Recaps

Zhou You treated Ah Rou after her escape from Spirit Hall and learned that she had been lured into a trap by false information about Xiao Wu’s father. As they remained on the run, Zhou You questioned how their pursuers kept tracking them, but Ah Rou had no answer.

• Ah Rou stopped after repeated Teleportation and coughed up blood, so Zhou You checked her pulse and warned that her heart meridians were injured.
• Ah Rou told Zhou You her name and explained that Spirit Hall had trapped her with false information about Xiao Wu’s father.
• Ah Rou revealed that a former human friend had betrayed her, that her home was later destroyed, and that Xiao Wu’s father and siblings had disappeared.
• Zhou You said he could help Ah Rou and Xiao Wu escape but would not join them in fighting Bibi Dong and the others.
• Zhou You asked why their pursuers could keep locating them, and Ah Rou said she did not know.

Zhou You arranged for Xiao Wu to fetch Da Ming and Er Ming from the Lake of Life while he and Ah Rou tried to delay their pursuers. As he treated Ah Rou, his observations led him to suspect that a transformed Soul Beast’s defining essence was its soul.

• Zhou You warned Ah Rou that her injuries made continued long-distance Teleportation dangerous, and proposed that Xiao Wu seek help from Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Using the Eye of Truth, Zhou You copied Ah Rou’s route to the Lake of Life into Xiao Wu’s mind, and Xiao Wu set off to find the two overlord-level Soul Beasts.
• Zhou You used the Ghost Gate Needle to treat Ah Rou’s internal injuries while probing the Qi meridians throughout her body.
• While observing Ah Rou’s Martial Soul, Zhou You recognized it as both her Soft Bone Rabbit form and a clue to the nature of transformed Soul Beasts.
• Zhou You reasoned that a transformed Soul Beast’s essence was likely its soul, which determined its identity despite changes in physical form.

Zhou You treated Ah Rou’s injuries and proposed using the Star Dou Great Forest’s dangerous territories to delay Bibi Dong’s pursuit. He and Ah Rou headed for a place Xiao Wu knew, while Bibi Dong’s group followed their trail into the Death Swamp.

• Zhou You told Ah Rou that her injuries could heal if she avoided intense fighting, and he noticed a seal containing vast Soul Power inside her.
• Zhou You proposed leading Bibi Dong’s group through dangerous areas using Ah Rou’s detailed map, then said they should go somewhere Xiao Wu knew.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to keep pursuing Zhou You and Ah Rou after Yue Guan sensed their change of direction.
• Bibi Dong’s group reached the Death Swamp, where its master sent enormous vines after them.
• Bibi Dong sliced through the attacking vines, provoking the swamp’s vines to combine into a vast structure and sweep toward the three Titled Douluo.

Zhou You and Ah Rou left Bibi Dong and her companions to face the Giant Devouring Demon Vine, then continued through a valley of avian Soul Beasts. Bibi Dong’s group escaped the swamp but were pelted with bird droppings, leaving Bibi Dong furious as Zhou You acquired a Sonic Bird for his plan involving Sun Chuantao.

• Zhou You explained that Bibi Dong and the others were being used as offerings to distract the Giant Devouring Demon Vine while he and Ah Rou moved on.
• After hearing a Sonic Bird overhead, Zhou You asked Ah Rou to catch one, and she captured a bird with five or six hundred years of cultivation for him.
• Zhou You put the Sonic Bird in his backpack, intending to use it to secure the Eye of Truth from Sun Chuantao.
• Bibi Dong and her companions escaped the Giant Devouring Demon Vine and entered a valley, startling countless birds into flight.
• Bird droppings rained down on the group, and Bibi Dong unleashed her Soul Power in rage while Yue Guan sought shelter and Gui Mei remained unaffected.

Yue Guan realized the Soul Beast was doubling back toward Wei Lin and the children, prompting Bibi Dong to change course. At the camp, the children reflected on Zhou You’s defiance and Zhang Ping grew suspicious of his connection to the rabbit before a crimson-eyed presence appeared in the darkness.

• Yue Guan inferred from the stars that the Soul Beast was heading back toward Wei Lin and the children, and Bibi Dong decided to change routes.
• Wei Lin brooded over his failure while Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena reflected on Zhou You’s courage and their own reactions to the Titled Douluo.
• Zhang Ping considered the rabbit’s connection to Zhou You and wondered why he had gone toward the battlefield, but kept her suspicions hidden.
• Wei Lin suddenly ordered the children not to move, and a pair of crimson eyes appeared in the darkness as the familiar pressure paralyzed Yan.

