Recaps

Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Bai Chenxiang, Tang San, and Tang Hao received trials on Sea God Island, with Tang Hao accepting one after learning it might restore his severed arm. Seahorse Douluo explained the rewards and deadlines for completing the trials.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing received Purple Tier Three Trials, while Bai Chenxiang received a Purple Tier One Trial.
• Tang San received a Black Tier Six Trial, and Seahorse Douluo warned that land Soul Masters would struggle to complete a trial within a year.
• Tang Hao declined a trial at first, but agreed after Seahorse Douluo said the Sea God Lord could regenerate his severed arm through a trial.
• Tang Hao received a Black Tier Four Trial, and Seahorse Douluo said Black Tier trials had to be completed within one year while Purple Tier trials had a two-year limit.

Zhao Zilong and Huo Wu returned to Blazing Fire City, where Spirit Hall and the three academies were gathering to discuss the Evil Soul Masters in Thunder City. Zhao Zilong met Huo Wu’s father and several familiar faces, while privately intending to evacuate the city’s people rather than wage a genuine rescue campaign.

• Zhao Zilong, Huo Wu, Yue Yao, and Xiao Wu arrived at the Fire Clan’s home in Blazing Fire City.
• Huo Wu told Zhao Zilong about her ancestor Huo Yan, the level 95 Fire Dragon Douluo, and vowed to surpass him.
• Yue Yao explained that Spirit Hall’s Red Flag Elder and Yellow Flag Elder were meeting Huo Yaoyang, and Huo Wu was relieved that Spirit Hall had sent reinforcements.
• Zhao Zilong considered Spirit Hall’s plan to let the Evil Soul Masters and Heaven Dou Empire weaken each other, and intended to evacuate residents from Blazing Fire City, Skywater City, and Godwind City.
• Huo Yaoyang welcomed Zhao Zilong and Yue Yao into the meeting, where Zhao Zilong greeted Feng Xiaotian, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er.

Zhao Zilong joined the leaders of the Four Element Cities to discuss the Evil Soul Masters who had seized Thunder City. They agreed to send a joint force to investigate, eliminate the threat, and rescue the city's people, while proceeding cautiously because the enemy's strength remained unknown.

• Zhao Zilong reunited with Feng Xiaotian and met with the leaders of Skywater City, Godwind City, and Blazing Fire City.
• Huo Yaoyang explained that Evil Soul Masters had sealed Thunder City's gates, trapped its civilians, and included Titled Douluo-level experts.
• Feng Xiaotian reported that Heaven Dou Empire was too divided by internal conflict to send aid to Thunder City.
• Zhao Zilong said Spirit Hall first needed to assess the Evil Soul Masters and might need the two empires' help if the enemy proved too powerful.
• Zhao Zilong criticized Heaven Dou Empire for leaving the crisis to Spirit Hall, and the leaders agreed to dispatch a joint force while proceeding cautiously.

Zhao Zilong and Huo Wu returned to Blazing Fire City after Evil Soul Masters invaded Four Element Cities. The account then shifted among separate incidents, ending with Long Yinxie's guards capturing a goshawk and handing it to their master.

• Zhao Zilong and Huo Wu returned to Blazing Fire City after learning of the Evil Soul Masters' invasion.
• Ize realized that Tula was summoning at the cost of his own life to secure the Holy Spirit Cult's position in Deline Province.
• Leng Yundi gathered fifteen people and told them to follow him.
• Corpse Fire released a dark blue aura that enveloped the area around the platform.
• Chen Liyun promised that she would not abandon her companion even if she were the only one left.
• Long Yinxie's guards caught a goshawk without orders and handed it to their master.

As the army charged into Thunder City, Zhao Zilong explained to Yue Yao why Titled Douluo were overwhelmingly powerful compared with ordinary soldiers, using a story about giants and ants. Yue Yao enjoyed the story and asked him to tell her stories too.

• The army entered Thunder City and began slaughtering, while Zhao Zilong and the others watched from the wall.
• Red Flag Douluo and Yellow Flag Douluo left to join the fighting after Zhao Zilong agreed.
• Zhao Zilong warned Yue Yao that Titled Douluo inside Thunder City could devastate ordinary soldiers and escape if threatened.
• Zhao Zilong explained a dimensional strike through a story in which giants casually crushed ants who believed they were fighting a great war.
• Yue Yao said she wanted Zhao Zilong to tell her stories too, and he teased her about needing them to fall asleep.

