Recaps

Feng Xiaotian repeatedly tried to launch his self-created Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, but Shui Bing'er kept interrupting him with Ice Seal until she chose to end their stalemate with Rapid Freeze Ray. Feng Xiaotian dodged the ray and counterattacked, but Shui Bing'er repelled him with her Third Soul Skill, leaving her Ice Ring Armor cracked.

• Feng Xiaotian took to the air and attempted to unleash Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, but Shui Bing'er repeatedly stopped his attacks with Ice Seal.
• Feng Xiaotian and Shui Bing'er settled into a stalemate as he spent Soul Power rapidly while she could keep using Ice Seal.
• Shui Bing'er fired her Fourth Soul Skill, Rapid Freeze Ray, as Feng Xiaotian descended.
• Feng Xiaotian dodged the ray and slashed at Shui Bing'er with his wings, but her Ice Ring Armor blocked the blow.
• Shui Bing'er used her Third Soul Skill to send Feng Xiaotian flying, though his attack left a deep crack in her armor.

Shui Bing'er defeated Feng Xiaotian by freezing him with her fifth soul skill, and Li Ang began coaching his students after the first day of the Advancement Tournament. The second day's draws matched Blazing Academy against Shrek Academy and Heavenly Water Academy against Beast Academy.

• Shui Bing'er used Ice Seal Breath to freeze Feng Xiaotian in midair and win their duel.
• Salas praised Shui Bing'er's strength, while Li Ang judged that she still needed combat experience and guidance.
• After the first round ended, Li Ang instructed Shui Bing'er, Huo Wu, and other Heavenly Water Academy students at their camp.
• On the second day, Huo Wu learned that Blazing Academy would face Shrek Academy and hurried off to plan against Tang San.
• Heavenly Water Academy drew Beast Academy, a weaker team from a kingdom under the Heaven Dou Empire.

Shrek Academy and Blazing Academy began their Advancement Tournament match, with both teams holding back their strongest fighters. Blazing Academy’s strategy weakened Shrek’s early fighters, leaving the contest ongoing as Xiao Wu was eliminated.

• Li Ang watched Shrek Academy face Blazing Academy and considered how Huo Wu’s increased strength might affect the match.
• Huo Wushuang defeated Dai Mubai after a hard fight, but Xiao Wu then knocked the exhausted captain off the arena.
• Huo Wu stayed off the field while Blazing Academy sent in another fighter to wear down Shrek Academy’s team.
• Blazing Academy’s Fire Leopard Soul Master guarded against Xiao Wu’s surprise attacks, but Xiao Wu eventually defeated him at the cost of her strength.
• A third Blazing Academy fighter immediately took advantage of Xiao Wu’s weakened state and knocked her off the arena.

Blazing Academy and Shrek Academy traded victories until Tang San faced Huo Wu, who used her Ten Thousand Year Fireball Spell to burn through his defenses and badly scorch him. Tang San charged back at her, and as Repelling Fire Ring sent him flying, he drew a small black hammer and swung it at Huo Wu.

• Shrek Academy's fifth fighter, Tang San, defeated two Blazing Academy members and advanced to face their last fighter, Huo Wu.
• Huo Wu unleashed her Fifth Soul Skill, Fireball Spell, and bombarded Tang San's position with dozens of fireballs.
• Tang San protected himself with Blue Silver Grass and Blue Silver Prison, but Huo Wu burned through his defenses and left him badly scorched.
• Tang San charged at Huo Wu with a Blue Silver Longsword, and she used Repelling Fire Ring to send him flying.
• Tang San drew a small black hammer in midair and swung it toward Huo Wu.

Tang San used the Haotian Hammer against Huo Wu, but she ultimately defeated him with her fire attacks. Yu Xiaogang rushed to Tang San’s side and accused Blazing Academy of going too far, prompting a mocking reply from its team.

• The nobles in the VIP Seats reacted to Tang San’s Haotian Hammer, and some recognized him as a Clear Sky Sect descendant.
• Huo Wu’s Repelling Fire Ring failed to send Tang San flying when he struck with the Haotian Hammer, and she was knocked backward instead.
• Huo Wu avoided further close combat and attacked Tang San with her Fifth Soul Skill, forcing him to switch back to Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San exhausted his Soul Power resisting Huo Wu’s fireballs, and Huo Wu won as he collapsed unconscious and badly burned.
• Yu Xiaogang rushed onto the arena, picked up Tang San, and accused Huo Wu and Blazing Academy of going too far.
• A member of the Blazing Academy team mocked Yu Xiaogang and said Shrek Academy was least qualified to complain.