Ah Rou ambushed the Golden Generation while Bibi Dong and her companions were lured away, and Wei Lin tried to hold her off. Ah Rou captured Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan, then faced Bibi Dong again with three hostages in hand.

• Hu Liena warned the others about Ah Rou's Charm, and Wei Lin sent the students behind him and attacked with Gale's Sorrow.
• Xie Yue moved to fight Ah Rou, but Hu Liena used Charm to stop him and tried to lead him away.
• Ah Rou teleported past Wei Lin and shattered his Gale Blade, leaving him gravely injured and unable to fight.
• Ah Rou captured Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan, while Zhang Ping escaped.
• Bibi Dong and the others returned, forcing Ah Rou to abandon her pursuit of Zhang Ping and confront them with the three captives.

Zhou You rescued Zhang Ping from a Netherworld Wolf and frightened her into promising to keep his secrets. As powerful Soul Power surged from the battlefield, he realized the events there were reaching their end.

• A Netherworld Wolf pursued Zhang Ping after she ran into its territory, but Zhou You killed it with a silver strike to its ear.
• Zhang Ping mistook Zhou You's approach with the Umbrella Sword for an attempt to kill her and begged him to spare her.
• Zhou You collected the wolf's Soul Ring and examined its corpse, finding no Soul Core.
• Zhou You warned Zhang Ping to pretend she had seen and learned nothing, and she eagerly agreed.
• Zhou You sensed two powerful, unfamiliar sources of Soul Power emerge from the battlefield and knew the situation was nearing its end.

Ah Rou negotiated with Bibi Dong while holding Hu Liena and the others captive, but Bibi Dong tricked her and launched an all-out attack with her Death Spider Emperor. As Bibi Dong trapped Ah Rou in poisonous spider silk, two powerful waves of Soul Power arrived and forced her to face a new threat.

• Bibi Dong demanded terms from Ah Rou, who agreed to leave in exchange for the removal of the tracking effect and asked what had happened to Xiao Wu.
• Bibi Dong implied that Xiao Wu was dead, leaving Ah Rou overwhelmed with grief, while Gui Mei used the distraction to rescue the three children.
• Bibi Dong possessed her Death Spider Emperor and attacked Ah Rou, while Yue Guan's golden light forced Ah Rou to use her Invincible Golden Body.
• Ah Rou tested Bibi Dong's strength, then tried to flee, but Bibi Dong restrained her with poisonous spider silk.
• Two terrifying waves of Soul Power approached, and Bibi Dong recognized them as belonging to two beasts while Ah Rou realized her life had been spared.

Bibi Dong confronted the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape after they came to rescue Ah Rou, but she had to restrain her Death Domain to protect the children. Zhou You returned unharmed, and Bibi Dong removed Ah Rou’s poison before Spirit Hall’s group withdrew amid mutual threats.

• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape arrived, used their powers to pressure Bibi Dong’s group, and demanded that she release Ah Rou and leave.
• Bibi Dong yielded Ah Rou, but Xiao Wu rushed her back to the Soul Beasts, prompting Bibi Dong to unleash her Death Domain and poison everyone nearby.
• Gui Mei warned Bibi Dong that the children were poisoned, so she withdrew her domain and drew the poison out of them.
• Ah Rou said she had released the child, and Zhou You emerged with Zhang Ping to confirm that he was unharmed.
• After the Titan Giant Ape demanded that Bibi Dong remove Ah Rou’s poison, she cured Ah Rou, restored her dignified appearance, and warned the two Soul Beasts before leaving.

After the failed Soul Beast hunt, Bibi Dong sent Zhou You and the children back to the academy, where Zhou You returned the Sonic Bird to Zhang Ping. Bibi Dong then chose the Sunset Forest as her next hunting ground and sought permission from the Heaven Dou Empire, while Zhou You’s actions quietly set fate on a different course.

• Bibi Dong ended the hunt, ordered Gui Mei to carry the injured Wei Lin, and sent the shaken children back to the academy under escort.
• Yue Guan used pollen to help the exhausted children sleep during the journey, and Liu Suxin examined them after they returned.
• Zhou You met Zhang Ping alone and gave her the living Sonic Bird, telling her to tell Sun Chuantao that they were even.
• Bibi Dong decided to hunt in the Sunset Forest for a Soul Ring for her Second Martial Soul and sent a request to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Bibi Dong resolved to make the continent submit to Spirit Hall, unaware that the gears of fate were turning in a different direction.

