Recaps

The Lightning Dragon King's surviving consciousness had manipulated Yu Tianyu through the Heart of the Thunder Dragon to investigate Dragon Valley and prepare a body for his resurrection. Yu Tianyu's boast during his fight with Di Tian enraged the Lightning Dragon King, who abandoned possession and drained him to death instead.

• A Blue Lightning Clan clansman absorbed an incomplete dragon soul in the Thunder Dragon tomb, evolved his Martial Soul, and renamed the clan the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan after becoming its patriarch.
• The Lightning Dragon King sensed Dragon Valley's presence on Yu Tianyu and lured him into taking the Heart of the Thunder Dragon and the Lightning Dragon Heavenly Fang Club.
• The Lightning Dragon King influenced Yu Tianyu to form the Anti-Spirit Alliance and seize Dragon Valley from the Spirit Contract Pagoda.
• The Lightning Dragon King recognized Xu Xingyu as the reincarnation of the Starry Dragon Emperor and accepted the Spirit Contract Pagoda's control of Dragon Valley.
• The Lightning Dragon King purified Yu Tianyu's bloodline to prepare him as a vessel for his eventual resurrection.
• Yu Tianyu enraged the Lightning Dragon King by calling himself a Dragon King during his fight with Di Tian, and the Lightning Dragon King drained him to death through the Heart of the Thunder Dragon.

After Yu Tianyu died to the Lightning Dragon King’s Dragon Heart, Xu Xingyu recovered the abandoned divine artifacts and negotiated the Spirit Contract Pagoda’s victory over the Anti-Spirit Alliance. He then headed back to Dragon City with Gu Qiuxi and the unconscious Ma Xiaotao, discussing her interest in Battle Armor and his plans to limit its availability.

• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan abandoned the Heart of the Thunder Dragon and the Lightning Dragon Heavenly Fang Club, and Xu Xingyu picked them up and sent them to Electrolux to investigate whether the Lightning Dragon King could be resurrected.
• The Qiangu Family led the Anti-Spirit Alliance in signing a contract that ceded Dragon Valley, ended its harassment of the Spirit Contract Pagoda, and required it to provide five true dragon Soul Bones.
• The Anti-Spirit Alliance delivered five Soul Bones, and Xu Xingyu ordered the alliance to disband according to the contract.
• Xu Xingyu carried the unconscious Ma Xiaotao and held Gu Qiuxi’s hand as they returned to the Spirit Contract Pagoda’s Dragon City branch.
• Gu Qiuxi discussed the recent matches with Xu Xingyu and focused on Ma Xiaotao’s Battle Armor; Xu Xingyu said he planned to restrict the sale of higher-grade Battle Armor.

Xu Xingyu treated Ma Xiaotao after her duel with Qiangu Tianzhang, then reprimanded her for her reckless choices in the fight. Ma Xiaotao admitted her mistakes, while Xu Xingyu hoped he could help her become more mature.

• Xu Xingyu brought the unconscious Ma Xiaotao to his room and used light, water, and wood elements to treat her injuries and restore her Soul Power.
• Ma Xiaotao woke about an hour later and told Xu Xingyu she felt well, though she needed a few days of rest.
• Xu Xingyu confronted Ma Xiaotao about her performance against Qiangu Tianzhang, and she recalled how she had wasted Soul Power and risked serious injury.
• Ma Xiaotao accepted that Xu Xingyu's criticism was justified, and he resolved to help her curb her fiery temper and become more mature.

After Ma Xiaotao chose to return to her Vermilion Bird Trials, Xu Xingyu checked on Xu Yanxue and Bai Xiuxiu at the Earth Dragon Sect before preparing to leave for Dragon Valley. He arranged for Xu Yanxue to be watched during her Deep Meditation and agreed to take Nan Qiuqiu along.

