Recaps

Tang San reunited with Xiao Wu after the soul hunt, while Han Yu prepared to absorb a God-Given Soul Ring. Yu Xiaogang reached Shrek Academy after a string of misfortunes and stole a Gold Soul Coin from two village children, leaving the village searching for them.

• Tang San confirmed that Xiao Wu had obtained her Third Soul Ring, and Zhao Wuji urged the group to leave the dangerous forest.
• Han Yu went to a cave alone and prepared to absorb the God-Given Soul Ring after reaching Soul Power level seventy.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived in Suotuo City penniless after being robbed, but guards turned him away because of his appearance.
• Yu Xiaogang followed two children, knocked them unconscious, and stole the Gold Soul Coin they had found.
• The village searched for the missing children as Yu Xiaogang cleaned himself up and reached Shrek Academy, where Flender greeted him and told him Tang San had gone soul hunting with the teachers.

Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy and questioned Tang San about absorbing a two-thousand-year Soul Ring, then warned him not to exceed his limit again. The chapter ended with Oscar explaining Tang San’s masked face to Ning Rongrong, who criticized him as hypocritical.

• Yu Xiaogang told Flender and Zhao Wuji that the bull roar was likely from the Sky Azure Bull Python and speculated about why the Titan Giant Ape had appeared.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned Zhao Wuji about Tang San’s two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring and hurried to see Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San that exceeding his Soul Ring limit was dangerous, though he accepted Tang San’s absorption as an exceptional case.
• Tang San removed his mask and told Yu Xiaogang that a mysterious expert had saved him after he was attacked on the road.
• Oscar told Ning Rongrong that Tang San’s face had been disfigured in battle, and Ning Rongrong called Tang San hypocritical.

Han Yu fused three Heavenly Flames, gained a God-Given Soul Ring, and traveled with his students to Heaven Dou City. Qian Renxue’s search for Xiao Yan pointed toward Han Yu, while the group prepared to enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy and compete in the city’s Great Soul Arena.

• Han Yu fused the Fallen Heart Flame and two other Heavenly Flames, reached Soul Power Level 76, and received a God-Given Soul Ring.
• She Long reported that Han Yu might be the missing Xiao Yan, but Qian Renxue set the investigation aside to prioritize her mission in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ling Hai asked Han Yu for an opportunity for Ling Xiao, and Han Yu assured him he would teach her what he could before accepting a farewell banquet.
• Han Yu checked his students’ progress and found that Ling Xiao had gained confidence by fighting several soul matches with Zhu Dazhi.
• Han Yu arrived in Heaven Dou City with his students and used Qian Renxue’s token to gain the guards’ deference.
• Han Yu told the students to prepare for Great Soul Arena fights, while warning Ye Lingling not to participate and risk exposing her identity.

Qian Renxue arranged a meeting with Han Yu after he entered Heaven Dou City, hoping to test whether he would join her ranks. Han Yu hinted that he knew her identity, accepted an offer to meet Ning Fengzhi at the grand auction, and left Qian Renxue curious about his promised opportunity.

• Qian Renxue ordered She Long to invite Han Yu to a meeting after learning he had entered the city.
• She Long brought Han Yu to a teahouse, where he met Xue Qinghe and asked about his younger sister.
• Han Yu hinted that he had recognized Qian Renxue and mentioned a fortuitous opportunity, while Xue Qinghe concealed her identity and offered him a position connected to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Han Yu accepted Xue Qinghe's invitation to the Heaven Dou Auction House's annual grand auction the next day.
• After Han Yu left, Qian Renxue rejected She Long's suggestion to kill him and decided to test him again at the auction.

Han Yu accompanied Xue Qinghe to the Heaven Dou Auction House, where they were summoned to meet a powerful guest. He recognized the guest as Bibi Dong, the Pope of Spirit Hall, and greeted her as he entered her private room.

• Han Yu promised his students a chance to improve their talents and Soul Power if they performed well, then sent them to rest.
• Han Yu went to the Heaven Dou Auction House and met Xue Qinghe, who escorted him through the VIP entrance.
• Xue Qinghe showed Han Yu the auction house and offered to buy him any items he wanted.
• After receiving a letter, Xue Qinghe invited Han Yu to meet someone whose status surpassed Ning Fengzhi's.
• Han Yu entered the private room and recognized Bibi Dong, with Yue Guan and Guimei standing beside her.

Han Yu rejected Bibi Dong’s invitation to join Spirit Hall and remained committed to the Heaven Dou Empire, while Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue traded veiled barbs. Xue Qinghe then brought Han Yu to meet Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin, where Chen Xin discovered Han Yu’s remarkable age and strength.

