Recaps

Hun Xiu told Bibi Dong he intended to make her the Pope of Spirit Hall, though she initially believed he had summoned her to humiliate her. He gave her the Pope’s token and sent her away, leaving her bewildered by his unexpected generosity.

• Bibi Dong accused Hun Xiu of summoning her to humiliate her and said she had expected him to make a move against her.
• Hun Xiu told Bibi Dong he intended to pass the position of Pope of Spirit Hall to her.
• Bibi Dong questioned whether Hun Xiu was serious, and he confirmed that he was.
• Hun Xiu sent the Pope’s token hovering before Bibi Dong, and she accepted it despite suspecting a trick.
• Hun Xiu said Qian Daoliu would support her as Pope and told her she could leave, leaving Bibi Dong confused.

Hun Xiu told Bibi Dong that he remembered she had killed him, but spared her because she was Qian Renxue’s mother and asked her to look after their daughter while he entered seclusion. Bibi Dong left as Pope of Spirit Hall, vowing to make Hun Xiu regret sparing her, while he began merging his soul rings in the secret chamber.

• Hun Xiu told Bibi Dong to leave, then asked her to look after Qian Renxue while he entered a long seclusion.
• Bibi Dong learned that Hun Xiu remembered she had delivered the fatal blow, and he explained that he would not kill her because she was Qian Renxue’s mother.
• Bibi Dong vowed to kill Hun Xiu someday and declared that she would become his nightmare before leaving the secret chamber.
• Hun Xiu realized the chamber was where Bibi Dong had suffered, regretted letting her leave so easily, and entered seclusion to merge his nine red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings with his original soul rings.
• Bibi Dong emerged with the Pope of Spirit Hall’s token and accepted that she had become the new Pope.

Bibi Dong left her meeting with Hun Xiu determined to grow stronger, then learned Qian Daoliu would support her becoming Spirit Hall's Pope. She eventually took the position and began expanding Spirit Hall's influence, using Qian Renxue and the Lower Four Sects in her plans.

• Bibi Dong vowed to avenge herself on Hun Xiu and destroy Spirit Hall, while privately acknowledging that Qian Renxue was both Hun Xiu's and her daughter.
• Qian Daoliu summoned Bibi Dong, told her he supported her becoming Pope, and urged her to visit Qian Renxue.
• After Bibi Dong left, Qian Daoliu ordered his followers to conceal that Hun Xiu was alive and confirmed Bibi Dong would become the new Pope.
• Bibi Dong became Spirit Hall's Pope, cultivated until she reached Titled Douluo, and gradually received power from Qian Daoliu.
• Bibi Dong accepted a wager to seize an empire and control more than half of the Soul Master World, then sent Qian Renxue to infiltrate the Heaven Dou Empire and secretly brought the Lower Four Sects under her control.

After more than a decade in seclusion, Hun Xiu emerged at the peak of level ninety-nine and interrupted Tang Hao’s confrontation with Spirit Hall. He demanded that Tang Hao surrender, leaving the two sides facing off as Hun Xiu revealed his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul.

• Hun Xiu finished fusing nine Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, reached the peak of level ninety-nine, and left his secret chamber.
• Hun Xiu sensed a disturbance and arrived as Tang Hao confronted Bibi Dong and six other Titled Douluo at Spirit Hall.
• Hun Xiu challenged Tang Hao and offered to spare him if he surrendered to Spirit Hall.
• Dugu Bo praised Tang Hao and called him invincible, prompting Hun Xiu to reject the claim and threaten to kill Tang Hao if he refused to submit.
• Hun Xiu stepped forward and manifested his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul.

Hun Xiu revealed that he was Qian Xunji and crushed Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul True Body with one hand, leaving Tang Hao defeated. Bibi Dong watched Hun Xiu’s overwhelming power and worried that she could not yet avenge her humiliation.

