Recaps

Tang Hao found Ah Yin and the Spirit Bone missing and unleashed his fury, while Xia Yan decided to leave Shrek Academy with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing. Tang San discovered that his meridians were hardening and nearly unable to hold Soul Power.

• Tang Hao found only ordinary withered Blue Silver Grass where Ah Yin had been and discovered the hidden compartment was empty.
• Tang Hao searched for Ah Yin and the Spirit Bone, then destroyed the mountain in a furious outburst when he found no trace of them.
• After returning to Shrek Academy, Xia Yan told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing he planned to leave, and they agreed to go with him.
• Xia Yan decided the group would leave that night for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Xiao Wu would stay at Shrek.
• Tang San woke after sleeping at the inn and discovered his meridians were hardening and nearly blocked.

Tang San discovered that his meridians had hardened and his soul power capacity had declined, so he rushed off to find Yu Xiaogang. Meanwhile, Xia Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong packed their belongings and left, and the next morning Oscar went to check Xia Yan’s empty dormitory.

• Tang San realized that years of practicing the Mysterious Heaven Skill had hardened his meridians and reduced his strength, then ran to find Yu Xiaogang.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji discussed Xiao Wu’s return after being captured by the Titan Giant Ape and Tang San’s abnormal appearance after absorbing his third soul ring.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji saw Tang San leave to find Yu Xiaogang, and Zhao Wuji explained that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and skin had turned dark.
• Xia Yan packed his belongings while Zhu Zhuqing held his hand, then the two joined Ning Rongrong and left with her.
• The next morning, Flender told the others that Tang San had requested leave, and Oscar went to inspect Xia Yan’s dormitory.

Oscar discovered that Xia Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong had withdrawn from Shrek Academy and left, while an exhausted Tang San collapsed on the road and unexpectedly reunited with Yu Xiaogang. Tang San was left with his teacher asking what had happened to him.

• Oscar found Xia Yan's dormitory empty and saw that Zhu Zhuqing's and Ning Rongrong's dormitories were shut as well.
• Oscar gave Flender Xia Yan's letter, and Flender announced that Xia Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong had withdrawn from school.
• Dai Mubai reacted angrily to Zhu Zhuqing's departure, while Xiao Wu silently prayed for Xia Yan's safety.
• Tang San ran along the official road for an entire night and half a day, determined to reach Yu Xiaogang and ask about his meridians.
• Tang San fell from exhaustion, recognized Yu Xiaogang, and embraced him, while Yu Xiaogang asked what had happened and why he looked so dark.

Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that absorbing a Green Poison Bone-Eroding Serpent had hardened and blocked his meridians. Yu Xiaogang blamed Blue Silver Grass’s weak carrying capacity and proposed using less poisonous Soul Rings, leaving Tang San reassured but uncertain whether his meridians could recover.

• Tang San found Yu Xiaogang and begged him to help with his hardened, partly blocked meridians after absorbing a Green Poison Bone-Eroding Serpent.
• Yu Xiaogang examined Tang San’s altered Blue Silver Grass and Millennium Soul Ring, then demanded a full account of his journey and experiences.
• After hearing about Tang San’s Soul Rings and poisoning, Yu Xiaogang blamed Blue Silver Grass’s low carrying capacity for the overflow of poison that had harmed Tang San’s body.
• Yu Xiaogang advised Tang San to avoid potent poison-attribute Soul Rings and use Millennium Blue Silver Grass for his fourth Soul Ring to increase its carrying capacity.
• Tang San calmed down and asked whether his meridians could recover, but Yu Xiaogang admitted he did not know and warned him to avoid potent poison in later Soul Rings.

Yu Xiaogang manipulated Tang San into trusting him again, then took him back to Shrek Academy. Meanwhile, Xia Yan and the others traveled toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and decided to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy for the Soul Master Tournament.

• Yu Xiaogang comforted Tang San until Tang San apologized for doubting him and followed him away from the road.
• Xia Yan learned that Ning Rongrong had nearly fifty guards accompanying her on the journey to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xia Yan decided that he, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing would attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and both women agreed.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San returned to Shrek Academy, where Zhao Wuji noticed Tang San and an unfamiliar person.

Tang San brought Yu Xiaogang to Shrek Academy, where Zhao Wuji redirected them to meet Flender after Tang San revealed his classmates’ private details. Meanwhile, Xia Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing traveled toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Yu Xiaogang began training the Shrek students with a punishing run.