• Xu Xingyu scolded Ma Xiaotao and told her to rest, but she decided to return and continue her Vermilion Bird Trials after recognizing her shortcomings.
• Xu Xingyu felt reassured by Ma Xiaotao's resolve and reflected on the strict trials, which demanded strong temperament and made failure fatal.
• Xu Xingyu found Bai Xiuxiu safely storing most of the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, while Xu Yanxue had entered Deep Meditation after absorbing a large amount.
• Xu Xingyu asked Nan Shuishui to arrange for people to watch over Xu Yanxue while he took his companions to Dragon Valley.
• Nan Shuishui asked Xu Xingyu to take Nan Qiuqiu to Dragon Valley, and he agreed; Nan Qiuqiu acted cautiously around him after witnessing his strength.

Xu Xingyu and his companions traveled to Dragon Valley, where Gu Yuena and the blonde Time Dragon King waited for him. At the entrance, Xu Xingyu used his Dragon God presence to open a stable gate, then led the group inside.

• Xu Xingyu set out for Dragon Valley with Gu Qiuxi, Bai Xiuxiu, Xu Sanshi, Dugu Yanran, Nan Qiuqiu, and the others.
• In Dragon Valley, Gu Yuena and the blonde woman argued silently over their rivalry and waited for Xu Xingyu to arrive.
• After about a week of travel, Xu Xingyu and his companions reached a wasteland near the Far North and found Dragon Valley's spatial entrance.
• Xu Xingyu stopped the others from touching the distortion and released his Dragon God Martial Soul.
• The spatial distortion sensed Xu Xingyu's Dragon God presence and opened into a gate, and he led the group toward Dragon Valley.

Xu Xingyu and his companions entered Dragon Valley, where the Dragon Souls and Dragon Clouds recognized him and led the group to the valley’s core. There, Xu Xingyu found Gu Yuena fighting the new Time Dragon King, who stopped and threw herself into his arms.

• Xu Xingyu and the others entered Dragon Valley and found a wasteland filled with Dragon Souls and seven-colored Dragon Clouds.
• The Dragon Souls bowed to Xu Xingyu and carried him and his companions toward Dragon Valley’s core.
• Dragon Clouds flowed into Xu Xingyu, while Gu Qiuxi and Bai Xiuxiu were the only others to attract their attention.
• Xu Xingyu’s group reached a basin with a seven-colored lake and a tower, where Gu Yuena and the new Time Dragon King were fighting.
• Gu Yuena and the blond woman stopped fighting, and Gu Yuena rushed to Xu Xingyu and embraced him.

Xu Xingyu met A Jin, a blonde woman who claimed to be the Time Dragon King's successor and to have known him ten thousand years earlier. After agreeing to call her A Jin, he asked why Dragon Valley had changed so much.

• Gu Yuena openly called Xu Xingyu her lover and dismissed the blonde woman as a maid, shocking those present.
• The blonde woman knelt before Xu Xingyu, greeted him as the Starry Dragon Emperor, and said she had last seen him ten thousand years earlier.
• Xu Xingyu suspected the woman had a connection to his past and asked what he should call her.
• The woman chose the name A Jin until Xu Xingyu resolved their karma, while Gu Yuena mocked the name.
• Xu Xingyu accepted the name A Jin and asked her why Dragon Valley differed from what he remembered.

Xu Xingyu and his companions followed A Jin into the Star Dragon Tower, where they discovered the Dragon Ascension Pillar and learned that the tower held the Dragon God’s examination. A Jin identified herself as the Time Dragon King and Dragon God High Priest, then invited them to undertake the trial or leave.

• A Jin refused to explain Dragon Valley’s secrets, and Xu Xingyu asked whether she had brought him there for a purpose.
• Xu Xingyu chose to trust A Jin, and she transformed into an Eastern-style golden dragon and led the group to the tower in the lake.
• A Jin revealed that the Star Dragon Tower was a Super Divine Artifact supporting Dragon Valley, and Xu Xingyu sensed the Dragon God’s presence within it.
• The tower’s entrance opened, and the group entered a strange world where Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena recognized the Dragon Ascension Pillar.
• A Jin introduced the Star Dragon Trial Ground, declared that she was the Time Dragon King and Dragon God High Priest, and offered the group a chance to take the Dragon God’s examination.

