Recaps

Huo Wu used Ring Fusion against Zhu Zhuqing but lost, then befriended her and began thinking of her as a sister. Blue Tyrant Academy defeated Blazing Fire Academy, and Huo Wu sought a private conversation with Zhu Zhuqing after the matches.

• Huo Wu unleashed her Ring Fusion attack, but Zhu Zhuqing split the fireball apart with her air blades and won their fight.
• Huo Wu admired Zhu Zhuqing, shook her hand, and asked to become friends with her; Zhu Zhuqing agreed.
• Huo Wushuang, Huo Yun, and Huo Yu each fought Zhu Zhuqing, who defeated the first two and conceded to Huo Yu after draining some of his soul power.
• Tai Long defeated Huo Yu, and Blue Tyrant Academy secured victory over Blazing Fire Academy.
• After the matches, Huo Wu approached Blue Tyrant Academy and led Zhu Zhuqing aside for a private conversation.

Gu Ye secretly treated Consort Ming while Xue Ye slept, then visited Huo Wu and Zhu Zhuqing at Blazing Fire Academy’s camp. Huo Wu asked Gu Ye to become her teacher, and he offered to guide her after the Continental Advanced Academy Elite Tournament.

• Zhu Zhuqing left with Huo Wu while Gu Ye later went to Xue Ye’s barracks to treat Consort Ming.
• Consort Ming used Calming Incense to make Xue Ye fall asleep, allowing her and Gu Ye to conduct their private treatment.
• After the treatment, Xue Ye praised Gu Ye’s medical skills and saw him off as Gu Ye returned to camp.
• Gu Ye visited Huo Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, where Huo Wu revealed she had asked Zhu Zhuqing whether Gu Ye fell in love with his disciples.
• Huo Wu asked Gu Ye to take her as his disciple so she could become stronger, but Gu Ye offered to guide her after the tournament instead.

Gu Ye encouraged Huo Wu to focus on the tournament, while Zhu Zhuqing grew jealous of his attention to his disciples. As the advancement matches reached their final round, Zhu Zhuqing and Tang San faced off, with both confident of victory.

• Gu Ye told Huo Wu they could discuss her future after the tournament, and Huo Wu teased him about having a thing for his disciples.
• Zhu Zhuqing questioned Gu Ye about the same suspicion, then took his arm as they returned to camp.
• Zhu Zhuqing defeated Shui Bing'er and Feng Xiaotian during the advancement matches as Blue Tyrant Academy continued its winning run.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San planned Shrek's lineup for the final round, with Tang San choosing to face Zhu Zhuqing first.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Tang San entered the arena for Blue Tyrant Academy's final match against the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team and released their Martial Souls.

Zhu Zhuqing overwhelmed Tang San in their match with her superior speed and black flame attacks, which burned his Soul Power and eventually sent him crashing to the ground. The battle continued with Zhu Zhuqing pressing her advantage while Tang San struggled to defend himself.

• Zhu Zhuqing tore through Tang San's Blue Silver Grass and evaded his Blue Silver Cage with her speed.
• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and later fought with the Clear Sky Hammer, but Zhu Zhuqing pursued and countered him.
• Zhu Zhuqing's black flame blades spread across the Clear Sky Hammer and rapidly drained Tang San's Soul Power.
• Tang San used his Tang Sect techniques to withstand Zhu Zhuqing's attacks, but her third soul skill struck him hard and sent him flying.
• Zhu Zhuqing continued attacking as Tang San dodged desperately, while Yu Xiaogang watched in disbelief and Liu Erlong praised Zhu Zhuqing's strength.

Zhu Zhuqing led Blue Tyrant Academy to victory in the Heaven Dou Empire advancement tournament, while Bibi Dong canceled an attack on the teams after reading Gu Ye’s advice. Back at Blue Tyrant Academy, Gu Ye prepared dinner with four women, and Jiang Zhu secretly flirted with him.

• Zhu Zhuqing defeated Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun before yielding the stage to Tai Long, who helped secure Blue Tyrant Academy’s fourteenth consecutive victory.
• Xue Ye announced that Xue Qinghe would accompany the fifteen Heaven Dou Empire teams to Spirit City for the finals hosted by Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong rejected Qian Renxue’s objection to attacking the teams, but changed her mind after reading Gu Ye’s advice and canceled the attack while still intending to eliminate Tang San and Tang Hao.
• Gu Ye gathered Liu Erlong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Jiang Zhu at Blue Tyrant Academy’s rear mountain to prepare dinner.
• Jiang Zhu pressed close to Gu Ye in the crowded kitchen and whispered something to him while the other women were occupied.

