Recaps

Ji Wushuang shared Whale Rubber with Yan and Xie Yue, then discussed their ambitions for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. Two years later, Tang San became Yu Xiaogang’s disciple, while Bibi Dong took Ji Wushuang into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a Spirit Beast for his next soul skill.

• Yan and Xie Yue thanked Ji Wushuang for the Whale Rubber after their Spirit Power rose, and the friends shared a celebratory meal and drinks.
• Ji Wushuang, Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena imagined competing together in a future tournament and vowed to make Martial Soul Hall Academy proud.
• At Nuoding City Primary Soul Master Academy, Yu Xiaogang impressed Tang San with his research, and Tang San knelt to ask him to become his master.
• Ji Wushuang asked Bibi Dong what kind of Spirit Beast could grant him a defense-breaking soul skill as they searched the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Bibi Dong set a one-month limit for finding a Spirit Beast that could ignore defenses before they would choose another suitable beast.

Ji Wushuang and Bibi Dong searched the Star Dou Great Forest for his Fourth Spirit Ring before a Titan Giant Ape appeared at their camp. Bibi Dong crippled the beast and Ji Wushuang killed it, leaving him ready to absorb its Spirit Ring.

• Ji Wushuang and Bibi Dong traveled deeper into the forest, but found no Spirit Beast with an ability he wanted.
• At night, Ji Wushuang prepared an elaborate camp and shared pastries and tea with Bibi Dong, who criticized the strong smell of his lamb leg.
• A Titan Giant Ape emerged from the forest, and Bibi Dong suggested it as Ji Wushuang's Fourth Spirit Ring.
• Bibi Dong struck the Titan Giant Ape with her Spirit Bone Skill and suppressed it, allowing Ji Wushuang to pierce its heart with his eight flying swords.
• The Titan Giant Ape died and formed a black Spirit Ring, while streams of black light flowed toward its hands; Bibi Dong warned Ji Wushuang to beware of soul shock before he absorbed it.

Bibi Dong recovered a pair of External Soul Bones from the Titan Giant Ape and gave them to Ji Wushuang, who absorbed them after surviving the Spirit Ring. His new abilities and Soul Power growth impressed them, while Bibi Dong concealed the cost of helping him endure the absorption.

• Bibi Dong used her Soul Devouring Spider Emperor to strip the Titan Giant Ape's corpse and took its two dark red Palm Bones.
• Ji Wushuang absorbed the ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring after three hours and gained the Sky-Rending Sword Wave spirit skill.
• Bibi Dong gave Ji Wushuang both Palm Bones, and he absorbed them while she secretly poured her energy into him to ease his pain.
• Ji Wushuang learned that the bones granted Sky-Shattering Annihilation Kill and Titan Defense, and that his Soul Power had risen to level forty-four.
• Ji Wushuang gave Bibi Dong Dragon Ganoderma Leaves to restore her, then went to his tent while she meditated and recovered from the energy she had spent helping him.

Ji Wushuang asked Bibi Dong to let him train outside Spirit City, but she refused and arranged for him to join a mission against the Wolf Bandits as his first trial. On the eve of the mission, Bibi Dong visited him in the Bamboo Forest and challenged him to show how much he had improved.

• Bibi Dong forbade Ji Wushuang from leaving Spirit City alone and assigned him to accompany Ghostly Charm's squad on a Wolf Bandit extermination mission.
• Ghostly Charm planned to take ten Soul Emperors and a Soul Saint, and Bibi Dong ordered Ye Lingyuan to join them for added protection.
• Bibi Dong told Ji Wushuang to rest before the mission, then privately warned Ghostly Charm to keep him safe.
• Bibi Dong met Ji Wushuang, Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena in the Bamboo Forest and questioned Hu Liena about her cultivation.
• Ji Wushuang told Bibi Dong he was ready to face the mission, so she drew her sword and challenged him to demonstrate his progress.
• Ji Wushuang summoned the Peerless Sword Casket and four Spirit Rings, then attacked Bibi Dong with ten flying swords in a shifting sword array.

