Recaps

Su Zui stole the last jar of wine Bo Saixi had given Qian Daoliu and was chased from Spirit Hall to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest. After learning Su Zui had reached rank thirty on his eleventh birthday, Qian Daoliu let him go so he could train alone.

• Su Zui drunkenly dodged Qian Daoliu's broom with Golden Crocodile Douluo's Dragon Swimming Nine Steps, which Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo recognized as having reached the realm of returning to simplicity.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo pursued Su Zui and Qian Daoliu, then explained that Su Zui had stolen the last jar Bo Saixi had given Qian Daoliu.
• Su Zui insulted Qian Daoliu while fleeing and escaped into the Star Dou Great Forest after Qian Daoliu froze in surprise.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Qian Daoliu that Su Zui had broken through to rank thirty, and Qian Daoliu realized it was Su Zui's eleventh birthday.
• Qian Daoliu wanted to bring Su Zui back to celebrate, but Golden Crocodile Douluo persuaded him to let Su Zui train alone.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo ordered Ghost Leopard to protect Su Zui and intervene only if his life was in danger.

Su Zui woke up alone in the Star Dou Great Forest after Qian Daoliu apparently drove him from Spirit Hall for stealing wine, then set off to find his way back. As night fell, he became lost and frightened, and his trembling Great Luo Sword Embryo warned him that something extraordinary was approaching.

• Su Zui woke in the Star Dou Great Forest, realized Qian Daoliu was nowhere to be found, and assumed he had been abandoned after stealing wine.
• Su Zui apologized aloud to Qian Daoliu and justified his drinking as a way to strengthen himself for Spirit Hall, but no one answered.
• Su Zui decided to return to Spirit Hall and threatened to complain to Sister Xue, while Ghost Leopard Douluo secretly followed him.
• Su Zui unknowingly headed toward the Heaven Dou Empire, and Ghost Leopard Douluo followed as he traveled through the forest.
• After night fell, Su Zui realized he was lost, summoned the Great Luo Sword Embryo, and reached for his Chaos Wine Gourd as something approached and the sword began to tremble.

Su Zui fought a gravely wounded ten-thousand-year Xuanming Ghost Tiger in the forest and killed it with his sword skills, while Ghost Leopard Douluo secretly ensured the beast could not strike back. A black Soul Ring rose from the tiger’s body.

• Su Zui sensed a threat, entered his Clear and Empty Sword Heart state, and identified the approaching beast as a ten-thousand-year Xuanming Ghost Tiger.
• Su Zui used his Divine Speed Slash to evade the tiger’s ambush and discovered that it had a severe, fresh wound.
• Su Zui and the Xuanming Ghost Tiger circled each other until the impatient beast charged again.
• Su Zui dodged the charge and drove the Great Luo Sword Embryo into the tiger’s wound, while Ghost Leopard Douluo secretly struck its brain with Soul Power.
• Su Zui used Sword Qi Ranges Across to sever the tiger’s meridians and kill it, and a black Soul Ring rose from its body.

After killing the Xuanming Ghost Tiger, Su Zui hesitated to absorb its Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring because doing so could kill him. He decided to leave, but followed a Silvermoon Spirit Cat and encountered her gravely wounded mother.

• Su Zui celebrated killing the Xuanming Ghost Tiger, then worried that absorbing its Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring would cause Soul Shock or tear his body apart.
• The Great Luo Sword Embryo urged Su Zui to absorb the ring, but he refused and started to leave.
• A wary Silvermoon Spirit Cat kitten appeared, and Su Zui followed her when she seemed to beckon him.
• The kitten led Su Zui to her mother, a nearly fifty-thousand-year healing Soul Beast whose wounds were being consumed by Xuanming energy.
• Su Zui told the dying big cat that he had killed the Xuanming Ghost Tiger and avenged her, then stroked her head.

Su Zui accepted the Silvermoon Spirit Cat’s help to absorb the Xuanming Ghost Tiger’s Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, while she sacrificed herself to protect him and entrust her kitten to his care. As the ring’s power battered his body, the cat’s life force healed him, and the tiger’s remnant soul was destroyed after glimpsing a mysterious figure resembling the Great Luo Sword Embryo.