The Three Elements City Alliance invaded Thunder City and discovered that the New City of Slaughter had four Titled Douluo and a powerful force of Evil Soul Masters. After a crushing defeat, the alliance retreated to Blazing Fire City, where Zhao Zilong and Yue Yao kept their distance because the loss had been intended by Spirit Hall.

• The King of Slaughter ordered Fallen Angel and the other commanders to offer the invaders a choice between surrender and becoming Blood Slaves.
• Huo Yaoyang, Feng Tiancheng, and the allied forces encountered four Titled Douluo, including Fallen Angel, who revealed his Fallen Angel Martial Soul.
• The Evil Soul Masters and the Three Elements City Alliance launched a fierce battle across Thunder City.
• The alliance suffered a disastrous defeat and withdrew to Blazing Fire City with over thirty thousand battered troops.
• Zhao Zilong and Yue Yao held back, while the chapter revealed that Spirit Hall had wanted the Three Elements Cities to lose the war.

Zhao Zilong told Xiao Wu the story of the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and she gained the flower’s recognition by sincerely thinking of him. He urged her to eat it alongside the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum he had brought out for himself.

• Zhao Zilong released Xiao Wu from the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and showed her the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Zhao Zilong told Xiao Wu the flower’s tragic story and explained that it could raise her Soul Power by ten levels.
• Xiao Wu cut her finger, focused entirely on Zhao Zilong, and made the Lovesick Heartbreak Red fly into her hand.
• Zhao Zilong kissed Xiao Wu and promised she could become his wife when she grew up.
• Zhao Zilong took out the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and told Xiao Wu to eat the petals, stem, and leaves of her flower.

Zhao Zilong and Xiao Wu absorbed their Immortal Herbs, and Xiao Wu successfully condensed a 1,200-year second soul ring. Yue Yao then reported that the weakened Four Element Cities wanted Spirit Hall's help reclaiming Thunder City, leaving Zhao Zilong to consider how to secure the remaining academies.

• Zhao Zilong absorbed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and gained one Soul Power level, while Xiao Wu absorbed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and reached level 20.
• Xiao Wu condensed a 1,200-year second soul ring and rose to level 26, impressing Zhao Zilong.
• Xiao Wu told Zhao Zilong she wanted to marry him when she grew up, and Yue Yao complained that Xiao Wu's clinginess left her little time alone with him.
• Yue Yao reported that the defeats of Blazing Fire, Tianshui, and Kamikaze had weakened the academies and their cities, which wanted Spirit Hall's help retaking Thunder City.
• Zhao Zilong explained that helping reclaim Thunder City offered little benefit, while Yue Yao said Blazing Fire was effectively secured through Huo Wu and Tianshui and Kamikaze remained troublesome.

Tang San and the others reached the Seahorse Pillar, and Tang Hao flew into the air. The passage then shifted among unrelated incidents and ended with Li Qingfeng warning that a spatial beast could be hiding in the void.

• Tang San and the others arrived before the Seahorse Pillar, and Tang Hao flew into the air.
• Chen Yanfeng fumbled for his cigarettes and dropped the pack after coughing.
• Zhalak began replenishing his personnel after his available troops had dwindled.
• Zhou Zhengdao recounted his business and earnings over the past year but omitted the deep-sea fight.
• Yu Xiao absorbed the Spirit Ginseng Pill's spiritual power into his dantian's sea of qi.
• Li Qingfeng warned that a spatial beast hiding in the void could evade detection.

Tang San and his companions began the Sea God Island trials after Seahorse Douluo warned them that failure could kill them within a year. Ma Hongjun received a Black Tier Four Trial, and the others chose to proceed despite the danger.

• Tang San introduced his companions and father Tang Hao to Seahorse Douluo, who confirmed Tang Hao had once been the Clear Sky Douluo but was now a level 85 Soul Douluo.
• Ma Hongjun volunteered for the first trial and received a Black Tier Four Trial from the Sea God.
• Seahorse Douluo explained the trial tiers and warned that land Soul Masters had to complete one trial each year or their forehead seals would explode.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun reaffirmed that they would accept the trials, and Dai Mubai stepped forward with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Seahorse Douluo activated the pillar, and two golden lights descended toward Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.

Zhao Zilong defeated Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er in a four-on-one battle, revealing his powerful spirit rings and Ten-Headed Fire Phoenix Martial Soul. Feng Xiaotian accepted the group’s bet and agreed to join Spirit Hall after Zhao Zilong promised them future positions.

