Recaps

Yu Xiaogang was shaken by a new academic paper in the Spirit Hall Bulletin, which he believed could transform the Soul Master World. After Flender bought a copy, Yu Xiaogang urged him to study it if he planned to start a Spirit Hall Academy.

• A Spirit Hall library staff member explained to Flender that the bulletin contained an academic paper and that many readers had reacted strongly to it.
• Flender used flattery to obtain a copy of the costly periodical, then took the distracted Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong back to their lodgings.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang struggled over the periodical until Liu Erlong took it and demanded an explanation.
• Yu Xiaogang said the paper could overturn established ideas and bring great change to the Soul Master World.
• Yu Xiaogang advised Flender to study the paper if he intended to establish a Spirit Hall Academy, saying its value surpassed his own.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan studied Zhou You’s paper and confirmed that its Etheric Body theory explained their Soul Masters’ Dragon Transformation and helped some clansmen break through. After Yu Yuanzhen found the later chapters difficult to understand, he ordered his clansmen to locate Yu Xiaogang and bring him back.

• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan used Zhou You’s introspection methods to verify the paper’s Etheric Body theory and its account of Martial Soul Possession and Dragon Transformation.
• Yu Yuanzhen read the Spirit Hall Bulletin and wondered who the Lord of the Clouds was, while recognizing Yue Guan as Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• The paper helped Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Masters stuck at the Dragon Transformation stage understand their cultivation and make breakthroughs.
• Yu Yuanzhen struggled with the Mental Body and Spirit Body chapters and summoned a clansman to find Yu Xiaogang, whose theoretical knowledge he respected.

After reading Zhou You’s paper, Ning Fengzhi hoped its author, “Lord of the Clouds,” could help the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolve into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. When Gu Rong noted that Lord of the Clouds likely belonged to Spirit Hall, he suggested pursuing cooperation with Spirit Hall instead of trying to recruit the scholar.

• Ning Fengzhi studied Zhou You’s paper and saw hope for overcoming the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s limits.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Gu Rong and Chen Xin whether they could invite Lord of the Clouds to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Gu Rong and Chen Xin warned that Lord of the Clouds was likely a high-ranking member of Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi remained reluctant to abandon the idea of securing Lord of the Clouds’s help.
• Gu Rong suggested that Ning Fengzhi build ties with Spirit Hall and seek cooperation, since its Pope had recently visited Heaven Dou City.

Zhou You and Yue Guan finalized three Marrow-Washing medicines, and Zhou You used them to strengthen his body. After twenty days, he had grown dramatically and revealed the medicines to his friends, but Yan and Li Kai soon started fighting, forcing Zhou You to restrain them.

• Zhou You and Yue Guan completed Marrow-Washing Liquids 01, 02, and 03, which strengthened the organs, muscles and bones, and skin, flesh, and nervous system.
• Zhou You took all three medicines, developed a stronger appetite, and began eating four meals a day made with Soul Beast ingredients.
• After about twenty days, the medicines had been absorbed, Zhou You had turned seven and grown to 1.6 meters, and his friends were shocked by his size and strength.
• Zhou You explained the medicines to his friends and said they could use them too, though they needed to take them before obtaining their third Soul Rings.
• Yan demanded to know why Zhou You had not thought of him, and Li Kai insulted Yan, reigniting their feud.
• Yan and Li Kai charged at each other, but Zhou You grabbed both by the neck and stopped them.

Zhou You reunited with the team after a month of research and revealed that Spirit Hall might help them obtain Whale Rubber to improve their physiques. Feidian entertained Hu Liena and Zhang Ping before teasing Xie Yue, leaving the group laughing as the chapter ended.

• Yan asked Zhou You whether he could use the potion, and Zhou You said Spirit Hall might be able to obtain enough Whale Rubber for the team.
• Hu Liena questioned Zhou You about missing team training, and Feidian poked his head out of the Wishful Treasure Bag.
• Hu Liena and Zhang Ping admired Feidian, who darted between them as they tried to pet him.
• Sun Chuantao recognized Feidian as resembling a Lightning Marten, and Xie Yue tried to chase him away from Hu Liena.
• Feidian ran circles around Xie Yue until Xie Yue grew tired, making the others laugh before Feidian returned proudly to Zhou You's shoulder.

At twelve, Zhou You asked Liu Suxin for permission to leave Spirit Hall's Central Academy and hunt for a fifth Soul Ring after reaching level fifty. He planned to go to Sunset Forest to avoid the forest kings and escape the growing attention of Spirit Hall's factions.