• The Silvermoon Spirit Cat entrusted her kitten to Su Zui and urged him to absorb the Xuanming Ghost Tiger’s Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• The Great Luo Sword Embryo and the big cat agreed on a plan to use her life force to help Su Zui endure the ring’s power.
• The Silvermoon Spirit Cat began sacrificing herself, creating a force field and pouring her life force into Su Zui as the sword drew the Soul Ring to him.
• The Xuanming Ghost Tiger’s remnant soul entered Su Zui’s sea of spirit, but overwhelming pressure dispersed it after it glimpsed a towering figure holding a sword like the Great Luo Sword Embryo.
• Su Zui’s presence stabilized as sunrise fell across his face.

After surviving the absorption of two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, Su Zui woke at level 37 with a strengthened body and transformed appearance. He tested his new Great Luo Sword Embryo skill, then began testing the Soul Skill granted by his Chaos Wine Gourd.

• Su Zui discovered that the black filth covering him was impurities expelled during the Silvermoon Spirit Cat's refinement of his body, then washed himself with wine from his Chaos Wine Gourd.
• Su Zui saw that his appearance had become strikingly beautiful and felt that his physical strength had risen to rival a high-level Soul King's.
• Su Zui summoned the Great Luo Sword Embryo and revealed his yellow, purple, and black Soul Rings, while Ghost Leopard Douluo watched proudly from a nearby tree.
• Su Zui tested Xuanming Netherlight Slash and cut down a tree by releasing Sword Qi from its shadow a hundred meters away.
• Su Zui summoned the black Soul Ring of his Chaos Wine Gourd and recited its incantation to test his second Soul Skill.

After discovering that his first Soul Skill could restore his vitality, Su Zui set out with Xiao Ling'er and spent six months traveling. On Lima Plain, Xiao Ling'er led Ning Rongrong to Su Zui, who was bathing in a stream, and he mistook her for a pervert.

• Su Zui tested his first Soul Skill, drank the transformed wine, and felt his fatigue vanish as his vitality surged.
• Su Zui named the sleeping kitten Xiao Ling'er and set off down the road, while Ghost Leopard Douluo watched over him.
• Six months later, Ning Rongrong found Xiao Ling'er on Lima Plain and named her Little Glazed Tile.
• Xiao Ling'er ran off to find Su Zui, and Ning Rongrong chased after her across the plain.
• At a stream, Ning Rongrong spotted the naked Su Zui in the water, and Su Zui turned around and shouted that there was a pervert.

Su Zui met Ning Rongrong at a stream, teased her after she accidentally saw him bathing, and showed her his Soul Master speed. Their bickering continued when Xiao Ling'er chose to stay in Ning Rongrong’s arms, leaving Su Zui unable to get his cat back.

• Su Zui and Ning Rongrong argued after she caught him bathing, and he teased her by standing up before getting dressed.
• Su Zui used his second Soul Skill to appear behind Ning Rongrong, then playfully offered her his tongue after she threatened to cut it out.
• Ning Rongrong shoved Su Zui down and ran behind a tree, while he returned her lost sandal and considered traveling with her.
• Xiao Ling'er came back and settled into Ning Rongrong’s arms, where she ate dried fish and refused to return to Su Zui.

While drinking with Ning Rongrong beside a stream, Su Zui used the night’s emotional tumult to practice his sword and break through to a new state of swordsmanship. He named this freely maintained calm amid noise the Illuminated Sword Heart.

• Su Zui shared his vitality-infused wine with Ning Rongrong, who quickly became drunk and affectionate toward him.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that she was the young miss of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and invited Su Zui to return with her.
• Su Zui restrained Ning Rongrong’s restless advances, then went to practice sword moves beside the campfire.
• Su Zui entered the Clear and Empty Sword Heart state and gradually learned to remain calm while hearing the sounds around him.
• Su Zui broke through the barrier in his heart and named his new state the Illuminated Sword Heart.

After Su Zui's sword practice raised his Soul Power to level 40, a drunken Ning Rongrong repeatedly teased him until they shared their first kiss by the campfire. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Soul Saints and Ghost Leopard Douluo watched approvingly as rose petals fell around them.

• Su Zui gained insight into Illuminating Swordsmanship, reached level 40, and realized he could absorb a Soul Ring over thirty thousand years old.
• Ning Rongrong, drunk and infatuated with Su Zui, hugged him and tried to steal kisses while he held her and tried to calm her.
• Ning Rongrong teased Su Zui by touching his face, pinching his cheeks, and biting his earlobe, until he grabbed her head and kissed her.
• Su Zui and Ning Rongrong fumbled through their first kiss, both inexperienced and tasting wine on each other's lips.
• Several Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Soul Saints watched approvingly, while Ghost Leopard Douluo scattered rose petals over Su Zui and Ning Rongrong.