• Zhao Zilong revealed his seven spirit rings and level 71 strength, shocking Feng Xiaotian and the others.
• Zhao Zilong used Divine Slaughter's Domain and his Blue Silver Overlord Spear to defeat Huo Wushuang and Feng Xiaotian.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er unleashed their Ice Phoenix Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Zhao Zilong countered it with his Ten-Headed Fire Phoenix.
• Zhao Zilong explained that his Ten-Headed Fire Phoenix was a super beast Martial Soul, and Feng Xiaotian admitted the gap between them had grown.
• Feng Xiaotian agreed that the group would join Spirit Hall, and Zhao Zilong promised him a future position as an elder.

Bibi Dong completed the Rakshasa God Eighth Exam and learned that the Asura God King had placed a Rule of Power on her to subtly manipulate her thoughts. Unable to identify how to break it, she concluded she might need someone else’s help.

• Bibi Dong completed the Rakshasa God Eighth Exam, turning all the soul rings of her second martial soul into hundred-thousand-year soul rings and gaining ten percent Rakshasa God affinity.
• The Rakshasa God revealed that the Asura God King had placed a Rule of Power on Bibi Dong and set her Ninth Exam as removing it.
• Bibi Dong realized the rule might have influenced her past decisions and left her unsure whether her current thoughts were truly her own.
• Bibi Dong considered whether Zhao Zilong could help her inherit the Asura God Position, since she believed Tang San was the current inheritor.
• While bathing in her bedchamber, Bibi Dong struggled to find a way to break the rule and decided she might need someone else’s help.

Bibi Dong questioned Hu Liena about her past behavior and her strained relationship with Qian Renxue while searching for signs of the Rule of Power’s influence. Unable to ask Hu Liena freely, she asked her to draw out Zhao Zilong’s honest opinions about her.

• Hu Liena joined Bibi Dong in the bath, where Bibi Dong began asking whether Hu Liena had noticed anything unusual about her.
• Hu Liena raised the rumors that Qian Renxue was Bibi Dong’s daughter, and Bibi Dong confirmed it while admitting their relationship was poor.
• Bibi Dong wondered whether the Rule of Power influenced her rejection of Qian Renxue, though she also blamed Qian Renxue’s sacred aura.
• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena that concerns about her God Exam had prompted her to seek help, and asked Hu Liena to bring her up in conversation with Zhao Zilong to learn his true opinion of her.

Bibi Dong invited Hu Liena to bathe with her and privately planned to probe for weaknesses in the Rule of Power. The chapter ended before Bibi Dong revealed what she intended to do.

• Hu Liena arrived at Bibi Dong's bedchamber and found her bathing.
• Bibi Dong invited Hu Liena to join her in the bath, and Hu Liena accepted.
• Bibi Dong teased Hu Liena about Zhao Zilong, and Hu Liena complimented her teacher's beauty.
• Bibi Dong decided to investigate the Rule of Power indirectly without revealing it to Hu Liena.

Bibi Dong rejected Yu Xiaogang’s pleas to reveal how Zhao Zilong used Twin Martial Souls and a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and demanded that he choose between Tang San and Spirit Hall. Yu Xiaogang ended their relationship and left, while Bibi Dong privately accepted that her heartbreak was real and called Hu Liena out of hiding.

• Bibi Dong ordered Yu Xiaogang to address her as Your Excellency the Pope, but Yu Xiaogang insisted that they still loved each other and claimed Liu Erlong was only his sworn sibling.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong how Zhao Zilong could use Twin Martial Souls and a Martial Soul Fusion Skill at the same time, but she refused to tell him.
• Bibi Dong warned Yu Xiaogang to give up Tang San or bring him to join Spirit Hall, and Yu Xiaogang said he would try to persuade Tang San if Spirit Hall showed goodwill.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Bibi Dong of ordering the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s extermination, and she confirmed that she had.
• Yu Xiaogang declared that all affection between them was severed and threatened to destroy Spirit Hall if Tang San was harmed, then left.
• Bibi Dong felt genuine heartbreak after Yu Xiaogang departed and called Hu Liena out of hiding.

Bibi Dong told Hu Liena about her past love for Yu Xiaogang and questioned whether her feelings were still genuine. Hu Liena shared her own confusing affection for Zhao Zilong and the women around him, leaving Bibi Dong trying to understand the difference between romantic love and other forms of affection.

• Bibi Dong revealed that Yu Xiaogang had been her first love and that Qian Xunji had forced them apart.
• Hu Liena offered to kill Yu Xiaogang, but Bibi Dong refused and said she wanted to understand something else about her God Exam.
• Bibi Dong asked Hu Liena why she had fallen for Zhao Zilong and how she could get along with Huo Wu, Ye Lingling, and the others.
• Hu Liena admitted that she loved Zhao Zilong romantically but felt a different kind of affection for Ye Lingling, and did not dislike Huo Wu or Meng Yiran.