• Tang San introduced Yu Xiaogang to Zhao Wuji and disclosed Dai Mubai’s and Ma Hongjun’s personal information and soul skills, prompting Zhao Wuji to stop him and send them to find Flender.
• Zhao Wuji told Tang San that Xia Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing had withdrawn from the academy, and Tang San was pleased that Xia Yan had left while Xiao Wu remained.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar guessed that Yu Xiaogang had taught Tang San to use his strange weapons, while Zhao Wuji suspected Tang Hao had provided them instead.
• Xia Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing traveled with fifty guards toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, growing closer during their journey; after half a month, they reached the Yidefu Plains.
• Yu Xiaogang began teaching at Shrek Academy and ordered the students to run five round trips between Shrek Village and Suotuo City without using Soul Power, with no food if they failed to finish before evening.

Yu Xiaogang forced the Shrek students to carry stones on repeated runs between the village and Suotuo City, singling Dai Mubai out for extra work. After they completed the assigned trips, Yu Xiaogang accused them of using Soul Power and ordered them to run ten round trips the next day.

• Yu Xiaogang ordered the students to carry stones for five round trips and added another round trip for Dai Mubai, who reluctantly obeyed after Yu Xiaogang threatened to expel him.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar set off with baskets of stones, with Dai Mubai carrying the heaviest load.
• Tang San completed three trips by noon, exhausted and injured from the weight and the heat.
• At dusk, Tang San and the others finished their assigned trips and collapsed at the village entrance.
• Yu Xiaogang declared that the students had failed, claimed they had secretly used Soul Power, and ordered them to run ten round trips the following day, threatening even more if they used it again.

After Yu Xiaogang’s brutal training test, Xiao Wu challenged him by threatening to leave Shrek Academy, forcing him to admit he had allowed the students to use Soul Power. She stayed but left the others behind, while Yu Xiaogang worried Tang Hao would discover Tang San’s foul condition.

• Dai Mubai cursed Yu Xiaogang and tried to grab him, while Ma Hongjun and Oscar stopped him; Tang San realized he had also cheated during the test.
• Xiao Wu announced she was withdrawing from the academy, and Yu Xiaogang panicked because he feared Tang Hao’s reaction if she left.
• Tang San begged Xiao Wu to stay, but she retreated onto a roof and challenged Yu Xiaogang for changing the rules of the test.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed the exercise had only been a test and that he had intended to let them use Soul Power, and Xiao Wu agreed to continue training while keeping her distance from Tang San.
• Xiao Wu leaped away, and Tang San apologized to Yu Xiaogang, who sent the students to wash and feared Tang Hao would discover Tang San’s sour, rotten stench.

Ning Rongrong brought Xia Yan and Zhu Zhuqing back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo Gu Rong welcomed them. After hearing about Xia Yan’s talents and difficult past, Ning Fengzhi offered him a home and the sect’s support.

• Ning Rongrong, Xia Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing arrived in Seven Treasure Glazed Tile City after a forty-one-day journey and climbed to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong reunited with Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong, then proudly introduced Zhu Zhuqing and Xia Yan and described Xia Yan’s achievements.
• Ning Rongrong recounted her experiences at Shrek, including the encounter with the hundred-thousand-year-old Titan Giant Ape, alarming Chen Xin and Gu Rong.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Xia Yan was an orphan from a small village rather than a member of a hidden sect, and that he had hunted the Wolf Bandits for money.
• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Xia Yan as family and promised to help him whenever he needed support.

Xia Yan asked Ning Fengzhi to provide Soul Beast meat for his Martial Soul and received ten thousand jin. Two days later, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe visited and escorted Xia Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Xue Qinghe explained its imperial management.

• Ning Rongrong guided Xia Yan and Zhu Zhuqing around the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, sharing stories about its grounds.
• At dinner, Xia Yan asked Ning Fengzhi for a large supply of Soul Beast meat, and Ning Fengzhi promised ten thousand jin of thousand-year meat each month.
• Ning Fengzhi gave Xia Yan a Storage Soul Tool containing ten thousand jin of Soul Beast meat.
• Xue Qinghe visited the sect and invited Xia Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to leave for Heaven Dou Royal Academy that day.
• On the way to Heaven Dou City, Xue Qinghe described the academy's grounds and imperial leadership, then admitted it had not fulfilled its founders' vision under Prince Xue Xing.