• Tang Hao recognized Hun Xiu as Qian Xunji, whom he had believed he killed, and refused Hun Xiu’s offer to surrender.
• Tang Hao launched his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul True Body while telling Tang San to watch, but Hun Xiu caught it with one hand.
• Hun Xiu crushed the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul True Body, worsening Tang Hao’s injuries and shocking everyone present.
• Hun Xiu declared Tang Hao defeated as Spirit Hall’s six Titled Douluo surrounded Tang Hao, Tang San, and Xiao Wu.
• Bibi Dong watched Hun Xiu and worried that his growing strength would keep her from avenging her humiliation.

Hun Xiu rejected Xiao Wu’s offer to surrender and began taking control of Tang Hao and the Shrek group. He forced Ning Fengzhi to disavow their actions, while Ning Rongrong refused to leave her companions and relied on Sword Douluo Chen Xin for protection.

• Xiao Wu offered to stop resisting if Hun Xiu spared Tang San and Tang Hao, but Hun Xiu refused and demanded that Tang Hao surrender to Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao defied Hun Xiu, who sealed his soul power and martial soul and ordered two Titled Douluo to take him to the dungeon.
• Tang San and the other five Shrek Devils stood in the Titled Douluo’s way, but Hun Xiu warned them to consider the forces behind them.
• Hun Xiu questioned Ning Fengzhi about whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect supported Tang San, and Ning Fengzhi denied that his sect intended to oppose Spirit Hall.
• Ning Rongrong refused her father’s order to leave, and Hun Xiu assured Ning Fengzhi that her choice would not implicate the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong claimed Chen Xin would protect her, while Chen Xin recognized how dangerous it would be to oppose Spirit Hall on its own territory.

Hun Xiu killed Sword Douluo Chen Xin after Chen Xin severed ties with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to protect Ning Rongrong. As Hun Xiu threatened anyone who would aid Tang Hao and his son, Tang San’s friends withdrew, leaving him without their support.

• Chen Xin severed ties with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and asked Hun Xiu to spare Ning Rongrong.
• Chen Xin challenged Hun Xiu and told Ning Rongrong to escape while he held their enemies back.
• Hun Xiu killed Chen Xin in a single strike and warned that anyone protecting Tang Hao and his son would meet the same fate.
• Ning Rongrong froze in disbelief, while Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun wavered at the sight of Chen Xin’s death.
• Tang San thanked Dai Mubai for stepping forward and told him to retreat, after which Dai Mubai and the others withdrew.

Hun Xiu seized Tang Hao, forced Tang San to join Spirit Hall, and spared Ning Rongrong after Sword Douluo Chen Xin died. After the remaining Shrek members refused his invitation, Hun Xiu confronted Yu Xiaogang and turned his attention to Dugu Bo, asking about his relationship with Tang San.

• Hun Xiu ordered Tang Hao taken to the dungeon, defeated Tang San, and made Tang San agree to join Spirit Hall to protect Xiao Wu and his father.
• Yue Guan escorted Tang San and Xiao Wu away, while Hun Xiu reclaimed the Angel Sacred Sword from Chen Xin's corpse.
• Ning Rongrong charged at Hun Xiu to avenge Chen Xin, but Ning Fengzhi stopped her and explained that she had an illness; Hun Xiu spared her and told Ning Fengzhi to take Chen Xin's body for burial.
• Hun Xiu invited Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar to join Spirit Hall, but they refused.
• Hun Xiu confronted Yu Xiaogang, reassured Bibi Dong that he would not kill him, and then asked Dugu Bo whether he was close to Tang San.

Hun Xiu forced Dugu Bo to join Spirit Hall, then met Bibi Dong in the Papal Hall and taunted her over their past and her inability to defeat him. Bibi Dong resisted attacking, fearing the consequences if she lost.