Bibi Dong asked Hu Liena to find out what Zhao Zilong thought of her, while Zhao Zilong led Yue Yao, Xiao Wu, Huo Wu, and their group toward Spirit Hall. The journey took an unexpected turn when Yue Yao captured Yu Xiaogang, who accused Zhao Zilong of being sent by Bibi Dong to kill him.

• Bibi Dong asked Hu Liena to sound out Zhao Zilong about his feelings toward her when he returned.
• Zhao Zilong traveled toward Spirit Hall with Xiao Wu, Huo Wu, Yue Yao, and the people from Blazing Fire Academy and the Fire Clan as other groups took separate routes.
• Xiao Wu refused to enter the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and teased Zhao Zilong and Huo Wu about being intimate together.
• Yue Yao spotted a lone traveler, flew ahead, and brought Yu Xiaogang back to Zhao Zilong's carriage.
• Zhao Zilong confronted Yu Xiaogang, who asked whether Bibi Dong had sent him to kill him.

Zhao Zilong confronted Yu Xiaogang over his visit to Spirit City and his meeting with Bibi Dong, then abducted and tortured him. The chapter ended with Zhao Zilong castrating Yu Xiaogang in the forest.

• Zhao Zilong questioned Yu Xiaogang about visiting Bibi Dong, then mocked him for once being loved by her.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to leave, but Zhao Zilong ordered him to stop and sent Huo Wu ahead while Xiao Wu stayed with him.
• Zhao Zilong bound Yu Xiaogang with Blue Silver Emperor vines and flew him several kilometers away from the group.
• Zhao Zilong demanded to know why Yu Xiaogang had visited Bibi Dong, but Yu Xiaogang denied it and refused to explain.
• Zhao Zilong bound Yu Xiaogang and castrated him with the Bright Silver Dragon Gall Bladder Spear despite Yu Xiaogang pleading for Yue Yao to save him.

Bibi Dong told Hu Liena about her past love for Yu Xiaogang and questioned whether her feelings were affected by her God Exam. Hu Liena then admitted that she felt romantic affection not only for Zhao Zilong but also for Ye Lingling, leaving Bibi Dong puzzled.

• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena that Yu Xiaogang had been her first love and that Qian Xunji had forced them apart.
• Hu Liena offered to kill Yu Xiaogang, but Bibi Dong refused and asked Hu Liena to share her honest observations instead.
• Bibi Dong said she no longer had feelings for Yu Xiaogang, though she wondered whether her past love had been influenced by the Rule of Power.
• Hu Liena explained that she had accepted Ye Lingling and the others partly because they were talented, despite initially resenting Ye Lingling's relationship with Zhao Zilong.
• Hu Liena confessed that she wanted to marry Zhao Zilong but also felt affection and a desire to kiss Ye Lingling, and asked Bibi Dong why she felt that way.

Hu Liena asked Bibi Dong about her past with Yu Xiaogang and shared her confusing feelings for Zhao Zilong and the other women around him. Bibi Dong listened as Hu Liena revealed that she also felt drawn to Ye Lingling and wondered why she liked girls.

• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena how she had fallen in love with Yu Xiaogang when she was Spirit Hall's Holy Maiden, before Qian Xunji forced them apart.
• Bibi Dong said she no longer had feelings for Yu Xiaogang, refused Hu Liena's offer to kill him, and explained that she wanted to understand something more important about her God Exam.
• Hu Liena said she could not understand why Bibi Dong had loved Yu Xiaogang, and Bibi Dong compared that love to Hu Liena's feelings for Zhao Zilong.
• Hu Liena admitted she loved Zhao Zilong and also felt affection for Ye Lingling, Huo Wu, and Meng Yiran.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that Ye Lingling made her heart flutter and that she sometimes wanted to kiss her, then asked Bibi Dong why she felt this way.

Hu Liena told Zhao Zilong that Bibi Dong had met Yu Xiaogang, and Zhao Zilong revealed what he knew about their past relationship and Yu Xiaogang’s theories. Bibi Dong secretly listened as Hu Liena pressed Zhao Zilong for more answers.