Ji Wushuang demonstrated his Fourth Spirit Skill to Bibi Dong, then set out with Ye Lingyuan and a Spirit Hall team to confront the Wolf Bandits. After seven days of travel, they rested in a valley while discussing the bandits’ origins and the unexplained nature of their offspring.

• Ji Wushuang used Sky-Rending Sword Wave to cut through bamboo, and Bibi Dong warned him to attack decisively and flee if he faced danger.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan emerged from hiding to praise Ji Wushuang’s chance to see Bibi Dong often and wished him safety on the mission.
• Ye Lingyuan joined Ji Wushuang and ten Soul Emperors, one Soul Saint, and revealed that he was Bibi Dong’s only disciple before leading the group toward the Wolf Bandits.
• After seven days of travel, the group rested in a mountain valley, where Ji Wushuang explained the Wolf Bandits’ origins and asked whether other human–Spirit Beast offspring could produce Spirit Rings.

Ji Wushuang joined Ye Lingyuan’s team to suppress the Wolf Bandits and prove himself worthy of leaving Spirit City. After rescuing the few surviving Heaven Dou Soldiers and entering the bandits’ lair, he faced the Wolf Bandit Leader and its hundred-strong pack.

• Ye Lingyuan warned Ji Wushuang that the Pope would judge his performance as their group advanced into the forest.
• Ji Wushuang killed ten Wolf Bandits with his flying swords and learned that they had slaughtered nearly all ten thousand Heaven Dou Soldiers.
• Ye Lingyuan took command of the operation while Ji Wushuang followed the Wolf Bandits’ scent into their cavern and killed one lurking above him.
• Ji Wushuang fought off Wolf Bandits emerging from the cavern, then retreated to the surface when Ye Lingyuan warned him about the narrow terrain.
• The ten-thousand-year Wolf Bandit Leader knocked aside Ji Wushuang’s two attacking swords and ordered its hundred-strong pack to attack him.

Ji Wushuang and Ye Lingyuan exterminated the Wolf Bandits, but Ji Wushuang briefly lost himself in the killing, and Ye Lingyuan worried about the demonic sword inside his Peerless Sword Casket. After destroying the nest, they discussed whether Bibi Dong would let Ji Wushuang leave Spirit City for training.

• Ye Lingyuan summoned her Blazing Spirit Kite Martial Soul while Ji Wushuang used his flying swords to kill hundreds of wolf bandits and wound their leader.
• Ji Wushuang finished off the Wolf Bandit Leader with Sky-Rending Sword Wave, then briefly showed scarlet eyes before assuring Ye Lingyuan he was fine.
• Ye Lingyuan burned the wolf bandit corpses and found a Left Leg Spirit Bone, which Ji Wushuang accepted but decided to bring back for his Teacher to handle.
• Ji Wushuang killed the adult wolf bandits and cubs in another cavern, saying he hated leaving things half-done.
• Sax and the others cleared the remaining bandits, and Ye Lingyuan destroyed the Wolf Bandit Nest with a pillar of fire.
• Ye Lingyuan said Bibi Dong might allow Ji Wushuang to train outside Spirit City, but Ji Wushuang doubted it because he expected more tests from his Teacher.

Ye Lingyuan took Ji Wushuang to the City of Slaughter’s entrance for a second mission: kill the criminals in the village. After Ji Wushuang slaughtered its inhabitants, they destroyed the village and prepared to post a notice directing future visitors to the City of Slaughter.

• Ye Lingyuan sent Sax and the others back to Spirit City, then asked Ji Wushuang how killing the Wolf Bandits had felt.
• Ye Lingyuan revealed that Bibi Dong had arranged a second mission at the entrance to the City of Slaughter: Ji Wushuang was to kill everyone in the village, all of whom were fugitives.
• Ji Wushuang used his flying swords and Spirit Skills to kill the village’s Fallen Spirit Masters, including a waiter who begged for his life.
• Ye Lingyuan set the village ablaze while she and Ji Wushuang watched from above; Ji Wushuang said killing the villagers had felt exhilarating.
• After the village burned to ashes, Ye Lingyuan razed it completely and explained that they would post a notice directing people seeking the City of Slaughter to its entrance.