Liu Erlong confronted Blazing Academy’s Huo Bao after he mocked Yu Xiaogang and Shrek Academy, but Huo Bao’s overwhelming Soul Power nearly crushed Yu Xiaogang. Salas intervened, halted the confrontation, and declared the match a draw, leaving the committee to investigate the incident.

• A Blazing Academy teacher mocked Yu Xiaogang, prompting Liu Erlong to summon her Soul Spirit and challenge him.
• Huo Bao revealed his eight soul rings and used his aura to pressure Shrek Academy, nearly crushing Yu Xiaogang.
• Salas stepped in and ordered Huo Bao and Liu Erlong to stop fighting.
• Huo Bao and Liu Erlong argued over who had acted ruthlessly, citing Shrek Academy’s past match against Canghui Academy.
• Salas declared the match a draw and said the committee would investigate afterward.

After Bibi Dong learned that Liu Erlong was close to Yu Xiaogang again, she ordered Salas to treat Shrek Academy strictly by the rules. The investigation cleared Blazing Academy, and as the tournament continued, Shrek Academy faced a difficult match against Plant Academy.

• Salas reported the clash between Shrek Academy and Blazing Academy to Bibi Dong, who erupted after hearing Liu Erlong was involved with Yu Xiaogang again.
• Bibi Dong ordered Salas not to interfere further and to give Shrek Academy no special treatment, while Salas agreed to follow her instructions.
• The tournament committee concluded its investigation and announced that Blazing Academy had committed no violations and could continue competing.
• Shrek Academy's teachers and students protested the ruling, but other academies did not support them, and Tang San and Yu Xiaogang came to resent Blazing Academy.
• Blazing Academy and Heavenly Water Academy won their next matches easily, while Shrek Academy encountered the troublesome Plant Academy.

The Advancement Tournament concluded with Heavenly Water Academy taking first place, while Shrek Academy finished fourth after struggling against Plant and Divine Wind Academies. Xue Ye then tried to recruit the top teams’ students by granting them noble titles, but the young soul masters scorned the offer.

• Shrek Academy struggled to defeat Plant Academy, then lost narrowly to Divine Wind Academy as injuries and exhaustion weakened its team.
• The Advancement Tournament ended with Heavenly Water Academy first, Blazing Academy second, Divine Wind Academy third, Shrek Academy fourth, and Thunder Academy fifth.
• Xue Ye announced that the top five teams’ captains and vice captains would receive viscount titles and the remaining contestants baron titles.
• The young soul masters scorned Xue Ye’s attempt to win their loyalty, since many already qualified for those ranks through their cultivation.

As the finalist teams traveled to Spirit City, Li Ang planned his next moves and secretly activated a system for Qian Renxue. Qian Renxue encountered the system spirit in her carriage, unaware that Li Ang was controlling it from nearby.

• The finalist teams gathered three days after the Advancement Tournament and set out for Spirit City under the escort of five hundred Royal Knights soldiers.
• Xue Ye sent Crown Prince Xue Qinghe to represent him at the Finals, while Li Ang recognized that Xue Qinghe was actually Qian Renxue.
• Li Ang reviewed his gains, noting that his plot alteration progress had reached 29%, his points totaled 4,974, and he had received the Alahoju Hole-Opening skill.
• During the journey, Qian Renxue cultivated alone in her carriage when the All Heavens Strongest God System announced that it had loaded.
• A tiny angel appeared before Qian Renxue and introduced itself as the system spirit, while Li Ang secretly controlled it from a nearby carriage.

Li Ang gave Qian Renxue a system and had its spirit claim to be a creation of the Angel God, hoping to guide her and gain influence over Spirit Hall. Qian Renxue’s suspicions eased, and she asked what the system could do.

• Li Ang chose Qian Renxue as his partner because he believed he could shape her while she was still young, unlike the unpredictable Bibi Dong.
• Li Ang controlled the system spirit and told Qian Renxue that the system would help her complete the Angel God Test and inherit the divine position.
• Qian Renxue’s wariness eased when the system spirit claimed the Angel God had created it.
• Qian Renxue asked what the All Heavens Strongest God System could do.

