Recaps

Ning Qiu completed his Sea God trials, crushed a rebellion in the Balak Kingdom, and established control while preparing its academy team for the Heaven Dou tournament. At the promotion tournament, Shrek Academy faced the New Balak Kingdom Royal Academy, whose opposing contestant Zhu Er caught Ning Qiu’s attention.

• Ning Qiu endured the God-given Soul Ring’s impacts and fused his ten Soul Rings into a Million Year Brilliant Gold Soul Ring, while Xiao Wu revealed her two-hundred-thousand-year seventh Soul Ring.
• Ning Qiu led his companions across the Ring Sea and endured a year of tidal body tempering, completing his third trial and advancing his cultivation.
• Ning Qiu returned to Holy Soul Village, defeated the Balak Kingdom’s forces, and killed the Flame Eagle National Teacher after the kingdom had besieged the village.
• Ning Qiu captured Suotuo City, freed Grandpa Jack, executed the corrupt officials and royal relatives, and installed a two-year-old puppet king under his control.
• Ning Qiu chose the tournament mission, established Holy Soul Academy, and organized a new Balak Kingdom team for the Heaven Dou Empire competition.
• Ning Qiu met Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi, revealed what he knew about Qian Renxue’s identity and family history, and resisted Chen Xin’s Soul Power pressure.
• Ning Qiu learned the promotion tournament matchups as Shrek Academy prepared to face the New Balak Kingdom Royal Academy, and he frowned when he saw Zhu Er’s name.

Ning Qiu led Holy Soul Academy to victory at the finals, then confronted Spirit Hall to protect Xiao Wu and brought the tournament participants safely home. Holy Soul Village grew stronger as new clans and soul beasts joined, while Ning Qiu prepared to set out for Sea God Island.

• Ning Qiu defeated Blazing Academy’s remaining contestants without using his martial soul, then overwhelmed Huo Wu’s Ring Fusion and prompted the other Four Element Academies to send powerful fighters.
• Huo Wu kissed Ning Qiu, Feng Xiaotian joined Holy Soul Village, and Holy Soul Academy won the Heaven Dou Empire division championship as Ning Qiu’s companions gained powerful soul rings.
• At the finals, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing defeated Star Luo Royal Academy, after which rival teams surrendered and Holy Soul Academy claimed the championship.
• Bibi Dong exposed Xiao Wu as a transformed soul beast and ordered Spirit Hall to seize her, while Tang Hao carried Tang San and Zhu Er away.
• Ning Qiu and his companions battled Spirit Hall, and Ning Qiu destroyed the Pope’s Palace before leading the tournament participants safely back to Holy Soul Village.
• The village reached Level 4, and Ning Qiu became a Titled Douluo before preparing to leave for Sea God Island with his companions.
• The leaders of the Defense, Speed, and Breaking Clans joined Holy Soul Village, while Zhu Zhuqing rejected her family’s plans and confessed her feelings to Ning Qiu.
• The Silver Dragon King and other soul beasts arrived, and Ning Qiu persuaded them to live in Holy Soul Village’s animal enclosures.

Ning Qiu completed his Sea God trials, defeated Spirit Hall’s invading army, and brought the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan into Holy Soul Village. The village repelled a devastating attack, but Zhu Er disappeared in the aftermath.

• Ning Qiu warned Zhu Er about Tang San and welcomed her into Holy Soul Village, then led his companions through the Star Dou Great Forest and bound the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to serve the village.
• Ning Qiu and his companions joined Xiao Bai in attacking the Evil Spirit Orcas, and Ning Qiu killed their king to complete his Fourth Sea Trial.
• Ning Qiu defeated the Seven Holy Pillar Guardians, then spent ten months training before challenging Bo Saixi and overpowering her to complete his Sixth Sea Trial.
• Ning Qiu returned to Holy Soul Village, where Gu Yue agreed to help him in the Northern Snowfield, while Spirit Hall’s army entered a seemingly empty castle and found Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Ning Qiu waiting in ambush.
• Ning Qiu and his allies crushed Spirit Hall’s invasion, and he secured the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s allegiance after agreeing to an engagement with Ning Rongrong that either could end.
• Yu Yuanzhen initially refused Ning Qiu’s request to merge the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan into Holy Soul Village, but the clan’s Old Ancestor ordered the merger, and a silver-haired woman welcomed the dragon into the village.
• Old Jack and Holy Soul Village defended against attackers from Spirit Hall and Balak restorationists, but thirty-eight villagers died, and Ning Qiu and Di Tian discovered that Zhu Er was missing.

Ning Qiu brought the Clear Sky Sect into Holy Soul Village, then led a group into the Battle Qi Plane and established a second village there. After Holy Soul Village ranked first in the Heavenly Rankings, he seized control of the Gamma Empire and made the Yun Lan Sect an affiliated force.

• Tang San tried to take Zhu Er’s soul ring, but she learned of his plan and left him after confronting him about his betrayal of Holy Soul Village.
• Ning Qiu rejected Tang San’s demand to return to Holy Soul Village and launched attacks on Spirit Hall’s Saint Palaces with support from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Wu and Cai Ji defeated Clear Sky Sect challengers, and Tang Xiao agreed to bring the sect into Holy Soul Village after Tang San and Tang Hao were rejected.
• Ning Qiu completed his Sea Trial, built seven reservoirs, and traveled with forty-seven others to the Battle Qi Plane, where he renamed WoWo Village as Holy Soul Village.
• Ning Qiu developed the village and killed Xiao Han after the Xiao Clan mistreated villagers, then Liu Erlong killed nearly three thousand members of the Xiao, Galie, and Oba families.
• The Heavenly Rankings placed Holy Soul Village first, granting its villagers major rewards and announcing that Territory Rankings would follow in three months.
• Ning Qiu and Xiao Wu went to the Gamma Imperial Palace, where Xiao Wu killed Jia Xingtian, the emperor, and the two princesses after they refused to submit.
• Yun Shan made the Yun Lan Sect an affiliated force of Holy Soul Village, and Ning Qiu appointed Nalan Jie to oversee the Gamma Empire before Ya Fei sought an exception to join the village.