Xia Yan arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, where Xue Qinghe and the education committee welcomed him. In their dormitory, he teased Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing with Whale Rubber and explained that it was connected to his ability to absorb a thousand-year Soul Ring.

• Xue Qinghe described Heaven Dou Royal Academy and offered Xia Yan the captaincy of Heaven Dou Team Two, but Xia Yan refused.
• Xue Qinghe brought Xia Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to the academy, where Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhilin welcomed them.
• After Xue Qinghe and the committee members left, Xia Yan settled into the detached dormitory with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xia Yan showed Zhu Zhuqing a lump of Whale Rubber, and Ning Rongrong pretended to worry before laughing at her teasing.
• Xia Yan playfully spanked Ning Rongrong, then said Whale Rubber explained how his second Soul Ring could absorb a thousand-year Soul Ring.

Xia Yan explained that properly prepared Whale Rubber could strengthen a Soul Master's constitution and raise the limit for absorbing a Soul Ring, then helped Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong refine it. After they confirmed the effect, he took them to bathe, leaving Ning Rongrong washed and Zhu Zhuqing still in the bath.

• Xia Yan softened Whale Rubber over a fierce flame and told Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong that refining it could improve their constitutions and Soul Ring absorption limits.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong swallowed the hot Whale Rubber and circulated their Soul Power to refine it.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong awoke half an hour later and realized their Soul Power and meridians had improved.
• Xia Yan carried the excited girls to the bathroom and tossed them into the bath before leaving them to wash.
• Ning Rongrong finished washing and came out in a white dress while Zhu Zhuqing remained in the bath.

Xia Yan explained Whale Rubber’s effects to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, then secretly absorbed a Man Faced Demon Spider Spirit Bone inside the Demon Suppressing Pagoda. He gained the Eight Spider Lances and surged to the peak of level thirty-nine, bringing level forty within reach.

• Ning Rongrong teased Xia Yan about whether he liked her or Zhu Zhuqing, then kissed him and asked him to take responsibility; Xia Yan promised to care for her for life.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Xia Yan how he knew Whale Rubber’s effects, and he explained that the pieces he gave them could raise their Soul Ring absorption limits by about two hundred years.
• Xia Yan warned Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to keep Whale Rubber’s effects secret, and they agreed.
• Xia Yan entered the Demon Suppressing Pagoda and absorbed the two-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider Spirit Bone while the Datura Snake watched.
• Xia Yan’s strength rose from level thirty-seven to the peak of level thirty-nine, and eight spider legs emerged from his back as the Datura Snake stared in shock.

Xia Yan absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor, broke through to level forty-four, and gained the Blue Silver Domain as his fourth soul skill. After returning to Shrek Academy, Tang Hao found Tang San startlingly blackened and confronted Yu Xiaogang.

• Xia Yan spent several months cultivating until he broke through level forty and became a Soul Ancestor.
• Xia Yan absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor, which grew into a five-thousand-year soul beast and helped his other three soul beasts reach five thousand years.
• Xia Yan gained the Blue Silver Domain and rose to level forty-four with four deep-purple Soul Rings.
• Tang Hao returned to Shrek Academy after searching for Ah Yin and the Spirit Bone for three months without finding them.
• Tang Hao visited Tang San and was shocked by how dark his son's skin had become.
• Tang Hao appeared before Yu Xiaogang, who had been arguing with the other teachers and students over his reduced teaching duties.

Tang Hao confronted Yu Xiaogang about Tang San’s condition, learned that poison from his fourth Soul Ring had clogged his meridians, and ordered Yu to cure him. Tang Hao decided to seek a Millennium Blue Silver Grass from the Blue Silver Forest while Yu continued to kowtow in terror.

• Tang Hao startled Yu Xiaogang and demanded to know why Tang San’s body had turned black and his meridians had become clogged.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul could not handle the poison-attributed Soul Ring and that absorbing Blue Silver Grass could help him recover.
• Tang Hao struck Yu Xiaogang across the room, then considered ways to restore Tang San while worrying about Ah Yin’s missing Spirit Bone and the dangers of awakening his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline too soon.
• Tang Hao threatened to kill Yu Xiaogang unless he cured Tang San and considered moving Shrek Academy to a better cultivation environment.
• Tang Hao ruled out asking Dugu Bo for help and decided to find the ten-thousand-year-old Blue Silver King in the Blue Silver Forest.
• Tang Hao left, while Yu Xiaogang kept kowtowing in a pool of blood and insisting that Tang San would recover.