Su Zui and Ning Rongrong spent a week together in Suotuo City while Su Zui planned to obtain a Soul Ring and return home. As Ning Rongrong packed his luggage, Su Zui wondered why she was sending him off earlier than promised.

• After Su Zui and Ning Rongrong fell asleep together, carrier pigeons delivered letters to Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, tying the two powers together.
• Three days later, Su Zui and Ning Rongrong arrived in Suotuo City and discussed visiting Shrek Academy after Su Zui obtained a Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong coaxed Su Zui into staying with her, and the couple spent a week exploring the city and growing closer without crossing their final boundary.
• Su Zui wrote letters to his family, elders, and friends each morning while Ning Rongrong slept.
• Ning Rongrong packed Su Zui's luggage after a week, and Su Zui asked why she was sending him off before their planned two weeks together.

Su Zui and Ning Rongrong argued over his refusal to tell her about his family, and he finally revealed that he was Spirit Hall’s Young Master. Ning Rongrong accepted him and promised to stay with him, while Su Zui vowed to become the continent’s strongest expert and marry her despite the rivalry between their factions.

• Ning Rongrong urged Su Zui to get a fourth Soul Ring and offered to ask her grandfather for help, but he insisted his own family could handle it.
• Ning Rongrong became upset that Su Zui had never told her about his family, and he comforted her before asking what was wrong.
• Ning Rongrong explained that she had shared everything about her family while Su Zui had kept his background secret.
• Su Zui revealed that he came from Spirit Hall and was its Young Master, and Ning Rongrong held him close instead of rejecting him.
• Ning Rongrong declared that she would love Su Zui regardless of his identity and said she would bring the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to Spirit Hall if necessary.
• Su Zui vowed to become the continent’s strongest expert, marry Ning Rongrong, and be remembered as Spirit Hall’s Pope and the husband of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Master.

Su Zui gave Ning Rongrong a Pope Token so she could rely on Spirit Hall while he was away, then went to the Suotuo City Spirit Hall Main Hall to find Deacon Sain. The chapter ended with him asking the receptionist for Sain.

• Su Zui gave Ning Rongrong a Pope Token and told her Spirit Hall would support her while he was gone.
• Ning Fengzhi wondered why Spirit Hall had sent him a red letter marked with a double happiness character.
• Su Zui reached the Suotuo City Spirit Hall Main Hall and admired its murals and angel-themed architecture.
• The Soul Masters in the hall noticed Su Zui, and he went to the front desk to ask for Deacon Sain.

Su Zui presented an Offering Token at the Spirit Hall Main Hall, prompting Sai'en to rush down to meet him. As Sai'en arrived, a chubby boy who had been arguing with Su Zui ran over to greet him as his grandfather.

• Su Zui gave the receptionist Duoduo an Offering Token and asked her to deliver it to Sai'en.
• Sai'en reflected on Spirit Hall's Law Enforcement Department and the ideological education book written by Su Zui.
• Duoduo showed Sai'en the token, and he recognized it as an Offering Token and hurried to meet the boy who had sent it.
• Su Zui argued with a chubby boy over a seat and gave it up when the boy threatened to lie down and cry while hugging his leg.
• When Sai'en arrived in the reception hall, the chubby boy ran to him and called him Grandpa.

Su Zui met Deacon Sai'en at the Suotuo City Spirit Hall, revealed that he was the author of a celebrated book, and arranged preparations for his fourth Soul Ring hunt. Sai'en mobilized the local Spirit Hall to carry out Su Zui's orders, ending with Su Zui asking for secret protection for someone while he was away.

• Sai'en welcomed Su Zui as a supposed honored guest from the Star Luo Imperial Family to conceal his identity from the watching Soul Masters.
• After hearing Sai'en's remark about the guest, a blond prince feared Dai Weisi was pursuing him and fled toward an underground brothel to hide.
• In Sai'en's office, Su Zui revealed that he was the Worship Hall's Su Zui and ordered Sai'en to keep his arrival secret.
• Su Zui told Sai'en he had reached level forty and needed supplies for his fourth Soul Ring hunt, including a month's food, water, and clothing, and Sai'en dispatched Spirit Hall staff to gather them.
• Su Zui ordered Sai'en to assign several powerful Soul Emperors to secretly protect someone while he was away.

