Recaps

Zhou You fought a ten-thousand-year Ghost Vine inside Dugu Bo’s Poison Formation while Yue Guan and Gui Mei watched. After his attack failed to hit its Soul Core, the Ghost Vine trapped him in poisonous flowers, and Zhou You activated his fifth Soul Skill.

• Zhou You identified the attacker as an unusually powerful Ghost Vine and defended himself with Azure Dragon in the Sleeve.
• Dugu Bo watched Zhou You fight, while Gui Mei worried about the danger and Yue Guan urged him to observe.
• The Ghost Vine surrounded Zhou You with its vines, and he studied the movements of its Soul Core while dodging and blocking its attacks.
• Zhou You used his third Soul Skill to strike at the Ghost Vine’s Soul Core, but the creature shifted its trunk and the attack only pierced it.
• The Ghost Vine drained Zhou You’s Soul Power and filled the area with poisonous pollen, so Zhou You opened the Heaven- and Earth-Harmonizing Umbrella and activated his fifth Soul Skill.

Zhou You used the Heaven- and Earth-Harmonizing Umbrella to devour the Ghost Vine’s surroundings, then passed through Dugu Bo’s Poison Formation and reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Dugu Yan admired him and agreed to enroll at Spirit Hall Advanced Soul Master Academy, while Zhou You considered how much Dugu Bo still had to learn.

• Zhou You transformed the Heaven- and Earth-Harmonizing Umbrella into a black sun that devoured everything within ten meters, leaving the Ghost Vine stunned.
• Zhou You prepared to fire a Qi Cannon at the motionless Ghost Vine, but Dugu Bo stopped him and accepted that he had passed through the formation.
• Zhou You and the others reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Dugu Yan praised him and asked how he had become so strong.
• Dugu Yan told Zhou You that she had planned to enroll at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Dugu Bo proposed that she attend Spirit Hall Advanced Soul Master Academy instead.
• Yue Guan approved Dugu Yan’s enrollment, and Zhou You considered that Dugu Bo might benefit from joining Spirit Hall and learning more about Soul Masters.

Zhou You explained how Dugu Bo could contain the poison caused by his Poison Arts in a Soul Bone, while revealing enough of his expertise for Dugu Bo to recognize him as Lord of the Clouds. After Zhou You continued gathering herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, “Xue Qinghe” learned of the attempted ambush and told Ning Fengzhi that Lord of the Clouds would soon visit his sect to investigate its problem.

• Zhou You offered Dugu Bo two ways to address the danger from his Poison Arts, and Dugu Bo chose to force the poison into a Soul Bone.
• Zhou You warned that breaking the Soul Bone could release the poison and kill Dugu Bo, then explained the method and its precautions.
• Dugu Bo recognized Zhou You as Lord of the Clouds, and Yue Guan pressed him to keep the identity secret; Dugu Bo agreed and asked whether Dugu Yan could use the method.
• Zhou You said Dugu Yan’s danger would likely become serious around the Soul Saint stage and pointed out that the herbs would help her cultivation; Dugu Yan introduced herself and followed him through the garden.
• A raven brought “Xue Qinghe” news of the events in Sunset Forest, prompting her to decide to eliminate those behind the attempted ambush.
• Ning Fengzhi visited “Xue Qinghe,” who assured him that Lord of the Clouds had agreed to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and investigate its problem.

Zhou You and Yue Guan developed a method to suppress the poison in Dugu Bo’s body and gradually transfer it into his Medusa Skull. After the first treatment eased Dugu Bo’s symptoms, Zhou You presented him with a plan to develop the medicine valley with Spirit Hall.

• After gathering herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Zhou You and Yue Guan worked out a treatment plan for Dugu Bo’s poison.
• Dugu Bo accepted the risks, and Zhou You used the Reversal state and Ghost Gate Needle to guide his Soul Power through the treatment.
• Zhou You and Dugu Bo emerged from the sealed cave, and Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan that he felt better than ever.
• Zhou You explained that removing the remaining toxins would take a long time and require nourishing supplements to protect Dugu Bo’s Meridians.
• Zhou You gave Dugu Bo a development plan for the medicine valley and proposed that he work with Spirit Hall to cultivate it sustainably.