Ye Lingyuan and Ji Wushuang completed their mission and traveled back toward Spirit City, while Bibi Dong grew impatient over Ji Wushuang’s delayed return. Their journey paused when Blazing Rock Snakes attacked their campsite, and Ji Wushuang killed them all.

• Ye Lingyuan marked the entrance to the City of Slaughter, confirmed the mission was complete, and set off with Ji Wushuang for Spirit City.
• Bibi Dong demanded Ji Wushuang’s whereabouts after he had been away for twelve days, so Ghostly Charm went to search for him.
• Ghostly Charm met Sax and his companions, learned that Ye Lingyuan had taken Ji Wushuang elsewhere, and hurried back to report to Bibi Dong.
• Ye Lingyuan and Ji Wushuang camped on a plain, where she advised him to be more considerate when a girl offered to let him rest.
• Blazing Rock Snakes surrounded the campsite, and Ji Wushuang used Finger-Twisting Softness to kill them before asking Ye Lingyuan to roast them.

Ji Wushuang returned to Spirit City with Ghostly Charm after Bibi Dong grew anxious about his long absence. He reunited with Bibi Dong, who scolded him for taking eighteen days, then accepted the twenty-thousand-year Left Leg Spirit Bone he gave her as a gift.

• Ji Wushuang and Ye Lingyuan ate roasted Blazing Rock Snakes before Ghostly Charm arrived to bring Ji Wushuang back to Spirit City.
• Ghostly Charm told Ji Wushuang that Bibi Dong was worried about him, then carried him ahead while Ye Lingyuan followed.
• After two nights of travel, Ghostly Charm left Ji Wushuang to visit Bibi Dong, who welcomed him at her residence.
• Bibi Dong scolded Ji Wushuang for taking eighteen days to finish his mission, and he explained that most of the time had been spent traveling.
• Ji Wushuang gave Bibi Dong the twenty-thousand-year Left Leg Spirit Bone he had taken from the Wolf Bandit Leader, and she accepted it.

Ji Wushuang returned to Spirit City and recounted his journey to Bibi Dong, then tried to prove he could safely travel alone. Bibi Dong knocked him unconscious and decided he would train beside her until he reached Titled Douluo.

• Bibi Dong invited Ji Wushuang to dine with her and asked him to describe his journey in detail.
• Ji Wushuang recounted rescuing Heaven Dou Empire soldiers, destroying the Wolf Bandit Nest, visiting the City of Slaughter, and meeting Ghostly Charm and Ye Lingyuan on the way back.
• Bibi Dong warned Ji Wushuang against arrogance and said she would not send anyone to protect him if he left Spirit City.
• Ji Wushuang tried to persuade Bibi Dong that he was strong enough to travel alone, summoning his Peerless Sword Casket and Spirit Rings to show off his abilities.
• Bibi Dong appeared behind Ji Wushuang, struck him unconscious, and carried him toward her bedroom, deciding he should stay with her until he became a Titled Douluo.

Bibi Dong decided Ji Wushuang would move into the West Courtyard beside her, keeping him close after his mission. Ji Wushuang returned to the academy and sparred with Yan while Bibi Dong secretly watched, pleased that he remained within her reach.

• Ye Lingyuan told Bibi Dong that Ji Wushuang had handled his first killings decisively and without distress, easing Bibi Dong's concerns.
• Bibi Dong summoned Ji Wushuang to her private chamber and ordered him to move into the West Courtyard beside her; he reluctantly agreed.
• Ji Wushuang returned to the academy, met Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, and joked with them about his mission and Yan's losing streak.
• Ji Wushuang fought Yan using flying swords, while Hu Liena and Xie Yue watched and commented on the spar.
• Bibi Dong secretly watched the spar and resolved to keep Ji Wushuang from leaving her side.