• Hun Xiu confronted Dugu Bo, who denied being close to Tang San and nervously agreed to join Spirit Hall.
• Dugu Bo knelt and pledged allegiance to Hun Xiu, and the Youth Soul Master Elite Competition and its disruption came to an end.
• Hun Xiu told Bibi Dong he supported her remaining Pope of Spirit Hall, but she refused to forgive him and said she wanted him dead forever.
• Hun Xiu challenged Bibi Dong to try to kill him, threatening to make her relive what happened in the secret chamber if she failed.
• Bibi Dong summoned her soul power and martial souls but held back from attacking because she feared losing to Hun Xiu.

Hun Xiu confronted Bibi Dong, then visited the dungeon and tried to recruit Tang Hao, Tang San, and Xiao Wu into Spirit Hall. He threatened Tang Hao by revealing that he knew about A Yin, while Tang San’s decision to join Spirit Hall left Tang Hao shocked.

• Bibi Dong held back from attacking Hun Xiu, who left after warning her about challenging him.
• Hun Xiu visited the dungeon, where Tang Hao was imprisoned with Tang San, Xiao Wu, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong.
• Hun Xiu offered Tang Hao a place in Spirit Hall, but Tang Hao refused because of his grudge against it.
• Hun Xiu revealed that he knew A Yin had reincarnated as Blue Silver Grass and threatened that she could be harmed if Tang Hao refused to cooperate.
• Hun Xiu invited Tang San and Xiao Wu to join Spirit Hall, and Tang San admitted to Tang Hao that he had joined because he had no choice.

Tang San agreed to serve Spirit Hall after Hun Xiu threatened Xiao Wu and the others, revealing that he wanted Tang San to mass-produce the Tang Sect's Hidden Weapons. Tang San left the dungeon with Xiao Wu under Gui Mei's watch, while Tang Hao remained behind and Tang San's teacher and companions depended on his cooperation.

• Tang San and Tang Hao accepted that they had no choice but to submit to Spirit Hall.
• Hun Xiu praised Xiao Wu's appearance and threatened to kill her if Tang San disobeyed.
• Tang San deduced that Hun Xiu wanted the Tang Sect's Hidden Weapons, and Hun Xiu confirmed it.
• Hun Xiu ordered Gui Mei to open the cell, assigned him to guard Tang San, and tasked Tang San with mass-producing Hidden Weapons.
• Tang San agreed to leave the dungeon with Xiao Wu but asked about Tang Hao, his teacher, and the others; Hun Xiu said their safety depended on Tang San's cooperation.

Hun Xiu punished Yu Xiaogang for bringing Liu Erlong into Spirit Hall’s dungeon and spreading its secrets. He stopped the whipping when Yu Xiaogang was close to death, leaving Liu Erlong pleading beside him.

• Yu Xiaogang faced Hun Xiu alone after Tang San and Tang Hao left, while Liu Erlong tried to shield him.
• Hun Xiu accused Yu Xiaogang of spreading Spirit Hall’s secrets and ordered a jailer to whip him.
• Hun Xiu restrained Liu Erlong as the jailer tied Yu Xiaogang to a cross and began beating him.
• Liu Erlong begged Hun Xiu to stop and kowtowed as Yu Xiaogang’s cries weakened.
• Hun Xiu ordered the jailer to stop when Yu Xiaogang was near death.

Hun Xiu used A Yin to pressure Tang Hao into leading Spirit Hall’s army against Haotian Sect or persuading it to join Spirit Hall. Tang Hao refused, but Hun Xiu tore off one of A Yin’s leaves and threatened to destroy her if he did not comply.

• Hun Xiu freed Liu Erlong from the dungeon and ordered that no one visit her and Yu Xiaogang without his permission.
• A month later, Yue Guan returned with the intelligent Blue Silver Grass A Yin, whom Hun Xiu took into his possession.
• Hun Xiu ordered Yue Guan to bring Tang Hao from the dungeon and demanded that he lead Spirit Hall’s army to Haotian Sect.
• Tang Hao refused to become Spirit Hall’s lackey, but Yue Guan restrained him when he tried to grab A Yin.
• Hun Xiu tore off one of A Yin’s leaves and gave Tang Hao a final choice: make Haotian Sect submit to Spirit Hall or lose A Yin forever.