• Bibi Dong confronted Han Yu for rejecting Spirit Hall before, then offered him a position as a Red Cardinal or Dean of Studies.
• Han Yu refused Bibi Dong’s offer because he had promised Xue Qinghe he would enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Bibi Dong stopped Yue Guan from targeting Han Yu and said he would eventually belong to Spirit Hall.
• Han Yu asked Xue Qinghe why Bibi Dong had come, but Xue Qinghe claimed not to know her purpose.
• Xue Qinghe took Han Yu to meet Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin at a restaurant near the auction house.
• Chen Xin tested Han Yu by patting his shoulder and realized he was a twenty-seven-year-old Soul Saint, while Ning Fengzhi invited him to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Fengzhi tried to recruit Han Yu while discussing the Titan Giant Ape, but Han Yu rejected the idea of joining a sect. At the auction, Ning Fengzhi bid one million Gold Soul Coins for a Self-Created Soul Skill stone tablet.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Xue Qinghe about the Titan Giant Ape’s brief appearance near the Star Dou Great Forest, while Han Yu suspected Bibi Dong might be investigating the area.
• After the meal, Xue Qinghe asked Han Yu what he thought of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Han Yu said joining a sect would bring him no benefit.
• Xue Qinghe told Han Yu that his Heaven Dou Royal Academy procedures were complete, and Han Yu said he would go the next day.
• At the auction, Han Yu questioned why the imperial family was selling a thirty-thousand-year soul bone, and Xue Qinghe explained that a private seller had insisted on auctioning it.
• Ning Fengzhi bid one million Gold Soul Coins for a Self-Created Soul Skill stone tablet, despite Chen Xin warning that it might not suit the sect’s disciples.

Han Yu watched the auction and considered refining Youth Preservation Pills as a way to make money. Ning Fengzhi bought the pill, Yu Yuanzhen secured a Flying Lightning Dragon Soul Bone, and bidding began on the thirty-thousand-year Thousand Jun Ant Soul Bone as the chapter ended.

• Han Yu declined Xue Qinghe's offer to pay for his purchases and later realized he might be able to refine Youth Preservation Pills.
• Han Yu teased Xue Qinghe about buying a Youth Preservation Pill, which Ning Fengzhi ultimately won for two million two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Yu Luomian bid two million Gold Soul Coins on a Flying Lightning Dragon Soul Bone for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Ning Fengzhi decided not to compete with Yu Yuanzhen for that Soul Bone so they could preserve their chances of cooperating against Spirit Hall.
• The auctioneer presented a thirty-thousand-year left arm Soul Bone from a Thousand Jun Ant, and a bidder in the red VIP section opened at three million Gold Soul Coins.

Han Yu traded a fire-attribute Self-Created Soul Skill to Xue Qinghe for ten million Gold Soul Coins, then used the money to win a thirty-thousand-year attributeless soul bone. After returning to the hotel, he prepared to take his students to Heaven Dou Royal Academy while Qian Renxue decided to meet him openly and recruit him for Spirit Hall.

• Han Yu offered Xue Qinghe the cultivation method for Divine Flame Seeking, and Xue Qinghe agreed to pay him ten million Gold Soul Coins.
• Han Yu bid against Ning Fengzhi for the attributeless soul bone, while Chen Xin and Yu Luomian advised their allies to stop bidding.
• The auctioneer awarded the soul bone to Han Yu after the other bidders withdrew, and Xue Qinghe invited him to dinner.
• Han Yu returned to the hotel and told Ye Lingling and the others to register at Heaven Dou Royal Academy the next day.
• Qian Renxue dismissed She Long's concerns and decided to meet Han Yu in her true appearance so she could recruit him for Spirit Hall.

Han Yu brought his students to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where he met teachers Sun Buyu and Qin Ming and learned about the academy’s grades and teaching arrangements. Qin Ming asked Ye Lingling to join the academy team, and Han Yu had her introduce herself.

• Han Yu led Ling Xiao, Zhu Dazhi, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing up the mountain to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Sun Buyu greeted Han Yu and his students, then explained the academy’s student grades and proposed teachers for them.
• Sun Buyu introduced Han Yu to Qin Ming, who asked whether Ye Lingling could join the academy team.
• Ye Lingling introduced herself as a sixteen-year-old level thirty-eight healing-system Soul Elder with the Begonia Flower Martial Soul, and Zhu Zhuqing gave her name.

Han Yu joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy as Dean of Studies and brought Ye Lingling and the others into its training program. Meanwhile, Xue Beng and Xue Xing plotted to drive Han Yu away from Xue Qinghe by testing his limits through their lackeys.