Gu Ye arrived at Spirit Hall and reunited with Bibi Dong in the Pope’s Palace, where their private intimacy took place on the pope’s throne. As he continued caring for her, he said he had an important matter to discuss.

• After dinner with Jiang Zhu, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing, Gu Ye left Blue Tyrant Academy early for Spirit Hall because he had arrangements to make and missed Bibi Dong.
• Yu Xiaogang left Heaven Dou Royal Academy for Spirit Hall, hoping Bibi Dong would reveal the secret of Twin Martial Souls for his disciple.
• Gu Ye reached Spirit City, entered Spirit Hall with Bibi Dong’s token, and was summoned to the Pope’s Palace.
• Bibi Dong beckoned Gu Ye to her on the pope’s throne, and he sat beside her, embraced her, and teased her.
• Gu Ye massaged Bibi Dong and used his Soul Power to regulate her body, sensing the Rakshasa Qi within her.
• While Bibi Dong rested on his lap on the pope’s throne, Gu Ye told her he had an important matter to discuss.

Gu Ye arranged a final-round duel between Duo'er and Zhu Zhuqing while spending several days in Spirit Hall with Bibi Dong, Duo'er, and Hu Liena. When Yu Xiaogang came seeking the Twin Martial Soul secret for Tang San, Bibi Dong refused and revealed that she had sent people to kill him.

• Gu Ye asked Bibi Dong to arrange a one-on-one final-round match between Duo'er and Zhu Zhuqing, and she agreed.
• Duo'er and Hu Liena waited for Gu Ye, wondered about his long visit with Bibi Dong, and later spoke with him about their training and the finals.
• Gu Ye stayed in Spirit Hall for several days, trained Duo'er, and performed Martial Soul Surgery on Hu Liena.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at the Pope's Palace seeking the Twin Martial Soul secret for his disciple Tang San, and Bibi Dong mocked him and refused.
• Bibi Dong identified Tang San as Tang Hao's son and Spirit Hall's enemy, then revealed that she had sent people to intercept and kill him.

Bibi Dong and Gu Ye rebuked Yu Xiaogang and ended their ties with him after he threatened Spirit Hall over Tang San. Yu Xiaogang left in a strange, bewitching state, while Gu Ye discovered that his system could send him to the past for one million Surgery Points and resolved to save up for a chance to change Bibi Dong’s past.

• Bibi Dong knocked Yu Xiaogang down with her aura, mocked his ingratitude, and rejected his claims of affection after he threatened Spirit Hall over Tang San.
• Gu Ye entered Pope's Palace, accused Yu Xiaogang of plagiarizing Spirit Hall’s knowledge, and joined Bibi Dong in condemning him.
• Yu Xiaogang’s anger triggered a strange change in his voice and mannerisms, and he left Pope's Palace without realizing it.
• Gu Ye discovered that traveling to the past cost one million Surgery Points and planned to increase his earnings by binding Ye Lingling as his nurse.
• Bibi Dong and Gu Ye accepted that Yu Xiaogang was now their enemy, then sat together on the Pope's throne while she worked and he flirted with her.

Yu Xiaogang arrived in Spirit City to confront Bibi Dong but discovered that his voice and mannerisms had turned effeminate, so he waited for Tang San before deciding what to do. As the Heaven Dou convoy reached Spirit Hall, Yu Xiaogang confirmed Tang San was safe and went to meet him.

• Yu Xiaogang noticed his voice had become soft and feminine and saw himself making an orchid-finger gesture, then decided not to confront Bibi Dong again until Tang San arrived.
• Ning Rongrong teased Zhu Zhuqing about thinking of Gu Ye, and the women discussed their plans for after the competition.
• Xiao Wu told Ning Rongrong, Jiang Zhu, and Zhu Zhuqing that Tang San had asked what she would do after the competition; Tang San and the others prepared for the upcoming matches while worrying about Spirit Hall's strength.
• Flender reminded Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar to prepare for the competition, then reflected on retiring and leaving Shrek Academy behind.
• Xue Qinghe looked forward to returning to Spirit City, seeing her sister, and obtaining her seventh spirit ring, while wondering why Gu Ye had gone ahead.
• The Heaven Dou convoy arrived safely at Spirit Hall, and Yu Xiaogang, relieved that Tang San was safe, checked out of his hotel and went to find him.

