Recaps

Liu Bai completed a month of pill refining in the Douluo world and removed Nalan Jie's Brand Poison before returning to Dugu Manor. He reunited with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong, then went with them to see how the academy was doing.

• Liu Bai refused special treatment for pill-refining requests and accepted ingredients plus payment in money, Magic Cores, Dou Techniques, cultivation methods, or secret arts.
• Liu Bai refined pills steadily for a month, improving his alchemy and mastering his Purple Flame while removing Nalan Jie's Brand Poison.
• Liu Bai returned to Dugu Manor, where Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong had been training with Battle Through the Heavens cultivation methods.
• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong realized they had been away from Heaven Dou Royal Academy for a long time, so Liu Bai proposed visiting it.
• The group found the Shrek students running laps in iron uniforms while a hoarse voice urged them to train for survival in battle.

Liu Bai and his companions visited the training grounds, where Yu Xiaogang tried to get Liu Bai to share his cultivation method. Liu Bai refused and pointed out that Tang San had a method of his own, leaving Yu Xiaogang to wonder why Tang San had never shared it with him.

• Liu Bai, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling watched the Shrek Seven Devils train before Yu Xiaogang approached them.
• Liu Bai told Yu Xiaogang that he and his companions had been cultivating on their own because the academy's training was mediocre.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Liu Bai to share his cultivation method, but Liu Bai refused, saying it was personal and unsuitable for everyone.
• Liu Bai asked Yu Xiaogang whether Tang San had shared his own cultivation method with him.
• Yu Xiaogang realized Tang San's cultivation differed from the method he had taught him and privately wondered why Tang San had kept his method secret.

Yu Xiaogang arranged a team battle between the Shrek Six Monsters and Liu Bai’s group, while advising the Shrek students to target the opposing support Soul Masters. The fight was about to begin, with Dugu Yan eager to face all six and Liu Bai confident the Shrek team posed no threat to him.

• Yu Xiaogang proposed an exchange match, and Liu Bai agreed to a team battle.
• Ning Rongrong wanted to fight, but Dugu Yan teased her for only knowing a support technique; Ye Lingling also expressed interest in battling.
• Yu Xiaogang chose the Shrek Six Monsters as Liu Bai’s opponents, and both teams prepared for the match.
• Yu Xiaogang told the Shrek team that Liu Bai was too powerful to defeat and identified Dugu Yan as the other major threat.
• Yu Xiaogang instructed the Shrek Six Monsters to focus on defeating Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling first, and Oscar understood the tactic.

Shrek planned to focus its attacks on Dugu Yan and the support fighters while Tang San prepared to hold Liu Bai back. Before the match began, Liu Bai allowed Tang San to use any techniques, including methods beyond his Martial Soul, and the gathered students watched as the teams faced off.

• Yu Xiaogang assigned Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and Tang San roles in Shrek’s plan to defeat Dugu Yan’s team and contain Liu Bai.
• Tang San told Shrek he would handle Liu Bai, while Liu Bai stood aside and said Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling should treat the match as a test of their strength.
• Dugu Yan challenged all six Shrek members to take her on alone, and Liu Bai warned her not to underestimate them.
• Tang San asked Liu Bai whether he could use abilities beyond his Martial Soul, and Liu Bai gave him permission to use any techniques he had.
• Yu Xiaogang took the role of referee as students gathered to watch the two teams prepare to fight.

Dugu Yan withstood the Shrek Six Monsters’ opening attacks and countered with overwhelming poison-based Soul Skills. Tang San’s team coordinated a hidden assault, but Sacred Stamen Protection blocked Xiao Wu’s surprise Waist Bow, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Dugu Yan blocked the Shrek Six Monsters’ White Tiger Intense Light Wave and Phoenix Fire Line with her Jade Scale Heavenly Steel Shield.
• Dugu Yan fired her Jade Scale Poison Dragon Blast, forcing Tang San to scatter the team and warn them to avoid close combat.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass obscured Dugu Yan’s vision, but she shattered it with Ghost Poison Palm as the others launched concealed ranged attacks.
• Xiao Wu teleported behind Dugu Yan and attempted a Waist Bow, but Sacred Stamen Protection shielded Dugu Yan from the attack.
• Dugu Yan tried to strike Xiao Wu, who teleported safely away before the blow landed.

Dugu Yan faced the Hell White Tiger after Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Their clash filled the training ground with poisonous mist, forcing the Shrek students to take antidotes and fly upward, while Liu Bai raised an invisible barrier.