Hun Xiu forced Tang Hao to choose between conquering the Haotian Sect for Spirit Hall or making it submit, then restored him with a pill that secretly gave Hun Xiu control over his life and thoughts. Tang Hao backed down after Hun Xiu revealed Spirit Hall knew his secret and declared that Spirit Hall would begin unifying the Douluo Continent.

• Hun Xiu gave Tang Hao two choices for bringing the Haotian Sect under Spirit Hall's control, and Tang Hao agreed to do what was necessary.
• Tang Hao demanded that Hun Xiu restore his strength and injuries before he could act.
• Hun Xiu gave Tang Hao a pill, which healed his injuries and returned him to his peak.
• Tang Hao considered attacking Hun Xiu to rescue A Yin, but Hun Xiu warned that the pill allowed him to monitor and kill Tang Hao at will.
• Hun Xiu accused Tang Hao of scheming against his wife for a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and Soul Bone, then said Spirit Hall would begin unifying the continent.

Hun Xiu revived A Yin and used her to pressure Tang Hao into serving Spirit Hall. Tang Hao agreed to persuade the Haotian Sect to surrender, while Hun Xiu and A Yin made a new bet about whether he would act sincerely.

• Hun Xiu revived A Yin, transformed her appearance, and made her his silent maidservant until Tang Hao completed his mission.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that A Yin was alive but in Spirit Hall's hands, and they agreed to obey Hun Xiu for now while waiting for a chance to rescue her.
• Hun Xiu gave Tang Hao one day to decide whether to help Spirit Hall, then showed him A Yin as Little Grass; Tang Hao failed to recognize her, and A Yin lost their bet.
• Tang Hao chose to persuade the Haotian Sect to surrender, though Hun Xiu suspected he planned to deceive Spirit Hall; Tang Hao left for the sect.
• Hun Xiu bet A Yin that Tang Hao would either sincerely persuade the Haotian Sect to submit or reveal his treachery, while A Yin insisted she trusted him.

Tang Hao returned to the Haotian Sect as Spirit Hall’s emissary and urged its leaders to surrender, revealing that A Yin was alive in Spirit Hall’s hands and that he had joined to protect her. The Second Elder rejected surrender and challenged Tang Hao to explain what price Spirit Hall would impose.

• Tang Hao entered the village guarding the Haotian Sect and identified himself to Tang Long and Tang Hu with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao slipped past the guards and reunited with his elder brother, Tang Xiao, in the sect’s main hall.
• Tang Xiao defended Tang Hao against the Second Elder, who demanded to know why Tang Hao had returned and how he had escaped Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao said he had surrendered to Spirit Hall because A Yin was in its hands, then explained her condition to Tang Xiao.
• Tang Hao revealed that Spirit Hall planned to attack the Haotian Sect again and that he had come to persuade it to surrender.
• The Second Elder refused to make the Haotian Sect Spirit Hall’s subordinate, and Tang Hao warned him about the price of defying Qian Xunji.

Tang Hao persuaded Haotian Sect to feign surrender to Spirit Hall, then brought Tang Xiao to Spirit Soul City to negotiate for A Yin. Hun Xiu exposed their plan and refused to return A Yin, leaving Tang Hao and Tang Xiao under his crushing pressure.

• Tang Hao warned Haotian Sect that it could not defeat Spirit Hall and urged the elders to pretend to surrender while secretly building strength.
• Tang Xiao agreed to surrender, but the elders refused to go to Spirit Hall, so Tang Xiao and Tang Hao traveled there without them.
• Hun Xiu questioned Tang Xiao in Papal Hall, and Tang Xiao swore that Haotian Sect would serve Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao asked Hun Xiu to return A Yin, but Hun Xiu refused and accused Tang Hao and Tang Xiao of staging the surrender to rescue her.
• Hun Xiu released a terrifying pressure over Tang Hao and Tang Xiao after declaring their deception obvious.