Tang San learned that Bibi Dong had changed Yu Xiaogang’s voice and appearance, while Gu Ye remained occupied with Bibi Dong instead of greeting Blue Tyrant Academy. After exploring Spirit City, Zhu Zhuqing spotted two people ahead and stopped to stare at the woman.

• Tang San arrived in Spirit City with the Heaven Dou Empire delegation and quietly vowed to avenge his mother by destroying Spirit Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang met Tang San but could not speak, then privately explained that Bibi Dong had changed him after he sought the secret of Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang San promised to avenge Yu Xiaogang but stepped away when his teacher’s feminized manner made him uncomfortable.
• Liu Erlong briefed Blue Tyrant Academy’s seven competitors about the finals, then let them explore Spirit City while she waited for Gu Ye.
• Gu Ye stayed with Bibi Dong in her bedchamber before leaving for Blue Tyrant Academy’s hotel.
• Zhu Zhuqing and the others returned from exploring Spirit City, and Zhu Zhuqing stopped when she saw a woman among a group ahead.

Zhu Zhuqing reunited with her elder sister Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi, who mocked her strength and questioned her separation from Dai Mubai. Gu Ye arrived, promised to visit the Zhu Clan, and challenged Zhu Zhuyun to see Zhu Zhuqing’s strength at the tournament; afterward, Duo'er admitted she was excited to face Zhu Zhuqing.

• Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi confronted Zhu Zhuqing, mocked her apparent Soul Elder strength, and asked why she was not with her fiancé Dai Mubai.
• Gu Ye arrived, reunited with Zhu Zhuqing and her teammates, and confirmed that Zhu Zhuqing was his disciple.
• Gu Ye told Zhu Zhuyun he knew about the Zhu Clan’s circumstances, said he would visit Zhuqing’s mother, and challenged Zhu Zhuyun to judge Zhuqing’s strength at the tournament.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ning Rongrong and the others that she needed to defeat the Star Luo Empire’s team to prove she could break her fate.
• Liu Erlong pulled Gu Ye into a room to question him after he returned to the hotel.
• Duo'er told Hu Liena she was nervous about facing Zhu Zhuqing but was also looking forward to the match.

Qian Renxue returned to Spirit Hall after reaching rank seventy and clashed with Bibi Dong over Gu Ye, while the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament began in Spirit City. After Duo'er met Zhu Zhuqing and revealed herself as a formidable rival, Zhu Zhuqing visited Gu Ye at night to ask about her.

• Qian Renxue told Ning Fengzhi she planned to cultivate in seclusion, then secretly returned to Spirit Hall to seek a seventh soul ring.
• Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong about Gu Ye, warned her not to harm him, and left to find Qian Daoliu.
• Gu Ye and Liu Erlong prepared Blue Tyrant Academy for the finals, and Blue Tyrant Academy won its first-round match after drawing a Star Luo Empire team.
• Duo'er and Hu Liena met Gu Ye's group, and Duo'er and Zhu Zhuqing regarded each other as rivals before Duo'er left with Hu Liena.
• Gu Ye told Zhu Zhuqing that Duo'er had a mutated martial soul, was his former companion, and possessed a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing slipped into Gu Ye's room at night and asked him to tell her more about Duo'er.

Pope Bibi Dong appeared at the finals, where the Star Luo Academy Team faced Dai Mubai’s Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team. Dai Weisi overwhelmed his younger brother with Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell White Tiger, leaving Dai Mubai unconscious and Tang San standing alone on the stage.

• Gu Ye spent the night holding Zhu Zhuqing as she slept, and Blue Tyrant Academy received a bye into the third round.
• Bibi Dong arrived at the competition venue, exchanged glances with Gu Ye, and watched as the teams drew lots.
• Dai Mubai learned that his team would face Dai Weisi’s Star Luo Academy Team, and Dai Weisi mocked him over Zhu Zhuqing before the match began.
• Dai Weisi overpowered Dai Mubai, then joined Zhu Zhuyun to unleash their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The Hell White Tiger knocked five of Dai Mubai’s teammates off the stage and gravely injured Dai Mubai, while Tang San survived its final attack and landed on the arena.