Ji Wushuang completed a year of training under Bibi Dong and attended Ye Lingyuan’s Titled Douluo conferment, where she became Spirit Kite Douluo and joined the Elder Hall. Bibi Dong introduced Ji Wushuang to Spirit Hall’s upper ranks as her only disciple, but he greeted them modestly without showing his Spirit Rings.

• After Ji Wushuang ended his Hundred Consecutive Wins, he told Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan that he had moved to a secret new residence, prompting them to speculate that he lived with Bibi Dong.
• A year later, Bibi Dong advised Ji Wushuang that his swordsmanship was too aggressive and told him to attend Ye Lingyuan’s enfeoffment ceremony the next day.
• At Douluo Hall, Qian Daoliu conferred the title Spirit Kite Douluo on Ye Lingyuan and created her statue on the wall.
• At the Pope’s Palace, Bibi Dong presented Ye Lingyuan with a Pope’s Token, inducting her into the Elder Hall.
• Bibi Dong introduced Ji Wushuang to Spirit Hall’s gathered upper ranks as her only disciple, and he greeted them without displaying his Spirit Rings.

After Ye Lingyuan's Title Conferment Ceremony, Ji Wushuang discussed his future with Bibi Dong and asked to train in Misty Trail Grand Canyon. Bibi Dong refused, and Ji Wushuang placated her with flattery before leaving the Pope's Palace.

• Ji Wushuang congratulated Bibi Dong on gaining Ye Lingyuan as a Titled Douluo and credited his fast cultivation to the Hundred Thousand Year Whale Pearl.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Ji Wushuang would compete in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, and he chose to wait until the tournament after next.
• Ji Wushuang asked to train in Misty Trail Grand Canyon for two years, but Bibi Dong forbade him from going.
• Bibi Dong told Ji Wushuang that a Soul Master needed to endure loneliness, and he protested that he was only thirteen.
• Ji Wushuang showered Bibi Dong with compliments until she released his ears and allowed him to leave.

After a year of training under Bibi Dong, Ji Wushuang reached level fifty and prepared to travel with her to the Star Dou Great Forest for his fifth Spirit Ring. He chose a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, and Bibi Dong agreed to help him hunt one.

• Ji Wushuang and Bibi Dong finished their sword training, then shared a meal together.
• A year later, Ji Wushuang broke through to level fifty, and Bibi Dong visited him after he missed Combat Training.
• Bibi Dong offered to take Ji Wushuang to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his fifth Spirit Ring.
• Ji Wushuang urged Bibi Dong to keep watch over Spirit Hall's branch and main halls, and she praised his growing maturity.
• Ji Wushuang asked for a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Spirit Ring, and Bibi Dong agreed to help him find a suitable one.

After searching the Star Dou Great Forest, Bibi Dong and Ji Wushuang lured a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear to a Crimson Flame Bee nest. Bibi Dong crippled it, and Ji Wushuang killed it, leaving its black Spirit Ring before them.

• Bibi Dong and Ji Wushuang hid near the Crimson Flame Bee nest, expecting a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear to come for the honey.
• After two days, a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear over thirty thousand years old arrived and charged at them.
• Bibi Dong entered Martial Soul Possession and used Eternal Creation to cripple the bear's limbs.
• Ji Wushuang used his Fourth Spirit Skill, Sky-Rending Sword Wave, to tear the wounded bear apart.
• A black Spirit Ring formed before Bibi Dong and Ji Wushuang.

Ji Wushuang absorbed the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's Spirit Ring, reaching level fifty-two and gaining a powerful fifth Spirit Skill that enhanced his swords. Back in Spirit City, he tried to impress Bibi Dong with grilled bear meat, but she found it too tough as he fled to share it with Yan and the others.

• After three hours of absorption, Ji Wushuang reached level fifty-two, and Bibi Dong praised how strong he had become.
• Ji Wushuang's Titan Giant Ape External Soul Bones changed, gaining golden patterns and sharper tips that let him use them as weapons.
• Ji Wushuang revealed his fifth Spirit Skill, Break, which boosted attack power by three hundred percent and penetrating power by one hundred percent; his swords reduced the bear to a skeleton, but he found no Spirit Bone.
• Bibi Dong brought Ji Wushuang Crimson Flame Bee King Honey, and he took bear meat back to Spirit City to grill in the Pope's Palace courtyard.
• Ji Wushuang used his Sword Control Technique to prepare the meat and served Bibi Dong, who called it too tough; he then hurried off to bring some to Yan and the others.