• Dugu Yan thanked Ye Lingling for protecting her and recognized the threat posed by the opposing support Soul Masters.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing combined their Martial Souls to form the Hell White Tiger.
• Dugu Yan welcomed the challenge and used Drifting Flocculent Breeze to evade the Hell White Tiger's Intense Light Wave.
• Dugu Yan's Ghost Poison Palm collided with the attack and triggered an explosion that spread poisonous mist across the training ground.
• Tang San handed out antidotes, and Oscar helped the Shrek students escape the rising poison with Flight Sausages.
• Liu Bai raised an invisible wall of air at the edge of the training ground.

Tang San burned away Dugu Yan’s poisonous mist, but her poison broke apart Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell White Tiger fusion. After sending the others out of the field, Tang San faced Dugu Yan alone and revealed his Eight Spider Lances.

• Tang San told Ma Hongjun to ignite the field and used hidden weapons to spread flames that burned away Dugu Yan’s poisonous mist.
• Dugu Yan’s poison overwhelmed the Hell White Tiger, breaking the fusion and leaving Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing poisoned and weak.
• Tang San gave Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing Detoxification Pills, then told everyone else to retreat while he fought Dugu Yan alone.
• Dugu Yan let the others leave and watched as Tang San revealed his Eight Spider Lances.

Tang San used hidden weapons, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and the Eight Spider Lances to keep Dugu Yan at a distance, while her Jade Scale Heavenly Steel Shield blocked his attacks. Tang San prepared to use the Dragon Whisker Needle, and Liu Bai watched warily, believing Dugu Yan still had the advantage.

• Dugu Yan activated her Jade Scale Heavenly Steel Shield to block Tang San's barrage of hidden weapons, then charged at him with a poisonous palm.
• Tang San dodged Dugu Yan with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and used his Eight Spider Lances to retreat while firing more hidden weapons.
• Dugu Yan repeatedly tried to close in, but Tang San's hidden weapons and Blue Silver Grass disrupted her pursuit.
• Tang San realized his ordinary hidden weapons could not break Dugu Yan's shield and decided he needed the Dragon Whisker Needle.
• Liu Bai watched the fight and judged that Dugu Yan had greater strength but less combat experience, while believing Tang San's hidden weapons could still cause trouble.

Liu Bai turned Tang San’s Dragon Whisker Needles back on him during their spar, leaving him badly injured and unable to remove them. Tang San was carried away to recover while Liu Bai refused to help, and Xiao Wu confronted him without finding a defense for Tang San’s use of the needles.

• Liu Bai intercepted Tang San’s concealed weapons and caught three Dragon Whisker Needles before they could hit Dugu Yan.
• Liu Bai infused the needles with his Dou Qi and fired them back, piercing Tang San’s kidneys and gallbladder after knocking aside his Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang San failed to remove the needles, and Yu Xiaogang declared Liu Bai’s side the winner.
• Tang San asked Liu Bai to remove the needles, but Liu Bai denied knowing how and said Tang San might have to dig out the flesh around them.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun helped Tang San away, while Xiao Wu accused Liu Bai of hurting him and Liu Bai pointed out that Tang San had used the needles first.

Liu Bai warned Xiao Wu that her identity was known and let her leave, while Tang San painfully removed the Dragon Whisker Needles embedded in his body. As Xiao Wu fled Heaven Dou City, Liu Bai explained the hidden weapons’ danger to Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong.

• Liu Bai hinted that Xiao Wu was a transformed Soul Beast and told her he would not stop her from leaving, while Xiao Wu resolved to escape Heaven Dou City.
• Tang San was carried back to the dormitory, sent everyone away, and carved the Dragon Whisker Needles out of his wounds before swearing vengeance on Liu Bai.
• Xiao Wu wrote Tang San a letter, then left without looking back.
• Dugu Yan asked Liu Bai why he had stopped her from attacking Tang San, and Liu Bai explained that Tang San’s Dragon Whisker Needles could pierce protective energy.
• Ning Rongrong complained that she had barely joined the fight, while Liu Bai cautioned the girls not to underestimate hidden weapons.

After learning that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son, Liu Bai resolved to keep Tang San alive for now and kill Tang Hao first. Yu Xiaogang spread rumors that Liu Bai’s strength came from a secret cultivation technique, and the chapter ended as Yu Xiaogang and the Shrek group arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s cafeteria to confront Liu Bai and his companions.