• In 2637, Zhou You visited Liu Suxin and asked to leave for Soul Hunting because he could no longer hold back his cultivation.
• Liu Suxin was shocked to learn that Zhou You had reached level fifty in five years, after cultivating Threefold Reversal and hunting Soul Rings.
• Zhou You explained that Spirit Hall's Pope and Great Enshrined factions had been trying to recruit him, while Yue Guan had protected his identity as Lord of the Clouds.
• Zhou You asked to hunt in Sunset Forest rather than Star Dou Forest, warning Liu Suxin that he might encounter the forest kings while seeking a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.

Zhou You arranged to hunt for his fifth Soul Ring with help from two Titled Douluo, then traveled to Heaven Dou City to meet She Long. At She Long’s residence, Zhou You sensed something was amiss and encountered a handsome stranger who recognized him as Lord of the Clouds.

• Zhou You persuaded Liu Suxin that he needed real combat experience, and she agreed to request a professional Soul Hunting team rather than send his less powerful companions.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei arrived to assist Zhou You, and Yue Guan told him She Long wanted to see him in Heaven Dou City.
• Zhou You agreed to visit She Long, and the three traveled to Heaven Dou City and entered a large, servantless courtyard near the imperial palace.
• Zhou You found She Long in the main hall with an unfamiliar young man, whose appearance seemed to prompt a warning look from She Long.
• The stranger greeted Zhou You as Lord of the Clouds and said he had long heard of his reputation.

Zhou You met Qian Renxue, who was disguised as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, and both concealed what they knew about each other. Their playful verbal clash left Qian Renxue awkwardly unable to respond after Zhou You credited his famous paper to Chrysanthemum Douluo.

• Zhou You recognized Qian Renxue as Xue Qinghe but pretended they were meeting for the first time.
• Qian Renxue scrutinized Zhou You, reflecting on his paper's influence and her long-standing curiosity about him.
• Zhou You asked why Xue Qinghe had invited him, and she teased him for being a young hero.
• Zhou You claimed Chrysanthemum Douluo had written the paper and that he had merely added the pen name Lord of the Clouds.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo realized Zhou You had shifted the attention onto him, while She Long silently enjoyed the exchange.

Qian Renxue asked Zhou You, as Lord of the Clouds, to help the Ning family resolve the flaw in their Martial Soul, hoping to secure the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support. Zhou You named the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as his price, leaving Qian Renxue outwardly refusing while privately considering the deal.

• Qian Renxue apologized for her earlier discourtesy and asked Zhou You to help with a private matter.
• Qian Renxue explained that Ning Fengzhi wanted Zhou You’s help with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s flaw, since the Ning family had failed to find scholars capable of understanding Zhou You’s paper.
• Qian Renxue recounted how Xue Qinghe had offered to help the Ning family negotiate with Spirit Hall, gaining their support as she advanced her Nation-Stealing Plan.
• Zhou You recognized that Qian Renxue wanted to use his expertise to win over the Ning family and waited for her to name her offer.
• When Qian Renxue said payment was negotiable, Zhou You asked for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Qian Renxue denied that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family heirloom was for sale, but privately weighed whether she could make the exchange.

Zhou You secured permission to borrow the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and left with his companions for the Sunset Forest, while Qian Renxue grew angry after realizing he had seen through her attempts to recruit him. At the forest’s marketplace, Zhou You found no information about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well but learned something about the Poison Douluo.

• Zhou You changed his request from obtaining the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to borrowing it for a few days, and Qian Renxue agreed.
• At the banquet, Qian Renxue tried to grow closer to and recruit Zhou You, but he pretended not to understand her intentions until she left in frustration.
• The next day, Zhou You and his companions departed for the Sunset Forest without informing Xue Qinghe, and Qian Renxue complained to She Long about him.
• Zhou You, Gui Mei, and Yue Guan reached the Sunset Forest and split up to buy supplies at its marketplace.
• Zhou You found no information about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then asked about the Poison Douluo and learned something.

Zhou You sought information about Poison Douluo from a local broker, who tried to kill him with poison after taking his money. Zhou You survived with help from his Lightning Marten and killed the broker, leaving Poison Douluo’s whereabouts unresolved.