Hun Xiu suppressed Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, then used A Yin’s life to force the Haotian Sect to surrender to Spirit Hall. Tang Hao chose the sect over A Yin, and Hun Xiu destroyed her, leaving both brothers grieving.

• Hun Xiu effortlessly pinned Tang Hao and Tang Xiao down and revealed that his strength far exceeded their expectations.
• Hun Xiu threatened A Yin’s life, and Tang Xiao offered to surrender the Haotian Sect to Spirit Hall to save her.
• Tang Hao rejected the surrender, declaring that the Haotian Sect mattered more than A Yin and could not become Spirit Hall’s lapdog.
• Hun Xiu destroyed A Yin’s Blue Silver Grass, and Tang Xiao and Tang Hao wept as Tang Hao vowed to kill Qian Xunji.

Hun Xiu crippled Tang Hao, killed Tang Xiao after he refused to make the Haotian Sect surrender, and revealed Spirit Hall’s plan to become an empire and conquer the continent. Bibi Dong resolved to become a god and kill Hun Xiu, while Tang Hao suffered in the dungeon and Tang San was forced to kneel before Hun Xiu.

• Hun Xiu defeated Tang Hao, pressured Tang Xiao to surrender the Haotian Sect to Spirit Hall, and killed him when he refused.
• Hun Xiu ordered Tang Hao taken to the dungeon, where he woke to find his soul power and martial soul gone and was beaten by jailers.
• Bibi Dong, sidelined by Hun Xiu within Spirit Hall, felt divine power and vowed to become a god and kill him.
• Tang San confronted Hun Xiu over Tang Hao’s imprisonment, but Hun Xiu’s pressure forced him to kneel.

Tang San submitted to Hun Xiu to protect his family, then discovered A Yin might be his mother before being overpowered while trying to rescue Tang Hao. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong impaling Tang San and moving to pierce his heart.

• Hun Xiu told Tang San that Tang Hao was imprisoned for betraying him, but said he might release him if Tang San performed well.
• A Yin and Tang San recognized each other through their Blue Silver Sovereign bloodline, but Hun Xiu stopped A Yin from revealing that she was Tang San’s mother.
• Hun Xiu told A Yin that Tang San might not be her son and promised to explain only if she fulfilled their wager.
• Tang San found Tang Hao beaten and unconscious in the dungeon, then tried to carry him out despite warnings from Zhang San and Li Si.
• Zhang San and Li Si revealed their Soul Douluo strength and knocked Tang San down, after which Bibi Dong arrived and ordered them away.
• Bibi Dong restrained Tang San with her spider legs, pierced his limbs, and prepared to stab his heart despite Tang San invoking Hun Xiu.

Bibi Dong hesitated to kill Tang San after he invoked Yu Xiaogang, but Hun Xiu rescued Tang San and brought Bibi Dong to the dungeon to confront Yu Xiaogang. Hun Xiu began revealing that Yu Xiaogang had used Bibi Dong to gain access to Spirit Hall’s knowledge, leaving Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang facing the truth of their past.

• Tang San begged Bibi Dong to spare him by revealing that he was Yu Xiaogang’s prized disciple, making Bibi Dong hesitate to devour him.
• Hun Xiu stopped Bibi Dong, freed Tang San, and ordered Zhang San and Li Si to take him for medical treatment.
• Hun Xiu told Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang was in the dungeon and led her to see him.
• Bibi Dong found Yu Xiaogang imprisoned alongside Liu Erlong, and Hun Xiu said he had brought her there to reveal the truth about their past.
• Hun Xiu described how Yu Xiaogang had pursued Bibi Dong to gain access to Spirit Hall’s library and use its knowledge to develop his martial soul theories.