• Han Yu arranged for Qin Ming to train Ye Lingling and the others for the Soul Master Grand Competition.
• Han Yu met Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin, the Education Committee’s three Soul Douluo members.
• Han Yu explained his plans for improving the academy, and Meng Shenji appointed him Dean of Studies for the Heaven Dou-level classes.
• Meng Shenji offered to allocate more resources to Han Yu’s students, but Han Yu refused.
• Xue Beng urged Xue Xing to stop Han Yu from strengthening Xue Qinghe’s position, and Xue Xing agreed to have his lackeys test Han Yu’s bottom line.

Han Yu began working at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, dealt with students sent to provoke him, and visited the Royal Fighting Team to meet Dugu Yan and review Qin Ming’s training plan. He left the team with a recommendation to replace weighted running with gravity-based endurance training.

• Han Yu received missions to persuade Dugu Bo to share the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well or become his friend, with a Heavenly Flame promised for each.
• Wang Haoran and his lackeys tried to provoke Han Yu, but he knocked them down with a burst of Soul Power.
• Sun Buyu identified Han Yu as the Heaven Dou Grade director and told him that Zhu Zhuqing had reached Rank 30; Han Yu left her Soul Ring choice to her and Sun Buyu.
• Han Yu visited the Royal Fighting Team, where Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan were getting along, and Qin Ming explained the team’s training plan.
• Han Yu criticized Qin Ming’s weighted running routine and recommended using gravity-type Soul Skills to train physical endurance.

Han Yu challenged Qin Ming’s Shrek-based training plan, and the Royal Fighting Team agreed to alternate between their methods before judging the results. Qin Ming complained to Meng Shenji but left without changing the arrangement, while Dugu Yan planned to begin training with Han Yu the next morning.

• Han Yu proposed reducing physical conditioning and prioritizing soul power cultivation, and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling supported his suggestions.
• Qin Ming proposed alternating his training plan with Han Yu’s for half a month, after which the students would vote on which method to keep.
• Ye Lingling introduced Dugu Yan to Han Yu and invited her to train under him; Han Yu arranged to meet them the following morning.
• Qin Ming went to the Education Committee and complained to Meng Shenji that Han Yu had overturned his training plan.
• Meng Shenji advised Qin Ming to consider Han Yu’s ideas, and Qin Ming left after realizing the matter would not be changed.

Han Yu recruited Dugu Yan as his student and discovered that her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul had poisoned her body. He offered her two treatment options, but the chapter ended before she chose one.

• Xue Xing told Xue Beng to spread rumors that Han Yu and Qin Ming were rivals at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Han Yu told Ling Xiao and Zhu Dazhi to focus on cultivation after Zhu Zhuqing reached level thirty and went soul hunting.
• Han Yu offered Dugu Yan a sub-fire if she became his student, and she accepted while asking whether Yu Tianheng could also join.
• Han Yu sensed Dugu Yan's Soul Power and explained that her Martial Soul's inherited poison was affecting her body.
• Han Yu offered to remove all the poison at the cost of Dugu Yan's cultivation, or fuse his sub-fire with her poison.

Han Yu used the Netherworld Poison Fire to temper Dugu Yan’s poison, helping her preserve her cultivation and break through to level forty. Dugu Yan left to find Dugu Bo, while Qin Ming questioned how she could have advanced so quickly.

• Dugu Yan agreed to let Han Yu fuse the Netherworld Poison Fire with the poison in her body despite the pain and risks.
• While Dugu Yan underwent the treatment, Ye Lingling refused Qin Ming’s demand to interrupt her cultivation, and Yu Tianheng carried her share of the training weight.
• Han Yu completed the fusion, and Dugu Yan discovered that she had reached level forty and could control the Netherworld Poison Fire and her poison.
• Dugu Yan left to find Dugu Bo and asked Han Yu to request leave from Qin Ming.
• Han Yu told Qin Ming that Dugu Yan had advanced to level forty, and Qin Ming doubted that someone at level thirty-eight could break through in one day.

Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Han Yu had cured her poison and helped her reach level forty, prompting Dugu Bo to plan her fourth Soul Ring before meeting the young Soul Saint. Meanwhile, the exhausted Royal Fighting Team headed to evening Soul Duels, while Dai Mubai agreed to go out with Ma Hongjun.