Tang San and Shrek lost to the Star Luo Empire, then the Spirit Hall Team faced Godwind Academy and revealed three Soul Kings, including a fighter with a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring. Feng Xiaotian attacked with his signature Self-Created Soul Skill and began matching Xie Yue’s Full Moon, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Tang San was thrown from the stage by Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell White Tiger, ending Shrek’s match in defeat.
• Yu Xiaogang comforted Tang San in the waiting room, and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy First Team later won its match.
• The Spirit Hall Team took the stage against Godwind Academy, drawing attention from the crowd and angering Feng Xiaotian by appearing to ignore his team.
• Yan, Hu Liena, and Xie Yue revealed Soul King-level strength, while the young girl on their team displayed a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring.
• Feng Xiaotian ordered his teammates to boost him and launched his Gale Demonic Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes against Xie Yue’s Full Moon.
• Feng Xiaotian and Xie Yue traded blows, and Feng Xiaotian’s attack grew strong enough to draw level with and possibly suppress Xie Yue.

Blue Tyrant Academy faced Star Luo Academy in the third round, and Zhu Zhuqing prepared to settle her rivalry with Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi. With Gu Ye’s permission, her teammates used a Seven-in-One Soul Power Fusion Technique to channel their power into her as the match began.

• Feng Xiaotian forced Xie Yue back with his Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes before conceding, and Spirit Hall Team’s strength left spectators wondering who could defeat them.
• After two days of rest, Zhu Zhuqing learned Blue Tyrant Academy would face Star Luo Academy and received Gu Ye’s permission to use the Seven-in-One Soul Power Fusion Technique.
• Zhu Zhuyun taunted Zhu Zhuqing before the match, while Dai Mubai watched and predicted that she would lose without a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• At the start, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun prepared to unleash Hell White Tiger as Zhu Zhuqing’s six teammates formed around Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong used Ring Fusion to gather the team’s soul power and channel it into Zhu Zhuqing, drawing Bibi Dong, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, Ning Fengzhi, and Yu Xiaogang’s attention.

Zhu Zhuqing used a seven-in-one fusion skill to manifest her Martial Soul Avatar and defeat Dai Weisi, Zhu Zhuyun, and the rest of the Star Luo team, securing Blue Tyrant Academy’s victory. The next day, Blazing Fire Academy forfeited to Blue Tyrant Academy, and the fourth round determined the top three teams.

• Zhu Zhuqing unleashed her Martial Soul Avatar and used Netherworld's Fury to break Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell White Tiger fusion before defeating all seven Star Luo team members with Netherworld Consecutive Slash.
• The cardinal announced Blue Tyrant Academy’s victory, and Gu Ye examined Zhu Zhuqing while Spirit Hall Academy and other teams won their remaining third-round matches.
• Bibi Dong told Spirit Hall Academy to disrupt Blue Tyrant Academy’s seven-in-one fusion skill, while Qian Daoliu watched Qian Renxue refine an Angel God Suit soul bone and worried Zhu Zhuqing might become her rival.
• Blue Tyrant Academy advanced when Blazing Fire Academy forfeited, and Huo Wu reminded Gu Ye of his promise to teach her after graduation.
• Spirit Hall Academy defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Skywater Academy won its match, and Blue Tyrant Academy, Spirit Hall Academy, and Skywater Academy reached the top three.

Blue Tyrant Academy faced Spirit Hall in the tournament final, where Zhu Zhuqing defeated Duo'er in a fierce duel but then forfeited the team match. The championship battle ended without Blue Tyrant Academy continuing, leaving Zhu Zhuqing satisfied with her victory over Duo'er and her earlier revenge against the Star Luo Empire.

• Skywater Academy forfeited, sending Blue Tyrant Academy and Spirit Hall directly to the decisive final.
• Gu Ye told Zhu Zhuqing and her teammates to fight with everything they had, though victory was unlikely.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Duo'er fought one-on-one, matching their cat-like martial souls and powerful soul skills.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her External Soul Bone to overpower Duo'er, who admitted defeat.
• Zhu Zhuqing and her teammates forfeited the team match because they were exhausted and outmatched by Spirit Hall's stronger lineup.