Tang Hao learned that Xia Yan had left Shrek Academy and ordered Flender to protect Tang San and provide him the best resources. Meanwhile, Imperial Heaven Dou Team One returned to the academy, where Qin Ming learned Xia Yan had reached rank forty-three and was expected to join the team.

• Tang Hao visited Flender, discovered Xia Yan had left with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, and threatened Flender while demanding better support for Tang San.
• Tang Hao left Shrek Village to search for Millennium Blue Silver Grass to help Tang San recover and cultivate faster.
• Qin Ming and Imperial Heaven Dou Team One returned to Royal Heaven Dou Academy, and Meng Shenji told them Xia Yan had reached rank forty-three but was away from the academy.
• Yu Tianheng eagerly asked to meet Xia Yan, while Dugu Bo arrived, greeted Dugu Yan, and left with her.
• Qin Ming asked whether Xia Yan would join Team One or Team Two, and Meng Shenji said Xia Yan had agreed to join and would likely choose Team One.
• Qin Ming worried that Xia Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong would force changes to Team One's lineup, but Meng Shenji said the competition could motivate the students.

Xia Yan found the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well while Dugu Bo was away and used the Demon Suppressing Pagoda to take the Immortal Herbs and spring water. He left a letter for Poison Douluo and flew away with his harvest.

• Xia Yan used Xue Qinghe's detailed map to locate a mountain in Sunset Forest that hid the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Xia Yan and the Jade Green Bird flew over the poison formation and descended into the well through the crater.
• Xia Yan used the Demon Suppressing Pagoda to absorb the Immortal Herbs, leaving their roots and the herbs he did not need.
• Xia Yan drew the Ice and Fire Dual Springs into the pagoda, where he had prepared a lake for their waters.
• Xia Yan left a letter addressed to Poison Douluo and departed on the Jade Green Bird.

Xia Yan swallowed two Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Twin Lakes and endured their violent effects in the water. Dugu Bo returned to find the herbs and springs gone, then discovered a letter describing ways to cure his and Dugu Yan’s poison.

• Xia Yan plucked two Immortal Herbs, swallowed them together, and submerged himself in the Ice and Fire Twin Lakes as his body froze and burned in cycles.
• Dugu Bo saw that Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison had worsened and vowed to find a cure for her.
• Dugu Bo found that half the herbs and the Ice and Fire Spring had vanished from his volcanic crater, and he flew into a rage.
• Dugu Bo discovered a letter addressed to Poison Douluo and read that it described four ways to detoxify him and his granddaughter.
• The letter identified a Snow Silkworm and an Aromatic Silk Beauty that could ease or slow the poison, and said the springs would recover within two days.

Dugu Bo discovered that an unseen person knew all his secrets and had left him four ways to remove his poison. After recovering in the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, Xia Yan summoned three Soul Beasts and began sharing Immortal Herbs with them.

• Dugu Bo examined the medicinal garden, realized his secrets had been exposed, and searched the silent Sunset Forest for the mysterious person.
• Xia Yan emerged from the lake stronger after the Ice and Fire Immortal Herbs tempered his body and his Eight Spider Lances evolved.
• Xia Yan summoned the Datura Snake, Jade Green Bird, and White Tiger to the fourth layer, where they were drawn to the Immortal Herbs.
• Xia Yan picked Snowy Swan Kiss for the Datura Snake, a purple chrysanthemum, and a small jade-green flower for the Soul Beasts.

Xia Yan gave Immortal Herbs to the Jade Green Bird, Datura Snake, and White Tiger, who began absorbing their effects inside the Demon Suppressing Pagoda. After leaving the pagoda the next morning, he headed east toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong waited for him.

• Xia Yan gave the Strange Velvet Sky-Reaching Chrysanthemum to the White Tiger and the Luan-Condensing Flower to the Jade Green Bird.
• The Jade Green Bird awakened an ancient bloodline and transformed into a giant azure egg as wind power surrounded it.
• The Datura Snake and White Tiger ate their Immortal Herbs and began absorbing their effects, with the Datura Snake forming a scarlet egg.
• Xia Yan left the Soul Beasts to absorb the herbs, exited the Demon Suppressing Pagoda at dawn, and headed east toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Ning Rongrong why Xia Yan had sent them to the sect, and Ning Rongrong said he would have to take them shopping when he returned.