• Liu Bai told Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong that two Dragon Whisker Needles had pierced Tang San’s kidneys, easing Dugu Yan’s anger.
• Liu Bai revealed that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and stopped Dugu Yan from going after Tang San, saying they still needed to keep him around.
• Liu Bai considered the threat of the Asura God, planned to kill Tang Hao at the Soul Master Tournament, and believed he could defeat Tang Hao with his own strength.
• Yu Xiaogang secretly spread rumors that Liu Bai’s special cultivation technique was the source of his power, and the gossip quickly reached Shrek’s students and Heaven Dou Academy.
• The Shrek group discovered that Xiao Wu had left behind a letter saying she had to return home, while Liu Bai’s companions noticed people whispering about their cultivation techniques.
• Liu Bai suspected Tang San or Yu Xiaogang had spread the rumor, and Yu Xiaogang arrived at the cafeteria with the Shrek Five Monsters and their teachers.

Yu Xiaogang tried to persuade Liu Bai to publish his cultivation technique, but Liu Bai exposed the flaws in Yu Xiaogang’s theories and mocked his claim that there were no trash Martial Souls, only trash Soul Masters. Yu Xiaogang left in humiliation as the cafeteria laughed, while the chapter ended with Tang Hao’s reappearance announced but not shown.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Liu Bai to hand over his cultivation technique so he could publish it, prompting Dugu Yan to threaten him.
• Liu Bai challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claim that he had researched the Ten Core Competitiveness Theories of Martial Souls himself.
• Liu Bai mocked Yu Xiaogang’s theories and pointed out that most were common knowledge, while one was wrong.
• Tang San defended Yu Xiaogang, but Liu Bai used the saying about trash Martial Souls to insult Yu Xiaogang.
• Dugu Yan joined the ridicule, and Yu Xiaogang turned to leave under the cafeteria’s laughter.

Liu Bai confronted Yu Xiaogang and Tang San at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then fought Tang Hao after he rescued his son. Liu Bai unleashed stronger purple flames against Tang Hao’s Martial Soul Avatar, and their battle shook Heaven Dou City.

• Liu Bai accused Yu Xiaogang of exposing his cultivation technique, crushed him with pressure, and kicked him through the dining hall doors.
• Tang San attacked Liu Bai with hidden weapons, but Liu Bai’s purple flames melted them and then threatened Tang San.
• Tang Hao appeared, rescued Tang San, and revealed himself as a Title Douluo before facing Liu Bai in the sky.
• Liu Bai summoned a purple flame dragon, and Tang Hao countered with his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul Avatar as their clash rocked Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Hao used Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, struggled to withstand Liu Bai’s flames, and activated Divine Slaughter’s Domain.

Liu Bai and Tang Hao unleashed their strongest attacks in a battle that shook Heaven Dou City. Tang Hao was left severely wounded, while Liu Bai survived by escaping through the Shuttle Gate, and the chapter ended with both men assessing how much strength the other had left.

• Tang Hao detonated six Soul Rings and used the Great Sumeru Hammer against Liu Bai’s Buddha Fury Fire Lotus.
• The attacks collided above Heaven Dou City, and Dugu Bo shielded Heaven Dou Royal Academy from the blast while Qian Renxue sent Snake Lance and Pufferfish to capture Tang Hao if they could.
• Tang Hao survived the explosion but suffered severe burns, coughed up blood, and felt his old injuries worsening.
• Liu Bai emerged without injuries after escaping to the Battle Through the Heavens world through the Shuttle Gate, though the Fire Lotus had consumed much of his Dou Qi.
• Liu Bai mocked Tang Hao, who argued that Liu Bai also seemed close to exhaustion.

Liu Bai defeated Tang Hao with another Buddha Fury Fire Lotus, forcing the badly wounded Title Douluo to flee with Tang San and leaving behind an arm and Spirit Bone. Liu Bai returned to Dugu Bo, then descended toward the injured Yu Xiaogang and the wary Shrek group.

• Liu Bai restored his Dou Qi, pursued Tang Hao, and detonated another Buddha Fury Fire Lotus after escaping the blast with a spatial soul skill.
• Tang Hao’s protection shattered, and the explosion hurled him into a crater before he grabbed Tang San and fled, leaving an arm behind.
• Liu Bai took the Spirit Bone from Tang Hao’s severed arm and returned to Dugu Bo, who said their battle had endangered Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Liu Bai told Dugu Bo that Tang Hao’s old injuries and new wounds meant he would likely die without a heaven-defying opportunity.
• Liu Bai descended toward Yu Xiaogang, who was barely alive and supported by Flender and the others, while the Shrek group watched him warily.