Li Ang explained the system to Qian Renxue and guided her through opening her newbie gift pack and spending points on lottery draws. The draws ended with an Immortal Pill and Burning Arts, though Qian Renxue did not understand their value.

• Li Ang showed Qian Renxue her system panel and explained missions, points, and lottery draws.
• Li Ang guided Qian Renxue to open her newbie gift pack, which granted her 999 points.
• Qian Renxue chose a ten-draw lottery for 990 points.
• The first eight results gave Qian Renxue mostly worthless items and two empty draws.
• The final two draws awarded Qian Renxue an Immortal Pill and the cultivation technique Burning Arts.

Li Ang explained the Immortal Pill and Burning Arts to Qian Renxue, who took the pill and began cultivating the technique. As Xue Qinghe stayed secluded during the journey, Huo Wu merged Blazing Academy with Divine Wind Academy to strengthen her team for the Finals.

• Li Ang explained that the Immortal Pill could strengthen Qian Renxue’s martial soul and Soul Power, while Burning Arts could evolve by devouring unusual flames.
• Qian Renxue swallowed the Immortal Pill, broke through her level sixty-five bottleneck, and raised her cultivation to level sixty-seven as her martial soul transformed.
• Li Ang warned Qian Renxue that each person could benefit from only one Immortal Pill, then guided her to begin cultivating Burning Arts.
• Xue Qinghe stayed inside the Tiandou Imperial Family carriage for much of the peaceful journey, leaving routine matters to the Heaven Dou Royal Knights’ commanders.
• Huo Wu, shaken by Blazing Academy’s loss to Heavenly Water Academy, merged its strongest members with Divine Wind Academy to form New Divine Wind Team for the Finals.

Huo Wu formed New Kamikaze Academy with support from her father, Divine Wind Academy, and Li Ang, while the convoy traveling to Spirit City came under attack. The chapter ended as thousands of black-clad attackers charged the Soul Master academy teams in a coordinated ambush.

• Huo Wu persuaded Blazing Academy’s dean Huo Bao to let her and several students leave, then secured Divine Wind Academy’s cooperation with Feng Xiaotian’s help.
• Huo Wu convinced Li Ang, a member of the Tournament Organizing Committee, to help the new team, and New Kamikaze Academy replaced the Blazing Academy Team.
• On the eleventh day of the journey to Spirit City, Li Ang sensed trouble as the convoy approached a shortcut between two hills.
• Attackers sent rocks rolling down both hills, but the convoy’s soldiers and Soul Masters defended against them.
• Thousands of black-clad figures appeared on the hills and charged the academy teams; the attackers included many powerful Soul Masters.

Li Ang waited inside Heavenly Water Academy’s carriage while Spirit Hall’s ambush unfolded, but Luoerdiara’s forces unexpectedly targeted him. Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo appeared to deliver Bibi Dong’s message, leaving Li Ang openly challenging her authority.

• Li Ang told Heavenly Water Academy’s girls that the attackers would not target their carriage and stayed inside to watch the battle.
• Luoerdiara led two Soul Douluo, three Soul Saints, and seven Soul Kings toward Heavenly Water Academy’s convoy, forcing Li Ang to step out and release his Titled Douluo aura.
• Luoerdiara told Li Ang that he was not there to fight him, prompting Li Ang to realize Spirit Hall’s operation was aimed at him.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo appeared and said Bibi Dong had sent them with a message.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo demanded that Li Ang show Bibi Dong respect, but Li Ang mocked her claim to the Pope’s title and invoked Spirit Hall’s Qian Family legacy.

Li Ang refused Spirit Hall’s offer to make him serve Pope Bibi Dong and verbally humiliated Chrysanthemum Douluo. When Chrysanthemum Douluo attacked, Li Ang used a strange skill that injured him and disrupted his Ninth Soul Skill, leaving Chrysanthemum Douluo demanding to know what Li Ang had done.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo tried to persuade Li Ang to submit to Bibi Dong, but Li Ang refused and berated him as a shameless traitor.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo erupted in anger and activated his Martial Soul Avatar and Ninth Soul Skill, while Ghost Douluo stood by.
• Li Ang shouted "Alahoju Hole-Opening!" just as Chrysanthemum Douluo prepared to release his Ninth Soul Skill.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo suffered a severe injury, causing his attack to collapse and his Moon Blade-shaped petals to lash out indiscriminately.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo demanded to know what Li Ang had done, and Li Ang claimed he had merely granted Chrysanthemum Douluo's wish.

