Recaps

As powerful factions converged on Heaven Dou City, Zhuge Lan staged the Dance King Competition and used his song to expose Tang Hao’s presence and unsettle Tang San. The song spread across Douluo Continent, while Tang San planned to ask Xiao Wu for help, unaware that she had grown happy with Zhuge Lan.

• Ye Lingling reunited with Dugu Yan, admitted she was attracted to Zhuge Lan, and decided to seek chances to know him better.
• Bibi Dong sent Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to Heaven Dou City to observe Zhuge Lan and capture him if necessary, while Qian Daoliu and the Worship Hall elders also headed there.
• Dugu Bo trained Yu Tianheng through humiliating public drills, and Yu Tianheng accepted them as a path to greater strength.
• Ning Fengzhi sent Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo to recover kidnapped craftsmen and Soul Tools while making a visible but restrained show of force, then went to judge the competition.
• Zhuge Lan launched the Dance King Competition before a huge crowd and sang “Breaking Out of the Cocoon,” stirring Tang Hao’s resentment until his Soul Power erupted and exposed his presence.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo broke through after the song transformed their Soul Power, connected its lyrics to Tang Hao and the Blue Silver Emperor, and considered finding Zhuge Lan.
• Tang San heard the song reveal his Twin Martial Souls and the hammer-and-grass phrase, feared Zhuge Lan knew his secrets, and vowed to surpass him before deciding to ask Xiao Wu for information.
• Xiao Wu was happy with Zhuge Lan and no longer cared enough for Tang San to help him, while Zhuge Lan’s song spread across Douluo Continent and he anticipated gaining more Emotional Value.

Zhuge Lan used the Dance King Competition to display his influence, deter conspirators, and draw hidden enemies into the open. As Flender and his students performed, Star Luo spies recognized Dai Mubai, giving Zhuge Lan footage he intended to take to Zhuqing’s family.

• Tang Yuehua hosted the competition as Qian Renxue watched jealously and considered bringing Xue Ke closer to Zhuge Lan.
• Ning Fengzhi and Dugu Bo appeared, while Zhuge Lan’s staged show of power and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support made conspirators hesitate.
• Ice Silkworms performed as ethereal Fairies before revealing their true forms, and Tang Yuehua announced they were Soul Beasts from the Far North Icefield.
• Zhuge Lan considered using Soul Beasts to start a Beast Tide and planned a future visit to the Star Dou Great Forest, while a conspirators’ leader feared his power.
• Flender, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar prepared to perform, and Flender helped Dai Mubai overcome his fear of appearing before the crowd.
• Flender and his students danced Gangnam Style, first drawing mockery and then getting the audience to join the song and copy their moves.
• Star Luo spies recognized Dai Mubai and decided to report his performance to Dai Weisi, while Zhuge Lan revealed he had recorded it for a future visit to Zhuqing’s family.

Zhuge Lan’s performances turned the Dance King Competition into a citywide sensation as Dugu Yan and Tang San took the stage, while Tang Hao watched from hiding and Tang San’s fear of Zhuge Lan brought him to collapse. The competition left Mysteries Pavilion drawing crowds, Qian Renxue privately admitting her feelings, and Zhuge Lan preparing new schemes around Tang San and Tang Hao.

• Flender, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar’s energetic song and dance enthralled the audience, while Qian Renxue recognized the auras of Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo among the powerful figures present.
• Dugu Yan performed an elegant court dance with the Ice Silkworm performers, winning the crowd’s admiration and growing curious about Zhuge Lan as Dugu Bo openly promoted his granddaughter.
• Tang Hao secretly entered the venue to watch Tang San, while Zhuge Lan changed the schedule so Tang San would perform after Dugu Yan.
• Tang San danced to “Breaking Out of the Cocoon” and then performed the Seaweed Dance with Blue Silver Grass, while Tang Hao struggled to believe the dancer was his son.
• Tang Yuehua promoted Mysteries Pavilion and Dugu Bo’s guidance, sending spectators rushing to learn how to enroll as Chrysanthemum Douluo envied Dugu Bo’s acclaim.
• Tang San panicked backstage and begged Zhuge Lan for mercy, only to realize he had been pleading to thin air before Zhuge Lan revealed he had watched and resolved to rebuild Tang San’s confidence.
• Zhuge Lan considered using Tai Long and the Strength Clan to stir Tang San’s longing for Tang Hao, while Qian Renxue admitted to herself that she liked Zhuge Lan and remembered her promise to dance for him.
• The expanded competition sparked a dancing craze across Heaven Dou City and beyond, as Mysteries Pavilion students performed and Zhuge Lan recorded the Ice Empress complaining about him.

Zhuge Lan’s Dance King Competition became the setting for a failed alliance attack, which he crushed while capturing Tang Hao and the assembled clansmen. After sparing the attackers and drawing Bai Chenxiang close, the story left the Speed Clan under direct attack from Spirit Hall.

• Zhuge Lan ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to eliminate the conspirators at the competition, and Ning Fengzhi saw how decisively he defended his limits.
• Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue considered Zhuge Lan’s growing influence, while Tang Hao tried to understand the Soul Tools and forces arrayed around him.
• The competition ended with Flender, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar in first place, Tang San in third, and Tai Long in tenth.
• Zhuge Lan’s hidden forces captured the attackers and Tang Hao, who had sealed his cultivation and pretended to be unconscious to enter Mysteries Pavilion.
• Bai Chenxiang revealed her identity and urged the captured leaders to seek Zhuge Lan’s forgiveness, while Tang Hao joined their discussion of finding a new master.
• Zhuge Lan thwarted the remaining attackers, healed Bai Chenxiang, and forgave the captured Soul Masters while ordering them to dance as punishment.
• Bai Chenxiang told Zhuge Lan that Spirit Hall had targeted the Speed Clan and other clans after the Clear Sky Sect withdrew, and that the Breaking Clan had joined Spirit Hall.
• Three Spirit Hall attackers ambushed two Speed Clan members, killing them after one tried to flee and warn the chief.