• Han Yu questioned Qin Ming's demanding training schedule, but Qin Ming defended it and Han Yu left.
• Dugu Yan visited Dugu Bo, told him Han Yu had cured her poison and helped her break through to level forty, and urged him to say whether he was poisoned.
• Dugu Bo reacted with shock to Han Yu's age and strength, then decided to take Dugu Yan to obtain her fourth Soul Ring before meeting Han Yu.
• Yu Feng and Yu Tianheng complained about their exhaustion, and Ye Lingling told Yu Tianheng that Dugu Yan had reached level forty and taken leave for a Soul Ring.
• Qin Ming ordered the Royal Fighting Team to leave for Soul Duels, while Ma Hongjun persuaded Dai Mubai to visit a brothel with him before midnight.

Dai Mubai visited a brothel in Suotuo City, while Dugu Bo rescued Zhu Zhuqing and Sun Buyu from Mist Beasts in Sunset Forest. The next morning, Ma Hongjun arrived haggard after a night out, and Yu Xiaogang let him rest before making up his missed training.

• Dai Mubai went to a brothel, but after failing to perform with Yi Lan, he took a refund and returned to the academy.
• Dugu Yan spotted Zhu Zhuqing and Sun Buyu surrounded by Mist Beasts and urged Dugu Bo to save them.
• Dugu Bo dispersed the Mist Beast fog with his poison and killed the beasts, allowing Sun Buyu and Zhu Zhuqing to escape.
• Ma Hongjun arrived at breakfast looking haggard, and Dai Mubai realized he had overexerted himself the previous night.
• Yu Xiaogang let Ma Hongjun rest for half a day and ordered him to make up his missed training that night.

Han Yu met Dugu Bo, who came seeking a cure for the poison afflicting him and Dugu Yan. Han Yu explained the risks of one treatment and prepared to discuss other options, while Dugu Bo offered him three conditions and his granddaughter’s hand in marriage.

• Zhu Zhuqing returned and told Han Yu about obtaining her Third Soul Ring after a close encounter with Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo appeared in Han Yu’s dormitory, and Han Yu deduced his identity and reason for visiting.
• Dugu Bo threatened Han Yu unless he explained how to detoxify Dugu Yan, then offered three conditions for a cure.
• Han Yu said he could not personally remove Dugu Bo’s toxins and described forcing them into his Soul Bones, warning that they could eventually erupt.
• Dugu Bo rejected the risk, renewed his offer, and promised to betroth Dugu Yan to Han Yu; Han Yu declined, mentioning her closeness to Yu Tianheng.

Han Yu proposed a Poison Pill treatment for Dugu Bo and persuaded him to take him to his medicinal garden to gather the required herbs. Dugu Bo led Han Yu through his poisonous miasma to a mountain valley, where the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well awaited below.

• Han Yu offered to purge Dugu Bo's poison with the Azure Lotus Core Flame, but Dugu Bo rejected losing his cultivation along with it.
• Han Yu proposed condensing a Poison Pill using three materials, including Bodhi Transformation Saliva and a supposedly hundred-thousand-year Scorpion Demon Dragon Beast Magic Core.
• Dugu Bo agreed to take Han Yu to his medicinal garden, and Han Yu left the academy after writing a letter.
• Dugu Bo flew through the poisonous miasma surrounding his mountain, while Han Yu used his Flame Fire Fierce Flying Bird wings and Netherworld Poison Fire to follow.
• Han Yu reached Dugu Bo at the mountain peak, recognized that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well lay in the valley, and jumped down after him.

Han Yu explored the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, identified its Immortal Herbs, and earned Dugu Bo’s trust by explaining their effects and finding an herb to help him condense a Poison Pill. After choosing Wangchuan Autumn Water Dew to improve his Spiritual Power, Han Yu completed both system tasks, though the rewards were not shown.

• Han Yu entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and used his system panels to identify the Immortal Herbs.
• Han Yu approached Aromatic Silk Beauty and explained how its barrier repelled external poison to Dugu Bo.
• Han Yu identified the herbs’ benefits and warned Dugu Bo that a snow-white Immortal Herb would amplify his poison a thousandfold.
• Han Yu found an Immortal Herb suited to helping Dugu Bo condense a Poison Pill and told him how to absorb it.
• Han Yu chose Wangchuan Autumn Water Dew to improve his Spiritual Power and received confirmation that both tasks were complete.