Zhou You removed valuable Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as Spirit Hall Pharmacists took over the Medicine Valley, persuading Dugu Bo that the garden could grow new treasures. The party then reached Seven Treasure City, where Yue Guan and Gui Mei were recognized as they arrived to a grand reception.

• Spirit Hall Pharmacists under Yue Guan and the Zhou Family Joint Chamber of Commerce took charge of the Medicine Valley and marveled at its rare herbs.
• Zhou You harvested several Immortal Herbs, and Dugu Bo protested that they were unique specimens.
• Zhou You explained that harvesting made room for new treasures to grow and left the Snow-Colored Swan Kiss and Aromatic Silk Beauty untouched.
• Dugu Bo accepted the Pharmacists’ care of the garden, and Zhou You’s party left the valley with him and his granddaughter.
• The party reached Seven Treasure City without incident and was welcomed by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Onlookers recognized Yue Guan and Gui Mei as they stepped from the carriage, and Gui Mei chilled the crowd with an icy gaze.

Zhou You arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and revealed himself as Lord of the Clouds, surprising its elders. Chen Xin tested Zhou You’s claim by asking about the Spirit Body, and Zhou You answered with advice that recognized Chen Xin’s path toward becoming a Sword Immortal.

• Gu Rong and Gui Mei exchanged hostile stares, while Chen Xin’s arrival caused the Spirit Hall group to rein in their aggression.
• Chen Xin waited for Lord of the Clouds to emerge from the carriage, then learned from Yue Guan that Zhou You was the person they sought.
• Zhou You identified himself as Lord of the Clouds, and Chen Xin accepted his claim despite Gu Rong’s disbelief.
• Chen Xin led the group toward the sect headquarters in guarded carriages and rode with Zhou You to question him about his paper.
• Chen Xin asked Zhou You about the Spirit Body, and Zhou You advised him, “What is too rigid breaks easily; master softness and remain undefeated!”

Zhou You’s guidance helped Chen Xin overcome a cultivation bottleneck, and Chen Xin broke through after years of accumulated effort. Ning Fengzhi learned that Zhou You had aided his elder and thanked him for imparting the Dao.

• Zhou You’s eight words gave Chen Xin sudden insight into balancing hardness with softness on the Sword Dao.
• Chen Xin began breaking through as the carriage reached the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Gu Rong stayed behind to guard him.
• Zhou You told Dugu Bo that Chen Xin’s breakthrough came from his own diligence as well as the guidance.
• Ning Fengzhi hurried to meet the guests after sensing Chen Xin’s breakthrough and learned that Chen Xin had traveled with Zhou You.
• Chen Xin emerged with greatly improved strength, identified Zhou You as Lord of the Clouds, and Ning Fengzhi bowed to thank him.

Zhou You and his companions arrived at the Ning Residence, where Ning Fengzhi welcomed them with great respect. Ning Rongrong met Zhou You and drew him into the main hall, while Ning Fengzhi considered building a lasting relationship between him and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Ning Fengzhi respectfully welcomed Zhou You and his companions into the Ning Residence.
• Dugu Yan watched Zhou You and felt an unfamiliar flutter of emotion.
• Ning Rongrong rushed past Ning Fengzhi to greet Chen Xin, who warmly embraced her.
• Ning Rongrong introduced herself to Zhou You, took his hand, and led him toward the main hall.
• Ning Fengzhi thanked the guests and resolved to cultivate a long-term relationship with Zhou You.

Zhou You toured the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Ning Rongrong and gained access to its secret Soul Tool research institute. He joined a heated scholarly debate about how Soul Tools worked, leaving Ning Rongrong watching in surprise.

• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Zhou You as an honored guest and had Ning Rongrong show him around the sect.
• Ning Rongrong told Zhou You about the sect’s efforts to collect and study Soul Tools, prompting him to ask to see its research institute.
• A Soul Saint guard tried to bar them from the restricted institute, but Ning Rongrong used her authority and an Elder Token to gain entry.
• Zhou You discovered the institute was a busy, factory-sized research center with several departments.
• Researchers argued over whether Soul Tools were best understood through Soul Bones or through energy pathways like those in Martial Souls, and Zhou You joined the debate.

Zhou You used an External Soul Bone containing a Soul Tool to persuade the scholars that Soul Rings and Soul Bones might also be made specifically for Soul Masters. He argued that the rules favor Soul Masters in their struggle against Soul Beasts, leaving the scholars wondering whether a higher being intended Soul Beasts’ extinction.

• Zhou You showed the scholars an External Soul Bone containing a crystal-like object and suggested it was fused with a Soul Tool.
• Zhou You asked why Soul Rings and Soul Bones appeared suited exclusively to Soul Masters, prompting the scholars to find that no one had recorded Soul Beasts producing them by killing one another.
• The scholars compared the repeatable patterns of Soul Rings and Soul Bones to Soul Tools and asked who or what made them.
• Ning Rongrong climbed onto her Soul Saint guard’s shoulders so she could see Zhou You speaking to the gathered scholars.
• Zhou You proposed that a being had created rules that let Soul Masters gain strength by hunting Soul Beasts, then argued that Soul Beasts faced greater threats and might eventually become extinct.
• A scholar asked whether the being had deliberately favored Soul Masters to make them wipe out Soul Beasts.

Zhou You prompted the scholars at the research institute to question whether gods had shaped the world and its Soul Master system for their own purposes. The debate spread to Soul Beast transformation and the vanished ancient Soul Tool civilization, and the commotion drew Ning Fengzhi’s attention.

• Zhou You considered whether gods had engineered the world’s cultivation system and arranged the fates of Soul Masters as part of a larger plan.
• Zhou You introduced questions about Soul Beast transformation, leading the scholars to examine the world’s apparent bias toward human Soul Masters.
• An old scholar proposed that higher beings had reshaped the world and questioned who had destroyed the ancient Soul Tool civilization.
• The scholars argued over whether Soul Tools had been created to imitate Martial Souls or Soul Beast abilities, while Zhou You deliberately encouraged both sides.
• Ning Rongrong and her Soul Saint guard noticed Zhou You stoking the debate, and the uproar alerted Ning Fengzhi.

Ning Fengzhi arrived at the research institute and learned that Zhou You had sparked a heated debate among the scholars about Soul Beasts and access to cultivation resources. He tried to reveal Zhou You as the Lord of the Clouds, but the scholars doubted him because Zhou You seemed too young.

• Ning Fengzhi arrived, found Ning Rongrong bewildered, and heard from her and the Soul Saint how the scholars had gathered around Zhou You.
• Ning Fengzhi realized that Zhou You’s discussion of Soul Beasts and resource access touched on a sensitive issue that the major powers avoided.
• Ning Fengzhi interrupted Zhou You’s debate and loudly addressed him as the Lord of the Clouds.
• The scholars questioned whether Zhou You could have written the 'Five-Layer Body' thesis and joked that Ning Fengzhi was drunk.

After Ning Fengzhi rescued Zhou You from the scholars, he asked for help overcoming the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s limitations. Zhou You proposed that Ning Rongrong could gain extra Soul Skills by absorbing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, then revealed his own extraordinary five-ring configuration, leaving Ning Fengzhi and the others stunned.

• Ning Fengzhi had Zhou You escorted away from the scholars, then apologized for interrupting his plans.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Zhou You how the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s seven Soul Rings could overcome their usual limits.
• Zhou You explained that Soul Ring absorption limits depended on several factors and proposed that Ning Rongrong could gain two Soul Skills from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Ning Fengzhi doubted the proposal, so Zhou You revealed his five Soul Rings: yellow, purple, two black, and one red.
• Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and the guards were shocked by Zhou You’s rings and the immense power he displayed.

