Recaps

Xiao Ze led Heaven Dou Royal Academy through the Exchange Tournament while Huo Wu and the Shui sisters grew closer to him, and Spirit Hall began considering how to recruit or detain him. After the tournament, Ye Lingling awakened the recovered Life Tribulation Twin Lotus, and Xiao Ze prepared to return to Qingxi Village before the Soul Master Tournament.

• Xiao Ze led Heaven Dou Royal Academy to victory over Blazing Fire Academy and Godwind Academy, while Huo Wu, Shui Yue'er, and Shui Bing'er competed for his attention and Feng Xiaotian accepted Huo Wu’s choice.
• Xiao Ze defeated Skywater Academy with his summoned beasts and explosive crops, then promised Shui Yue'er a feast as compensation for the match’s smoke and fire.
• Xiao Ze used the Three Talents Formation and the Agricultural Emperor’s Shadow to overwhelm Lightning Academy, prompting Xue Ye, Hu Yan Zhen, and the Yu family to consider his strength and allegiance.
• Xiao Ze visited Skywater Academy with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, and Shui Yiyao accepted his relationship with her nieces after he promised to care for them despite having other women.
• Bibi Dong ordered Moon Guan to recruit Xiao Ze with three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones or detain him if he refused, while Moon Guan warned Hu Liena that Xiao Ze would face her in the grand finals.
• Xiao Ze reached level fifty-four and strengthened his companions’ Martial Souls, then Ye Lingling discovered that the Life Tribulation Twin Lotus had recovered.
• Ye Lingling tested the hairpin’s Light Wheels, using its black wheel to damage Di Zun, and Xiao Ze warned her about reflected damage and its heavy Soul Power cost.
• The God of Agriculture suggested Ye Lingling could create her own God Position, and Xiao Ze agreed to return to Qingxi Village before the approaching tournament.

Xiao Ze returned to his hometown, reunited with Grandpa Xiao, and watched the tournament as Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy won key matches. After the Qualifiers, he traveled with Liu Erlong to Spirit Hall, where he confronted Bibi Dong about Yu Xiaogang and agreed to join Spirit Hall on his terms.

• Xiao Ze returned to Qingxi Village with Ning Rongrong and the others, celebrated with the villagers, and later visited Nuoding Academy, where Grandpa Xiao agreed to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy as a teacher.
• Xiao Ze and Ning Rongrong watched the tournament, and Liu Erlong admitted she had accepted her feelings for him before moving into their villa with Ning Rongrong’s approval.
• Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er used Ice Snow Falling to defeat Elephant Armor Academy and Lightning Academy, while Huo Wu led Blazing Fire Academy to victory over Godwind Academy and celebrated by kissing Xiao Ze.
• After the Qualifiers, Xiao Ze told the women he would go to Spirit Hall to pursue godhood, then left with Liu Erlong while Yu Xiaogang told Tang San he would seek Bibi Dong’s Twin Martial Soul cultivation method.
• Xiao Ze and Liu Erlong arrived in Spirit City, met Hu Liena, and went to the Palace of the Pope, where Bibi Dong challenged Liu Erlong and demanded to know how Xiao Ze knew about her God Trial.
• The Rakshasa God agreed not to interfere with Xiao Ze’s ascension after the God of Agriculture offered the Rakshasa God a place in his faction and praised Xiao Ze’s potential.
• Xiao Ze told Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang had used her and planned to seek her cultivation method for Tang San, then gave her a Truth-telling Peanut, which revealed that she had killed Qian Xunji.
• Xiao Ze agreed to join Spirit Hall after Bibi Dong promised to test Yu Xiaogang with the Truth-telling Peanut, then met Hu Liena for breakfast the next morning as Yan reacted with disbelief.

Xiao Ze joined Spirit Hall, led Heaven Dou Royal Academy to the tournament championship, and helped Bibi Dong capture Xiao Wu after Tang Hao attacked. As Xiao Ze and Bibi Dong planned to expand Spirit Hall’s influence, Tang San survived in the Star Dou Great Forest and vowed revenge.

• Hu Liena ordered Yu Xiaogang beaten for trying to enter Spirit Hall with Tang Hao’s Papal Edict, and Bibi Dong exposed his theft of Spirit Hall’s research before having him publicly punished.
• Xiao Ze joined Spirit Hall as the God of Agriculture’s successor, gained Qian Daoliu’s support, and agreed to help Qian Renxue become a god.
• Yu Yuanzhen failed to free Yu Xiaogang, while Xiao Ze’s apple eased some of Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa Erosion.
• Xiao Ze led Heaven Dou Royal Academy through the grand finals, defeating Star Luo Royal Academy and Lightning Academy before beating Martial Soul Academy to win the championship.
• Bibi Dong revealed Xiao Wu was a transformed Soul Beast and ordered five Title Douluo to seize her, while Xiao Ze admitted he had known her secret.
• Tang Hao arrived to rescue Tang San and Xiao Wu, but Spirit Hall’s Title Douluo, Qian Daoliu’s enshriner group, Ning Fengzhi, and Sword Douluo overwhelmed him, and Qian Daoliu contained Tang Hao’s self-destruction.
• Bibi Dong captured Xiao Wu, and Xiao Ze proposed using crops, alliances, and Soul Tools to strengthen Spirit Hall while taking responsibility for winning over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Elemental Academy.
• Tang San emerged in the Star Dou Great Forest, vowed revenge against Xiao Ze, Spirit Hall, and Bibi Dong, and followed a mysterious god’s instruction to go to the City of Slaughter.

Xiao Ze used high-yield crops and Soul Tools to expand Spirit Hall’s influence, bring the single-attribute clans and Lower Four Sects into its fold, and strengthen its military. After the harvests won support across the continent, he traveled to Gengxin City and persuaded Lou Gao to move the Blacksmith Association to Spirit City.

• Xiao Ze gave Bibi Dong high-yield Seeds, and Spirit Hall began distributing them while he explained that he intended to join the Hall and eventually become its Pope.
• Xiao Ze recruited the Defense, Speed, and Breaking Clans with the promise of special crops and medicine, while Bibi Dong brought the Lower Four Sects into Spirit Hall.
• Tai Tan attacked the Defense Clan after it broke with Tang Hao, but Yang Wudi, Bai He, and Niu Gao defeated him, and Xiao Ze had him imprisoned while Taino brought the Strength Clan to Spirit City.
• Xiao Ze gave Bibi Dong the Soul Tool Book and helped establish research departments, while Spirit Hall formed an equipped legion and he grew stronger over the following year.
• Xiao Ze and Bibi Dong visited Hua'an Village as the harvest reached thousands of jin per mu, earning praise from villagers and Merit and Power of Faith for Xiao Ze.
• Xiao Ze appointed Old Wang to lead Soul Tool research, then traveled with Hu Liena, Ning Rongrong, and the others to Gengxin City to recruit its blacksmiths.
• Xiao Ze persuaded Lou Gao to relocate the Blacksmith Association to Spirit City and demonstrated powerful rifles, a reusable defensive shield, and a Flying Soul Tool.