During the Quarterly Assessment, Zhou You revealed that he had reached Soul Power Level 20 before his seventh birthday, drawing the Worship Hall’s attention. Concerned that enemies might target him or his family, Qian Daoliu ordered She Long to bring Zhou You’s parents to Spirit City for protection.

• Yan tested at Soul Power Level 22 and proudly showed off to his classmates.
• Zhou You took the assessment and revealed that his Soul Power had reached Level 20, two months before his seventh birthday.
• Qian Daoliu learned of Zhou You’s result and worried that the news could expose him to assassination attempts.
• Qian Daoliu ordered She Long to bring Zhou You’s parents to Spirit City, and She Long agreed to act at once.

Zhou You’s level-twenty Soul Power test stunned the academy, prompting She Long to go fetch his parents. At the library, Zhou You learned why the test result had spread so quickly and revealed that his pet at home was a Soul Beast.

• Zhou You’s test result caused a commotion among students, and Liu Suxin decided to exempt him from the practical combat assessment.
• Zhou You went to the library while other students speculated that its books held the secret to his rapid cultivation; Xie Yue dismissed their theory and noticed Hu Liena watching Zhou You leave.
• Yang Tianxiong told Zhou You that She Long had gone to bring his parents to the academy because his rise to Soul Grandmaster had caused a stir.
• Yang Tianxiong explained that Spirit Hall’s control of the academy made it easy for news to reach She Long quickly.
• Worried that She Long might harm his pet, Feidian, Zhou You told Yang Tianxiong that he kept a special pet who was a Soul Beast.

She Long visited Yingyang Village to check on Zhou You’s parents and persuade them to move to Spirit City, where Spirit Hall could support their business. Before he left, the branch bishop reported that Tang Hao may have recently come to the village, provoking She Long’s fury.

• She Long received Zhou You’s request to keep a hundred-year Soul Beast and laughed at the trouble the boy caused him.
• She Long reached Yingyang Village, where the branch bishop reported that Zhou You’s parents were prospering and the village had grown because of Zhou You’s reputation.
• The bishop said Zhou You’s parents hesitated to move to Spirit City because they had recently taken over an umbrella workshop, but wanted to earn money to help their son.
• She Long offered to have Spirit Hall fund a business for the couple in Spirit City, and the bishop agreed to relay the offer.
• The bishop reported that a man called Tang Hao had brought a child to Yingyang Village, and She Long reacted with murderous intent upon hearing the name.

She Long investigated a possible sighting of Tang Hao, delaying Zhou You’s parents’ relocation. Zhou You then set out with Yang Tianxiong to hunt a Thousand-Year Rank Sawtooth Silvergrass, but they had not found one by the chapter’s end.

• She Long ordered a search for the possibly sighted Tang Hao and sent his report to Spirit City, postponing his return and Zhou You’s parents’ relocation.
• Yang Tianxiong told Zhou You that She Long was busy, advised him not to visit home, and agreed to accompany him on a Soul Hunt.
• Zhou You and Yang Tianxiong left the academy for a Spirit Hall-controlled Soul Hunting Forest near Spirit City.
• Zhou You searched reed beds for a Thousand-Year Rank Sawtooth Silvergrass that could strengthen his Umbrella Sword, but Yang Tianxiong found none of the required age.
• Yang Tianxiong suggested they rest before continuing, and Zhou You insisted on searching further.

Zhou You befriended a Fire-Phosphorus Mouse at camp and recognized the Soft Bone Rabbit in its illusions as Xiao Wu. He followed the mouse away from Yang Tianxiong’s watch and reunited with Xiao Wu in the woods.

• Zhou You caught a Fire-Phosphorus Mouse that crept toward him and fed it his improved Fodder Grass.
• The Fire-Phosphorus Mouse ate its fill, then conjured illusions of predators it had encountered.
• Zhou You recognized the final illusion, a lively-eyed Soft Bone Rabbit, as Xiao Wu.
• The Fire-Phosphorus Mouse led Zhou You into the grass, and he told Yang Tianxiong he was going to gather firewood.
• Zhou You spotted Xiao Wu in the woods and used the Eye of Truth to connect their Mental Power; Xiao Wu told him she had come to see him.