Ji Wushuang secretly left Spirit City to seek the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Bibi Dong discovered his disappearance and ordered Spirit Hall to search for him. In Suotuo City, he crossed paths with Flender and Dai Mubai before continuing toward Barak City, as Ghostly Charm arrived to organize the search.

• Ji Wushuang flew out of Spirit City at night, using his Level 58 cultivation and ability to fly to evade the city gates.
• Bibi Dong discovered Ji Wushuang was missing, learned from Ye Lingyuan that he might have flown away, and ordered Spirit Hall to search for him.
• Ji Wushuang reached Suotuo City and rejected Flender’s offer to enroll at Shrek Academy, then watched Dai Mubai agree to join.
• Flender revealed his seven Spirit Rings to Dai Mubai, who was impressed by his Soul Saint strength.
• Ji Wushuang rested at the Rose Hotel for four hours, then left for Barak City.
• Ghostly Charm arrived at Suotuo City’s Spirit Hall Main Hall and ordered Bruce to post Ji Wushuang’s portrait and search the city.

Ji Wushuang entered Heaven Dou City in disguise and abducted Fourth Prince Xue Beng to force a meeting with Dugu Bo. He brought Xue Beng to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Xue Beng was to lead him to Prince Xue Xing while pretending Ji Wushuang was his guard, Xiao Se.

• Ji Wushuang entered Heaven Dou City wearing a face mask and considered how to contact Dugu Bo without exposing himself.
• When Xue Beng charged through the street on horseback, Ji Wushuang stopped the horse, disarmed the prince’s soldiers with his Sword Control Technique, and took Xue Beng into the air.
• Ji Wushuang threatened to drop Xue Beng unless he arranged a meeting with Dugu Bo, and Xue Beng agreed to take him to his uncle, Prince Xue Xing.
• Ji Wushuang flew with Xue Beng to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and ordered him to introduce him as his guard named Xiao Se.

Ji Wushuang forced Xue Beng to lead him through Heaven Dou Royal Academy to Prince Xue Xing, killing the Fourth Prince when he tried to escape and enlist the Education Committee Members’ help. The three former Spirit Hall officials concealed Xue Beng’s body, while Ji Wushuang calmly asked them to arrange his meeting with Xue Xing.

• Xue Beng nervously led Ji Wushuang through Heaven Dou Royal Academy, avoiding Dugu Yan and warning him that the three Education Committee Members were nearby.
• When Xue Beng cried for help from Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan, Ji Wushuang threw a black token that Bai Baoshan caught, and the three recognized it as the Pope’s Token.
• Ji Wushuang removed his human-skin mask, and the three Education Committee Members recognized him as His Highness Wushuang, their former superior’s disciple.
• Ji Wushuang summoned his sword and killed Xue Beng despite the three Education Committee Members’ protests.
• Zhi Lin stored Xue Beng’s corpse in a Storage Soul Tool, and Ji Wushuang asked the three to introduce him to Prince Xue Xing.

Ji Wushuang used the name Xiao Se and a fabricated request to meet Dugu Yan to persuade Prince Xue Xing to introduce him to Dugu Bo. After Prince Xue Xing agreed to meet him the next day, Ji Wushuang watched him leave with killing intent.

• Ji Wushuang asked Meng Shenji and the other Education Committee members to arrange a meeting with Prince Xue Xing and conceal his identity.
• Meng Shenji learned that Prince Xue Xing was at an auction, sent word to him, and kept Ji Wushuang's identity from Salas.
• Prince Xue Xing arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Meng Shenji introduced Ji Wushuang as Xiao Se, a fifteen-year-old Five Ring Battle Soul King seeking admission.
• Ji Wushuang asked Prince Xue Xing to introduce him to Dugu Bo, claiming he wanted to meet Dugu Yan, and Prince Xue Xing agreed to bring him the next day.
• Ji Wushuang accepted Meng Shenji's offer to stay overnight and watched Prince Xue Xing leave with cold killing intent.