• Zhou You met an information broker in an alley and asked where Poison Douluo was, but the broker only knew that Dugu Bo often visited the Marketplace and offered a rare poison as a lead.
• Zhou You paid the broker, but leaped away when the broker threw him a vial, prompting the broker’s accomplice to attack him with a scythe.
• Zhou You dodged the scythe and kicked the accomplice into a wall, while the broker used his Soul Ring to immobilize Zhou You and released poisonous miasma from the shattered vial.
• Zhou You identified the poison as Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flower Pollen and used Threefold Reversal to break free, but the poison quickly returned to his body.
• Zhou You released his Lightning Marten, which devoured the pollen and restored him; when the broker tried to flee, Zhou You killed him.

Zhou You searched the Sunset Forest with Gui Mei and Yue Guan for a hundred-thousand-year Rolling Earth Dragon, but the beast remained hidden. After his Ravens discovered that several groups were secretly following them, Zhou You chose to wait and learn their motives, while the pursuers decided to act.

• Zhou You entered the Sunset Forest with Gui Mei and Yue Guan after releasing his Ravens to scout.
• After a week of searching, Yue Guan questioned whether their intelligence about the Rolling Earth Dragon was accurate, and Zhou You suggested the beast might be disguising its size.
• Zhou You received a Raven’s report that several groups had been following them from a distance, and he decided to keep watching rather than attack.
• The pursuers’ captain realized they had been discovered, signaled the other teams with fireworks, and ordered them to begin their operation.

Zhou You and his companions were caught in a trap that unleashed a nest of Rolling Earth Dragons, and a deathsworn Soul Saint’s sacrifice scattered them. Zhou You escaped the giant beast’s maw but saw Yue Guan swallowed and then encountered a hidden group he suspected were the masterminds.

• Zhou You’s Raven spotted the Soul Hunting teams acting after a signal flare, and a giant Rolling Earth Dragon erupted from the ground.
• More Rolling Earth Dragons surfaced around the giant, and Zhou You realized the enemy planned to use the beasts to kill them.
• A deathsworn Soul Saint drew the Rolling Earth Dragons’ attention and detonated his Soul Power while Gui Mei attacked him, leaving Gui Mei’s whereabouts unknown.
• Yue Guan carried Zhou You away from the blast, but the Rolling Earth Dragons targeted them and the giant’s maw descended on them.
• Yue Guan used Zhou You’s umbrella to propel him clear of the maw, but the giant Rolling Earth Dragon swallowed Yue Guan.
• Zhou You sensed unfamiliar signals and saw a group concealing their identities emerge from the dust.

Zhou You used his fourth and third Soul Skills to fight off the Soul Masters who ambushed him while evading the Rolling Earth Dragons. After Gui Mei arrived, Zhou You sent him to rescue Old Ju, who had been swallowed by the largest Rolling Earth Dragon, and faced a new attacker.

• Zhou You used the Heaven- and Earth-Harmonizing Umbrella as a grappling hook to evade the Rolling Earth Dragons and the Soul Masters blocking his path.
• Zhou You unleashed his fourth Soul Skill, slicing several attackers apart with wind blades and scattering their remains.
• Zhou You used his third Soul Skill to shoot down the enemy leader and pursued the fleeing Soul Masters while dodging the Rolling Earth Dragons.
• Gui Mei arrived, killed a Rolling Earth Dragon, and asked Zhou You where Old Ju was.
• Zhou You told Gui Mei that Old Ju had been swallowed by the largest Rolling Earth Dragon, and Gui Mei flew into the beast to rescue him.
• A man approached Zhou You and hurled the sack-like object he carried at him.

Zhou You discovered that the girl thrown at him was Dugu Yan, whom his attackers had abducted to provoke Dugu Bo into killing him. Dugu Bo arrived in a fury, and Zhou You held the waking Dugu Yan as his only leverage.

• Zhou You stopped his sword from striking the girl in the sack, then carried her while maiming the masked attacker.
• Zhou You tortured the attacker with the Ghost Gate Needle until he confessed that the group claimed to serve Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
• Zhou You questioned the attacker about the girl, but the man taunted him before a shout of “Yan'er!” came from afar.
• Zhou You recognized the approaching Titled Douluo as Poison Douluo and realized the girl was his granddaughter, Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo charged at Zhou You, who tightened his hold on Dugu Yan as she slowly woke.

Zhou You held Dugu Yan hostage to stop Poison Douluo from attacking and force him to hear an explanation. After Poison Douluo’s poison failed to penetrate Zhou You’s defenses, he calmed down and asked what Zhou You wanted.