Xu Xingyu and the others began the Dragon God’s trials at the Dragon Ascension Pillar, where several received powerful inheritances and examinations. The chapter ended with Gu Qiuxi puzzling over a trial that required her to aid Xu Xingyu and develop her own godhood.

• Xu Xingyu declared that he would accept the Dragon God’s trial and fulfill his responsibility to reconcile humans and the Dragon Clan, then stepped onto an arena.
• Gu Qiuxi and the others chose arenas to await their trials, while A Jin and Gu Yuena remained behind because they were already God Level beings.
• A Jin activated the Dragon Ascension Pillar, and its nine-colored light bestowed dragon-shaped marks and trials on those in the arenas.
• Nan Qiuqiu received the Black Level Six Trials, Dugu Yanran received the Top-Tier Seven Trials, and Xu Sanshi received the Black Tortoise Nine Trials through a power entrusted to him by Xu Xingyu.
• Bai Xiuxiu received the Ice Dragon Nine Trials, which she could begin at the Soul Emperor realm, while Gu Qiuxi received the Golden Dragon First Trial and was tasked with helping Xu Xingyu and condensing her own godhood within ten years.

Xu Xingyu received the Dragon God Nine Trials and met the Dragon God in a mysterious space. The Dragon God embraced him and told him he could choose his own path, and Xu Xingyu promised not to disappoint him.

• A nine-colored pillar appeared, and Gu Yuena and A Jin recognized it as the Dragon God’s inheritance for Xu Xingyu.
• Gu Yuena worried when Xu Xingyu emerged from the light and stood motionless, but A Jin assured her he would soon regain his senses.
• A nine-colored dragon became a mark on Xu Xingyu’s forehead as he entered a vast, mysterious space.
• The Dragon God appeared and greeted Xu Xingyu as his son, while Xu Xingyu recognized him as his father from his first life.
• The Dragon God embraced Xu Xingyu and said he would support whichever path his son chose, and Xu Xingyu promised not to let him down.

Xu Xingyu returned from meeting the Dragon God and learned that he had become the Dragon God's inheritor, with his first trial requiring him to dive to the bottom of the Divine Dragon Pool. As the others were sent to their own trials, Xu Xingyu, Gu Yuena, and Gu Qiuxi headed for his trial site.

• Xu Xingyu confirmed to A Jin that he had received the Dragon God Nine Trials and knew his first trial was to dive to the bottom of the Divine Dragon Pool.
• A Jin summoned Xiao Dong, who transformed into a dragon and was recognized by Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena as the current Earth Dragon King.
• Xiao Dong introduced herself as the Earth Dragon King, then took Nan Qiuqiu, Dugu Yanran, Bai Xiuxiu, and the others to their trials while Xu Sanshi was sent to the Black Tortoise inheritance grounds.
• A Jin led Xu Xingyu to his first trial site, with Gu Yuena and Gu Qiuxi accompanying him.
• Xu Xingyu learned that Gu Qiuxi's Golden Dragon First Trial gave her a place to cultivate and comprehend laws for her Blank God Position.

A Jin explained the Divine Dragon Pool’s dangers, its water beasts, and how their Blood Crystals could earn cultivators a Divine Dragon Baptism. After A Jin took Gu Yuena aside to speak with the Silver Dragon King, Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi began their trial by diving into the pool.

• A Jin explained that the Divine Dragon Pool accelerated cultivation but subjected divers to crushing pressure and attacks from powerful water beasts.
• A Jin explained that the pool protected fallen Dragon Clan members’ consciousnesses, so she and Xiao Dong periodically cleared water beasts that threatened the formation.
• A Jin described how water beast Blood Crystals could be contributed to trigger Divine Dragon Baptisms of different grades.
• Xu Xingyu thanked A Jin and asked if he could return with more questions, and A Jin agreed as long as they did not concern the trial’s key points.
• A Jin took Gu Yuena aside to speak with the Silver Dragon King while Gu Yuena left with her reluctantly.
• Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi jumped into the Divine Dragon Pool to begin their trial.

Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi entered the Divine Dragon Pool, where its pressure and Water Beasts challenged their cultivation. Xu Xingyu retreated to the sixth level to recover and cultivate, while Gu Qiuxi trained on the first level and resolved to gather strength before facing the beasts herself.

• Xu Xingyu checked that Gu Qiuxi could withstand the pool’s pressure, then continued downward to complete his trial.
• Xu Xingyu encountered Water Beasts on the third level, which attacked him more fiercely when he released his Dragon God presence.
• Xu Xingyu fought his way to the sixth level but retreated when Super Douluo-level Water Beasts drained his energy and deeper levels threatened stronger foes.
• Xu Xingyu concealed himself with an isolation array on the sixth level and began cultivating in the pool’s energy.
• Gu Qiuxi realized the pool could help her advance from rank forty-four Soul Ancestor toward Soul King, but decided to cultivate on the first level until she could fight Water Beasts herself.

Gu Yuena and A Jin watched Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi cultivate in the Divine Dragon Pool, while A Jin recalled a past disaster caused by rushing into its lower levels. Xiao Dong then reported that her guidance during another trial had left Nan Qiuqiu and Dugu Yanran exhausted.

• A Jin praised Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi for recognizing their limits and choosing to cultivate at a level they could withstand, while Gu Yuena dismissed their caution as basic judgment.
• Gu Yuena teased A Jin about her past, prompting A Jin to recall how her former team nearly died after rushing into the lower levels of the Divine Dragon Pool.
• A Jin refused to tell Gu Yuena more about the incident and turned away, embarrassed by the foolish choices she and her former captain had made.
• Xiao Dong appeared on a screen and told A Jin and Gu Yuena that Nan Qiuqiu and Dugu Yanran had to earn a hundred consecutive victories against Dragon Souls within a year.
• Xiao Dong admitted that she had given the two girls extra guidance after their poor first-day performance, leaving them looking nearly dead, and A Jin worried about her as an examiner.

Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi spent six months cultivating and hunting water beasts in the Divine Dragon Pool, growing stronger while Xu Xingyu carefully refined the energy from its baptisms. The chapter left Xu Xingyu preparing to condense his First Soul Core, with his Soul Spirits growing in power alongside him.

• Gu Qiuxi advanced from Soul King to level-sixty Soul Emperor and began hunting water beasts, but Xu Xingyu later trained with her so she could gather enough Blood Crystals for a Middle Baptism.
• Xu Xingyu reached level seventy and gathered enough Blood Crystals for Middle Baptisms, while avoiding excessive external energy that might destabilize his cultivation.
• Xu Xingyu refined baptism energy into Chaos Energy and used the surplus to increase the ages of his Soul Rings as he prepared to condense his First Soul Core.
• Xu Xingyu's Thundering Hell Vine Soul Spirit reached Ferocious Beast cultivation and awakened its Thunder God Bloodline, while Xing Xuan remained loyal to Xu Xingyu as her clan's benefactor and master.

After six months of cultivation, Xu Xingyu planned to use his newly gained Soul Saint power and Dragon God Martial Soul Avatar to break through the restriction around the bottommost level of the Divine Dragon Pool. He believed the water beasts guarding it feared a powerful creature inside, possibly a Demigod-level water beast that could grant him a Perfect Baptism.

• Xu Xingyu had grown strong enough to fight most water beasts but still had not found enough Blood Crystals for a Perfect Baptism or encountered a Demigod-level water beast.
• Xu Xingyu recalled that water beasts repeatedly attacked him when he tried to break the restriction around the Divine Dragon Pool’s bottommost level, then fled from it in fear.
• Xu Xingyu concluded that a powerful water beast might be hiding beyond the restriction and decided to try reaching the level again.
• Xu Xingyu determined that he needed to prevent the water beasts from interfering while he attacked the restriction, which repaired itself whenever he was distracted.
• Xu Xingyu realized his Dragon God Martial Soul Avatar could let him break the restriction in one blow, since it was a Blood Soul Avatar that greatly increased his strength.

Xu Xingyu reached the restriction blocking the lowest level of the Divine Dragon Pool and used his Dragon God Avatar to shatter it with seven-colored lightning. The way forward opened as the water beasts converged on him.