Xia Yan returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where his reputation had grown during Ning Rongrong’s three-month absence and after her changed return. He reunited with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing in their residence and prepared to give them a reward.

• Xia Yan returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and was greeted respectfully by its members, who knew of his influence on Ning Rongrong.
• The sect’s members first celebrated Ning Rongrong’s absence, then grew curious when she did not return for three months.
• Ning Rongrong came back with a changed temperament and Xia Yan beside her, earning him a strong reputation across the sect.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing greeted Xia Yan in their shared residence and asked why he had told them to come back and wait.
• Xia Yan announced that he would reward them for listening to him, while Zhu Zhuqing blushed at a private thought and Ning Rongrong teased her.

Xia Yan gave Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing Immortal Herbs suited to their abilities and told them to absorb the herbs while he rested. After teasing and flirting with Xia Yan, Ning Rongrong kissed his cheek and began absorbing her herb, leaving Zhu Zhuqing astonished.

• Xia Yan presented Ning Rongrong with Aromatic Silk Beauty and Zhu Zhuqing with Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, explaining how to use them.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing asked whether Xia Yan had an herb of his own, and he reassured them that he had absorbed his already.
• Xia Yan lay down to rest, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing settled on either side of him.
• Ning Rongrong teased Xia Yan by calling herself Mommy, so he smacked and scolded her while Zhu Zhuqing watched, blushing.
• Ning Rongrong kissed Xia Yan on the cheek, hurried to the cultivation area, swallowed Aromatic Silk Beauty, and began absorbing it.
• Zhu Zhuqing stared in disbelief at Ning Rongrong's boldness.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing absorbed immortal herbs while Xia Yan guarded them, and Xue Xing plotted to recruit Xia Yan through Yu Tianheng or eliminate him if necessary. The chapter ended as the giant azure egg inside the Demon Suppressing Pagoda pulsed with growing power, seemingly close to awakening.

• Xia Yan stopped Zhu Zhuqing from joining Ning Rongrong immediately, then let her begin absorbing the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone after teasing her.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing focused on refining their immortal herbs while Xia Yan stood guard.
• At Royal Heaven Dou Academy, Xue Xing warned Yu Tianheng against clashing with Xia Yan and promised to handle the academy's arrangements.
• Xue Xing planned to win Xia Yan's goodwill to strengthen his position against Xue Qinghe, but considered killing him if recruitment failed.
• The azure giant egg inside the Demon Suppressing Pagoda began pulsing and stirring the surrounding Blue Silver Grass as its aura rapidly grew stronger.

Xiao Qing awakened its ancestral bloodline through the Luan-Condensing Flower and transformed into a Jade Green Luan, gaining control over wind. Xia Yan explained its origins and revealed that their contract also let him use wind attributes.

• Xiao Qing emerged from the Immortal Herb’s effects as a Jade Green Luan and joyfully embraced Xia Yan with its enormous wings.
• Xia Yan examined Xiao Qing’s transformed body and recognized its mastery of Ultimate Wind.
• Xiao Qing asked Xia Yan why its appearance, strength, and speed had changed.
• Xia Yan explained that Xiao Qing’s ancestors were powerful Jade Green Luans, that they had devolved into Jade Green Birds, and that the Luan-Condensing Flower had awakened its ancestral bloodline.
• Xiao Qing summoned a powerful tornado, and Xia Yan revealed that their contract had also granted him the ability to use wind attributes.

Xia Yan discovered that his second Soul Skill had become the domain-type Wind God Domain, then sent the Jade Green Luan back to its wind-swept home on the Second Layer while Xue Fei's Datura Snake egg remained unchanged. By morning, Ning Rongrong had finished absorbing the Aromatic Silk Beauty and reached level thirty, and she eagerly asked Xia Yan how he knew the Immortal Herb would work.

• Xia Yan examined Wind God Domain and used Ultimate Wind to counter the Jade Green Luan's tornado and grind Blue Silver Grass into powder.
• The Jade Green Luan asked to return to the Second Layer, and Xia Yan sent it there before it could brace itself.
• Xia Yan checked Xue Fei's Datura Snake egg, found no sign of movement, and returned to his room while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing continued absorbing their herbs.
• After cultivating through the night, Xia Yan watched Ning Rongrong finish absorbing the Aromatic Silk Beauty and reach level thirty, two levels higher than before.
• Ning Rongrong rushed into Xia Yan's arms and asked how he had known the Immortal Herb would work.