Li Ang fought Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo while protecting the Heavenly Water Academy carriage, leaving Ghost Douluo’s threat to use the students unanswered. He mocked the two Spirit Hall Douluos and rejected their attempt to make him surrender.

• Li Ang knocked Chrysanthemum Douluo down with Alahoju Hole-Opening, leaving him badly injured and bleeding.
• Ghost Douluo vanished and reappeared with multiple clones, but Li Ang’s First Soul Skill kept them all at bay.
• Ghost Douluo realized he could not handle Li Ang alone and threatened the Heavenly Water Academy students to pressure him into swearing loyalty to the Pope.
• Li Ang mocked Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo, declaring that the two of them could not threaten him.

Li Ang disrupted Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill with repeated Sunflower Manual curses, provoking them and Spirit Hall’s Soul Masters to attack him. Protecting Heavenly Water Academy’s carriage, Li Ang transformed into a colossal armored werewolf and prepared to fight back.

• Ghost Douluo ordered the Spirit Hall Soul Masters to surround Heavenly Water Academy while he and Chrysanthemum Douluo prepared their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Li Ang used “Alahoju Hole-Opening” on both Douluo, interrupting their coordination and causing Ghost Douluo to lose his composure.
• Li Ang repeatedly cast the curse, and Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo charged him as Spirit Hall’s Soul Masters joined the attack.
• Li Ang released Soul Power to protect Heavenly Water Academy’s carriage, then transformed into a giant black wolf and covered it in cyan-blue armor.
• Li Ang became a colossal armored werewolf and smashed his Wolf Head Stick into the ground.

Li Ang overwhelmed the Spirit Hall attackers, killing two Soul Douluo and forcing Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to retreat. As the remaining Spirit Hall soul masters fled, Li Ang unleashed the Wolf Head Stick’s Frost Breath to settle the score immediately.

• Li Ang used Earth Strength to trap the Spirit Hall soul masters, but Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and four Soul Douluo broke free and attacked him.
• Li Ang fought back with his Martial Soul Avatar, Susanoo Power, and Wolf Head Stick, killing two Soul Douluo while withstanding the others’ attacks.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan took heavy injuries and called for a retreat, then used an explosive barrage of chrysanthemum petals to escape.
• Ghost Douluo created indistinguishable clones and ordered the remaining Spirit Hall soul masters to retreat.
• Li Ang released the trapped soul masters but declared that he would repay the insult, then swung the Wolf Head Stick as its wolf head unleashed Frost Breath.

Li Ang’s devastating attack ended Spirit Hall’s ambush, inflicting heavy losses while allowing a few powerful soul masters to escape. The convoy regrouped under Qian Renxue’s leadership and continued toward Spirit City, leaving Li Ang’s strength newly assessed by Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin.

• Li Ang unleashed a black storm that killed most of Spirit Hall’s fleeing soul masters, then returned to the Heavenly Water Academy carriage instead of pursuing the survivors.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, restored order with help from Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
• Chen Xin judged that he could not defeat Li Ang alone or with Ning Fengzhi’s support, but that adding Bone Douluo would give them a strong chance to suppress or kill him.
• Qian Renxue asked Li Ang whether the convoy could resume its journey, and he agreed.
• The convoy set out for Spirit City, and the rest of the journey passed peacefully after Spirit Hall’s losses.

After arriving in Spirit City with the Heaven Dou Empire’s teams, Li Ang was summoned to attend Spirit Hall’s Elder Council. He followed an escort through the Papal Hall to the council’s understated meeting palace, where the gathering was about to begin.

• Bibi Dong accepted the loss after Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo proved unable to defeat Li Ang.
• The Heaven Dou Empire’s convoy reached Spirit City, and its thirteen competing teams entered the city under the Crown Prince’s leadership.
• Li Ang explored Spirit City and settled at the hotel with the Heavenly Water Academy students.
• A Spirit Hall messenger told Li Ang that the Elder Council expected him to attend that night.
• Li Ang followed a masked escort through the Papal Hall to the palace where the Elder Council would meet.