• Xu Xingyu concealed himself from the water beasts and reached the golden formation guarding the lowest level.
• Xu Xingyu summoned his Dragon God Martial Soul Avatar, transforming into a nine-colored eastern dragon.
• Xu Xingyu’s draconic might alerted the water beasts throughout the pool, and they rushed toward him.
• Xu Xingyu fused the seven elements, swallowed their combined power, and refined it into seven-colored lightning.
• Xu Xingyu struck the restriction with the lightning and shattered it, opening the path to the lowest level.

Xu Xingyu broke through the Divine Dragon Pool’s restriction with a seven-colored Godhood Tribulation and entered its bottommost layer to cultivate. There, his Dragon God Bloodline reacted to a powerful call from the pool’s deepest point, and he headed toward it.

• Xu Xingyu used a seven-colored Heaven and Earth Tribulation to blast open the restriction, then slipped through before it repaired itself.
• Xu Xingyu found that the bottommost layer’s rising water pressure was formidable but that its Immortal Spirit Qi could greatly accelerate cultivation.
• Xu Xingyu wondered whether God Level dragon bones buried at the bottom of the Divine Dragon Pool produced the Immortal Spirit Qi.
• A powerful pressure spread through the bottommost layer, causing Xu Xingyu’s Dragon God Bloodline to boil and cover him in nine-colored scales.
• Xu Xingyu traced the call to the deepest part of the Divine Dragon Pool and headed toward it.

Xu Xingyu reached the bottom of the Divine Dragon Pool and found the lost Dragon Clan Law Saber, the Dragon Slaying Saber. The Second Trial began, and the saber recognized his kingly intent, but a furious roar interrupted him before he could finish leaving his imprint.

• Xu Xingyu reached the deepest part of the Divine Dragon Pool and discovered the Dragon Slaying Saber, a Super Divine Artifact once wielded by the Light Dragon King.
• The Dragon God Nine Trials announced that Xu Xingyu had passed the First Trial and began the Second Trial, requiring him to earn the saber’s recognition within one day or be erased.
• Xu Xingyu grasped the Dragon Slaying Saber's hilt and tried to calm its resistance with his Dragon God Bloodline, but the saber rejected that alone.
• Xu Xingyu released his kingly intent and resolved to master his fate and lead the Soul Beast Clan in his own way.
• The Dragon Slaying Saber’s intent began merging with Xu Xingyu’s, allowing him to leave a spiritual imprint, when a furious roar interrupted him.

While Xu Xingyu was performing the Dragon Slaying Saber's uninterruptible master-recognition ritual, three Demigod-level water beasts ambushed him. Buer, the Thundering Hell Vine, and the Void Hun Star Spirit restrained the attackers, leaving Xu Xingyu free to continue the ritual.

• Xu Xingyu discovered three Demigod-level water beasts had appeared and realized he could not move or stop the Dragon Slaying Saber's master-recognition ritual.
• The chapter explained that the water beasts had hatched from eggs that slipped through a damaged restriction, cultivated near the Dragon Slaying Saber, and hidden from A Jin's purges.
• The three water beasts, hoping to devour Xu Xingyu and advance to God Level, attacked while he was immobilized.
• Buer, the Thundering Hell Vine, and the Void Hun Star Spirit bound all three water beasts as Xu Xingyu resumed focusing on the ritual.

Xu Xingyu completed the Dragon Slaying Saber’s recognition ritual, but discovered it was draining his life to repair itself. He redirected the saber’s hunger to a demigod-level water beast, obtained its blood crystal, and watched Buer and the others capture the two remaining beasts.

• Xu Xingyu made the Dragon Slaying Saber recognize him as its master, but the damaged saber began draining his Soul Power and life force to repair itself.
• Xu Xingyu realized the saber could draw power from a demigod-level water beast instead and asked Buer to throw one to him.
• Buer bound a water beast with vines and hurled it toward Xu Xingyu, who struck it with the Dragon Slaying Saber.
• Xu Xingyu used Ziwei Star Lightning Chain to restrain the beast while the saber drained it, leaving behind a demigod-level blood crystal.
• The two remaining water beasts tried to flee, but Buer and the others captured and sealed them.