• Dugu Bo stopped his charge when Dugu Yan called out to him, and Zhou You refused to release her.
• Zhou You used the Ghost Gate Needle to paralyze Dugu Yan when she struggled, frightening her and enraging Dugu Bo.
• Zhou You told Dugu Yan he would free her once they cleared up the misunderstanding and warned Dugu Bo not to use poison on him.
• Dugu Bo was shocked when his concealed poison failed to affect Zhou You, who revealed that he was a pharmacist.
• Zhou You relied on Escape Light to shield himself and Dugu Yan, while Dugu Bo calmed down and asked what Zhou You wanted.

Zhou You faced Dugu Bo over Dugu Yan’s kidnapping and, unable to convince him of his innocence, claimed he wanted to find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The confrontation shifted when Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo arrived, leaving Dugu Bo surprised and Dugu Yan still in Zhou You’s grasp.

• Zhou You questioned Dugu Yan, who initially believed he had kidnapped her, then argued to Dugu Bo that villains had used her as a hostage to frame him.
• Dugu Bo accused Zhou You of involvement and demanded that he return Dugu Yan, but Zhou You refused to put himself at the old man’s mercy.
• After Dugu Bo brought up Zhou You’s inquiries about him in the Marketplace, Zhou You stopped pretending and asked for the location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo grew wary when Zhou You described the hidden hot spring and its rare plants, while Dugu Yan confronted Zhou You for seeming like a bad person.
• Zhou You predicted that it was time, and Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo arrived beside him; when Dugu Yan tried to run to Dugu Bo, Zhou You held her back.

Zhou You and Yue Guan tried to secure Dugu Bo’s cooperation by offering to develop the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and address the Dugu Family’s poison problems. Yue Guan exposed Dugu Bo’s symptoms and urged him to join Spirit Hall to protect Dugu Yan, leaving Dugu Bo facing the threat to his granddaughter and bloodline.

• Dugu Bo hesitated to honor his agreement with Zhou You after Gui Mei and Yue Guan arrived and shifted the balance of power.
• Zhou You proposed that he and Dugu Bo develop the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well together, pointing to Spirit Hall’s knowledge as a way to address the Dugu Family’s poison problems.
• Zhou You privately prompted Yue Guan to reveal Dugu Bo’s symptoms, and Yue Guan accurately described the pain and numbness caused by his poison cultivation.
• Dugu Bo questioned whether Yue Guan had written Zhou You’s paper, and Yue Guan claimed he had contributed to it.
• Yue Guan urged Dugu Bo to join Spirit Hall and warned that Dugu Yan could suffer the same fate as Dugu Bo’s son, ending the Jade Phosphorous Serpent bloodline.

Zhou You exposed that Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan had been misled, then tracked the true mastermind with Amon while Spirit Hall considered recruiting Dugu Bo. He entered the dying Hundred-Thousand-Year Rolling Earth Dragon, destroyed its Soul Core, and began absorbing its Soul Ring as the carcass drew a swarm of Soul Beasts.

• Zhou You released Dugu Yan, explained that he and his companions were not behind the attack, and sent Amon to find the real leader.
• Dugu Bo followed Amon with Dugu Yan, while Zhou You and the Spirit Hall members considered how to recruit him.
• Gui Mei carried Zhou You into the Rolling Earth Dragon, where they found its Soul Core trapped by Yue Guan's golden light.
• Zhou You pierced the Soul Core with Shinso, killing the Hundred-Thousand-Year Rolling Earth Dragon.
• The Rolling Earth Dragon's descendants swarmed its carcass to feed, and Zhou You began absorbing its Soul Ring inside it.

Zhou You absorbed a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, reaching Soul Power Level fifty-one and gaining two replicated Soul Skills. He discovered that its Mental Attribute External Soul Bone fused with his Soul Tool Crystal, but decided to wait before absorbing it while his Soul Power stabilized.

• Gui Mei watched Zhou You complete the Soul Ring absorption and worried about finding enough hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts for his future rings.
• Zhou You reached Soul Power Level fifty-one and saw a red External Soul Bone appear before him.
• Zhou You recognized the Soul Bone's Mental Attribute and recalled the Soul Bone he had previously left unabsorbed.
• Zhou You brought the External Soul Bone together with the crystal from the dismantled Eye of Truth, and the two objects fused.
• Zhou You considered the fused Soul Bone's possible abilities and chose to delay absorbing it until his Soul Power stabilized.