Li Ang attended a Spirit Hall Elder Council meeting, where Bibi Dong accused him of killing Spirit Hall soul masters. He defended himself by claiming they were bandits impersonating Spirit Hall, but Bibi Dong insisted they had been on a mission and demanded punishment.

• Li Ang entered the palace and greeted Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong, who watched him with hostility.
• More elders arrived, and Qian Daoliu began the meeting, with remote elders joining through Soul Guidance Technology.
• Qian Daoliu raised Bibi Dong’s accusation that Li Ang had slaughtered Spirit Hall soul masters.
• Li Ang denied betraying Spirit Hall and said he had killed bandits impersonating its members.
• Bibi Dong claimed the dead were Spirit Hall comrades on a special mission and demanded that Li Ang be punished.

Li Ang confronted Bibi Dong at Spirit Hall’s Elder Council over an attempted assassination, exposing the growing rift between her and the elders. Qian Daoliu restored order and shifted the meeting to the hunt for Tang Hao, assigning Golden Crocodile Douluo to lead the operation.

• Li Ang accused Bibi Dong’s subordinates of trying to assassinate him, and Bibi Dong denied giving the order while accusing Li Ang of killing Spirit Hall soul masters.
• Li Ang and Bibi Dong traded insults until Qian Daoliu intervened and urged the assembly to preserve stability.
• The elders grew wary of Bibi Dong, while she resolved to bide her time and build strength against Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu redirected the meeting to the execution of Tang Hao, and the elders agreed that he should be killed.
• Qian Daoliu appointed Golden Crocodile Douluo to lead the operation, and Golden Crocodile Douluo said he expected to kill Tang Hao within half a year.

At the Elder Council, Bibi Dong won approval for Spirit Hall’s expansionist development plan, while Li Ang voted with the majority. After elders repeatedly sought the secret of his restored youth, Li Ang saw a chance to profit from life-extending treasures and used the approaching tournament Finals as an excuse to avoid them.

• Qian Daoliu approved Golden Crocodile Douluo’s proposal to capture Tang Hao and avenge Qian Xunji, then asked Bibi Dong to report on Spirit Hall’s work and plans.
• Bibi Dong presented an expansionist development plan, and most of the elders, including Li Ang, voted to approve it.
• After the Elder Council meeting ended, Li Ang faced visits from elderly elders seeking to learn how he had regained his youth, but he kept the secret to himself.
• Li Ang recognized that powerful figures across Spirit Hall, the two great empires, and the Upper Three Sects might pay dearly for longer life, and considered using his system to obtain life-extending treasures.
• With the tournament Finals approaching, Li Ang gained an excuse to turn away visitors as the thirty-four teams prepared for a five-round knockout competition.

The tournament began with random knockout matchups, and Heavenly Water Academy learned that Blazing Academy had forfeited after Huo Wu arranged to merge with Divine Wind Academy. Shrek Academy drew Star Luo Royal Academy in the first round, leaving Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai facing a match that would decide the Star Luo throne.

• The tournament organizers set out the five-round elimination format, including a final round to determine the champion.
• Bai Chi told Li Ang that Blazing Academy had forfeited its first-round match against Heavenly Water Academy.
• Li Ang explained that Huo Wu and elite Blazing Academy students had moved to Divine Wind Academy by exploiting a loophole to form the New Kamikaze Academy Team.
• Heavenly Water Academy's members discussed the draw and turned their attention to the other first-round matches.
• Shrek Academy drew seeded Star Luo Royal Academy, making the match crucial to Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai's claim to the Star Luo throne.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong prepared in silence while Dai Mubai, caught off guard by facing his beloved Oni-chan, asked Tang San for help.

Dai Mubai panicked over facing his older brother Davis and sought Tang San's help before Shrek Academy's match against the Star Luo Royal Academy Team. When the teams met on the arena, Zhu Zhuqing confronted her older sister Zhu Zhuyun, and the sisters traded furious accusations.

• Dai Mubai asked Tang San for help because he feared Davis, and Tang San promised that she and Xiao Wu would support him.
• The Shrek Six Monsters and Tai Long entered the arena to face the Star Luo Royal Academy Team.
• Li Ang admired Zhu Zhuyun and imagined saving her from the consequences of losing the succession contest.
• Zhu Zhuyun greeted Zhu Zhuqing and told her to return home after the match, but Zhu Zhuqing accused her family of plotting to kill her.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun exchanged insults as their reunion turned hostile.