Zhou You secretly spoke with Xiao Wu, who told him how Ah Rou and the forest’s overlords had expanded their influence and helped him locate a Thousand-Year Rank Sawtooth Silvergrass. After Xiao Wu disappeared, she sent him a letter by Raven asking him to write to her often.

• Zhou You and Xiao Wu communicated secretly while Yang Tianxiong remained unaware of her presence.
• Xiao Wu explained that the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape had begun tightening their control of the Star Dou Great Forest, while Ah Rou’s influence among herbivorous Soul Beasts had grown.
• Zhou You asked Xiao Wu to help him find a Thousand-Year Rank Sawtooth Silvergrass, and she pointed him toward its location.
• Xiao Wu invited Zhou You to live in the forest, but he declined, and she became quiet when he explained why.
• Xiao Wu claimed she was not a glutton before snatching the hay and vanishing; a Raven then delivered her letter asking Zhou You to write to her often.

Zhou You and Yang Tianxiong found a thousand-year Sawtooth Silvergrass in a small, nutrient-depleted wetland. Zhou You began fighting it alone to test his skill, but its tough, razor-edged leaves proved difficult to cut.

• Zhou You kept the Raven as a private Messenger Bird, and Yang Tianxiong warned him to keep it under control.
• Zhou You persuaded Yang Tianxiong to search toward the Mixed Zone, where they found a thousand-year Sawtooth Silvergrass hidden in a shrunken wetland.
• Zhou You declined Yang Tianxiong's help and entered the reed bed while the Raven circled overhead.
• Zhou You struck the disguised plant with a Qi Needle, revealing the Sawtooth Silvergrass as its leaves grew and attacked.
• Zhou You blocked the leaves with his umbrella and fought back with the Umbrella Sword, but the leaves proved too tough to cut.

Zhou You used Sword Qi and his first Soul Skill to defeat the Sawtooth Silvergrass and destroy its core, earning a purple Soul Ring. After Yang Tianxiong helped him through the aftermath, Zhou You prepared to absorb the roughly twelve-hundred-year ring while Yang Tianxiong stood guard.

• Zhou You coated the Umbrella Sword in Sword Qi, surprising Yang Tianxiong, who recognized the technique as a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Zhou You cut through the Sawtooth Silvergrass's leaves until it unleashed hundreds of them in a desperate attack.
• Zhou You released a shock wave with his first Soul Skill, rushed the stalk, and smashed the plant's core until it broke.
• The Sawtooth Silvergrass withered, and a purple Soul Ring appeared as Zhou You was buried under its falling leaves.
• Yang Tianxiong cleared away the leaves and helped Zhou You apply medicine to his cuts.
• Zhou You judged the roughly twelve-hundred-year Soul Ring suitable to absorb and asked Yang Tianxiong to stand guard.

Zhou You absorbed a Thousand-Year Soul Ring without difficulty and demonstrated his Second Soul Skill, which transformed the Umbrella Sword into a weapon that could change length and flexibility. With this new offensive ability complementing his defensive skills, he believed he could defeat Yan or Xie Yue in a single move.

• Zhou You absorbed the Thousand-Year Soul Ring while Yang Tianxiong watched in astonishment.
• Zhou You extended the Umbrella Sword to five meters and demonstrated how its weightless property let him wield it easily.
• Zhou You made the sword flexible and used it like a whip, showing how quickly and unpredictably it could strike.
• Zhou You explained that his Second Soul Skill let the sword change length, hardness, and flexibility, while its serrated blade could tear flesh.
• Yang Tianxiong recognized the skill's offensive and controlling potential and told Zhou You to go easy on the other students during sparring.
• Zhou You concluded that his new skill gave him the initiative and thought he could now defeat Yan or Xie Yue in one move.

Xie Yue challenged Zhou You in a training bout, using new tactics and a self-created Soul Skill against Zhou You’s versatile umbrella and sword. Zhou You outmaneuvered him and stopped just short of striking his throat, ending the match with Xie Yue defeated but grateful for the guidance.

• Xie Yue used his Moon Blades as hooks to try to pry open Zhou You’s umbrella, but Zhou You’s long sword forced him to retreat.
• Xie Yue revealed a self-created Soul Skill that coated his Moon Blades in blade Qi, then used flying debris and a leap from the sunlit side to attack Zhou You.
• Xie Yue threw his Moon Blades as flying discs and tried to strike from behind the umbrella, but Zhou You spun the canopy and threw him off balance.
• Xie Yue rushed Zhou You while his Moon Blades attacked from both sides, but Zhou You caught his ankle with a flexible sword and pulled him into their path.
• Xie Yue dismissed his Martial Soul to avoid his own blades, and Zhou You stopped his umbrella tip just short of Xie Yue’s throat before ending the bout.

