he crippled Tang Hao when Tang Hao threatened Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue, Zhu Zhuqing, Gu Yuena, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Bo advanced in power or became gods, while the Asura God’s refusal kept Lu Cheng from entering the Divine Realm.
• After a hundred and sixty years passed and Lu Cheng grew old, the women stayed by his side as he faced death.
• The Asura God appeared, expecting Gu Yuena to attack humanity after Lu Cheng died, but Lu Cheng insisted she would not harm humankind.

Lu Cheng died after Asura God condemned him, and Gu Yuena and Qian Renxue carried on his hopes through the ages. Thirty thousand years later, Gu Yuena visited his grave and used newly passed technology to try to revive him, while another Lu Cheng watched in shock.

• Asura God left Lu Cheng dying, and Gu Yuena held him as he asked to visit Heaven Dou Royal Academy before his death.
• After Lu Cheng died, Gu Yuena waited for the future he had predicted, while Qian Renxue remained at Spirit Hall before ascending to the upper realm.
• Over the next thirty thousand years, Gu Yuena destroyed Huo Yuhao's Spirit Pagoda, and Soul Tool technology advanced until humans no longer needed Soul Beasts for cultivation.
• Gu Yuena and the Soul Beast leaders returned to Heaven Dou City to pay respects at Lu Cheng's preserved grave.
• After the others left, Gu Yuena exposed Lu Cheng's body, said the Federation had passed new technology, and kissed him while preparing a syringe.
• Another Lu Cheng watched Gu Yuena and wondered what she was about to do.

Lu Cheng chose Soul Power rewards from the simulations and rose to Level 97, then tested his strength by defeating Du Busi before preparing to visit the Star Dou Great Forest. In the Divine Realm, Qian Renxue awoke in her Angel Temple and told Ye Guyi that she loved Lu Cheng.

• Lu Cheng chose four levels of Soul Power from each simulation reward, reaching Level 97.
• Du Busi reported that the Body Sect had driven back the Sun Moon Empire and that Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao had disappeared from the battlefield.
• Lu Cheng said he would wait before striking the Sun Moon Empire and challenged Du Busi to a fight.
• Lu Cheng defeated Du Busi, who wondered whether the young man had become a god.
• Qian Renxue awoke in her Angel Temple, where Ye Guyi explained that faith could help restore Qian Renxue's original body.
• Qian Renxue told Ye Guyi that she loved Lu Cheng and wanted to be with him, leaving Ye Guyi stunned.

Qian Renxue confronted Ye Guyi in the Divine Realm, while the Body Sect’s intervention drove back the Sun Moon Empire’s forces at the cost of heavy losses for the allied armies. The chapter ended with Yan Shaozhe withdrawing Shrek Academy’s wounded, convinced that the Divine Realm could eventually help them deal with the Body Sect.

• Ye Guyi threatened Qian Renxue over whom she liked, but the two briefly matched divine power before Ye Guyi agreed to protect her from Tang San.
• Xu Jiujiu recognized that the Body Sect’s battle-armored disciples had destroyed the Evil Lord Soul Engineer Corps and routed the Sun Moon Empire’s allied forces.
• The campaign left the Star Luo, Heavenly Soul, and Dou Ling Empires, along with Shrek Academy, gravely weakened and suffering heavy casualties.
• Lang Ya rejected Yan Shaozhe’s accusations and reminded him that Shrek Academy had once allied with Evil Soul Masters.
• Yan Shaozhe withdrew Shrek Academy’s wounded and disabled experts, expecting the Divine Realm to help them deal with the Body Sect.

Da Ming and Er Ming learned that the Body Sect had repelled the Sun Moon Empire using powerful armor and a formation that disrupted its Soul Tool defenses. After Tang Wutong disappeared from their custody, Lu Cheng found her in the Sunset Forest.

• Da Ming and Er Ming worried over Tang San’s disappearance and debated whether to intervene in the war.
• A Clear Sky Sect disciple reported that the Body Sect had driven the Sun Moon Empire’s army from the Ming Dou Mountain Range.
• Da Ming learned that Lang Ya had led the Body Sect’s second-generation disciples, whose armor greatly enhanced their strength while a formation disabled the enemy’s linked defenses.
• Da Ming told Er Ming to watch Tang Wutong, but Er Ming soon returned to report that she was missing.
• In the Sunset Forest, Lu Cheng found Tang Wutong beside a frightened Fire Spirit Snake and called her by name.

Lu Cheng captured Tang Wutong and entered her Sea of Consciousness to sever Tang San’s influence. With Electrolux’s help, he left an imprint that made Tang Wutong forget Tang San and feel a lasting aversion to him.

• Tang Wutong woke in Sunset Forest and recognized Lu Cheng, who told her he would not kill her but would put a lock on her.
• Lu Cheng subdued Tang Wutong and entered her Sea of Consciousness with his Spiritual Power.
• Electrolux appeared and destroyed Tang San’s soul imprint after overcoming its attacks.
• Electrolux planted a new imprint in Tang Wutong’s Sea of Consciousness, making her forget Tang San and feel inexplicably averse to him.