Ji Wushuang used Prince Xue Xing to gain an introduction to Dugu Bo, then revealed his identity and claimed Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan had inherited poison in their bodies. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo dismissing the claim while Ji Wushuang watched him calmly.

• Prince Xue Xing took Ji Wushuang to Dugu Manor after inviting him to Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Bo saw through Ji Wushuang's mask, and Prince Xue Xing realized Ji Wushuang had used him and left in anger.
• Ji Wushuang revealed his Spirit Rings and flying swords, prompting Dugu Bo to recognize him as Bibi Dong's disciple.
• Ji Wushuang said he had come to meet Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo explained that Dugu Yan already had a boyfriend.
• Ji Wushuang told Dugu Bo that both he and Dugu Yan carried inherited poison and warned that Dugu Yan might not live past twenty-five.
• Dugu Bo denied that he was poisoned, while Ji Wushuang silently watched him.

Ji Wushuang convinced Dugu Bo to test his poison-curing ability and followed him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. After neutralizing the poison and extracting the essences of two Immortal Grade Herbs, Ji Wushuang ate the herbs and leaped into the spring.

• Ji Wushuang described Dugu Bo’s symptoms and offered to cure him and Dugu Yan, then proposed proving his skill by taking Dugu Bo’s poison.
• Dugu Bo agreed to the test, wagering three favors against Ji Wushuang’s life, and flew with him to the outskirts of Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Bo brought Ji Wushuang to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and poisoned him with Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison.
• Ji Wushuang swallowed his Detoxification Pill and quickly neutralized the poison.
• Ji Wushuang extracted the essences from the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, ate both herbs, and jumped into the spring.

Ji Wushuang absorbed the power of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and several Immortal Grade Herbs, transforming his body and improving his spiritual power. As the Ice Fire Dragon Kings’ Divine Souls merged into Tianzhan and formed two Spirit Rings, Ji Wushuang sensed something calling to him from the bottom of the spring.

• Ji Wushuang shattered the Snowy Swan Kiss and added it to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, triggering a violent energy surge and a storm overhead.
• Ji Wushuang endured the spring’s extreme energies, then absorbed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to improve his eyes and Spiritual Power.
• Dugu Bo watched the heavenly phenomenon from outside the cave and wondered what Ji Wushuang was doing.
• Ji Wushuang drew Tianzhan and practiced the Nation-Splitting Swordplay as two Dragon Souls emerged from the spring and danced alongside his sword.
• The Dragon Souls merged into Tianzhan, formed blue-gold and red-gold Spirit Rings, and Ji Wushuang sensed a presence calling him from the spring’s depths.

Ji Wushuang acquired two Dragon King Spirit Bones at the bottom of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and brought the Great Bright Vermilion Bird under control. After returning to Dugu Bo, he offered to treat Dugu Bo and his granddaughter’s poison in exchange for herbs and other conditions.

• Ji Wushuang descended to the bottom of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and received icy-blue and crimson Spirit Bones from two Dragon Bones.
• The Great Bright Vermilion Bird stirred wildly inside the Peerless Sword Casket, but Ji Wushuang bloodied his hand with its blade and calmed it before unleashing a phoenix-shaped sword strike.
• Ji Wushuang surfaced and discovered that Dugu Bo was waiting nearby; he changed clothes and gave Dugu Bo a pill that could counter the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison.
• Ji Wushuang explained that Dugu Bo would need pills and careful treatment, and should channel future toxins into his Spirit Bones; he also said Dugu Bo’s granddaughter would be harder to treat.
• Ji Wushuang reaffirmed that he would cure Dugu Bo’s granddaughter and restated his conditions: all the herbs, Dugu Bo not becoming an enemy of Spirit Hall, and a third condition to be decided later.