Recaps

Du Bai and Bibi Dong’s plans for building their own force advanced while the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set vanished, sparking a dispute among the major factions. The arc ended with Luo Haiyun preparing to use the Saint of Thieves Gloves to begin cultivating.

• Du Bai entrusted Luo Haiyun with managing Clear Wind Manor and learned that she and Xiao Hui had Innate Zero Soul Power, while Xiao Hui recounted how her parents had sold her to the Heaven Dou Auction House.
• Xue Qinghe and Patriarch Taino revealed to Ye Chen how Du Bai and Bibi Dong had become connected to them and the Strength Clan, and Ye Chen and the six beauties swore loyalty to them.
• The Clear Sky Sect discovered that the Jade Scale Dog Spirit Bone Set had vanished from Third Elder’s storage belt, and Tang Xiao and the elders investigated the loss before reporting that they had found no culprit.
• Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders told Xue Ye and the other factions that the spirit bones were missing, swore their innocence, and agreed to seek compensation from the Heaven Dou Auction House.
• The Heaven Dou Auction House and Clear Sky Sect clashed over responsibility for the loss, and the auction house agreed to pay 400 million Gold Soul Coins while the Clear Sky Sect compensated its three allied factions.
• Xue Ye’s ministers credited Xue Qinghe with preventing a crisis, and Xue Qinghe returned to the palace to claim recognition for his role.
• Du Bai and Bibi Dong planned to build their own force, recruit the Four Great Families, and help Luo Haiyun and Xiao Hui cultivate with the Saint of Thieves Gloves.
• Du Bai gave Clear Wind Manor to Luo Haiyun and Xiao Hui, then prepared Luo Haiyun to absorb cultivation from Romor or Thousand-Faced Marquis as Bibi Dong encouraged her not to feel guilty.

Luo Haiyun and Cat Girl Xiao Hui began cultivating with Bibi Dong’s guidance as Du Bai prepared to meet the Four Great Families. At the banquet, Titan revealed how Du Bai’s wealth and the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo had transformed the Strength Clan, leaving the other clan leaders impressed by Du Bai.

• Bibi Dong encouraged Luo Haiyun to become a Soul Master, and Luo Haiyun discovered that the Saint of Thieves Gloves let her drain Soul Power by slapping Romor until she reached level ten.
• Luo Haiyun taught Cat Girl Xiao Hui to use the gloves, and Xiao Hui also reached level ten before Luo Haiyun revealed that her martial soul was Cloud.
• Bibi Dong offered to teach Luo Haiyun and Xiao Hui about cultivation, while Du Bai accepted Taizheng’s invitation to the Four Great Families’ gathering.
• Du Bai confronted spies and turned away chefs seeking the Five Hundred Year Brine, inviting them to compete for jobs at Clear Wind Manor and punishing men who leered at his companions.
• Titan challenged Yang Wudi after revealing that his martial soul had evolved and his Soul Power had reached level eighty-six, then defeated Yang Wudi in their sparring match.
• Titan welcomed Du Bai by kneeling before him, and the other Strength Clan members followed as Yang Wudi, Bai He, and Niu Gao watched in shock.
• At the banquet, Titan revealed that Du Bai had given the Strength Clan ten million Gold Soul Coins, and the clan displayed the fortune before the gathered families.
• Titan explained that the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo had evolved his martial soul into the Forest Titan Giant Ape and raised his Soul Power from level eighty-three to level eighty-six in twenty-two days, impressing Bai He and Yang Wudi.

Du Bai tested the leaders of the three remaining clans in battle, defeating Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Bai He while Bibi Dong protected him. The injured leaders resisted submission, but Du Bai promised to restore them and offered rewards tied to their service.

• Titan invited Bai He, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao to join Du Bai, and the three leaders privately discussed what benefits to demand.
• Bai He presented the clans’ demands, but Du Bai said they would have to prove their worth and proposed fighting each leader.
• Du Bai revealed his Soul Douluo cultivation and defeated Yang Wudi with his Barrett Destroyer, leaving him badly wounded.
• Niu Gao charged Du Bai in his Armored Giant Rhinoceros form, but Du Bai took flight and used his Fire Qilin to wound him until he fell.
• Bai He joined the fight against Du Bai, but Du Bai and Bibi Dong countered his clones and brought him down.
• Du Bai arranged for the three injured leaders to receive Great Returning Pills, while the healers treated their wounds.
• Bai He and Niu Gao refused to submit, and Yang Wudi objected to Du Bai’s methods, but Du Bai promised to heal them and make Immortal Products conditional on their service.

Du Bai healed and won the loyalty of the Four Great Families, who severed their ties with the Clear Sky Sect and began preparing for an independent territory. At Clear Wind Manor, he recruited three chefs to his growing force, while Duanmu Ge and Liu Shu pledged loyalty to Du Bai and Bibi Dong.

• Du Bai healed Bai He, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao with Great Returning Pills, paid their clans five million Gold Soul Coins apiece, and secured the Four Great Families’ oaths of loyalty to him and Bibi Dong.
• Tang Xiao failed to persuade the Four Great Families to return to the Clear Sky Sect, damaged the Strength Clan’s entrance, and left after declaring their ties severed.
• Du Bai gave the clans one million Gold Soul Coins for repairs and proposed establishing an independent territory linked to the outside world by Teleportation Arrays.
• Du Bai traveled to Clear Wind Manor and held a cooking competition, selecting Duanmu Ge, Chef Bao, and Liu Shu as the top three chefs.
• Du Bai offered Duanmu Ge, Chef Bao, and Liu Shu salaries and resources in exchange for joining his force, explaining that they would retain their freedom while following his rules.
• Duanmu Ge swore loyalty to Du Bai and Bibi Dong, received one million Gold Soul Coins, and agreed to serve them.
• Liu Shu offered to submit to Du Bai and swear a martial soul oath after seeing Duanmu Ge accept the offer.