Liu Bai drove Flender and Yu Xiaogang from Heaven Dou Royal Academy after defeating Tang Hao, while Tang San found his father gravely wounded in a distant forest. As Tang Hao fell into a coma, he revealed the truth about Tang San’s mother and gave him instructions for awakening his Blue Silver Emperor inheritance and seeking help from his aunt, Tang Yuehua.

• Liu Bai ordered Flender to take Yu Xiaogang and leave the academy, and the remaining Shrek students chose to stay with the group.
• Liu Bai left Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Dugu Bo, and the others as the students watched.
• Tang San discovered that Tang Hao had lost an arm, suffered devastating injuries from Heavenly Flames, and was near death after detonating his final Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that his mother had been a Blue Silver Emperor who sacrificed herself to save him and Tang Hao from Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao revealed that a valley behind the waterfall near Holy Soul Village held his mother’s remains and Blue Silver Emperor inheritance, and urged Tang San to seek out Tang Yuehua in Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Hao fell into a near-imperceptible coma after telling Tang San to grow stronger, avenge his mother, and protect himself.

Tang San left his dying father in hiding and went to retrieve his mother’s legacy, but Liu Bai reached the valley first, took Ah Yin and her soul bone, and planted an ordinary Blue Silver Grass in her place. Tang San arrived afterward and mistook the replacement plant for his mother.

• Tang San hid the gravely wounded Tang Hao, vowed to grow stronger and avenge his parents, then hurried to the valley behind Holy Soul Village.
• Liu Bai entered the cave behind the waterfall and found Ah Yin and the Blue Silver Emperor Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Liu Bai took Ah Yin and the soul bone, then planted ordinary Blue Silver Grass where Ah Yin had grown.
• Tang San arrived, found the replacement plant beneath the cave’s beam of light, and knelt before it, believing it was his mother.

Tang San found no Spirit Bone or inheritance in the cave and left for Heaven Dou City in search of help for Tang Hao. Meanwhile, Liu Bai returned to the Battle Through the Heavens world, reached Eight-Star Dou Ling, and successfully refined a fifth-grade pill, establishing himself as a Fifth-Grade Alchemist.

• Tang San searched the cave, found no Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone or response from his mother, and left Tang Hao hidden with supplies and defenses while heading toward Heaven Dou City.
• Liu Bai transplanted Ah Yin near Dugu Bo's Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, kept the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, and returned to the Battle Through the Heavens world.
• Over the following month, Liu Bai reached Eight-Star Dou Ling, Xiao Yi Xian reached Da Dou Shi, and Qing Lin reached Nine-Star Dou Zhe.
• Liu Bai refined a Dragon Strength Pill on his first try and confirmed that he had become a Fifth-Grade Alchemist.
• Liu Bai opened the Alchemy Hall doors and saw Xiao Yi Xian waiting beneath a flowering tree.

Liu Bai successfully refined a fifth-grade Dragon Strength Pill, then asked Jia Xingtian to announce that he would accept pill-refinement requests. The news shook the Jia Ma Empire and drew visitors seeking his services, while Yun Yun learned of his rapid rise to fifth grade.

• Liu Bai confirmed his successful pill refinement to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, while Queen Medusa watched from the corridor before leaving.
• Jia Xingtian congratulated Liu Bai, and Yao Yue lamented that he had advanced to fifth-grade alchemist while she had only just become first grade.
• Liu Bai asked Jia Xingtian to spread the news that he would accept requests to refine pills, and Jia Xingtian agreed.
• The announcement brought a flood of requests and prominent visitors to Gama Holy City, giving Liu Bai a chance to build connections with the empire’s Dou Wang experts.
• Yun Yun received news of Liu Bai’s advancement and marveled at how quickly he had reached fifth grade.

Liu Bai advanced to Dou Ling Peak while refining pills, as Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin made rapid progress of their own. After finishing his commissions, he prepared to return to the Douluo World to seek another Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

• Nalan Yanran heard that Liu Bai had become a Fifth-Grade Alchemist and resolved to catch up to him, while Yun Yun encouraged her to follow her own path.
• Hai Bodong ordered the Mittel Family to send Liu Bai its high-grade pill formulas, and other powerful families ordered their members to treat him with respect.
• After months of pill refinement and cultivation, Liu Bai broke through to Nine-Star Dou Ling and then reached Dou Ling Peak.
• Xiao Yi Xian advanced to Dou Ling through the Woe Poison Body, while Qing Lin mastered her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and reached Six-Star Dou Master under Medusa's guidance.
• Liu Bai decided to return to the Douluo World to obtain another Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and told Jia Xingtian and Xiao Yi Xian he would enter seclusion.