After defeating Xie Yue in a spar, Zhou You explained his newly developed technique for concealing Soul Rings and prepared to leave the academy for his family’s home in Spirit City. He brought Yan along and caged the Raven after its flirtations had caused chaos in the raven house.

• Yan praised Zhou You after his spar with Xie Yue, and Xie Yue asked how much strength Zhou You had used.
• Zhou You explained that he had learned to conceal his Soul Rings and reviewed how their absence had misled Xie Yue during their fight.
• Zhou You said he was returning to Spirit City, and Yan asked to go with him.
• Zhou You packed his clothes, books, and notes, then called the Raven over from Angel God Mountain.
• Zhou You forced the Raven into a birdcage because it had caused trouble by flirting with the other Ravens.

Zhou You received ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber from Ah Rou, a rare treasure that could strengthen low-rank Soul Masters but carried a yang-related side effect. He considered its medicinal uses and the possibility of learning about the world from Sea Soul Beasts, then set out to create a formula before reaching Soul Elder rank.

• Zhou You examined the Whale Rubber Ah Rou had sent as thanks for saving her life.
• Zhou You recalled that Whale Rubber strengthened the body and widened meridians, but was difficult for humans to obtain and could cause excessive heat.
• Zhou You wondered whether long-lived Sea Soul Beasts knew about the distant Sun Moon Continent and resolved to investigate when he was stronger.
• Zhou You planned to combine Whale Rubber with other ingredients to balance its effects, drawing on his knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine.
• Zhou You decided he needed to develop the formula before his cultivation reached level thirty and he became a Soul Elder.

Zhou You returned to the Zhou family's new home in Spirit City, reunited with his parents, and settled into ordinary family life. He learned that Zhou Chengjie had sent five letters asking about him, leaving their correspondence for him to read later.

• Yan asked Zhou You if he could visit, and Zhou You agreed as he left him and headed home.
• Feidian leaped into Zhou You's arms and eyed the Raven, but Zhou You stopped him from eating the bird.
• Mother Zhou welcomed Zhou You home, and he helped her arrange the house before Father Zhou returned that evening.
• Zhou You's parents explained that his teacher had advised them not to interfere in his Soul Master affairs.
• Father Zhou told Zhou You that Zhou Chengjie had sent five letters asking about him, and Zhou You chose to read them later.
• Feidian circled the Raven's cage and swatted at it while the Raven squawked in fear.

Bibi Dong arrived at Heaven Dou City, where Xue Qinghe and Foreign Minister Pang Qinglong went to receive her. She dismissed the emperor’s welcome and ordered the procession to proceed while he waited.

• Xue Qinghe and Pang Qinglong watched Spirit Hall’s procession approach Heaven Dou City and discussed how to receive its Pope.
• Pang Qinglong introduced himself to Bibi Dong, who criticized the Heaven Dou Empire for sending only a Soul Ancestor to welcome her.
• Xue Qinghe challenged Spirit Hall’s imposing display, and Pang Qinglong identified him as the king’s eldest son and apologized for his words.
• Bibi Dong revealed herself, briefly praised Xue Qinghe’s youthful spirit, and disparaged the other officials.
• Bibi Dong refused to attend Xue Ye’s reception and ordered the procession onward, leaving Pang Qinglong to accept her command.

Xue Qinghe gained Xue Ye’s favor after standing up to Bibi Dong, while a mysterious intruder sneaked into the Spirit Hall party’s residence and confronted the Pope. The intruder was revealed to be Bibi Dong’s daughter, and the two faced each other in silence.

• Pang Qinglong reported the confrontation at Heaven Dou City’s gates, and Xue Ye questioned Xue Qinghe about provoking Bibi Dong.
• Xue Qinghe defended his actions as a show of Heaven Dou’s displeasure, and Xue Ye appointed him reception ambassador with Pang Qinglong as his deputy.
• A black-robed figure infiltrated Bibi Dong’s residence and knocked out the Golden Lion Knight by causing him to strike himself with his own Soul Skill.
• Bibi Dong confronted the intruder and rebuked her for failing to address the Pope with proper courtesy.
• The intruder removed her hood, revealing a golden-haired young woman who resembled Bibi Dong and was her daughter.