Hun Xiu exposed Yu Xiaogang’s ulterior motives in his past relationship with Bibi Dong, and Yu Xiaogang admitted he had approached her to use her. Bibi Dong accepted the truth but refused to kill him, calling him trash.

• Hun Xiu recounted how Yu Xiaogang had used Bibi Dong’s status and later lost her when her teacher refused to let her leave Spirit Hall.
• Hun Xiu challenged Bibi Dong to reconsider her memories of Yu Xiaogang, while Yu Xiaogang remained silent.
• Bibi Dong demanded to know whether Yu Xiaogang had approached her with a purpose, and Yu Xiaogang admitted that he had.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Yu Xiaogang had ever loved her, and he said he had been attracted to her but knew they could never be together.
• Hun Xiu asked Bibi Dong whether she wanted Yu Xiaogang killed, but she refused, saying she did not kill trash.

After Bibi Dong spared Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong, Hun Xiu turned his attention to the Spirit Empire’s expansion and led five Enshrined Elders into the Heaven Dou Empire. The Heaven Dou court debated his intentions, while Crown Prince Xue Qinghe—secretly Qian Renxue—reasoned that the Spirit Empire was not yet targeting the imperial family.

• Bibi Dong left Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong alive, and Hun Xiu ordered them to leave; two black-robed Soul Douluo later killed them after they left Spirit Soul City.
• Spirit Hall renamed itself the Spirit Empire, with Spirit Soul City as its capital, alarming the factions across Douluo Continent.
• Hun Xiu borrowed the Third through Seventh Enshrined Elders from Qian Daoliu and took them into the Heaven Dou Empire.
• The Heaven Dou Empire monitored Hun Xiu and his group as they traveled toward Heaven Dou City, while Hun Xiu allowed the scouts to follow.
• Emperor Xue Ye asked his court why Qian Xunji had brought five Titled Douluo toward the city, and Xue Qinghe argued that the Spirit Empire was unlikely to attack the imperial family.

Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi suspected that Hun Xiu’s six Titled Douluo were targeting the Haotian Sect, while Emperor Xue Ye admitted the Heaven Dou Empire could not stop them. Convinced Xue Qinghe should rule in the coming conflict, Ning Fengzhi sought Yu Yuanzhen’s support for a rebellion, and Yu shut the hall doors to hear him out.

• Qian Renxue argued that the Spirit Empire was probably not targeting the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, and Ning Fengzhi agreed that they should track Hun Xiu’s group rather than risk confronting six powerful Titled Douluo.
• Emperor Xue Ye acknowledged the Heaven Dou Empire’s weakness and urged its experts to take responsibility for its future.
• Xue Qinghe told Ning Fengzhi that Hun Xiu’s party was likely heading for the Haotian Sect, and Ning Fengzhi agreed while remaining cautious.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong discussed replacing Emperor Xue Ye with Xue Qinghe, then agreed to seek the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family’s support.
• Ning Fengzhi directly invited Yu Yuanzhen to join a rebellion, and Yu closed the hall doors after realizing he was serious.

Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong sought Yu Yuanzhen’s support for a swift change of ruler in the Heaven Dou Empire, and Yu agreed once he learned Crown Prince Xue Qinghe would take the throne. The plan stalled when they realized they had not asked whether Xue Qinghe would accept it.

• Yu Yuanzhen admitted he had considered replacing Emperor Xue Ye but feared rebellion would leave the Heaven Dou Empire vulnerable to its rivals.
• Ning Fengzhi argued that a rapid change of ruler would prevent internal turmoil, and Yu asked who would become emperor.
• Ning Fengzhi named Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, convincing Yu that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family could help him ascend quickly.
• Yu agreed to join the plan, believing Xue Qinghe was fit to rule and that advancing the crown prince was not truly rebellion.
• Yu questioned whether Xue Qinghe would agree to take his father’s throne, and Ning Fengzhi fell silent as he considered the prince’s filial nature.