After spending two days teaching Sai'en political studies, Su Zui realized his ideas could reshape the continent and worried they would hasten a war between Spirit Hall and the empires. He concluded that he needed to grow stronger before conflict began.

• Su Zui recovered after a day of answering Sai'en's questions, then worried Sai'en would return for another lesson.
• Sai'en arrived the next morning, and Su Zui invited him in despite wanting a break; they spent another full day discussing political studies.
• After seeing Sai'en off, Su Zui reflected that being treated as a teacher made him feel grown-up and responsible for the impact of his ideas.
• Su Zui recalled the empires' resistance to Spirit Hall's Law Enforcement Department and feared his political writings would make war inevitable.
• Su Zui hoped war would wait until he and Sister Xue became Limit Douluo, then resolved that he needed more power quickly.

Su Zui reunited with Light Feather Douluo, who joked with him before examining his unusual Soul Ring configuration. After assessing his condition, she advised him not to add Soul Rings to his Chaos Wine Gourd until he became a Titled Douluo and had a full set of Soul Bones.

• Su Zui woke to find Light Feather Douluo sitting by his bed and urged her to set off so he could obtain his fourth Soul Ring.
• Light Feather Douluo teased Su Zui about his girlfriend, Ning Rongrong, and threatened to let his grandfather hear his complaints about being driven from Spirit Hall.
• Su Zui showed Light Feather Douluo the Soul Rings of his Great Luo Sword Embryo and Chaos Wine Gourd, astonishing her with their ages.
• Light Feather Douluo reflected on Spirit Hall's promising new generation, including Su Zui, Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan.
• Light Feather Douluo checked Su Zui's pulse and advised him to wait until he became a Titled Douluo and gained a complete set of Soul Bones before adding more Soul Rings to his second Martial Soul.

Light Feather Douluo warned Su Zui to have his body assessed before absorbing another Soul Ring at level fifty, then challenged him to a chase to test his strength. Su Zui fled through the streets, but Light Feather Douluo caught up and fired an Ice Seal Arrow at him.

• Light Feather Douluo told Su Zui to return to the Worship Hall for a physical assessment before absorbing a Soul Ring at level fifty, and Su Zui agreed.
• Light Feather Douluo teased Su Zui about testing his strength, so he jumped from a third-floor window and used his second Soul Skill to flee.
• Su Zui sped through the streets using Nine Steps of the Wandering Dragon, then slowed from thirty-twofold to eightfold divine speed to conserve Soul Power.
• Light Feather Douluo caught up with Su Zui, who protested that she had promised him three minutes to run before attacking.
• Light Feather Douluo pretended not to hear Su Zui's complaints, then used her first Soul Skill, Ice and Snow Drifting, Ice Seal Arrow.

After Light Feather Douluo pushed Su Zui through an exhausting day of pursuit training, he planned his fourth Soul Skill and chose to seek a powerful, lethal attack. He proposed hunting a Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear himself while Light Feather Douluo stood guard.

• Su Zui fled hundreds of miles while dodging Light Feather Douluo’s ice arrows, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• Light Feather Douluo reminisced about raising Su Zui and Xue'er and teased Su Zui while he slept.
• The next day, Su Zui noticed his cheeks were red, but Light Feather Douluo avoided explaining why and asked about his fourth Soul Skill.
• Su Zui analyzed his existing abilities and said he wanted an ultimate attack, naming the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, Dragon-Pattern White Tiger, and Terrorclaw Tyrant Dragon as possible Soul Beasts.
• Su Zui asked Light Feather Douluo to guard him while he tried to kill a Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear alone.

Su Zui and Light Feather Douluo searched the Star Dou Great Forest for Su Zui’s fourth Soul Ring while discussing the mysterious Great Luo Sword Embryo. After three days, Light Feather Douluo spotted a possible Soul Ring candidate just as Su Zui was cooking.

• Su Zui summoned the Great Luo Sword Embryo, which tugged him toward the forest’s center, and Light Feather Douluo suspected it might be an incomplete God-Bestowed Martial Soul.
• Su Zui and Light Feather Douluo ventured deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable fourth Soul Ring.
• They encountered a fifty-thousand-year Terrorclaw Tyrant Dragon, but Su Zui refused to absorb its Soul Ring despite the Great Luo Sword Embryo’s urging.
• On the third afternoon, Su Zui roasted meat from a ten-thousand-year White-Limbed Earth Dragon while Light Feather Douluo searched nearby.
• Light Feather Douluo carried Su Zui into a tree and told him that his fourth Soul Ring had arrived.

