Recaps

Li Yan and his companions registered at the Soto Great Soul Arena, where Tang San and Xiao Wu faced two veteran Soul Elders. As the fight began, Li Yan considered recruiting their opponents and watched Tang San overwhelm one of them with a spear.

• Tang Hao decided to seize resources from a Spirit Hall Branch and invest in Li Yan, whom he hoped would eventually help him destroy the Spirit Hall and avenge Ah Yin.
• Li Yan, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing registered for matches at the Soto Great Soul Arena, choosing codenames and forming teams.
• Li Yan and Ning Rongrong bet ten thousand Gold Soul Coins each on Tang San and Xiao Wu, while Zhu Zhuqing asked Li Yan to guide her in a future team match.
• Li Yan considered recruiting the opposing Soul Elders, Li Hu and Zhao Lei, if their character proved suitable, and told Tang San and Xiao Wu to go easy on them.
• Tang San fought Li Hu with a spear created through his first Soul Skill, while Xiao Wu injured Zhao Lei with a Waist Bow; the opponents regrouped and prepared to use a special move.

At the Soul Fighting Arena, Tang San and Xiao Wu defeated the Lion-Tiger Combination after Xiao Wu blocked Li Hu’s powerful attack with her Invincible Golden Body. After several successful matches and a dramatic win over a Soul King team, Li Yan sought out Li Hu and Zhao Lei to recruit them.

• Li Hu and Zhao Lei combined their Soul Power, raising Li Hu’s strength, but Xiao Wu blocked his Black Tiger Gouges Heart with her Invincible Golden Body.
• Tang San fought Li Hu until Li Hu ran out of Soul Power, then knocked him off the platform to win the match.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing defeated their opponents, and Li Yan won his own match against a high-level Soul Ancestor.
• Li Yan teamed up with Tang San to defeat a Soul King team, earning the name Dragon Halberd and turning his ten thousand Gold Soul Coins into two million.
• Li Yan visited Li Hu and Zhao Lei and offered to recruit them.

Li Yan tried to recruit Li Hu and Zhao Lei by promising to help them develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and grow stronger, then explained his Martial Soul Evolution Theory to the group. Tang San believed his Blue Silver Grass would evolve after gaining his fourth Soul Ring, and Li Yan said its next stage was the Blue Silver King.

• Li Yan offered to make Li Hu and Zhao Lei founding members of his planned power and help them complete their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but they asked for time to consider.
• Li Yan returned to his lounge and told Tang San he was confident the brothers would eventually join.
• Tang San told Li Yan that he sensed his Martial Soul would evolve after he obtained his fourth Soul Ring.
• Li Yan explained how stronger physiques, over-limit Soul Rings, and compatible Soul Rings could promote Martial Soul evolution, and offered to advise Ning Rongrong about evolving her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda for a price.
• Li Yan described his own Martial Souls and said Tang San's Blue Silver Grass could evolve into the Blue Silver King and, ultimately, the Blue Silver Emperor.

Li Yan explained how Tang San’s and Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Souls could evolve, while Ning Rongrong teased him and openly offered to bring him into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as her future partner. At the Rose Hotel, Zhu Zhuqing worried that Li Yan would choose Ning Rongrong, and Ning Rongrong began writing home to arrange their next steps.

• Li Yan told Tang San that his Blue Silver Grass could evolve toward the Blue Silver King and potentially the Blue Silver Emperor, and said Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell Spirit Cat could also evolve with suitable Soul Rings.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Li Yan to help choose her third Soul Ring when she reached Soul Elder, while Ning Rongrong complained that he charged her for knowledge.
• Ning Rongrong teased Li Yan about liking Zhu Zhuqing, then confessed that she loved him at first sight and offered him the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support and wealth.
• Zhu Zhuqing wondered whether Li Yan would accept Ning Rongrong and followed the group to the Rose Hotel, where Li Yan booked three rooms.
• Ning Rongrong took out paper and a pen to write to her father, asking him to send someone and money to buy Li Yan’s theory about evolving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Martial Soul.

Zhu Zhuqing confessed her feelings to Li Yan, and he agreed to be with her. She returned to her room embarrassed, while Ning Rongrong realized her best friend had gotten together with the man she liked.

• Ning Rongrong praised Li Yan and said she would compete fairly with Zhu Zhuqing for him.
• Worried about losing Li Yan, Zhu Zhuqing went to his room and asked whether he would accept Ning Rongrong's proposal.
• Li Yan said Ning Rongrong's confession had been a joke, and Zhu Zhuqing realized she had misunderstood the situation.
• Zhu Zhuqing confessed that she had fallen for Li Yan after he saved her, and he agreed to be with her.
• Zhu Zhuqing hugged Li Yan, then fled back to her room in embarrassment after he teased her.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ning Rongrong that Li Yan had agreed to be with her, leaving Ning Rongrong stunned.

Zhu Zhuqing confessed her feelings to Li Yan, and he accepted her, while Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu reacted to their new relationship. At Shrek Academy, Dai Mubai saw them together and plotted against them before Flender announced that Yu Xiaogang would join the academy as a teacher.

• Ning Rongrong accepted Zhu Zhuqing's relationship with Li Yan and wrote to Bone Douluo, asking him to meet Li Yan and buy the theory of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul Evolution.
• The next morning, Ning Rongrong told Xiao Wu that Zhu Zhuqing had confessed to Li Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing admitted she was nervous about facing him.
• Li Yan took Zhu Zhuqing's hand and led her with the others to Shrek Academy.
• Dai Mubai saw Li Yan and Zhu Zhuqing holding hands, suspected they had been intimate, and resolved to report Zhu Zhuqing to the imperial family and have her killed.
• Flender announced that Yu Xiaogang would join Shrek Academy as a teacher, giving Li Yan a bad feeling.