Liu Bai traveled to the Far South to find hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts for his future Soul Rings. After provoking the region’s overlords with his aura, he encountered a powerful blood-red serpent that challenged him.

• Liu Bai returned to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling noticed his increased strength.
• Liu Bai told Dugu Bo that he planned to hunt hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts alone, and Dugu Yan worried about his safety.
• Liu Bai flew to the Far South, sensing abundant fire-attributed Soul Beasts and heading toward the region’s core.
• Liu Bai released his aura to provoke a powerful Soul Beast into revealing itself, and a blood-red serpent attacked him in a crimson stone forest.
• Liu Bai dodged the serpent’s strike and recognized its aura as that of a roughly two-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast before it confronted him.

Liu Bai killed the Blood Wing Dragon Snake with his Buddha Fury Fire Lotus and absorbed its Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring in a hidden cave. He gained two Soul Skills and a rare wing-type External Soul Bone, then set out to test his new wings.

• Liu Bai ambushed the Blood Wing Dragon Snake with an empowered Buddha Fury Fire Lotus, using Teleportation to evade its defenses and unleash the explosion.
• Liu Bai struck the badly wounded Blood Wing Dragon Snake with a second Fire Lotus, killing it and producing a Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Liu Bai stored the corpse and sealed the Soul Ring, then flew to a concealed cave and secured it with barriers before absorbing the ring.
• The Soul Ring raised Liu Bai from level fifty to level sixty and granted him Blood Flame Dragon Wings and Snake Burn Dragon Explosive Flame.
• Liu Bai discovered that the Blood Wing Dragon Snake had also dropped a powerful wing-type External Soul Bone, then replaced his Purple Cloud Wings with the new Blood Dragon Wings and flew off to test their speed.

Liu Bai found and killed a hundred-thousand-year Magma Dragon Turtle in the Far South, then absorbed its Soul Ring. He reached Soul Saint level 70 and prepared to use his new skills while approaching the Dou Wang realm.

• Liu Bai used his Blood Dragon Wings and spiritual power to search the Far South for another hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
• Liu Bai found a Magma Dragon Turtle sleeping in a volcanic lava lake and ambushed it with a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus.
• Liu Bai struck the wounded Magma Dragon Turtle with a second Fire Lotus, killing it and obtaining a blood-red Soul Ring.
• Liu Bai flew to a concealed gorge, absorbed the Soul Ring, and advanced to Soul Power level 70, the Soul Saint realm.
• Liu Bai sensed that his Dou Qi was close to the Dou Wang realm and gained two new skills from the Soul Ring.

After reaching level 70, Liu Bai gained two powerful soul skills and two spirit-bone skills, then began searching the Far South for a Soul Beast worthy of his Seventh Soul Ring. Meanwhile, the Flame Emperor learned that Liu Bai had killed two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and flew toward the Magma Mountain Range to confront him.

• Liu Bai gained Geocentric Torrent and Magma Barrier from his Sixth Soul Ring, then absorbed the Magma Dragon Turtle’s Right Arm Bone and acquired Magma Heavy Fist and Earth Vein Resonance.
• Liu Bai reached level 70 and began searching the Far South for a Soul Beast older than the Blood Dragon that could become his Seventh Soul Ring.
• At the Lava Fire Sea, the Crystal Flame Poison Scorpion and Flame Wing Dragon Eagle awakened the Flame Emperor and warned him that a human had killed the Blood Wing Dragon Snake and Magma Dragon Turtle.
• The Flame Emperor learned that Liu Bai was near the Magma Mountain Range and flew there with the other two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts to hunt him down.

Liu Bai encountered the Flame Emperor, the immensely powerful ruler of the Far South, and struggled to withstand his attacks. After realizing he could not win a direct fight, Liu Bai vanished, leaving the Flame Emperor unable to sense him.

• While searching the Magma Mountain Range for Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, Liu Bai sensed a terrifying presence approaching and identified it as the Flame Emperor, a powerful Fire Dragon.
• The Flame Emperor accused Liu Bai of killing the Blood Wing Dragon Snake and the Magma Dragon Turtle, and Liu Bai admitted to it without fear.
• The Flame Emperor attacked with dragon breath, claws, and his tail, while Liu Bai countered with the Red Spirit Seal, Magma Heavy Fist, and Magma Barrier.
• The Flame Emperor shattered Liu Bai’s defense and sent him crashing into a Red Rock Mountain, leaving Liu Bai badly injured and convinced he could not win by fighting head-on.
• Liu Bai suddenly vanished, and the Flame Emperor could not detect him despite spreading his perception through the area.