After Spirit Hall won the tournament, Gu Ye said goodbye to Bibi Dong and prepared to return to the Heaven Dou Empire with his group. On the way out, Qian Renxue questioned his visit to Pope's Palace, Zhu Zhuqing refused to return to the Star Luo Empire, and the Heaven Dou procession set off while Tang San waited for his father.

• Bibi Dong awarded Spirit Hall Team the championship prize and presented Zhu Zhuqing's team with medals, while Zhu Zhuqing declined her invitation to join Spirit Hall.
• Gu Ye told Bibi Dong he was leaving to help Qian Renxue in the Heaven Dou Empire, and the two spent the night together in Pope's Palace.
• Qian Renxue encountered Gu Ye leaving Pope's Palace, questioned him, and told him she had reached Soul Power rank seventy-seven after gaining a seventh soul ring and refining a soul bone.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun asked Zhu Zhuqing to return to the Star Luo Empire, but she refused, and Dai Mubai failed to persuade her to go back.
• Gu Ye and the others joined the Heaven Dou Empire procession and left Spirit City, while Tang San waited in a carriage with Yu Xiaogang and his companions for his father.

Tang San left with Tang Hao to train, while Xiao Wu refused to go with them and planned to return to the Star Dou Great Forest. On the journey back to Heaven Dou City, Xiao Wu drew closer to Gu Ye, and Xue Qinghe planned to arrange a palace identity for him.

• Yu Xiaogang supported Tang San leaving with Tang Hao for training, and Tang Hao arrived to take his son away.
• Xiao Wu declined Tang San’s invitation to join them, saying she would return to the Star Dou Great Forest, while Tang San promised to find her within five years.
• Tang San and Tang Hao bid farewell to Yu Xiaogang and left, unaware that Xiao Wu had grown closer to Gu Ye.
• Xiao Wu privately met Gu Ye in the carriage, and they shared an intimate moment while the convoy traveled back toward Heaven Dou City.
• Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe discussed winning Gu Ye and Blue Tyrant Academy over to the Heaven Dou Empire, and Xue Qinghe decided to arrange a palace identity for Gu Ye.
• That night, Xiao Wu told Gu Ye she planned to return to the Star Dou Great Forest, then hugged and kissed him.

After returning to Heaven Dou City, Gu Ye accepted Emperor Xue Ye’s appointment as an imperial worship elder, while Liu Erlong and several students declined or chose their own paths. The group returned to Blue Tyrant Academy, where Jiang Zhu decided to stay and work at Gu Ye’s Medical Hall.

• Xiao Wu kissed Gu Ye to thank him, then the group resumed its journey while Liu Erlong rested against him.
• Emperor Xue Ye welcomed the returning teams and granted noble titles, but Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu refused to serve the empire.
• Xue Ye offered Zhu Zhuqing, Gu Ye, and Liu Erlong positions as imperial worship elders; Zhu Zhuqing and Liu Erlong declined, while Gu Ye accepted.
• Xue Ye appointed Gu Ye a worship elder, granted him palace access, and arranged a mansion and attendants for him.
• At Blue Tyrant Academy, Tai Long returned to the Strength Clan, Huang Yuan and Jing Ling joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Rongrong departed for home.
• Jiang Zhu told Gu Ye she wanted to stay at the academy and treat patients at his Medical Hall, while Xiao Wu planned to return home in a few days.

After the competition, Zhu Zhuqing tried to use Gu Ye’s promise to make him accept her as his woman, but Liu Erlong’s unexpected return interrupted them. Liu Erlong decided to train Jiang Zhu as her successor and asked Gu Ye what he thought.

• Jiang Zhu planned to remain at Blue Tyrant Academy and cultivate, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing also intended to stay near Gu Ye.
• Liu Erlong left to handle the academy’s new special-grade status, and Zhu Zhuqing persuaded Xiao Wu and Jiang Zhu to leave her alone with Gu Ye.
• Zhu Zhuqing embraced and kissed Gu Ye, then told him she wanted to be his woman; Gu Ye began to give in before Liu Erlong returned.
• Liu Erlong found Gu Ye and Zhu Zhuqing together, asked where Jiang Zhu was, and became suspicious when she learned Xiao Wu and Jiang Zhu had left.
• Liu Erlong said she planned to train Jiang Zhu to manage the academy after her and asked Gu Ye for his opinion.