Zhou You and his companions learned that the attack on them was a plot by rival princes trying to undermine Xue Qinghe’s rise to power. Dugu Bo revealed that the conspirators had all died after taking poison, and Yue Guan mocked him for failing to stop them.

• Zhou You left the Rolling Earth Dragon’s corpse to be devoured by Soul Beasts, and Amon flew in to join the feast.
• Yue Guan noticed Zhou You had fully controlled his Soul Power and asked what Soul Skill he had gained, but Zhou You kept it secret.
• Dugu Bo returned with Dugu Yan and explained that the attack had been ordered by rival princes opposing Xue Qinghe.
• Zhou You explained that the conspirators hoped an attack on him would damage Xue Qinghe’s ties with Spirit Hall and other allies.
• Dugu Bo said the conspirators had all died after taking poison, and Yue Guan ridiculed him for letting them die under his watch.

Zhou You’s group reached Dugu Bo’s poisonous valley, where Dugu Bo tried to make things difficult for him and provoked Yue Guan and Gui Mei with an insulting remark about the Pope. Zhou You defused the confrontation, and Dugu Bo grudgingly apologized.

• As the group traveled toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Zhou You covertly guided Yue Guan through Dugu Bo’s questions about the paper.
• Dugu Yan watched Zhou You shyly, remembering that he had saved her and hoping to speak with him.
• Dugu Bo led the group to a valley of Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers and hinted that his estate was protected by dangerous measures.
• Dugu Bo targeted Zhou You to settle a petty grievance, prompting Yue Guan and Gui Mei to warn him not to harm their student.
• Dugu Bo called Zhou You the Pope’s illegitimate son, angering Yue Guan and Gui Mei and bringing the group to the brink of a fight.
• Zhou You calmed Yue Guan and Gui Mei, and Dugu Bo accepted the offered excuse and apologized.

Zhou You accepted Dugu Bo’s challenge to cross the Poison Formations, while Dugu Bo hoped to vent his anger and learn how Zhou You had resisted his poison. Inside the miasma, Zhou You sent Feidian out to hunt, and the formations’ deadly hazards looked like a feast to the small creature.

• Zhou You offered to test his strength against Dugu Bo, but Dugu Yan urged her grandfather to let it go and admitted Zhou You had saved her.
• Dugu Bo explained that his Poison Formations contained poisonous plants and Soul Beasts, then warned Zhou You he could call for help if he could not continue.
• Zhou You entered the formations and covered himself with Escape Light, surprising Dugu Bo with the unfamiliar technique.
• Dugu Yan watched with concern as Zhou You vanished into the poisonous miasma.
• Zhou You released Xiao Bai Diao, and Feidian returned with a Jade Phosphorous Serpent before eyeing the Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers as food.

Zhou You followed Feidian through the Poison Formation, where Feidian ate until he could go no farther. After Zhou You killed a thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider, a swarm of poisoned creatures attacked him in miasma that corroded mental perception, leaving him apparently surrounded.

• Feidian led Zhou You through the outer Poison Formation, eating venomous creatures and plants until he grew too full to continue.
• Zhou You put Feidian in the Treasure Bag and used Azure Dragon in the Sleeve to kill a thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider that had ambushed him.
• Zhou You sensed that the miasma carried a poison that corroded Mental Power and learned that Dugu Bo had created it accidentally during his experiments.
• Dugu Bo had used the poison to cloud the senses of creatures in the valley and make them accustomed to Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison.
• More Man Faced Demon Spiders charged Zhou You through the miasma, and he cut them down as they swarmed around him.

Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, Gui Mei, and Yue Guan watched Zhou You fight through the poison formation using a mirror Soul Tool. Zhou You defeated a swarm of Man Faced Demon Spiders, uncovered Soul-Devouring Ghost Scorpions beneath them, and was left facing a powerful attacker.

• Dugu Bo showed Gui Mei and Yue Guan Zhou You's fight through a mirror Soul Tool, while Dugu Yan watched eagerly.
• Gui Mei noticed Zhou You's precise fighting style resembled his own more than Yue Guan's, and Yue Guan agreed that his student was skilled.
• Zhou You leaped into the middle of a swarm of Man Faced Demon Spiders, then used his Fourth Soul Skill to blast their webs and the spiders apart.
• Zhou You discovered that Soul-Devouring Ghost Scorpions beneath the spiders had poisoned the protective Qi around his ankles.
• After Zhou You opened the Heaven- and Earth-Harmonizing Umbrella to counter a sudden attack, he saw the attacker and reacted with surprise.