Zhou You offered Ning Fengzhi two ways to overcome the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s limits: steadily strengthen Ning Rongrong with Spirit Medicine or evolve her Martial Soul using the Aromatic Silk Beauty. Ning Fengzhi recognized the Immortal Herb’s immense rarity and was left considering how to obtain it through a trade.

• Zhou You explained that Spirit Medicine could strengthen Ning Rongrong’s physique and help her absorb older Soul Rings, offering to supply it through a long-term partnership with the Ning family.
• Ning Fengzhi considered the Spirit Medicine proposal but worried that it would not resolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s fundamental limitation.
• Zhou You said the root solution was evolving Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda with the Aromatic Silk Beauty, allowing descendants a chance to inherit it.
• Zhou You revealed that he had the Aromatic Silk Beauty and described it as rarer than a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast that had undergone Human Form Transformation.
• Ning Fengzhi dismissed the idea of taking the herb by force and began considering how to obtain it from Zhou You through a trade.

Su Yuntao reported that a child in Holy Soul Village had awakened Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power, prompting Zhou Chengjie to suspect the child had a mutated Martial Soul or Twin Martial Souls. Zhou Chengjie learned Su Yuntao had left the child behind and began treating him as a promising talent.

• Zhou Chengjie asked Su Yuntao whether he had found any promising children at the latest Martial Soul Awakening ceremony.
• Su Yuntao reported that a child in Holy Soul Village had awakened Blue Silver Grass with Innate Full Soul Power.
• Zhou Chengjie questioned Su Yuntao about why he had not brought the child back from the village.
• Zhou Chengjie argued that the child’s Martial Soul must be mutated or that he had another powerful Martial Soul.
• Su Yuntao realized the child might possess Twin Martial Souls.

Zhou Chengjie suspected that Tang San was the son of Tang Hao and a transformed Blue Silver Emperor, so he sent his findings to Zhou You. In Holy Soul Village, Tang San revealed his second Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang Hao told him to use it to protect his Blue Silver Grass.

• Zhou Chengjie ordered Su Yuntao to discreetly investigate Tang San’s father and background.
• Recalling Tang Hao’s past conflict with Spirit Hall, Zhou Chengjie suspected Tang San was his son and sent Zhou You a letter with his information and conjecture.
• Tang San returned home after declining Old Jack’s work-study offer in accordance with Tang Hao’s wishes.
• Tang San told Tang Hao that he had another Martial Soul, startling his father into confronting him.
• Tang San revealed the Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang Hao told him to use it to protect his Blue Silver Grass.

After learning that Tang San had awakened his Martial Soul, Zhou You ordered the investigation into Tang San and his father to continue through Spirit Hall’s official channels. Zhou Chengjie received Zhou You’s instructions and began deciding how to handle Tang Hao and Tang San.

• A Raven delivered news of Tang San’s Martial Soul Awakening to Zhou You, who wrote back instructions to keep watching Tang San and his father and suggested ending an inappropriate covert investigation.
• Zhou You sent the Raven back toward Nuoding City with the letter and specially prepared feed.
• Su Yuntao reported to Zhou Chengjie that Tang Hao lived as a drunken blacksmith in Holy Soul Village and had refused to let Tang San attend Spirit Hall Academy.
• Zhou Chengjie suspected Tang Hao was Clear Sky Douluo and warned Su Yuntao to keep the information secret.
• Zhou You’s Raven arrived with a letter, and Zhou Chengjie read it, destroyed it, and began giving Su Yuntao new instructions.

Tang Hao prepared to flee Holy Soul Village after learning Spirit Hall was investigating him, but Old Jack arrived with an invitation for Tang San to study at a Spirit Hall academy. The chapter ended with Tang Hao refusing to let Tang San go as Old Jack urged the boy to pursue his uncertain potential.