Gu Ye welcomed Ye Lingling and her aunt Ye Zhixing to his clinic, where he arranged for Lingling to work as his nurse and promised to protect her as his little sister. After helping both women cultivate, he planned to take them spirit-ring hunting once Liu Erlong returned.

• Gu Ye agreed that Liu Erlong should train Jiang Zhu to become Blue Tyrant Academy’s next principal, while he and Liu Erlong spent the night together.
• Gu Ye treated patients as his Soul Power neared rank seventy, Zhu Zhuqing cultivated in seclusion, and Liu Erlong escorted Xiao Wu back to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ye Lingling arrived at Gu Ye’s clinic with Ye Zhixing, and Gu Ye bound Lingling as his treatment assistant.
• Ye Zhixing asked Gu Ye not to give Lingling hope unless he could make her happy, so Gu Ye acknowledged Lingling as his little sister and promised to protect her.
• Gu Ye helped Ye Lingling resolve her martial-soul flaw and gave both women medicinal essence, after which Ye Zhixing reached rank eighty and Lingling reached rank fifty.
• Gu Ye decided to take Ye Lingling and Ye Zhixing spirit-ring hunting with Liu Erlong when she returned.

Gu Ye met with Qian Renxue, and they set their plan in motion to weaken Xue Ye so she could inherit the Heaven Dou Empire’s throne. Afterward, Zhu Zhuqing emerged from seclusion and learned that Ye Lingling had become Gu Ye’s younger sister and Ye Zhixing was now regarded as his aunt.

• Gu Ye instructed Ye Lingling to keep treating patients and promised to take her and Ye Zhixing to hunt for spirit rings when the time was right.
• Qian Renxue told Gu Ye she missed him, then discussed beginning to trigger Xue Ye’s poison so Gu Ye could gradually weaken him over two years.
• Gu Ye and Qian Renxue became intimate in her room, and she fell asleep in his arms afterward.
• Zhu Zhuqing broke through to level forty-nine after cultivating in seclusion and went to the clinic looking for Gu Ye.
• Ye Zhixing and Ye Lingling explained to Zhu Zhuqing how Ye Lingling had become Gu Ye’s younger sister and why Ye Zhixing called herself his aunt.

Gu Ye returned to the Medical Hall after leaving Qian Renxue, where Zhu Zhuqing had come out of seclusion and chatted with Ye Lingling and Ye Zhixing. In the Star Luo Empire, the emperor ordered Zhu Zhuqing brought back for a final duel, while her mother Zhu Qingyun and elder sister Zhu Zhuyun faced the clan’s cruel rules and her uncle’s hidden schemes.

• Gu Ye left Qian Renxue sleeping in the crown prince's palace and returned to the Medical Hall, where Zhu Zhuqing ignored him while speaking with Ye Lingling and Ye Zhixing.
• The Star Luo Emperor declared the contest between Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi a draw, ordered Zhu Zhuyun to bring Zhu Zhuqing back, and gave the brothers three months before their final duel.
• Dai Mubai resolved to investigate a forbidden place guarded by the White Tiger Clan in hopes of becoming strong enough to defeat Dai Weisi.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Zhu Qingyun that Zhu Zhuqing had become powerful, then accepted a bell from her mother and arranged for clan members to summon Zhu Zhuqing to the Star Luo Empire.
• Zhu Zhuyun rejected her second uncle's offer to care for Zhu Qingyun and warned him against improper intentions toward her mother.
• After Zhu Zhuyun left, her second uncle revealed that he intended to possess Zhu Qingyun and believed she owed him.

Gu Ye discovered that Qian Renxue’s poison was killing Xue Ye, but concealed the danger and told the emperor he had about a year to live. Facing his impending death, Xue Ye asked Gu Ye to take care of Empress Yun Lianyi after he was gone, leaving Gu Ye stunned.

• At the palace, Gu Ye examined Xue Ye and recognized that Qian Renxue’s poison had begun to take effect.
• Gu Ye intensified and concealed the poison, then woke Xue Ye and reassured the gathered court that his condition was not serious.
• Xue Ye dismissed the others but asked Yun Lianyi to remain while he spoke privately with Gu Ye.
• Gu Ye told Xue Ye that he had about a year or less to live, and Yun Lianyi grew distressed.
• Xue Ye asked Gu Ye to protect and take care of Yun Lianyi after his death, and Gu Ye was stunned by the request.