Xu Xingyu learned that the Dragon Slaying Saber had to evolve before he could pass the Second Trial, and Buer suggested forging a new saber spirit to speed the process. With little time and no experience in Heavenly Forging, Xu Xingyu began hammering the saber, then resorted to a blood sacrifice when the forging progressed too slowly.

• Xu Xingyu realized that the Dragon Slaying Saber had absorbed enough energy to evolve, but he had not received notice that he had passed the Second Trial.
• Buer told Xu Xingyu that forging a new saber spirit could make the Dragon Slaying Saber digest its stored energy faster, but the method required Heavenly Forging.
• Xu Xingyu brought out his Heavy Silver hammers and struck the Dragon Slaying Saber, gathering spiritual Qi that the saber absorbed.
• Xu Xingyu found the forging too slow to meet the trial’s deadline and cut his wrist, beginning a blood sacrifice on the Dragon Slaying Saber.

Xu Xingyu used his blood to bond with the Dragon Slaying Saber and advanced its Soul Forging, but discovered its newborn soul was too weak to survive Heavenly Forging. The Thundering Hell Vine sacrificed itself to become the saber’s new spirit, and a nine-colored chaos great tribulation gathered over Dragon Valley, startling Gu Qiuxi, A Jin, and Gu Yuena.

• Xu Xingyu’s mutated Dragon God Bloodline allowed the Dragon Slaying Saber to accept his blood and begin forming a soul.
• Xu Xingyu completed Soul Forging Solidification and awakened the saber’s newborn soul, but realized it could not withstand Heavenly Forging.
• The Thundering Hell Vine swallowed the newborn soul and offered to merge with the Dragon Slaying Saber as its new saber spirit.
• Xu Xingyu used his Heavenly Forging technique to help the Thundering Hell Vine fuse with the saber over roughly three hours.
• A nine-colored chaos great tribulation gathered above the Divine Dragon Pool, and Gu Qiuxi, A Jin, and Gu Yuena recognized it as a sign of God King-level aptitude.

Xu Xingyu used the Dragon Slaying Saber, newly forged with the Thundering Hell Vine, to devour much of the Nine-Colored Chaos Great Tribulation. When the tribulation gathered its remaining power for a final strike, he used three Demigod-level blood crystals to activate the Divine Dragon Pool’s baptism ritual.

• Xu Xingyu flew into the nine-colored lightning and used the Dragon Slaying Saber to absorb its power.
• A Jin and Gu Yuena recognized the saber and realized the tribulation had been triggered by the weapon rather than Xu Xingyu’s cultivation.
• Xu Xingyu understood that fusing the Thundering Hell Vine with the Dragon Slaying Saber had forged a new Divine Artifact with God King-level potential.
• The tribulation gathered its remaining power for a strike the Dragon Slaying Saber could not safely absorb.
• Xu Xingyu infused Soul Power into three Demigod-level aquatic beast blood crystals, drawing water dragons from the Divine Dragon Pool and triggering its baptism ritual.

Xu Xingyu began a Divine Dragon Pool baptism while facing the Nine-Colored Chaos Great Tribulation, intending to use the lightning to condense a Soul Core. As Gu Yuena stopped A Jin from intervening, Xu Xingyu also began receiving the Dragon Slaying Saber’s energy, leaving his survival uncertain.

• Xu Xingyu used three Blood Crystals to begin a Perfect Baptism in the Divine Dragon Pool as the tribulation lightning prepared to strike.
• A Jin tried to help Xu Xingyu, but Gu Yuena stopped her and said she trusted him.
• Xu Xingyu used the pool water to form a vortex shield that purified some of the lightning and directed its energy into him.
• Xu Xingyu circulated and compressed the lightning and baptism energy, forming a Soul Power vortex between his brows as he attempted to condense a Soul Core.
• Xu Xingyu also began receiving the Dragon Slaying Saber’s energy while undergoing the baptism and enduring the lightning tribulation.