After Han Yu secretly left the academy, Qin Ming took over the allocation of cultivation resources and imposed his own training methods on the Royal Fighting Team. He used Han Yu’s absence to advance his plan to bring Shrek Academy into Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Han Yu’s students waited outside his dormitory, and Sun Buyu told them Han Yu had left to handle matters and instructed them to cultivate on their own.
• Dugu Yan suspected that Han Yu had left with her grandfather, while Ye Lingling encouraged her and the others to cultivate at the Mimetic Cultivation Field.
• After Sun Buyu informed him of Han Yu’s departure, Qin Ming went to the Education Committee and requested authority over academy resources.
• Meng Shenji granted Qin Ming control of resource allocation and urged him to help the Royal Fighting Team’s talented students advance before the Soul Master Grand Competition.
• With Han Yu away, Qin Ming replaced the planned gravity training with his own weighted running regimen, claiming Teacher Wu was unwell.

After reaching Rank 80 Soul Power, Han Yu claimed the Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and entered seclusion, entrusting Dugu Bo with herbs and a secret opportunity for his students. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Dugu Bo gathered the students and warned them to keep the opportunity secret.

• Han Yu learned that the system had rewarded him with the Flame of Life and an Image Recording Soul Guidance Device after his Spiritual Power reached the level of a Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Bo finished cultivating, reached Rank 93, and offered Han Yu the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and three favors; Han Yu declined the favors and took the Immortal Herbs.
• Han Yu gave Dugu Bo an Immortal Herb for Dugu Yan and other herbs for his students, then stayed behind to cultivate and prepare to record Qin Ming’s wrongdoing.
• Dugu Bo visited Heaven Dou Royal Academy and asked Meng Shenji to gather Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Han Yu’s other students.
• Dugu Bo told the students that Han Yu was in seclusion and had arranged an opportunity for all of them, then warned them not to tell anyone else.

Dugu Bo gave Han Yu’s Immortal Herbs to the young Soul Masters, then told Dugu Yan to end her relationship with Yu Tianheng because of the danger posed by his clan. After the group began absorbing the herbs, Ye Lingling and Zhu Dazhi reported their gains, while Ling Xiao’s absorption appeared to evolve her Martial Soul.

• Dugu Bo distributed the Immortal Herbs and explained their effects and the risks of Ling Xiao absorbing the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower.
• Dugu Bo urged Dugu Yan to leave Yu Tianheng, but she refused; he then warned her to keep the Immortal Herbs secret and gave her Five Poison Serpent Emperor Grass.
• Ye Lingling absorbed Nine Heart Begonia and reached rank forty, while Zhu Dazhi rose from rank twenty-four and a half to rank thirty.
• Ye Lingling and Zhu Dazhi saw Ling Xiao surrounded by flames as a phoenix phantom appeared, suggesting her Martial Soul had evolved.
• Zhu Dazhi noticed Zhu Zhuqing nearby and began asking Ye Lingling about her.

Ling Xiao, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan awakened evolved Martial Souls after absorbing Immortal Herbs, while Ye Lingling discovered her healing skill had improved. Han Yu became a Soul Douluo and began absorbing the Flame of Life as Dugu Bo led the students into the forest to hunt Soul Beasts.

• Ling Xiao told Ye Lingling that her Martial Soul had evolved into the Flame Xuanfeng and that her Soul Power had reached level thirty.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke with four additional Soul Power levels, an evolved Shadow Cat Demon Martial Soul, and the loss of her Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Dai Mubai.
• Dugu Yan revealed that her Martial Soul had evolved into the Jade Phosphorous Poison Emperor, and Dugu Bo offered to help the students obtain Soul Rings.
• Ye Lingling healed Zhu Dazhi's injured hand and confirmed that her Soul Skill had become more effective.
• Han Yu completed his three-hundred-thousand-year Eighth Soul Ring, reached Soul Douluo, and began absorbing the Flame of Life.
• Dugu Bo led the students into the forest to find a two-thousand-year fire-attributed flying Soul Beast for Ling Xiao's Third Soul Ring.

After Dugu Bo brought the students to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Han Yu finished absorbing two Heavenly Flames and revealed his immense strength. He gave the group confidence and prepared to hand Dugu Yan an External Soul Bone.

• Yu Tianheng suspected Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling had used soul bones or another method to raise their Soul Power quickly, while Qin Ming discussed the team's training schedule with Meng Shenji.
• Ye Lingling reached level forty-six, Ling Xiao reached level thirty-three, and Zhu Dazhi reached level thirty-one and a half after absorbing their soul rings.
• Han Yu finished devouring the two Heavenly Flames, reached level eighty-five, and displayed his eight soul rings to Dugu Bo and the students.
• Dugu Bo asked whether a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring guaranteed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and Han Yu reminded him that the Fallen Heart Flame had once been inside his body.
• Han Yu brought out the Eight Spider Soul Bone for Dugu Yan, prompting Dugu Bo to ask where Han Yu had obtained it.