• Tang Hao learned that Spirit Hall was investigating him and told Tang San to pack so they could leave the village.
• Old Jack arrived and told Tang San that Spirit Hall had offered to cover his academy expenses.
• Tang Hao rejected the offer, insisting that Tang San could not become a Soul Master of Spirit Hall.
• Old Jack explained that Su Yuntao's report had raised doubts about Tang San's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul because Tang San had Innate Soul Power level ten.
• Old Jack urged Tang San to attend the academy, while Tang San struggled to defend his father without hurting the village chief.

Old Jack persuaded Tang Hao to let Tang San meet Spirit Hall’s envoys, hoping the boy would receive the training his talent deserved. At Spirit Hall, Tang Hao began to suspect that the organization did not know his identity, though his sudden shift to an ordinary manner only made the female Soul Elder more uncertain.

• Old Jack insisted that Tang San needed proper training, and Tang Hao agreed to meet Spirit Hall’s representatives without making any promises.
• Old Jack cleaned Tang San up and brought him with Tang Hao to the newly rebuilt village Spirit Hall.
• Tang San saw the upgraded building and formed an initial impression of Spirit Hall’s reach and organizational power.
• Three young Soul Elders greeted Tang San and his father, while Tang Hao recognized their ranks and remained guarded.
• The female Soul Elder was unsettled by Tang Hao’s sharp gaze, but he suspected Spirit Hall had recruited Tang San without discovering his identity.
• Tang Hao made his bearing seem ordinary, leaving the female Soul Elder uncertain about him.

After Tang San rejected Spirit Hall’s recruitment, three Soul Elders discussed how his Innate Full Soul Power and Blue Silver Grass might still let him develop, while Tang Hao realized the recruiters had genuinely wanted his son and agreed to explain his grudge against Spirit Hall. Elsewhere, Zhou You finished a successful batch of pills and prepared to experiment with Aromatic Silk Beauty.

• Three Soul Elders discussed how Tang San could cultivate Blue Silver Grass through self-support or control skills and benefit from stronger Soul Rings.
• Tang Hao overheard their conversation and realized Spirit Hall had come to recruit Tang San rather than test his identity.
• Tang San asked whether Tang Hao held a grudge against Spirit Hall, and Tang Hao promised to explain when they returned.
• Zhou You finished refining five pills, stored them in a Jade Bottle, and prepared to try refining pills with Aromatic Silk Beauty.

Zhou You used Mystic Sect Outer Alchemy to develop Ascension Pills that could improve a Martial Soul, then prepared to refine a stronger pill using the Aromatic Silk Beauty. After three days of work, the cauldron began to release a rich medicinal fragrance.

• Zhou You explained how Outer Alchemy extracted and refined the essence of Spirit Medicines, drawing on his years of study and experimentation.
• Zhou You chose to refine the Aromatic Silk Beauty into pills so its medicinal power could be shared and its effects strengthened with other ingredients.
• Zhou You fed Feidian a test Ascension Pill, which was designed to repair the Etheric Body and improve a Martial Soul; Feidian lay down to digest it.
• Zhou You lit the cauldron and began refining the true Ascension Pill, adding the Aromatic Silk Beauty and powder from a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma as key ingredients.
• After three days, a rich medicinal fragrance began to waft from the cauldron.

Zhou You completed three purple-patterned Ascension Pills and gave one to Ning Rongrong to transform her Martial Soul. The pill’s power advanced her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to a Nine-Story Glazed Tile Pagoda, using up all its medicinal power.

• After three days in the Alchemy Room, Zhou You finished three Ascension Pills and told Ning Fengzhi to bring Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Fengzhi summoned Ning Rongrong, and Zhou You led her into the hot Alchemy Room to prepare her for the pill.
• Zhou You guided Ning Rongrong into meditation and slipped an Ascension Pill into her mouth while she breathed.
• As the pill’s medicinal power transformed Ning Rongrong, her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda grew from seven stories to nine.
• Ning Fengzhi watched with joy as the pill’s power ran out after Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul reached nine stories.