Su Zui and Light Feather Douluo discovered a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear with a cultivation of nearly 29,000 years, a suitable target for Su Zui’s fourth Soul Ring. After the bear destroyed their camp, Light Feather Douluo prepared to strike while Su Zui readied himself to deliver the killing blow.

• Su Zui watched as the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear emerged and its terrifying presence drove other soul beasts away.
• Light Feather Douluo concealed herself and Su Zui, then confirmed the bear’s cultivation was suitable for Su Zui’s fourth Soul Ring.
• The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear smelled the honeyed roasted meat, ate it, and destroyed the grill and tent with a swipe.
• Light Feather Douluo explained the bear’s weaknesses and told Su Zui to attack when she fired an arrow.
• Light Feather Douluo began her attack with her sixth Soul Skill, Ultimate Feather Light.

Light Feather Douluo and Su Zui killed a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, and Su Zui began absorbing its Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring after they discovered it had left an External Soul Bone. The next day, Ning Rongrong arrived at Shrek Academy, where she surveyed the shabby school and watched Dai Mubai confront a father and son.

• Light Feather Douluo and Su Zui killed the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear with their soul skills.
• Light Feather Douluo found an External Soul Bone on the bear and warned Su Zui to absorb it only after the Soul Ring.
• Su Zui began absorbing the bear's Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, while Light Feather Douluo anticipated his future strength.
• Ning Rongrong arrived at Shrek Academy and judged its village setting to be shabby and unpleasant.
• Ning Rongrong saw Dai Mubai threaten a father and son who demanded their registration fee back, then noticed a black-dressed girl and two young applicants with level twenty-nine Soul Power.

Ning Rongrong passed the Shrek Academy admissions test and joined Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing in condemning Dai Mubai. Deep in the Star Dou Great Forest, Su Zui reached Level 45 after absorbing the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's External Soul Bone, demonstrated his new abilities to Light Feather Douluo, and prepared to return to Suotuo City while she headed back to Spirit Hall.

• Ning Rongrong passed the admissions test, rebuffed Dai Mubai's attention, and watched the black-skirted girl and the earlier boy and girl pass as well.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing chatted and criticized Dai Mubai, while Tang San stayed beside Xiao Wu.
• Su Zui woke after absorbing the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's External Soul Bone and told Light Feather Douluo that his Soul Power had reached Level 45.
• Su Zui explained that his fourth Soul Skill, Golden Ember God-Slaying Slash, delivered a destructive, unavoidable attack, then tested it against Light Feather Douluo.
• Su Zui demonstrated his Dark Gold Dreadclaw External Soul Bone skill, and Light Feather Douluo praised his strength before planning to take him to Suotuo City and return to Spirit Hall.

Su Zui returned to Suotuo City and went to Shrek Academy at night to check on Ning Rongrong, where he encountered Clear Sky Douluo confronting the academy’s dean and a teacher. As Su Zui and the others watched from the grass, Tang Hao noticed them and called them out.

• Su Zui returned to Suotuo City with Light Feather Douluo and decided to visit Ning Rongrong at Shrek Academy.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo secretly followed Su Zui, protected by a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone that greatly strengthened his abilities.
• Su Zui and Ghost Leopard Douluo sensed a terrifying presence at Shrek Academy and found three disguised guards watching the scene.
• The guards identified the man wielding the Clear Sky Hammer as Clear Sky Douluo and explained that he had come after a teacher who hit his son.
• Tang Hao spotted Su Zui and the others hiding in the grass and invited them to come out.

Tang Hao confronted the hidden Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect guards at Shrek Academy, then brutally beat Zhao Wuji to demonstrate his strength. After Tang Hao left, Flender challenged the guards over their presence, but Xu Tao drew him aside and the two began a secretive discussion.

• Tang Hao forced Xu Tao, Aoli, Mike, and Su Zui to emerge from hiding and learned they were guarding Ning Rongrong.
• Su Zui claimed he was Chen Xin’s disciple, and Tang Hao praised his courage and sent regards to Ning Fengzhi.
• Tang Hao beat Zhao Wuji, who thanked him for the lesson after Flender helped him up.
• Tang Hao left, and Zhao Wuji accused the onlookers of abandoning him.
• Flender questioned Xu Tao about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s many guards, and Xu Tao took him aside with a card before they shared sly chuckles.