• Hu Liena recounted overhearing Yu Xiaogang ask Bibi Dong how Tang San could use Twin Martial Souls and a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Bibi Dong’s offer to explain if Tang San joined Spirit Hall.
• Hu Liena told Zhao Zilong that Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong seemed to have been lovers, and Zhao Zilong said they had been together and accused Yu Xiaogang of plagiarizing Spirit Hall knowledge for his Ten Core Theories.
• Bibi Dong, listening from the shadows, wondered how Zhao Zilong knew the secret and urged Hu Liena to question him further.
• Zhao Zilong revealed that he had encountered Yu Xiaogang and taught him a lesson, saying he would have killed him if not for Bibi Dong.
• Hu Liena objected to Zhao Zilong speaking disrespectfully about Bibi Dong and asked why Bibi Dong would like Yu Xiaogang.

Hu Liena told Zhao Zilong about Yu Xiaogang’s visit to Bibi Dong and their former relationship, while Bibi Dong secretly listened to their conversation. Zhao Zilong revealed how much he knew about Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang, leaving Bibi Dong eager to uncover more of his secrets.

• Hu Liena recounted overhearing Yu Xiaogang ask Bibi Dong how Tang San could use Twin Martial Souls and Martial Soul Fusion Skills, and said Bibi Dong had demanded Tang San join Spirit Hall in exchange for answers.
• Hu Liena told Zhao Zilong that Yu Xiaogang had called Bibi Dong “Dong'er” and that they seemed to have been lovers.
• Zhao Zilong explained that Yu Xiaogang had built his reputation as “Master” by taking knowledge from Spirit Hall and inventing his ten great theories, astonishing Hu Liena and the hidden Bibi Dong.
• Zhao Zilong admitted that he had encountered Yu Xiaogang and taught him a lesson, but had not killed him because Bibi Dong might retaliate.
• Hu Liena criticized Zhao Zilong for speaking disrespectfully about Bibi Dong and asked why Bibi Dong would like Yu Xiaogang.

Zhao Zilong and Hu Liena decided to ask Bibi Dong for permission to travel to Sea God Island, where Zhao Zilong suspected Tang San was training. Bibi Dong refused, concerned that Zhao Zilong would not return and that his absence would disrupt Spirit Hall’s plans.

• Bibi Dong overheard Zhao Zilong and Hu Liena discussing their plan to go to Sea God Island and worried that Zhao Zilong might leave for good.
• Zhao Zilong and Hu Liena went to Bibi Dong’s bedchamber with Xiao Wu to tell her about their plans.
• Bibi Dong sent Hu Liena and Xiao Wu out so she could question Zhao Zilong about the Rule of Power.
• Zhao Zilong said he wanted to take Hu Liena to Sea God Island to train and suspected Tang San was there.
• Bibi Dong refused to let Zhao Zilong go because the Seven Great Sects’ reselection was less than a year away and she feared he would not return.

Bibi Dong overheard Zhao Zilong and Hu Liena discussing a trip to Sea God Island and grew wary of his many secrets. When Zhao Zilong asked permission to go there with Hu Liena, Bibi Dong refused, determined to keep him from leaving before Spirit Hall’s plans advanced.

• Bibi Dong secretly listened as Zhao Zilong and Hu Liena discussed telling her they wanted to train on Sea God Island.
• Zhao Zilong, Hu Liena, and Xiao Wu went to Bibi Dong’s chambers to speak with her.
• Bibi Dong asked Hu Liena and Xiao Wu to leave so she could question Zhao Zilong about the Rule of Power, which he said he did not know.
• Zhao Zilong told Bibi Dong he wanted to take Hu Liena to Sea God Island and suspected Tang San was there.
• Bibi Dong rejected Zhao Zilong’s request because the Seven Great Sects’ reselection was less than a year away and she did not want him to leave.

Bibi Dong revealed why she chose Zhao Zilong as her disciple and asked him to help remove the Rule of Power affecting her. Zhao Zilong suggested divine power might break it but withheld a crucial thought, leaving Bibi Dong demanding his honesty.

• Zhao Zilong wondered whether the Asura God King's Rule of Power had influenced Bibi Dong's feelings for Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong agreed that Yu Xiaogang was her weakness and recognized Tang San as a likely Asura God inheritor.
• Bibi Dong revealed that her Sixth Exam had required her to find an Asura God inheritor, and that she had chosen Zhao Zilong after learning Tang San was Tang Hao's son.
• Zhao Zilong told Bibi Dong that matching divine power might remove the Rule of Power and suggested the Sea God's power could help.
• Zhao Zilong withheld his thought that he might now be the only person able to obtain the Asura God Position, so Bibi Dong demanded he tell her the truth.